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We're Getting Nowhere: The "Baby Mama" Episode

We're still anxiously awaiting the premiere of Season 1 of The L Word on Logo, and it's left us no choice but to go see movies. This week, we were all to happy to fill the seats for our girls Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on the opening day of Baby Mama.

In case you haven't already heard, Baby Mama is about wealthy business woman Kate (Fey), who discovers that she's infertile and then hires zany working-class gal Angie (Poehler) to be her surrogate. Hijinks ensue when circumstances force junk food-eating, karaoke-singing Angie to move in with health food snob and control-freak Kate. It's like The Odd Couple, but with breast pumps.

So in our special Baby Mama edition of WGN, we review the film, talk about why we love Fey and Poehler, and display some frightening photos of the children we "made" with the "Baby Mama baby maker" program on the Baby Mama website. Watch and decide whose "baby" is the ugliest. Is it mine and Jill's? Dara's and Jill's? Mine and, gulp, Dara's?

Warning: Minor Spoilers

We're Getting Nowhere: The Baby Mama Episode

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  • krista86_23's picture

    wowww! baby mamahhh!!!!

    yehey! tnx!

    off to watch now!

     

    dp_jocs's picture

    Aww shucks!

    I haven't watched baby mama yet!!

    but what the heck! off to watch the vlog..

    btw, was it a coincidence??

     KB1KB2

    either way...acdc and the rolling stones are awesome bands!!

     

    TeranisStorm's picture

    okay...

    it's called being ornery. these two are probably very much aware of the speculation going on, and given their personalities, are probably quite amused with it...so they are just prob. messing with you and everyone else that has the gasp! reaction to this...it's kind of like when george clooney said he and angelina jolie were having an affair to mess with the media and to jokingly divert the attention away from the actual couple.

    PSthatsMe

    bambezzled's picture

    this.

    this.
    Chief Vitalstatistix's picture

    Oo naughty vloggers

     

    Teasing the AE denizens like that :)

    JmParis's picture

    hehe must be some kind of

    hehe must be some kind of joke

    well done

    frammie's picture

    Or research

    Could be some elaborate scientific research project into how much the AE-readers look for subtext ...
    Mar's picture

    .....

     

    omg. Wearing similar clothes means something -other- than the fact that you both like the same things? I missed the memo!
    My sister and i have some of the same clothes.. does that mean i belong in jail? I'm too pretty to go to prison!! (also.. ew)

    May i suggest some sort of AfterEllen Vlogger uniform? Possibly something in a onesie?
    That'd stop the speculation.. for serious. :)

    TeranisStorm's picture

    heh.

    one. i like the "for serious" comment, i love that phrase. and it even cracked me up more when jill bennet paused to point out, "yes, i say 'for serious'."

    two. play nice. it's not just that wearing similar clothes means more than liking the same things, it's that they've coincidentally worn it simultaneously the same week they released their vlogs...thus formed speculation...and my former conclusion that they are being ornery with us. and i like it.

    g'nite! 

    PSthatsMe

    chloe121212's picture

    your

    avatar's pretty cool. if yu look a it upside down, it looks like a woman tilting her head up. I don't know, it's just nice
    sweetdebie's picture

    Great Vlooooooog

    Awesome!

    I can't wait to watch the movie. I love Tina Fey and Amy Foehler ^^

    badgersprite's picture

    Those were some messed up

    Those were some messed up babies. >< Maybe conservatives are right and we shouldn't have kids. :P XD Blah. Bad gag on my part. Sounds like a great movie, though. Hope it comes out in Australia.

     

    PS: I think guy buddy movies are (or can be) very homoerotic. Just like wrestling. Then again, I do suspect that I'm a gay man trapped in a lesbian's body. :P It just depends what you're looking for. I love my gay vibes.

    Lor2488's picture

    I wanna...


    See what my babies will look like> now!!
    'Dill' was deffo the least scary cutest :)

    x

    Salaam's picture

    The Prime Directive

    "As the right of each sentient species to live in accordance with its normal cultural evolution is considered sacred, no Star Fleet personnel may interfere with the healthy development of alien life and culture. Such interference includes the introduction of superior knowledge, strength, or technology to a world whose society is incapable of handling such advantages wisely. Star Fleet personnel may not violate this Prime Directive, even to save their lives and/or their ship unless they are acting to right an earlier violation or an accidental contamination of said culture. This directive takes precedence over any and all other considerations, and carries with it the highest moral
    obligation."

    --Only because 1) I'm kind of a new school trekkie and was curious myself, and 2) it's 2:35am and I am TOTALLY procrastinating on this marketing case analysis that is due at 9am today. :-)3

    chrysalis_93's picture

    LMAO

    I love that you looked that up.. genius.

