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"I slept with your brother"
"Mitch!?"
"And he's DISGUSTING in bed"
"You know he's not right in the head after that ski accident"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

"this is boring. I'm bored now."

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

I saw part of this for the first time last night. It was more cartoonish that I expected but pretty funny.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

This show is delightful. As soon as I heard Alec Baldwin saying the "I'm bored now" line, I fully realized what comedic genius lies in this show.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

Make Dr. Spaceman a regular.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

Argh I keep forgetting to watch this. I think I'm subconsciously boycotting the tube until "Lost" comes back.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:40 (eighteen years ago)

"where are my car keys?"

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:40 (eighteen years ago)

Lost cause at this point, I'm afraid.

x-post.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

"Who's your financial advisor?"
"Grizz."

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

Spaceman IS a regular, at this point. He's been in all the episodes since he debuted!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:48 (eighteen years ago)

a weekly sitcom with tracy morgan & chris parnell is pretty much my idea of heaven

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:48 (eighteen years ago)

I can't tell you how psyched I was when I checked my DVR and saw that yesterday's ep was called "THE RURAL JUROR."

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:49 (eighteen years ago)

I think someone said this on the old thread, but I'm so glad Tracy Morgan finally got a project worthy of him.

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

Urban Fervor is next!

We discussed this in the Scrubs thread. Parnell was brilliant...I hope he becomes like a Dratch character...playing different roles in every episode. He's like Phil Hartman was on the Simpsons. Use him for any weirdo white guy character.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

haha the rural juror stuff was killing me, i kinda hope it reaches a 'bob loblaw's law blog' type conclusion

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

"Urban Fervor" made me laugh intermittently every 5 minutes, when it would re-occur to me.

also awesome: Rachel Dratch's Barbra Walters.

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:52 (eighteen years ago)

"I assumed it was Oral Germwhore."

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

"Maureen, thanks for the flowers. They were lovely."

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

"Let me tell you about how I helped Arsenio."
"Hall or Billingham?"

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:02 (eighteen years ago)

'you know an arsenio billingham?' 'no!'

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:03 (eighteen years ago)

"Eureko!"

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

'you know an arsenio billingham?' 'no!'

Ha this was my favorite line

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

Aw fuck I can't believe I missed this. Fucking "friends", coming over to "visit". Gah. A'torrenting I will go.

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

"well, folks, bread will never maybe attack your brain again!"

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

tracy morgan trying to convey medical authority is on my list of funniest comic set-ups

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

PLEASE somebody tell me the line Dr. Spaceman said before that, before Tracey asked him if it does.

My other favorite Parnell moment...when Alec asks him to sponsor a product, he just says "sure" THEN asks what it does.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

"Who's your financial advisor?"
"Grizz."

Grizz sadly saying, "WorldCom, man. WorldCom."

And later Tracy: "What is it with you and telecommunications?"

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

parnell is like the funniest dude on the planet

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

Dan, the exchange:

Tracy Morgan: (with mouthful of foodball) "Dr. Spaceman, is it true that bread eats away at your brain?" (POINTING TO HEAD GENIUS!)
Chris Parnell: "We have no way of knowing, because the powerful bread lobby won't let me complete my research"
(audience gasps)
TM: "Well, folks...(etc.)

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

oh, you wanted the line before all that. Tracy says the foodball is delicious, and Chris Parnell walks in: "and it's healthy! Hi, I'm Dr. Leo Spaceman. I'm a working physician with a degree from the Ho Chi Mih city school of medicine."

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

Yup! But it wasn't Dr. Spacemen, what's his name?

Did Whoopi selling the machine in a foreign country remind anyone of Arrested Developements Corn Baller?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

he just said his name the way it's pronounced: "spuh-CHI-mun"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:47 (eighteen years ago)

it's spelled "Spaceman" but properly pronounced "Spuh-CHEM-an." Tracy always says "Spaceman," though.

xpost

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

i fucking LOVE this show, and i love the shit out of tracy morgan, but...

when i saw him do standup a couple years ago he bombed, entirely, and spent about 10 minutes talking about wiping (anal sex) blood off of his dick with the window curtains before leaving.

actually that sounds sort of funny, but it was a lot less funny at the time.

― max (maxreax), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:51 (eighteen years ago)

best part of the last episoe = tracy's bald, less fat bodyguard doing the robot while tracy shows the meat machine to jack

― max (maxreax), Friday, 12 January 2007 22:21 (eighteen years ago)

wasnt he the dude with flowers when everyone thought liz wanted to have a baby with someone?

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 22:28 (eighteen years ago)

yeah i think him and grizz both had flowers

― max (maxreax), Friday, 12 January 2007 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

meat is the new bread

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 12 January 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)

I think this is the third episode in a row where someone steals the page's sandwich.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 12 January 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

how come the page is in the credits but not the funny jew? hmm

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

I can't tell you how psyched I was when I checked my DVR and saw that yesterday's ep was called "THE RURAL JUROR."

The what?

― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

i loved when baldwin said the rural juror perfectly

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

"I'm a huge Kevin Grisham fan."

― max (maxreax), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:29 (eighteen years ago)

hi, i'm whoopi goldberg and this is WORKING OUT WITH WHOOPI! ...

...

...

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

No, it's gotta be "oral germwhore".

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:43 (eighteen years ago)

ONE DELICIOUS FOODBALL

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:46 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry I'll stop, I'm watching and posting at the same time now.

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:47 (eighteen years ago)

this show makes me love tv comedy again
(even though i love the office and AD, this is so TV COMEDY and awesome at it)

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Saturday, 13 January 2007 03:12 (eighteen years ago)

the flashback bit to liz waiting backstage for jenna, and then the same flashback from jenna's perspective = classic tv! and funny!

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Saturday, 13 January 2007 03:15 (eighteen years ago)

"i'ma make you a mixtape! you like phil collins?"
"i have two ears and a heart, don't i?"

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 13 January 2007 03:52 (eighteen years ago)

I think I shouted with laughter at that line.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 13 January 2007 03:57 (eighteen years ago)

"Cheese and crackers!"

― cws (cws), Saturday, 13 January 2007 04:55 (eighteen years ago)

laugh all you want, 97% of American didn't get the Maureen Dowd joke

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Saturday, 13 January 2007 05:15 (eighteen years ago)

with the ratings it gets it would be a prime suspect fort cancelation if it weren't for the way it cozies up to NBC corporate culture -- and being a product of Lorne Michaels, it's relatively safe, especially with Sorkin's show tanking and getting a pity extension.

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Saturday, 13 January 2007 05:17 (eighteen years ago)

don't get me wrong, it's the only sitcom i watch. even when i come home too late and miss The Office, this show destroys me.

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Saturday, 13 January 2007 05:20 (eighteen years ago)

Here's the old thread.

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Saturday, 13 January 2007 07:02 (eighteen years ago)

(G00gle doesn't work but I just looked at New Questions Culture Television and it was right there)

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Saturday, 13 January 2007 07:04 (eighteen years ago)

"i'ma make you a mixtape! you like phil collins?"
"i have two ears and a heart, don't i?"

I wept when I heard that one.

― musically (musically), Saturday, 13 January 2007 07:08 (eighteen years ago)

97 percent? Maureen Dowd *is* a bestselling author. Sure, I have a crush on her, what of it?

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Saturday, 13 January 2007 08:46 (eighteen years ago)

A few weeks ago, when Tina Fey's character discovers that Morgan's character isn't illiterate, as she'd thought, Morgan gets caught reading the op-ed page: "Damn, George Will just keeps getting more conservative!"

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Saturday, 13 January 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

What was the Maureen Dowd joke? I missed part of the episode.

― Nathan P1p (hoyanathan), Saturday, 13 January 2007 20:53 (eighteen years ago)

Alec Baldwin's latest lover affair.

― Super Cub (Debito), Saturday, 13 January 2007 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

i can't believe how much i love this show.

"cheese and crackers!"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 14 January 2007 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

What was the Maureen Dowd joke?

Baldwin on the phone: "You hang up, Maureen ... no, you hang up ... okay, on three ... one, two, three ... no, I didn't hang up either, Maureen ... wait, Maureen, you're breaking up ... I lost the call." [proceeds to have whole other conversation, then turns to assistant] "Get me Maureen Dowd back on the phone."

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 14 January 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

that reminds me one of my favourite arrested development jokes, "you're supposed to say 'away'".

one-sided phone jokes are a very fertile source of humour! ask bob newhart

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 14 January 2007 02:47 (eighteen years ago)

Or Chevy Chase -- "no, you're not supposed to actually blow on it..."

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 14 January 2007 03:19 (eighteen years ago)

I have every episode of this downloaded, and have watched every one at least twice, save for the first couple, which I think everyone agrees aren't as good.

Anyway. Top five moments so far:

1. Dennis' speech to Liz. "I cried like a big dumb homo." And "You have chosen to abort me." (I miss Dennis.)
2. "I have two ears and a heart, don't I?"
3. Tracy falls asleep on Conan. It's all about the buildup to it.
4. "I already have a drink. Do you think he'll buy me mozzarella sticks?"
5. Pretty much every line delivered by Alec Baldwin. But maybe especially, "I know what I know. Next time I see Putin I'm going to kick his teeth in."
4.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:21 (eighteen years ago)

And no, that's not Eugene Mirman.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:27 (eighteen years ago)

Bread is one of the worst things in the world.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:30 (eighteen years ago)

Big runner up: everything said by Tracy Morgan. "I once tried to make mashed potatoes with laundry detergent!"

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:34 (eighteen years ago)

"Those shoes are definitely bi-curious."

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:56 (eighteen years ago)

My fav line:

lemon: "You're wearing a TUXEDO?"

baldwin: "it's after 6, i'm not a farmer"

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:09 (eighteen years ago)

i love it when he calls her pizza "greasy peasant food"

― max (maxreax), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

Oprah and Stedman are the same person

― A B C (sparklecock), Sunday, 14 January 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

My fav line:

lemon: "You're wearing a TUXEDO?"

baldwin: "it's after 6, i'm not a farmer"

-- M@tt He1geson (matt@game[remove]informer.com), January 14th, 2007. (Matt Helgeson) (later) (link)

i was trying to remember that one!

― zombierza (tehresa), Sunday, 14 January 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

Dowd joke also a bit of a dig at Sorkin (she's one of his famous exes-- Lahti character on his show is based on her (just like Christian lady is based on ex Kristin Chenoweth... guess he's got ex issues)).

― sydz (sydz), Monday, 15 January 2007 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

I did not know that.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Monday, 15 January 2007 22:59 (eighteen years ago)

I have asked about this before but we are all supposed to get that the skinny white guy is a mock-up of Jimmy Fallon, right? Hence the impersonations and overall annoyingness.

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Monday, 15 January 2007 23:03 (eighteen years ago)

I had to re-watch the Meat Machine infomercial at least 4 times before I could stop laughing enough at one joke to hear the next.

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Monday, 15 January 2007 23:04 (eighteen years ago)

xpost - Yeah, I've thought that too about skinny dude as Jimmy Fallon character.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Monday, 15 January 2007 23:08 (eighteen years ago)

the way tracy chews that meat and talks is great

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 15 January 2007 23:23 (eighteen years ago)

skinny as alterna-fallon, also check

― m@p (plosive), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

Hence the impersonations and overall annoyingness.

also they made him really dumb.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 00:34 (eighteen years ago)

i enjoy his ray romano

― m@p (plosive), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

(I think) no one mentioned yet how hilariously shit the TGS skits continue to be:

"No, when Paris Hilton makes out with the bear, the bear should act like he's into it."

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

"tracy to the stage for 'pull your own wisdom teeth'"

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

ok, Baldwin is about to get the Golden Globe

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:22 (eighteen years ago)

fuck yeah i'm right

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:22 (eighteen years ago)

It only just occurred to me that NBC's entire Thursday lineup was nominated.

Buck Henry is a writer on 30 Rock?

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

"Lemme tell ya about 20 year olds: half of them are 16."

― Dean Winters (rogermexico), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 03:17 (eighteen years ago)

hah! I was like "buck henry?!?!". Makes such good sense.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 05:27 (eighteen years ago)

yeah!

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 05:32 (eighteen years ago)

He's not credited as a writer anywhere that I can find, but it would be unsurprising if he acted as a consultant, editor, polisher, etc, and threw in a joke now and again. He's a comedy writing God, and still pretty close to SNL, I imagine.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 07:10 (eighteen years ago)

I just learned from IMDB that he co-directed Heaven Can Wait. I did not know that.

And of course there's The Graduate.

"Ben, this all sounds a little half-baked."
"No, it's completely baked."

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 07:14 (eighteen years ago)

I think he later claimed that Beatty brought him because he knew Julie Christie would be mad at him before the shooting was over, so he would need Buck to give her direction.

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)

"I want you to ride me as hard as you can." = Tobias Funke moment.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

aw balls, I forgot this show was on

― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Friday, 19 January 2007 02:50 (eighteen years ago)

LMFAO at the "Goldcase" coda. Tears.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

and Kenneth remains unfazed

lol at Brian Williams' dressing room

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:19 (eighteen years ago)

The egg in the underwear + the look on Baldwins face

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:21 (eighteen years ago)

also, cleaning "Katie Couric Sucks" off the wall

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:22 (eighteen years ago)

Whoever said this show can't be cancelled because it's too soaked in NBC corporate culture was OTM.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:27 (eighteen years ago)

I laughed until I cried when Tracey went nuts and used his shoe as a telephone. "Yes, I am having problems with my cable television. Yes, I will hold." It was all in the enunciation.

Anyone seen a torrent of episode 11 yet?

― caek (caek), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:30 (eighteen years ago)

We just watched episode 11. Give it 4 hours.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:31 (eighteen years ago)

Ah, right. I thought it was yesterday. Thanks.

― caek (caek), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

I am pretty well convinced after tonight that this is the best show on tv

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

Moonvest

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

Like the moon landing or the golden girls finale

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:16 (eighteen years ago)

oooh i need to catch up on the past few weeks!

― more grease in the pianissimo. (tehresa), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

Tracy's song about Christmas wishes shooting out of your eyes is quite possibly the most absurdly hilarious thing I've ever heard in my life.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:49 (eighteen years ago)

shooting LOVE

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:21 (eighteen years ago)

very very funny episode.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:24 (eighteen years ago)

Christmas love? Whatever, it's still funny.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:24 (eighteen years ago)

you've never heard his songs as woodrow the homeless guy then

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:46 (eighteen years ago)

take a doodoo pie

― A B C (sparklecock), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:48 (eighteen years ago)

C or D?: Tracy Morgan's "Woodrow" character..

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:48 (eighteen years ago)

Johnny Mac???

― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:01 (eighteen years ago)

Brian Fellow - not a troll

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:06 (eighteen years ago)

LMFAO at the "Goldcase" coda. Tears.

Seriously, no even one thought to fill the other cases with something heavy?

"If you're a gay guy looking for a beard, I don't do that anymore."

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:11 (eighteen years ago)

what coda? fucking DVR cut it off before the end

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:31 (eighteen years ago)

Seriously, no even one thought to fill the other cases with something heavy?

Stern logic does not create comedy. Never has, never will.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:37 (eighteen years ago)

Kyle, it'll be up on the NBC site tomorrow.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:39 (eighteen years ago)

Haha, I know kenan, I think that there was a simple solution made it even funnier.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:42 (eighteen years ago)

"Teenmoviescene.com gave it 5 out of 5 iPods!"

― musically (musically), Friday, 19 January 2007 07:48 (eighteen years ago)

I just went back on the NBC site and watched some of the episodes again. Perhaps the funniest bit was when Jack was trying to tell a joke about Jack Welch, ending with the phrase "mind grapes" which he and Liz agreed made no sense.

Cut to Tracy talking about his mind grapes.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 08:39 (eighteen years ago)

Marmot and Cutty, I wondered in the old thread at just how Tina Fey was getting away with all the jokes about how shitty all the sketches were, or whether exec producer Lorne Michaels simply doesn't give a damn anymore. It's been going on since the first episode, with Krakowski as "the overly confident obese woman" or whatever.

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Friday, 19 January 2007 11:17 (eighteen years ago)

Great joke from a few weeks ago when the cast was collapsing due to facial tattoos, bad skin treatments, etc.:

"Maybe we can get the musical guest to do a few extra songs. Who is it?"
"James Blunt."

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Friday, 19 January 2007 11:19 (eighteen years ago)

If all I had to my name were a bottle of water, a baguette, and a loop of Alec Baldwin perfectly enuncuiating "asspain" playing in the background, I would need nothing more.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 19 January 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

Tina Fey was getting away with all the jokes about how shitty all the sketches were

"Tracy to the stage for 'Pull Your Own Wisdom Teeth'"

I LOVE that. Not only does it sound like a bad sketch, it sounds like the kind of classic SNL that they keep trying to recycle.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:06 (eighteen years ago)

the christmas song omg - "imagine christmas wishes... shooting out of your eyes"
first time in a very long time i've laughed to the point of tears at a tv show

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Friday, 19 January 2007 22:29 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, Kenan. It was WISHES!

I'm with you... I was laughing for five minutes sometime after midnight last night just because I thought of it again.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 22:53 (eighteen years ago)

This show just keeps topping itself.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 2 February 2007 02:52 (eighteen years ago)

so funny

i love this show

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:12 (eighteen years ago)

he can have his rockettes, his shakiras...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:20 (eighteen years ago)

"I had 'lunch' with Martha Stewart, and 'dinner' with her daughter Alexis."

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:54 (eighteen years ago)

I like how Tina and Alec just broke into German all the sudden.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 2 February 2007 05:19 (eighteen years ago)

THAT WAS AWESOME

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

Things you never think you'll see on TV: Isabella Rossellini stripping Tina Fey to the waist.

― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

"Those evil kids from Footloose"

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

once again the side-plots are pretty amusing

also i love tina :/

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

Pee-Wee wasn't as funny as I hoped...Isabella was way funnier then I expected.

Pee-Wee's little hand was fucking hilarious though.

And Will Forte...why don't they just give up on SNL, just cancel it, and just do an hour of 30 Rock every week?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 2 February 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

Baldwin mentioning "the defenestration of Prague" was my favourite throwaway line this week.

This just keeps getting better, dunnit?

― Mister Thoth (Mister Thoth), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

i was a little disappointed. i thought pee wee would be funnier.

but it's still a great show.

― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:23 (eighteen years ago)

cutty do you want tina & i get pam or the other way around

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

also the girl that tracy morgan leaves with

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

/kenan

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

dude, take her

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

gangbang night done right (TM)

― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

"i'm actually looking for the lobby"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

hahahaha yeah

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

I've never had sex in a men's room...at least not in this building.

you're name sounds jewish...are you important?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

that actress is my new favorite actress

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 20:13 (eighteen years ago)

she's smooth.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Friday, 2 February 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

omg i just remembered "YOU look like a BABY" and let out a little bark of laughter

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 20:42 (eighteen years ago)

I thought the pee-wee was pretty darn funny. Tina getting stripped was a great sight gag. That came out of nowhere. Just another episode in the life of Liz Lemon.

― Super Cub (Debito), Friday, 2 February 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

Tina is really dressing to accentuate the twins lately.

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Friday, 2 February 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

"lick her face!"

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Friday, 2 February 2007 22:42 (eighteen years ago)

"think of god!"

― sydz (sydz), Saturday, 3 February 2007 02:28 (eighteen years ago)

must watch this! i got stuck on the phone while it was on and i kept staring longingly wishing i knew what was happening.

― he smells something else. he don't smell honey and pears. (tehresa), Saturday, 3 February 2007 18:06 (eighteen years ago)

haha i know it was good and evil conscience sides and shit but all i could think of when kenneth and tracy's heads popped out of the air vents was 'ceiling cat is watching you masturbate'

― he smells something else. he don't smell honey and pears. (tehresa), Saturday, 3 February 2007 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

just caught this gem: "Why are you crying, did the Liberty lose again last night?"

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

What's-her-face blonde girl had some of the best lines in this episode - that caught me off guard.

Has Will Forte ever been funny?

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

Once or twice on SNL, but maybe that's like being tall in Kindergarten.

My favorite Baldwin moment is still "It's after six. What am I, a farmer?"

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

Even just typing it made me laugh again!

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

you're going to make a big mistake tonight :(

YOURE GONNA MAKE A BIG MISTAKE 2NITE!!!

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

"she's a lot sharper than that last girl you dated, what was her name?"
"BEYONCE."

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

;_;

A fresh release from NBC, cementing the plans to shelve Studio 60 as well as 30 Rock (!), to make room for two new series:

"NBC's new mid-season drama The Black Donnellys will premiere on Monday, March 5 (10-11 pm/ET) — following the hit drama Heroes — while the new comedy Andy Barker, P.I., starring Andy Richter, will debut on Thursday, March 15 (9:30-10 pm).

"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip will return later this season on a date to be determined. 30 Rock will return... with original episodes on April 19, after Andy Barker completes its slate of episodes" and Alec Baldwin's SAG Award gathers a good inch of dust. Ahem

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:48 (eighteen years ago)

as much as andy richter getting work pleases me, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

cementing the plans to shelve Studio 60 as well as 30 Rock

This scared the shit out of me for a second.

We all knew it would have to take a hiatus at some point, so they could finish out the season during April/May Sweeps. I personally would rather they air 30-40+ episodes of this per "season" of tv though.

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

I hope that the Andy Richter show does well enough to replace Scrubs but suspect it will not do well enough to replace anything

― A B C (sparklecock), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

I really liked Andy's FOX show and it's Parker Louis Can't Lose-esque sound effects.

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

that is complete bush league, this show owns.

― m@p (plosive), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

take it easy kids, they likely didn't order a season of episodes from an unproven quantity, and have to push the remaining back to sweeps.

rest assured, it will be back in the lineup next year, they're not going to destroy their longstanding relationship with Lorne Michaels just like that, and this show is critically lauded and will probably get an emmy or two. studio 60 however is being put out to pasture in as humane a way possible (read: appease Sorkin).

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:36 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah I was thinking an added bonus to the Baldwin Golden Globe was that it pretty much assures a season 2 (of course Arrested Development won like FIVE Emmys).

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

And they had 3 seasons!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 5 February 2007 23:06 (eighteen years ago)

I hope this all means that we'll get a pretty good run of new episodes before and after the hiatus. which means a pretty good run of new episodes for the next four weeks.

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:58 (eighteen years ago)

GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 04:31 (eighteen years ago)

Will Forte is occasionally very very funny. Please see all the Tim Calhoun skits on SNL.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 05:17 (eighteen years ago)

Will Forte is really funny, in my opinion as an American! Nobody gets to show their full lol potential on SNL as I thought this very show demonstrated

― A B C (sparklecock), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 05:21 (eighteen years ago)

I like when Will Forte sings. It's always over the top and wonderful.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 05:36 (eighteen years ago)

"Nobody gets to show their full lol potential on SNL as I thought this very show demonstrated"

very true. i think will farrell is the exception that proves the rule. NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS SNL THREAD THOUGH SO DON'T EVEN...

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 05:42 (eighteen years ago)

You know I've always reminded myself of Grace Kelly

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 06:21 (eighteen years ago)

I miss Will Forte as Bush

AND AS ZELL MILLER

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 13:56 (eighteen years ago)

he's still on SNL.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:02 (eighteen years ago)

Will Forte's finest moment was as the voice of Abe Lincoln on Clone High.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:11 (eighteen years ago)

That was him? Respect.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

Please go read this:

http://members.aol.com/ummmliz/home/calhoun.html

He speaks in a wierd, quiet breathy drawl, takes all kinds of strange pauses, and blinks oddly.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

he's still on SNL.

Yeah, but they don't let him do Bush anymore.

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:25 (eighteen years ago)

haha for no reason I just remembered "GIMME YR FINGERNAILS"..."no".

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 19:21 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.randomtuesday.com/pictures/30rock/107/noway.gif

― The Homeliness of The Long Distance Punner (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

who does bush now?

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

Jason Sudeikis.

― Oblivious Lad. (Oblivious Lad), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

Tina is really dressing to accentuate the twins lately.

-- blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (crucial.bonu...), February 2nd, 2007.

Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh rrrriiiiiiiiiggggghhhhttt...?!

― If you fuck with Jimmy Mod, you call down the thunder (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 8 February 2007 04:47 (eighteen years ago)

"lately" = SINCE DAY ONE SON

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 8 February 2007 04:50 (eighteen years ago)

ahahhahahaha "this would work on ugly betty"

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

"Well, THAT just makes me perSPIRE"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:45 (eighteen years ago)

"i think it's coming... from my butt."

"my vagina is a convenience store. clean, well lighted, and closed on christmas."

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:48 (eighteen years ago)

that first quote is gonna GET ME LUCKY one of these nights

no sah

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

He speaks in a wierd, quiet breathy drawl, takes all kinds of strange pauses, and blinks oddly.

i loved that skit

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Friday, 9 February 2007 03:06 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, apparently there have been some more recent ones that I missed.

Tonight's 30 rock was completely hilarious. The show's getting better and better.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 9 February 2007 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

I just realised why I love Tina Fey, and it is from a few episodes ago.

"I never wear flip-flops, because that's gross."

Yeah, that's my perfect woman.

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Friday, 9 February 2007 05:49 (eighteen years ago)

awesome episode. every time there is a snl guest star i want them to permanently escape to the safe house of 30 rock

― A B C (sparklecock), Friday, 9 February 2007 06:27 (eighteen years ago)

i'm not completely sure what the hell that post was but u kno what i mean

― A B C (sparklecock), Friday, 9 February 2007 06:28 (eighteen years ago)

isabella rossellini talking about arby's big beef 'n cheddar = omggggg

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 9 February 2007 06:33 (eighteen years ago)

I love how Rachel Dratch gets reappropriated (almost) every single episode. The Ukrainian hooker might've been the best so far.

I wish Dr. Spaceman would drop in again.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 9 February 2007 08:06 (eighteen years ago)

"Oh wait, I just found the card. It's from your mom. Tell your gay mom thanks."

― The Yellow Kid (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 9 February 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

I hate trucker hat Best Week Ever/Dave Matthews Band Video guy, so it was nice that they at least had a character criticize him last night. but can they please just get rid of him?

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 9 February 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, I like him! "You want to see a comic book with pregnant zombie nuns?"

― So weit wie knock-kneed (kenan), Friday, 9 February 2007 15:57 (eighteen years ago)

"Hey flabby butt! You look weird.."

― ryan (ryan), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

"I've gotta be downtown dressed as a ninja at 11"

― The Homeliness of The Long Distance Punner (Charles McCain), Friday, 9 February 2007 17:17 (eighteen years ago)

Even the dumbest shit (Kenneth showing off the underwear, "Happy Valentimes!", Tracy calling Liz Lemon from the hotel) works so well.

I hope Liz Lemon & Planet of the Apes Lawyer get together & make happy nerd babies.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

Do you really want that, though? Fumbling, single Liz is better than any fumbling, dating Liz I could imagine.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:48 (eighteen years ago)

Fumbling, dating Liz w/ the Beeper King was GOLD, Johnny!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

She is allowed to date, but only dumbasses like Dennis.

― So weit wie knock-kneed (kenan), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

"leave her there, it's better than where i found her."


i'm telling you the throw away lines are the best thing about this show.

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

boff marry kill

― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

Baldwin on a bender, reducing himself to a can and a paper bag.

― So weit wie knock-kneed (kenan), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

he ended up with a little airplane nip bottle! i thought that was inspired.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

wasn't fuck marry kill played at a chilx booze up? one that i did not attend?

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:17 (eighteen years ago)

It was discussed, though not actually played.

― So weit wie knock-kneed (kenan), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)

tina is wonderful

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 9 February 2007 20:10 (eighteen years ago)

the editing on that bender sequence was totally brilliant and it was just so friking LONG to boot.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 10 February 2007 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

i forget where someone mentioned the bugs-bunnyness of tina fey. it was so perfectly done in that "ugly betty" bit i was all about upthread.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 10 February 2007 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2020/tinawinkwc4.gif

― A B C, Saturday, 24 February 2007 06:53 (eighteen years ago)

the "bodyguard" scene--when was the last time tv was so absurdly awesome

― cutty, Saturday, 24 February 2007 07:46 (eighteen years ago)

'I DO need someone to harmonize with!'

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 24 February 2007 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

omg the wink

the everything

I LOVE THIS SHOW.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 24 February 2007 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

I love it so much, I wanna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

― m bison, Saturday, 24 February 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

i want this show to be my boyfriend

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 24 February 2007 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

if this show was my boyfriend, i would take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

(see what i did there?)

― tehresa, Saturday, 24 February 2007 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

these are the hottest women in comedy?
where's jackee?

― mizzell, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

"ya BURNT!"

"GOOD LORD! THE WORM! That's so DEGRADING! Are its origins GERMAN?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

jackee

― max, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

finally saw this - its hysterical! why didnt anyone tell me

― deej, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

the running gags are often so perfectly done...even from episode to episode. i cant get enough of that wig corporation which is apparently all-powerful.

― ryan, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:13 (eighteen years ago)

we've been trying to tell you since it started

― s1ocki, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

The Scheinhardt Wig Corportation!

I downloaded all 15 episodes last night and just finished a marathon viewing only minutes ago. I was worried that it might not stand up when repeated, but it actually gets better!

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

is this better than arrested development? i'm ready to start having that conversation.

― ^@^, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

I say yes, but I only ever watched AD's first season (partly).

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

I don't know if it's better but it's warmer towards its characters

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 24 February 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

can't say yet that it's better. leaning toward no... but i'm happy to have the convo.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 24 February 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

i watch every episode about 2-3 times and they all get better. lots of stuff goes right past me the first time.

― ryan, Saturday, 24 February 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

AD was denser and had fewer actual bad jokes, but Jack Donegy is better character than anyone on AD.

― Chris H., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

Can't wait for this to come out on DVD.

― jaymc, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

but Jack Donegy is better character than anyone on AD.
COME ON!

Oh wait, actually, I think I agree with you. It feels really odd to write this, but I think Alec Baldwin is one hell of a comedic actor. Nearly all of my favorite 30R bits are thanks to him. Nothing will beat the 'What am I, a farmer?' comment.

Love this show. I'm really glad newer sitcoms are ditching the laugh tracks, too, as it lets them squeeze in more content. Contrast Christina Applegate walking into the Bundy-home and standing around for a minute waiting for the hooting to end before she delivers her first line.
I don't love it like I love AD, but then it hasn't gone on for nearly as long either.
My favorite American comedy is still Curb Your Enthusiasm, however.

What's the Lemon-winking-to-the-camera picture from? I didn't notice that.

― Øystein, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

she does that after she says the line about how she still loves america, even though she thinks we should all drive hybrid cars and etc.

― kenan, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

Married with Children is about the only time that a laugh track has really worked. It was one of the best parts of the show. If someone walked up to my cubicle right now with a "NO MAAM" shirt on, I'd applaud too.

― Chris H., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

It feels really odd to write this, but I think Alec Baldwin is one hell of a comedic actor.

He always has been! Every time he's been on SNL, he's been the funniest and most talented part of the show. He's never really done any movies that showcased this though.

― Nicole, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)

He's never really done any movies that showcased this though.


Alec Balwin was hilarious in Miami Blues.

― Chris H., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

THE DEPARTED!!!!!

― David R., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

AD has funny jokes and great acting but its steez is anoying. 30rock is just completely great.

― jh0shea, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, the little bit of AD I've seen just takes the long way around to get to the same end 30 Rock goes straight to.

Plus, no character on AD would've ever gone off their meds and seen Rachel Dratch dressed up as a furry little blue man. 30 Rock had that, and it was probably one of the most WTF moments ever on a network sitcom.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

Blue man was kind of forced, like they were really really stretching to come up with a Rachel Dratch part that week. That's the sort of thing that wouldn't have been on AD, to its credit. Rachel ought to stick to what works -- the cat agent and various talk show hosts/therapists.

― Chris H., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

That's the sort of thing that wouldn't have been on AD

MR. F to thread!

― David R., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

I so disagree. Blue man was probably one of my three favorite 30 Rock episodic elements so far (Kenneth's poker skills and Brian Williams' dressing room being a couple others).

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

the lame part abt AD is the forced zaniness and narration - it's still really funny but 30 rock is more better

― jh0shea, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

The Tracy-off-his-meds episode was one of my favorites, between the "I'M BUGGIN OUT" on the ceiling part and the introduction of Dr Spaceman.

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

Also I want more Grizz and Dot Com!

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

I love both shows, but AD has the edge. There was a poignancy to the characters that 30 Rock doesn't have yet.

― Nicole, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

The other thing that really sags about Arrested Development in this comparison is the shotgun narrative construction -- it's really antic and all over the place, all kinds of cutaways and flashbacks and insert gags taped together with voice-over, so that over the course of 30 minutes it can't exactly put together a story that feels natural and coherent, and instead goes for a kind of Seinfeld / Larry David-style "random scattershot things that start to intersect with one another in bizarre and hilarious ways."

Which is funny, but if you put the DVD in my hand, I can only watch so many episodes of that in a row. Part of what's amazing about 30 Rock is that it gets that same kind of humor into a format that feels a lot more coherent, and spends a lot more time sticking with the characters in an actual situation-type comedy, rather than just hitting a gag or awkward pause and then racing off to the next one. I mean, if you measured scene lengths and stuff, I'm not sure 30 Rock is actually constructed THAT differently from Arrested Development, but it definitely feels like it is, and I'm guessing my one-episode-after-another DVD-viewing tolerance for it would be like three times as long as with AD.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

Mr. F was wonderful. I still sing the jingle to myself when I need a little pick-me-up.

― Chris H., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

I think the AD characters mean more to me, but that's probably because it was a show about family, whereas 30 Rock is a show about co-workers, whose relationships with each other just isn't quite as important.

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

"I'M BUGGIN OUT!" indeed. Everything about that episode was perfect (Pete wearing the wig/parting the crowd of NBC tourists, Conan and Liz's chat outside Tracy's dressing room, Dr. Spaceman, the blue dude... all of it).

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

I guess the main element there is that 30 Rock actually focuses in trad sitcom style on particular characters dealing with particular issues, whereas Arrested Development's humor is more often about characters' repetitive / predictable wacky behavior -- I can't recall it ever grounding itself in anything so straightforward as, you know, "Liz Lemon struggles to balance her role as hard-assed boss with her desire to be well-liked and 'feminine.'"

― nabisco, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

Two things:

1. 30 Rock's characters are not as wacky as AD's, which helps

2. I always felt like AD strained at times when it tried to hook up with every character in every episode. With 30 Rock we sometimes see Jenna's character in an epsiode, and sometimes we don't--and that's okay.

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:56 (eighteen years ago)

I've watched a couple of the AD re-runs and it's just not as good as I remember it being. There's a lot of time wasted in episodes (where 30 Rock fills in with sight/background gags) with oh-look-how-wacky-we-are filler. Feh.

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, what the hell is going on? Did they export the writing duties offshore or something? This episode isn't funny so far AT ALL!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:48 (eighteen years ago)

"Ghostface, do you think you could mention Donagy Export dot com?"
"Yeah, let me get my rhyming dictionary."

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:02 (eighteen years ago)

^crazy. it was really funny! so many good tracey lines!

Ghostface: "Let me get my rhyming dictionary"

― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:03 (eighteen years ago)

Tracy does an excellent Oprah.

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:03 (eighteen years ago)

It picked up once they moved to the Source Awards, but before that it was just a couple of Tracy zings and... nothing! Even Alec Baldwin was off tonight.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:04 (eighteen years ago)

this was one of the best episodes yet.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:06 (eighteen years ago)

"Ray, go get my nose back!"

― horseshoe, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

i lol'ed so hard at go get my nose back. also, mc skat kat

― A B C, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:09 (eighteen years ago)

"...it's a Catch 22...oh man he's gonna be there too!"

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:12 (eighteen years ago)

I also liked "death by chocolate" and the line that introduced the Nickelodeon show, which I can't remember.

― horseshoe, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:19 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha kid Tracy "sorry man, I'm pretty drunk"!!!!

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:21 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, like I said it picked up right after I posted. But something still seemed off about tonight's show, amirite?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:23 (eighteen years ago)

I think there was just a long buildup to the Liz-is-really-invested-in-not-being-racist payoff of the Oprah moment.

― horseshoe, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:25 (eighteen years ago)

I really don't get what fever thought was off. I thought is was f'in great.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:55 (eighteen years ago)

We should take a carriage ride around the financial district

― mizzell, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:22 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe it's because so few regulars were on this week. Liz, Jack, Kenneth and Tracy... that's it (oh, and Jenna for three seconds).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:32 (eighteen years ago)

the episode didn't gel as well as some others, but had some of the funniest stuff...the whole Nickolodeon bit killed me, the little kid saying "sorry, I'm drunk".

― dan selzer, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:34 (eighteen years ago)

There was absolutely no resolution, which I found a bit jarring considering the previous episodes. Still funny, though.

― Gukbe, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:54 (eighteen years ago)

The Ron Mexico joke was golden.

― sous les paves, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:08 (eighteen years ago)

Wasn't it Juan Mexico?

"...the urine of Satan after a heavy serving of asparagus."

― nickn, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:14 (eighteen years ago)

It's a reference to Michael Vick's fake name he used when he gave someone herpes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Vick#Ron_Mexico_controversy

― sous les paves, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:25 (eighteen years ago)

Watching it again (thanks torrents!), it's funnier. Still awkward, but funnier.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:41 (eighteen years ago)

There was absolutely no resolution, which I found a bit jarring considering the previous episodes.


Some of the best episodes haven't had any resolution whatsoever, though - the one where Liz has to kick Jack out of the writers room for example

― HPSCHD, Friday, 2 March 2007 10:55 (eighteen years ago)

Even Alec Baldwin was off tonight.

I don't know, I liked the line about Murphys being nothing but mud farmers and sheep rapists. Also the whole date between Lemon and Stephen was fantastic. He doesn't own a telly but does Vietnam war re-enactments and takes pictures of interesting doors. Genius.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 11:01 (eighteen years ago)

Also, the manatee has become the mentor.

I love this programme so much.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 11:05 (eighteen years ago)

yeah that ending was particularly cliffhangerish. it felt like there was still 10 mins of episode to go. it was almost a seinfeld sort of ending! i mean with the shooting and all, it could totally have faded to that stupid bass-lick interstatial theme.

― s.clover, Friday, 2 March 2007 11:05 (eighteen years ago)

also, i thought it was actually "the manatee has become the mentos"

and the "Donagy sort of rhymes with party" thing!

― s.clover, Friday, 2 March 2007 11:07 (eighteen years ago)

I agree with the consensus (funny, but a step back from the giddy heights of hilarity attained in recent weeks)

I wish I could remember what Tracy said in the Oprah-voice that had me cracking up

― bernard snowy, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:13 (eighteen years ago)

also, i thought it was actually "the manatee has become the mentos"

Even better.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)

'remember, you told me to live every week like its shark week, and that nothing's impossible except dinosaurs!

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:34 (eighteen years ago)

also tina fey's zing about tracy's lazy oprah impression

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:35 (eighteen years ago)

'young jeezy' 'i called his pitbull a gaywad on 106 & park!!'

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

'people always get shot at the source awards! its a tradition, like christmas, or getting shot outside hot 97'

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:37 (eighteen years ago)

the race stuff was pretty hilarious.
like jack talking about the Blacks and how Condi wold yell at the screen when they went to the movies.

― mizzell, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:07 (eighteen years ago)

ron mexico lolololololololololol

― jh0shea, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

'hes a black.' 'what!' 'his last name is black, they're a family. great athletes, very musical, not so great at swimming though..'

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

"I blog about Star Wars on the internet"
"I was Princess Leia for four years in a row on Halloween!"
"Not the Star Wars with all the monsters. Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative"

― brownie, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

this mess is gonna get raw like sushi so hatas to the left.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

'i don't have a tv'

'really?! what do you sit and look at?'

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

what kind of plane do you want? clear... like wonder womans.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

"I was Princess Leia for four years in a row on Halloween!"

followed by "and I mean recently" or something.

― dan selzer, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

"And I love Dane Cook. Wonderful!"

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

the star wars blog joke was great but it wouldve been funnier if it was a series of disappointments rather than tina being excited about the star wars blog and then disappointed that its the missile program

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

i realize that real-life tina fey is a star wars nerd for some dumbass reason

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

nah i think it was a pretty good fake-out in the context of lots of other totally awful stuff about him you really thought that maybe they'd end up spinning into some lengthy plot arc involving a horrible-disfunctional geeky relationship or something.

― s.clover, Friday, 2 March 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

The minute a date mentioned Mark Russell I would be out the door.

― Nicole, Friday, 2 March 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

Ha, after all the Arrested Development compare-and-contrast, this week's episode was way more AD-ish -- more scattershot plotting, not really invested in arc resolution, etc. Which, yeah, I don't think works as well for this show. Plus to be honest I think the "Social Awkwardness Involving Behavior Toward Member of Minority Group" comedy has been done to death on TV at this point, like from Seinfeld episodes toThe Office (UK, plus kinda US, too) and back to Curb Your Enthusiasm -- it's gone past boring and predictable to being actively annoying as a comedy subject, I think.

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not sure why but that post just reminded me of Grizz/Dot Com's only appearance in this ep: "we're NOT doing that".

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

I hope the increased level of dullness in this episode isn't the start of a trend. OTOH, it's still better than anything else out there and I laughed at the coworker's reaction to the "leather pumpkin" comment.

― Bnad, Friday, 2 March 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

nabisco OTM. I had the same problems with the episode. But like I said, watching it a second time, I realized Tracy Morgan can save anything from being a total disaster.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

it's gone past boring and predictable to being actively annoying as a comedy subject, I think.

Normally I would agree with this, and would cite Extras as another example of same, but I think that's part of the reason why I enjoyed the ludicrous conversation on their date even more.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

I still have enough white guilt that white guilt jokes still work on me. There are good ones and bad ones, though. These: decent. Larry David: over-the-top descent into nightmare.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

"What is it with men and guns??"

"Well I think I speak for the both of us when I say...coz they're metal penises."

― Gukbe, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

This was a much better example of it, but still. I'd totally forgotten Extras on that front -- Gervaise kept coming back to it in season, to an extent that abandons reality in really weird ways. (E.g. it's just TOO bizarre and jarring to imagine that adult film extras in London would be unable to talk to normal middle-class non-white people without embarrassing themselves.)

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

white guilt jokes still hilarious

― sanskrit, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

"This mess is gonna get raw like sushi, so hatas to the left" is my new catchphrase.

― musically, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

i seriously can not get enough of kenneth

― tehresa, Friday, 2 March 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

That's what she sai

wait

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 21:57 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, I think I know why I liked this racial awkwardness bit more than I normally like it in things. Because I don't get the sense that there actually is any underlying racism in the character. I believe Liz Lemon is not a racist. All those other guys, well... I wouldn't be so sure.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:04 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, that does make it come off lighter, but it still means having to reach to implausible actions and events to make the awkwardness exist at all -- having the guy randomly accuse her of racism in the first place (an absurd, impossible event whose absurdity is totally passed over here), and then having her react in ways that are just as racially bumbling as a Gervaise thing (her pointed hello to the person in the elevator is realistic and funny, but pronouncing "Amanda" the way she does is fairly nonsensical).

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:21 (eighteen years ago)

comedy is a motherfucker, innit nabs?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

Comedy tends to work better when people's motivations and reactions make sense, no matter how ridiculous the situations they're put in!

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)

oh come on, the aman-da thing was perfect

― cutty, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:38 (eighteen years ago)

Dude, I'm not saying it wasn't totally funny, just that 30 Rock can do way better than stretching for the sloppy seconds of awkward-race-thing humor!

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

Haha I preferred Kenneth's "I will try the other location, but franky, Ladonica, I don't think you've been very helpful."

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:45 (eighteen years ago)

my friend sent me one of those alec baldwin msgs on my voicemail, it was pretty funny!

