FACEOFF
TINA FEY VS. JON STEWART
It seems like Tina Fey is everywhere these days: on the cover of Vanity Fair, hosting “SNL,” and preparing for the release of her new movie, “Baby Mama,” and the return of her sitcom, “30 Rock,” next month.
Fey also made news this week in a Reader’s Digest interview, in which she takes a dig at Jon Stewart, implying that the fake-news comedian and his show aren’t that funny.
“My friend, SNL writer Seth Myers, coined the term clapter, which is when you do a political joke and people go ‘Woo-hoo,’ ” Fey told the magazine. “It means they sort of approve but didn’t really like it that much You hear a lot of that on [whispers] ‘The Daily Show.’ “
Is Tina challenging Jon to a laugh-off? We pit the funny gal against the funny guy in a faceoff.
TV ACHIEVEMENT
Fey: “30 Rock” won an emmy for best comedy series
Stewart: “Daily Show” is how many younger people get their news, and the show has won 10 Emmys.
Winner: Stewart doesn’t just entertain, he informs a generation.
FUNNY FACTOR
Drunk dialing the co-op board on “30 Rock.”
Consistently funny intros to the “Daily Show,” plays straight anchor to show’s outrageous correspondents.
Winner: Fey’s “30 Rock” character kills, and her movies are sharp satires that make us laugh.
WRITING SKILLS
She was the first female head writer of SNL; now she writes for “30 Rock.”
He showed he needed his writers during the writers’ strike, when his shows weren’t as funny.
Winner: Making history is cool.
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
May have given Hillary Clinton a bump with her Weekend Update bit, in which she said “[b-words] get stuff done.”
Politicians line up to sit across from Stewart.
Winner: Stewart is tops now, but Fey is coming on strong in Election 2008.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Directed and starred in her second movie, “Baby Mama,” out April 25.
Wrote a book (“America, A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction”), hosted the Academy Awards.
Winner: “Baby Mama” could be even funnier than “Mean Girls.”
CO-STARS
Amy Poehler, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski
Samantha Bee, Rob Riggle, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi
Winner: No dissing the “Daily Show” correspondents, but Fey knows how to surround herself with funny people.
Overall Winner: Fey takes it, but she should watch her back. If Jon Stewart starts making movies, we may have to have a rematch. Until then, we’ll be getting in line to see “Baby Mama.”