     

    Kristen

    Penny_Lane's picture

    i really liked this movie

    i really liked this movie but I also saw it thinking that Tina Fey wrote it... I liked it regardless but I agree with everything that you all said, it would have been better and more sharp if she had written it. 

    Amy Poehler is beyond hilarious in everything she does(seal trainer, anyone?) and now her and Will Arnett are having a baby so maybe we have a really funny kid to look forward to in 20 years.  

    babies & me = awkward situations. 

    kiss_hester's picture

    Fun!

    Great v-log ladies! Can't wait to see this film, but I guess I'm going to have to wait a while before it's in theaters here... *sigh* 

    Wow, you know about the prime directive?:p Secret trekkies? LOL

    http://www.youtube.com/BetweenThaLines

    Gig31's picture

    vilaag

    *want to see BABY MAMA*... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW

     

    but can it be better than this VILAAAAAAAAAG?! *have to see it* *have to see it* *now* *now* *now*

    but i can't cos in shitty austria it doesn't come out in... HELL i have no freaking idea when it comes out. *buhuuu* :'((

    JmParis's picture

    want to see it

    the vlog was great. You made me want to watch the movie but it's not out in France yep and don't know how long I should wait (maybe 2 months). I'm being hopeful because Tina Fey is not known over here and this kind of movies need to have a really big success in America to cross the ocean.
    ShadyPinesMa's picture

    E.V.O.O. SpOILer!! SpOILer!!

    LOVED the movie! Like Dara said I was laughing so hard through out the movie When I got out of the movie I forgot what I was laughing at. There were alot of small gags, that if you blink you could miss it. Countless fav. scenes and lines like, 'the birthing instructor' + E.V.O.O. = One Hell of a line that I'm still quoting! Kate's mom's (Holland Taylor) motto in life.... 'fast and loose' (That's my motto too! awww) I could go on for days or until my jamba juice high wears off. But right now I have to go get my pic taken while punching Rocky in the nards!! 
    Amylin's picture

    <3 Tina

    I'm a huge Tina Fey fan so i've been waiting for that movie for a while. I hope i'll be able to watch it when i'm gonna be in the US next week because i don't know when and if it's going to come out in France. 

    Jill's picture as an angry baby was so cute!!!

    Tina Fey rocks, 30 rock rocks, but i'm a bit disappointed though she didn't write anything for the movie because i agree with Jill on Tina's sharp and quick humor that makes 30 rocks so amazing and genius! 

    As for your babies pictures they pretty much are the proof that you should not have children together :P 

    sweetdebie's picture

    It's coming out in France

    It's coming out in France on September 18th 2008 according to www.allocine.fr

    We have to wait more than 4 months to watch it. IT SUCKS !

    drella's picture

    I'd love to see that movie

    here are the release dates:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871426/releaseinfo

    it sounds like fun even though tina fey didn't write it, sadly. well but still two more episodes 30 rock left :)

    great v-log as always and thumbs up for supporting the movie at its first weekend!

    aruts9tm's picture

    I totally agree with you

    I totally agree with you guys. I am also relieved. I, like Dara, didn't realize that Tina didnt' write or direct this film and was SUPER dissapointed that it wasn't as funny as 30 Rock or even Mean Girls. Now that I know it was some guy, I can relax and appreciate it more. I also agree that there was too much lovey dovey stuff, and think there was just too much going on in general: the family, the boyfriend, the ex-boyfriend, the job, etc...they could have cut out the love interest completely and the movie would have been even stronger.

    I think my favorite scene was when they were singing with the karaoke revolution.

    Tina Fey is a comedy genius. 30 Rock is soooooooo good that I almost feel like i'm cheating on "Arrested Development". "Gold Case," i mean, in the words of Gob Bluth "Come on!" 

     "Lift up your lyres! Sing on!  But as for me, I seek your sister whither she is gone."

    -Edna St. Vincent Millay 

    TheDoomMerchant's picture

    !

     

    As always, fantastic.

    I just have to make sure I stop being lazy and actually go to the theatre for once, now.

     

    ["Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me: I quit.' "]

    imthey's picture

    WGN!

    I loved seeing your review of Baby Mama... I too find that we (women as a whole) need to show our support for women in the film and TV industry (and frankly in all walks of life) and prove to those men in power that women can (and should) be given more opportunities to "carry" a film and that we will make money for the studios, etc. I was thrilled to see that Baby Mama came in at the top of the box office!

    Tina Fey may not have written or directed this particular film but you could certainly see how she and the fabulous Amy Poehler brought bits of themselves to the film that weren't from the written page.

    I really liked the photos of all of you ladies as babies... very cute, and you could certainly see glimpses of the women you are today in the baby pics.

    As for the morphing photos of the possible outcome of what a child between two of you would look like... those pics always freak me out and as much as it pains me to say these were no exception. I know that if it were possible for this mix of parentage to exist that your actual babies would turn out far more attractive than could ever be shown via some morphing system that clearly needs work before it should be used again! That being said I too would say that the "Dill" baby was the least frightening mix of the ones shown.