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:46 (eighteen years ago)

What's your schedule mañana? Cuz this is gonna be ooone serious negosh.

Loved that guy.

― Øystein, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

Kenneth's annunciation and emphasis on certain words in his lines is what kills me the most.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

katrina bowden (cerie) was born in 1988. it is now becoming more and more commonplace for actors and actresses on my favourite shows/films to be more than five years younger than me, and I'm beginning to feel old.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 3 March 2007 11:19 (eighteen years ago)

I started high school in 1988.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 March 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

I started kindergarten in 1988.

A gag thrown away in the midst of a big gag: Tracy has a beef with MC Skat Kat

Is this week the last one before the hiatus?

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 21:47 (eighteen years ago)

What was the line that Tracy had about going through the stages of grief with anger, denial, horniness... Boy oh boy did I LOL. I was sort of iffy on this show but I'm on board now, thanks mostly to this last episode. (they're metal penises! HA!) The reactions I read here make me think I need to start at the beginning for maximum funny.

― Jenny, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:11 (eighteen years ago)

jenny this show has effectively killed thirsty thursdays as we knew them. at least until after the may sweeps. ;_;

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

Is that what happened? Surely there's a bar in this shithole city where we could combine our shared love of drunkenness and clever situation comedy! We can't let NBC tear us apart like this.

― Jenny, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:21 (eighteen years ago)

i've taken to going out after 30 rock. i've found that if i leave when it ends it takes me about an hour to get to the bar in uptown. best of both worlds.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:22 (eighteen years ago)

I love 30 Rock but I am excited for Andy Richter's new show. I hope it's more "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" than "Quintuplets".

― musically, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:35 (eighteen years ago)

On Thursday evening, Nathan Lane guest stars as Jack's (Alec Baldwin) bad brother on the last "30 Rock" (NBC, 9:30 p.m. EST) before the show goes on hiatus

!!!

― musically, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:17 (eighteen years ago)

There will be more. And re-watching the episodes is still fun.

― kenan, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:18 (eighteen years ago)

I'm going to miss this terribly for the next five weeks (after tonight).

There's another show starting next Thursday on NBC too with Jeff Goldblum, but what's it replacing? Is it 30 or 60 mins? If the Office goes on hiatus, Thursdays will return to suckitude.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

jenny, here are tracy's stages of grief: fear, denial, horniness, wisdom, sleepiness, depression.

i stopped my vcr and rewound last week so i could write them down.

― JuliaA, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

"wisdom" was totally the stage that made me laugh in that bit.

the Goldblum show, Raines, is a 60 minute drama, and it's actually going in the 10pm timeslot, so it won't effect the comedy block. is that the first time anything has been put in ER's timeslot, even temporarily, like, ever?

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, whew! ER's a dinosaur and needs a break. I like Goldblum and may check it out (like I need to watch more tv anyway).

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

ER was at least part of the remaining 15% of shows on TV where nobody communicates with ghosts.

― nabisco, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

Since the dawn of man ER.

If the new Thursday lineup becomes Earl -> Office -> Andy Richter -> 30 Rock -> Raines I will literally dance around this office right.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

where would scurbs go? they can't cancel it, they just gave braff an assload more money.

― kenan, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

Scrubs used to do alright in its Tuesday slot, but now the network's lacking another sitcom of any worth to support a move. They should give Patton Oswalt a show of his own.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

How about a totally sincere West Wing-style show, except Brian Posehn plays the president?

― nabisco, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

Nah. Dude's got a face for comedy if anyone ever did.

― kenan, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)

I'd actually like to see a trad-style sitcom featuring all the players from the Comedians of Comedy tour. 30 new minutes of Maria Bamford every week would by heavenly.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:56 (eighteen years ago)

"Take care of my family, I don't want my kids to have to go to college!"

― ryan, Friday, 9 March 2007 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

"I believe there are 31 letters in the white alphabet."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

Kenan I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or missing the highbrow premise of my awesome President Posehn idea!

― nabisco, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:59 (eighteen years ago)

Disney jail

― A B C, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:00 (eighteen years ago)

St. Michael and St. Patrick , Tip O'Neill and Bobby Sands , Bono and Sandra Day O'Connor

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:29 (eighteen years ago)

now i dont gotta have my parties in international waters

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:30 (eighteen years ago)

i need a new religion and hers sounds expensive and gay

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

The look on Liz's face when she realized she was Bizzaro Liz's boss was so insanely cute.

― en i see kay, Friday, 9 March 2007 05:34 (eighteen years ago)

I thought it was "31 letters in the right alphabet"?

i need a new religion and hers sounds expensive and gay

^^^^^favorite line!

― horseshoe, Friday, 9 March 2007 05:37 (eighteen years ago)

so that was "my girl" anna chlumsky as other liz!!

how the hell can one network have raines AND medium on at the same time. same show. almost.

― scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2007 05:50 (eighteen years ago)

Not the best episode...the less Tracy any episode has the less funny it has. Loved the Disney jail line though.

― musically, Friday, 9 March 2007 06:53 (eighteen years ago)

"I'm gonna go talk to some food about this."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 March 2007 09:17 (eighteen years ago)

ANNA CHLUMSKY? From My Girl? Fuck, I'm old.

Last week's "ZOMG BLACK JOEKS" cavalcade was really corny, but this one ("ZOMG DRUNK IRISHES JOEKS") was 1000% better.

My company shd employ the "aw, cute panda" gambit when breaking bad news. Like, send out news about the Bristol branch closing w/ a pitcure of a pug attached.

― David R., Friday, 9 March 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

Also, Decider Liz was HOTT.

― David R., Friday, 9 March 2007 15:06 (eighteen years ago)

so I saw this last night for the first time (funny enough the first episode discussed on the this thread way up top was the late re-run after The Office. I got a bit distracted honestly because apparently 75% of the show is Tina Fey getting blown out of the water by a far more talented supporting cast (moreso in the new episode than the rerun, and I realize the cameos last night were a few notches above fucking Conan), but is this really the way it plays out most of the time? Tracy + Alec's arcs consistently putting the main protagonist in the shadow? I mean nobody on Newsradio could hold a candle to Stephen Root or Phil Hartman but the ensemble just seemed to work better.

Maybe I should shut up on this thread because Tina Fey just ain't my thing anyhow and her being cute is like a big part of the show

― TOMBOT, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks, Julia!

― Jenny, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

so that was "my girl" anna chlumsky as other liz!!

Weird! I knew that I recognized the other liz from somewhere, but I had no idea it was Anna Chlumsky.

― Nicole, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Anna%20Chlumsky-3.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

apparently, she still has her, um, fans:

http://www.annachlumsky.net/news.php

― scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

Between this revelation, and seeing Justine Bateman on an episode of Arrested Development, and learning that Christian Bale's only 4 months older than me, um, fuck I'm old.

― David R., Friday, 9 March 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

"Chlumsky graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002 and had worked in New York City as a researcher for Zagat, a restaurant review company, for a short while."


when chlumsky dissed your confit, your confit had been most properly dissed, my friend.

― scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

who played the sister who wasnt molly shannon or the younger illegitimate one??

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

the redhead? she used to be on snl, siobhan fallon i think?

― chicago kevin, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

hahhaha oh man thats it - she was d'onon'frio's wife in men in black!!!

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

ah yes she used to do the Chelsea Clinton bit right?

― will, Friday, 9 March 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, Tom, the Tina F plotlines are usually kind of the straight-man arc to the others' broad comedy, but if you get attached enough to the character, they can wind up being more entertaining -- e.g. her "that astronaut woman had a plan" argument from last night was the highlight of the whole thing for me.

Also still totally in love with Dennis taking the cheeseburger back at the end of the Conan one.

― nabisco, Friday, 9 March 2007 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

watched this for the second or third time last night. why don't I regularly watch it? (maybe b/c like Tom said Tina Fey just doesn't do it for me.) However whenever I do see it I laugh out loud more than with anything else I watch. (same as the office which I also almost never watch.) nbc comedies always be slippin' my mind. . .

― Ms Misery, Friday, 9 March 2007 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

No, I think Julia Sweeney did Chelsea Clinton. Siobhan Fallon never did anything very memorable. Except maybe that "White Person's Guide To Surviving the Apollo" sketch.

― The Yellow Kid, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

Sioban Fallon is probably best known as one of the "Delta Delta Delta, can I help ya, help ya, help ya?" girls who weren't Melanie Hutsell. Nothing against Ms. Fallon but I'm hoping this was a pointed "Look who we DIDN'T invite" gesture directed at all the other former SNL cast members of Irish descent named "Fallon."

― slugbuggy, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

I think my favorite part in that episode was Jenna busting out the newsboy hat in the Hip-Hop aerobics class at the very beginning. Perfect characterization!

― sous les paves, Saturday, 10 March 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

I watched this again pre-dinner and I guess I disagree with Tom more specifically now: the Liz-fit stuff was my favorite aspect of this last one, and I think I'm usually more amused by Liz stuff, if just by virtue of caring more. Biggest re-viewing laugh line was the great bitter firing:

- You have a kid?
- Well, I'm in a relationship, so in five years I'm sure I'll be living in the suburbs, raising a couple kids, and having it all.
- YOU'RE FIRED.

(Her brand of this kind of "hahaha omg I'm adorably childish and pathetic" humor has always cut across the way that the guy-version of this is often not entirely compelling to women and the woman-version of this is often totally lost on men -- like the fact that some of the best Weekend Update jokes during her tenure were about gynecology seemed to prove something about that distinction being fairly unnecessary.)

― nabisco, Saturday, 10 March 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't think this one was very funny. Nathan Lane wasn't funny at all, and there was all round too much plot and not enough joke. Although, much as I normally hate drunken, fightin' Irish humour, that whole family bit was particularly funny.

― accentmonkey, Saturday, 10 March 2007 09:00 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOhKrL5DB1Y

Almost as good as Tracy Jordan on Conan.

― Nicole, Monday, 12 March 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

I'm still haunted by Fey's scary crooked witch-finger when she says "things are finally looking up for ol' Liz Lemon."

― nabisco, Monday, 12 March 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

Also amused by how her tactic for word-emphasis has always been this two-handed MC-style throw-down gesture (seen here on "there's a guy I like in the building").

― nabisco, Monday, 12 March 2007 19:34 (eighteen years ago)

That Tracy clip from the El Paso morning show is hilarious!

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 March 2007 20:10 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2006/09/TRACYMORGAN.JPG

― nickalicious, Monday, 12 March 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

OMG

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:02 (eighteen years ago)

holy shit @ nicole's clip!

― ^@^, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

I just saw Tracy in a new Digiorno pizza commercial. Did I dream this or has anyone else seen it?

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:45 (eighteen years ago)

I never noticed that the poster was spelled "Who Dat Ninga?"

― kenan, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:48 (eighteen years ago)

I think it's just a backwards "J."

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 01:37 (eighteen years ago)

no, I think it's "Who dat nigga?" only different.

― kenan, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

take your hate elsewhere, kenan

― Wrinklepaws, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

I think wrinklepaws is musically talented, but not a great swimmer.

― kenan, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:07 (eighteen years ago)

btw douche, it's Grizz and Darquan, not Dotcom

― Wrinklepaws, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:14 (eighteen years ago)

i love that "black cop white cop" is a joke on "black cat white cat"

also, this episode was very entertaining if not the funniest, but the line "i believe vampires are the greatest golfers and their real curse is they can never prove it" cracked me up for most of it

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:26 (eighteen years ago)

oh, wrinklepaws but it is dotcom

― jhøshea, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago)

omg haha that clip - repetitive joke drunkenness is never funnier than when on live morning-show tv, e.g., somebody gonna get pregnant = gold

that vampire golf line killed me too
and alec baldwin's body language is just getting funnier and funnier

― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 04:11 (eighteen years ago)

Oh right! "I believe vampires are the world's best golfers, only their curse is they can never prove it"!!!! I forgot.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

All right, after skimming the thread I guess I better catch up on the few episodes I missed now that I know half the jokes that will be on them.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

OMG, ultimate buried reference at the end of the second episode, after the yacht thing, with Jack talking to Liz in the elevator: "Everyone loved your little LEMON PARTY."

(If you don't recognize that as a potential reference, I wouldn't, like, Google Image Search it until you get home from work.)

― nabisco, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

Kenneth the Page played a bumpkin in a skit on Conan last night!

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:05 (eighteen years ago)

Why oh why did I GIS that reference at all? Awful.

― Sparkle Motion, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:16 (eighteen years ago)

i like when tracy grabs the phone from dude and goes "CLICK... AWHHH..." and then hangs up the phone.

― s1ocki, Friday, 23 March 2007 00:15 (eighteen years ago)

Woah. Well spotted, nabisco.

"You'll have to get through Tip O'Neill and Bobby Sands first!"

And now, because it cheers me up, stills!

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9414/picture1zv2.png
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/151/picture2xu3.png
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6270/picture3ab1.png

― caek, Friday, 23 March 2007 02:48 (eighteen years ago)

"I believe there are 31 letters in the white alphabet."

― caek, Friday, 23 March 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

What is NBC doing? Here's a new show that has buzz and momentum (not sure what the ratings look like though). It looks like it might get some traction. People are saying, "hey friend, check out this show on Thursday. It's funny." Friend can't find it. Why? Because the network braintrust made the brilliant decision to yank the show from the schedule for a month or whatever.

I really wonder if these people have any clue what they are doing.

― Super Cub, Sunday, 25 March 2007 00:54 (eighteen years ago)

It's called a mid-season replacement, shit happens all the time, give 'em a break. I mean, practically no show is on every single week these days, except for the big hits where they can make a profit even off reruns. NBC actually decided to make 30 Rock's hiatus 2 weeks shorter than they'd originally planned, so it'll be back next week (I feel back for Andy Barker P.I. getting the shaft, but at least all the episodes are online already), and supposedly Kevin Reilly has thrown a lot of support behind the show so think odds are good that it'll be back next season.

Elaine Stritch is supposed to play Jack Donaghy's mother in an upcoming episode! Could be awesome.

― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 25 March 2007 21:10 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe I'll check out the Office marathon on Thursday and see what the fuss is about.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 25 March 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

I hope they pick some good episodes for the Office marathon and not ones that focus too heavily on the Jim/Pam arc. You'd get the wrong impression.

Toby's hosting it, though!

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 25 March 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

"Lemon, this is not open mic night at the Bryn Mawr Student Union, this a a thousand-dollar-a-plate fund raiser."

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 25 March 2007 22:00 (eighteen years ago)

I hope they pick some good episodes for the Office marathon and not ones that focus too heavily on the Jim/Pam arc. You'd get the wrong impression.

They're doing a 5-ep mix of eps from all three seasons, all of which Toby figures into one way or another.

IIRC, they will be:

"Diversity Day" &"Health Care" (season 1)
"Sexual Harassment" & "The Injury" (season 2)
"Gay Witch Hunt" (season 3)

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 26 March 2007 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

"The Injury" is prob the best Office ever.

― Sparkle Motion, Monday, 26 March 2007 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

Mindy Kaling wrote it!

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah well I wrote Mindy Kaling.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:03 (eighteen years ago)

waht

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:07 (eighteen years ago)

i may have to renounce mindy kaling soon

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:08 (eighteen years ago)

WAHT

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:09 (eighteen years ago)

we're reaching a level of corny motherfucker consensus unseen since the great hollertronix southern rap dickriding of 2004

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:10 (eighteen years ago)

oh ok that's a dumb reason

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:11 (eighteen years ago)

just sayin it might be worth backing away til the heat is off - she can still call me

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:14 (eighteen years ago)

also,

"Crossing Over with John Edward" (1999) TV Series (production assistant)

is a turn-off

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:18 (eighteen years ago)

i read an interview where she said that she believed that john edward could speak with the dead.

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

Dude, I can't think of anything that could fine-tune your sense of humor faster than working as a PA on "Crossing Over with John Edward."

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

Never before has a sentiment been so shat on by its xpost. :(

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

wow thats even worse than my theory that was cynically exploiting her work on the show like you would a ponzi scheme or something

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

JK: That show, you PA'ed on, according to your IMDb profile, was...

MK: Crossing Over with John Edward!

JK: Right. I don't know if you saw the profile I did of you a while ago...

MK: I did see it. Someone copied the text and sent it to me... It was so nice... I don't think there ever has been a profile done of me... thank you so much!

JK: You're welcome. What I did say in that profile, though, is that the fact that you worked on that program showed right there that you had a good sense of humor.

MK: (laughs) It did. I look back and -- when I was working there, I really believed that his powers were real. I don't remember ever coming to work and thinking that I worked for, like, a charlatan. But since then, I feel like, how would that be possible, and also, why would that show have been cancelled if it was a real thing? I mean I've questioned it since then. But that was a fun experience.

whatevs. everyone needs a lame first job.

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

He can speak TO the dead, at least.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:23 (eighteen years ago)

can we decide if this is more or less excusable than tina fey being a republican

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:24 (eighteen years ago)

why would that show have been cancelled if it was a real thing?

Hahaha how could this not be the world's best joke???

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:24 (eighteen years ago)

dudes, I've been obsessing about Tina Fey being a Republican ever since freaking ILX tried to ruin her for me, and I've decided that it simply cannot be, Kennedy resemblance notwithstanding.

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

id rather date a funny republican than a funny chick who believed in ghosts

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

actually upon reflection i take that back

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

I'm imagining that Fey and Kaling both delivered their "I'm a Republican!" "I believe in ghosts!" responses with a heavy dose of irony and we're all just missing that in print.

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:27 (eighteen years ago)

but i guess tina fey is friends with tracy morgan and id rather go out on the weekends with tracy than with the dude who plays jim

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:27 (eighteen years ago)

I'm imagining that Fey and Kaling both delivered their "I'm a Republican!" "I believe in ghosts!" responses with a heavy dose of irony and we're all just missing that in print.

horseshoe on Monday, March 26, 2007 1:27 PM (1 minute ago)

then they fought over who gets get to marry me but the interviewers ran out of time & didnt transcribe that part

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:29 (eighteen years ago)

altho i wouldnt mind hanging out with toby and creed

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

(seriously, I was watching an old episode of SNL the other night and scrutinizing Weekend Update for signs of republicanosity. and I decided that Tina Fey is too feminist to stomach the Republican party. right?)

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

So the wink after her hybrid-cars speech = for Newt and not for me?

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

and then tina fey gave me a million dollars and mindy kaling got bizzy bone to rejoin bone thugs and make a good album

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

if mindy actually knew bizzy bone --> mindy by a mile

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

the john edward thing is ok as long as she only believes in the ghost of eazy e from tha crossroads video

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

id rather go out on the weekends with tracy than with the dude who plays jim

only in theory -- in practice I imagine hanging out with tracy would be exhausting.

― kenan, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

waht she is not a republican. come on.

― s1ocki, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

I know, right? nothing she's ever done/written makes any sense if she's a Republican! I'm thinking interviewers have tin ears.

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

xpost because who doesn't believe in the ghost of eazy e

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

i think ive moved on to rashida jones anyway

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:45 (eighteen years ago)

I just rewatched the wink to ascertain its valence and have decided that I don't care who it was directed at; Tina Fey can do whatever she wants.

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.02138mag.com/asset/348.jpg

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

that was not a republican wink. it would make no sense if it was. come on people.

― s1ocki, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

I agree, but also my point was, adorable!

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

That picture makes it look like Quincy had a thing on the side with Evangeline Lilly's mom.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

no way; Rashida Jones looks so much like Peggy Lipton!

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

"No seriously, you were totally pregnant and gave birth, you must have just forgotten."

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

xpost no she really does, it's just that picture has a weird Lilly quality. I'm sure it's mostly the tank top!

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.cercagratis.eu/foto-lilly-allen/lilly-allen-4.jpg

― kenan, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

too young

― s1ocki, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

Tina's wink was to clue the rest of the libs out there that she really does hate America, just like you & me!

― Sparkle Motion, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

"Tina Fey is a republican" is "Oh shit Ciara used to be a man" for ILX dorks. Seriously what have you dumb boys done to this important thread.

― A B C, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

Ciara used to be a man!?!?

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

Don't worry, apparently she was a woman before that.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:43 (eighteen years ago)

Let me (hopefully) get this thread back on track by stating a fact I had somehow forgotten about:
GRIZZ WAS IN THE NAVY

― Sparkle Motion, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:48 (eighteen years ago)

Biggest sailor suit EVAR

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2007 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

the E! website is doing a "save our show" poll to decide what show to campaign for its network to not cancel:

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/blog/index.jsp?uuid=52af6b98-eb72-45a0-b27b-7798e6bf906f

No idea how much a difference it makes (apparently they helped save One Tree Hill last year? ugh), but I went ahead and voted for 30 Rock anyway (after briefly deliberating as to whether I wanted to throw my vote at How I Met Your Mother or Veronica Mars instead).

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

# The Class
# Close to Home
# Friday Night Lights
# Jericho
# The Nine
# One Tree Hill
# Six Degrees
# Supernatural
# What About Brian

^^^^ wtf are these shows

― and what, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

# Crossing Jordan

^^ stfu al

― and what, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

# The Class -Servicable Friends-like sitcom on CBS
# Friday Night Lights -TV version of the movie
# Supernatural -dude from Smallville and Days of Our Lives and Dean from Gilmore Girls (Rory's 1st boff) drive around in an '67 Chevy and be angsty and fight ghosts and shit

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

Friday Night Lights is based on the book/movie of that same title.

Jericho is about a post-nuclear holocaust American town I think.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

# Crossing Jordan -Morgue worker Jill Hennssey solves crimes with Miguel Ferrer and Jerry O'Connell. Notable for being a crime science drama that predates CSI, Bones, and the like.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:21 (eighteen years ago)

# One Tree Hill -a youth drama that's like Dawson's Creek and The OC, only not as good.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

youll notice crossing jordan was not on my wtf list :-[

― and what, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:35 (eighteen years ago)

Miguel Ferrer is on CJ? I love him! I might give it a watch.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:36 (eighteen years ago)

The Class turned into a decent show after they hit the reset button about mid-season and got rid of everything/everyone that was weighing it down. I hope it comes back.

NBC keeps saying the Friday Night Lights and 30 Rock are safe from the axe, and I hope so. I love them both.

Crossing Jordan is pretty much a disaster of a show. I can't believe it's lasted so long.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:41 (eighteen years ago)

OMG, ultimate buried reference at the end of the second episode, after the yacht thing, with Jack talking to Liz in the elevator: "Everyone loved your little LEMON PARTY."

(If you don't recognize that as a potential reference, I wouldn't, like, Google Image Search it until you get home from work.)

nabisco on Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:04 PM (1 week ago)

this was the first episode I saw, and that joke singlehandedly convinced me that the show was worth watching

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:45 (eighteen years ago)

also: I assume everyone has also seen the Tracy Morgan interviews with Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman? they're on youtube, and although there's some degree of joke overlap between them and that El Paso clip, they're all massively hilarious

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

U cant stop Jill Hennessey, she so fine they named a cognac for her and Madonna checked out her ass one day in Central Park and was like DAYUMM

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

# Close to Home - if I remember correctly this involves that gawky blonde actress Jennifer Finnigan (who is evidently with Jonathan Silverman*, which is WTF on near Rebecca Romijn-Jerry O'Connel levels) starring as an Indianpolis prosecutor who makes lots of determined faces while tucking her hair behind her ears

# Six Degrees - would appear to be largely in the style of those "spare crap channel created by UPN/WB merger" every-night soaps, except with some sort of concept that allegedly makes it not stupid and/or campy

(* = I saw the beginning of Silverman's new show, which details how all the characters wound up washed up and failed and living together, except it seemed more like it should be about the actors' careers, like "I can't believe I didn't really go anywhere from Weekend at Bernie's, man, people always confuse me with Jon Cryer, who has a way more successful sitcom, and even Arye Gross was on Ellen's sitcom, and don't even get me started on fucking Patrick Dempsey, that part in Loverboy should have been MINE ... so now I live with David Arquette, best known via his wife, drag-queen sibling, and a bunch of 1-800-COLLECT commercials from way back when ... and Gregg German, who, okay, that guy from Ally McBeal that nobody gives any decent work except for Nicole Holofcener, once and ... are we the second crap show that got briefly picked up that had Dr Quinn Medicine Woman getting all Sexy Older Lady on us, or am I confusing this wasteland with something else?")

― nabisco, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

Is Jonathon Sarah Silverman's brother? I bet imdb knows.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:03 (eighteen years ago)

Apparently not.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:05 (eighteen years ago)

i like crossing jordan. it's hokey but sort of loveable to me. i like the doofy english goth dude.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:07 (eighteen years ago)

those "spare crap channel created by UPN/WB merger" every-night soaps

hahaha i cant watch simpsons reruns now w/o a million TONIGHT ON... DANGEROUS GAMES ads

― and what, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

I seriously think the biggest consideration in doing those nightly soaps was "OMG we have a crapload of time to fill!!!!!"

― nabisco, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

"Do you realize how much it costs to get syndicated episodes of The Parkers?? Someone get Tatum O'Neal on the phone!"

― nabisco, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20070404000000-nbcrenews03930.html

Hooray!

― Nicole, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

NADER!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

nader?

― kenan, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

"I think I voted for Nader! NADER!"

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

oh yeah. "I once tried to make mashed potatoes with laundry detergent!"

― kenan, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

Hooray indeed!

"...and NOT the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of!"

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

Also: Will Arnett & Alec Baldwin having a manly-man voice-off!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

THURSDAY!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

I know, I think I may faint.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

Also rounding out the cast in the half-hour comedy are: Jane Krakowski ("Ally McBeal") as Jenna Maroney, the other star of "TGS With Tracy Jordan"; Scott Adsit as Pete Hornberger, the variety show's producer; Jack McBrayer as Kenneth the Page, the over-eager NBC Page -- a highly sought-after, entry-level position with the network; and Judah Friedlander as Frank, the crass and wisecracking writer. Rachel Dratch, also from "Saturday Night Live," appears in multiple episodes, playing a variety of different characters on the series.


Dratch but no Dr Spaceman mention = heart, broken.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

Oh snap, 40 (er more like 30+ commercials, whatever) minute episode!

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

I think 30 Rock has become my favorite show, though Dratch is my least favorite aspect of it. She's such a terrible actor, and it always seems like they're just trying to shoehorn her in so much of the time. Although I did enjoy her turn as the Blue Dude.

― Sparkle Motion, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

Nick, they also neglected to mention Ghostface! What's that mean? Mind grapes!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

Aw, c'mon... Dratch as the lesbian cat wrangler is amazing!

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

WILL ARNETT

― musically, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 22:44 (eighteen years ago)

BD

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

"Blind Date" has been nominated for "Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular gay character)" by GLAAD. Good times.

― caek, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

those shoes are def. bi curious

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 5 April 2007 00:43 (eighteen years ago)

i love all the quotes on this thread

what a show

― cutty, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:06 (eighteen years ago)

Ha, I read that hours ago and for some reason assumed it referred to an episode of the show "Blind Date." But the question of a "regular gay character" is vexed by the ongoing half-joke with Twofer on that front!

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:38 (eighteen years ago)

you can now play "Marry, Boff, or Kill" on the NBC website:

http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/games/MBKgame.shtml

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

i love how this show torrents so fast. one sign that it's popular?

― jergïns, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

wait this doesnt mean dr spaceman is gone does it?? he just wasnt mentioned cuz parnell doesnt reappear in other words a la dratch. er, right?

he has been away too long :(

― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

he was only ever in, like, 3 episodes, wasn't he? I remember 2 episodes with Dr. Spaceman and then another where he played a different character, but I may be wrong about that. Either way, I don't think of him as a regular like Dratch is, but then I'm still hoping he turns up in a good post-SNL project with a more prominent role. Dude's so underrated.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

I think his main function now is that any time anyone has any kind of medical problem, Alec Baldwin gets to say "have you called Dr. Spaceman?"

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

medical degree from the ho chi min school of medicine

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

Or whatever.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

well yeah but if thats the case 30 rock needs more syphilis

― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

In that episode about Liz was being a bitch, what was it she called Twofer? A "gay x". What was x?

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

Carlton?

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

sherlock homo

― and what, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:38 (eighteen years ago)

Yes. "Sherlock Homo is here to solve the case of the gay sweater". ZINGED.

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

yes!

― cutty, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7346/picture1yp8.png

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

It's a seriously ambiguous joke, actually -- first Jack says he's a Twofer because "he's a black guy ... and a Harvard guy," where you're expecting "gay," and then there are jokes like the gay sweater and the day he wants to go see Mama Mia. But in the episode where Jenna wants to get back at the writers using Her Sexuality, she totally tries it on him, and the only roadblock is that he can tell what she's doing. Possibly he's just the straight egghead who gets used as a slate for all gay-related jokes.

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

"He's not gay ... he's just stylish!"

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:46 (eighteen years ago)

fyi i wasnt expecting 'gay' in the initial black guy/harvard guy joke

isnt he all giddy when cerie says she'd marry him in boff marry kill?

― and what, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

i don't think he's supposed to be gay, or else "the case of the gay sweater" would be even more offensive.

― kenan, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

xpost--Yeah, but in Marry Boff Kill the marriage is sexless.

― max, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

What's your schedule mañana? Cuz this is gonna be ooone serious negosh.

lololol

― and what, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

Really, E? I was expecting "gay" less because of anything having to do with the character, but just cuz that's where you'd expect the diversity twofer to lead. I mean, the joke certainly requires you to expect something other than "Harvard guy." But maybe I'm reading the joke backwards.

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:05 (eighteen years ago)

Either way, I appreciate their using him for the kinds of jokes that would usually get pinned on some horrible "sassy" gay character (like the Mama Mia thing). (Actually the funny part there was just the look of total gratitude and excitement on his face when she said okay.)

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

I have a seat reservation on the train home for Easter at 3PM BST tomorrow (17 hours). If I haven't downloaded the extra-length special before I leave, I am getting a later one, even if it does involve pre-Holiday commuting hell.

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

I would totally expect "Harvard guy" for a member of a team of network comedy writers, especially when he was set up as the well spoken egghead prior to that scene.
xpost

― Bnad, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

How would that quality as a "twofer," though?

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

Cuz if it's just "fulfills two categories of comedy writers," then it's not actually a joke. (And I'm pretty sure it was being presented as a joke.)

Actually nevermind, not worth parsing.

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

Bnad otm. Because he's black, and he went to harvard, yannow, like Conan.

― kenan, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

i'm sure you will be able to dl this in 15 min, like, tonight, xpost

― rrrobyn, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

i mean, that is my plan

― rrrobyn, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, why not parse it: so if you interpreted it as a straightforward "he's black + he went to Harvard," did you not laugh at that line?

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

xpost, "Tonight" I should be in bed because it will be 2am here when it airs. How long after the show does it usually show up?

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

did you not laugh at that line?

not... really? It seemed expository. The joke was the flash cards, a minute later.

― kenan, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

i mean, it's funny that they need to fill two token comedy writer positions: black guy (gotta have one of those!) and harvard guy (hey, he wrote for the lampoon, he's elite).

― kenan, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

xpost

Huh. Given the contexts of his other introductions (scored 760 on the SAT / owns every issue ever published of Black Tail magazine / "has a thyroid problem"), I'm sticking with my joke reading!

</parsing>

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

no, you're right. but i think you lost me with:

Cuz if it's just "fulfills two categories of comedy writers," then it's not actually a joke.

sez who?

― kenan, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

Well, sure, it can still function as a joke, but you know what I mean -- the more legitimate they are as categories, the less of a "joke" there is?

Anyway, I interpreted it as saying that he fills two diversity / minority categories (which is actually the only context where I've heard people called "twofers") -- "he's a black guy," and then you expect something along the lines of "and gay" (or similar), except you get "and a Harvard guy" instead. But whatever.

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

In fact the American Heritage Dictionary actually offers this as the third DEFINITION of "twofer": One who belongs to two minority groups and can be counted, as by an employer, as part of two quotas.

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

http://tweeak.cbstaff.com/TinaFeyPilot.pdf

P.S. hey look, here's the pilot script! The main character is named "Lisa Lemon," and she works on a show called "Friday Night Bits!"

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:51 (eighteen years ago)

Friday Night Bits! LULZ

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 22:07 (eighteen years ago)

OMG Alec Baldwin dressed as Thomas Jefferson flipping off the crowd at Maury. I laughed so hard I nearly blacked out.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

I rode a horse here all the way from heaven.

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

Dr Spaceman!: That's the beautiful thing about science, it does whatever we want it to.

haqha

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

did that john mccain line send some of yall into a panic

― A B C, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

that john mccain line made me momentarily wonder if the writers have been reading ILX

― horseshoe, Friday, 6 April 2007 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

Things ARE looking up for Liz Lemon!

― David R., Friday, 6 April 2007 02:25 (eighteen years ago)

OMG Alec Baldwin dressed as Thomas Jefferson flipping off the crowd at Maury. I laughed so hard I nearly blacked out.

-- Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:08 (2 hours ago)

Ahahaha, "America, which I invented--" *BOOOOOOOOO*

― m bison, Friday, 6 April 2007 03:47 (eighteen years ago)

This might have been the best episode so far for me.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 April 2007 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

Okay I went to Harvard and even the totally insular Lampoon culture was still full of people who knew the fucking difference between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.

Other than that, I kept barking with laughter. And the big kiss was so satisfying!

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 6 April 2007 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

TOO SOON




No, wait, that was really really funny and even a little cathartic.

― rogermexico., Friday, 6 April 2007 04:21 (eighteen years ago)

OMG Alec Baldwin dressed as Thomas Jefferson flipping off the crowd at Maury. I laughed so hard I nearly blacked out.

Made the whole episode for me!!

― musically, Friday, 6 April 2007 08:11 (eighteen years ago)

Will Arnett's guest spot wasn't as funny as I was hoping, but he's still great.

― musically, Friday, 6 April 2007 08:12 (eighteen years ago)

best episode yet, which is saying a LOT.

― ^@^, Friday, 6 April 2007 10:43 (eighteen years ago)

i guess we're at the point where 9/11 flashback jokes are now ok for prime time. which is fine, really, just worthy of notice.

― maura, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:38 (eighteen years ago)

They compensated for the 9/11 joke w/ the Thomas Jefferson appearance.

BTW, why is Cool Bald Pal living w/ Liz Lemon now? I missed the first minute+.

Also, WTF re: Will Arnett not being that funny? "I'm gay & I want your job!" Also: nice stems.

― David R., Friday, 6 April 2007 13:33 (eighteen years ago)

Also: KENNETH DID HIS EYELASHES

― David R., Friday, 6 April 2007 13:34 (eighteen years ago)

I liked when Kenneth wanted to be like Sydney Bristow.

― Nicole, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

I think Will Arnett isn't funny in a lot of guest appearances because they forget to balance his brash bravado parts with vulnerability, which they managed to pull off well on Arrested Development.

― n/a, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:10 (eighteen years ago)

I hadn't watched this show for a while before last night, but Dr. Spaceman and Thomas Jefferson on Maury made me glad I had.

― n/a, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

BTW, why is Cool Bald Pal living w/ Liz Lemon now? I missed the first minute+.

he was having trouble with his wife in the last new episode and it ended with a gag that makes it looks like he got Liz pregnant and says "you gotta let me stay at your place" to her in front of her crush the flower guy. or something like that.

not much Tracy last night but the "I did not get out of my car and she did not get all the way out of her tollbooth" line was classic.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

also I don't think Will Arnett is ever funny, but I did like when he and Baldwin had the "talking like this" competition.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, he lied about having a vasectomy, and then got his wife pregnant. I'd kick him out, too!

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

pete ('cool bald pal') is kinda my favorite character, he seems like he should be on newhart or something

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

hadn't thought of that, but 8080

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha remember when hes talking to his son on the phone? 'this is elmo! elmo says aim your pee-pee at the potty!'

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

will arnett is always funny to me, but his bathrobe kept stealing his scenes - cut to perfect comedy length!

― rrrobyn, Friday, 6 April 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

Hahaha followed by "HOW IS THAT ELMO'S FAULT???"

He's one of a very select group of guys who look really good with that bald / longish hair combo -- total handsomest-on-show action. It's also kind of weird that Jenna is meant to be Liz's old friend, but Pete seems like way more her buddy than Jenna could ever be.

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

Actually wait, was the first part "aim you pee-pee at the potty, not at your mom?"

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

i would love to see a show based around that dudes life

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

In 1997 Scott recorded the voices for the King of Payne, Sir Psycho, The Duke of Bourbon, and Merlin for Williams' "Medieval Madness" pinball machine.

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

yeah even though he is a bastard for the vasectomy thing, i could totally see him as perfect dude pal or roommate.
xpost to nabisco's first post

― tehresa, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

medieval madness rules!

― Mr. Que, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

Liz: I can't believe you bet your wedding ring.
Pete: I know. Weird thing is, I had money left.

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:41 (eighteen years ago)

Jenna: Hey, I've gotta miss an hour of rehearsal today 'cause I just found out from my publicist, I've been booked on The View.
Pete: Oh, Jenna, that's great. For the first time in your life, you'll be in a room full of women and you'll be the least crazy one.

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

Jenna's response to that is great, too: "I KNOW!"

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

I loved that Pete and Liz showed up at work wearing the same thing.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

Especially since they looked like the Kingston Trio.

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

i am rofling hard at 'how is that elmo's fault?!'

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

The internet is like two steps away from people saying "I'm ROFLing balls," isn't it.

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:14 (eighteen years ago)

roffling my cock off

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

Did I hallucinate it or did Jack-as_Jefferson called Maury "Maurence"?

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:18 (eighteen years ago)

"No sir, we just talked about Anderson Cooper mostly."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

hahhaha no you did not hallucinate that.
xpost

― maura, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

"YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"
"No. I don't do that."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

i could talk about this show all day

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

i also liked the they kept the lemon/jordan star wars fetish going this episode

liz only had tootsie and star wars and on the maury show jefferson said "may the force be with you"

also the scene waking up with a dvd menu repeating itself is pretty classic

― cutty, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

i could talk about this show all day

i kind of have to force myself not to

― rrrobyn, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

I definitely had to rewind to make sure I hadn't made up "Maurence" in the midst of a hail of lolz

― A B C, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

'if kenneth can beat me, and you can beat kenneth, then by the transitive property, you should beat me too!!!!'

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

"I leave particles of guys like you in my wind."

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

on the maury show jefferson said "may the force be with you"


hahahahah forgot all about this

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

I was just recapping the "white guy dials a phone like this" stand-up for someone, via imitation:

ME: beep boop beep (pause) boop beep
PERSON: What was that in the middle?
ME: No seriously, he licked his finger!

(Sometimes I am tempted to sign up for some kind of amateur sign-up night and do like 10 straight minutes of this kind of thing, except instead of black/white I'd do "Eritrean walks his dog like this," or "Hutus drive like this, but Tutsis, Tutsis drive this."

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)

Or maybe "Senegalese guy" and "Gambian guy" -- Hutus / Tutsis = too soon :(

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

you should do that!

― Mr. Que, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

This would totally involve a fake Foreigner accent and lots of "amirite? guys? amirite? cause that's how Kashmiris drive, seriously."

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

(Any Muslim comedians who read this and want to steal the idea for a "Sunnis drive a car bomb like this, but Shias..." bit is totally welcome.)

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

Tracy's delivery of the word "drama" after explaining his Norbit-style Thomas Jefferson film was perfect.

― Gukbe, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

man on the street commercial for tarzan on ice

― rrrobyn, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/2285/kennethdooron7.gif

― A B C, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

"love is like an onion. you peel away layer after stinky layer until you're just... weeping over the sink."

― ^@^, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:16 (eighteen years ago)

"what's that? mc lyte just murdered danny bonaduce?!? thanks PHONE."

― ^@^, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:32 (eighteen years ago)

kuuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuuuuuuuRATE

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

I would pay good money to see MC Lyte murder Danny Bonaduce.

― Nicole, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:44 (eighteen years ago)

"thanks PHONE" was great

i hope other people love this show as much as we do, cause we love the shit out of it

― cutty, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

kuuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuuuuuuuRATE

My jaw hit the floor at that.

I'm going to be all over the season 1 dvd set.

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

it's like the audience for a bobby mcferrin concert up in here!

― tehresa, Friday, 6 April 2007 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

MY you're friendly!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 7 April 2007 02:57 (eighteen years ago)

I feel as confused and betrayed as those people who worked with Tootsie.

― mizzell, Saturday, 7 April 2007 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

SUCH A GOOD SHOW!!!!!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 7 April 2007 08:50 (eighteen years ago)

kuuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuuuuuuuRATE

I am wiping away the tears, because I forgot about Will Arnett's short robe while he was doing his karate, and then when he walked to the hotel room door, there it was again.

Also "I rode a horse all the way from heaven".

Please don't ever let them take away my show.

― accentmonkey, Saturday, 7 April 2007 20:09 (eighteen years ago)

they won't, for another season at least

― impudent harlot, Saturday, 7 April 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

MAKIN' IT HAPPEN

- "Honey, I'm home!"

- "Oh, great."

― Clay, Sunday, 8 April 2007 06:49 (eighteen years ago)

and then doesn't the song go
'it didn't haaapppennnn'
?
hahaha

― rrrobyn, Sunday, 8 April 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

I think it goes, "We made it.... happen"

― max, Sunday, 8 April 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

Oh man Kenneth's little cringe and tongue-stick-out when Will Arnett gave him the liquor was so classssic

― sous les paves, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

omg so i basically just watched a few clips of this on youtube and have no idea why i haven't been watching it all along. so fucking funny

― river wolf, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

All the shows are available to watch in full at the nbc.com website.

― sous les paves, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:38 (eighteen years ago)

o.0

― river wolf, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

um... only 5 are...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

The high levels of WTF?!?!ness make me think of some Adult Swim shows, but better.

― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:45 (eighteen years ago)

Well not ALL of them, but like, the last 5 episodes

― sous les paves, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:45 (eighteen years ago)

If torrents are your thing: http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=30+rock+eztv

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 02:14 (eighteen years ago)

jungle-fever haver

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

ow... ow... ow... my bones...

― HI DERE, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

I missed the beginning! Why was the girl from "Match Point" so fragile?

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:39 (eighteen years ago)

"I have Avian Bone Syndrome"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:53 (eighteen years ago)

I do enjoy how they've been letting the last joke run off into the black of the end credits...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 03:32 (eighteen years ago)

AWAIT IT IN HIS DROPPINGS

― marmotwolof, Friday, 13 April 2007 04:20 (eighteen years ago)

ahahahahah

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 04:30 (eighteen years ago)

STAND GUARD BY HIS RUMP AND AWAIT IT IN HIS DROPPINGS.

This episode actually seemed really slow except for JEFFERSON. "The Floydster" storyline is getting less funny by the minute. Also where is Jenna?

― nickalicious, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:05 (eighteen years ago)

haha I didn't even look before posting, sorry.

― nickalicious, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:07 (eighteen years ago)

It's funny how the girl from Match Point is playing almost the exact same role as in Match Point. I would hate to be typecast as the posh English chick dudes marry in order to bolster their career.

― Nicole, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

I dunno, the episode was definitely subpar for me, but for me it was the Jefferson stuff that dragged. I just think the idea of Tracy doing the movie was funnier as a throwaway gag last week than them basing a whole episode around it this week, although once it got going there were a couple good bits.

the best part about Tracy's character is that it parodies so many bad Martin Lawrence/Eddie Murphy-type movies that my hope is that if Tracy Morgan ever does become a movie star, he won't be able to get away with those kinds of terrible fat-suit/role reversal concepts that black comedy stars tend to fall into. my dream is that someday he'll get to headline his own willfully absurd yet popular Anchorman-type movies.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

I want JEFFERSON to be real.

― nickalicious, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

you guys i dunno i love the wackiness of the Jefferson plot

― Mr. Que, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:03 (eighteen years ago)

I like 30 Rock, but I wish it was all Tracy Morgan and Alec Baldwin. Please get rid of the writers, lemon, and most importantly, the Floydster.

