3 Years of Amy and Tina's Best Golden Globes Jokes

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have officially nailed the Golden Globe Awards three times. In 2013, they took the show by storm; in 2014, they were practically pros; and this year, their monologue was funnier than ever before. Since they won't be back next year — we're rooting for Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader — we'd like to take this moment to celebrate the 11 jokes the duo has made that we'll never forget. Source: Getty / Handout

01

"When it comes to torture, I trust the woman who was married to James Cameron." — Amy, on Kathryn Bigelow's 2012 movie, Zero Dark Thirty

02

"Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu, and I hear she's amazing in it." — Amy, saluting Streep's skills at everything in 2013

03

"Quentin Tarantino is here, star of all my sexual nightmares." — Tina, burning 2013 nominee Quentin Tarantino

04

"Congratulations, Lena, glad we got you through middle school." — Tina, in response to Lena Dunham's 2013 acceptance speech for best actress in a TV comedy or musical

05

"Like a supermodel's vagina, let's all give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio." — Tina, being generally hilarious in 2014

06

"I love you, there's a special place in hell for you." — Tina, poking fun at Taylor Swift's infamous Vanity Fair quote in 2014

07

"Hi Julia, you know us from TV." — Tina, on how 2014 nominee Julia Louis-Dreyfus is too good for them now

08

"Matt, don't take this the wrong way, but tonight you're basically a garbage person." — Amy, on how Matt Damon wasn't the most famous person in the room in 2014

09

"And Sleeping Beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby." — Amy, joking about Into the Woods in 2015

10

"George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an adviser to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three-person UN commission investigating rules of war violations in the Gaza Strip. So tonight . . . her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award." — Tina, essentially calling George Clooney a trophy husband in 2015

11

"Our next presenter is known by only one name, Winfrey!" — Tina, calling out Oprah in 2015

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