    As always, it's nice to get our fix of the "terrible three" in any capacity, so thanks for the review... and I'll be looking forward to the next installment of WGN.

    P.S. Hoping this works... here's "baby Shannon" (aka imthey)

     I M THEY

     

    (Self Appointed) "#1 Bridget McManus Fan"

    I M THEY ("Think Sideways")

    my007's picture

    hey, you look cuuute!

     

    and also like you are auditioning for the main part in toddler version of Heidi :)

    TheFrank's picture

    Peeing in the Sink

    I'd give the movie a 7 out of 10. It was funny, but not that great. Plus, it had a girl power agenda that was all too obvious. However! Tina looked uberschexxy in smokey eyeshadow during the night club scene.
    Ladyhawk1709's picture

    ...

    Excellent! I was just checking to see if there was a new WGN and there was! And I'd actually see a vlog about the homeshopping channel if you did it, no problem at all. And how cute were your baby pictures! Umm, not meaning the ones you made with that babymaker thingy, cause that was downright scary... Loved it, can't wait til next week :)
    kau's picture

    Aha

     

     

    oh dammit! Jill doesnt like babies! now i need to give up on all my plans of how i'd meet and marry her =P LOL

     

    great vlog girls, as always! i was watching the movie trailer of baby mamma and it definitely looks really good. thx for the recap

    miss chatelaine's picture

    bromance and leschickflick

    I think on the idea that women buddy movies seem to have a lesbian undertone to them - some gay boys think the Die Hards and SuperBad have a gay subtext to it as well. Not that I've seen Baby Mama, but maybe it's just the audience - do the straight women see any lesbian undertones in the movies in which we see them? am I making any sense? probably not.

    Anyway, the three of you were adorable babies - Karman and Dara look exactly the same, and Jill has the same expression, but looks kinda different - i guess it's the blonde hair. Though, the idea of Angry Baby Jill is adorable. And Jill, we love your ears. And yes, I have a thing for ears.

    kbeen1's picture

    there is a lesbian subtext

    yeah for me baby mama has a major lesbian subtext________two women=one woman having the baby for the other becouse the other one can't. can we say this is skating on a thin lesbian theme ice??????? I bet the writters were strait males. how clueless. I might see it to support women on the silver screen, but come on. tina faye should have wrote this and the writters should write what is real-----------lesbian couples trying to have kids! can I get some representation please! MO Jill MO Jill
    explorergal's picture

    Mama Mia!

     

    Looking forward to seeing this one.  I always loved Tina and Amy together on Weekend Update.Thanks for bringing a little review and some frightening photos.  I used to be a Newborn Nursery nurse and thank God none of the babies I cared for looked like them!

    Along the lines of Jill's info on the 'scent' of babies.  When I worked we had 2 big nursery rooms with our nursing station in between.  Sometimes for no reason at all, you felt like you should go into one of the rooms and as you got near a certain baby, you'd find them spitting up or choking (normal for the very newborn who may have swallowed some fluid on the way out).  It was like someone was watching over the baby and led you there.  It happened to all of us, not just me.  

    Looking forward to more from you great ladies!

    Clonchi's picture

    you guys...

    You're soooo irreverent and inappropiate it's GENIUS!! I'll never look at a onezie (sp?) in quite the same way ever again...

     

    Hilarious fun!!

     

     

     

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    c.cuevas's picture

    7 out of 10 *SPOILERS*

    I too was expecting it to have the same humor as 30 Rock or Mean Girls but i also thought Tina Fey wrote it it was still a good movie best lines that i loved

    -"Bitch, I don't know your life!"

    -"Is that chocolate or poop," licks it, "it's chocolate."

    -If you listen to DMX, the baby comes out goin 'Ennngghhh!'"

    -"Can I just spray a little pam down in that area before the baby comes out?"

    -"I'm mastering the japanese art of karaoke"

    I can't remember the how the other one went but Amy Poehler aka Angie said something about space vvehicle that one was awesome there ar probably alot more that i just can't remember i'd go see it again couse i know there is probably a lot of stuff i missed

    anwei's picture

    Surly is Sexy

     

    I think Jill's hot temper is so sexy.

     

     But anyway I love you girls, and I know you don't personally want to have kids and aren't all that crazy about them, but it gets to be a little much for those who love children to listen to you go on and on about how much you don't like them.  Like if I were to say awful things about cats (which I woud never do because I love them, even though I'm extremely allergic)  I know your joking, and I can see the humor, but I start to squirm in my seat after a while because I love children so much and it just gets to be uncomfortable.

