Amy Poehler to Leave SNL

Sad but true. Amy Poehler will be leaving SNL following the Election in November to have her first child and prepare for her new NBC sitcom. It seems also that this previously mentioned sitcom is not necessarily the "Office" spin-off, but simply a show developed by "Office" executive producers Greg Daniels and Mike Schur. Poehler's exit means its time for SNL's young cast to get in shape. While Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, and Jason Sedakas are funny, all of them have been jumping on film roles and guest spots without really concentrating too much on SNL. We all know that to make the successful transition to film from SNL, you have to be the funniest person on SNL (see: Belushi, Chase, Meyers, Ferrel, Fey, and many many more) as opposed to a bad supporting cast member making bad movies (see: Rob Schinder and Jay Mohr). Hopefully they'll set it up a notch and bring SNL back to the glory days. For now though, we have some Election Specials on the horizon...