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- You should do standup, and[br]I can help you.

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- What're you talking about?[br]- Talkin' about your act.

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- I don't have an act.

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- You will when we're done.

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This is Alex Borstein, a comic actress[br]who has won two Emmys:

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one for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"[br]in which she plays Susie Myerson,

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the tough, brazen manager[br]of Midge Maisel,

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and I think I've heard her [br]voice somewhere else before...

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what is this?[br]- This vooooice.

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Oh yeah, she voices Lois Griffin[br]in one of the biggest

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animated shows of all time, "Family Guy."

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(singing)[br]- La la la!

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Borstein's roots are in comedy[br]going way back to the early 90s

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when she trained in improv[br]at the ACME Comedy Theatre.

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From there she started writing for[br]various series like "Casper"

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and "Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain,"[br]eventually writing print ads for Barbie.

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On the side her first official[br]acting credits involved dubbing

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the voice of several monsters in[br]"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."

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You've got Madame Woe,[br]Bloom of Doom,

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and Lipsyncher.

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- Oh my! Where are those[br]gorgeous Power Rangers?

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- I just wanna KISS THEM[br]ALL TO PIECES!

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Her legacy in the "Power Rangers"[br]canon didn't end there

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as she dubbed the recurring villain[br]Queen Machina in "Power Rangers Zeo."

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- Absolutely brilliant.

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Then, Alex got two big breaks[br]back to back, the first of which

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was becoming a regular cast[br]member and writer on "MADtv."

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And not long after that, she was asked by[br]a then unknown animator, Seth MacFarlane,

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to voice the mother, Lois Griffin,[br]in a new animated series called...

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- "Family Guy!"

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She would go on to become [br]a co-producer of the series as well.

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Besides Alex's regular gigs on these[br]two shows, she began to pop up

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in TV with comedic one-off characters[br]in episodes of "Frasier"

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and "Friends."[br]- How could he leave me!?

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And she had two recurring characters[br]in "Gilmore Girls," like Drella the Harpist.[br]- Tell it to the tip jar.

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Fun fact: Alex was originally cast to [br]play Melissa McCarthy's character

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of Sookie in an unaired pilot[br]of the show,

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but unfortunately, couldn't continue[br]due to scheduling conflicts with "MADtv."

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As far as movies go, it wasn't[br]unusual for Alex to play

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characters who, instead of having[br]names, had very specific descriptions:

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"Milwaukee Mom with Photo..."

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- Gee, you know what? This one,[br]I think it's more than enough.

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"Obnoxious Hummer Lady..."

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- I do! Look at the size[br]of this bad boy, huh?

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...and "Red Hair Woman."

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- It's Martha.

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She had a name. He just said it. [br]Her name was Martha. Just call her Martha!

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But some of Alex's more prominent[br]supporting roles usually involved her

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flexing her sass and attitude, like a[br]tour guide in 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie...'

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- Rome! The eternal city! Did [br]no one read the info packet?

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...a no-nonsense secretary in[br]'Good Night, and Good Luck...'

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- Brent's not gonna be in[br]for another hour...

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...and let's not forget about the[br]Razzie Award-winning 'Catwoman,'

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in which she fit right in as[br]the plucky best friend Sally.

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- If I screw it up, you can throw[br]away the key.

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In more recent years, Seth MacFarlane[br]has continued to feature her

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in projects like 'Ted...'[br](screams)

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...and 'A Million Ways to[br]Die in the West.'

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But one of Alex's favorite roles was in[br]the short-lived HBO dark comedy "Getting On"

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as the head nurse in a geriatric wing[br]of a hospital.

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- It's not "a feces" it's[br]just "feces."

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- But it wasn't a gang of them,[br]it was just one beast.

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When this show was cancelled,[br]Alex almost threw in the towel

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as far as on-screen acting.

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- I don't wanna read your diary.[br]- It's not my diary.

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- I don't care what your[br]first time felt like.

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...until she was approached by[br]"Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" creator

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Amy Sherman-Palladino, whom[br]Alex had previously worked

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with on "Gilmore Girls."

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The rest is history, and Alex has continued[br]making audiences laugh

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both behind the mic and in [br]front of the camera.

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(laughing)