― Jeff, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)

wtf, lemon is the main character and she is amazing

― cutty, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

jeff off the money and AiB maybe missing the development aspect of the episode ie. the show is one long narrative and not wacky hijinks every week and in order for us (me) to be invested in the show as much as we are (am) the show has to be true to its characters and not just have them "do" "stuff". this statement may or may not be obvious.

also, does anyone else see the liz/floydster relationship going basically toward the neuter and sexless?

I just think the idea of Tracy doing the movie was funnier as a throwaway gag last week than them basing a whole episode around it this week, although once it got going there were a couple good bits.


the full run of the story w/ tracy getting brutally shot down by geist hints back to real tracy's SNL stuff which could always run v.v. dark when he wanted to. someone mentioned that on old ILX but I can't remember who.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

also, does anyone else see the liz/floydster relationship going basically toward the neuter and sexless?

I just saw on the NBC website that next week's episode has Liz contemplating moving to Cleveland (presumably with teh Floydster). Their relationship seems cute to me, however.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

Their "sexy" interaction -- "Oh, you're bringin' it," etc. -- was pretty hottt, I was actually disappointed when it was interrupted by Jack. But I recovered when Liz whispered "The calls are coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE" because I was collapsed with laughter because I was hoping she'd say that because I was thinking the same thing.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

'i'm not a creative type like you with your... work sneakers and left handedness...'

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

Jeff's hate of Liz Lemon saddens me because I am a black-glasses wearing goofy woman who does things like make poop jokes and dance around all sexy in footy pajamas and Jeff is like, totally married to me.

"Work sneakers and left handedness" made me roffle for real, though.

― Jenny, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

"We're all gettin' Iphones!"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha Jeff busted by Jenny NEXT ON MAURENCE POVICH

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

baldwins expression when abs suffering chick came on to him

― deeznuts, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

wait, no one's mentioned Fat Bitch yet. I can only hope someday we get to see a clip of it.

― Mr. Que, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

I only have room for one woman in my life that is a black-glasses wearing goofy woman who does things like make poop jokes and dance around all sexy in footy pajamas.

Sorry Liz.

― Jeff, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

oh man the iphone line

― cutty, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

I'm pulling for a Tracy Jordan appearance on Inside The Actor's Studio where we see clips of Fat Bitch, Who Dat Ninga? and Black Cop White Cop.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

LISA: I saw the one where he plays, like, five different characters.
TOOFER: "Black Cop / White Cop."
LISA: No.
JOSH: "Who Dat Ninja?"
LISA: No, he was ... god, they all blend together, don't they? He had to pretend to be an old lady.
TOOFER: Yes, yes. He actually says the title at some point...

Off their thinking ... CUT TO:

EXT. DOORWAY A HOUSE - DAY
A clip from one of Lawrence Jordan's movies. He is dressed as a big fat white grandma a la Mrs. Doubtfire. Unseen parties are throwing pies at him.

LAWRENCE: Oh, gracious goodness! You hooligans better watch out!

A pie hits him. He sounds suddenly masculine and black.

LAWRENCE (CONT'D): Cause this honky grandma be trippin!

CUT BACK TO: INT. PETE'S OFFICE

LISA/TOOFER (relieved to remember): "Honky Grandma Be Trippin'."

― nabisco, Friday, 13 April 2007 17:11 (eighteen years ago)

alec baldwin would be 10% as funny without liz lemon there as his foil. and vice-versa. i like how they trade places being the straight man.

― s1ocki, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

baldwin was really great in the last episode--like when he touches the painting

― cutty, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:57 (eighteen years ago)

the fact that this ep had emily mortimer and rip torn, both of whom i adore in very different ways, pleased me to no end.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

no end, people. i'm still pleased and i don't foresee it stopping anytime soon.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

you weren't pleased last week, asshole

― cutty, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:17 (eighteen years ago)

mmmm...Emily Mortimer. Her and Tina Fey on the same show make my world explode.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

am I on yr world, coz it just exploded?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

he is on our planet but trapped forever in the past

leave him alone

― deeznuts, Saturday, 14 April 2007 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

I really liked Tracy's what I think was a "French" accent while portraying King George.

― Clay, Saturday, 14 April 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

Did anyone else catch the movie names on the marquee? I can only remember Moonquest: Quest for the Moon, and The President's Wife. One of the other ones was Searching for Emily or something similar. I don't remember.

Please get rid of the writers, lemon, and most importantly, the Floydster.

God no! First, it's cute that she has a relationship, and I like him. Also, my husband will kill you if you get rid of her.

― accentmonkey, Saturday, 14 April 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)

HEY YOU THTUPID JERKTH I'M THOMATH JEFFERTHON

― impudent harlot, Saturday, 14 April 2007 05:52 (eighteen years ago)

the other movies on the marquee were "speaking of emily" and "the boy made of corn"

― ^@^, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:42 (eighteen years ago)

floyd: "in my mind, the foo fighters song 'best of you' is about your managerial skills."

jack: "lemon. i want to kiss your boyfriend on the mouth."

floyd: "chapter 12!"

(they both laugh)

jack: "what are you drinking?"

floyd: "club soda."

jack: "that's a shame."

― ^@^, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:45 (eighteen years ago)

the implication of the unexplained chapter 12 joke is really funny!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 14 April 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

AVIAN BONE SYNDROME

― akm, Saturday, 14 April 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

‘i want to hold up a mirror to society, and then win world record for "biggest mirror".'.

― That one guy that quit, Saturday, 14 April 2007 23:02 (eighteen years ago)

the torrent site is what i needed. i'm in a mini marathon right now

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 14 April 2007 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

I kind of think that when I go back and watch, say, episodes 6-12, they were funnier. More range of characters, more knockabout, less plot. It's still my favorite show though.

― caek, Sunday, 15 April 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

I think I've seen every episode now at least twice, and have found plenty of worthwhile moments in even the weaker ones (The Source Awards, Jack the Writer). My favorite show currently on, easily.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 15 April 2007 02:30 (eighteen years ago)

It just occurred to me how much funnier Dennis was than the Floydster. I kind of forgot about Dennis, and I think at first he was the thing that really sold this show for me.

― Clay, Sunday, 15 April 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

otm...I started watching 30 Rock because I loved Dean Winters on Oz. He was amazing on 30 Rock too. Will Floyd do anything remotely as funny as Dennis's letter to Liz? I think not.

― musically, Sunday, 15 April 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

LISA: I saw the one where he plays, like, five different characters.
TOOFER: "Black Cop / White Cop."
LISA: No.
JOSH: "Who Dat Ninja?"
LISA: No, he was ... god, they all blend together, don't they? He had to pretend to be an old lady.
TOOFER: Yes, yes. He actually says the title at some point...

Off their thinking ... CUT TO:

EXT. DOORWAY A HOUSE - DAY
A clip from one of Lawrence Jordan's movies. He is dressed as a big fat white grandma a la Mrs. Doubtfire. Unseen parties are throwing pies at him.

LAWRENCE: Oh, gracious goodness! You hooligans better watch out!

A pie hits him. He sounds suddenly masculine and black.

LAWRENCE (CONT'D): Cause this honky grandma be trippin!

CUT BACK TO: INT. PETE'S OFFICE

LISA/TOOFER (relieved to remember): "Honky Grandma Be Trippin'."

-- nabisco, Friday, April 13, 2007 1:11 PM (Yesterday)

Haha this basically 30 Rock fan fiction, isn't it? I mean there's a similar scene in the first episode but I just watched it again and it plays out kind of differently.

― 31g, Sunday, 15 April 2007 02:44 (eighteen years ago)

I think that's from the original pilot script linked to upthread (in which Liz is called Lisa).

"I'm having terrible Lemon problems..."

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 15 April 2007 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

Oh ok, sorry.

― 31g, Sunday, 15 April 2007 03:11 (eighteen years ago)

You must be having lemon problems yourself.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 15 April 2007 05:05 (eighteen years ago)

i probably just quoted the US equivalent of the 'am i bovvered' sketch but i've just got into this show and love the hell out of it.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 15 April 2007 09:14 (eighteen years ago)

haha I would have a 3-way with 2 Jacks.

― nickalicious, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

"Sup flappy butt? You look weird today."

― Kerm, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

i don't want liz and floyd to break up :(
i really like floyd.

― tehresa, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

but i kind of admire that they would do that.

― tehresa, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

I MISSED IT BY DRINKING THROUGH IT

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:37 (eighteen years ago)

i drank through it & it still wasnt very funny :(

― deeznuts, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:38 (eighteen years ago)

:((((((

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

i have nothing to say but happy to see kenan hasn't ruined this episode for me yet

― sanskrit, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:49 (eighteen years ago)

This was the best episode yet, but now I'm afraid of giving spoilers. I'll just say that that Cleveland song -- especially when it changes unexpectedly -- might be my favorite TV moment of the 2000s.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:49 (eighteen years ago)

RIP Floyd u_u

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 03:17 (eighteen years ago)

worst episode ever

dimension 5 i agree completely about the song but floyd can suck my dick

― deeznuts, Friday, 20 April 2007 03:55 (eighteen years ago)

I spent the first half of this thinking the writing was dropping off, but the second half thinking it was terrific.

― nabisco, Friday, 20 April 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

nawww there were a couple memorable lines which ive forgotten because i was drinking (alcohol) but this really was one of the least funny 30 rocks ever

― deeznuts, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

I liked "Gordon from Sesame Street" being part of the Black Whatchamacalit conspiracy and "I have no idea what you're on about you...daft...wanker"

― marmotwolof, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:34 (eighteen years ago)

"We'd all like to flee to the Cleve"

― sous les paves, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:35 (eighteen years ago)

I know it was setting up a later joke, but that "cops in NYC just search random people's bags on the street" thing was very strange.

― The Yellow Kid, Friday, 20 April 2007 05:43 (eighteen years ago)

I think the point it that they search the bags of those entering the subway.

lol @ "The Cleve"!

― musically, Friday, 20 April 2007 06:28 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, hence "let's just walk." I've still never seen a subway bag search, though -- at first I thought they were instituting an everyday random-search policy, but now it seems more like they're just reserving the right for when they need it.

― nabisco, Friday, 20 April 2007 07:20 (eighteen years ago)

Someone over at Wiki listed all the different phrases on Frank's hats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rossitano

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 20 April 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

THE SONG PEOPLE

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 11:44 (eighteen years ago)

It was great, but I see why people might not like it as much. The last two episodes have been setting up the next one, which feels strange considering most of the season has been pretty stand-alone.

Emily Mortimer is great.

― Gukbe, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:01 (eighteen years ago)

THE ACCENT CHANGE TOO

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

ACTING!

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

ALSO THE RUN

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:16 (eighteen years ago)

the Run was brilliant

― Gukbe, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:23 (eighteen years ago)

I think the point it that they search the bags of those entering the subway.

lol @ "The Cleve"!

-- musically, Friday, April 20, 2007 2:28 AM (6 hours ago)

Yeah, hence "let's just walk." I've still never seen a subway bag search, though -- at first I thought they were instituting an everyday random-search policy, but now it seems more like they're just reserving the right for when they need it.

-- nabisco, Friday, April 20, 2007 3:20 AM (5 hours ago)

i thought i was gonna get teh search yesterday as there were 4 cops in the entrance to my stop on the way to work (they are always around work, but that's touristy midtown). i would have killed them if they made me miss my train and be late to work! anyway, there was no searching.

but yeah, yellow kid is right - it had to be setting up for the cleveland cop joke because i can't say i've ever heard anyone in new york complain about subway searches. incidentally, i used to work near the stop where they shot that scene - never seen a search there.

― tehresa, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:35 (eighteen years ago)

GUYS ITS A JOKE COMMENTING ON OUR POST 9/11 WORLD

― sanskrit, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:37 (eighteen years ago)

AS IS THE SPITTING OF THE MOUTH

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:38 (eighteen years ago)

wifey seems to think that this: http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/19/alec-baldwins-threatening-message-to-daughter/ is going to spoil Baldwin's chances at his upcoming comic actor Emmy. i think it adds to the mystique. what say you?

― sanskrit, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:43 (eighteen years ago)

I say Kim Basinger gets a thumbs down.

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:44 (eighteen years ago)

I was hoping for a Kosar cameo this episode.

― brownie, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:47 (eighteen years ago)

Lacrosse, Liz Lemon!

― Jenny, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:51 (eighteen years ago)

I'm kinda hoping the LL thing means that Liz will have some smarmy nemesis with her initials (perhaps in s2) - Larry LaRouche? LeRoy Lowenstein? Lucretia Lumpitt?

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:58 (eighteen years ago)

I don't know why I last-named "Leroy" there.

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:58 (eighteen years ago)

- "It's gonna cost at least $30 million to do all the claymation sex scenes!"
- Kenneth's Michael McDonald impression
- "... and that's the plot of Caddyshack."

c'mon guys, this wasn't bad

― bernard snowy, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)

I liked it! Although Cleveland hot dog vendors don't sell soft pretzels :(

― brownie, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:29 (eighteen years ago)

it wasn't bad, but it wasn't at funny as i am used to

― Mr. Que, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

i don't watch this show often, but i caught it last night and it was pretty fuckin funny!! you mean to say that other episodes are...better? my stars

― gff, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:55 (eighteen years ago)

"wolflike... lupine."

― gff, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:56 (eighteen years ago)

Oh! You like Wagner!

No, I like Elmer Fuddd!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

BLURG!

You know how john lennon was better than the oher beatles but he didn't realize it until he met yoko? well I'M JACK'S YOKO

and

O GOD GODFATHER ENDING

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:21 (eighteen years ago)

BY THE HAMMER OF THOR!

Tina Fey pushes all my geek buttons.

― Gukbe, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

'this is just like sex and the city! i'm carrie, you're charlotte, and you're the woman who watches it at home!'

― and what, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:27 (eighteen years ago)

That Caddyshack plot synopsis scene was hilarious. I literally LOL'd.

― brownie, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

Bless you, Ethan.

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

"BLEURGH"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

I love how this show brings ILX together (for the most part).

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

fucking relax people, this episode was just a setup for every plot point that has been introduced to move along to the finaleee

― cutty, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

STACY GORDON

― cutty, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha

― nickalicious, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

"That's how I got a timeshare in Port Arthur, Texas."

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

Also: Jenna trying on panties over her pants WTF?

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

Kenneth's Michael McDonald impression was golden. I demand a 30 Rock/Yacht Rock crossover episode!

― sous les paves, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

It's heavy.

It's... made of gold.

― Kerm, Friday, 20 April 2007 23:12 (eighteen years ago)

mediocre episode. i don't know if this show needs multi-episode arcs. they've been the weakest stuff so far by far.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 21 April 2007 05:35 (eighteen years ago)

wifey seems to think that this: http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/19/alec-baldwins-threatening-message-to-daughter/ is going to spoil Baldwin's chances at his upcoming comic actor Emmy. i think it adds to the mystique. what say you?

I think that once you've named your child "Ireland", it's all downhill from there.

Although I do kind of love the fact that he talks like Jack. "Once again, I have been made a fool of. It will be the last time."

Obviously it's not very nice, but then, didn't we always know he wasn't very nice?

― accentmonkey, Saturday, 21 April 2007 06:45 (eighteen years ago)

i have some voiceover outtakes he did for a commercial a few years back that prove pretty much beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a CRAZY PSEUD. they include him punctuating his screwups with alarmingly loud and sudden SHITs and FUUUUUUCKs, berating his producer for the (imaginary) typo in the word 'smorgasbord' ("do you want me to pronounce it correctly or do you want it like this, with the malapropism?"), and then complaining about the small font size on his page, his lack of water, the lack of oxygen in the room, before finally leaving in a huff. all of this happens very quickly, in the span of a couple minutes -- the way he winds himself into this insane neurotic lather is kind of totally amazing. unfortunately i can never ever post them anywhere (sorry).

― ^@^, Saturday, 21 April 2007 08:02 (eighteen years ago)

most actors are like this.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 21 April 2007 10:51 (eighteen years ago)

He need to find Jebus, like his retarded brother has.

― M.V., Saturday, 21 April 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)

baldwin wants off this show to spend more time w/his family nnnnooooooooooooooooooooooo

― A B C, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 22:33 (eighteen years ago)

If he left, they would pretty much be obligated to make Will Arnett's character the replacement. I would still be disappointed, though :(

― m bison, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

he needs more time to verbally abuse his daughter? I think he should be court ordered to stay ON the show for that reason alone!

― akm, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

This is horrible news!

― Clay, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:14 (eighteen years ago)

megaroffles, akm

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:15 (eighteen years ago)

This is all Barbara Walters' fault. She's always making people say things they don't really want to say.

Everyone knows this whole voicemail business will blow over pretty soon, so I'd hate for Baldwin to blow both his own career and the progress of the best show on tv over this. Ireland's 11... she won't hate him forever.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:30 (eighteen years ago)

he said he'd fulfill his contract obligations if they wouldn't let him out. that could be good new...right?

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

:(

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

Re: voicemail, I'm still most surprised by his representative skipping over the apology part and pretty much saying "yeah, well, if you had to deal with Kim Basinger, you'd yell at people too."

I like to imagine they got in a fight about how, contrary to typical biology and Hollywood wife-replacement, Kim Basinger looks basically the same as she did when they were together, while Baldwin hit total middle-age huge-headed-Irish-guy beefiness.

― nabisco, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:45 (eighteen years ago)

I saw that article too I almost DIED NO ALEC STAY STAY STAY

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_en_ce/people_baldwin;_ylt=Av2XybD3DmJ0rAw8.GK1GarQbbUC

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

a friend of a friend claimed to be boycotting the show after alec baldwin's voicemail thingy

I was like wtf friend of a friend, if there is one thing I cannot get upset about in this day and age it is people yelling at their kids. if anythign we need more of that shit!

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 26 April 2007 05:39 (eighteen years ago)

i don't care how many childrens' lives have to be ruined to keep 30 rock on the air.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

A friend of mine sez: "this is a travesty. it would be much funnier if jack had to reprimand someone on the show for being too mean to their kid via cellphone."

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

o shit! this is tonight isnt it. dem debate, 30 rock, phil hughes start all going at the same time omg what do i do

― deeznuts, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

is the only unfunny thing on this show the trucker hats?

― jergïns, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

is the only unfunny thing on this show the trucker hats?

-- jergïns, Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:48 PM

what i've been saying! NBC plz keep baldwin and dump horrible irony hat guy from the Dave Matthews Band video

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

i have some voiceover outtakes he did for a commercial a few years back

where? where? And is it as good as Orson Welles and the frozen peas?

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

The big hoo-hah over the voicemail thing is crazy. So he lost his temper. So he was a bit of an asshole. He did not scar the child, he did not beat her, he angrily called her "rude". Please relax, people. If I got that speech from my dad, I would consider it getting off easy.

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, seriously. he didn't do anything illegal, and certainly nothing worth losing/giving up an award-winning role for. even if he took a year off to get his shit together and be with his family or whatever, at the end of that year he'd be like, wait, I'm still an actor, why'd I throw away a perfectly good job.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:12 (eighteen years ago)

Well Kenan he did call her stuff like a "little pig," which isn't entirely normal for going off on your 11-year-old daughter.

But yeah, for the most part this isn't far from the middle of the bell curve in "normal instance of your parents going off and being dicks to you and/or saying awful post-divorce things about your other parent." Hell, considering the stuff lots of people do to their kids, this might still rank on the good side.

"Thoughtless little pig," though, it kinda hints at some issues beyond just getting mad once!

― nabisco, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

he claims he was directing the message (esp. the pig part) at Kim B.???

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:38 (eighteen years ago)

If I ever blew my stack and called my daughter a thoughtless little pig, I'd drink myself to death from shame. That said, I hope this all dies down and Baldwin stays on the show, or is kept on the show.

― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

If I got that speech from my dad, I would consider it getting off easy.

OTM. most 11-year-olds are little shits, and most of them don't hear it often enough. the only upsetting part of this story is the message getting leaked -- totally unclassy move.

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

Well Kenan he did call her stuff like a "little pig," which isn't entirely normal for going off on your 11-year-old daughter.

Oh, pish. I was often called a "little shit" when I was 11. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that yelling at your kids is not the world's worst form of psychological abuse. And he wasn't making a crack about her weight, he was saying she has terrible manners.

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

Well I guess it's just down to what people mean when they say words, but I actually feel like those two things are maybe two different level of mean? Or anyway "little shit" reads to me like "I'm really pissed off," whereas calling an 11-year-old girl a "little pig" somehow feels ... like, personal? (I didn't interpret it as having anything to do with weight.) But yeah, whatever, it'll scan differently depending who you are, and it's surely nowhere near the most awful thing said to a child that day.

― nabisco, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

Pigs are adorable!

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

wtf gis?

http://www.wayodd.com/funny-pictures2/funny-pictures-whoa-piggy-2a4.jpg

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

I know what I'm wearing at Halloween this year!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

Ha also, you know, weight-related or not, calling an 11-year-old girl a "pig" in our culture in ANY context is just like asking for problems.

― nabisco, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

I hope that picture made you think of that addendum, nabisco.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

Dr. Spaceman: "My techniques virtually guarantee male orgasm."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2007 01:04 (eighteen years ago)

i just can get past the fact that baldwin couldnt actually fuck that girl without killing her

― deeznuts, Friday, 27 April 2007 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

"Ride it all the way to hell!"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 27 April 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

Kenneth is the best character on the show, sometimes.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 27 April 2007 02:38 (eighteen years ago)

Like when he's on screen.

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 03:53 (eighteen years ago)

How's the Dow?

― Clay, Friday, 27 April 2007 04:38 (eighteen years ago)

disappointing episode to end the season on, I thought

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 05:18 (eighteen years ago)

Really? I thought it was the most consistently funny episode in several weeks.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2007 05:27 (eighteen years ago)

Elaine Stritch as the mom!

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 27 April 2007 06:47 (eighteen years ago)

"They got pretzels downstairs!"

― en i see kay, Friday, 27 April 2007 08:22 (eighteen years ago)

"I was at a costume party. The host's dog attacked me, so I had to stab it."

Quite funny, but honestly, none of the last three have lived up to a lot of the rest of the season. Bit of an odd one to end on. At least there's another season of it at least, assuming something horrible doesn't happen.

― Gukbe, Friday, 27 April 2007 10:44 (eighteen years ago)

'can i play barack obama' 'no! its bad enough we had tracy playing him!'

― and what, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)

Stritch was reportedly considered for the role of Dorothy on The Golden Girls, but, by her own admission, offended the producers by improvising profanity into the script. The role was subsequently cast with Bea Arthur.

― and what, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

GOD DAMN YOU GOLDEN GIRL PRODUCERS

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 13:27 (eighteen years ago)

I love Dr. Spaceman.

― Nicole, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:34 (eighteen years ago)

AB just announced on The View that he has asked to be let out of his 30 Rock contract.

― sunny successor, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

that was already announced earlier this week! and nbc said "no"

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, maybe it was calculated so that he could look contrite and still stay on the show.

― kenan, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:41 (eighteen years ago)

i just watched the last two on nbc.com having missed them. I thought they were pretty good...I just wanted more of a finale with Phoebe, I expected some kind of back-story about here being a gold-digger from cleveland or something, something about her losing the accent.

― dan selzer, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

What the hell was Phoebe saying at dinner "Petunlia"? or something. Stritich's comeback was beautiful. I can't paraphrase it to give it justice.

― brownie, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

something about petunias (flowers)

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

yeah but wasn't she mispronouncing it?

― brownie, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:48 (eighteen years ago)

or am I insane

― brownie, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

I WILL CUT YOU OPEN LIKE A TAUN TAUN

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

she wasn't mispronouncing it

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

Kenneth's "By the Hammer of Thor!" was almost as genius as his self-sacrificial tumble.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

I WILL CUT YOU OPEN LIKE A TAUN TAUN

-- Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, April 27, 2007 12:50 PM (2 minutes ago)

hahaha i missed that, i guess it was during liz & jack's stereo berating of kenneth?

― and what, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

I WANT LOBSTER. I WANT 2 LOBSTERS. TOTALLING 5 LBS OF LOBSTER MEAT

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:55 (eighteen years ago)

Are my eyes really that far apart? I look like Admiral Akbar!

So there has been at least one Star Wars ref each episode, hasn't there?

― nickalicious, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

oooo good question

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

has to have been

― kenan, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

I don't think there were any in the 1st episode.

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:16 (eighteen years ago)

BTW, RIP Scrubs (about 2 seasons too late) :\

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

I don't think there were any in the 1st episode.

Wasn't Tracy's "I AM A JEDI" public freakout in that ep though?

― nickalicious, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

yes

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

I'M BUGGIN OUT

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:23 (eighteen years ago)

(not quoting, am bugging)

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:23 (eighteen years ago)

wau

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_11737.asp

― kenan, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

"Chewbacca, can I speak to Tracy?"

― The Yellow Kid, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

Stritich's comeback was beautiful. I can't paraphrase it to give it justice.

"I can hear you fine, dear. I just wanted to make sure you could hear you."

also: "Tell him his Mother's here! And that she loves him... but not in a queer way!"

― will, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

IT'S COWBOY HAY-HAY

― max, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

i am upset we didn't get to see cowboy hay hay

― cutty, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

Kenneth is the best character on the show, sometimesmost of the time.

― tehresa, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:25 (eighteen years ago)

scrubs got cancelled? i thought it was moving to abc or something

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 23:39 (eighteen years ago)

So I'm watching fully half of NBC's thursday night line-up, which is the first time that's happened since the Seinfeld days. And it accounts for about half of the shows that I make sure to watch in a given week. And I'm guessing that I'm far from the only one for whom that is true, and for whom it's true because NBC is airing actual real-life great shows. My feeling is that the smart money is on NBC continuing to back quality in at least the short-term (e.g. giving 30 Rock a full-season renewal in order to let it find an audience). Because, otherwise, they're going to have a full hour on thursday to fill with new and untested material or old and tired material shifted from another part of the schedule. This might be their strongest line-up in years (possibly ever...judge for yourself), and it would be a shame to fuck that up.

― Deric W. Haircare, Saturday, 28 April 2007 00:16 (eighteen years ago)

The audience for The Office and 30 Rock is probably a pretty attractive one to advertisers, too, small or not.

― nabisco, Saturday, 28 April 2007 00:42 (eighteen years ago)

aye, for thursday nights, it is incredibly strong.

they also have Heroes and, more imporantly, Friday Night Lights, which makes them the best network on TV. Obviously not counting HBO.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 00:43 (eighteen years ago)

I mean, the whole night is good, if you want to sell cool sneakers and Volkswagens to the 20-something college-grad demographic and start up some brand loyalty with their teenage equivalents -- those shows just happen to be the two I care about. I suppose they're kinda competing with cheaper cable stuff for those markets, though.

― nabisco, Saturday, 28 April 2007 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

The best all-time lineup (CBS though):

All in the Family
M*A*S*H
Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Carol Burnett Show

'30 Rock + The Office' is the new 'All In the Family + M*A*S*H' 1-2 punch.

― musically, Saturday, 28 April 2007 08:30 (eighteen years ago)

but how many of us were alive to remember that 1-2 punch?

― cutty, Saturday, 28 April 2007 09:23 (eighteen years ago)

I certainly wasn't then but I'm alive now and watch them both on DVD so I can assume watching them on television was roughly similar.

― musically, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

watched some of this. not v funny

― RJG, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:43 (eighteen years ago)

RJG = WRONG

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

and stupid

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

alec baldwin is funny. I like tracy morgan. there have been some funny bits but it is v inconsistent and sometimes there are bits that are so obviously supposed to be funny but they are not

― RJG, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

HONKEY RJG BE TRIPPIN'!

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

I like chris parnell, too

― RJG, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

stritch said "i heard you, i just wanted to make sure you heard you."

zzzzing!

― s1ocki, Sunday, 29 April 2007 06:23 (eighteen years ago)

for every otm thing said here, there are 10 rong things sed. this show rly hasnt misstepped yet.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 29 April 2007 07:15 (eighteen years ago)

rjg is wrong

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:34 (eighteen years ago)

there are a lot of bum notes and predictable bum notes

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:42 (eighteen years ago)

<i>haha the rural juror stuff was killing me, i kinda hope it reaches a 'bob loblaw's law blog' type conclusion</i>

it does seem like a weak attempt at that (and others)

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:48 (eighteen years ago)

it's a funny joke, the 'rural juror'. she doesn't know the name of the film! i lolled without shame.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:52 (eighteen years ago)

it is slightly funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:53 (eighteen years ago)

"i'ma make you a mixtape! you like phil collins?"
"i have two ears and a heart, don't i?"

this has people shouting and weeping w/ laughter, upthread

it is slightly funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:57 (eighteen years ago)

alec baldwin is funny, though

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:58 (eighteen years ago)

I don't really like it.

Apart just not finding it funny a lot of the time, the race-related jokes make me uncomfortable. I have not read all this thread, it seems that no-one else has been offended by this, but I will try to explain anyway.

I think there is a big difference between jokes that are about questions of race, drawing humour from the awkwardness and taboo nature of the subject (eg Curb Your Enthusiasm) and jokes that just play on racist assumptions for their humour. Sometimes, though, it gets a bit hard for me to tell the difference.

30 Rock has a black character whose hilarious quirk is that he is well-educated and pretentious. In one episode (was it the first episode?), the other guy says to him "Are there any other black nerds or is it just you and Urkel?"

I am really not well acquainted with the ins and outs of American race relations, but can someone tell me why exactly that is not a racist joke? Is it just because the writers are clearly liberals who have no racist intentions?

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:19 (eighteen years ago)

"30 Rock has a black character whose hilarious quirk is that he is well-educated and pretentious."

no.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:20 (eighteen years ago)

"superman does good"

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:21 (eighteen years ago)

no

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:30 (eighteen years ago)

there are too many jokes about liz lemon being a failure in life/unattractive. i still think it's awesome.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:35 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/NNN/pdTINNN0106.jpg

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:50 (eighteen years ago)

'you're such a monica'

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 12:03 (eighteen years ago)

Hey, RJG, are you trying to tell us that you think the show isn't all that funny? Is that what you're saying? Because it's a little unclear. Maybe you should subtly imply it a few dozen more times.

And Cathy: could you say why you think that is a racist joke? I'm actually glad that 30 Rock deals with the race stuff head-on and sans po-face. I'd argue that this show is far less racist in its use of black characters/actors than SNL has been, in general. Maybe a specious comparison, but still.

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 13:35 (eighteen years ago)

it isn't all that funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

It's usually difficult and pointless to try and analyse jokes, but I'll try.

I think it's a racist joke because it derives humour from a racial stereotype, with little else going on as far as I can see.

The guy says "Are there any other black nerds or is it just you and Urkel?" The idea of a black nerd is presumably supposed to be humorous, because of the stereotype that black people are either a) too "cool" to be nerds (very patronising) or b) not intelligent/educated enough to be nerds (very insulting).

I don't really see this as "dealing with the race stuff head on" so much as very clumsily making a joke about a black stereotype.

What am I missing?

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)

don't mind rjg, he will continue to download and watch this show

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:19 (eighteen years ago)

hang on isn't it tracey jordan who says that to toofer?

either way you're getting its tone wrong.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:24 (eighteen years ago)

ooga-chaka ooga-ooga

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:25 (eighteen years ago)

it isn't TJ, it's the funny guy w/ the funny hats that have funny things printed on to them, isn't it?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, but what was it in response to again?

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

Toufer: [Complaining to Liz] Surely our massive conglomerate parent company could spring for a samovar of coffee.
Frank: Yeah, or, like, a big coffee dispenser!
Toufer: [Condescendingly] That's what a samovar is.
Frank: Are there other black nerds, or is it just you and Urkel?
[Toofer just stares at Frank]

joke is partly frank makes arse of himself, no?

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

can't remember what was printed on to his hat on that day

crosspost

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

Does "tone" just mean the lack of racist intent by the writers? A joke can be racist without meaning to be.

x-post

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

joke is partly frank makes arse of himself, no?

now I'm laughing

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

The best thing to come out of the Rural Juror stuff was Alec Baldwin's "They're making a film out of the Rural Juror? I love Kevin Grisham."

Twofer is so named because he fills both the black and the ivy league quotients of the writing staff.

Many funny things have come from Twofer and Tracy's relationship. The whole episode with the n-word was very good. "It just sounds HATEFUL coming from you." "In the past ten years or so, the African-American community have reappropriated that word..." etc...

Tracy himself is a send up in a lot of ways of "crazy" African-American comedians (Martin Lawrence, Wayans Bros, etc...). "I'm so confused. My entire career is based on analyzing the differences between black and white culture". The phone dialling!

― Gukbe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

name me a comedy show where each and every gag makes u lol.

xpost

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

Twofer is so named because he fills both the black and the ivy league quotients of the writing staff.

continuing to laugh

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

As I remember, there is nothing in the reaction of other characters after Frank delivers that line that suggests that the joke is that he has made an arse of himself. It is delivered like a punchline, that is supposed to be funny in itself, even if it comes through the mouthpiece of a character that is supposed to be a loser.

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

mind you i even laugh at the trucker hat. mean and jaded people like the lex think i don't like anything!

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

"Twofer is so named because he fills both the black and the ivy league quotients of the writing staff.

continuing to laugh

-- RJG, Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:34 PM (36 seconds ago)"

cf 'he's my gaysian' in 'entourage', another show you don't like but watch?

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

hardly the same

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

shows about inner working of US media | shows where minor character fills two minority quotas

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

I don't like Entourage, either. But that is more misogyny than racism, which is even harder to pin down.

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)

isn't "twofer" the character's name?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

fuck political correctness in my comedy, go watch the news

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:41 (eighteen years ago)

i'm not going to fight toof's battles for him, he seems okay with it.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:42 (eighteen years ago)

it's a nickname (twofer)

entourage isn't funny. family guys isn't funny. 30 rock is, though.

― akm, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

I'm sorry, cutty, this is not about political correctness

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

ha, i was talking to cathy

i know better than to argue with you about tv shows

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

twofer may as well be just a background character introduced w/ his name and its explanation

it is one joke and not a funny one

crosspost

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

"urkel" joke probably one of the low points of the entire season--not many

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:48 (eighteen years ago)

fuck political correctness in my comedy, go watch the news

That is exactly what actual racists/homophobes etc. say when defending their jokes.

I don't think that comedians should avoid race issues, just that they should be a little bit cleverer when tackling them. And I really do think comedians should avoid jokes that are racist in the sense that I described before, which I think some of the jokes in 30 Rock are.

If "political correctness" means not being racist, I am really all for it though.

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:48 (eighteen years ago)

OK LET'S MAKE OUR RACISM MORE CLEVER

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

I'M ALL FOR IT

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

"twofer may as well be just a background character introduced w/ his name and its explanation"

not really, the 'n-word' ep is a hoot.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

I remember when they incorporated the hoot into the dandy and it was called "the dandy and hoot" for a short while

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:54 (eighteen years ago)

in a later episode tracy calls a black extra 'carlton'.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

is the guy w/ the hats in the episode?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

it isn't that the bad jokes are actually racist but that they are lazy enough that they are not "tackling" any "issue" they might "think" they are

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

i don't think 30 rock really is trying to tackle any issues besides the roffle issue

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

RJG, your endless string of "quips" are not nearly as "clever" as you "think" they are. Please go update your Two And A Half Men fansite and stop talking about a show that you neither like nor have anything interesting to say about.

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:06 (eighteen years ago)

dont get me wrong i love me some rjg--he is very fussy with his tv

plus he is british

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:07 (eighteen years ago)

^ this is the "guy" that said he "thought" 30 rock was "dealing" w/ race issues "head-on", btw. is where my "tackle" came from

crosspost

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:08 (eighteen years ago)

scottish, sorry :/

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

we're not all rob roys, you know

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, well, "tackle" is your word, RJG. Own it. I never claimed that 30 Rock was an after-school special.

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

are you bald?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/images/bios/scott_adsit.jpg

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.tshirtwatch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/jeremy-piven.jpg

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:38 (eighteen years ago)

I dunno, RJG. Are you a douche?

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

I'M A NINJA EXPERT

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2006/10/judah.JPG

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

alternartively,

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/264410%7EJeremy-Piven-Posters.jpg

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

lets do a 30 rock hat poll

― ☪, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

HAND HELD

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

xxxpost

No, but seriously: do you have anything interesting/insightful/at all worthwhile to say about this show? Anything?

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

JOYSTICK MASTER

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

see these are funny, rjg.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

You're making me like the trucker hat slogans more.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

ARCADE CHAMP

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

PROFESSIONAL COMEDIAN

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

I CAN READ SCREENCAPS AND THEN WRITE DOWN THE THINGS THAT I READ

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

I managed to trick you

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

Ha, this is kinda funny: I see Cathy's logic with being bothered by that joke, but really -- and yeah, maybe this says something about the US -- but that's so low-level for US race-culture jokes that hardly anyone here would bother getting too upset about it, especially since you're as likely to get that sort of thing from black people as white. Maybe even MORE likely to get it from black than white, hence his getting the same thing from Tracy. Also: I don't think the joke is necessarily that Frank is making a fool of himself, but I think most of the time we're meant to sympathize with Toofer as one of the long-suffering sane ones among the ridiculous. We're not being asked to laugh at the fact of a well-educated black man, as if that's a joke in itself -- most of the humor comes from him trying to maintain all his attempted dignity in an environment that doesn't suit it!

P.S. I don't think it's stretching to say that the show's spent a lot of time on race stuff is a pretty sharp way -- that Wayne Brady episode was annoying, but stuff like Toofer vs. Tracy on the n-word episode, or its self-awareness and weird twists on Tracy as the lowbrow "crazy" black clown ... this stuff is usually pretty great, I think.

― nabisco, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:29 (eighteen years ago)

I think the resolution to the Toofer v. Tracy was interesting. They were supposed to write a sketch together, but it got cut for one where Tracy dressed up like Star Jones and barfed all over a kitchen. After watching the sketch, Toofer says something like, "Yeah, this is funnier than our sketch."

― Mr. Que, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

it's definitely sharper (i say as a white britishes lol) than 'studio 60' which has a similar educated black writer vs black performer thing going on, only really cringey.

mr que 8080 too -- that ep also has the 'world record for "biggest mirror"' line which remains my fave.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

Haha possibly a comparative point for that Frank joke is the sad-face on Toofer when he finds out his ancestor fought for the confederacy! It's more of a "poor guy can't win" thing than a "joke's on him" thing.

― nabisco, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

"I think most of the time we're meant to sympathize with Toofer as one of the long-suffering sane ones among the ridiculous. We're not being asked to laugh at the fact of a well-educated black man, as if that's a joke in itself -- most of the humor comes from him trying to maintain all his attempted dignity in an environment that doesn't suit it!"

is also otm, as when liz calls him 'sherlock homo', which is kind of ari gold v lloyd in its nastiness. he does the buster keaton thing there too.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

Ha, yeah -- I mean, note that his most comic facial expression is that totally crestfallen sad-eyed look.

Incidentally! P.S.! Tracy Morgan spotted walking alone into a McDonald's in my neighborhood, right across the street from the chicken place featured in the first episode, which is now closed! I like to imagine that he wanted chicken and then had to settle.

― nabisco, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

Oh actually probably a more common expression = exasperated picked-on look, anywhere along the spectrum from "haha guys VERY FUNNY" to "screw you guys, I'm going home."

― nabisco, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

were you in mcdonalds?

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

Toofer vs. Tracy on the n-word episode

this episode was amazing.

― horseshoe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

it was funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

I see Cathy's logic with being bothered by that joke, but really -- and yeah, maybe this says something about the US -- but that's so low-level for US race-culture jokes that hardly anyone here would bother getting too upset about it, especially since you're as likely to get that sort of thing from black people as white.

Yeah, I'm not sure it is totally US/UK. I had similar qualms about some Ali G jokes. There seems to have been a post-PC shift in the past few years in a lot of Anglophone comedy, where jokes about race are increasingly common. Sometimes when these jokes are done badly, the line between 'about race' and just plain racist gets blurred, and I suddenly find it very unfunny.

I do think race is such a difficult issue that you've really got to know what you're aiming for with a joke in order to justify it. If the ultimate object is, for example, satire of white people's squeamishness about race, then that is on the 'about race' rather than the 'racist' side of the line. Some of the jokes in 30 Rock seem to be about that. Others, like the one I picked out as an example, aren't clearly about anything other than getting a cheap laugh based on racial stereotypes (however widely acceptable that kind of humour might be in the US or elsewhere).

― Cathy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:34 (eighteen years ago)

You know who would love this thread? My racist grandfather.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 29 April 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

roffles @ Sparkle Motion

I always thought the whole "urkel" joke business was about how black people are generally conceived in American society as "hip" and "cool", and the white folk are meant to appreicate/emulate it.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:23 (eighteen years ago)

Also, the whole "black comedians wearing dresses is demeaning" plot was good.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:23 (eighteen years ago)

not a plot

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:53 (eighteen years ago)

i'll show you a plot

― Mr. Que, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

thanks :)

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:57 (eighteen years ago)

thread?

― Gukbe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

Ugh.

― Nicole, Monday, 30 April 2007 00:40 (eighteen years ago)

I should go into a Francis Gay thread.

― Nicole, Monday, 30 April 2007 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

the ep w/ paul reubens was v funny

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:18 (eighteen years ago)

you must like little britain too

(kidding)

― cutty, Monday, 30 April 2007 11:56 (eighteen years ago)

you know ;)

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:00 (eighteen years ago)

Ugh.

-- Nicole, Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:40 PM (Yesterday)

OTM

― s1ocki, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:09 (eighteen years ago)

well done guys :)

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:43 (eighteen years ago)

"it's not bianca, like sanka; it's bianca, like willy wonka!"

― edb, Monday, 30 April 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

fyi: the entire season is now available for free viewing on NBC.com

― Michael F Gill, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:14 (eighteen years ago)

shit, I may never get work done again.

― horseshoe, Monday, 30 April 2007 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6966/30rockif6.png

― That one guy that quit, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:24 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha

Moonquest: Quest for the Moon

― kenan, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

very Seinfeld-ian.

"Blimp: The Hindenburg Story"

― kenan, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

all this movies WOULD play @ cinema village

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

(however widely acceptable that kind of humour might be in the US or elsewhere).

It seemed to me that the point of this joke (if it had a point) was to show the kind of relationship that the people in the office have. They are comedy writers, and will make fun of everyone around them, often in cruel ways. Isn't that what comedy writers do? Also friends and long-time co-workers often have no trouble making jokes to each other that would be considered offensive if made either to or in the hearing of outsiders. I didn't think it was especially funny either, but it is exactly the kind of stupid, personally insulting joke that people in the workplace make to co-workers with whom they are comfortable.

― accentmonkey, Saturday, 5 May 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.randomtuesday.com/pictures/30rock/karate.gif

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:33 (eighteen years ago)

'as my old man always said: "if you try, you win", and he was a hell of a garbageman...'

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 6 May 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

"what's that? mc lyte just murdered danny bonaduce?!? thanks PHONE."
I love this joke. A lesser, more-heavily-interfered-with show would have used a more boring choice of celebrities and would have steered clear of th m-word.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 29 June 2007 03:18 (eighteen years ago)

oh come off it. Danny Bonaduce is one of those celebrities where the mere mention of his name is an easy laugh.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 29 June 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

no no, let's have this discussion

― ^@^, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

MC Lyte, otoh...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

fyi it's still pretty funny if you've never heard of either.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

haven't watched this since last time

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

i'm gon get an iphone / everybody gon be jealous

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

on the hat?

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

No that has this little chant Tracy's crew came up with after they thought he'd signed on to a movie and they were gonna get alotta money.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:15 (eighteen years ago)

as funny as if it were on the hat

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

i lolled

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

that's your decision

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Seinfeld to appear on '30 Rock'

The network is...celebrating Seinfeld's impending return to the fold, with the funnyman slated to star as himself in the Oct. 4 second season premiere of 30 Rock.

