--- title: Kristen Bell is an Amazing Mary Poppins description: Feed the birds, y'all canonical: https://time.com/3030481/kristin-bell-mary-poppins-funny-or-die/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-24T17:50:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:42.997Z og:title: Kristen Bell is an Amazing Mary Poppins og:description: Feed the birds, y'all og:url: https://time.com/3030481/kristin-bell-mary-poppins-funny-or-die/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b9d862df91bc9c1/69869d25adae4401e25444a3/screen-shot-2014-07-24-at-3-38-18-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-07-24 at 3.38.18 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kristen Bell is an Amazing Mary Poppins twitter:description: Feed the birds, y'all twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b9d862df91bc9c1/69869d25adae4401e25444a3/screen-shot-2014-07-24-at-3-38-18-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: Kristen Bell Plays a Minimum-Wage Mary Poppins  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 24, 2014 5:50 PM UTC  Funny of Die  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 24, 2014 5:50 PM UTC In case you had any doubts about whether Kristen Bell is one of Hollywood’s most talented dames, check out this amazing Funny or Die video in which she plays a fed-up Mary Poppins who quits her job because her pay sucks. The best part is when she looks in the mirror and her reflection is a Republican. Also props to Funny or Die for finding the perfect kids to play Jane and Michael Banks. Babysitters of the world, unite! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3030481/kristin-bell-mary-poppins-funny-or-die/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3030481/kristin-bell-mary-poppins-funny-or-die/"},"headline":"Watch: Kristen Bell Plays a Minimum-Wage Mary Poppins","datePublished":"2014-07-24T17:50:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:42.997Z","description":"Feed the birds, y'all","url":"https://time.com/3030481/kristin-bell-mary-poppins-funny-or-die/","keywords":["Living","Minimum Wage","Humor","Funny or Die","Kristen Bell"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b9d862df91bc9c1/69869d25adae4401e25444a3/screen-shot-2014-07-24-at-3-38-18-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b9d862df91bc9c1/69869d25adae4401e25444a3/screen-shot-2014-07-24-at-3-38-18-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-07-24 at 3.38.18 PM","caption":"","creditText":"Funny of Die","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3030481/kristin-bell-mary-poppins-funny-or-die/","name":"Watch: Kristen Bell Plays a Minimum-Wage Mary Poppins"}}]}] ```