 While performing shows with The Second City in 1997 , Fey submitted several scripts to NBC 's variety show Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) , at the request of its head writer Adam McKay , a former performer at Second City . She was hired as a writer for SNL following a meeting with SNL creator Lorne Michaels , and moved to New York from Chicago . Fey told The New Yorker , " I 'd had my eye on the show forever , the way other kids have their eye on Derek Jeter . " Originally , Fey " struggled " at SNL . Her first sketch to air starred Chris Farley in a Sally Jessy Raphael satire . Fey went on to write a series of parodies , including one of ABC 's morning talk show The View . She co @-@ wrote the " Sully and Denise " sketches with Rachel Dratch , who plays one of the teens . 
 While performing shows with The Second City in 1997 , Fey submitted several scripts to NBC <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>variety show Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) , at the request of its head writer Adam McKay , a former performer at Second City . She was hired as a writer for SNL following a meeting with SNL creator Lorne Michaels , and moved to New York from Chicago . Fey told The New Yorker , " I 'd<a href='been_done' title='2'><mark></mark></a> had my eye on the show forever , the way other kids <a href='got' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> their eye on Derek Jeter . " Originally , Fey " struggled " at SNL . Her first sketch to air starred Chris Farley in a Sally Jessy Raphael satire . Fey went on to write a series of parodies , including one of ABC <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>morning talk show The View . She <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>co</mark></a> @-@ wrote the " Sully and Denise " <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>sketches</mark></a> with Rachel Dratch , <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>plays</mark></a> one of the teens . 
While performing shows wit The Second City in 1997 , Fey submitted several scripts to NBC  variety show Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) , at the request of its head writer Adam McKay , a former performer at Second City . She was hired as a writer for SNL following a meeting with SNL creator Lorne Michaels , and moved to New York from Chicago . Fey told The New Yorker , " I 'd been had my eye on the show 4ever , the way other kids got their eye on Derek Jeter . " Originally , Fey " struggled " at SNL . Her first sketch to air starred Chris Farley in a Sally Jessy Raphael satire . Fey went on to write a series of parodies , including one of ABC  mornin tlk show The View . She coed @-@ wrote da " Sully and Denise " sketch with Rachel Dratch , play one of the teens .