INTERVIEWER: Bessie, the character you voice on The Mighty B, has shades of Caitlin, your ”Rick! Rick! Rick!” character on SNL. Was that intentional?
AMY POEHLER: I’ve been doing that kind of kid character for a long time. I did that character at Upright Citizens Brigade before I came to SNL, the Brownie kid named Cassie McMadison. [Bessie] was an amalgamation of a lot of different voices and things that I had done. I really liked the idea of playing that kind of optimistic, super-intense, go-get-‘em spirit combined with being a little bit of an outsider. I am really drawn to girls of that age in general, who believe they can be a waitress, scientist, actress, a dentist, a zookeeper…and who really aren’t boy-crazy.

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    Agreed. The Mighty B! is an adorable kids show, and I LOVE Kaitlin, and the one episode of UCB I watched had Cassie...

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    This is my favorite character type that Amy Poehler plays. I LOVE IT.

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