"I think it's going to be so refreshing for me to be playing myself in a show that has nothing to do with neurotic, dysfunctional New York characters," Seinfeld said in a statement.

Series creator, executive producer and star Tina Fey was also enthusiastic about Seinfeld's guest slot.

"Finally, my parents have an excuse to watch the show," she said.

― jergïns, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

I see how this can be funny already.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:33 (eighteen years ago)

"nothing to do with neurotic, dysfunctional New York characters"

^^^this was on purpose, right?

― tehresa, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:45 (eighteen years ago)

^^^ duh. (sorry, this ^^^^ is getting out of control on ILX these days, now even I'm doing it)

on VH1's World Series Of Pop Culture Trivia thing the other day, they had a question about 30 Rock where the answer was "The Rural Juror."

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:54 (eighteen years ago)

i r smart, ok?

haha rural juror still gets me.

― tehresa, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:55 (eighteen years ago)

tina fey: "i listened to tracy morgan's commentary for our dvd and there's no evidence he's actually watching it."

i cannot wait for the dvd set.

― Gukbe, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 03:11 (eighteen years ago)

lol @ old wrink p: "btw douche, it's Grizz and Darquan, not Dotcom"

― David R., Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

xpost

haha awesome.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 08:38 (eighteen years ago)

Rewatched a couple of episodes last night. SO GREAT.

http://www.randomtuesday.com/pictures/30rock/noway.gif

― caek, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

tina fey: "i listened to tracy morgan's commentary for our dvd and there's no evidence he's actually watching it."
where did this come from?

― mizzell, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)

i hope the next season starts stronger than the first one ended. kinda tapered off there.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

it must be pretty tiring, writing and acting week-in, week-out...

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

xxpost

http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/16/free-footballs-and-scoops-from-nbcsthursday-night-sitcoms-tca/

― Gukbe, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

"this is untoward! this is NOT TOWARD!"

― get bent, Friday, 20 July 2007 03:45 (eighteen years ago)

TRACEY: What did I tell you was the secret of having a good marriage and keeping it together, Kenneth?
KENNETH: Be a good listener, a giver of gifts, and work that va-jay-jay.

― caek, Saturday, 21 July 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

LIZ: You're not going to come to our crappy poker game are you?
JACK: No I'm not
LIZ: Good
JACK: I bluffed. Yes I am coming

― caek, Saturday, 21 July 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

smilestime for UK viewers: (channel) five has bought '30 rock'.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 28 July 2007 09:47 (eighteen years ago)

are many people called ladonica, in the usa?

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 28 July 2007 09:50 (eighteen years ago)

I've never met one.

― marmotwolof, Saturday, 28 July 2007 10:39 (eighteen years ago)

but it sounds as if you COULD meet/have met one. that's what makes it funny AND true...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 28 July 2007 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

JACK: Leo, we have a product we want you to give a medical endorsement to.
DR SPACEMAN: I'll do it! What is it?

TRACEY [to GRIS]: I forgot about that Worldcom mess. Why you gotta be so obsessed with telecommunications.

TRACEY: Dude, this party was messed up! They had girls dancing in cages, and not the go-go cages. The little dog cages that you crate pit bulls in.

DENNIS: This restaurant isn't that nice. It's got rats and roaches like every other restaurant.
LIZ [whispers, shaking head]: No rat talk tonight, OK?
DENNIS: You know there are seventeen rats per person in Manhattan. You eat a pound of rat crap every year without even knowing about it.
JACK: Yes, I think I read about that in the New Yorker.

In case you can't tell, I am rewatching season one.

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

That last joke bothered me, actually -- Jack's meant to be sarcastic, but the New Yorker has totally run articles about rats! I seem to remember a lengthy rat feature from right around the time that rat book came out.

― nabisco, Monday, 30 July 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

the mccain reference is going to date/has already.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 30 July 2007 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

Wasn't there a joke about Jimmy Carter dying too?

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

Nabisco I thought the joke was that the New Yorker was "under" him.

― Will M., Monday, 30 July 2007 18:07 (eighteen years ago)

was about to search for Celebrity Sightings thread, but saw this got revived:

Kenneth walked into Citibank today as i was leaving. i almost busted laughing right in his face, i love that dude.

― sanskrit, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

I'd probably do the same. Some people are just born hilarious without having to do anything at all.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I kinda feel bad for dude because people must just point and laugh instinctively whenever they run into him IRL. I would.

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

it was mostly the "born hilarious" thing but he was also rocking a backwards baseball cap and manpris.

― sanskrit, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

Kinda cute after making out with Ceres:

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8574/picture1ul2.png

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

Not so much here:

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/9960/picture2ob7.png

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

I thought this thread was revived for Shark Week!

Live every week like it's Shark Week, people.

― BleepBot, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE EXCEPT DINOSAURS

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

tina fey in the commentary: "that girl's got some sweet jugs" looool

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:56 (eighteen years ago)

O IS IT OUT ON DVD!?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

you better believe it is.

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/30-Rock-Season-Tina-Fey/dp/B000RBA6CO/

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

Is $32 for that set really so high as the one commenter is complaining about? I've seen a lot worse.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:29 (eighteen years ago)

what are the extras like?

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:34 (eighteen years ago)

seperate commentaries, each on 1 episode: tracey, tina, loren michaels & henry michaels (they barely say anything all episode), jack mcbrayer (kenneth), alec;

deleted scenes
the wrap party (clip show/flubs)
an evening w/ kenneth
behind-the-scenes
makin' it happen

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

SO WAHT IS TRACY MORGANS COMMENTARY LIKE FFS

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:16 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, not good...is like telling his life story and about how he met tina fey, etc., etc., also about DUI sitution but not in a funny way...dont think he knows what a commentary track is supposed to be actually.

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

does he mention martin lawrence? ive been wondering what that dude thinks abt them basing a completely insane character on him.

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:25 (eighteen years ago)

kinda skirts the issue...does mention him but also mentions himself and dave chappelle and tries to sell that its an amalgam which is maybe what he truly believes or was told...

some of the deleted scenes are pretty funny & worthwhile. overall, there is just too much kenneth/jack mcbreyer on the extras...this is prob cuz he was just the most available dude to do stupid fill-in extra shit.

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:32 (eighteen years ago)

YO JHOSHEA WERE YOU BIKING ON 5TH AVENUE TONIGHT?
WAS THAT U? LOOKED LIEK U.
SORRY IF I DIDN'T HOLLAR
NEXT TIME I HOLLAR

― sanskrit, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

ha no i was playing basketball on dekalb if thats what yr thinking of

next time i bike then u holla

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

SO GLAD I DIDN'T SCREAM
SCOOPSNOODLE
TO SOME STRANGER
I'M NOT DOWN WITH THAT INTERNET BULLSHIT

― sanskrit, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:52 (eighteen years ago)

lol you can scream jhoshea should the opportunity ever arises cause thats my name - at least pronunciation wise. although scoopsnoodle probably wouldve done the trick.

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

SO BASICALLY
U CAN'T SEE ME
AND U DEFINITELY CAN'T BE ME

― sanskrit, Thursday, 6 September 2007 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

YAH

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)

Emmy upset! Hooray!

― kenan, Monday, 17 September 2007 14:41 (eighteen years ago)

Got disc 1 on these dvds finally, I am so in.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

i watched jack-tor last night. so funny.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

that's probably still my favorite single episode, if I had to pick one. Tracy not being able to read. Jack holding two coffee mugs. A roffle a second.

― kenan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 15:03 (eighteen years ago)

"I have a column in Ebony called Musings" was my favorite line in Season 1. All about the way he says "Musings".

"Hello, I am having trouble with my cable television. Yes, I will hold", was also pretty great.

When does Season 2 start in the US? Season 1 starts on Channel 5 in the UK soon, and I will be bullying friends into watching it.

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

i think my favourite episode is tracy writing his autobiography.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

xpost October 4 here. Another reason October is teh best.

― kenan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:06 (eighteen years ago)

when does s01 start here caek?

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:06 (eighteen years ago)

I can't find a date anywhere, but I'm sure I remember reading they'd picked it up for the Autumn, which could mean anything. Sorry.

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)

It's begins October 4 in the US.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)

xpost, no date, but confirmation it will happen, at least: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/07/19/5555/five_is_ready_to_rock

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:09 (eighteen years ago)

cheers yea, i knew it was coming. it will get slept on.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

Hang on. Wikipedia says October 11 for Season 1 in the UK, which is a Thursday. Sounds plausible.

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

suite

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

"New Zealand TV3 July 15, 2007 No longer being broadcast due to poor rating." : (

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

A sad thought: as soon as this show starts in the UK, LJ is going to be on this thread explaining jokes and making my balls shrink.

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

lol/;_;

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

Tracy Morgan: my hero...

It's a wonder Tracy Morgan never hauled off and slugged Jimmy Fallon on the set of "Saturday Night Live." The "30 Rock" star tells the Octo ber issue of Penthouse that his castmates were bothered during skits by Fallon's "laughing and all that dumb (bleep) he used to do - he wouldn't mess with me because I didn't (bleep)ing play that s - - t. That's taking all the attention off of everybody else and putting it on you, like, 'Oh, look at me, I'm the cute one.' I told him not to do that s - - t in my sketches, so he never did."

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

oh man... as if he couldn't get any better

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

downloaded first season last night. maybe the funniest pilot i've ever seen. that hot dog scene is CLASSIC.

― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

oh it gets so much better

― kenan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/arts/television/23stei.html

― caek, Sunday, 23 September 2007 10:31 (eighteen years ago)

"Seated in her makeup chair at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, usually just after 6 a.m. most weekdays, Ms. Fey would sometimes troll the Internet for references on message boards or MySpace to the catchphrases she and her co-writers had worked so hard to insert into each week’s episode."

TRUTH BOMBS

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 23 September 2007 10:44 (eighteen years ago)

"troll the Internet"

BAN TINA FEY

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 23 September 2007 12:54 (eighteen years ago)

MIND GRAPES

― jhøshea, Sunday, 23 September 2007 13:07 (eighteen years ago)

SHUT IT DOWN

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 23 September 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

"Ice Cream C0hen"

Oh man, if only we could still change user names. :(

― Jordan, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:44 (eighteen years ago)

Will Arnett killed it in his cameo too.

― Jordan, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:45 (eighteen years ago)

ive been rewatching season 1 all day.

totes holds up.

― s1ocki, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:46 (eighteen years ago)

previews on the NBC site

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

thanks PHONE

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 1 October 2007 09:05 (eighteen years ago)

how long was that marathon on Bravo yesterday? I only caught the last couple hours. I was starting to get tired of all the quoting, but if doing it more means Tina Fey will google this thread, then so be it.

"You're not even listening, are you? Poop. Monkey butt."

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

i accidentally ended up buying the dvd set in two parts - am i missing loads of great extras from the first season set?

― stevie, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:47 (eighteen years ago)

dont think he knows what a commentary track is supposed to be actually.
tina fey: "i listened to tracy morgan's commentary for our dvd and there's no evidence he's actually watching it."

― mizzell, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

"You're not even listening, are you? Poop. Monkey butt."

That is one of my favorite lines!

― HI DERE, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

"Kenneth Parcell, do you take this ring ... and sell it in the Jewish part of midtown and use the money to get us a Nintendo Wii"

"Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!"

― caek, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

OH IT'S WORSE FROM BEHIND! 8[

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 1 October 2007 15:07 (eighteen years ago)

"You guys should have a talking like this contest."

― Jordan, Monday, 1 October 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

"You're even more powerful than I thought"

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 1 October 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

NEW SEASON TONITE OMG

I AM GOING TO MISS IT BECAUSE OF WORK

:(:(:(:(::(:(:(:(::((::::::(

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

I've sort of planned my night around it.

― Jordan, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

"i don't want my kids to have to go to college"

― s1ocki, Thursday, 4 October 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

re-watching it is so rewarding. i am convinced this show is totally brilliant. tina fey is a comedy genius,.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 4 October 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

Have you got FOUR MILLION DOLLARS just lying around?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 00:46 (eighteen years ago)

I want "MILF Island" to be real. ;_;

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 5 October 2007 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

the explanation of MILF Island slayed me.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 00:59 (eighteen years ago)

NO I DONT WANT ALL THOSE GUEST STARS! That's the kind of thing that ruins tv shows.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

So, Season 2. When the backlash begins.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:19 (eighteen years ago)

Well, I have more faith in 30 Rock's writers than I do in any other comedy show, so it may turn out alright.

Celebrity guest stars are usually the first indication of a quality slide, though. :(

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

or the indication of a season premiere.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

Wasn't there also a Tina quote about "making the plots less complex" this year?

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

Did you see the "coming up on 30 Rock" clips? I didn't mind the Seinfeld cameo at all, but...oh whatever, I'm sure it'll be fine. xp

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:37 (eighteen years ago)

if the other cameos are as funny as the Seinfeld one I'm fine with those other ones. the one scene w/ him and Jack was hysterical (esp. the line about him being in the country in Europe that only rich people know about), and I always love the potshots they take at NBC's increasingly awful ratings stunts (which is to say, celebrity walk-ons are really one of the least embarrassing ratings grabs this show can do, especially since they fit perfectly in the context of a show ABOUT show business).

also ffs, as if complex plots are the reason I watch 30 Rock!?

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

chocolate rain shoutout, i like it

― gff, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

25% funny

― Jeff, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:37 (eighteen years ago)

oh "Chocolate Rain" is way less than 25% funny.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:40 (eighteen years ago)

chocolate rain not nearly as funny as twofer.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 03:18 (eighteen years ago)

come on, it's like the easy joke you've heard a million times, it's like a pantomime thing

― gff, Friday, 5 October 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

I saw an ep last night. I'm terribly confused. Must be my pregnancy skewing my judgement? It seemed funny but I didn't really roffle. :-(

― stevienixed, Friday, 5 October 2007 04:15 (eighteen years ago)

The roffles don't really come until you catch up to individual characters' ticks and the pacing of the dialogue. By your fourth or fifth episode, you'll be howling.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 04:30 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not really worried about the celebrity cameos, considering that the first season featured dozens of them. And Will Arnett's coming back!

― I DIED, Friday, 5 October 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

too much reliance on the tired tina find a man for nonlaughs. but some great lines. tracy was in form and jack face-down on the floor was pretty funny.

― jergïns, Friday, 5 October 2007 06:09 (eighteen years ago)

MILF Island was incredible, and "Oh no! Did a Korean person die?!?" made me choke on my burrito. I see no evidence that this is not going to remain exactly as funny as it's always been.

― bernard snowy, Friday, 5 October 2007 11:45 (eighteen years ago)

shaky start

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 5 October 2007 12:06 (eighteen years ago)

i really did not laugh all that much :(

― tehresa, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

I liked it but AV Club is OTM.

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/67647

― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

i think it will get better. alec baldwin and tracy morgan are just too good. seinfeld was kind of lame, i think that was part of my problem w/this. but i thought it was still pretty good!

― Mr. Que, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

seinfeld seemed like he was trying hard to be not-funny. best part was jack's summer reality shows.

― jhøshea, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

country in europe only rich people know about=very very funny

― Mr. Que, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

kenneth doing seinfeld them in elevator lol

― jhøshea, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:55 (eighteen years ago)

theme

― jhøshea, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

that Rabin thing is the height of Comic Book Guy handwringing. "omg the characters were slightly different in the season premiere, they must be like that in EVERY FUTURE EPISODE NOW"

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 5 October 2007 17:00 (eighteen years ago)

The look on Kenneth's face as the elevator door closed with Seinfeld in it was 100% wonderful.

― I DIED, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Uncle-Jemima-main.jpg

― and what, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

lol Kenneth's gargling laugh whenever he got starstruck by JS

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:34 (eighteen years ago)

this was... ok

loved 'you have four million dollars?' and tracys wife getting custody of grizz

― and what, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)

I might be a capt. save-a-seinfeldvision on here just because I watched the mini-marathon on Bravo on Sunday and was reminded that even my favorite episodes have been pretty hit-and-miss as far as the joke ratio but are still pretty awesome. If I watched this with the mythical greatness of season 1 still being built up in my mind all summer I might sound like Rabin.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:59 (eighteen years ago)

yeah if we could find the old thread there were tons of people going 'oh lordy i don't know about this show'

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

what about "she either needs to lose 30 pounds or gain 60, there's no room on television for what she is now"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

yeah if we could find the old thread there were tons of people going 'oh lordy i don't know about this show'
I think those tons of people were you, Matt.
30 Rock

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

um after doing due diligence you are RONG, are u now james REDD IN THE FACE GET IT

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

i liked the thing where tracy was like 'i know what me and kenneth has looks perfect on the outside, but it's work, damn it! it's work.'

― tehresa, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

also "$4,000 ham napkin"

― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)

yes!

but those two moments were at the end of the episode. the rest was making me sit there going 'when do i get to laugh?!'

― tehresa, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

"Kenneth Parcell, will you take this ring...and sell it in the Jewish part of midtown and use the money to get us a Ninteno Wii?"
"Yes, Yes, a thousand times Yes!!!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:59 (eighteen years ago)

"I did a fake survey."
"You did the fake survey?!"
"What is the deal with my life?!"
"Are you imitating me?"
"No! This is what I sound like when I cry."
"I think I'm a little insulted."
"You're insulted?! I'm crying!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

That scene was funny on the commercials but kinda random and flat in the show (probably because I had seen so many commercials).

― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:07 (eighteen years ago)

one-sided conversation...

"How old are you?

"Uh huh... how much do you weight>

"Oh. When was the last time you had intercourse...?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

"America's Next Top Pirate!"

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:42 (eighteen years ago)

How much less effective would Arrested Development have been if Jason Bateman were just as screwed up as the rest of his family? With Donaghy and Liz Lemon both coming apart at the seams, it fell upon Pete Hornberger to ground the show in common sense, but he was largely absent from this episode.

this dude is totally wrong! AD got steadily funnier as it revealed how crazy bateman actually was

― s1ocki, Saturday, 6 October 2007 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

Art Director credit for this show = Peter Baran

― nabisco, Saturday, 6 October 2007 00:52 (eighteen years ago)

"you can be freaky-deaky and do data entry."

― jergïns, Saturday, 6 October 2007 07:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/1495265988_ee3816f80e_m.jpg

― jergïns, Saturday, 6 October 2007 08:12 (eighteen years ago)

"She needs to lose thirty pounds or gain sixty. Anything inbetween has no place in television."

"Women your age are more likely to mauled at the zoo than get married."
"Good to see you. Bye!"

― caek, Saturday, 6 October 2007 10:48 (eighteen years ago)

Jack sniffing that picture was funny, but the fact that Liz has it in her office is awesome.

― caek, Saturday, 6 October 2007 11:06 (eighteen years ago)

liz is single and old subplots = not funny anymore

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

i still laughed hard in this episode tho

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

guys, Tracy had all the funniest moments this episode, right?

― horseshoe, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

how many years have you known me?
one.
then you know I like to minister to transvestite prostitutes.
I did not know that, actually.
It's true; he doesn't mess with them, he just tries to put them through computer school.

― horseshoe, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

i dunno jack was pretty lol too, esp him smelling the picture

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

liz was kind of a dud this ep tho

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

Tracy has the funniest moments every episode.

― caek, Saturday, 6 October 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

My favorite part of the episode is when Seinfeld suggested he'd buy NBC and Donaghy says, "Yeah, like you have seven million dollars just laying around..."

― jposnan, Saturday, 6 October 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

still laughing at "oh no, did a korean person die?"

― smash your phonograph in half, Saturday, 6 October 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

guys, Tracy had all the funniest moments this episode, right?

-- horseshoe, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:37 (5 hours ago) Link

totally.

― chicago kevin, Saturday, 6 October 2007 23:49 (eighteen years ago)

"who's gonna write my blogs?"

it did feel a bit 'off' somehow -- it's not usually that meta --but there were a lot of lols to be had.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 7 October 2007 11:42 (eighteen years ago)

"kill screen" hat

"...and they mistook 'shim' for Mrs. Jordan, yes ma'am."

while the walk 'n' talk is a film-structure standard, I wonder if the walk 'n' talk to start the show was another slap at Sorkin...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 7 October 2007 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

I'm a REAL good sex person! I know ALL the different ways!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

WEREWOLF BAR MITZVA

BOYS: BECOME MEN

MEN: BECOME WOLVES!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

oh you fucking beat me!

I've NEVER laughed that hard.

Seriously I almost passed out.

― dan selzer, Friday, 12 October 2007 00:58 (eighteen years ago)

You Do the Meth! == best

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 12 October 2007 01:02 (eighteen years ago)

much better 2nd episode!

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 12 October 2007 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

Blürg desk

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

Dr. Spaceman, btw, reminds me how much I love and miss Parnell. What was that tossed away line "you know science shows that while humans crave food, they don't really need it."

― dan selzer, Friday, 12 October 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

and Will Arnet responding to Jack introducing the young wrestler...

"like, with other guys?

― dan selzer, Friday, 12 October 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago)

Someone please put "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" on YouTube so I can watch it 8213712 times in a row k thx

― musically, Friday, 12 October 2007 05:07 (eighteen years ago)

dr. spaceman is one of my favorite television characters of the past three or four years.

― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 12 October 2007 05:12 (eighteen years ago)

the scene from last episode where he emerges from jack's hospital room w/ blood all over him= classic.

― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 12 October 2007 05:13 (eighteen years ago)

MIND GRAPES

― jergïns, Friday, 12 October 2007 05:46 (eighteen years ago)

started yesterday in england, ch5. some great lines, none of which i can remember. oh um.

― koogs, Friday, 12 October 2007 08:45 (eighteen years ago)

Season 1 debuted in the UK last night, but at 10.45 on C5. 700,000 viewers = 6%.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/story/0,,2189808,00.html

― caek, Friday, 12 October 2007 11:21 (eighteen years ago)

oh god JAPANESE PORN STAR DIET

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 12:20 (eighteen years ago)

loved the mind grapes callback.

― s1ocki, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

"she called my vanity license plate 'inscrutable'!!!"

― s1ocki, Friday, 12 October 2007 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

that was ace!

i'm much happier with this episode. also "this grilled cheese has mayonnaise in it WHAT!?"

― tehresa, Friday, 12 October 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

The stoners I watched this with were trying to sound out what the license plate said. :> It's inscrutable!

― Jordan, Friday, 12 October 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

I thought it was funny that they were already pimping the "Me Want Food" merch in the lower 3rd ads before they introduced the phrase on the show.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 12 October 2007 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

that was meta to the maxxx

and despite my bleatings earlier i agree this episode was better

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 12 October 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)

my favuorite character is grrrrrriz

― a puppy, Friday, 12 October 2007 19:36 (eighteen years ago)

that tracy jealousy medley, ending in the three-way shoulder massage, was pretty spectacular

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 12 October 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUBJQNVizc

― nickalicious, Friday, 12 October 2007 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

ICU81MI

― mizzell, Friday, 12 October 2007 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

lol @ werewolf bar mitvah

It's about 100x funnier the second and third time you see it.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:16 (eighteen years ago)

"Just so you know -- if you hear this sound at your funeral? It's just me...LAUGHING AT YOU."

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:19 (eighteen years ago)

"don geis likes quitters if i understood his autobiography correctly... OH WAIT I DIDN'T"

― Jordan Sargent, Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

"Have you read the interview with Don Geis in this month's Yachting Illustrated?"
"Ha, no...I subscribe to Giant Boats."

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

"Your back is like a barrel of snakes!"

― m bison, Saturday, 13 October 2007 03:52 (eighteen years ago)

"how gay is this?"

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 13 October 2007 09:28 (eighteen years ago)

this season has flat-out sucked so far, i think :(

― remy bean, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:17 (eighteen years ago)

"How do you feel about teeth retention?"

― schwantz, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:20 (eighteen years ago)

RONG XP

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

not to mention there's only been 2 episodes!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:26 (eighteen years ago)

Patiently awaiting Pete / Twofer action.

― nabisco, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

No homo

― nabisco, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

the mindgrapes callback felt like something a fan fiction writer would do instead of writing a real joke

― and what, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

someone's been reading too much fanfic

― ^@^, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

also a nice zing @ broadcast television.

anything with werewolf bar mitzvah cannot be suckage. it's science.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:56 (eighteen years ago)

That was the least funny episode ever. Still pretty good.

― caek, Saturday, 13 October 2007 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

Will Arnet wearing AS Roma jersey at the football game lols.

― sous les paves, Saturday, 13 October 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

the mindgrapes callback felt like something a fan fiction writer would do instead of writing a real joke

-- and what, Saturday, October 13, 2007 5:43 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i dunno man, it was just a background thing, i like that they do that, like the mention of "garkle" in the wheelchair, another quick throwaway callback. i like shows with long memories.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 13 October 2007 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

the thing about garkle was liz's happy response like "o hai now i can get floydster job back!"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 13 October 2007 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

No star wars refs so far this year? If so, I've missed them.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

i agree the mindgrapes retread was kinda weak...its doing the exact same thing as it did previously so just feels repetitive.

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

still fucking five hundred times funnier than pretty much most 'comedy' things

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

it's not like it replaced another joke! the choice was between "kenneth, i have an idea" and "kenneth, i have something on my mind grapes," so it isnt really like the writers were avoiding writing a new funny line. the mind grapes joke has only been used 2x before i think so its not like its over-played.

― max, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

No star wars refs so far this year? If so, I've missed them.

Carrie Fisher's doing a guest shot. She'll say "Help me Liz Lemon!"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 15 October 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7dXjLrQZ3E

"i think dr funk has been doin the pot!"

― deeznuts, Monday, 15 October 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

WTF

― mizzell, Monday, 15 October 2007 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

i agree the mindgrapes retread was kinda weak...its doing the exact same thing as it did previously so just feels repetitive.
what are you talking about retread? it was one word.

― mizzell, Monday, 15 October 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

Evening with Kenneth = serious lolz

― caek, Monday, 15 October 2007 20:04 (eighteen years ago)

yahh, ok, mindgrapes gripe is nitpicking. episode was still v.v. good.

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 01:01 (eighteen years ago)

LOL @ $199 starting bid on that ICU81MI domain.

"This domain name will hit bigtime."

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

JACKIE MASON

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:04 (eighteen years ago)

"ARE YOU TRYING TO CONTROL MY BODY WITH YOUR WHITE HAND?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

"Businesswoman."
"I don't think that's a real word."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

"Ohhhh, you guys start with that?!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

'I couldn't get Miss Maroney fat and, well, one thing led to another and I think we have to get married now.'

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

Can you walk and talk?

Well usually, but now you've got me thinkin' about it...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

YES, that was the best part. Kenneth is incredible.

― nickalicious, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:14 (eighteen years ago)

Also YOU SMELL LIKE ENORME AND BRASS POLISH.

Enorme: make him chase the chunk.

― nickalicious, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

"My brother Steve sells malfunctioning sprinkler systems to elementary schools. My cousin is a referee who fixes NBA games."

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

"did you tell her you like her nails?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 03:00 (eighteen years ago)

"they're ALIVE!"

― s1ocki, Friday, 19 October 2007 04:59 (eighteen years ago)

BLING BLING! THAT IS GHETTO FABULOUS!

It belonged to Brooke Astor.

It's very nice.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

No one's mentioned the Steve Buscemi guest spot yet? The second I heard his voice I knew it was him...I only wish he could have had more screen time.

― musically, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

"my childhood? we never had cookie jars in my house when i was a child because we were never good enough to deserve cookies so there would be nothing to put IN a cookie jar! so obviously it has nothing to do with my childhood!"

― s1ocki, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

from AVClub

"The Enorme Commercial

by Le Pamplemousse

So I guess nobody here speaks Italian, or failed to notice that the sultry Italian woman singing in the backround of the Enorme commerical sang, "Grassissima" and "Balena" ("the fattest" and "whale") It's the details that make this show so funny, seriously."

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 20 October 2007 05:09 (eighteen years ago)

"You can't ask a tiger not to turn back into a Chinese dude at midnight."

― jergïns, Monday, 22 October 2007 08:11 (eighteen years ago)

OH. MY. GOD.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:02 (eighteen years ago)

never go with a hippie to a second location

― johnny crunch, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

that therapy session was the single greatest thing I've ever seen on television

― bernard snowy, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

breathtaking

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:29 (eighteen years ago)

"is that guy carrying a GUN!?"

"don't worry he's not a cop"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:29 (eighteen years ago)

New Jackee City

― johnny crunch, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't know it had so many words. It's like a Mos Def cd.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

this episode was awes
this thread is worse than humor destroying seventh grade theater geek monty python quote echolalia

― sanskrit, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

and yet here you are.

"Can you teach me how rich people use money to make MORE money?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:44 (eighteen years ago)

Didn't think the first 2/3rds was that funny, but liked the therapy scene and "this is the 90s!"

― Jordan, Friday, 26 October 2007 03:32 (eighteen years ago)

"what's the one thing i asked you not to do?"
"227 the movie: new jackee city?"

― get bent, Friday, 26 October 2007 03:42 (eighteen years ago)

"little chechnya"!

― get bent, Friday, 26 October 2007 03:50 (eighteen years ago)

Well that was more than I could have ever hoped for.

― Clay, Friday, 26 October 2007 04:00 (eighteen years ago)

C'mon now, the mailbox fell down!

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 26 October 2007 14:21 (eighteen years ago)

No, FOLLOWSHIP. It's presented annually to the woman... sorry -- PERSON, who best exemplifies the ideals of a follower.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

If you DESECRATE something... is that BAD?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

Lol young Tracy in a dress

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 15:24 (eighteen years ago)

I need my job back but this is not crawling, this is proud begging like the dancers in the subway.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

This is not a quoting, just a pointing out:

ADVERLINGUS

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:05 (eighteen years ago)

okay, I'm not even done with the episode yet, but I came here to say:

New Jackee City

― horseshoe, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:41 (eighteen years ago)

Last season's joke on those lines got me better:

"These are the sexiest women in comedy? Where's Jackee?"

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)

It's funny because it's TRUE

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)

Who else is disappointed that Pete has had a total of about 40 seconds of screen time this season?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah -- and most of it has involved just using him as a plot-advancer or info-provider. They need to cut back on the guests a little: our watching this show should be taken as a pre-indication that we'd rather watch (say) Twofer than any randomly selected actor or character elsewhere!

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:51 (eighteen years ago)

Also, I'd like to see one more episode with Dennis in it. I don't even really care WHY he comes back into Liz Lemon's life, but he needs to for about 22 minutes.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

omg the whole werewolf bar mitzvah
roffle!
http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/video/#cat=new

― mizzell, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

I just mp3'ed it: http://www.hallmonitor.org/temp/Tracy%20Jordan%20-%20Werewolf%20Bar%20Mitzvah.mp3

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:30 (eighteen years ago)

Baldwin's Tracy's-dad voice is just Fred Sanford, isn't it.

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:49 (eighteen years ago)

I'm playing Werewolf Bar Mitzvah at my halloween party tomorrow, no doubt.

― dan selzer, Friday, 26 October 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

"This whole premise is sweaty!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

oh my god

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

this episode had a thematic cohension hinted at in a few episodes last season and v v rare in network tv

― jergïns, Friday, 26 October 2007 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

...Supercomputer!

― Leee, Friday, 26 October 2007 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

my appreciation for tina fey has skyrocketed since i learned she wrote the tim meadows/christopher walken census sketch

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99pcensus.phtml

Census-Taker: Now, are you currently employed?

Mr. Leonard: Yeah... part of the time.

Census-Taker: Well, you work part-time. How many days of the week?

Mr. Leonard: Every day... but just part of the day. From 9 to 5.

Census-Taker: So, you work a full day?

Mr. Leonard: I wouldn't say that. There are huge chunks of time... at night.. where I'm just asleep. For hours. It's ridiculous.

― and what, Saturday, 27 October 2007 00:17 (eighteen years ago)

i really identified with carrie fisher's apartment

― get bent, Saturday, 27 October 2007 00:50 (eighteen years ago)

Cerie's Halloween Dilemma
Kenneth tries to help Cerie pick a sexy costume.

all i'm saying.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 27 October 2007 02:37 (eighteen years ago)

"I'm sexy Liz Lemon...hmm, when's lunch?"

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 27 October 2007 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

full-length Werewolf Bar Mitzvah: http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/video/werewolf_bar_mitzvah.shtml

lolololol

― Jordan, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

warning: schwimmer's the guest this week

― jergïns, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

as my coworker just said 'this is so going to be an episode'

http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/tinafeyyyy__oPt.jpg

― jergïns, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

leftists are so hot.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

i'll bet the writers guild can come up with some pretty snappy picket line chants.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

best part of the commentary tracks is when tina fey goes "man, she has some sweet jugs" when pete is in the bathroom with that hot chick

― Jordan, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:42 (eighteen years ago)

i'll bet the writers guild can come up with some pretty snappy picket line chants.

Ms. Sherman-Palladino continued, “I was telling my husband” — Daniel Pallidino, her writing partner on the new Fox show and on “Gilmore Girls,” and a fellow picketer — “that we need some new and better chants, but he reminded me: ‘No writing. None.’ ”

― mizzell, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:02 (eighteen years ago)

haha!

― s1ocki, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

hotter pic:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/11/05/business/05strike2-600.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

gotta have the rat!

― mizzell, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

surely there's a difference between writing and thinking?

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

glad i torrented this coz in the uk they've inexplicably cut it! dickheads.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

like in the 'jack-tor' ep all of toofer and trucker-cap were cut, so the jenna storyline made very little sense.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

i am a little afraid of tonight's episode

― Jordan, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)

i hope at some point they nut up and just go with the core cast rather than these high-profile guests.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:27 (eighteen years ago)

glad i torrented this coz in the uk they've inexplicably cut it! dickheads

Really? I didn't notice! Except that, now that you mention it, it did seem a little short.

― G00blar, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

Wah! What happened? I thought tonight's was one of the best yet, but was just commenting it seemed like it should have had more stuff in it...

― Not the real Village People, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

It was totally awesome. Just maybe shorter than what was originally shown. Five's got a tight schedule, it has to make room for all those CSIs!

― G00blar, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:39 (eighteen years ago)

if our shows are 20 minutes without commercials, how could they possibly edit it further?

― cutty, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:46 (eighteen years ago)

Really long commercial breaks.

― G00blar, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:50 (eighteen years ago)

I'm glad I torrented this so I could rewatch the first series when I got food poisoning in July.

― caek, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:54 (eighteen years ago)

i'm going to go all-out geek and say: at the end of the credits it said copyright 2007, but the show must've gone out in '06 -- maybe it is AN EXPORT EDITION DESIGNED TO SCREW THE JUNIOR CAST MEMBERS?!?!

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

"the free market will solve global warming, IF IT REALLY EXISTS"

― get bent, Friday, 9 November 2007 04:32 (eighteen years ago)

"can you FIRE the wind, jack? can you FIRE a hurricane??"

― get bent, Friday, 9 November 2007 04:52 (eighteen years ago)

omg Kenneth's party.

― Clay, Friday, 9 November 2007 04:58 (eighteen years ago)

schwimmer wasn't horrible. this must be a good show

― jergïns, Friday, 9 November 2007 07:53 (eighteen years ago)

POOR GRIZZ. LIZ LEMON, HOW COULD YOU!?

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 14:07 (eighteen years ago)

"Just like Colonial Williamsburg."

― n/a, Friday, 9 November 2007 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

Baldwin's line about needing to update the forms with "commies" and "fairies" was great.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 9 November 2007 14:17 (eighteen years ago)

best episode of the season so far!!

― max, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

This was a weird show/role to have Schwimmer not playing himself -- when Baldwin first called him "Jared," I thought it was a joke about him not knowing/caring what Schwimmer's actual name was!

― nabisco, Friday, 9 November 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

P.S. I had actually forgotten there was even a character named "Josh" until he reappeared here. Him and Twofer = screwed lately

― nabisco, Friday, 9 November 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

(But I should not shift my complaints, because the spotlight-return of Pete was great: "WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE POP TARTS???")

― nabisco, Friday, 9 November 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

"she was pregnant 20 minutes into our first date!"

― Jordan, Friday, 9 November 2007 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

show is GOLD. for my money, nothing else on tv right now even approaches it in terms of laugh-out-loud funniness. it seems to be on an upward curve that i keep expecting to plateau but that refuses to.

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 9 November 2007 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

That party scene. I pissed myself.

― Mr. Goodman, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

Grizz has been getting a lot of action this season.

― nabisco, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:34 (eighteen years ago)

I too thought it was weird that Schwimmer wasn't Schwimmer on the show; especially as he's like NBC royalty (although not quite as high up as King Seinfeld, I guess maybe they granted the Friends ensemble minor NBC fiefdoms).

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

Schwimmer, Lesser Duke of Must See TV and Surrounding Territories

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

haha almost forgot "no this is sunset blush, I wear TIGER ORGASM"

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

Also this show I think handled the enviro-friendly programming mandate much more deftly than any of the other shows on last night.

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

I was glad that Schwimmer didn't play asshole Schwimmer, I don't want 30 Rock turning into Extras.

― Jordan, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

Him and Twofer = screwed lately

i miss twofer!! but he had a GREAT lavender ensemble on at the end of last night.

― max, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

no more celebrity guests, plz!!!

― tehresa, Saturday, 10 November 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

Also this show I think handled the enviro-friendly programming mandate much more deftly than any of the other shows on last night.

aw, i liked the green "scared straight" play on my name is earl.

― get bent, Saturday, 10 November 2007 01:47 (eighteen years ago)

I was glad that Schwimmer didn't play asshole Schwimmer, I don't want 30 Rock turning into Extras.

-- Jordan, Friday, November 9, 2007 6:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

especially as he is a mensch. fact

― s1ocki, Saturday, 10 November 2007 02:25 (eighteen years ago)

"harlem globetrotter...does that name mean ANYTHING to you?"

― impudent harlot, Saturday, 10 November 2007 04:04 (eighteen years ago)

Holy Shit

― mizzell, Thursday, 15 November 2007 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

Oh man! Wish I was even close to NYC right now.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:38 (eighteen years ago)

I hope someone videotapes this for inclusion on the inevitable DVD set.

― nickn, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

― s1ocki, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

at least with the strike we won't have to worry about too many more guest stars once they run out of already-taped episodes.

― tehresa, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

that would be sweet!

i'm missing tonight to go see michaels ian black & showalter. does nbc include full eps on their site?

― Jordan, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

yes

― tehresa, Thursday, 15 November 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

are you practicing your Re-Run dance?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:43 (eighteen years ago)

jesus this show

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

This might've been the funniest one yet of the season...BUT NOW ITS THE LAST! waaaah.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

(presumably)

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

TELL HER YOU WANT HER PRIVATES AND YOUR PRIVATES TO DO A HIGH FIVE!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:13 (eighteen years ago)

"he's got MAPS all over his walls... MAPS!!"

― get bent, Friday, 16 November 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

liz way out of character and not funny

― jergïns, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:14 (eighteen years ago)

i hope the maple syrup thing was a riff on this:

http://www.curbed.com/archives/2005/10/28/the_sweet_smell_of_new_york_city.php

― get bent, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:21 (eighteen years ago)

I dunno, Liz being a most-of-the-time bleeding heart with serious hypocritical issues whenever things get scary is pretty much exactly in character.

xpost

― en i see kay, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:22 (eighteen years ago)

Agreed. Liz's liberal achilles heel is zenophobic paranoia.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:50 (eighteen years ago)

z=x

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:50 (eighteen years ago)

cf. the source awards episode xp

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 12:37 (eighteen years ago)

That was a pretty awful episode.

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

The Source Awards one, I mean. Not seen last night's.

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 12:56 (eighteen years ago)

lol they included the syrup smell <3 <3 <3

damn u striking writers

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:03 (eighteen years ago)

if you suspect something, do everything

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)

"Honey, where's my hunting rifle?"
"Last I saw, the dog had it."

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:05 (eighteen years ago)

the last 3 episodes have been the best ever now its gonna be over ;_; ;_; ;_;

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:07 (eighteen years ago)

somewhere there is a thread of us talking abt the syrup smell when it happened

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:12 (eighteen years ago)

The way the Kenneth's mask's jaw dropped after being hit by Lutz combined with the look on his face when removing the mask nearly made me pass out I was laughing so hard.

― I DIED, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:41 (eighteen years ago)

"APE ATTACK!!! APE ATTACK!!!"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

you know i never make assumptions about race. remember that time i asked that black guy if he saw sideways?

― Gukbe, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

The maple syrup smell thing has happened in NY several times over the last few years and is always a local news/gothamist-worthy topic.

― dan selzer, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

i think you might be underselling it a little cause ITS THE GREATEST LOCAL NEWS STORY EVER

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:24 (eighteen years ago)

like I said...

http://gothamist.com/2007/11/16/as_seen_on_tv_t.php

― dan selzer, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

Did the UK one get cut again last night? There was a bit in there that made no sense to me!

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

when my mom was a kid she said there were still streets in boston that would smell like molasses on hot days from the molasses flood disaster. my neighborhood smells like brownies on wednesday nights when the wind in blowing right, coming from the blommers chocolate factory in the west loop.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:20 (eighteen years ago)

i work by a hostess factory and sometimes after work i can smell twinkees wafting.

― jergïns, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:21 (eighteen years ago)

candy factories in cambridge mass etc

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:23 (eighteen years ago)

i used to live a couple miles west of the brachs candy factory and a couple miles south of a mars factory. they blew up part of the brach's factory this past summer while filming part of the latest batman flick (when they blow up "gotham city hospital") and didn't tell any of the neighbor's. people living immediately around the area knew something was up because of all the production trucks but when there was an explosion and fire ball shooting a hundred feet in the air on the west side it caused minor panic.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

kind of like the rockefeller center salute to fireworks

― mizzell, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)

i have fond childhood memories of driving on the skyway in buffalo and smelling the cheerios factory. cooking cherios smell goood. i haven't smelled them in like 10 years though. rip cheerios :(

― tehresa, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

So is there no episode next week?

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

looks like NBC is running a movie on Thanksgiving, and then there's a new episode the following Thursday. I think there's still several episodes that were produced pre-strike still left, I remember hearing that most network shows have enough unaired episodes to last through about January.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

Oh really? That's the best news I've heard this week!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

rad. thanks.

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:13 (eighteen years ago)

CAN WE HAVE OUR MONEY NOW?

― tehresa, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

i think i heard tina fay interviewed on the picket line saying they had four episodes in the can - which would give us three more to go.

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

plz lets all be cool ok? guys?

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:28 (eighteen years ago)

according to this: http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/14/how-is-your-favorite-show-affected-by-the-wga-strike/

there should be 4 episodes in the can.

― Gukbe, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:28 (eighteen years ago)

where is this can, and will i be able to download the new episodes from it, y/n?

― Mr. Que, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

http://img31.picoodle.com/img/img31/5/11/16/f_kennethm_7921d06.jpg

― I DIED, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

"in the can" is an expression i don't use nearly as often as i should and i will make ammends for this starting soon.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

dont worry que the can is being preserved by cloistered religious adepts

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:40 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.monasticireland.com/img/iona/iona3.gif

― Mr. Que, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:40 (eighteen years ago)

JUST 4 U U UNGRATEFUL JERK

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't even notice: no Rachel Dratsch this season. Although two more SNLers were on last night.

― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 17 November 2007 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

i though Kristen Wiig was kinda wasted there. although i guess they're not afraid to use the same actors in different roles (cf. Dratsch) so maybe they'll give her something more to do another time.

― Alex in Baltimore, Saturday, 17 November 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

Re celeb guest shots: Sweeps, people, sweeps. And only six million people watched this show last season in the U.S.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 17 November 2007 08:19 (eighteen years ago)

The season still needs way more Twofer, quite a lot more Tracey, and a little more Frank and Jenna. I think I'm basically asking for longer episodes.

