I Love Amy Poehler

Since I've been trapped indoors for the past few days, I caught up on a couple of magazines that I hadn't had the time to read. One of those was the fourth annual Women in TV issue of Elle. Now that I'm back on the Netflix bandwagon, I actually wanted to read this issue because I could actually relate to the shows + actresses being discussed.

The issue featured four leading ladies: Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Allison Williams, and Zoey Deschanel. Obviously, I flipped straight to the section about Amy Poehler. The interview discussed Amy's past, present, and future career, and was all-around entertaining ( naturally ).

But what I really loved was what other actors said about Amy. Especially this:

As Mindy Kaling once wrote, “Everyone has a moment when they discover they love Amy Poehler.”

My moment was the first episode of Parks and Rec. I remember it clearly because I had seen Amy in other roles – Baby Mama, a few SNL skits, a small stint in Mean Girls – but to be honest, I never really thought she was that great.

That all changed when I watched Parks. I finally understood her humor and fell in love with her characters and with her as a person. She's genius in so many ways, and I will be heartbroken the day Parks ends. But I'll never forget the day I discovered I love Amy Poehler.