"Right now they're fighting over someone's sock or something. It's really exciting over here guys!"

Clearly, we were missing out. That was Amy Poehler, explaining the barking and brawling of her two dogs in the background while on a conference call with reporters for several U.S. and Canadian college newspapers, the Gateway included. The "Saturday Night Live" star spoke to us from Los Angeles, promoting her new movie, Blades of Glory, starring Will Ferrell and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder.

It's the latest in a string of supporting movie roles for the bubbly, yet mildly sardonic actress. In addition to Blades, the actress will also be featured in On Broadway; Shrek the Third; Mr. Woodcock and Spring Breakdown, all in 2007.

Poehler, 35, was at ease with the college bunch on the call and lived up to her "Weekend Update" persona. Heavy on the teasing sarcasm and quick with the quips, she had plenty of positive things to say about her feature film co-stars, as well as some SNL alumni.

On Will Ferrell: "I think Will Ferrell is a genius, so I think anything he does will turn to gold - comedy gold."

On Tina Fey's new NBC show, "30 Rock": "I think it's an awesome, awesome show and so many funny people are on it. I'm thrilled for her about that."

And on "The Office": "I love that show and I love [Steve] Carell. Carell used to be in Chicago when I was there, and I think everyone is a genius and I love that show."

She also had some nice things to say about her real-life husband, "Arrested Development"'s Will Arnett, who costars with her in Blades. They play a brother-sister ice skating duo who resent Ferrell and Heder's characters for pairing up as an ice skating team and stealing the spotlight that had previously been theirs. "It was really, really fun, and I am a big fan of Will's, separate from being married to him, so it is always great to work with him."

Poehler was patient, even friendly, when a panelist tactlessly framed his question with, "I don't watch 'Saturday Night Live,'" and then proceeded to ask a question not about her, but about Ferrell.

"Will Ferrell has been an elf, a schizophrenic, an anchorman, a race car driver, an ice skater and whole bunch of other things. So I was wondering, what do you think his next role will be that Adam Sandler hasn't played?" asked the interviewer.

Poehler answered gracefully, simultaneously lavishing praise on the Talladega Nights star and knocking the caller down a few pegs in the gentlest way possible.

Asked which past SNL player she would most like to work with, Poehler said Phil Hartman was the first person to spring to mind. "Of course, I would have loved to have met and worked with Gilda, too. And everyone basically. When you walk down the halls of that show and you see all the people that worked there it's really impressive."

And for the moment, she is going to continue keeping her focus on SNL, though she did kid about much loftier goals. "They involve world peace, stopping global warming, making sure that we all just start getting along. They involve finding a way for dogs and cats to get along. They involve opening a UCB Theatre on the moon and building a rocket ship in my basement." Poehler says that maybe after that she might consider returning to movies.

The most hilarious question and answer happened to come at the end of the interview. A panelist asked Poehler how she manages to balance her many movie projects with SNL. Does she ever sleep, or does she just has a meth lab in her basement? Poehler's snarky reply is reprinted below in its entirety for reader enjoyment.

"You know, I don't like to call it a meth lab. I like to call it a house of hope; a synthetic house of hope. So yeah, do I grow, produce and take my own meth? Yes. Do I think it's a problem? No. Am I sick of people talking to me about it? Yes. Does my family want to go and give me treatments? Yes. Do I think my family is wrong? Yes. So, I don't need people coming down on me about how I handle my b'ness.

"So yes, once again, I take meth every day in order to maintain the schedule. Do I think it's a problem? No."