     

     I don't say that to say don't express yourselves, because it's a great show.  Just had to put that out there cause it's not the first time I've felt that way, but keep up the good work ladies.

    sashadodi's picture

    loved it!

    my tummy hurts so bad now. u girls are so funny!
    grahamcracker977's picture

    CARNI BABIES!

    At least that's what I thought when I saw the cross-mojination of you guys.  Too funny.

    Tell you what, after my L&D rotation in nursing school I knew that birthing babies wasn't for me...nor was working in that area.  Although, well baby nursery was a blast (plenty of new heads to huff ladies) and you swaddle them up tight in those blankets...you could throw them like a tight spiral in football and they wouldn't get hurt (lots of blankies).

    Jill, your conversation of pill sales made me groan...I work nights and everytime I go through the lounge it's a darn commercial for some sort of fake erection pill...geez!  Could have been worse though...could have been one of the actresses on the commercial who wiggle their brows and act like the whole idea is tantalizing.

    The other half and myself will have to head out and see this sometime during the weekend...purrs at the thought of Maura...and Sigourney (may I look as good as her when I get that age).

     

    grahamcracker977's picture

    Bopis etc...

    By the way, I had to go to a baby shower last year...and felt so out of the loop.

    When did they come out with Bopis...and front loading baby packs...did a lesbian come up with that one?  Very sensible equipment.

    And glad to know I'm not the only one who refers to their breasticles as the girls...or the twins!

    Wonderful Vloooog

    Kerry Anne's picture

    No UK release date

    There does not seem to be a UK release date for this movie, correct me if I am wrong people.  Nice vlog, all three looked very chilled, relaxed.  My sister has four great kids and is expecting her fifth child and I already love my unborn niece or nephew.  It is really nice being the aunty, the cool aunt, it is however really nice when they go home.  I love them, but, I love just being the aunt, I can give them back!
    sonrisaysol's picture

    lots of love

    Loved Baby Mama and your Review!!

    http://onefootinonefootout.blogspot.com/

    Magik4Me's picture

    As always!

    A whole lot of fun
    coolfyah's picture

    cool flick

    Saw this opening night and it definitely had me laughing out loud at moments. Great review ladies!
    lezgirllover's picture

    Hahaha

    I laughed through the whole vlog! You are so funny, when you showed your lovely scary shildren I lost it. When Dara talked about picking up the babies and carrying them like a suitcase was especially hilarious.

    I agree that we have to support women in movies (or antyhing else for that matter).

    Nancylee's picture

    Loved your Vee-Log

    Hey Chicks -- great to see you guys on the couch again -- thanks for the laughs. When's our next matinee? Huh Huh... xo

     

    Do what you love, with those you love.

    3WayTV.tv

    Ghost_Gamer's picture

    I have decided

    That I love all three of you! (Humor that is, not in that stalker, scary way....)

    I agree with the review, having seen the movie Sunday night, it's definitely one to watch, and it's definitely an 8 on a scale of 10. It was formulated plot, nothing new there, you can pretty much predict everything that happens. BUT, the improv is certainly what saves the entire film from being forgetable.

    Dara: My opinion on why we find homo-erotic themes in women's movies is socially constructed. Our society as a whole still puts gender roles into a cookie cutter. Men are macho and their feelings should never be shown unless they are meant as a comedic foil or object of scorn. Women, on the other hand, are nuturer's and expected to cross emotional boundaries with everyone, hence the homo-erotic tones, but not necessarily explicit representations of women's love.

    Karman: "why don't cars come with 'new human smell?'" Because you'll sound like a cannibal. 'Nough said.

    Jill... Nice "adjust". The girls know what I'm talking about.

    jill-bennett-fan's picture

    Jills ears are to cute

     y'alls babies are gonna give me nightmares

    I just want to say that Jill has the cutest ears.

    i agree babies stink and i guess im a monster cause when i see or smell a baby i dont want to pick it up.

    their bendy

    drop them in water they float

    drella's picture

    I agree

    with the baby subject, I think they are like dogs, they smell who is afraid of them and then they are focusing on you (mostly me)
    mag78's picture

    Fun as always!

    Guys you rock!!

    Thx for the recap. Can't wait to see it.

    "BABY MAMA" - RELEASE DATE 18 July 2008 (Poland). :(

    HAVE TO WAIT 3 MONTHS :( AAAAAAAAAAA WRRRRR ....!!!!!!!!

     

     

    JILL....CALIENTE AS ALWAYS !!!

    WE LOVE YOUR EARS! :)

     

    30 ROCK....I LOVE IT !! TINA FEY HMMMMM...YUMMY...

    philips's picture

    Loved the movie

    and love this vlog. Jill is great too bad she doesn't like babies, I love babies.  Last Sunday my friend and I watched BWB and we turned to each other and said I bet Karmen will be wearing a Rolling Stone t-shirt.  Very funny, Bridget and Karmen we get the joke:)

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