Amy Poehler says goodbye on 'SNL'

Amy Poehler signed off from Weekend Update with an emotional goodbye speech.

The performer has been with "Saturday Night Live" since 2001 and plans to return to NBC as the star of a new half-hour comedy sometime next year (NBC has always said the show will debut midseason, but sources keep pegging the premiere as much more likely to surface next fall).

Here's the clip:

Even better, this reminder of why Poehler is so much fun on the Update desk, with a segment skewering Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich:

Comments

[ty]

Honestly just never thought she was funny in any of her skits... and weekend update is a sad shadow of the glory days... oh SNL, when will you just hand the show over to Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg.

[AGENT]

Bummer!! I thought she was terrific...!!

[Hair care products]

I will miss Amy Poehler! I love her!

[Steve]

She was very funny on Upright Citizens Brigade. The format of SNL hampered her comedic ability too much, but she was still witty.

[Alice]

Bummer!! I thought she was terrific...

[dan]

video link only available for the USA (crappy hulu).

[Kirby]

Never reference a site with HULU.

As great as I'm sure it is... its only available in the US.

Why its not an international site is beyond me.