Tina Fey's Daughter Learned the Wrong Lessons from Mean Girls

-Your

daughter

s who are 12 and 6 years old? -Yeah. -Is Alice the 12 year old? -Yeah. -Does she receive any comic education living with two very funny parents? -She is. I think she... It's funny because when I was 12 they used those... They used to be my only source of stories for shows like this, but now I can't do it anymore, because they catch me. -Oh, they don't... -Alice came home one day and said, "Hey, a friend of mine's sister showed me a long YouTube video of you telling stories about me on different chat shows." show." I was like, "I don't know what you're talking about." #FakeNews.

But yeah, it's cool. You see, you know, Ash, when it gets bigger, you get so excited that you actually go, "I'm going to. .. "They're bigger, 'I'm going to show you.' 'Back to the Future.'" -Yeah. -You can show them movies and things you love. And she, you know, is getting a great comedy education at her expense. She... During one summer, she watched "The Andy Griffith Show" in its entirety twice. -Wow. That's a very deep cut. -That's a deep cut. All of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." I

mean

, these are fundamental principles. -I

mean

, just go...

A child today, to say: "I'll watch comedy in black and white." -Yeah. Black and White: Gentle comedy in black and white. -Soft comedy in black and white. -Yes, she watched the entire American series "Office" this summer. -Excellent. -And I thought that those small seasons were like 26 episodes. -Yeah. -She saw him in about a week. And she came to me and said, "What should I watch now?" And I said, "Well, you're 12 now. A lot of people like '30 Rock.'" So she goes to see "30 Rock," and she saw a couple and she came back to me and was like, "It's too weird for me." And I was like, "Oh, does it make you feel weird because Mom had to, I don't know, pretend to be in love with someone who wasn't Dad?" And she said, "No, it's just too strange for me." And I said, "Oh, you mean the tonality." And then I said, "Okay." So, I had to take that hit.

Like, that was a motherly hard blow... -Yes. -...to receive. And she says, "So what should I watch?" And I said, well, what about 'Parks and Recreation'? You might really like that." And she was like, "Oh, I've seen it all." And then, it's really hard for me not to say, "Go in your room and watch '30 Rock.'" I was going to spank her. I was going to spank her. I felt like that woman in "Big Little Lies" when she found out that Zoe Kravitz had given her son the birth control pill and I was like, "Come to me for that!

Don't go with Aunt Amy and Mike Schur!" -"I just like my Aunt Amy ensemble comedy." -"I like Mike Schur's soft sensibility. ´30 Rock´ is overloaded." Okay okay. -Have you seen previews of the early work of "Mean Girls"? -Yes, they have been coming to rehearsals from time to time, for the musical. That's exciting, because it's the first thing Jeff and I have done that they are really excited about. -Great. -And the little one came and saw, you know, a complete review last spring and at six years old (then at five) all the

wrong

conclusions. I was like...

He was going back to his preschool saying, "Let's play 'Mean Girls.' I'm Regina. I'm yelling at you." It was like, "I'm a sassy teenager." I was like, no, you have to... It's very positive at its core. A very positive message. No. I get it. -Well, this is... I think The bottom line is that you be careful with the work you create over the years, because one day your children will receive

wrong

messages. -Yes, well, I will do the same. . -I can not wait to see him.