― caek, Saturday, 17 November 2007 08:37 (eighteen years ago)

um, sweeps is not every single week! it's may and november, right?
xpost

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 November 2007 12:15 (eighteen years ago)

No longer episodes, please, NBC's been doing that shit for years with the 40-minute "supersize" episodes of sitcoms and now hourlong office, shit is lame.

You guys are really in some kind of weird denial about all the guest stars in the first season to manufacture all this outrage about the ones in the second season.

― Alex in Baltimore, Saturday, 17 November 2007 12:53 (eighteen years ago)

22 minute episodes seem too short for an episode of anything. Maybe I'm just used to UK TV (28 minutes).

I don't care about the guest stars (although the Carrie Fisher story was weak). I just miss Twofer.

― caek, Saturday, 17 November 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

in the 1st season the guest stars didnt take up 90% of the episodes they were in

― and what, Saturday, 17 November 2007 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

"For men, it's called a Hardy Boy."

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, 17 November 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

BTW, did anybody notice the Strike news than ran on the crawl when C.C. was interviewed? "Using Repeat Text From Previous Season"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, 17 November 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

"Stop eatin' people's old french fries, pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly?"

"Mysterious visitor from future wins lottery again"

― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 17 November 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

"Anne Heche leaves husband for Pony"

― dan selzer, Saturday, 17 November 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

I really liked Jack's new gf. Was that a special guest thing? I hope not. She seems like she has potential.

― caek, Sunday, 18 November 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

"so present, so grateful"

didn't like the terrorist plot much.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 18 November 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

Jack's girlfriend was played by Edie Falco, so I'd say that yes, she was, in the parlance of this thread, an evil ratings-grabbing show-destroying celebrity guest star. But yeah, that plotline was totally the best part of the episode, and it looks like she'll be in at least the next 2.

― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 18 November 2007 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

But yeah, that plotline was totally the best part of the episode, and it looks like she'll be in at least the next 2.

A+

― caek, Sunday, 18 November 2007 15:06 (eighteen years ago)

she and will arnett fit in best as guest stars. i think they've all been good except buscemi tbh -- it's just a shame the writers room haven't been in it so much.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 18 November 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, the writers room was always one of my favorite parts of the first season. More Twofer, more Lutz!

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

was this the end of 30 rock until next year, or are there more in the can?

― akm, Sunday, 18 November 2007 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

i think i heard tina fay interviewed on the picket line saying they had four episodes in the can - which would give us three more to go.

-- jhøshea, Friday, November 16, 2007 8:27 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

according to this: http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/14/how-is-your-favorite-show-affected-by-the-wga-strike/

there should be 4 episodes in the can.

-- Gukbe, Friday, November 16, 2007 8:28 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 18 November 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

I really enjoyed this weeks, but not as much as last weeks.

"People are going to show up expecting all this great stuff, and they're going to be disappointed and angry!"

"Just like Colonial Williamsburg"

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 18 November 2007 16:41 (eighteen years ago)

I think this last one felt more like a season 1 episode than anything so far.

Will there be a 30 Rock on Thxgiving?

― Jordan, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

i still LOL whenever i think of the phrase "oral germwhore"

― s1ocki, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

TV Guide says no, Dodgeball instead :(

― Jordan, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

I have never seen this show, but apparently the cast is doing an episode onstage at the UCB theatre in NYC this week. Sold out.

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:04 (eighteen years ago)

I think this last one felt more like a season 1 episode than anything so far.

OTM. i think i laughed harder at this one than any other from s2.

― JuliaA, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:15 (eighteen years ago)

liz and kenneth dancing to 'werewolf bar mitzfah' made the schwimmer one my fave so far.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

Last night's was pretty funny!

― Jordan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

all the conversation must be on the cougar thread?

― Jordan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

that was the best episode i've seen this season (prob only seen like 5-6 though). lots of good tina fey in this one.

― n/a, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

there were a couple of really old jokes that still made me lol in this one, like "Bush?! Now I don't wanna go on a rant..........."

― Jordan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

i liked the subtle iraq war allegory

― ryan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

all the conversation must be on the cougar thread?

just these:

So uh last night's 30 Rock was called "Cougars" and featured Liz dating a 20 year old.

-- marmotwolof, Friday, November 30, 2007 5:00 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I would like Tina Fey to be my pet cougar. Except, I think she would bite.

-- CaptainLorax, Friday, November 30, 2007 6:13 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

the best part of the 30 Rock episode was when Jenna was all "women like us are called cougars now. didn't you see the article about it in the issue of Vanity Fair about genocide in Africa? I just wish more people knew about cougars."

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, November 30, 2007 6:36 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

That competes very hard with Jack giving Tracy the bundle of letters from the kids on the baseball team begging him to come back as their coach.

-- HI DERE, Friday, November 30, 2007 6:40 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

that was great too, i just meant specifically the cougar plotline and how they addressed the flurry of fake trend pieces about cougars.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, November 30, 2007 6:43 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

― marmotwolof, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

i liked the subtle iraq war allegory

-- ryan, Friday, November 30, 2007 11:32 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

subtle? really?

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

haha. okay...i mean they could have made it MORE obvious i guess.

― ryan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

for the first time I thought trucker hat DMB-video guy earned his keep last night.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:55 (eighteen years ago)

"What? Sexy? You are. Shut up."

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

"ughh.... shut it down."

― tehresa, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:11 (eighteen years ago)

Frank was great in this episode. Turns out he can like totally act a little.

― caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock = good times.

― caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

Liz: [on the phone] Hi my name is Liz Lemon and I received flowers from your shop tonight and I can't tell who they're from. ... No, no, I did read the card but it's not signed.... no, I'm not with so many men that it's impossible for me to guess...well, that is just...oh, well you know what, I found the card, actually, they're from your mom, so tell your gay mom I said thanks! [hangs up]

― caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock = good times.

-- caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 14:40 (2 hours ago) Link

well, we won't be needing this thread anymore, then.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

the iraq stuff was pretty unfunny... but everything that wasnt a lame political joke was.

"i have one word for you... surge."
"that's two words!!!"

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2007/30-rock-live-at-the-upright-citizens-brigade-theater/

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 10:51 (eighteen years ago)

Plz writers come back to work! Show is peaking so hard right now!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 December 2007 01:46 (eighteen years ago)

oh man, this episode is awesome.

"Would you call what we did last night 'sex'?"

― bernard snowy, Friday, 7 December 2007 01:46 (eighteen years ago)

"Melissa, your face is on the phone! Soccer practice just ended, and you need... to pick it up."

― bernard snowy, Friday, 7 December 2007 01:59 (eighteen years ago)

I'll be seeing this later this evening. Gotta love DVR!

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 7 December 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

"That word makes me uncomfortable unless it's between 'meat' and 'pizza.'"

― n/a, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:20 (eighteen years ago)

I'M BLACK

― nickalicious, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:39 (eighteen years ago)

"I made Jack set it up as a punishment because he farted in my chair"

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:45 (eighteen years ago)

captain beefheart reference?

i seriously LOL'd at the IM BLACK

― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 13:39 (eighteen years ago)

also when tracy goes... "BANTER!!"

― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)

"World's #4 Dad"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 7 December 2007 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

At first I wasn't really feeling this episode, but I pretty much lost my shit right before they cut to commercial and Jack said "everybody looks good in a Sheinhardt."

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 7 December 2007 14:26 (eighteen years ago)

"This company has a very strict bros over hoes policy."

― petey_carnum, Friday, 7 December 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

this is not up on nbc.com yet and it brings me down.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:07 (eighteen years ago)

"This company has a very strict bros over hoes policy."

-- petey_carnum, Friday, December 7, 2007 2:56 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this one made me laugh the hardest i think

― n/a, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

The Tracy Jordan ramblings were probably the most hilarious part, but I can't even begin to parse the dialog in my memory. haha BANTER!

― petey_carnum, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:38 (eighteen years ago)

"Not in front of the gays!"

― Jordan, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

wait, did everyone know that Jane Krakowski was Cousin Vicki in Vacation?

― mizzell, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:07 (eighteen years ago)

this is not up on nbc.com yet and it brings me down.

meeee tooooo u_u

― tehresa, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

xpost

I did, but I only figured it out when I saw it on cable again over the summer.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

"I call the movie Risky Business Risky It, cause 'It' means 'Business.'"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

"Cajun-style"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

you tryin to steal candy from a vending machine?

let me show how it's done.

― mizzell, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:13 (eighteen years ago)

ok, this week was great. i love when the stories revolve around the actual cast of the show, rather than the guests :)

― tehresa, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

"here's your john legend cd" is the winner

― r|t|c, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:16 (eighteen years ago)

haha that was such a weird reference I wasn't even sure whether to take it as a joke and whether it was funny if it was

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

omg I had completely forgot Carville, best cameo of the series

― nickalicious, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

Offshore Gentlemen's Barge

― Kerm, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:25 (eighteen years ago)

The lesbian scene from Mullholland Drive

I do not want to disappoint my Japanese public -- especially Godzilla. Ha aha haha! Just kidding. I know he doesn't care what humans do.

I drag myself out of bed at 4 in the morning, go home, get dressed...

The Twofer-Frank rivalry has finally exploded.
No one cares!

― caek, Saturday, 8 December 2007 03:04 (eighteen years ago)

The Twofer-Frank rivalry has finally exploded

i was trying to remember this line. for some reason it totally killed me. also the meat 'lovers' pizza ref. lol.

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 8 December 2007 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

BANTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― max, Saturday, 8 December 2007 03:35 (eighteen years ago)

considering the mulholland drive reference in that mini-commercial, does anyone think "shut it down" from the cougar episode was also a mulholland drive reference?

― cutty, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:34 (eighteen years ago)

hmmm...

― tehresa, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

"shut it down" has been in like 50 episodes!

― Jordan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:39 (eighteen years ago)

name one other?

― cutty, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:43 (eighteen years ago)

anyway it was called "GENTLEMAN'S LUNCH"!

― cutty, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:44 (eighteen years ago)

It's actually a rape whistle but the whistle part fell off and... I just liked how it looked...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:48 (eighteen years ago)

kenneth's game show (shut it down), liz lemon dating her cousin (shut it down), i seriously think they say it every show

― Jordan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:56 (eighteen years ago)

Stage manager (Brendan Walsh) - shouts "shut it down!" at the end of each of the two episodes he appears in

― Jordan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:59 (eighteen years ago)

Donaghy says it when the crab starts getting turned on by the worm.

― Nathan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 06:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock = good times.

No mind grapes, no cred.

― rogermexico., Saturday, 8 December 2007 08:11 (eighteen years ago)

i was trying to remember this line. for some reason it totally killed me

I like to think it's a shout out to all the people complaining about guest stars in this season.

― caek, Saturday, 8 December 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

samurai iamurai

― s1ocki, Saturday, 8 December 2007 22:48 (eighteen years ago)

No on Hula = :(

― Mr. Goodman, Saturday, 8 December 2007 23:57 (eighteen years ago)

*not

― Mr. Goodman, Saturday, 8 December 2007 23:57 (eighteen years ago)

I think it's "samurai I-am-awry," which is even better!

― horseshoe, Sunday, 9 December 2007 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

also, "well I gave up caffeine so I've been going to bed at 5:30." stop living all over my life, Lemon!

― horseshoe, Sunday, 9 December 2007 00:46 (eighteen years ago)

where are the french fries I did not ask for? you guys gotta anticipate me!

that was my favorite I'm gonna start saying it randomly now

― Edward III, Sunday, 9 December 2007 02:06 (eighteen years ago)

it's definitely samurai i-am-awry, wtf are you thinking

samurai iamaurai is a play on SAM I AM

― cutty, Sunday, 9 December 2007 02:16 (eighteen years ago)

Just watched. Amazing stuff.

― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 9 December 2007 02:47 (eighteen years ago)

uh, i meant its deifnitely NOT "awry"

are britishes watching this?

― cutty, Sunday, 9 December 2007 03:24 (eighteen years ago)

why cant it both be a play on sam i am AND be "samurai-i-am-awry"

― max, Sunday, 9 December 2007 03:26 (eighteen years ago)

because it's funnier if it's iamurai

― s1ocki, Sunday, 9 December 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

are britishes watching this?

-- cutty, Sunday, December 9, 2007 3:24 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link

they started showing series one recently here, but hardly anyone watches it. caek and me and a few others watch it and post to this thread, but weirdly very few of the british comedy "posse".

this was a great tracy ep.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 9 December 2007 11:42 (eighteen years ago)

also jenna's entourage's attempts at burnage.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 9 December 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

All my attempts to to get friends into it have failed. I think you have to be pretty immersed in US culture to get a lot of the cultural references.

― caek, Sunday, 9 December 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

i don't get all of them obv but it can't be obscure as, say, 'the mighty boosh' is! or even 'fawlty towers'. i know what the nba is.

viewing figures in the uk are about 400,000 -- a 3% share or something.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 9 December 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

I guess the main element there is that 30 Rock actually focuses in trad sitcom style on particular characters dealing with particular issues, whereas Arrested Development's humor is more often about characters' repetitive / predictable wacky behavior -- I can't recall it ever grounding itself in anything so straightforward as, you know, "Liz Lemon struggles to balance her role as hard-assed boss with her desire to be well-liked and 'feminine.'"

-- nabisco, Monday, February 26, 2007 9:50 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Link

RONG. so much of AD was about people trying to fit into roles in that exact same way.

― s1ocki, Sunday, 9 December 2007 22:19 (eighteen years ago)

i think it's become less and less "trad sitcom style" and more surreal lol-fest

funniest show on american TV for sure

― cutty, Sunday, 9 December 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

Liz is looking through a health manual to find a fertility doctor. She calls Dr. Spaceman.
Dr. Spaceman: (answering phone) This is Dr. Leo Spaceman.
Liz: (confused) Oh, hi. I'm sorry, I got this number under fertility in the Writers Guild Health Manual?
Dr. Spaceman: I'm also listed under meth addiction and child psychiatry. So, what can I help you with? I should start by saying that I can't personally help you conceive. Something happened to me while scuba diving.

― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 December 2007 08:59 (eighteen years ago)

"... if there *were* money in the future, instead of hugs"

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 December 2007 09:01 (eighteen years ago)

the schwimmer/party ep is amazing

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 December 2007 09:01 (eighteen years ago)

i'm done w/ school in 3 days and i'm v. much looking forward to catching up on the last 2 or 3 eps. what's the deal with the strike? did they have this many episodes filmed before the strike?

― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 December 2007 09:03 (eighteen years ago)

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-racoon-yes.jpg

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 10 December 2007 11:45 (eighteen years ago)

The strike is killing me. I think that was the last episode that was in the can. Even if the strike ended tomorrow, it would be at least two months before any new episodes would be aired.

― Bill in Chicago, Monday, 10 December 2007 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

there's a new one this week, then that's it, i think

― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 19:20 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, the one this week is a Christmas episode, and then that's it for a while. :(

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

you guys know there is some 30 Rock merch?
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00043529-954043_400.jpg?

― mizzell, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:13 (eighteen years ago)

who dat ninja magnet!
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00034461-158393_400.jpg?

― mizzell, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:15 (eighteen years ago)

I've got 8 of the "who dat ninja" magnets backordered. Not available until after xmas ;_;

― I DIED, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

If I ran NBC merchandising for 30 Rock, the NBC store would have:

- magnets for ALL the Tracy Jordan movies
- actual posters ofr all the Tracy Jordan movies
- Frank hats
- Sheinhardt Wig Company tshirts
- Kenneth party invites
- Donaghy Estates champagne

― I DIED, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

yes!!!

― s1ocki, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:07 (eighteen years ago)

If I ran NBC merchandising for 30 Rock, the NBC store would have:

- magnets for ALL the Tracy Jordan movies
- actual posters ofr all the Tracy Jordan movies
- Frank hats
- Sheinhardt Wig Company tshirts
- Kenneth party invites
- Donaghy Estates champagne

I see your bid and i raise you one better:

-ACTUAL DVD'S OF THE ACTUAL TRACY JORDAN MOVIES

― Mr. Que, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

- ACTUAL TRACY JORDAN YOU CAN HIRE TO COME OVER TO YOUR PARTY AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR FRIENDS

― s1ocki, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

Someone's friends are gonna get pregnant

― nabisco, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

Sheinhardt's use of Zapfino looks bad-ass on little league shirts.

― caek, Monday, 10 December 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

"It wouldn't be a Lemon Party without old Dick' !!?!?!?!?!!!!!!

― sous les paves, Friday, 14 December 2007 06:09 (eighteen years ago)

I KNOW RITE

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 14 December 2007 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

"middle america we dare you -- WE DOUBLE DARE YOU -- to google 'lemon party'"

--30 rock writers

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 14 December 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

i was hoping for a ludacris cameo :(

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:29 (eighteen years ago)

Jenna: It should be mentioned that sexually Mitch is very much an adult.
Lemon: No, it should not be mentioned.

― and what, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:38 (eighteen years ago)

i lolled at alec baldwin hissing "because your life seems ENDLESS" at his mom

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:40 (eighteen years ago)

I did do a wonderful job finishing my muffin

― mizzell, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)

that was my favorite line.

― dan selzer, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

Mitch was totally wasted. We need to see Mitch again.

― kenan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

Mitch will be better as an embittered 40 yr old than a one-joke 17 yr old, I think.

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

and what otm

― HI DERE, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

Ha -- the lemon-party joke was SO SUBTLE in, like, the second episode; that was bizarre to see it come blazing back

― nabisco, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:12 (eighteen years ago)

"We didn't make the playoffs that year, but I like to think that we led the league in bravery."

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 14 December 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

"Feminism!" is the new "Banter!"

― nabisco, Friday, 14 December 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

young liz is like live action lisa simpson

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

Dick: "I'm taking you to a cathouse tomorrow."

Mitch: "I hate cats."

Dick: "You'll learn to love 'em."

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 14 December 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

"middle america we dare you -- WE DOUBLE DARE YOU -- to google 'lemon party'" --30 rock writers

My attempt to learn about it on Encyclopedia Dramatica just resulted in one of the most frantic attempts to close a browser window in my internet career.

― polyphonic, Friday, 14 December 2007 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

2x

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

what, you didn't think that was hot? ;)

― kenan, Friday, 14 December 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

You are a very, VERY handsome man! He looks like an Arrow Shirt model!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 14 December 2007 19:35 (eighteen years ago)

also there's a "real" vers of Jordan Christmas over the credits that got lopped off during the broadcast... which suggests there's a full version to be released like werewolf bar mitzva

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 14 December 2007 19:52 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Guys I made a Werewolf Bar Mitzvah ringtone and now I can't get it out of my head.

― G00blar, Monday, 7 January 2008 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

ysi

― caek, Monday, 7 January 2008 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

is it me or was that last ep just really unfunny

kenneth on wall street was about all i got from it

― r|t|c, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:16 (eighteen years ago)

saw an ad for a new ep during football!

― jhøshea, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:18 (eighteen years ago)

kenneth on wall street was the dumbest least funny joke in it

if you cant laff at buck henry i feel bad for you son

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:20 (eighteen years ago)

it wasnt the strongest episode (not as good as samurai iamurai which i think i've watched at least 10 times now).

plz come back soon 30 rock

― s1ocki, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:20 (eighteen years ago)

need more edie falco

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

"lakeesha... gutierrez... arafat."

― s1ocki, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:26 (eighteen years ago)

http://pics.livejournal.com/jetgirl78/pic/002ga8wt/s640x480

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

wtf is happening here?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

Baby Mama is an upcoming (2008) American comedy film directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor and Sigourney Weaver.

Plot summary

Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey), a successful single businesswoman, has put her career before her personal life. At the age of 37, she has finally decided to have a child on her own, but her plans change when she discovers she has only the slimmest chance of becoming pregnant. Instead, Kate gets a South Philly working girl, Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler), to become a surrogate mom.

When Angie becomes pregnant, Kate begins preparing for motherhood in her own typically driven fashion--until her surrogate shows up at her door with no place to live. As these polar opposites struggle together, they must also prepare for the upcoming birth of the baby.

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

it's like a spinoff

― s1ocki, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

i see.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

directed by the dude who wrote undercover brother

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

The first, like, 5 minutes of Undercover Brother were hilarious. Maybe.

That still shot makes me fear this is an entire movie of Poehler doing her "one-legged reality-show contestant" thing

― nabisco, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

Okay I'm not going to go to the mat here but more than just the first 5 minutes of Undercover Brother was funny.

― HI DERE, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

poehler is annoying to me in every role besides rednecks so it could be funbny

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

i mean her as britney spears is lazy bullshit but when she starts talking about how kfed gave her panty crickets i was loling

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

ethan, Romany Malco has 5th billing, let's be optimistic about this.

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

To be honest, Dan, I don't remember a whole lot of the rest of Undercover Brother, only that I was laughing hard through that opening narration

― nabisco, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

Behind every black man is...

... the police!

― HI DERE, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

youre puttin the pussy on a pedestal, man

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

aim high, willis - aim high!

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

What all was part of the vast conspiracy to embarrass black people? It was like Urkel, jerry curls, Dennis Rodman ...

― nabisco, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill (2009)

Writers:
Tina Fey
Vic Thrill (story)

Release Date:
2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Music / Comedy more
Plot Outline:
An eccentric punk-rocker forms a band with a rebellious young Hasidic Jew. more

Status Updated:
31 December 2007

(Credited cast)

Sacha Baron Cohen ... Curly Oxide

― Jordan, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

'so the entertainment industry really is out to get spike lee?' 'cher got an oscar - CHER!'

― and what, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't that Curly Oxide thing a "This American Life" story?

― Sparkle Motion, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:33 (eighteen years ago)

ya

― s1ocki, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:46 (eighteen years ago)

That still shot makes me fear this is an entire movie of Poehler doing her "one-legged reality-show contestant" thing

^^^so otm. it gets so old.

― tehresa, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

saw an ad for a new ep during football!

I just saw it (the ad) earlier tonight and I already like the premise. Donaghy testifying before committee for some reason? Gold!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 January 2008 07:03 (eighteen years ago)

NEW EP!?

― s1ocki, Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

i think there's just the one more, tonight.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

fucking unions what abt our funnays!

― jhøshea, Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

oh shit, i am working late :( :( :(

― Jordan, Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

That was...uh, weird.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 January 2008 01:58 (seventeen years ago)

Weird as in AWESOME.

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 11 January 2008 02:29 (seventeen years ago)

I'd put the last five minutes of this episode up against any five minutes of any other sitcom in history.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 11 January 2008 02:40 (seventeen years ago)

Man, they better put this online soon (so that can I watch it without the writers being compensated!).

― Jordan, Friday, 11 January 2008 02:44 (seventeen years ago)

"industry castrates the arts. the only honesty is in suicide."

― LaMonte, Friday, 11 January 2008 04:46 (seventeen years ago)

"ridin' the brown serpent"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 11 January 2008 04:48 (seventeen years ago)

"i bought a black apartment" + surprise eBay commercial prominently featuring friend of a friend = yay

― nabisco, Friday, 11 January 2008 05:45 (seventeen years ago)

"you know what, I'm fine. I've moved on. I bought a whole bunch of apartments. I bought a black apartment."

― horseshoe, Friday, 11 January 2008 06:58 (seventeen years ago)

I can't remember any of it now, but Tracy's little talk with Kenneth before his first sip of coffee was my favorite part.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 January 2008 07:03 (seventeen years ago)

"Lott-Specter whale torture bill passes by one vote"

― sous les paves, Friday, 11 January 2008 08:17 (seventeen years ago)

this episode was bananas

― mizzell, Friday, 11 January 2008 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

― HI DERE, Friday, 11 January 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

"it's bi women four women"

― I DIED, Friday, 11 January 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

omg

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 11 January 2008 17:21 (seventeen years ago)

fuk u strike

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 11 January 2008 17:22 (seventeen years ago)

im going to start self hi-fiving

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 11 January 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)

ok this was great shit

― Jordan, Friday, 11 January 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)

I love how the Fey-Richmond marriage seems to have the effect of integrating musical numbers into the show way more than normal sitcoms.

― circles, Friday, 11 January 2008 19:50 (seventeen years ago)

"Honey, could you arrange Midnight Train to Georgia for the entire cast? Thanks."

― circles, Friday, 11 January 2008 19:52 (seventeen years ago)

Good to see Liz wearing the same pink two-piece from wardrobe that she wore to the strip club in the first episode of season 1

― caek, Friday, 11 January 2008 22:57 (seventeen years ago)

Good to see Liz clasp the hands of Rory Gilmore's grandpa

― nabisco, Friday, 11 January 2008 23:16 (seventeen years ago)

He who once said "I looked around one day and realized that most of my original fan base was ... dead. So I figured, the WB, that's where there are young people."

― nabisco, Friday, 11 January 2008 23:17 (seventeen years ago)

"and i'm HEEERE to REMIND YEOOW"

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 14 January 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)

lol

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 14 January 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

Didn't see a separate thread for this: Tracy Morgan was genius on Letterman the other night.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 01:32 (seventeen years ago)

did he call david letterman "david letterman"?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 01:33 (seventeen years ago)

youtube or something?

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 02:42 (seventeen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ehrqh207QU8

― shanecavanaugh, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 03:47 (seventeen years ago)

tracy is also in a digiorno commercial!

― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 03:52 (seventeen years ago)

"who, philip?"

― Jordan, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 05:08 (seventeen years ago)

"Britney Jones!"

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 05:09 (seventeen years ago)

he's crazier than a box of rocks

― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:00 (seventeen years ago)

OH MAN THAT IS TOO GOOD !!!

im especially interested in his look there - indie pants, bmx shirt, icey chain?

― jhøshea, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:13 (seventeen years ago)

they should just interview him for 23 minutes every weeek till it's back on.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:14 (seventeen years ago)

LET'S CLIP IT UP DL

― caek, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:45 (seventeen years ago)

"philip is his government"

― caek, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 15:46 (seventeen years ago)

FRANK: Yo Tray, we got a problem.
TRACEY: Who be this Tracey Jordan thou speakest of?
FRANK: President Jefferson, we got a problem?
TRACEY: Speakest.
FRANK: That horse ate your wig.
TRACEY: Well, stand guard by his rump and await it in his droppings.
LUTZ: Or we could just get a new wig.
TRACEY: I like you, young man. You shall run my university.

― caek, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 02:00 (seventeen years ago)

TRACEY: I love this cornbread so much I wanna take it behind a middle school and make it pregnant
KENNETH (laughing): pregnant cornbread...

― caek, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

BANTER!!!!

― max, Sunday, 20 January 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

EUREKO!

― and what, Sunday, 20 January 2008 20:13 (seventeen years ago)

man the cougar episode

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 January 2008 16:54 (seventeen years ago)

Liz: I'm 37, please don't make me go to Brooklyn.
Jaime: I'm 20.
Liz: Oh boy. This just went from a senior dating a freshman to Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau.
Jaime: Are those friends of yours?

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 January 2008 16:54 (seventeen years ago)

the last 4 eps of this season might be the best 4 they've ever done

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 January 2008 16:56 (seventeen years ago)

really? I dunno, the cougar ep and the jenna-going-diva one were both total classics, but I thought the last two kinda dropped off a bit. also, the carrie fisher ep! the therapy scene! the best sequence of television I've ever seen!

― bernard snowy, Sunday, 27 January 2008 17:03 (seventeen years ago)

the ludachristmas one is maybe the only non-classic of the 4. i thought the beginning of the season dragged a little bit so this def reaffirmed my faith, which probably just means they're going to cancel it

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 January 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

someone's getting laid pretending to be Dennis the pager salesman: http://www.nypost.com/seven/01282008/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

I can't, I'm expecting a call from 1983.

― max, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

the recent batch still miss the writers, but it's *all* amazing, who cares.

jenna is mad funny in the cougars episode.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

In 2001, cops grabbed a former New York City firefighter who was posing as Robert De Niro in order to accept various freebies and discounts.

Okay this is bold. And significantly cooler than just being "that ass who won't knock it off with the De Niro impression."

― nabisco, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:17 (seventeen years ago)

At the Plumm, Tracy Morgan ordered two bottles of Champagne, ripped off his shirt and started dancing on the banquette, seemingly lost his credit card, found it in his pocket, and then asked a waitress if he could father her baby.
from nymag

― mizzell, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:20 (seventeen years ago)

business as usual

― Jordan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:24 (seventeen years ago)

Is no one else perturbed by Tracy Morgan? I mean, he's basically acting like Britney/Lindsay/<insert crazy rehab-bound celeb here> but everyone's just kind of pointing and laughing while going "Oh, Tracy!" as opposed to making him get help. Am I alone on this?

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:39 (seventeen years ago)

i think if dude was actually hurting himself or his career it might be a factor, and im sure if shit did turn tragic thered be lots of 30 rock fans still loling at dude, but right now it just seems like hes having fun

― and what, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:44 (seventeen years ago)

i thought he was sober now anyway? that quote just says he ordered some champagne, nothing about drinking it. he'd probably do that other shit stone cold.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:46 (seventeen years ago)

i think dan brings up a decent point

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)

though if he was endangering himself the last thing he (or anyone) needs is britney/lindsay type attention. i would hope w/ the past shit he's had to deal with because of his DUIs that he's learned his lesson

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:50 (seventeen years ago)

i was actually weirded out by his letterman appearance, though that was probably the point (?)

― n/a, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:00 (seventeen years ago)

although do crazy people constantly yell "I'M CRAZY!"?

― n/a, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:00 (seventeen years ago)

I'm not trying to start a "SAVE TRACY MORGAN" movement or anything; I'm just unsettled by dude's public appearances and the fine line they skirt with Robin Williams in his cokehead heyday crossed with Kiefer Sutherland's booze rages. He may be perfectly fine; I don't know his life, I just know what gets reported.

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:03 (seventeen years ago)

I've probably done enough rants about how easily people slot black-men-acting-crazy into the "funny" category (including a long too-public one about Daniel Johnston and Wesley Willis), but I'm kinda on the okay side with Morgan, because:

(a) it's still at least a little difficult to separate his actual-crazy from his comedy-crazy, but I don't know that he's yet done anything too problematically nutsy, like anything violent or family-ruining -- so far he's just like the guy with the lampshade on his head, someone who drinks too much and starts over-the-top clowning in a usually non-destructive way. Mostly all he does is take his shirt off and talk about impregnating people, every time, which seems non-escalating and clowny

(b) sometimes it's easy to think he's nutsy and TV shows are corralling through the work, just like his 30 Rock character -- but then you watch him do the stuff, or even TV interviews, and he tends to seem more in control of it than that

(c) there was some interview where he said in a pretty casual, normal way that he promised his son he'd stop drinking, and while I don't have any particular faith he'll manage that, he talked about it in a way that seemed ... clear and rational, I guess? xpost - I guess n/a had the opposite reaction!

I wouldn't be surprised if he were having a kind of modified Chapelle problem, or something a little like that 30 Rock episode with the golfing -- kinda suffering under the weight of his schtick involving yelling "I'M BLACK" and "I'M CRAZY" and whatnot.

Instead of First Sunday it should have been a movie where Katt Williams is his therapist

― nabisco, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)

Hasn't Tracy said that his whole public character right now is just based on one of his great uncles or something like that? It's 24/7 performance art.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

^if this is true it's bs

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:07 (seventeen years ago)

cf this thread CRAZY RAPPERS

― and what, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

("I say, wouldn't it be funny if he'd said "I am not doing my seatbelt up... nigga!")?

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― and what, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:11 (seventeen years ago)

Haha now I am watching interview clips to try and figure out what he's REALLY like, and it's seriously impossible to tell when he's being weird and when he's going for laughs:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hex_w2JpLCk

But then he's totally fine when he wants to be normal on morning TV or kinda toeing the appropriate line on Rachel Ray:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L6ORRVDsxVw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7AZPDNRvqAU

(I had no idea his kids were, like, college-aged!)

― nabisco, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:21 (seventeen years ago)

HAHA Jack McBrayer talks about Morgan in the clip below: "It must be fun working with Tracy" -- "Oh yeah, Tracy is ... he's just ... a mess"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A8sUMwj6-t0

― nabisco, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

(Have also now seen interview where Tina Fey calls Paris Hilton "a piece of shit" and says "up close, she looks like a tranny" !!)

― nabisco, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:37 (seventeen years ago)

Hasn't Tracy said that his whole public character right now is just based on one of his great uncles or something like that? It's 24/7 performance art.

-- Johnny Fever, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:05 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yeah, I always figured that Tracy's general M.O. with interviews and public appearances seemed very similiar to Will Ferrell's, where there's almost constantly some kind of put-on (although, admittedly, WF's is usually more random or about nudity, where Tracy's is about being high or getting people pregnant or other stuff that can potentially be read as black stereotypes).

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

(Have also now seen interview where Tina Fey calls Paris Hilton "a piece of shit" and says "up close, she looks like a tranny" !!)

link pls!

― Jordan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:39 (seventeen years ago)

(I had no idea his kids were, like, college-aged!)

-- nabisco, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:21 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

taking someone behind the middle school and getting them pregnant = not a joke, it turns out

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:40 (seventeen years ago)

That Tina Fey interview is LEGENDARY, nabisco!

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:40 (seventeen years ago)

Fraggle hair.

― David R., Wednesday, 30 January 2008 03:51 (seventeen years ago)

unrelated but funny

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 04:17 (seventeen years ago)

First Sunday I'm sad to say kind of sucked.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:40 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, the first half hour or so was full of intentional Tracy Morgan lolz and unintentional "this L.A. soundstage is supposed to be East Baltimore?" lolz, but after that it kinda went offtrack, although I might've enjoyed it more if I could stand Katt Williams.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)

I might've enjoyed it more if I could stand Katt Williams.

#1 reason why I will not pay money to see this movie.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:51 (seventeen years ago)

if i may chime in about the tracy morgan real-life antics thing, i think that because his character on 30 rock is all about sending up the crazy celebrity thing that it's easy to assume that the stuff he does in his public appearances is an extension of that. true or not.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:02 (seventeen years ago)

He seems to be more serious in print interviews, maybe just because it doesn't make sense to showboat or do a bit when there's not a camera there, and he came off completely humorless in this interview, like it's completely offensive to him that someone could possibly confuse Tracy Morgan with Tracy Jordan:
http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/tracy_morgan

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:08 (seventeen years ago)

his dvd commentary track is pretty boring and normal.

― mizzell, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:13 (seventeen years ago)

I hate to say it, but Katt Williams is funny.

― dan selzer, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

I agree ^^^^^

― mizzell, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:21 (seventeen years ago)

tracy is so fucking adorable
http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/tracy-morgan.article.jpg

― mizzell, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:21 (seventeen years ago)

his dvd commentary track is pretty boring and normal.

-- mizzell, Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:13 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yup.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 15:25 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00056289-845005_400.jpg%3F

absurdly expensive and yet 4 sale over @ nbc...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:31 (seventeen years ago)

BOOOO

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:31 (seventeen years ago)

anyway.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/detail.php?p=56289&v=nbunbcnow30r

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:32 (seventeen years ago)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vRqavy1W65I: Werewolf Bar Mitzvah, full version!

― musically, Sunday, 3 February 2008 07:05 (seventeen years ago)

The bit where Will Arnett says "Thanks PHONE" - that was so much like "What kind of name is that, “MAGAZINE”?" from Arrested Development... an intentional ref?

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:00 (seventeen years ago)

taking someone behind the middle school and getting them pregnant = not a joke, it turns out

lol, though you don't actually have to be IN middle school to do this ;)

― tehresa, Sunday, 3 February 2008 22:56 (seventeen years ago)

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― G00blar, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:25 (seventeen years ago)

boys becoming men, skits becoming ringtones

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)

The bit where Will Arnett says "Thanks PHONE" - that was so much like "What kind of name is that, “MAGAZINE”?" from Arrested Development... an intentional ref?

I think this is just Will Arnett's normal steez?

― Jordan, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:39 (seventeen years ago)

the mccain reference is going to date/has already.

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lol my bad

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 11:25 (seventeen years ago)

30 Rock
Expected to shoot 5 to 10 new episodes to air in April/May.

― Nicole, Monday, 11 February 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

thank god

― Jordan, Monday, 11 February 2008 16:59 (seventeen years ago)

Can't wait for that strike story arc.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 11 February 2008 17:08 (seventeen years ago)

Dudes, I'm so sad there won't be a VALENTIMES episode this year. :(

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 06:58 (seventeen years ago)

floydster ;_;

― tehresa, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 07:14 (seventeen years ago)

Tina Fey's gonna host the first post-strike SNL on the 23rd.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 14 February 2008 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

http://idolator.com/assets/resources/2008/02/touch6.jpg

― s1ocki, Friday, 22 February 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

It's a bit big for this thread, but I'd like to see a billboard ad with this pic of tina/alec.

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 2 March 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

BANTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

― max, Sunday, 2 March 2008 05:40 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/

ALL-NEW episodes of 30 Rock return starting April 10th!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 02:48 (seventeen years ago)

DO YOU SEE

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 02:48 (seventeen years ago)

yaaaaay

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:19 (seventeen years ago)

smiles time

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 11:14 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.vanityfair.com/images/culture/2008/04/cuar01_funnygirls0804.jpg

"smiles times"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 20:37 (seventeen years ago)

:O

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

:D

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 20:40 (seventeen years ago)

Who is not-Amy Poehler on left?

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 22:26 (seventeen years ago)

Kristen Wiig. Amy Poehler is in the issue tho.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Nevermind the Britney bullshit hypothesizing:

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/03/59897/index.html

o_O

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

Also making a guest star turn is TV veteran comic TIM CONWAY, who will be playing Bucky Bright on the second episode back. Bucky is a celebrity who is there for a Republican Party rally being thrown by Jack. But Jack is looking for a younger, hipper celebrity, so he pawns him off on Kenny.

This sounds awesome! I love Tim Conway. But...do they mean KenNETH?

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:34 (seventeen years ago)

yay return of Dennis

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

^^^

― caek, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

Hopefully the return of Dennis will also bring back the rat jokes.

― Nathan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

im hyped cuz dennis is my favorite character from the show but he has such a perfect arc on the show im worried the shitty season 2 writing will fuck him up

― and what, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:19 (seventeen years ago)

shitty season 2 writing

RONG

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:22 (seventeen years ago)

dude, wtf? shitty season 2 writing - seriously? the interruption to the 2nd season of this show is the biggest offence to art since someone chopped the arms off that one Italian dude's statue.

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:22 (seventeen years ago)

sooooo rong.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:23 (seventeen years ago)

not that there haven't been some crapouts this season. but it's shined pretty fuckin' bright.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:23 (seventeen years ago)

+ the writers have had extra time to make sure this season finishes strong.

― banriquit, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:31 (seventeen years ago)

I kinda hope they do a strike ep.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:33 (seventeen years ago)

I'm sure they will!

Hulu.com has no s1 episodes! What is this shit?!

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:34 (seventeen years ago)

season 2 has been great, but surely no one is going to say it was better than season 1?

― caek, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

That's not really fair, a lot of the best of season 1 occurred in episodes 10+.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

maybe, but I kinda feel the writing and plotting has headed in a particular direction with season 2, and I don't see them changing things to please me/make it more like season 1

― caek, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

i think the first half of season 1 is way stronger than the second. it petered out a bit at the end.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't really get into the Tracey-being-tracked-by-Oprah storyline but..."everyone would love to escape to the Cleav"! Great episode.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:59 (seventeen years ago)

haha CLEVE

― nickalicious, Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:59 (seventeen years ago)

"flee to the Cleave" surely

― Ed, Thursday, 27 March 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't really get into the Tracey-being-tracked-by-Oprah storyline

the Black Crusaders stuff was great!

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 27 March 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

31 letters in the white alphabet

― caek, Thursday, 27 March 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)

Tina said in EW that there wasn't going to be a strike episode, because the public was already bummed out enough about missing 5 months of new tv anyway.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 March 2008 17:11 (seventeen years ago)

Dennis AND Floyd

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 27 March 2008 18:36 (seventeen years ago)

sorry bros i laffed alot this year but nothing is touching 1st season

― and what, Thursday, 27 March 2008 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

consensus is that seems like more of a failure on your part than a failure on the part of the show.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:01 (seventeen years ago)

http://omega.enstb.org/yannis/cours/isi405/i-want-to-believe.jpg

― Jordan, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:01 (seventeen years ago)

too much guest-starring, not enough writing room; but there was plenty gold, if not quite up to the genius of mid-season one. </louis jagger>

― banriquit, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

i agree w/ ethan but "not as good as season 1" isnt much of a criticism

― max, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

truth

― caek, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

i wish theyd used 'burn on' by randy newman for the cleve montage instead of that shitty song

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

RONG

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:41 (seventeen years ago)

go back to googling shannon sossyman pics & dont speak on randy newman, dog

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:44 (seventeen years ago)

you want to replace the SONG THAT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE EPISODE with some fucking randy newman cocksmoke bullshit?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:51 (seventeen years ago)

ban

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:57 (seventeen years ago)

do you even LIKE the show?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

yes, i just think that song is gay & unfunny, kind of like you

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:00 (seventeen years ago)

you just have hurt feelings because you've been called out for rongness twice on this thread and you're not used to having people tell you how fucked you are in the head.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:05 (seventeen years ago)

dude who looks & acts like a pedo and spends most time on ilx repping for phantom planet and rape is schooling me on being fucked in the head?

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:08 (seventeen years ago)

If that phrasing is what it takes for you to feel better about your own sorry state then so be it.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:28 (seventeen years ago)

if you mean my sorry state of liking 1st season 30 rock more than 2nd season 30 rock and having tards on teh internet saying im RONG yeah im pretty sure i can live with that

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)

BANTER!!!!

― max, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:36 (seventeen years ago)

If you're ok with tards on the internet saying you're wrong then how do you feel about brilliant wordsmiths like me telling you the same thing? Must be crushing.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

your talent at weak ass shit talking is surpassed only by your talent at shitty photography

― and what, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:40 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.magneticmediafed.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/drspaceman.jpg

― Super Cub, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:45 (seventeen years ago)

too bad that shitty photography is what gets me paid and it's why I'm going to be remembered long after your fat rotting ass is buried in the ground.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:52 (seventeen years ago)

DR spaceman is basically DR zizmor from the subway?

http://gothamist.com/images/2004_05_drz.jpg

I chuckle whenever I see the add. Although the subway photo must be a little old as this is from his website:

http://drzizmor.com/images/Zizmor-Picture2.jpg

― Ed, Sunday, 30 March 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

he looks better older

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 30 March 2008 21:39 (seventeen years ago)

Who's gonna do my banking? Who's gonna write my blogs? Who's gonna do the cooking on Taco Wednesday?

― caek, Monday, 7 April 2008 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

What's your favorite pizza topping? Mine's plain but I like others.

― caek, Monday, 7 April 2008 16:08 (seventeen years ago)

You know I never judge race! Remember when I asked that black man if he saw Sideways?

― caek, Monday, 7 April 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

new episode on thurs.???

― Jordan, Monday, 7 April 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

Google says yes, Tuomas.

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 7 April 2008 16:21 (seventeen years ago)

google???

― Jordan, Monday, 7 April 2008 16:27 (seventeen years ago)

"30 rock". press "i'm feeling lucky".

― caek, Monday, 7 April 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

that's a pretty good burn

― caek, Monday, 7 April 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

jokes

― caek, Monday, 7 April 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

How can a poor old Britisher person see this series. Silly old NBC won't let me.

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:26 (seventeen years ago)

It's just come out on DVD:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/30-Rock-Complete-Alec-Baldwin/dp/B000YHMTHG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207737827&sr=8-1

― Stevie T, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:44 (seventeen years ago)

The fantasy was nearly derailed, however, when an errant Frisbee tossed by Mr. McBrayer hit Ms. Carey in the face. “Her bodyguard came and explained to me that I should probably be more careful,” he said. “And we never saw that Frisbee again.”

vs.

“For me I had to wear these little nudie pants, and they are not flattering on nobody,” he said. “I looked smooth like a little Ken doll.”

