Amy Poehler Wants to Be an Intellectual Late Night Guest, Talks About Her Recent Reads

Amy Poehler talks about her and Seth's dinner with friends Rachel Dratch and Rashida Jones and brings a list of her recent reads to talk about her favorites and give brief summaries.


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[nannerz]

This entire show could just be Seth interviewing a 15 person rotation of his best friends over and over, and it would win so many Emmys if NBC ever found out about it, I mean.

[AltafNanavati]

I'd like this to be a tradition. At the end of every summer, Amy Poehler talks about what books she's been reading. So many great recommendations and so fucking funny

[masakazuishiguro]

This is the most genuine conversation I have ever seen in a late night show in recent years.

[sciencelady]

As a person speaking fluent Russian with some of my friends, and fluent English with the rest of people, I am sure, that lady in the restaurant was totally listening

[amy-qewj]

Please have her back at the end of the year/new year to complete her list of read

[dogtato]

when she cheered the sneeze i thought of the mal reynolds line "My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle"

[hgal]

🚨🚨Book nerd alert🚨🚨
In case anyone else wanted the titles, authors and time stamps for their Goodreads, here you go:

4:36 Tenth of December by George Saunders
5:21 All Fours by Miranda July
5:53 Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
6:40 A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
7:57 Excavations by Kate Myers
8:34 Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott
8:58 Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
9:32 Catch ‘Em and Cook ‘Em by Bunny Day
10:00 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostovesky

Happy reading!

[teribaker]

She is such a delight and the two of them are so fun together! She should be a guest every month!

[jessicatorres]

Anyone who doesn't believe in opposite gender friendships needs to look at the genuine love and respect between Seth and Amy. We should all be lucky to have a friendship like that in our lives!

[Nhfilz]

Seth, my favorite English teacher once told me there are too many amazing books out there to waste your time reading something you don’t like, but always give it at least two chapters and never be so stubborn that you’re unwilling to come back and give it another try later in life.

Maybe someday I’ll go back and try to listen to Celebrity Baby Teeth again. (No, I won’t)

[mm]

their interviews together can cure depression, just two close friends having a blast together

[Copperyfoxx]

Seth: “You’re gonna stick around”. Amy: “Yes please 😊”. Ow my heart I love Amy. 🥰

[JennyEliz_IstheShiz]

I could watch Seth and Amy and Tina Fey just shoot the breeze for an unlimited amount of time, forever. 🥰

[Adrienne]

"One guy trying to decide if its okay to kill people" 🤣🤣Best summary of Crime and Punishment ever.

[RohitKaul-gvqu]

“Amy Poehler, American treasure.” -William Shakespeare

[pikabuki]

I love Crime and Punishment, but 100% agree with Seth that bailing on a book is OK. I'm actually proud that I developed the skill 😂 because it felt horrible at first

[cnj]

Advice for reading Russian classics: Get yourself a list of the characters and each of their twentyfive different nicknames and formal names.
It will save you trying to keep track of all these persons and then a couple of hundred pages in realize that the 75 persons are really 23 persons, but by now you are not quite sure which of them are really the same.

[cedarwings]

Amy making everyone stand when he sneezed LOL. Gawd she’s the best

[seanmatyas]

I just love seeing good friends dunking on each other.

Amy will always be Seth's best guest. The two are hilarious together.

[MsAmandaBaybe]

Amy looks so good! Fresh, casual, relaxed and fun. Just hanging out with her buddy, Seth