That Amy Poehler...always giving me reasons to love her.
I just discovered her webisode project, "Smart Girls at the Party." Now entering its second season, the series is aimed at showcasing pre-teen girls' under-represented talents and interests— no shopping, boys and other precocious nonsense. Poehler interviews a young gardener, a steel drum-player, a yogini and, as is the case in the first episode of Season 2, a robotic engineer.
Smart Girls' tagline is "Change the World by Being Yourself." You really get a feel for the authenticity of that sentiment as you watch these refreshingly awkward girls. There's scarcely a Disney'ed out pre-diva in the bunch. The interviews are set up "The Daily Show"-style and it's adorable to watch the deadpan responses to Poehler's faux-reporter shenanigans.
If you can get past the intro yodeling, I'd say this is a great (albeit, short) viewing alternative to "iCarly" and the nauseating like. Bonus for geeky grown-ups: The episodes end in dance parties featuring Will Arnett and an interchangeable cast of Poehler's celeb friends (Aziz Ansari, Kristen Wiig, etc.).
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