Tina Fey Bossypants

The Second City - is created

Aug 23, 1959

-year is not approximated
- this comes into play later on

Born in Upper Darby, PA

Mar 18, 1970

Parents: Don Fey and Zenobia Xenakes "Jeanne"

Tina Fey's Life within the book

Period: Mar 18, 1970 to Apr 8, 2011

M*A*S*H show premiers

Sep 17, 1972

Tina gets slashed

Mar 17, 1975

• in kindergarten Tina was in the alley behind her house when a strangers slashed her in the face
• she still has the scar (left lower side of her face)

Saturday Night Live is created

Oct 11, 1975

• this was the first show

Summer Showtime is Created

Jun 1, 1976

• Created by: Larry Wentzler
• Theatre Program
• This comes into play later
• Date is approximated, year is not

First Ebola Outbreak

Jul 27, 1976

Elvis found dead

Aug 16, 1977

First Test-Tube baby born

Jul 25, 1978

Pac-Man is released

May 22, 1980

E.T. is released in theatres

Jun 11, 1982

Sally Ride is first American Woman in Space

Jun 18, 1983

Titanic wreckage is found

Sep 1, 1985

Space Shuttle "Challenger" Explodes

Jan 28, 1986

Takes Night Job at Summer Showtime

Jun 11, 1987

• She took the job when she was a junior in highschool
• It was really her boyfriends idea -date is approximated

The Greatest New Year's Eve Party of All Time

Dec 31, 1987

• first day Tima's friends from school and her friends from Summer Showtime cross paths
• A lot of minor events took place wtihin her various groups of friends during this party

Start of Second Summer at Summer Showtime

Jun 11, 1988

-TIna is promoted to e one of the Children's Theatre Directors
- Her first cast has around sixty 12-year-olds

Move to Chicago

Oct 31, 1992

• Don (her father) dropped her off

Gets a Job at the YMCA

Nov 10, 1992

• after SEVERAL failed attempts at getting other jobs
• front desk job
• she meets some very interesting people here
• date is approximated

Starts taking improv classes

Jan 27, 1993

• makes a few new friends
• begins to think about a new job, tired of waking up early
• date is approximated

Gets a promotion to an office job

Feb 15, 1993

-date is approximated
-quits less than a year later

Starts Job at The Second City

Nov 18, 1993

• date is approximated
• She was in Blue Company (just another division of The Second City)
• Blue Company was one of the touring companies so she traveled with them
• The Second City had an amazing Alumni, including Amy Poehler and many more
• She meets her husband while working with this company

Oklahoma City Bombing

Apr 19, 1995

Trip to Austria

Dec 16, 1996

• with her husband (before they were married)
• Jeff is afraid of flying at this point
• leads to Tina promising to never make him fly again
• date is approximated

Tina Interviews for Saturday Night Live

Jul 11, 1997

• Tina flew out to New York
• She was being interviewed for a writing positon
• She was being interiviewed by Lorne Michaels
• She got the job!
• date is approximated

Princess Diana dies in car crash

Aug 31, 1997

First Show on Saturday Night Live

Sep 27, 1997

• first show as a writer
• Sylvester Stalone was the host
• she just helped with a skit a performer wrote

Tina's time at Saturday Night Live

Period: Sep 27, 1997 to May 20, 2006

• She learned MANY important lessons from Lorne during her time here
• She met several amazing people

Tested to be a character on Saturday Night Live

Mar 15, 2000

• appx. date
• Tina did her screen test with Jimmy Fallon
• they were cast for the hosts of the Weekend Update

Unclear Presidential Winner

Nov 7, 2000

Tina gets married!

Jun 3, 2001

• She married Jeff Richmond on this day
• Their actual marriage isn't in the book but Jeff is mentioned quite a bit and so is their honeymoon so I thought it was key to include

Honeymoon! <3

Jun 4, 2001

• A cruise to Bermuda (ship leaves from New York, so no flying)
• They basically try to make it fun, but it somewhat stinks
• they miss an exursion
• there is a fire in the engine room

9/11 Terrorist attacks

Sep 11, 2001

Anthrax Threat

Oct 17, 2001

• at 30 Rockefellar Plaza
• in her dressing room when she heard the news
• she just left the building and went a few streets away
• Lorne called her to let her know she was one of the only ones to leave and that everything was okay
• This was part of the example "Never call a crazy person crazy"

Tina's best photoshop experience!

Oct 27, 2004

• Date is approximated
• For "Bust" magazine
• She feels like they did only what was necessary
• Tina thinks this is her best yet

Development Deal

Nov 2, 2004

• TIna gets a development deal
• This means she is paid to try and come up with a sitcom idea
• She came up with one that was turned down
• Someone suggested she write one on her experiences at SNL as the only head female writer

30 Rock

Feb 15, 2005

• appx. date
• She somewhat finalizes her script idea for 30 Rock
• Tina already knew who she wanted the main people to be

First Daughter!!!

Sep 10, 2005

• Alice Zenobia Richmond

Tina leaves Saturday Night Live

May 20, 2006

• Decided it was time to move on
• Still occasional guest

30 Rock Pilot

Oct 11, 2006

• The first episode of 30 Rock is released
• Was postponed due to her pregnancy
• Trouble afterwards realising that Baldwin had only signed on for one episode

John McCain selects Sarah Palin

Aug 29, 2008

• John selected Sarah to be his running mate -The SNL fans immeadietly wanted Tina to play her, even though Tina didn't even work there anymore

Oprah on 30 Rock

Sep 3, 2008

• Oprah formally agrees to be on 30 Rock
• appx. date

Tina or Sarah?

Sep 13, 2008

• Tina does the SNL skit as Sarah Palin
• It goes very well
• She did this skit with Amy Poehler
• This is the same day they filmed Oprah's scenes for the 30 Rock episode

Sarah Plain's six week span on SNL

Period: Sep 13, 2008 to Oct 24, 2008

• TIna did 6 shows in a row as Sarah Palin

Second Daughter!!!

Dec 29, 2011

• Penelope Athena Richmond