She then joined SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. She recalls: She also grew up watching Second City Television (SCTV) and cites Catherine O’Hara as a role model. Once her Second City training began, she immersed herself in the “cult of improvisation”, becoming, as she described it later, “like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. She told The New York Times, “I was a completely normal weight. Michaels, however, revealed that choosing Fey was “kind of risky” at the time. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote: “…Fey delivers such blow darts - poison filled jokes written in long, precisely parsed sentences unprecedented in Update history - with such a bright, sunny countenance makes her all the more devilishly delightful.” Dennis Miller, a former cast member of SNL and anchor of Weekend Update, was pleased with Fey as one of the anchors for the segment: “…Fey might be the best Weekend Update anchor who ever did it.
