A face you won’t forget
Wendy (Upright Citizens Brigade)
Played by Amy Poehler
Wendy is Amy Poehler's big-haired job applicant in the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch Prostitute Barista (Season 2, Episode 8, Big City, 1999). Leaving sex work for a daytime career, she interviews for a barista job with a desperate…
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Wendy is Amy Poehler's big-haired job applicant in the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch Prostitute Barista (Season 2, Episode 8, Big City, 1999). Leaving sex work for a daytime career, she interviews for a barista job with a desperate coffee-shop manager, cheerfully explains her alarming resume, and ends up inspiring him to quit and chase his old dream of becoming an astronaut. Distinct from other characters named Wendy.
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