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One For The Road: Happy Birthday, Rachel Dratch

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 22, 2012 11:40PM

Today is former Saturday Night Live cast-member Rachel Dratch's birthday, so we dug up a video from when she graced the main stage at Second City. In the sketch called "Wicked" Dratch plays a bratty teen, and Tina Fey plays her mother. They're already creating great comedy about women. A sample:

Teen: Ma! You're gonna give me a negative body image. Seriously, seven out of 10 teenage girls have negative body image. Mom: Yeah, well six of them girls are right.

As you'll see below, Dratch (a Massachusetts native) had that Boston accent perfected well before doing those Sully & Denise sketches with Jimmy Fallon on SNL.

And just for old times' sake, here's one of her classic Debbie Downer performances.