(link)

― G00blar, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 11:07 (seventeen years ago)

I have series 1, it's series 2 I want to see. I's available on amazon and cbs but you have to be in the US - or so it seems...

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 11:11 (seventeen years ago)

download it illegally

― banriquit, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 11:18 (seventeen years ago)

or use a proxy to view it on the NBC website

― caek, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 13:11 (seventeen years ago)

i lolled at cathy and miami jokes :)

― Jordan, Friday, 11 April 2008 01:44 (seventeen years ago)

lol chocolate chocolate chocolate chocolate AAARGH

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 11 April 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

GET OFF MILF ISLAND!

― edb, Friday, 11 April 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)

AACK

― Jordan, Friday, 11 April 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

Guys.

Kenneth praying.

― en i see kay, Friday, 11 April 2008 04:53 (seventeen years ago)

kennethpraying.gif

― Dan I., Friday, 11 April 2008 06:03 (seventeen years ago)

PLEASE.

The people demand it.

― en i see kay, Friday, 11 April 2008 06:07 (seventeen years ago)

Guys.

Kenneth praying.

-- en i see kay, Friday, 11 April 2008 04:53 (3 hours ago) Link


^^^^^this

― Ed, Friday, 11 April 2008 08:14 (seventeen years ago)

Then I'LL be in Erection Cove...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 11 April 2008 10:58 (seventeen years ago)

it was great, but very surprisingly, i laughed more at the office tonight

― akm, Friday, 11 April 2008 13:47 (seventeen years ago)

it was great, but very surprisingly, i laughed more at the office tonight

^^^^^

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 11 April 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)

is this online yet

― and what, Friday, 11 April 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)

yurp

― Jordan, Friday, 11 April 2008 17:54 (seventeen years ago)

liz v much out of character

― jergïns, Friday, 11 April 2008 18:11 (seventeen years ago)

the strike sapped her idealism

― Jordan, Friday, 11 April 2008 18:14 (seventeen years ago)

for a slightly strike-themed episode, it was alright, but isn't surivvor really old-hat now? it seemed like an episode that had falled out of time from 2002.

― akm, Friday, 11 April 2008 19:51 (seventeen years ago)

Milf Island was just a carry over from one of the earlier episodes this season, and the clips actually had some funny moments I thought.

Even better was the fart machine sketch with Tracy, though.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 April 2008 19:54 (seventeen years ago)

'we don't want to hit that anymore. it's time to take off your bikini top.'

― tehresa, Friday, 11 April 2008 19:54 (seventeen years ago)

lol "meert"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 11 April 2008 20:23 (seventeen years ago)

this felt a bit gimmicky (sort of like Seinfeldvision) but it was pretty good for a lets-get-the-writing-wheels-back-in-motion episode. i did love the cathy joke and "fortified with optimism".

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 11 April 2008 21:29 (seventeen years ago)

"ah, mr vice president... (i'm going to KILL YOU)"

― banriquit, Friday, 11 April 2008 22:08 (seventeen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/kenneth.gifhttp://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/kenneth.gifhttp://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/kenneth.gif

― caek, Saturday, 12 April 2008 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

(took me 90 minutes to figure that out)

― caek, Saturday, 12 April 2008 14:12 (seventeen years ago)

hero

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 12 April 2008 14:39 (seventeen years ago)

A+

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 12 April 2008 16:31 (seventeen years ago)

lolololololololololololololololol @ this episode

love is going downstairs to the burger king to poop

― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 April 2008 00:52 (seventeen years ago)

dennis dennis dennis = <3

i got offered a free squeezer from a prostitute...a WHITE prostitute

― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 April 2008 01:49 (seventeen years ago)

WORK MADE ME MISS THIS :(

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 02:08 (seventeen years ago)

So I'm living on Netflix time and only eight episodes into the first season, but holy shit...Did this show totally jump the shark after the hilarious pilot, or what? Does it get better later? I hope so. When does Tracy Morgan actually start being funny?

― xhuxk, Friday, 18 April 2008 02:35 (seventeen years ago)

Chuck, if you need undeniably funny TM, the episode with him & Jack @ the country club is it. That said, if you think the pilot was the high point, you're going to find some, um, mild dissent over here.

― David R., Friday, 18 April 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

I love Dennis.

― Nicole, Friday, 18 April 2008 02:42 (seventeen years ago)

I probably would have dated him because of the "The Hours? More like the Weeks!" comment as well, I've never really had great judgment.

― Nicole, Friday, 18 April 2008 02:44 (seventeen years ago)

"uh, let's run around in circles so we can live longer"

― Gukbe, Friday, 18 April 2008 04:40 (seventeen years ago)

this need you have.. Dot Com... to be the smartest guy in the room is... off putting...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 12:04 (seventeen years ago)

also: Twofer as Sammy!!!!

― David R., Friday, 18 April 2008 12:15 (seventeen years ago)

lol "And Introducing Lord Stanley Cup: As Himself"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 12:18 (seventeen years ago)

"norad puts cyborgs in charge of skynet"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

Where was that??!?

You guys know Dennis has / had a reoccuring role on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, right?

― David R., Friday, 18 April 2008 13:09 (seventeen years ago)

I've never really liked Tim Conway and at first I thought his character was just another snide takeoff of Studio 60, but he really had some great deadpan lines.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:10 (seventeen years ago)

If they're still trying to take shots @ a show that's long gone, they need to buy new issues of TV Guide.

(something about "men celebrating each other's strength" and saluting goes here)

― David R., Friday, 18 April 2008 13:22 (seventeen years ago)

it was in the crawl under the bloomberg press conference

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:24 (seventeen years ago)

"norad puts cyborgs in charge of skynet"

"something complicated happened in Africa"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:26 (seventeen years ago)

You guys know Dennis has / had a reoccuring role on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, right?

I tried watching that show a couple of times and whenever I saw Dennis I just couldn't take it seriously. I kept waiting for him to try to hook up with underage robot girl.

― Nicole, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:54 (seventeen years ago)

"I knew that girl was 18. She told me her last boyfriend was Asian, and that crap doesn't start until college."

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:57 (seventeen years ago)

ah denis!

― jhøshea, Friday, 18 April 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

I LOVE STATE'S RIGHTS!

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

This was a really good episode, although the side-plot with Kenneth showing round that old guy was not funny.

Dennis is so great.

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

Jack: That's a sharp tie you've got there Dennis.
Dennis: That douchebag up front made me wear it.
Jack: Does he know you're the Beeper King?
Dennis: I don't think so.
Liz: This is clearly the nicest restaurant we've ever been to.
Dennis: Hold on a second, this place ain't that nice, alright. It's got rats and roaches like every other restaurant.
Liz: No rat talk tonight, okay.
Dennis: (to Jack) You know there are 17 million rats per person in Manhattan. You eat a pound of rat crap every year without even knowing it, huh?
Jack: I think I read about that in The New Yorker. (pause) Um, anyway, we'll leave you two to your meal. I hope you enjoy the choices that you've made.

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

"that old guy" is Dorf. Show some respect.

― mizzell, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

OK, I guess that's a US pop culture reference I'm never going to get.

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

/tuomas

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

Tim Conway's years on the Carol Burnett Show give him a free pass for anything else he does in his tv career, as far as I'm concerned. That said, I thought he was pretty funny last night.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:04 (seventeen years ago)

"sandwich girls" was pretty funny
xpost

― n/a, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:06 (seventeen years ago)

lol im watching it now & maybe its just cuz i love dennis but its GREAT

― and what, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:40 (seventeen years ago)

we used to call this the jew room

― and what, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:40 (seventeen years ago)

i loved this episode

― Jordan, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)

its as good as any 1st season one, seriously

― and what, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:44 (seventeen years ago)

exonerated Dateline predator

― Jordan, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:46 (seventeen years ago)

jew room & sandwich girls were probably the biggest laughs for me, but did not think this trumped milf island

― deeznuts, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)

MY FELLOW BLACKMERICANS

― and what, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)

2nd half kinda fizzled xp

― deeznuts, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:48 (seventeen years ago)

subway hero dennis duffy and actress sally field

― and what, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:51 (seventeen years ago)

i did not think milf island was all that funny otehr than 'we no longer want to hit that' line

― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 April 2008 21:56 (seventeen years ago)

tracy dancing .gif pls

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

SAVE IT FOR YOUR IVILLAGE BLOG RICH

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

so much better than the last ep, dennis kills it. "we're like ross and rachel, but just not gay."

― banriquit, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:09 (seventeen years ago)

This was a great episode.

Dennis:
"Yeah I failed the firefighter test, it's biased against the Irish"

― Super Cub, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:14 (seventeen years ago)

But... where was Grizz?

― William Bloody Swygart, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

tracy dancing .gif pls

-- Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:05 (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

OK, gimme 90 minutes.

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

"Yeah I failed the firefighter test, it's biased against the Irish"

I thought this was "biased against errors"!

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:50 (seventeen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/tracey.gif

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)

Is it?

xpost

― Super Cub, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:02 (seventeen years ago)

no,it was biased against the irish

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:06 (seventeen years ago)

THANK YOU

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:07 (seventeen years ago)

It's "biased against (the) Irish", but I kinda prefer "against errors".

― caek, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:14 (seventeen years ago)

poor dot com

― tehresa, Friday, 18 April 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)

"my cologne is distilled from the bilge water of Rupert Murdoch's yacht."

― Gukbe, Saturday, 19 April 2008 01:02 (seventeen years ago)

O I'm a loser? I guess I'm the one who missed catching that puck at the islanders game. you suck!

― mizzell, Saturday, 19 April 2008 03:46 (seventeen years ago)

wait, Les Moonves is a real person?

― caek, Saturday, 19 April 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

nixon nixon nixon nixon nixon nixon nixon

― and what, Saturday, 19 April 2008 15:57 (seventeen years ago)

who is conan obrien and why is she so sad?

― and what, Saturday, 19 April 2008 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

O I'm a loser? I guess I'm the one who missed catching that puck at the islanders game. you suck!

-- mizzell, Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:46 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Link

lol @ this
now is the first time ive had to watch this again. so psyched

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 April 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

Dennis will always be Ryan O'Reilly from Oz...in fact, he's the reason I started watching 30 Rock in the first place.

― musically, Saturday, 19 April 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

So I'm living on Netflix time and only eight episodes into the first season, but holy shit...Did this show totally jump the shark after the hilarious pilot, or what? Does it get better later? I hope so. When does Tracy Morgan actually start being funny?

-- xhuxk, Friday, April 18, 2008 2:35 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

http://i17.tinypic.com/6ptj2ua.gif

― s1ocki, Sunday, 20 April 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

who is conan obrien and why is she so sad?

-- and what, Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

i loved that

― s1ocki, Sunday, 20 April 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

i like to think that they don't warn conan when they make a joke like that (excepting his cameos of course)

― s1ocki, Sunday, 20 April 2008 15:13 (seventeen years ago)

who is conan obrien and why is she so sad?

-- and what, Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

hahahahah this was the line i was trying to remember - i wandered around all night and i only saw one person a giant lesbian...

― jhøshea, Sunday, 20 April 2008 15:23 (seventeen years ago)

i was loling ferociously @ that

― jhøshea, Sunday, 20 April 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)

thats one mouthy sandwich girl

― max, Sunday, 20 April 2008 17:47 (seventeen years ago)

Sabor de Soledad = "Flavor of Solitude"

― Maltodextrin, Monday, 21 April 2008 04:38 (seventeen years ago)

also possible dig at soledad obrien?

― tehresa, Monday, 21 April 2008 06:00 (seventeen years ago)

Frank's chart of "The Valley" was fuggin' awesome!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 April 2008 01:44 (seventeen years ago)

And it got even better after that.

BLURGH!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 April 2008 01:58 (seventeen years ago)

Shit, it's Thursday!

― Kerm, Friday, 25 April 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

Oh wait, DVR!

― Kerm, Friday, 25 April 2008 02:02 (seventeen years ago)

diabetes repair?

― dan selzer, Friday, 25 April 2008 02:06 (seventeen years ago)

"Hugging is so ethnic."

― David R., Friday, 25 April 2008 02:43 (seventeen years ago)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

― David R., Friday, 25 April 2008 02:43 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.spaceshipnofuture.org/pix/uncanny.jpg

― f. hazel, Friday, 25 April 2008 10:31 (seventeen years ago)

drspaceman_cape.gif

― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 April 2008 11:27 (seventeen years ago)

I guess that rules out the federal reserve!

― caek, Friday, 25 April 2008 12:02 (seventeen years ago)

at first i was elated that gob was back, but then he said that line about clay aiken leaving the show to jack and now i wonder if they're replacing alec baldwin with him! that would not be good.

― f. hazel, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:01 (seventeen years ago)

business juice

― caek, Friday, 25 April 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

"business sick"!

― chicago kevin, Friday, 25 April 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

here's your starting salary.
SLAP
(mouthed) i know.

― Ai Lien, Friday, 25 April 2008 16:52 (seventeen years ago)

MORE PETE

― David R., Friday, 25 April 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

that was one of the best episodes yet

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 25 April 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)

all the Amadeus stuff was great "are you getting this?" "You're going to fast!"

― dan selzer, Friday, 25 April 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)

How closely were they following Amadeus? I've never actually seen the whole thing.

― circles, Friday, 25 April 2008 17:34 (seventeen years ago)

i think that might have been my favorite episode of all time

― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 April 2008 18:50 (seventeen years ago)

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3DR. SPACEMAN<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 April 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)

OMG Liz handing Jack a tampon

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

"another Lemon zinger"

― David R., Friday, 25 April 2008 19:31 (seventeen years ago)

it wasn't all A++ for me ("thoughtsicles" seemed like a very deliberate attempt at a new "mindgrapes") but yeah, pretty good.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:32 (seventeen years ago)

wow what a great episode

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:32 (seventeen years ago)

they basically recreated the final act of Amadeus replacying Salieri with Josh, Mozart with Tracy, and Mozart's Requiem with a pornographic video game. The lines I quoted, with Tracy all frantic "are you getting this?" was the main part, but Dr. Spacemen wearing the cape running through the halls is Salieri in the Don Giovanni costume.

― dan selzer, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

I love how Tracy Jordan says "Liz Lemon" -- it sounds like "Ms. Lemon" so he sounds like he's addressing a teacher (and really she is the most adult)

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 25 April 2008 20:16 (seventeen years ago)

business drunk, its like rich drunk, its legal to drive

― max, Friday, 25 April 2008 20:40 (seventeen years ago)

Don't forget Kenneth as Constanze! (Too bad he didn't call Tracy "Jordy")

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 25 April 2008 20:43 (seventeen years ago)

I'd love to, but we have no way of knowing where the heart is.

― nickalicious, Friday, 25 April 2008 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

Dr Spaceman is my favorite television character.

― nickalicious, Friday, 25 April 2008 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

I love Dr. Spacemen, but at times he's kinda just like Dr. Nick.

― dan selzer, Friday, 25 April 2008 21:29 (seventeen years ago)

"another Lemon zinger" = ok, someone needs to assemble a complete guide to all the low-lying puns in the writing for this show, because I would never have caught this

(I would like to take credit for having noticed "Lemon party" upthread, but I'm pretty sure someone pointed that out to me)

― nabisco, Friday, 25 April 2008 21:40 (seventeen years ago)

i think that might have been my favorite episode of all time

OTM. My Facebook status is "... had dreams. He was going to live with the gorillas."

― Sundar, Friday, 25 April 2008 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

wau

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 25 April 2008 22:55 (seventeen years ago)

I've thought "Diabetes repair?" at least twenty times today.

― polyphonic, Friday, 25 April 2008 22:55 (seventeen years ago)

A little too much plot in that episode, but so many great lines.

'You get one cry in life, good choice'

― Ed, Friday, 25 April 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

"If I'm such a bad dad, why are we all dancing?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 25 April 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

"who's got two thumbs, speaks limited french, and hasn't cried once today"

― banriquit, Friday, 25 April 2008 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

"THIS MOI!"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 25 April 2008 23:22 (seventeen years ago)

"ill go see him every week - until spamalot closes...or he leaves the show" w/ the last said in will arnett's dramavoice was the biggest laugh for me

― deeznuts, Friday, 25 April 2008 23:42 (seventeen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/lizslap.gifhttp://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/lizslap.gifhttp://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/lizslap.gif

― caek, Saturday, 26 April 2008 00:48 (seventeen years ago)

BTW, dunno if it's nationwide, but I just bought s1 @ Target for $20!!!!

― David R., Saturday, 26 April 2008 00:57 (seventeen years ago)

drspacemanrunningthrough30rockadinfinitum.gif pls

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 26 April 2008 12:31 (seventeen years ago)

the frenetic pace of the amadeus scenes was so well done. i was dying with slo-mo spa-che-man.

― cutty, Saturday, 26 April 2008 12:48 (seventeen years ago)

executives are like "RUHRUHRUHRUH" and I'm more like "Laaaaaaaaaalaaaaaaaalaaaaa"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 26 April 2008 13:13 (seventeen years ago)

i think i asked this once before but what do the british think of this show? is it too american?

― cutty, Saturday, 26 April 2008 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

it's our crown jewel of sitcomedy right now

― cutty, Saturday, 26 April 2008 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

It's a niche thing here. The second season was bought, so I guess the first did OK. It probably is too American. Family Guy has at least as many references that are impenetrable to a British audience, but that did OK over here, so I don't think it's that. I think perhaps it's the style of humour and writing, both of which are very American.

― caek, Saturday, 26 April 2008 15:00 (seventeen years ago)

it wasn't all A++ for me ("thoughtsicles" seemed like a very deliberate attempt at a new "mindgrapes") but yeah, pretty good.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, April 25, 2008 7:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

yes because mindgrapes was such a national sensation!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 26 April 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

I think perhaps it's the style of humour and writing, both of which are very American.

-- caek, Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:00 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

more on this? what other tv shows are very american? are you really saying 30 rock is more american than family guy??

― and what, Saturday, 26 April 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

in england they would say Rock 30

― s1ocki, Saturday, 26 April 2008 19:34 (seventeen years ago)

Maybe some of pop culture stuff is "too American"? For example, how big was the Michael Vick scandal over there?

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, 26 April 2008 19:43 (seventeen years ago)

i think me and caek are the only ilx britishes who follow it -- it plays on a minor channel here and no-one i know watches it. it did get good reviews, but so did 'seinfeld' and no-one saw that either. but since 'friends', 'frasier', and 'satc' went away there hasn't been a really big US sitcom hit here (unless you count 'ugly betty'). shit, even 'will and grace' got more play than '30 rock'.

'SNL' was never a thing here, so there's that. uh and iirc when i saw it shown on TV they'd cut some of tracy's scenes out, so i guess there's the racism thing too. i dunno what 'too american' means, british people love lots of american stuff.

― banriquit, Saturday, 26 April 2008 22:36 (seventeen years ago)

s1ocki, considering that "mindgrapes" has probably been quoted more times in this thread than any other line, I think it's fair to say that's one of the better known lines among people who watch to show and employing a similiar phrase in a similiar way just seemed kinda weak to me.

― Alex in Baltimore, Saturday, 26 April 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)

thoughtsicles was obviously a reference to mindgrapes and it was excellent at that

― cutty, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:17 (seventeen years ago)

There's no doubt that the references are too obscure, but there's more to it. I think 30 Rock's problem in the UK is that it's the American writer's room sit-com taken to its ultimate flawless conclusion. Not alternative comedy. Just perfect gags, lines and zingers. That's probably what I mean by too American. It's a particular type of sitcom that doesn't work here, as demonstrated by Seinfeld.

― caek, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:19 (seventeen years ago)

i mean every line in last night's episode was perfect. all killer no filler.

― cutty, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:19 (seventeen years ago)

it's amazing they can have any plot at all when the jokes are so rapid fire

― cutty, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:20 (seventeen years ago)

I'm from Scotland and I and lots of people in my circle of friends love 30 Rock but I remember once mentioning it in the office to a group of about ten people around my age (early 20s) and not one of them had heard of it and when I said it had Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan from Saturday Night Live in it they looked even more perplexed. Ah well, at least Alec Baldwin registered.

― jim, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)

And although I love it I have no clue what channel they show it on so it must be a minor one. As Caek mentions though Seinfeld never took off here either, I remember having to stay up 'til 11 on a Tuesday to watch it when I was about ten years old.

― jim, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:32 (seventeen years ago)

And of course, 30 Rock isn't really "big" in the US to begin with.

I was really disappointed that there was nary a mention of giant lesbians when Tina was on Conan's show last night.

― circles, Sunday, 27 April 2008 02:00 (seventeen years ago)

this ep made me love tv again or something

― rrrobyn, Sunday, 27 April 2008 02:27 (seventeen years ago)

it's funny, I just caught up on a few recent episodes I missed this season on the NBC site, and out of the 4 or 5 I saw for the first this week, this past Thursday's was nowhere near my favorite, kinda surprised about all the love for it although it did have some great moments.

― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 27 April 2008 02:52 (seventeen years ago)

when i saw it shown on TV they'd cut some of tracy's scenes out, so i guess there's the racism thing too

Wait, wait, what? That's a joke, right?

Also, never heard of the mindgrapes thing. I mean, whatever that is, it's not exactly "werewolf bar mitzvah" or "spa-cha-man" or even "shut it down" as a well-known 30 Rock joke.

― Nhex, Sunday, 27 April 2008 04:25 (seventeen years ago)

What? The mindgrapes thing is one of the biggest 30 Rock jokes.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 April 2008 05:24 (seventeen years ago)

it was a good joke. let's all relax.

awesome ep.

― s1ocki, Sunday, 27 April 2008 08:37 (seventeen years ago)

this episode was so good i might just watch it a second time tomorrow!!

god, the amadeus stuff was amazing.

― tehresa, Sunday, 27 April 2008 08:49 (seventeen years ago)

this episode was so good i'm gonna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant!

― edb, Sunday, 27 April 2008 12:45 (seventeen years ago)

I'm a brit following this and I think this is the nearest thing America has produced to a father ted or a black books. American sit coms tend to be in fairly normal situations where the comedy comes from the mundane in the character's lives. 30 rock exists in a much less realistic world with much more exaggerated characters. All lot of jokes are going to pass Brits by, (I miss out on some of the entertainment references, although I got Michael VIck, but then I read ILX and the NY times). That said, the main reason this isn't really registering over here is that it is on channel 5 and doesn't stay fixed in the schedule AFAIK, I only found it because my girlfried let me know about it.

This episode was great, especially on a second watching where I wasn't quite so pissed off with the world. It is a shame if Alec Baldwin is leaving as he brings some of my biggest ROFLs.

― Ed, Sunday, 27 April 2008 13:02 (seventeen years ago)

are they talking aobut him leaving again? i thought that was all over

― akm, Sunday, 27 April 2008 14:42 (seventeen years ago)

Some people on this thread are speculating after his plot in the last episode, but I don't think anyone has any new information.

― caek, Sunday, 27 April 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

Your search - "alec baldwin leaving" - did not match any documents.

― G00blar, Sunday, 27 April 2008 14:51 (seventeen years ago)

best episode in ages, btw.

― G00blar, Sunday, 27 April 2008 14:51 (seventeen years ago)

he's not leaving folks.

― s1ocki, Sunday, 27 April 2008 16:12 (seventeen years ago)

good

― Ed, Sunday, 27 April 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

He's gone. RIP Jack Donoughy.

― HI DERE, Sunday, 27 April 2008 20:37 (seventeen years ago)

evidence please

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 27 April 2008 22:14 (seventeen years ago)

I blame Hillary

― G00blar, Sunday, 27 April 2008 22:16 (seventeen years ago)

that's not evidence. he also said he'd move to france if Bush was elected to a second term...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 27 April 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

I said "suck it, monkeys" to people inside a car-rental office.

― nabisco, Monday, 28 April 2008 03:26 (seventeen years ago)

did you put down your gold card and tell them it's... made of GOLD?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 28 April 2008 10:22 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00059176-695129_400.jpg?

― mizzell, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

my genius has come alive! like toys when your back is turned!

― and what, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

he cant keep going like this... he was up for six hours straight

― and what, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:17 (seventeen years ago)

such a great ep... fuckin diabetes repair line killed me

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)

also the way tray says "they're NICE."

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)

also the show's second joke around the word "eureka"!!

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

also, chris parnell being all grossed out by administering a shot.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

haaa totally

"is it 411 or 911? i always forget."

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

his face when he goes, "uh, diabetes repair, i guess"

― max, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

he totally dialed "411"

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

lol dying just remembering it all!

― tehresa, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

i quoted "diabetes repair" line to my friend in a movie theater the other day and random people in front of us turned around and smiled in recognition.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)

this show unites america

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)

i love parnell in this, but i also really respect that he's only on sometimes. the fact that he's used at precisely perfect moments keeps you from getting sick of it and keeps it hilarious and awesome.

― tehresa, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:25 (seventeen years ago)

otm

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:28 (seventeen years ago)

Did anyone watch Parnell's turn as the vice principal on Miss Guided? Not Dr. Spaceman funny, but funny nonetheless.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

favorite dr spaceman moment - "we have no way of knowing, because the powerful bread lobby won't let me continue my research"

― max, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

if we keep doing this we will have to quote the entire history of the show. having said that, "bread is one of the worst things in the world."

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:39 (seventeen years ago)

I liked him on the Miss Guided... kind of. That show as a real shame, I love Judy Greer, but it was just really mediocre. Even Samantha Who managed to be a level above that one.

― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

I've pasted this link before, but I feel it cannot be overstated: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock

― caek, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 00:17 (seventeen years ago)

I don't get the crazy love for Spaceman, but i think i only get half of the jokes on this show.

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:30 (seventeen years ago)

...

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:26 (seventeen years ago)

Wow, I just realized that the actress who played Liz Lemler (Floyd's girlfriend who was supposed to get the flowers that Lemon got, and got shipped off the NY office) was played by Anna Chlumsky. Aka "My Girl".

MINDBLOWN!

― Nhex, Thursday, 1 May 2008 21:44 (seventeen years ago)

WHERE'S MY MAC AND CHEESE?

― Mordy, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:37 (seventeen years ago)

"Who was that bitch that answered your phone eight months ago??!!!"

Scary Liz is scary!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:47 (seventeen years ago)

HILL PEOPLE MILK

― Kerm, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:55 (seventeen years ago)

this was really fucking good

― and what, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:57 (seventeen years ago)

Spin Doctors t-shirt LOL

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:58 (seventeen years ago)

Oh no! Youths!

― Mordy, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:58 (seventeen years ago)

Liz getting hit in the nose with the football was hilarious.

I can't believe the season finale is already next week.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 2 May 2008 02:12 (seventeen years ago)

writers' strike should've been decided by a drinking contest...

― Kerm, Friday, 2 May 2008 02:18 (seventeen years ago)

YOU USED GHOSTBUSTERS FOR EVIL

― Jordan, Friday, 2 May 2008 03:25 (seventeen years ago)

What was that thing they did when Lloyd was at the door after missing his flight, and Lloyd said one word, and Liz hissed?

― David R., Friday, 2 May 2008 03:27 (seventeen years ago)

brian fuckin dennehy!

― cutty, Friday, 2 May 2008 03:27 (seventeen years ago)

floyd, not lloyd, said "CRONE!"

― cutty, Friday, 2 May 2008 03:28 (seventeen years ago)

brian fuckin dennehy!

For real! Now that's how to do a celebrity cameo.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 May 2008 03:28 (seventeen years ago)

fuck FLOYD I can't believe I got that wrong

Also YES to Dennehy's moustache!

Also YES to the sandwich shop -- I worked for my dad for a few years; me, my pops, and my pop's former partner in the state police. There was this sandwich shop out in I forget where; it was about a 20-30 minute drive one way. Pops & his partner would go out there at least 3 times a week, and the sandwiches were godlike -- homemade sandwich dressing, cold cuts sliced thin & piled high, huge gorgeous meatballs w/ the provolone melted just so. And the pasta fazool! I am hungry right now thinking about this place, it's stupid.

― David R., Friday, 2 May 2008 03:35 (seventeen years ago)

I hope my using "fazool" instead of "fagioli" does not offend any of my mother's relatives.

― David R., Friday, 2 May 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

"Flight 31 to Montreal is now blurging"

― Dan I., Friday, 2 May 2008 05:37 (seventeen years ago)

^^^

Is that what it said? Blurging? I thought so, but I wasn't sure.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 May 2008 05:42 (seventeen years ago)

ya i thought so too

― s1ocki, Friday, 2 May 2008 07:30 (seventeen years ago)

what was the star wars ref in this one?

― s1ocki, Friday, 2 May 2008 07:30 (seventeen years ago)

Trying not to be spoilered, but damn, the uncanny valley is actually a real thing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

― Ed, Friday, 2 May 2008 10:07 (seventeen years ago)

The Peter Venkman line easily made up for it. That punchline was so good, because during the in-between time I was totally thinking to myself "hmm, Peter Venkman? are they gonna address that? or is that a throwaway--oh."

― Nhex, Friday, 2 May 2008 10:17 (seventeen years ago)

floyd: "how about that barbecue place you puked at"
liz: "you're going to have to be more specific"

― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 May 2008 11:09 (seventeen years ago)

there have been threads here on the uncanny valley, ed

― cutty, Friday, 2 May 2008 11:12 (seventeen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/tracey-jack.gifhttp://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/tracey-jack.gif

― caek, Friday, 2 May 2008 19:30 (seventeen years ago)

"It was two undescended testicles!"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 2 May 2008 19:31 (seventeen years ago)

less frank next season please. more twofer and jenna.

― caek, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:11 (seventeen years ago)

floor 12 looked like twin peaks

― caek, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:12 (seventeen years ago)

I DON'T KNOW WHAT "CRASH" MEANS

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:14 (seventeen years ago)

i laughed loudest at "You'll ALL have chins!"

― circles, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:16 (seventeen years ago)

"hollywood sock"

― caek, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:19 (seventeen years ago)

Oh god... YOUTHS

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:21 (seventeen years ago)

poor guy got Lemoned... HARD

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:23 (seventeen years ago)

the violin swells while she's wolfing the sandwich and then "awwww, you're eating foil!"

― caek, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:25 (seventeen years ago)

cosign spin dr. shirt AND liz singing meredith brooks...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:27 (seventeen years ago)

I have to give props to the oberlin reference. I didn't go to SXSW after my junior year, I went to Chicago to follow around Jim O'Rourke and Azita.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 3 May 2008 06:16 (seventeen years ago)

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/vlcsnap-4726388.jpg

― jergïns, Saturday, 3 May 2008 06:20 (seventeen years ago)

Tale of 2 pals

― s1ocki, Saturday, 3 May 2008 06:30 (seventeen years ago)

power honor

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 3 May 2008 10:00 (seventeen years ago)

I thought I misheard the flight to Montreal thing because I was still laughing really hard at something else.

― nickalicious, Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:41 (seventeen years ago)

^prob jack donaghy named as homeland security director of crisis and weather management

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:03 (seventeen years ago)

hehe.

'oh god, youths!' was so awesome.

― tehresa, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:37 (seventeen years ago)

so this is all pointing at Baldwin's exit of the show. Apparently, he was strongly pressured into staying for S2 so makes sense.

― baaderonixx, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

oh no thatd be unbearable!

― jhøshea, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)

wait he only needed to be persuaded to stay last season because he wanted to tour the land preaching abt how hard it was to be a father - lol "u lil pig"

― jhøshea, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

i would luv it if giess woke up and they continued w/the liz executive storyline - i was enjoying her

― jhøshea, Saturday, 3 May 2008 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

so this is all pointing at Baldwin's exit of the show. Apparently, he was strongly pressured into staying for S2 so makes sense.

-- baaderonixx, Saturday, May 3, 2008 2:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

some of you ppl are way too credulous. it's a plotline. it's meant to build suspense.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 3 May 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

i think the liz threatening kenneth thing STRONGLY points at jack mcbrayer getting a facelift in the near future.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 3 May 2008 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

The President gave me a nickname -- "The Jacker"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 9 May 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

bump

because i was srsly gonna post that one & have forgotten all the others & i know there were a ton

i love this thread cuz i always forget all the one-offs & reading this is like rewatching the episode in 30 seconds

― deeznuts, Friday, 9 May 2008 03:43 (seventeen years ago)

I've been sexually active since I was 25

― A B C, Friday, 9 May 2008 04:13 (seventeen years ago)

"But I'm not prepared!"
"I know, I'm not drunk either."

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:20 (seventeen years ago)

Godfinger

― Gukbe, Friday, 9 May 2008 15:59 (seventeen years ago)

I will not fail you, Rainbow Chicken

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 9 May 2008 16:03 (seventeen years ago)

I wonder how the hell they got the idea for the cutaway scene of Frank being an archer unable to compete in the 1980 Olympics-- My father was at his peak as an archer back then and was training for an Olympics try-out when Carter boycotted--he made it to the 1988 Olympics, but as a coach.

― President Keyes, Friday, 9 May 2008 16:10 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't think that episode was as funny as the last few. It was kinda off the rails, like Tina wrote it while making or promoting Baby Mama, or while drunk. Matthew Broderick's nickname stuff was my fave part though..."Burger because he saw me eating a Hamburger...once...and it wasn't even a hamburger, it was a sandwhich!"

― dan selzer, Friday, 9 May 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

uh no that was an amazing episode

― n/a, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:18 (seventeen years ago)

it was kinda off the rails

― n/a, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:19 (seventeen years ago)

i agree that episode was a step down from recent highs. Broderick won't be relaunching his career off the back of that performance. it seems ludicrous to say but i think there was actually too much going on, like they compressed some ideas to squeeze them in following the strike delay.

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:25 (seventeen years ago)

seemed like a finale to me

― jergïns, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)

so-so ep

― s1ocki, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:41 (seventeen years ago)

some funny stuff fer sher tho

― s1ocki, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:41 (seventeen years ago)

poor liz's face when Jenna realizes it might be Dennis' baby

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)

Any episode with Dennis in it is at least a B for me automatically, even if the Jack stuff was mostly boring.

― polyphonic, Friday, 9 May 2008 18:00 (seventeen years ago)

n/a otm

still hoping for a lot more quotable quotes; this episode had to be top 3 at least for those

― deeznuts, Friday, 9 May 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

somebody else has to transcribe the part about edie falco owing Jack sexual favors because of stuff he did to her in the bedroom pls...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 9 May 2008 18:46 (seventeen years ago)

the look DENNIS gives the camera after Liz asks him back up to change some lightbulbs!!!

― David R., Friday, 9 May 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)

also: "that's not a leak ... I can show you the study"

― David R., Friday, 9 May 2008 18:57 (seventeen years ago)

one of my favorite eps so far.

― ryan, Friday, 9 May 2008 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

"Sperm bank? No! The Duffy men use those like ATMs"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 9 May 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

the look DENNIS gives the camera after Liz asks him back up to change some lightbulbs!!!

-- David R., Friday, May 9, 2008 6:56 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

haha ya

― s1ocki, Friday, 9 May 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

GOREGASM (COLON) THE LEGEND OF DONGSLAYER

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 May 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)

people who didn't like this episode, i seriously don't understand what they want from this show

― n/a, Friday, 9 May 2008 19:42 (seventeen years ago)

donny lawson spinning around in the swivel chair, bond villain style, but doing more than 180 degrees! ahh haha ...

― edb, Friday, 9 May 2008 19:43 (seventeen years ago)

i was told there would be no nudity

― slugbuggy, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

No crying in my bath tonight!

― max, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

i thought broderick was perfect

― max, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

donny lawson spinning around in the swivel chair, bond villain style, but doing more than 180 degrees! ahh haha ...

-- edb, Friday, May 9, 2008 7:43 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

otm am i the only person who thought all of his 'dramatic' appearances were worth a laugh? i love corny slapstick running gags

― deeznuts, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:24 (seventeen years ago)

i love everything about this show. i thought last night was awesome

― Mr. Que, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)

My favorite 30 Rock line is anything Dr. Spaceman says. Particularly "...Diabetes repair, I guess."

― Kath, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)

also holy shit I almost forgot -- Geis' daughter w/ the Matchbox car coming out of her mouth (& the Marky Mark poster)!!!!!

― David R., Friday, 9 May 2008 20:33 (seventeen years ago)

Anytime Jenna sings it is hilarious.

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

It's hard for me to watch American Idol because I have perfect pitch

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:42 (seventeen years ago)

its hard for me to watch american idol because theres a water bug on the remote control!

― and what, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:52 (seventeen years ago)

that was kenneth's funniest line in a long time.

― horseshoe, Friday, 9 May 2008 20:55 (seventeen years ago)

Liz calling out Jenna for having a threesome with Tom and Roseanne Arnold got a beer spew from me.

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 9 May 2008 21:00 (seventeen years ago)

"that was TWO YEARS ago!!"

― will, Friday, 9 May 2008 21:02 (seventeen years ago)

"channel changer"

― Jordan, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:09 (seventeen years ago)

Liz calling out Jenna for having a threesome with Tom and Roseanne Arnold got a beer spew from me.

-- BlackIronPrison, Friday, May 9, 2008 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

"that was TWO YEARS ago!!"

-- will, Friday, May 9, 2008 9:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

that was HILARIOUS.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:10 (seventeen years ago)

another recent favourite jenna line: "that's how i met that mobster!"

― s1ocki, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:11 (seventeen years ago)

"I assumed it was Oral Germwhore."

-- N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, January 12, 2007 8:54 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

hahaha ^^ ▀█▀ █▬█ █ ▄█▀

― s1ocki, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:12 (seventeen years ago)

dennis's line about wanting to name after the first girl he banged "to honor her"

― Jordan, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:27 (seventeen years ago)

(name the baby obv.)

― Jordan, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:28 (seventeen years ago)

"Touch my feet... with your knees!"

― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:32 (seventeen years ago)

omg, pens!!!

― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 10 May 2008 00:39 (seventeen years ago)

people who didn't like this episode, i seriously don't understand what they want from this show

It's not like I didn't think it was funny, but there was something slapdash about it, kinda disjointed in a way. Maybe too much going on so it was cut really tight or weird or something. Don't act like I'm a lesser human, jeez.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 10 May 2008 05:35 (seventeen years ago)

i see myself... in you
(pointing at the mirror)

― tehresa, Saturday, 10 May 2008 07:10 (seventeen years ago)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/DennisDuffy.jpg

― G00blar, Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:14 (seventeen years ago)

You know what I love? The Dennis Duffy Theme Music. It's so Springsteen-y!

― G00blar, Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:15 (seventeen years ago)

lmfao at this episode

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 May 2008 22:13 (seventeen years ago)

i was totally rofling during jenna's video essay

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 May 2008 22:14 (seventeen years ago)

also for some reason when liz stopped the voicemail message to say that kenneth had done a flip into the elevator

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 May 2008 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

also "thank you cerie, i've been sexually active since i was TWENTY FIVE"

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 May 2008 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

It was a pretty disjointed show, but it was jam packed with funny.

They should do a Jack-in-Washington spinoff. It looked like they were using the West Wing set and lighting anyway. "'Cooter' because I look like a turtle and 'Burger' because he saw me eating a hamburger. One time!"

"Dude, I played this thing for a couple hours. It's okay I guess."
"Frank, you've been in your office for 3 MONTHS!"

― shanecavanaugh, Sunday, 11 May 2008 00:25 (seventeen years ago)

this whole exchange btwn jack & cooter:
c:"... a non-leathal chemical weapon that would reduce enemy soldiers combat posture by making them totally gay bones for each other"
j:"how gay?"
c:"it doesn't say, it was abandoned before the planning stages"
J:"of course it was - it would have been expensive, impractical and offensive to the red states and the gayer blue states"
c:"this is exactly what we're looking for"
j:"a guaranteed disaster, like eating a burrito before sex"

― rrrobyn, Sunday, 11 May 2008 00:38 (seventeen years ago)

such a frank drebin line

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 00:41 (seventeen years ago)

i watched an old episode of this last night:

"this is going to be one serious negosh"

i love that guy

― t_g, Monday, 12 May 2008 12:23 (seventeen years ago)

We all know that Rome wasn't built in a day-

Well, that's one theory...

― Kerm, Monday, 12 May 2008 12:41 (seventeen years ago)

"PEN CLOSET"

― Kerm, Monday, 12 May 2008 12:43 (seventeen years ago)

"Look at these resignation letters... They're written in ketchup, dirty rock, leak water..."

― Kerm, Monday, 12 May 2008 12:47 (seventeen years ago)

"I know what prenatal means... 'pre-' before, '-natal' ruined."

― Kerm, Monday, 12 May 2008 12:50 (seventeen years ago)

you're gonna have the baby in the same hospital in coney island that i was born in

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 12:51 (seventeen years ago)

Has anyone here seen the unaired pilot with Rachel Dratch as Jenna?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Rachel_Dratch_and_Jane_Krakowski_as_Jenna_DeCarlo_%26_Jenna_Maroney.png

And some other girl as Cerie.

Casting changes were all spot on and the jokes they cut/replaced were weak, but it's an interesting curio.

― caek, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

whoa weird. is that online or something?

― s1ocki, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

I got it from piratebay

― caek, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

also, as well as being a curio rewatching early stuff puts to rest the idea that season 2 is as good as season 1

― caek, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4174810/30.Rock.S00E00.Unaired.Pilot.NBC.Internal.DVD-RIP-DIVX

― caek, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:43 (seventeen years ago)

also, as well as being a curio rewatching early stuff puts to rest the idea that season 2 is as good as season 1

-- caek, Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:41 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

im sayin

― and what, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:44 (seventeen years ago)

also, as well as being a curio rewatching early stuff puts to rest the idea that season 2 is as good as season 1

-- caek, Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:41 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

im sayin

This bullshit is so bullshit I NEVER wanna hear this bullshit on the radio
Or in my children's ears cause it's bullshit

imho

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 15 May 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah keep that venom away from 30 Rock... go fix CSNCIJAG&Bones:SVU.

― Kerm, Thursday, 15 May 2008 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

dudes second half of season 1 was pretty weak in comparison

― s1ocki, Thursday, 15 May 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

^Yes

― Ed, Thursday, 15 May 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

liz's "i want it in writing that jenna's job is safe" line in pilot kinda weirdly prescient.

― slugbuggy, Friday, 16 May 2008 04:46 (seventeen years ago)

maybe this is copping out but i'd rate it, second half of 2>first half of 1>second half of 1> first half of 2

― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 06:42 (seventeen years ago)

the last 4 eps of this season could all be my favorite ever-- one where don geiss dies that has A++++++ spaceman joeks is my favorite of all time i think

― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 06:43 (seventeen years ago)

Have they wrapped up for the summer?

― Ed, Friday, 16 May 2008 06:43 (seventeen years ago)

Yep.

― G00blar, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:27 (seventeen years ago)

don geiss dies?

― bingolola, Sunday, 18 May 2008 18:16 (seventeen years ago)

Don Geiss doesn't die!!

― musically, Sunday, 18 May 2008 18:36 (seventeen years ago)

basically dies is what i meant

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 18 May 2008 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

i like don geiss, he takes his grandchildren snorkelling. However he did not fund 'Jefferson' and this tempers my enthusiasm.

― bingolola, Sunday, 18 May 2008 18:48 (seventeen years ago)

for those of you who think they wrote baldwin out of the show, in people's most beautiful people issue, he writes about tina fey and refers to the show as "us in the long run", so thats something to think about

― J0rdan S., Monday, 19 May 2008 19:06 (seventeen years ago)

a tantalizing glimpse into a hypothetical future now out of our grasp ;_;

― HI DERE, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:33 (seventeen years ago)

tofer eating out in front of the sushi place next door on friday

― jhøshea, Monday, 2 June 2008 12:51 (seventeen years ago)

twofer
toofer
?

― jhøshea, Monday, 2 June 2008 12:53 (seventeen years ago)

30 rock actors ive sighted since the show began: baldwin, toofer

― jhøshea, Monday, 2 June 2008 12:58 (seventeen years ago)

J0rdan got me watching this. Just caught the first four eps of S2 on Hulu, omfg this show. And people say S1 is funnier?

