From left, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler onstage at Comedy...

From left, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler onstage at Comedy Central's night of too many stars: America comes together for autism programs at The Beacon Theatre in New York. (October 13, 2012) Credit: Getty Images

If a joint interview with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is any indication of what the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be like when they host it live Sunday (NBC/4 at 8), expect a terrifically funny and spontaneous show.

Fey had concluded shooting "30 Rock," and Poehler was busy with "Parks and Recreation" when they sat down to a chat about their Globes gig.

The duo hadn't prepared months in advance for the awards show, and suggested we might expect some quirkiness from them.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a small group that chooses the winners, divides the 25 categories between film and TV. The event, which has more the feel of a party than a career-defining marathon production, kicks off the awards season.

What follows is a condensed version of Fey and Poehler's half-hour chat with Zap2it.

The biggest difference, and what's funny and fun to exploit is it's one of the rare occasions where television and film are together in the same room. The Academy Awards is about the movies. What's cool about the Golden Globes, especially now with so much great writing in television and so many actors doing both, is it is the room where everyone you kind of want to see is in, and there is an unpredictable element because people are drinking. I am a fan, as you know from the weird stuff I do at awards shows. It's kind of like why I used to like watching them; some got angry and weepy, and some refused their award, and it's a tiny sense of danger, and no one took it too seriously. And then things changed, and they take things more seriously.

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