Ah, Rose Marie. 

As one of the first women unencombered by a last name, Rose Marie earned her chops playing that tough bird Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show.  She was likable, yet tough enough to hold her own as the lone female writer in that cigar-smoking boys’ club of television comedy writing.

Well, Tina Fey can kick Rose Marie’s ass.

Columnist Julianne Hill reports.

Client: Writer’s Digest

Date: August 2000