In the queue.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 2 June 2008 13:40 (seventeen years ago)

HOOS' queues

― johnny crunch, Monday, 2 June 2008 13:47 (seventeen years ago)

think S1 is funnier? in the queue with you.

― s1ocki, Monday, 2 June 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)

the post-strike run of s02 as good as peak s01. wvs it's all awes. jenna maybe has best lines/lols ratio in this.

― banriquit, Saturday, 7 June 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/tracy_morgan_0

AVC: You're scheduled to play a major role in Nailed, David O. Russell's next film. What's your character like?

Tracey Morgan: Well, I play a guy that has an anal prolapse. And we're like a political version of The Wizard Of Oz. And I'm like the lion, and Jessica Biel is Dorothy, and Kurt Fuller is the Tin Man. And we just head off to the government to get health care for everybody. [Laughs.] All three of us have health problems, health issues, and we couldn't get health care. So we travel to the government to get health care. And things happen along the way.

AVC: What is an anal prolapse?

TH: It's where your asshole falls out. When you push too hard, it prolapses, it falls out. I'm lifting weights and I happen to catch a prolapse. Yeah. If you go online, you can see it. It's really crazy.

AVC: So are you trying to get a new asshole? Is that what your character is seeking?

TM: Yeah, I want 'em to fix it.

AVC: Did you do a lot of research into anal prolapses for the role?

TM: No, dude! No, my asshole's never really popped out. [Laughs.] It's a character, dude.

― caek, Saturday, 19 July 2008 01:52 (seventeen years ago)

AVC: There's a great 30 Rock scene where Alec Baldwin is acting out all the different roles in your life: He's your mother, he's your father, he's all these different things. You're playing the straight man and he's doing crazy voices. Can you talk a little bit about what it was like filming that particular scene?

TM: Just me and Alec having fun. You know, I love Alec. Alec loves me. That's my boy, and we were just sitting down having fun with it, you know? We just relaxed. I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live.

― caek, Saturday, 19 July 2008 01:53 (seventeen years ago)

please name the other four, tracy!

― mizzell, Saturday, 19 July 2008 04:07 (seventeen years ago)

We're midway thru 2nd season in Aus- it's upsetting to see Tracy so skinny!

― bingolola, Monday, 28 July 2008 16:30 (seventeen years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://crackle.com/c/The_Line -- from the people that bought you all sorts of stuff.

Good to see the Floydster getting again.

― caek, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 03:32 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

Season 2 is out on DVD. Amused.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 5 October 2008 02:02 (seventeen years ago)

a friend of mine has a kid in her preschool class named dotcom

that is all

― joe six pak (ice crӕm), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)

You have a friend in preschool?

― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

p.s. new season doesn't start 'til end of the month, right?

― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, 22 october if I remember correctly

― Jibe, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:52 (seventeen years ago)

no sorry 30 oct.

― Jibe, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:53 (seventeen years ago)

damn.

― Doghouse O RLY (G00blar), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

http://defamer.com/5061784/finally-nbc-gives-a-grateful-nation-new-30-rock-footage#viewcomments

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 11 October 2008 12:39 (seventeen years ago)

new episode up online a week before broadcast...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/40482/30-rock-sneak-peek-do-over#s-p1-so-i0

― I DIED, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:16 (seventeen years ago)

I know what I'm doing tonight.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:17 (seventeen years ago)

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ARGHGHGHGGH

― s1ocki, Thursday, 23 October 2008 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

Last week's SNL Update thing was not funny at all.

― Trip Maker, Thursday, 23 October 2008 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

xpost. Could probably view it by using a US based proxy.

But of course that's a whole pain in the arse (and I decided I couldn't be bothered doing so earlier on).

― what U cry 4 (jim), Thursday, 23 October 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

oh yeah i'm watching this shit RIGHT NOW

― my other son is a zamboni (gbx), Friday, 24 October 2008 01:54 (seventeen years ago)

loved it

― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 October 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)

can't wait for SAMESUNG shop

― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 October 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)

had unnatural lols at "swimsuit area" too

― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 October 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)

"can I... hairp you?"

― I DIED, Friday, 24 October 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

aw! "i just like seeing you in there."

― horseshoe, Friday, 24 October 2008 03:15 (seventeen years ago)

guys im not happy i cant see this

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 03:20 (seventeen years ago)

oh slocki it's awesome!

― my other son is a zamboni (gbx), Friday, 24 October 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)

really, really great! :D

― my other son is a zamboni (gbx), Friday, 24 October 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)

what is the emoticon that is both :D and :'(

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

or :D and ;_;

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

;u;

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

that ain't right.

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

lol @ the pic of Jack and Kim Jong Il behind his desk.

― ILX MOD (musically), Friday, 24 October 2008 06:01 (seventeen years ago)

;n; more like, right?

― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Friday, 24 October 2008 06:04 (seventeen years ago)

or ;n_n;

― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Friday, 24 October 2008 06:04 (seventeen years ago)

here's the prizoof!

― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Friday, 24 October 2008 06:04 (seventeen years ago)

guys im not happy i cant see this

s1ocki it just popped up on torrent trackers so you CAN see it :)))) (this is how i'm gonna watch it)

― a.q. con (jergins), Friday, 24 October 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

;_;

tears of joy

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

;n_n;

― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Friday, 24 October 2008 19:29 (seventeen years ago)

it's weird to me that the tears are coming out in those directions

― s1ocki, Friday, 24 October 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

On the season 2 dvd there's supposed to be a bloopers reel easter egg somewhere. Anyone know where?

― A country only rich people know (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 27 October 2008 14:13 (seventeen years ago)

;n_n;

GUYS I AM IN THE ANCHORAGE AIRPORT AND I JUST WATCHED THE COLD OPEN AND IT WAS CHOPPY BUT I AM SO VERY HAPPY. I CAN'T WATCH MORE BECAUSE IT IS SCREWY AND CHOPPY.

"The Friday before! At LUNCH!"

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 08:13 (seventeen years ago)

This new episode is kind of terrible, eh?

― Stevie T, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 08:52 (seventeen years ago)

Never in doubt.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 09:27 (seventeen years ago)

This new episode is kind of terrible, eh?

RONG

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 09:53 (seventeen years ago)

It had it's moments, will and grace lady was great some good one liners but it was no classic. Felt tlike they were trying to ease people who have never watched it into the characters gently. I hope liz/jack will they won't they isn't too much of a theme this series.

― something less awful (Ed), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 10:04 (seventeen years ago)

i thought the new episode was pretty great, but yeah i agree abt the will they/wont they thing. that would be terrible

― t_g, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 10:15 (seventeen years ago)

the whole joke is they wont ever under any circumstances

― max, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 11:51 (seventeen years ago)

I have no idea how they make the running joke about Liz being unattractive/nerdy/permanently single work, given how hot she is. I guess they must use comedy writers.

― caek, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 11:55 (seventeen years ago)

lolol I just had a flashback to the episode where she was the kicker on her high school's football team

"HOORAY FOR EQUALITY!"

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 13:48 (seventeen years ago)

the season 2 dvd has the live performance at UCB. pretty fun, esp. baldwin getting all up on edie falco's stand-in.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

I just watched this via some odd russian site which has probably infected my computer with norovirus but I don't care, I'm like Liz at the end of the episode.

― A country only rich people know (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:21 (seventeen years ago)

hilarious/ kinda sad interview with Tracy in ny mag
http://nymag.com/arts/tv/profiles/51526/?imw=Y&f=most-viewed-24h5

― mizzell, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:27 (seventeen years ago)

Sitting with him in a booth at the London Bar with his assistant Kenny, I find it’s hard to get a bead on the guy. He’s talking to me—actually, it’s more like rapid-fire free-associating—but not really looking at me. “When you’re in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way they want you. But not Trey-Bag. I’m doing it like Frank Sinatra: my way, baby!” He continues to stare at an indeterminable spot three feet above my left shoulder, eyes slightly crossed. “I just came out of Lasik eye surgery ten minutes ago. Maybe fifteen minutes ago. So my vision is distorted.”

― mizzell, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 16:29 (seventeen years ago)

Another great Tracy article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/arts/television/02itzk.html?hp

― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:46 (seventeen years ago)

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/10/jon-hamm-to-gue.html

I think Jack Donaghy could out-Don-Draper Don Draper, fwiw.

― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Friday, 31 October 2008 00:29 (seventeen years ago)

o_O :D :D :D :D :D

― David R., Friday, 31 October 2008 00:43 (seventeen years ago)

OMG. Started 4 minutes ago and I've already lol'd 4 times.

― Mordy, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:34 (seventeen years ago)

Once was at the Japanese commercial.

― Mordy, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:34 (seventeen years ago)

good show.

― ian, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:44 (seventeen years ago)

"My God. That's her signature."

― Mordy, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:57 (seventeen years ago)

Oh my god. I never laugh as hard at a show as I do at this one.

― Mordy, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:58 (seventeen years ago)

Bitch, my name is Fred.

― Lil Nunu (ENBB), Friday, 31 October 2008 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

You cant sue me! I'm already being sued. DOUBLE INDEMNITY!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 31 October 2008 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

x-post

You can't sue me! I'm already being sued. Double indemnity!

― Lil Nunu (ENBB), Friday, 31 October 2008 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

LOL

― Lil Nunu (ENBB), Friday, 31 October 2008 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

I just noticed for the first time in the commercial where Liz says "Oprah is coming!" that Jenna is behind her dressed in blackface.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

NO!

― Lil Nunu (ENBB), Friday, 31 October 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

will arnet running shoeless toward connecticut LOL

― 888 (ice crӕm), Friday, 31 October 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

cathy's mark wahlberg posters

― caek, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:13 (seventeen years ago)

i demand a spin-off about viveanne and patch.

― mizzell, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:15 (seventeen years ago)

lol @ SAMESUNG

― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

yeah that was a good moment.

"i sold the e."

― ian, Friday, 31 October 2008 03:02 (seventeen years ago)

working the day shift in a graveyard and working the graveyard shift at a days inn

― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Friday, 31 October 2008 03:30 (seventeen years ago)

^ yes.

― Lil Nunu (ENBB), Friday, 31 October 2008 03:32 (seventeen years ago)

^ double yes - missed a good five minutes after that line ... just gonna have to watch it again ...

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 31 October 2008 03:51 (seventeen years ago)

my fondness for this show it totally irrational

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 31 October 2008 05:10 (seventeen years ago)

dora the explorer panties clearly meant for an obese child

― akm, Friday, 31 October 2008 05:12 (seventeen years ago)

I just watched this via some odd russian site which has probably infected my computer with norovirus but I don't care, I'm like Liz at the end of the episode.

― A country only rich people know (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:21 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Link?

― en i see kay, Friday, 31 October 2008 07:54 (seventeen years ago)

I can't find that one now - probably gone. But I just looked at Sidereel and it's got a whole load of links.
This one just worked.

― A country only rich people know (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 31 October 2008 08:09 (seventeen years ago)

Oohhh, I thought you had watched the UCB live episode online.

Thanks though!

― en i see kay, Friday, 31 October 2008 08:11 (seventeen years ago)

Will Arnett did a really impressive job of scampering up those rocks barefoot!

― I DIED, Friday, 31 October 2008 13:41 (seventeen years ago)

I know, he totally could have stubbed a toe!

― caek, Friday, 31 October 2008 14:14 (seventeen years ago)

she touched me in my...swimsuit area

― mizzell, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

give her my gift

― mizzell, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

slate on 30 rock ratings grubbing http://www.slate.com/id/2203417

― 888 (ice crӕm), Friday, 31 October 2008 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

is it true? U DECIDE!

― 888 (ice crӕm), Friday, 31 October 2008 15:16 (seventeen years ago)

it's the first ep of the season and it was funny, give em a break.

― Jordan, Friday, 31 October 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

Graduate students are the worst!

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 1 November 2008 05:19 (seventeen years ago)

This was pretty great. I love this show. I could watch Will Arnet and Tracy Morgan all day.

― Super Cub, Saturday, 1 November 2008 08:01 (seventeen years ago)

no twofer :(

― caek, Saturday, 1 November 2008 09:10 (seventeen years ago)

lil wayne thats a person right

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 November 2008 14:16 (seventeen years ago)

This seemed like one of those episodes that's mostly about setting stuff up for later, but there were some great lines.

― polyphonic, Saturday, 1 November 2008 21:04 (seventeen years ago)

has the female tgs writer who went to remove porn from her office ever been given a name? seems like she's been in the background in lots of episodes.

― circles, Saturday, 1 November 2008 22:03 (seventeen years ago)

"Girl writer"

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 1 November 2008 22:36 (seventeen years ago)

maybe one of my favorite shows of all time and w th added bonus of propamisstrexx stoppin in my store a month back buying stuff for th show...a totally mod orange ball radio made ironically by GE that spins inside of a chrome holder,but unironically only receives AM,an 8 track player i outfitted with a generic tape of soul hits titled AFRO underneath which was an african flag.and a pair of brass lamps for Alecs new apartment...she couldnt believe i heard of th show..which from this thread i suspect might be some sort of pre installed incredulity response...im watchin th debut tonite on hulu..cux my gf wouldnt let me leave her side to run home and see it.

― danbunny, Sunday, 2 November 2008 02:02 (seventeen years ago)

where's she tied up?

― Kerm, Sunday, 2 November 2008 02:15 (seventeen years ago)

i said i had to help a sick friend rotate their tires

― danbunny, Sunday, 2 November 2008 02:45 (seventeen years ago)

30 rock spoilers in the first couple of minutes (and 40 tedious minutes discussing her impersonation of palin): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=43858442&id=214089682

― caek, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:09 (seventeen years ago)

Isn't that a clip from last season?

― fat penne (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:20 (seventeen years ago)

ha, possibly. it has been a while.

― caek, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

omgleializ

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 November 2008 02:43 (seventeen years ago)

Not a top episode but

"I am also a white man and..."

"No you're not. Socioeconomically, you're more like an inner-city Latina."

― Sundar, Friday, 7 November 2008 03:04 (seventeen years ago)

WHY DO YOU HAVE CLAWS ON YOUR HANDS

They ran out of paint because I insisted they do my buttocks.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 November 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)

Jenna looks different...nose job?

― ILX MOD (musically), Friday, 7 November 2008 06:51 (seventeen years ago)

"That guy looks up to everybody. He even calls Tracy's lizard 'sir.'"

― Jouster, Friday, 7 November 2008 07:36 (seventeen years ago)

Good episode. I like that "Oprah" was able to actually help Tracy and Jenna.

Without more Pete, no good episode can be a great episode though. Although, Twofer's presence helps.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 November 2008 07:40 (seventeen years ago)

so im the only one who thinks pete is basically the least funny character

― barack husession (J0rdan S.), Friday, 7 November 2008 07:41 (seventeen years ago)

also i hope i'm not the only one thinking about starting "thread of missing dr. spaceman"

― barack husession (J0rdan S.), Friday, 7 November 2008 07:42 (seventeen years ago)

Pete isn't unfunny (he's had some great stuff), but he's basically required to be the straight man almost 100% of the time. It's a bummer, though, because Scott Adsit is capable of great stuff (Mr. Show, woot!).

― Jouster, Friday, 7 November 2008 07:45 (seventeen years ago)

Love Pete. Want more Twofer too. Less Kenneth would be fine.

― Super Cub, Friday, 7 November 2008 08:16 (seventeen years ago)

While we're on the subject, Frank does not deserve to be in the opening credits.

― Jouster, Friday, 7 November 2008 08:26 (seventeen years ago)

Spaceman will return. You can be sure of it.

― The Lyrical Jesse James (Pillbox), Friday, 7 November 2008 08:31 (seventeen years ago)

Less Kenneth would be fine.

I actually liked Kenneth in this episode but: Having just watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall (meh, mostly), I'm wondering if that actor can do anything even slightly different then the babe-in-the-woods schtick.

― The Lyrical Jesse James (Pillbox), Friday, 7 November 2008 08:34 (seventeen years ago)

this ep lold throughout

― ✧✦✵✶✴i feel magical✴✶✵✦✧ (ice crӕm), Friday, 7 November 2008 15:09 (seventeen years ago)

good to see twofer again

― Uncle Shavedlongcock (max), Friday, 7 November 2008 15:10 (seventeen years ago)

so im the only one who thinks pete is basically the least funny character

― barack husession (J0rdan S.), Friday, November 7, 2008 1:41 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No, my least favorite episodes are the ones that include a plot line involving Pete.

When was he on Mr. Show? I've watched every episode many times but don't remember him.

― Moodles, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:54 (seventeen years ago)

"Madonna's arms look CRAZY!"

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 7 November 2008 16:05 (seventeen years ago)

I'm snitting next to Borpo!

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 7 November 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

does anyone else notice that tracy morgan has gained at least 15 pounds since last season?

― YGS, Saturday, 8 November 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

oprah is so perfect on this

― Mr. Que, Saturday, 8 November 2008 17:37 (seventeen years ago)

one of my favorite lines was when liz was listing oprah's new favorite things and one of them was chinese checkers

― z z. st. z z. uv (Lamp), Saturday, 8 November 2008 17:39 (seventeen years ago)

Where is rachel dratch? Who else would be willing to trade out 3 cast members (your choice) for a permanent spot for dratch?

I hope this show remains under threat of cancellation, as it will give the writers cart blanche to go crazy, believing the show is doomed.

One of the last episodes of the X-Files had a psychic who recreated the Brady Bunch set and characters that killed people with his crazy psychic powers. That's how crazy-awesome 30 rock should be ALL THE TIME.

― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 8 November 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)

it's been well established that dratch is out of the running.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 8 November 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)

episode sucked. only funny part was the monster claw.

― cutty, Saturday, 8 November 2008 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

oh and jenna in blackface

― cutty, Saturday, 8 November 2008 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

i got some laughs out of it for sure, although i guess it trailed off by the end

― Jordan, Saturday, 8 November 2008 18:27 (seventeen years ago)

bad episode, but jenna in blackface was hilarious

― caek, Saturday, 8 November 2008 18:34 (seventeen years ago)

hey who's the actor who plays the guys who accidentally sent flowers to liz?

― LUTE JOINTS (Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃), Saturday, 8 November 2008 18:48 (seventeen years ago)

Jason Sudeikis?

― caek, Saturday, 8 November 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)

When people say "bad episode", do they mean "bad episode of 30 Rock" or "bad episode in general"? Even if this was a weaker episode, a weak 30 Rock episode is still funnier than most things on TV.

"I don't believe in hypotheticals Mr. Donagy...it's like lying to your brain." is a line we should all cherish.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 8 November 2008 19:39 (seventeen years ago)

I think both eps so far this year are roundly and soundly good.

Also, Jennifer Anniston looks like she'll be pretty good at her cameo as a psycho next week.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 November 2008 19:42 (seventeen years ago)

jenna in blackface was hilarious

Considering how much I hated her on Ally McBeal, I find Jane K. completely amazing on this show. She is a national treasure.

― polyphonic, Saturday, 8 November 2008 19:56 (seventeen years ago)

I liked her on Ally McBeal...because I never watched the show. Before 30 Rock, I only knew her via the talk show circuit.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 November 2008 19:57 (seventeen years ago)

We all make mistakes, and watching a few episodes of that show was one of mine.

But I mean Robert Downey Jr. was on it for awhile! Hard for me to resist that dude. And the guy from Ghostbusters II!

― polyphonic, Saturday, 8 November 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/Picture1-9.png
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/Picture2-4.png

― caek, Saturday, 8 November 2008 20:03 (seventeen years ago)

The monster claw was really a nice touch.

― polyphonic, Saturday, 8 November 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)

Dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime.

― kate78, Saturday, 8 November 2008 20:28 (seventeen years ago)

that was LOL

― s1ocki, Saturday, 8 November 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

I just realized that Jenna was done up in this ep to the exact specifications of C. Thomas Howell in Soul Man.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Sunday, 9 November 2008 01:11 (seventeen years ago)

*same, as

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Sunday, 9 November 2008 01:14 (seventeen years ago)

comanaprocyl: may cause dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime.

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Sunday, 9 November 2008 06:21 (seventeen years ago)

I liked her on Ally McBeal...because I never watched the show. Before 30 Rock, I only knew her via the talk show circuit.

Before 30 Rock, I remembered her as the crazy Amway wife in Go

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 9 November 2008 06:55 (seventeen years ago)

She was OK as the white trash cousin in Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation but every role since is one that Rachel Dratch is more suited for.

Rachel Dratch as crazy Amway wife in Go, Rachel Dratch as ditsy blond in Ally McBeal. Dratch Dratch Dratch. Better Better Better.

― Philip Nunez, Sunday, 9 November 2008 18:27 (seventeen years ago)

rong rong rong

― s1ocki, Sunday, 9 November 2008 18:29 (seventeen years ago)

^^^strong rebuttal to nonsense.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 9 November 2008 18:32 (seventeen years ago)

I like Dratch and I wish they could find some roles for her on the show, but Jane K. is perfect at what she does on the show.

― polyphonic, Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

yeah dratch could never pull off jane k's character.

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

p.s. guys dratch is awful

― I CRIED (G00blar), Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

^^^ real talk.

― what U cry 4 (jim), Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

she was good as blue man

― caek, Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

btw i thought the 2nd episode was funnier and, uh, closer to the real soul of 30 rock than the 1st, hopefully signalling that the show's gonna slide back into its groove after some early season ratings pandering

xpost i don't like that dude

― I CRIED (G00blar), Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

The M Night Shamalyan thing slayed me!

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 9 November 2008 20:20 (seventeen years ago)

that was pretty awesome!

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Sunday, 9 November 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)

I thought the second episode was corporate-soulless compared to the first ep/that awesome run of episodes last season. Lot of lols, but of the empty, spasmodic kind.

I wouldn't blame Jane K. for her annoying character on Ally McBeal, that was all on DEK. Anyway, Dratch couldn't possibly evoke JK's SEX-uality.

― Leee, Sunday, 9 November 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

the second episode was corporate-soulless compared to the first ep

Yeah, I agree with this. I keep waiting for 30 Rock to start pandering to a larger audience and lose the qualities that make it so great. Hasn't happened yet, but every once in a while an episode will hint at that shift in direction. The show is fighting for its life, so it must be a constant temptation.

― Super Cub, Sunday, 9 November 2008 21:14 (seventeen years ago)

Less Kenneth would be fine.

Kenneth was hilarious in the lift.
"You'll have to choke me with my belt, I'll fight you, it's only natural..."

― fat penne (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 9 November 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)

Kenneth can be damn funny, but only in limited doses. Use him too much and the schtick gets stale.

― Super Cub, Sunday, 9 November 2008 23:27 (seventeen years ago)

http://r2ch.mirror.waffleimages.com/i/ee/ee07d7e4fda33def8856955cbdb9176ccaa12b8c.gif

― I CRIED (G00blar), Sunday, 9 November 2008 23:39 (seventeen years ago)

Explain the corporate soulless thing, someone. It was as crazy as any 30 Rock episode - faked Olympic events, Liz hallucinating Oprah. The only thing that's hinted at corporate soulless to me at all is the plugging of Bee Movie in the Seinfeld ep.

― Jouster, Monday, 10 November 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)

I don't get it either. Some eps are funnier than others, but nothing about 30 Rock screams "normal sitcom" to me.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2008 00:31 (seventeen years ago)

i luvd this ep btw

― ✧✦✵✶✴i feel magical✴✶✵✦✧ (ice crӕm), Monday, 10 November 2008 00:34 (seventeen years ago)

Maybe it just gave me bad White Chicks flashbacks.

― Sundar, Monday, 10 November 2008 01:18 (seventeen years ago)

it was totally White Chicks! Which btw is one of the most underrated movies in all history.

― I DIED, Monday, 10 November 2008 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

tons of funny shit in this ep

― s1ocki, Monday, 10 November 2008 02:25 (seventeen years ago)

cant believe no one has mentioned liz in leia costume

― Uncle Shavedlongcock (max), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:27 (seventeen years ago)

i think? it would be unfair for me to be a jury? because i can read thoughts?

― Uncle Shavedlongcock (max), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:27 (seventeen years ago)

the adrien brody halle berry thing

― s1ocki, Monday, 10 November 2008 02:32 (seventeen years ago)

Explain the corporate soulless thing, someone. It was as crazy as any 30 Rock episode - faked Olympic events, Liz hallucinating Oprah. The only thing that's hinted at corporate soulless to me at all is the plugging of Bee Movie in the Seinfeld ep.

― Jouster, Sunday, November 9, 2008 6:30 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I don't get it either. Some eps are funnier than others, but nothing about 30 Rock screams "normal sitcom" to me.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, November 9, 2008 6:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

people like complaining about shit

― metametadata (n/a), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

this show is pretty remarkably consistent. i agree they could use kenneth less though.

― metametadata (n/a), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

i luv kenneth - dude can act like crazy - his party and resulting meeting in jacks office was so great

― ✧✦✵✶✴i feel magical✴✶✵✦✧ (ice crӕm), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:45 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i love him too

― barack husession (J0rdan S.), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:46 (seventeen years ago)

hill people milk still kills me!

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)

I love all the characters. They should have more of all of them.

― caek, Monday, 10 November 2008 07:26 (seventeen years ago)

Liked it but it needs to hit it's pre strike stride, glad they reset the situation, the whole don geiss coma and related storylines got old quick.

Hoping that we get some Dennis and Dr Spaceman storylines soon.

― Spritz con Bitter (Ed), Monday, 10 November 2008 09:56 (seventeen years ago)

OMG I just saw Dennis in the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Along with Penny from Lost and Shirley Manson!! He was basically the same.

― Not the real Village People, Monday, 10 November 2008 23:06 (seventeen years ago)

the phrase "diabetes repair" just popped into my head and i am still lolling

― ILX MOD (musically), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 01:05 (seventeen years ago)

this episode was hilarious

― myspace password secretary (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:05 (seventeen years ago)

"hey liz it's your roommate from college, becky"

― myspace password secretary (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:06 (seventeen years ago)

sound like the same becky as thisl

― circles, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:39 (seventeen years ago)

thisl, thatl

― circles, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:40 (seventeen years ago)

harbl

― myspace password secretary (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:41 (seventeen years ago)

I liked this episode and the last one well enough. Usually LOVE 30 Rock though. Feel it's yet to hit its stride since the break. I don't get the idea that there's been some corporate/soulless change in direction or anything. It's still the same as its ever been as far as plot and characterisation is going, just the material is a little weaker. Still, more memorable and roflworthy lines in a sub-par episode of 30 Rock than in 99% of comedy shows.

― what U cry 4 (jim), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:50 (seventeen years ago)

"My boy Kenneth's going through some rough times. They're trying to make him wear a coat that's different from his other coat."

― Sundar, Friday, 14 November 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)

I don't know where to begin on this one

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 November 2008 03:06 (seventeen years ago)

"What's wrong, Kenneth? You have wife eyes."

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 14 November 2008 03:09 (seventeen years ago)

You did it Ken! You made them change their minds!

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 November 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)

I don't know where to begin on this one

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:06 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― mizzell, Friday, 14 November 2008 03:15 (seventeen years ago)

Hey, did I actually just watch that one or did I dream it?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 November 2008 03:32 (seventeen years ago)

"wife eyes" = favorite line of the ep

― Nhex, Friday, 14 November 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

so was it funny

― hyperspace situation (gbx), Friday, 14 November 2008 05:01 (seventeen years ago)

I wonder what Richard Moll had going on that was so important he couldn't make it on board for this episode. Were his terms really that non-negotiable?

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Friday, 14 November 2008 06:20 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.apollopony.net/images/tootsie_pop.jpg

― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Friday, 14 November 2008 06:29 (seventeen years ago)

aniston was pretty saucy

― s1ocki, Friday, 14 November 2008 06:31 (seventeen years ago)

Aniston was easily the best part of this episode, and I find that really weird.

― polyphonic, Friday, 14 November 2008 07:28 (seventeen years ago)

“a small but prestigious clowning academy”

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Friday, 14 November 2008 08:04 (seventeen years ago)

"we're off cupcakes and back on doughnuts"

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 14 November 2008 09:15 (seventeen years ago)

court, at night? i'm already laughing.

― cutty, Friday, 14 November 2008 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

now THIS was an episode. fuck that oprah shit.

― cutty, Friday, 14 November 2008 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

amazing ep

― some doobie brother (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 13:23 (seventeen years ago)

the jennifer aniston character was so perfect/perfectly realized, incl. jack and lizs responses to her

― some doobie brother (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

and lol at the aquarium club

― some doobie brother (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

"For her sex is not something you have to do on the 12th date."

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 14 November 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

the whole bit w/ Jenna's werewolf lawyer getting Night Court cancelled was my favorite.

― sum 41 dude (some dude), Friday, 14 November 2008 14:36 (seventeen years ago)

She's like a human macarena something everyone did at parties in 1996

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

Liz, having known claire for a very enjoyable 20 minutes and you for what seems to be infinity... I'm going with claire on this one.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

why did you leave? i think those persian guys wanted us to make out with each other.

― mizzell, Friday, 14 November 2008 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

I forgot about Mee Ow!

― mizzell, Friday, 14 November 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)

Don't make that muppet face at me!

...>:[

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

"Their self-loathing translates into....nevermind."

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:31 (seventeen years ago)

Kenneth! I can't believe you're such a Night Court fan and didn't know I was the werewolf lawyer.

...I knew...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

kenneth was a++ this whole episode

― some doobie brother (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Except Mee Ow is a rip on the Simpsons' Blue Haired Lawyer's assistant:

Bart: I want a divorce from my parents.
Lawyer: You WHA?!
Bart: I said I want a divorce from my parents.
Lawyer: Yes, I heard you. I was just calling my secretary. Yu Wah, give me the standard child divorcing parent form.
Yu Wah: Yes, sir

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 14 November 2008 15:38 (seventeen years ago)

the hat on frank killed me

― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 November 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

yes, I remember the day The Simpsons invented the Asian name gag well.

― sum 41 dude (some dude), Friday, 14 November 2008 15:40 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't like this much last night, but going back and reading all the jokes here makes it seem funnier.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 November 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)

I thought the Office episode last night was better than the 30 Rock episode.

― o. nate, Friday, 14 November 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)

But It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia trumped them both.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Friday, 14 November 2008 17:49 (seventeen years ago)

I'm glad Arrested Development didn't have some dickweed playing clarinet all over it. I'd like this show a whole lot more without the constant orchestral whimsy.

― da croupier, Friday, 14 November 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)

blame mr. fey (although the music's never bothered me)

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 14 November 2008 17:54 (seventeen years ago)

Oh come on! It was awesome last night when Baldwin signaled to the orchestra to start the "cut to commercial" music!

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 November 2008 17:56 (seventeen years ago)

aniston scared me

― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, the music doesn't seem to bother people. I think gratuitous bullshit just gets to me - I couldn't stand the narration on Arrested Development at first, though where that element turned out to be pretty key, this show's music just seems clumsy - as does the staging. 30 rock has such a great cast and good jokes that it sucks the production feels so slapdash. Every NBC show looks like shit now, though.

xpost i'd laugh if he ever signaled them to stop during a conversation their toodling under.

― da croupier, Friday, 14 November 2008 17:59 (seventeen years ago)

I don't think she was acting. xp

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 14 November 2008 17:59 (seventeen years ago)

also, I had no idea Tina's husband wrote the music. Explains why they haven't changed it.

― da croupier, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:01 (seventeen years ago)

I think the 30 Rock musical score would bother me if I hadn't heard the Curb Your Enthusiasm musical score first.

― The Otto Mann from the hilarious Springfield Elementary school bus (some dude), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

u ppl who didnt like this episode are bizarre

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

It was okay, I guess. The "Night Court" sub-plot did nothing for me though.

― o. nate, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:09 (seventeen years ago)

stop watching tv forever

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

i got no problem with the music. it's very... TV... which is what the show is going for

― s1ocki, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:11 (seventeen years ago)

yeah...i'm trying to think what the most likely alternatives would be (generic guitar rock, Scrubs-style manic percussion, silence) and none of them seem preferable.

― she ain't shy no more, she changed her username to "some dude's bitc (some dude), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

OTM

There's no suitable alternative, and I actually kind of like it the way it is.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

it has an ironic BIG TV PRODUCTION aspect to it - cause you know lol behind the scenes scenario

― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:25 (seventeen years ago)

ya. i mean, the show is going for the whole semi-retro tv vibe anyway, i think it totes works

― s1ocki, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

i just realized this episode how hilarious the face jack makes in the intro is

― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:27 (seventeen years ago)

http://i36.tinypic.com/25fnas2.gif

― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:32 (seventeen years ago)

yeah every time i see that i think "when did he do that? is that in the pilot? or did they take it from one of the times he hosted SNL before the weight gain?"

― she ain't shy no more she changed her username to some dude's bitch (some dude), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:34 (seventeen years ago)

Kenneth! I can't believe you're such a Night Court fan and didn't know I was the werewolf lawyer.

...I knew...

many many lols

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)

My boy Ken has written a masterpiece, and trust me, I use that word a lot.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:45 (seventeen years ago)

People who rush to call this show dead are seriously the worst kind of people. Last night was hilarious.

― Mordy, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:49 (seventeen years ago)

I <3 the music.

― Sundar, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:49 (seventeen years ago)

It's not so much that I'd prefer a different type of music so much as a whole lot less of the kind they use now.

― da croupier, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

The music is one of my favorite parts of the show.

― Melissa W, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

The "Night Court" sub-plot did nothing for me though.

!!!

Sacrilege.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:52 (seventeen years ago)

"...the drummer for the BoDeans..."

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

the music makes the sequence last season when liz eats the sandwich at the airport.

― Gukbe, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

Serious lulz from Tracy:

"You okay? You've got wife eyes"

. . . and then a couple I missed cause I was cracking up, capped by:

"Is there nothing sacred? Just makes me wanna pee on someone."

― DLee, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:58 (seventeen years ago)

magic close-ups

― Gukbe, Friday, 14 November 2008 21:03 (seventeen years ago)

"Like an owl without a graduation cap on it, it's just wrong"

― Ed, Friday, 14 November 2008 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

Seriously, "the drummer from the BoDeans" = a deep insight into 90s college life.

― Martin Van Burne, Friday, 14 November 2008 21:13 (seventeen years ago)

night court was the besssss in this

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 21:14 (seventeen years ago)

especially when liz found out

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 21:14 (seventeen years ago)

especially when they played the night court theme music. wonder if croupier hates that jam too.

― mizzell, Friday, 14 November 2008 21:17 (seventeen years ago)

lol Harry Anderson trying to get on Heroes

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 November 2008 21:18 (seventeen years ago)

Best joke in this episode was the orchestra clapping with their violin bows because THAT'S WHAT THEY DO LOL!

― Eric H., Friday, 14 November 2008 21:38 (seventeen years ago)

i never watched night court...what happened on the finale?

― ILX MOD (musically), Saturday, 15 November 2008 01:16 (seventeen years ago)

The Korean War ended.

― David R., Saturday, 15 November 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

Night Court -- the crime-solving court! -- has a little something called BAILIFFS, and to get that wrong is the worst example of corporate soullessness possible.

― Leee, Saturday, 15 November 2008 05:15 (seventeen years ago)

"well it's been quite a night!"
"and its been quite a court...ship!"

― s1ocki, Saturday, 15 November 2008 07:53 (seventeen years ago)

"this has been the greatest day ever! finding that quarter this morning..."
"i lost a quarter"

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Saturday, 15 November 2008 13:31 (seventeen years ago)

"I'm his life coach...Esmerelda Fitzmonster!" I rofled so hard I got a hernia. Seriously.

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, 15 November 2008 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

the name of this episode was "the one with the cast of night court" or something like that

― akm, Saturday, 15 November 2008 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

that was also the description!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 15 November 2008 15:52 (seventeen years ago)

"SOME OF the cast of night court!"

― s1ocki, Saturday, 15 November 2008 15:53 (seventeen years ago)

I rofled so hard I got a hernia. Seriously.

!

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:33 (seventeen years ago)

"the one with..." was how all the friends episodes were named. also, I think 30 rock has the thursday time slot both friends and night court had so this was all kind of a geeky NBC thing but I liked it.

― akm, Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:34 (seventeen years ago)

i think greenzo was my fav ep

― ketchup bro (ice cr?m), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:38 (seventeen years ago)

first dennis ep is probably mine

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

Also at one point Kenneth called it a "reunion of FRIENDS...from Night Court" or something.

― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

lolol actually i really loved the dennis subway hero ep

the mighty ducks are pissed cause i left the stanley cup in a water taxi lolololololol

― ketchup bro (ice cr?m), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:48 (seventeen years ago)

scene with dennis and jack in the restaurant from season 1 is an all-time fave

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:53 (seventeen years ago)

when dennis is on to catch a predator - yah im hear to bang some chick named sally *balloons in hand* lololololol

― ketchup bro (ice cr?m), Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:57 (seventeen years ago)

"the one with..." was how all the friends episodes were named. also, I think 30 rock has the thursday time slot both friends and night court had so this was all kind of a geeky NBC thing but I liked it.

― akm, Saturday, November 15, 2008 11:34 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I saw it as more like the 30 Rock writers making fun of the fact that nbc wanted them to have jennifer aniston on to increase ratings.

― mizzell, Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:59 (seventeen years ago)

man nothing can top the awesome speech that dennis makes after liz break's up with him. " And for the first time since the '86 World Series, I cried. I cried like a big dumb homo"

xpost

― z z. st. z z. uv (Lamp), Saturday, 15 November 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

Dennis Duffy and Dr Spaceman should have spin-offs.

― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Saturday, 15 November 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

you have chosen to abort me

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Saturday, 15 November 2008 17:10 (seventeen years ago)

i officially renounce my squatter's rights

― z z. st. z z. uv (Lamp), Saturday, 15 November 2008 17:14 (seventeen years ago)

is dennis coming back this season?

(p.s. I laughed very loudly at this episode, although a lot of the night court stuff was lost on me)

― caek, Saturday, 15 November 2008 19:56 (seventeen years ago)

He needs to come back. Any episode with him is solid gold.

― ILX MOD (musically), Saturday, 15 November 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

DENNIS: This restaurant isn't that nice. It's got rats and roaches like every other restaurant.
LIZ [whispers, shaking head]: No rat talk tonight, OK?
DENNIS: You know there are seventeen rats per person in Manhattan. You eat a pound of rat crap every year without even knowing about it.
JACK: Yes, I think I read about that in the New Yorker.

― caek, Saturday, 15 November 2008 20:42 (seventeen years ago)

DENNIS: That girl said she was 16, but I swear to God she was 22.

― caek, Saturday, 15 November 2008 20:42 (seventeen years ago)

You know who else needs to have speaking parts in every episode? Dotcom and Grizz.

Dennis: Dear Liz Lemon: While other women have bigger boobs than you, no other woman has as big a heart. When I saw you getting ready to go out and get nailed by a bunch of guys last night, I knew for sure it was over between us, and for the first time since the ‘86 World Series, I cried...I cried like a big, dumb homo. And if it was up to me, we’d be together forever. But there’s a new thing called "women’s liberation," which gives you women the right to choose and you have chosen to abort me, and that I must live with. So tonight, when you arrive home, I’ll be gone. I officially renounce my squatter’s rights. Goodbye and good luck. I'll never forget you.

― ILX MOD (musically), Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:11 (seventeen years ago)

crazyputty?
no

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:03 (seventeen years ago)

i'm trying to talk myself into the fact that this show is going to get canceled and it's OK. I just want there to be as little letdown as possible when it inevitably happens. i wish all you fucktards would watch this so this doesnt happen, obv

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:04 (seventeen years ago)

Who are you calling "all you fucktards"? The people who aren't reading this thread because they don't watch the show, or the people who are reading this thread because they do watch the show?

― a new Rock Hardy screen name because I can't find the old one (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:08 (seventeen years ago)

...you fucktard.

― a new Rock Hardy screen name because I can't find the old one (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:08 (seventeen years ago)

I think NBC's pretty comfortable with their 9pm hour on Thursdays for right now. And realistic about it. I mean, they're up against Grey's Anatomy and CSI, so they're never expecting to win it.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:17 (seventeen years ago)

the former! xp

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:37 (seventeen years ago)

I have heard is that 30 Rock is so NBC-inside baseball that all the network execs are too fond of it to let it die. Hopefully that's true.

i'm trying to talk myself into the fact that this show is going to get canceled and it's OK. I just want there to be as little letdown as possible when it inevitably happens. i wish all you fucktards would watch this so this doesnt happen, obv

― fucktard (Kevin Keller), Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:04 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― ILX MOD (musically), Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:46 (seventeen years ago)

if 30 Rock gets canceled I will cry like a big dumb homo.

― Clay, Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:47 (seventeen years ago)

ouch!

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 01:10 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i think this show is pretty safe cancellation-wise.

― The hardman from the hilarious 'ilx' admin log (some dude), Sunday, 16 November 2008 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

last episode was hilarious

― lupe fiasco from the hilarious lupe fiasco albums (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 16 November 2008 01:48 (seventeen years ago)

three classics in a row imo haters get lost

― lupe fiasco from the hilarious lupe fiasco albums (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 16 November 2008 01:48 (seventeen years ago)

i used to love night court as a kid but this just wasnt funny

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 16 November 2008 02:28 (seventeen years ago)

i like it when people say things aren't funny

― using a click track yanks you out of the realm of live drumming (n/a), Sunday, 16 November 2008 02:29 (seventeen years ago)

This season is getting higher ratings than the previous two so far. It's totally safe.

― Jouster, Sunday, 16 November 2008 02:34 (seventeen years ago)

jack as mad hatter is genius!

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:05 (seventeen years ago)

It's one of those shows where the average person who watches it tends to buy a lot of expensive shit, so it's a great demo for the network.

― polyphonic, Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

lol @ Studio 60 logic

― David R., Sunday, 16 November 2008 04:52 (seventeen years ago)

i loved jennifer aniston!!
also:
did you read variety today? they called us a comedy show!

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Sunday, 16 November 2008 06:46 (seventeen years ago)

DENNIS: This restaurant isn't that nice. It's got rats and roaches like every other restaurant.
LIZ [whispers, shaking head]: No rat talk tonight, OK?
DENNIS: You know there are seventeen rats per person in Manhattan. You eat a pound of rat crap every year without even knowing about it.
JACK: Yes, I think I read about that in the New Yorker.

― caek, Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this joke was undermined by the fact that there was an article about that in the new yorker not that long ago!

― s1ocki, Sunday, 16 November 2008 08:22 (seventeen years ago)

NOT undermined but maybe even BASED ON?

― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Sunday, 16 November 2008 08:46 (seventeen years ago)

Like the joke was written around the article maybe? I don't know I'm not a fancy fast paced NYer.

― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Sunday, 16 November 2008 08:46 (seventeen years ago)

except theres only a few hundred thousand rats in nyc not 130m - i hav no stats re amount of rat poo consumed by yr average nyer annually

― dirty windows (with signs saying they are left dirty on purpose) (ice cr?m), Sunday, 16 November 2008 12:55 (seventeen years ago)

i don't really get the "crazy putty" bit

― thomp, Sunday, 16 November 2008 14:28 (seventeen years ago)

"crazy pussy"

― dirty windows (with signs saying they are left dirty on purpose) (ice cr?m), Sunday, 16 November 2008 14:31 (seventeen years ago)

crazy puSSy

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Sunday, 16 November 2008 14:31 (seventeen years ago)

crazy pussy

― dirty windows (with signs saying they are left dirty on purpose) (ice cr?m), Sunday, 16 November 2008 14:33 (seventeen years ago)

crazy pussy

― s1ocki, Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

what?

― David R., Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:15 (seventeen years ago)

her putty is so hot

― hyperspace situation (gbx), Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

jack as mad hatter is genius!

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yes!!!

― ENBB, Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:48 (seventeen years ago)

Robert Carlock writes on 30 Rock, He also wrote on Friends; This may explain the 'The one with..' phenomenon. It also makes me sad.

