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emlocke: Opportunity LOL’s Spotlight Interview: Comedian and Actress Retta SirleafJanuary 13, 2012  What are the three coolest things to have happened since you joined the cast of Parks and Recreation? 1) I was in Entertainment Weekly’s best scene stealers of 2011. I read EW like my life depends upon it, always have, and I found out on Twitter from my homie Aisha Tyler that we were in the same issue. She for her new gig on The Talk and me for brangin’ it on Parks—which by the way I completely credit Alan M. Yang and the writers because the Pawnee Rangers episode aka the ‘Treat Yo Self’ episode was so damned funny. 2) I was on Oprah. Well I wasn’t on Oprah. Rob Lowe was on Oprah but he showed a clip from a web promo we shot on the set of Parks & Rec so I was on a clip on Oprah. Close enough. 3) The most amazing thing was being nominated for an Emmy [and] getting to go to that shit. There were so many great things about our Emmy nomination. —The sense of pride we ALL felt (crew, writers, producers, actors) in being nominated for doing work we love. One thing I enjoy about this group of people is our email chains. We tend to clown one another as much as share in lovefests and one of my favorites was the Emmy email chain that started with Amy’s “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! We were nominated for an Emmy!” There were probably 30 emails with “Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! We were nominated for an Emmy!” in the subject line. —A designer offered to make me a dress. The last person to make me a dress was my mother back in 1982 and that’s because she refused to spend $50 for an Easter dress when she could just as easily whip something up with one of her old dresses and some “half off” lace. Rani Zakhem made me a strapless sunshine dream that made my tits look like they were being held up by an Olympic weightlifting champion in the clean and jerk stance. I LOVED IT! Natch. —But the BEST part of the Emmy whirlwind was going to the parties. There were so many parties and as a girl who likes to get her cocktail on, September was a boozy utopia. So many fabulous parties, not enough Spanx! (via Opportunity LOL’s Spotlight Interview: Comedian and Actress Retta Sirleaf)

emlocke:

Opportunity LOL’s Spotlight Interview: Comedian and Actress Retta Sirleaf
January 13, 2012 

What are the three coolest things to have happened since you joined the cast of Parks and Recreation?

1) I was in Entertainment Weekly’s best scene stealers of 2011. I read EW like my life depends upon it, always have, and I found out on Twitter from my homie Aisha Tyler that we were in the same issue. She for her new gig on The Talk and me for brangin’ it on Parks—which by the way I completely credit Alan M. Yang and the writers because the Pawnee Rangers episode aka the ‘Treat Yo Self’ episode was so damned funny.

2) I was on Oprah. Well I wasn’t on Oprah. Rob Lowe was on Oprah but he showed a clip from a web promo we shot on the set of Parks & Rec so I was on a clip on Oprah. Close enough.

3) The most amazing thing was being nominated for an Emmy [and] getting to go to that shit. There were so many great things about our Emmy nomination.

—The sense of pride we ALL felt (crew, writers, producers, actors) in being nominated for doing work we love. One thing I enjoy about this group of people is our email chains. We tend to clown one another as much as share in lovefests and one of my favorites was the Emmy email chain that started with Amy’s “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! We were nominated for an Emmy!” There were probably 30 emails with “Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! We were nominated for an Emmy!” in the subject line.

—A designer offered to make me a dress. The last person to make me a dress was my mother back in 1982 and that’s because she refused to spend $50 for an Easter dress when she could just as easily whip something up with one of her old dresses and some “half off” lace. Rani Zakhem made me a strapless sunshine dream that made my tits look like they were being held up by an Olympic weightlifting champion in the clean and jerk stance. I LOVED IT! Natch.

—But the BEST part of the Emmy whirlwind was going to the parties. There were so many parties and as a girl who likes to get her cocktail on, September was a boozy utopia. So many fabulous parties, not enough Spanx!

(via Opportunity LOL’s Spotlight Interview: Comedian and Actress Retta Sirleaf)

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