― bingolola, Sunday, 16 November 2008 17:44 (seventeen years ago)

"phenomenon"? they titled one Friends-related episode as a reference to the Friends episode titles.

― The hardman from the hilarious 'ilx' admin log (some dude), Sunday, 16 November 2008 17:55 (seventeen years ago)

one of the only shows i can think of that can get away with casting these guest stars like this. UGH why is thursday four days away?

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:01 (seventeen years ago)

i still wish there were fewer guest stars. the cast is so strong on its own. still missing dr. spaceman.

― ;n_n; (tehresa), Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

yeah but from what i understand they desperatley need ratings, which usually means stunts like this, which in turn leads to "jumping the shark". thankfully, i don't see it as a negative for this show though.

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

maybe you guys haven't noticed this but every fucking sitcom has guest stars constantly, at least these days.

― The hardman from the hilarious 'ilx' admin log (some dude), Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

plus 30 Rock does the guest stars as much to add to their haul of Emmy nominations as ratings.

― The hardman from the hilarious 'ilx' admin log (some dude), Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:17 (seventeen years ago)

ONE TIME I KISSED A GIRL AT SUMMER CAMP ON A DARE BUT THEN SHE DROWNED... HERE COMES SOME MORE STUFF...

― remy bean, Sunday, 16 November 2008 20:06 (seventeen years ago)

*desperately, even
xp to myself

― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 16 November 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

125th & President Clinton Blvd.

― edb, Friday, 21 November 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)

The pigs are getting violent and the pig shield is wearing down.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 November 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

I think I had more laughs-per-minute this week than any episode so far this season, even if it was kind of chaotic.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 November 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)

i didn't laugh once :/

― cutty, Friday, 21 November 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

actually i did laugh at the "do i have a thing for black men" joke

― cutty, Friday, 21 November 2008 03:19 (seventeen years ago)

^^that was pretty great
i thought it was maybe the weakest ep so far, but still very good.

― Kevin Keller, Friday, 21 November 2008 04:05 (seventeen years ago)

that joke would've been funnier if he HADN'T said "do I have a thing for black men" but instead just listed off handsome black men.

― dan selzer, Friday, 21 November 2008 05:02 (seventeen years ago)

The part about the .12-cent/mile per diem for gas...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 21 November 2008 05:02 (seventeen years ago)

dan, you're right. it was pretty good as was though

― Kevin Keller, Friday, 21 November 2008 05:24 (seventeen years ago)

i liked the smiling and nodding and sibling reciting. it'd be nice if they were sticking to the studio a little though; ending up at eccentric celebrity guest steve martin's secluded country resort awaiting plot twists felt a little bit simpsons-go-tokyo. i like it when there's some kind of ridiculous backdrop of jenna's feature on the programme, etc.

― schlump, Friday, 21 November 2008 05:43 (seventeen years ago)

"what the what?!?" great episode.

― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Friday, 21 November 2008 06:07 (seventeen years ago)

Total comedy writing jujitsu tonight. Like, it wasn't the funniest episode by far, but it seemed like it at the time because every line that happened right before a commercial had me cracking the fuck up.

― en i see kay, Friday, 21 November 2008 08:36 (seventeen years ago)

"that magazine took a weird turn."

Thought Steve Martin was a bit muddled, somewhere between smug-stupid Martin and manic physical comedian Martin.

Anyway, this show always brings the funnies, so dug it.

― Gukbe, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:02 (seventeen years ago)

Martin was pissing me off by the end, but then they brought the funnies after the credits with the Sexdolls save lives bit.

― Ed, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:08 (seventeen years ago)

yes... Hornburger...

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 21 November 2008 12:53 (seventeen years ago)

pre-title card scene around the dinner table killed me. how jack was introduced, into: what if Germany won WWII? lol

― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 November 2008 13:33 (seventeen years ago)

Is it just me or are they phasing out most of the secondary characters?

― Moodles, Friday, 21 November 2008 14:47 (seventeen years ago)

They did this in the first half of last season too to make room for guest stars.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 November 2008 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

one of the funniest bits last night was when they acknowledged that with a quick throwaway gag (Tracy saying something to Liz about "so you don't know anything about Jenna's problem with her father?" like there was a whole subplot about her we just never saw).

― dumb pseud (some dude), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:01 (seventeen years ago)

I kinda feel like 30 Rock is more like SNL than a sitcom in how it uses its cast, like if the writers don't come up with something for a particular actor to do that week, they just kinda hang back for an episode.

― dumb pseud (some dude), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:03 (seventeen years ago)

"menendez" as a verb

― flyover statesman (will), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:07 (seventeen years ago)

-ed

― flyover statesman (will), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:07 (seventeen years ago)

"And just in case anything happens to me, just so you know, you and your brother will go to jail."

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 21 November 2008 15:13 (seventeen years ago)

stop patriciding!

― :) wealth destruction! (ice cr?m), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

^^ also lol'd

― cutty, Friday, 21 November 2008 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

"menendi"

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)

i lol'ed a few times for sure, like at tracy's delivery to liz re: sex doll, "you want one, i can get you one if you want." it almost sounded unscripted.

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 21 November 2008 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

one of the funniest bits last night was when they acknowledged that with a quick throwaway gag (Tracy saying something to Liz about "so you don't know anything about Jenna's problem with her father?" like there was a whole subplot about her we just never saw).

― dumb pseud (some dude), Friday, November 21, 2008 10:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

yes yes yes. loved this part for that exact reason. also "stop patriciding" was great. i'm sure you've all seen tracy morgan irl give interviews and such...i'm convinced he doesn't really have any lines on this show and also that he may not even know it's supposed to be a scripted comedy show - he just says what he would normally say in the situation.

― Kevin Keller, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:08 (seventeen years ago)

i'm convinced he doesn't really have any lines on this show and also that he may not even know it's supposed to be a scripted comedy show

i hate it when people say this. but i do think the writers do a good job of writing for him based on his humor and things that he probably has said/would say.

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

i'm sure you've all seen tracy morgan irl give interviews and such...i'm convinced he doesn't really have any lines on this show and also that he may not even know it's supposed to be a scripted comedy show - he just says what he would normally say in the situation.

I'm convinced you don't realize how much he is performing in interviews.

― mizzell, Friday, 21 November 2008 16:32 (seventeen years ago)

CRAZY RAPPERS

― dat dude delmar (and what), Friday, 21 November 2008 16:34 (seventeen years ago)

i love how the quick stuff is just so quick and smart. like: "go in there like a chinese gymnast. wear something tight, fake a smile, and lie about your age." (paraphrasing maybe...)

that's just so economical and perfect.

― scott seward, Friday, 21 November 2008 19:30 (seventeen years ago)

i lol'ed a few times for sure, like at tracy's delivery to liz re: sex doll, "you want one, i can get you one if you want." it almost sounded unscripted.

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, November 21, 2008 3:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I lost my shit at that bit.

― caek, Saturday, 22 November 2008 03:39 (seventeen years ago)

I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 4 FOR A NEW FUCKING EPISODE?

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 22 November 2008 03:45 (seventeen years ago)

DECEMBER EVEN WORSE

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 22 November 2008 03:45 (seventeen years ago)

Is this potpourri or chips? Coz Im gonna try and eat it.

These are not chips.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 22 November 2008 03:46 (seventeen years ago)

After which she continues to eat them!

― Nhex, Saturday, 22 November 2008 04:06 (seventeen years ago)

Good job, sex doll.

McEnroe's cameo was perfection.

― Leee, Saturday, 22 November 2008 04:55 (seventeen years ago)

i'm aware that he gives interviews in character. for me, it's just super endearing that the guy seems to act one way all the time and it works ALL THE TIME

― Kevin Keller, Saturday, 22 November 2008 06:15 (seventeen years ago)

i would feel safer with some saltines.

― jordans-menendi (tehresa), Saturday, 22 November 2008 07:20 (seventeen years ago)

tracy has definitely gotten fatter and worse at acting over the break

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Saturday, 22 November 2008 10:31 (seventeen years ago)

yeah I noticed that he gained some weight too.

― miss precious perfect (musically), Saturday, 22 November 2008 18:44 (seventeen years ago)

http://i37.tinypic.com/2ldx7go.jpg

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)

Wait, what, she has a scar? I guess that's a HD-bonus we web-viewers miss out on.

― Øystein, Monday, 1 December 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

Point-missing squib in this week's New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2008/12/08/081208crte_television_franklin

"Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordan is a movie star, well known for being unstable, who was foisted on Liz by Donaghy in the show’s first episode; I find him irritating and hard to watch, and I guess I’m meant to, in order to know what it would feel like to have my show, my baby, messed with by the corporate types."

― Stevie T, Monday, 1 December 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

you never noticed? here's a freezeframe from the opening credits
http://api.ning.com/files/tsUXOmThklKjCgzPLwZ6yj642c9quyg5O0veFsdHoCGKyCE2VG9AYXTRPXtOrGxstCMIT7rhHY-Hwz-NKMoGhtOpcyTnaLzX/twoface.jpg

― dat dude delmar (and what), Monday, 1 December 2008 15:31 (seventeen years ago)

HAHAHA WAAAAAHT NINGA PLZ XP

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

i usually like nancy franklin but she spends a lot of that article being wrong

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

actually why did i say that i dont usually like nancy franklin at all, ever

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

she stinks

― s1ocki, Monday, 1 December 2008 15:43 (seventeen years ago)

tracy morgan is the opposite of irritating

― Mr. Que, Monday, 1 December 2008 15:44 (seventeen years ago)

im a pretty good tv reviewer maybe i should submit some clips

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 15:44 (seventeen years ago)

nancy franklin was pretty OTM abt mad men from v. early on

― johnny crunch, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:00 (seventeen years ago)

i was too tho

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:00 (seventeen years ago)

you should do a big comparison of your "calls"

― s1ocki, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:02 (seventeen years ago)

and send it to wallace shawn

― s1ocki, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:02 (seventeen years ago)

7 word max capsule tv reviews <-- i wld read

― johnny crunch, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

"mad men" - tits drinking affairs nice clothes more tits

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

i dunno i found it more lol 60s

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

yeah well thats why im the new yorkers tv critic and youre just some asshole on the internet

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

so rambunctious

― cutty, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

and send it to wallace shawn

...who'll pass it on to his dead father?

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)

twitter is the future u paper max dinosaur

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

tracy morgan is the opposite of irritating

― Mr. Que, Monday, December 1, 2008 10:44 AM (35 minutes ago)

this could not have been better said imo

― k3vin k., Monday, 1 December 2008 16:21 (seventeen years ago)

i have a twitter

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:23 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.twitter.com/maxmaxmaxmax

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

cool tweets max

― s1ocki, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:24 (seventeen years ago)

u should follow me then

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 16:25 (seventeen years ago)

nancy franklin is definitely the worst.

― horseshoe, Monday, 1 December 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

I don't know who she is, but now I hate her.

― polyphonic, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

lets start a netroots campaign to make me new yorkers chief tv critic

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

maybe to get the ball rolling you should start newyorkerchieftvcritic.blogspot.com

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)

we should also email her and ask her how to get her job, see here

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/ask/2008/12/questions-for-franklin.html

― Mr. Que, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:08 (seventeen years ago)

haha plz someone send her a super guileless email asking abt how to apply to become nyer chief tv critic

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:10 (seventeen years ago)

i have her real email address here

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 17:11 (seventeen years ago)

and her phone #

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

o wait i dont have her email addy apparently she doesnt have one

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

try nancyfrank✧✧✧@newyor✧✧✧.c✧✧

― Mr. Que, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:13 (seventeen years ago)

ooooooooops

― Mr. Que, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:13 (seventeen years ago)

no

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 17:16 (seventeen years ago)

COME ON AMERICA, Thxgiving is OVER, please torrent us some 30 Rock! FFS!

― Not the real Village People, Monday, 1 December 2008 18:33 (seventeen years ago)

no ep last week fyi

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 18:36 (seventeen years ago)

what was the explanation for the facial scar?

― Gukbe, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

google.com

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 December 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

looking forward to no guest stars this week

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Monday, 1 December 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

Kelefa Sanneh has written about TV a couple times recently -- I thought maybe he was taking over Franklin's job.

nancy franklin is definitely the worst.

― horseshoe, Monday, December 1, 2008 10:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^"Posts v. much in character"

― jaymc, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:21 (seventeen years ago)

i like sanneh but i would be better

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 19:24 (seventeen years ago)

in the first season I found myself fast-forwarding through many of the scenes that didn’t involve Alec Baldwin or Jack McBrayer, who plays Kenneth

This could be more concisely expressed as "I have horrible taste."

Kelefa on "Fringe" and "The Mentalist" was really, really great, with only one flaw (identifying Robin Tunney with The Craft and Empire Records, which is kinda shorthand for "I'm in my 30s and don't actually watch enough TV to have noticed she was in a popular current show.")

― nabisco, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:26 (seventeen years ago)

k, imdb

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:27 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2008/11/24/081124crte_television_sanneh

It turned out that the F.B.I. had noticed a pattern of strange events (known, rather disappointingly, as “the Pattern”) that seemed to be connected to something called Massive Dynamic, which is a sinister multinational corporation—not, despite what you may have guessed, a jam band.

― nabisco, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:29 (seventeen years ago)

Ha, that's not that IMDB -- I mean, god knows I've never watched an episode of Prison Break either, but it's kinda funny/charming to be a top-tier television critic and just go "oh that's that chick from The Craft"

― nabisco, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:31 (seventeen years ago)

well max i certainly hope youll take yr responsibilities more seriously than this sanneh fellow

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:33 (seventeen years ago)

You're weird

― nabisco, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:34 (seventeen years ago)

bro not only do i know that robin tunney is on prison break i also know this celeb tidbit which i would no doubt work charmingly into my review, perhaps as a cold open that i would then weave into a larger metaphor about her acting on the show:

Within the film industry Tunney has acquired the nickname "Rubbin' Tummy" for her habit of absentmindedly rubbing her stomach while conferring with the director and other actors.

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

nabisco fyi sanneh is like a "good writer" and stuff but if u stand in the way of my netroots campaign to become editor of television at the new yorker i will crush u like a bug

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Monday, 1 December 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

haha what nabisco im just playin truly i have no idea what were even talking abt at this point

― ice cr?m, Monday, 1 December 2008 19:36 (seventeen years ago)

There's nothing to be scared of, it's just a Japanese sex doll in daddy's bed.

― venom boners are totally canon (nickalicious), Monday, 1 December 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

STOP PATRICIDING

― venom boners are totally canon (nickalicious), Monday, 1 December 2008 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

Good job, sex doll.

― venom boners are totally canon (nickalicious), Monday, 1 December 2008 21:03 (seventeen years ago)

yeah nabisco seriously, who gives a fuck if someone knows Tunney better for her semi-successful film roles than for her 1-season arc on boring-ass Prison Break? that's not a shortcoming.

― dumb pseud (some dude), Monday, 1 December 2008 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

i don't know who this tunney person is but that rubbin tummy business sounds adorable

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Monday, 1 December 2008 21:06 (seventeen years ago)

haha john. i think i've posted my franklin hate to at least 5 ilx threads.

― horseshoe, Monday, 1 December 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

Dude the point was that Sanneh is new to being a television writer, as charmingly evidenced by that point; someone who'd been covering TV stuff for a while and was writing about "The Mentalist" would likely have identified her differently

^ This was not a major point, just something I found funny about Sanneh moving over to the TV critic space

― nabisco, Monday, 1 December 2008 21:13 (seventeen years ago)

thread needs to go back to people talking in quotes:

"i cant believe you are out of the game. thats like picasso not painting or bruce willis not combining action with rock harmonica, don't you miss it?"

― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 December 2008 21:17 (seventeen years ago)

I find 30 Rock fairly amusing, generally, but cleverly scripted jokes like that are precisely why I don't like it as much as The Office.

― jaymc, Monday, 1 December 2008 21:24 (seventeen years ago)

yeah...sharp comedy writers coming with one with cleverly scripted jokes one after another just can't hold a candle to actors improvising a purposefully bad joke, and then staring sullenly at the camera while the other people in the scene respond with awkward silence.

― dumb pseud (some dude), Monday, 1 December 2008 21:28 (seventeen years ago)

would you like some ketchup with those onion ZINGs?

― k3vin k., Monday, 1 December 2008 21:42 (seventeen years ago)

bro not only do i know that robin tunney is on prison break i also know this celeb tidbit which i would no doubt work charmingly into my review, perhaps as a cold open that i would then weave into a larger metaphor about her acting on the show:

Reviews have cold opens now? MORE SOULLESS CORPORATISM AT WORK???

30 Rock needs to forget those cleverly scripted jokes and get back to mainlining non-sequiturs.

― Leee, Monday, 1 December 2008 22:11 (seventeen years ago)

I fells the Human Macarena line last week was a little too clever. I still laughed like a drain though, so who cares?

― caek, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 00:25 (seventeen years ago)

The scripted nature of this is precisely why I like it more than The Office, so I guess that just saying something about preferences -- I enjoy dialog that's transparently "written," I don't really understand the whole TV/film attachment to "naturalism" on this front, and I like the breezy way this show tosses away that attachment and lets itself be arch and artificial at times. (Overall I suspect that not enough television allows itself to do this, not just with dialog but with so many other things!)

― nabisco, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)

The Office is probably the second-best show on NBC, and yet I could even imagine watching it regularly. I find the "story" elements completely boring, and its dramatic moments unearned. Which is too bad, because the peripheral characters are hilarious, and Pam is cute.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 00:46 (seventeen years ago)

yet I couldn't, rather.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 00:47 (seventeen years ago)

One of the things I've laughed hardest at on 30 Rock was Tracy in therapy -- and the highlight of that scene, Jack's rapid-fire parade of voices, was definitely very scripted. But it was also something that felt very situational and in character. I think most of the jokes that don't work for me are Tracy or Kenneth delivering these Bruce Vilanch-style verbosely witty one-liners that seem at odds with the naivete of their characters. (Maybe that contradiction is why it's supposed to be funny, I dunno.)

― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 01:31 (seventeen years ago)

Bruce Vilanch????????

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 01:45 (seventeen years ago)

I think most of the jokes that don't work for me are Tracy or Kenneth delivering these Bruce Vilanch-style verbosely witty one-liners that seem at odds with the naivete of their characters. (Maybe that contradiction is why it's supposed to be funny, I dunno.)

yeah, i see what you're saying, but they work for me for that reason

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 2 December 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

One of the things I've laughed hardest at on 30 Rock was Tracy in therapy -- and the highlight of that scene, Jack's rapid-fire parade of voices, was definitely very scripted. But it was also something that felt very situational and in character.

― jaymc, Monday, December 1, 2008 8:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats it right there - the show is super scripted but still glows cause it employs such GREAT ACTORS - a big chunk of the cast can just completely act their asses off

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 04:10 (seventeen years ago)

watch kenneth work just watch him work he isnt just standing around waiting to deliver a line guy is always reacting

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 04:11 (seventeen years ago)

office doesn't feel any less scripted to me!!

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 07:30 (seventeen years ago)

Max you know ilu but you sir are no kelefa.

Ftr, I would only recognize craft girl from craft or empire records. This is why k&i are meant to be together. Well, one of the reasons.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 07:38 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243538,00.html?cnn=yes

the scar story is pretty fucked up

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:53 (seventeen years ago)

that's crazy

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

"She was quite round," Richmond says of his wife's pre-fame days in Chicago, But "in a lovely, turn-of-the-century kind of round – that beautiful, Rubenesque kind of beauty."

But after a makeover and going on Weight Watchers during her SNL period, Fey, who is half-Russian and half-Greek, knows what her greatest assets are.

"Because of the Greek-girl thing, I have, like, boobs and butt," she says. As a result, she adds, "I only have two speeds – either matronly or a little too slutty. I have to be steered away from cheetah print."

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

would love to see liz lemon wearing cheetah print

― t_g, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 15:31 (seventeen years ago)

"I only have two speeds – either matronly or a little too slutty."

Ha, she knows what her key demo are after.

― caek, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)

So this morning I walked past an actor I had almost entirely forgotten was even on this show -- remember Josh the impressionist, from the first season? Poor dude was sent packing with such finality that it took me a second to recognize him. (Also, due to this show, my first thought was "hey, it's Jimmy Fallon, except not.")

― nabisco, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:06 (seventeen years ago)

Haha wait a second:

P.S. I had actually forgotten there was even a character named "Josh" until he reappeared here. Him and Twofer = screwed lately

― nabisco, Friday, November 9, 2007 12:46 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

^^ so maybe this just happens yearly, I dunno

― nabisco, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

ya what the hey, he always had some funny lines... gaybraham lincoln ("fourscore and seven beers ago")... the tracy impression... the ep where he renegoshes his contract

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah why'd they get rid of him? The worm vs the crab was one of the best episodes. Everybody who's saying the regular cast is getting shortchanged is right.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

maybe he is still on the show, or in denial
When OK! saw hilarious rookie actor Lonny Ross, who plays the goofy comic Josh Girard, at the premiere of Soul Men in New York, we wanted to know what it was like working with stars like Jennifer Aniston.

"She's a sitcom veteran," said Lonny, "so she gets the (long) hours and how much work goes into a show like that. It's great when you get to work with someone like that," he said.

Cool! So you got to do some scenes with her?

"No," said Lonny. But added, "I heard she was great."

How about Oprah then? Any scenes with her?

"No.

"They keep us away," he confessed, referring to the novice stars, like Lonny, Keith Powell, aka Toofer, and Katrina Bowden, who plays Cerie.

"They don't want us bothering her."

So were there any guests at all you were excited about this season?

"Yes – Steve Martin," he beamed. "I mean, Steve Martin – that's the best there is.

"Another guy I didn't get to meet."

― mizzell, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

That is sad.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

haha yeah imdb doesn't list him for any episodes since the end of season 2, wtf.

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)

and it's not like Frank and Toof are on much either

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:42 (seventeen years ago)

trucker hat moron is still on too much

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:43 (seventeen years ago)

but he's still technically on the show, right? maybe hanging around in the writers' room scenes, without any lines?

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:45 (seventeen years ago)

I don't think he has many lines any more but they usually incorporate his hats into a gag here and there.

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:46 (seventeen years ago)

He kinda sucks but it was great when he wore the fancier hat earlier this season.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:48 (seventeen years ago)

yeah that was a good joke

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:50 (seventeen years ago)

he had a couple good moments when he thought he was gay (or not gay, but gay for jamie).

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)

who needs josh when you have JOSH HARTNETT http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/5141

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)

blergh

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)

ughhh larry king's doing a guest star this season too

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)

Yuck.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

i never actually watched this bullshit but isnt this xxactly what the show will & grace was all about with the endless celebrity guest stars??? why are they doing this???

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

maybe the whole writing staff has rabies and they are not making good decisions because of the rabies

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:55 (seventeen years ago)

if its not a 2 second cameo from joy behar talking bout her vagina being a weird scary flower i dont wanna see any more famous ppl on the show this year

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 18:55 (seventeen years ago)

do more people genuinely watch shows because of celeb cameos? the shows that do that alot seem to be the ones where you can see a direct link to more celebs >>> less viewers (will and grace & simpsons come to mind) as its basically just admitting you are giving up on just being funny anymore. oh, and the last couple of seasons of friends until the last when they went back to storytelling. only show i can think of that done it properly was arrested development's LOL obvious joke of needing rubbish c list guests because of no ratings.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

maybe network honchos are forcing the show to trot out the guest stars to increase ratings, unaware of a hoy hoy's research findings.

― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

chill out dude. steve martin and aniston were funny, oprah had some lols, there's nothing really wrong with gratuitous cameos as long as the writers have a good idea of what to do with them.

xpost - i dunno how much cameos have meant for 30 Rock, but I know How I Met Your Mother had a big ratings jump with the Britney stunt. like i said upthread, though, 30 Rock gets a lot of its Emmy nominations/wins from celeb guest stars, so i think that's also a big motivating factor for them.

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

charlize theron is a c-list celeb? bitch won an oscar, no?

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

ok, i was thinking of zach braff and co (pre-shitty indie movie).

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

zack braff was funny on AD

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

do more people genuinely watch shows because of celeb cameos? the shows that do that alot seem to be the ones where you can see a direct link to more celebs >>> less viewers (will and grace & simpsons come to mind) as its basically just admitting you are giving up on just being funny anymore. oh, and the last couple of seasons of friends until the last when they went back to storytelling. only show i can think of that done it properly was arrested development's LOL obvious joke of needing rubbish c list guests because of no ratings.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, December 2, 2008 2:05 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah and i mean the celeb guest stars in the big guest star heavy last few episodes was like andy richter, richard belzer, gary cole - not xxactly oprah and jennifer aniston

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

If guest stars help keep my show afloat and they continue to be well written and fun, I have no complaints. The only two I genuinely hated were Seinfeld and Sean Hayes.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

no but scott baio, henry winkler, zack braff, james lipton, etc. xxxxposts

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

i kind of don't mind 30 rock not using every character every week. AD felt that way sometimes, like they HAD to give everyone facetime even if they gave them a lame joke or whatever

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

we gotta watch arrested development tonight, james lipton is gonna be playing the warden! honey, let's get a sitter for the kids so we dont miss a single minute!!

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

like i said, arrested development did it right. i think season 1 30 rock (working out with whoopi + ghostface's rhyming dictionary) was great at silly cameos as well. just now every episode seems to be written around some star they have to fit into the show, it doesn't sit right.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

Winkler / Baio / Lipton weren't guest stars; they were semi-regulars. It was stunt casting to be sure, though.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

30 Rock/AD Poll

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

as long as the guest star is playing another character (like in the aniston and martin cameos), with comedic results, i think it's ok. i didn't think there was anything funny about the oprah cameo. fuck oprah worship!

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

i'm so tired of every show trying to get carl weathers for sweeps week... its shameless

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

ok, i'm just going to shut up from now on. :)

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

maybe you guys haven't noticed but pretty much every sitcom has guest stars almost every week, very few shows stick with just the main cast members and noone else every episode...on some shows it's just regular workaday TV actors playing "love interest X" or "hospital patient Y" but some shows regular cast recognizable celebs that they can pimp out in the promos, unless everything is a meta joke or a forced "superstar randomly shows up in Springfield" plotline, does it really matter that much?

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

baio was fucking bob loblaw for godsakes. AD canon.

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

i think pretty much any human being in the universe would've been funnier as the jennifer aniston character

― dat dude delmar (and what), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

i can't stand aniston and even i thought her character was pretty funny

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

she was pretty taut bro

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

Except Dratch.

― Øystein, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

taut?

― dumb pseud (some dude), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

i didn't think there was anything funny about the oprah cameo. fuck oprah worship!

The flashback of Oprah talking like a 15 year old girl on the plane is what did it for me.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:17 (seventeen years ago)

Kept in trim shape; neat and tidy.
Marked by the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something, such as language or detail: a taut movie script.

In good order or clean condition: neat, orderly, shipshape, snug, spick-and-span, spruce, tidy, trig, trim, well-groomed. Chiefly British tight. Idioms: neat as a pin. See clean/dirty, order/disorder.

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:17 (seventeen years ago)

meaning i would like to blap

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

it's the new slang, GWI

― cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

cutty likes taut

fitness chicks

xp

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

The VF article on Tina Fey was horribly written. Is that why Jack's MoDo joke was funny?

― Leee, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)

guys, aniston was not funny.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)

i will give you hot, taut, whatever, but the acting was a;sldkgja.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:23 (seventeen years ago)

thank you theresa

― dat dude delmar (and what), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:26 (seventeen years ago)

you're welcome, ethan.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)

i didn't think there was anything funny about the oprah cameo.

Liz: I’m trying to adopt a baby. But my job is making it impossible because my work self is suffocating my life me. I’m Liz Lemon and I lost my virginity at 25. I saw the show about following fear and it inspired me to wear shorts to work. It didn’t go great. Do you know Tracy Jordan? I took a pill earlier. I didn’t get September issue of O Magazine. Do you have the number for subscriptions? Why would you!? I eat emotionally and one time at summer camp I kissed a girl on a dare but then she drowned. And here comes some more stuff. I hate my feet and once I had a sex dream about Nate Burkis but halfway though he turned into Dr. Oz. Has that ever happened to you? Oh a hug! This is happening!

― schlump, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:57 (seventeen years ago)

i wish that was not too long to make my display name.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:59 (seventeen years ago)

you take "but then she drowned" i'll take "and here comes some more stuff"

― dat dude delmar (and what), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:02 (seventeen years ago)

we will have to time our posts so they are in tandem.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:03 (seventeen years ago)

i have a feeling a lot of theresa posts will suddenly become ^^^DOLLARSTORE^^

― dat dude delmar (and what), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:04 (seventeen years ago)

lol.

an ilx built for two.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:04 (seventeen years ago)

ilxicle

― dat dude delmar (and what), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 04:05 (seventeen years ago)

I hate to ruin the 12-hour streak of this thread just being E + T talking to each other to state the obvious, but surely the thinking behind guest stars is pretty simple: you have a show that's "successful" in every respect apart from lots of people watching it, so you run promos about Oprah and Seinfeld guest spots in an effort to convince viewers that this is not just some second-string show they don't need to pay attention to, and is actually the kind of big and important cultural sensation that can attract big talent, therefore it must be high-quality and funny and you should try watching it, etc.

(This is kinda distinct from the way Will & Grace always had to do it, because their problem was being a successful show that had gone on long enough that nobody felt particularly compelled to watch new episodes, so they had to cast around doing guest spots and "live" episodes as a form of meta shark-jumping "please still be interested in us" move.)

(What's funny is that I think more and more shows have to resort to this just for their own network promos, because the old ways of trying to hype a particular episode -- the whole "biggest episode yet!" and "dramatic secret revealed!" hyping -- got so run into the ground that nobody reacts to it anymore; you have to pull out a guest star as evidence that this episode is unmissable in some way the last one wasn't, or else everyone knows you're lying.)

― nabisco, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

yeah it's kinda sad how rarely networks promote comedy shows with a simple clip from the episode of someone saying something funny anymore.

― nutz in a good way, aka bustin (some dude), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

It's like, instead of promoting a comedy as, "Hey, this is funny! We're pretty sure you'll find it funny, too!", it's all, "YOU CAN NO LONGER CONSIDER YOURSELF A MAMMAL IF YOU MISS THIS IMPORTANT EVENT."

― Sara Sara Sara, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:27 (seventeen years ago)

anyway I still fail to see what the bfd is. Lorne Michaels has probably been calling Tina Fey once a week for the past 10 years saying stuff like "we got [big star X], can you write something funny for him/her to do on the show?" so it's not like her and the other ex-SNL folks at the show don't know how to handle it better than the staff of fucking Will & Grace.

xpost

― nutz in a good way, aka bustin (some dude), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:28 (seventeen years ago)

How did Will & Grace become shorthand for "awful" on a network that once included Suddenly Susan and Just Shoot Me? W&G wasn't great, but it had moments.

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

no no no no

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:38 (seventeen years ago)

Megan Mullaly is a treat.

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)

it's a good shorthand for "popular awful" whereas NBC has other examples of "cancelled awful" and "coasting along awful" in spades.

― nutz in a good way, aka bustin (some dude), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:41 (seventeen years ago)

i'd forgotten the seinfeld cameo until reading this. it makes me think of kenneth singing the bass-motif in the elevator, with lip-poppin'.

― schlump, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:41 (seventeen years ago)

it's a good shorthand for "popular awful" whereas NBC has other examples of "cancelled awful" and "coasting along awful" in spades.

Was it really that popular? I thought all the stunt casting happened for the same reason it happens on 30 Rock?

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:44 (seventeen years ago)

it was popular and it was hideous

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:45 (seventeen years ago)

Polyphonic, like I said -- that show was like top-level sitcom popular for years, and only started leaning hard on the cameos/guests/stunt-casting toward the end, after people's interest in the core show had started to evaporate.

(They also seriously did "live"-to-tape episodes, which still strikes me as a fascinating leap to decide to make, though really all it meant was that things looked more stagey and Debra Messing would occasionally crack up.)

― nabisco, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:55 (seventeen years ago)

Will & Grace ranked in the top 20 shows on TV for 4 of its 7 seasons. 30 Rock's rank last season was #94.

― nutz in a good way, aka bustin (some dude), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

Good grief, 94.

― caek, Thursday, 4 December 2008 14:55 (seventeen years ago)

I found myself agreeing with lots of that Nancy Franklin review. I think she's right that Alec Baldwin's charm carries a lot of the show, and the chemistry between him and the Fey character is probably the main reason to watch. Tracy Morgan's acting style is a strong spice that people will either love or hate. The Kenneth character is usually funny but sometimes he threatens to become a bit one-dimensional - the writers will need to work hard to keep from falling back on the same hick jokes. I think the clever-clever dialogue falls flat or breaks character almost as often as it provokes a belly laugh - it tends to cause whichever character is speaking the dialogue to recede and Fey to appear hovering overhead, as I imagine her writing the line and chuckling to herself (I'm not sure how much of it she actually writes, but it's what plays in my head anyway). It breaks the illusion that these are real people, which can make it hard to care about what happens to them.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)

it's a tv show, none of them are real

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:39 (seventeen years ago)

Hence my use of the term "illusion".

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:40 (seventeen years ago)

not sure the show has ever particularly cared about that illusion

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

In my view, that's possibly a weakness of the show.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

this show is no way grounded in reality

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

whoever made the point about friends getting good for the last two seasons because of season arcs and drama and characters very otm. some of 30 Rock's arcs have been great, but this season has been kind of a list of very good jokes so far.

― caek, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

yes well in my view it makes the show hilarious and awesome

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

note: i still love it and it is my favorite show, but that is not an interesting comment.

― caek, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

(my comment is not interesting, not yours max.)

― caek, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

it's a tv show, i watch it, i laugh, i chuckle, i groan at the lame lines. i enjoy the characters. i could give a rip about illusions and such

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

I think it privileges the writer and the expense of the actors when all of the characters tend to become sock puppets for one distinct writerly voice and tone. It just becomes less interesting to see them interact when they're all kind of stand-ins for one person, rather than distinct people with a voice and perspective of their own.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

"at the expense of the actors"

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

OK at the expense of that dude who plays Josh.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

that is the style of the show, though. those rapid fire lines that take a moment to set in. take it or leave it nate.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

i think people over analyize tv shows sometimes

\Oo/

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

yeah ok that's actually just wrong xxxpost

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

its totally weird to me that you get that sense since they all have very distinct voices and the lines are hardly interchangeable--not to mention that the very fact that the show is set behind the scenes at a comedy show is like a constant reminder that tv comedy is not at all the product of a single writer or voice

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

I cannot imagine anyone but Tracy saying his lines

― caek, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

they all seem like they have distinct voices, that's what makes the show great

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

Of the ones I've seen, my favorites were probably "Rachel Getting Married", "Tropic Thunder", and "Run Fat Boy Run". (I'm not counting "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will be Blood", which were 2007 releases here.)

― o. nate, Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:05 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this invalidates o. nate's opinion about anything comedic

― n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

Sometimes, if I squint*, I can't tell Jenna and Tracy apart.

* by "squint" I actually mean "close my eyes, block my ears and lose the ability to understand English"

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

I'm not saying that the characters don't have the illusion of having distinct personalities on the show (though for all you people who say that you don't care about that particular illusion, I wonder why you're suddenly defending this canard so passionately). What I'm saying is that in those moments when they speak one of those arch self-referential lines, they break character. I'm not saying every line is that way.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

the "illusion" of having distinct personalities is different from the "illusion" of being real characters i think

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

this invalidates o. nate's opinion about anything comedic

Hey! Simon Pegg is a talented comic actor - in fact, I imagine he'd be a nice choice for one of the guest star slots on 30 Rock.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

my favorite "illusion" on television is when the glowing box i point my chairs at comes alive with demons telling stories.

― caek, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

I would like an example of an "arch self-referential line".

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:13 (seventeen years ago)

o.nate we're basically kicking you off the thread.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:13 (seventeen years ago)

i think what's great about 30 rock is not only that the characters each have their own distinctive voice, it kinda goes beyond that to the point that they're operating in different comedic modes altogether, and yet they all work together so well. o. nate you're fired.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:17 (seventeen years ago)

I would like an example of an "arch self-referential line".

Many have been posted on this thread. E.g.,

"i cant believe you are out of the game. thats like picasso not painting or bruce willis not combining action with rock harmonica, don't you miss it?"

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:18 (seventeen years ago)

self-referential because... its said by picasso?

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:19 (seventeen years ago)

Self-referential because it's about the writer not the character speaking the line - ie., I can't even remember who said the line because it's coming from that ironic writerly voice that comes through from time to time regardless of who's speaking.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:21 (seventeen years ago)

That's the kind of thing I was talking about earlier.

― jaymc, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)

do you guys have other tv shows that you watch that you can hold up to the high standard of being able to extract one line of dialogue and know which character said it?

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:28 (seventeen years ago)

1. Wasn't that line from Jack to Steve Martin's character?
2. "self-referential" usually implies "refers to self", not "is very wry"

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:31 (seventeen years ago)

i think he means the writer is being self-referential

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:33 (seventeen years ago)

I am holding it up to a high standard, perhaps foolishly so. I like the show. I watch the show. I criticize it as a fan.

xposts

I realize I may not be using "self-referential" in the right way. You could be right that it was spoken by Jack, but it doesn't really sound like Jack.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:33 (seventeen years ago)

jack wouldn't know who bruce willis is?

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:34 (seventeen years ago)

see i would say that it does sound like jack. if any other character said it he/she woulda said just "harmonica." but with jack's way of speaking he says "rock harmonica"

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)

the joke is jack lumping bruce willis with picasso. and it's very jack and very funny.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)

pair it with his phil collins line and we've proved nate RONG

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)

what about his john legend cd?

― mizzell, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:37 (seventeen years ago)

the joke is jack lumping bruce willis with picasso. and it's very jack and very funny.

I don't think so. To me it sounds self-aware hipster, which Jack should not be.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:37 (seventeen years ago)

hipsters be referencing bruce willis all the time, you're right.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:38 (seventeen years ago)

No one would mention Bruce Willis in the same sentence with Picasso without being intentionally ironic. That type of irony is very hipster - not like Jack, who should be the opposite of self-aware (and usually is).

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:39 (seventeen years ago)

but Jack loves Phil Collins, (and therefore loves Bruce Willis) he's just like beloved ilx posted Max that way

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:42 (seventeen years ago)

the thing is, jack ISN'T being ironic.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:45 (seventeen years ago)

he is sincere as fuck when he says that

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:45 (seventeen years ago)

Are you forgetting what bad taste Jack has? I don't think he was being ironic.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:45 (seventeen years ago)

Maybe if he hadn't mentioned the harmonica playing I could believe it.

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:47 (seventeen years ago)

are you american btw?

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)

I bet you love Bruce Willis and his rock harmonica playing, and this is just your elaborate way of fooling us into believing otherwise.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.arras.net/circulars/archives/McCarthy.jpg xpost

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Thursday, 4 December 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, I nearly forgot: I was buying a new microphone at Guitar Center on Monday night, and the sales guy was going on and on about how great he thought this particular microphone was, and as he was running my card he says: "I had Bruce Willis in here last week. You know how he plays the harmonica? He's actually a really good harmonica player, and he was looking for a mic for it. So I had him try this mic side by side with the SM57 and he said this one was hands-down the better one."

I'd like to imagine that this show reminded Bruce that he'd been slacking on the harmonica front, and he needs to get back in the game.

― nabisco, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

P.S. Why wouldn't Jack be sincerely impressed by Bruce's combination of action and rock harmonica? He has two ears and a heart, doesn't he?

― nabisco, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

that is an awesome theory and i pray it is true

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

yeah that's why it's so funny

― Matt P, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

Oh wait, someone already made that joke.

Seriously, though, I don't think Nate is incorrect in how he sees the show -- it very clearly leans toward the writing over any kind of deep naturalistic character development (duh), and there are loads of times where the characters are channeling the screwball joke in ways that require some suspension of disbelief in terms of them as living breathing people (duh) ... personally I like this, because I am watching a half-hour television comedy, and like I said above, I have zero idea why people cling to pseudo-naturalism in what's already one of the most insanely artificial formats on television.

― nabisco, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

I have zero idea why people cling to pseudo-naturalism in what's already one of the most insanely artificial formats on television

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

are you american btw?

Yes - not sure what that has to do with anything.

Seriously, though, I don't think Nate is incorrect in how he sees the show

THANK YOU

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:38 (seventeen years ago)

but he still thinks you're wrong

― s1ocki, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:39 (seventeen years ago)

All true Americans have a deep abiding love for Bruce Willis and his rock harmonica.

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)

If you disrespect everybody
That you run into
How in the world do you think
Anybody sposed to respect you
If you dont give a heck about
The man with a bible in his hand
Just get out the way and let
The gentleman do his thing

Youre the kind of gentleman
That wants everything their way
Take the sheet off yur face boy
Its a brand new day

Chorus
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
If you dont respect yourself
Aint nobody gonna give a good
Ca-hoot na na na oh oh
Respect yourself

If youre walking around thinking
That the world owes you something
Cause youre here
Youre going out the world backward
Like you did when you first came here
Keep talking about the president
Wont stop air pollution
Put your hand over your mouth
When you cough
Thatll help the solution

You cuss around women folk
You dont even know their name
Then youre dumb enough to think
That it makes you a big ol man

Chorus
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
If you dont respect yourself
Aint nobody gonna give a good
Ca-hoot na na na oh oh
Respect yourself

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)

^^^^^ our secret National Anthem

― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:41 (seventeen years ago)

All true Americans have a deep abiding love for Bruce Willis and his rock harmonica.

― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Thursday, December 4, 2008 2:40 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ THIS

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:41 (seventeen years ago)

Ca-hoot na na na oh oh

^truer words were never spoken

― you can't stop the shinin' (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:42 (seventeen years ago)

Keep talking about the president
Wont stop air pollution
Put your hand over your mouth
When you cough
Thatll help the solution

^^^something to keep in mind, FYI

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:42 (seventeen years ago)

i'm ashamed to admit that i sometimes cuss around womenfolk

― you can't stop the shinin' (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 4 December 2008 19:46 (seventeen years ago)

Nate, I think you were just mis-articulating the thing about the Bruce Willis line. It isn't that it's out of character for Jack in particular; it's not an issue of character. It's that people's speech and naturalistic dialogue don't usually contain things like mismatched pairs of references, or comedy lists, or little turn-arounds of expectations -- those are all kinda sketch-comedy writing habits, where there's no attempt to hide the artifice of it.

So yes, "Picasso : painting :: Bruce Willis : action and rock harmonica" is a very writerish, constructed joke. Same goes with Kenneth saying "We Parcells have had our share of rock soup and squirrel tail ... but we have also known lean times." They're in character, they're just a bit arch and constructed. I think this is what makes the show special, to be honest -- the sensibility that differentiates it from most of what's around it -- but obviously I won't argue too much about the fact that I respond well to it and you don't.

― nabisco, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:03 (seventeen years ago)

I don't think this is just about scriptedness vs. naturalism. I mean, Arrested Development is an extremely writerly show, and I don't have the same complaints there because everything happens so fast and on multiple levels that a throwaway, slightly out-of-character joke isn't just an excuse to goof on a B-list celebrity, but it's also likely a pun and a callback to a joke from the previous season and you might not even realize it until a minute later. Whereas jokes on 30 Rock announce themselves as jokes, like you could almost put canned laughter after them.

― jaymc, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:07 (seventeen years ago)

I guess the truth is - and this may be a bit of a cop-out - that I don't mind things that are arch and constructed when they're funny. That Kenneth line is funny. It sets up perfectly, then pow - hits you with the punch line. And his delivery, IIRC, was spot on. The Jack line is kind of huh? Is it serious, is it ironic? I don't know - and either way it isn't funny.

xpost

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:11 (seventeen years ago)

Is it serious, is it ironic?

take a wild guess!

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:12 (seventeen years ago)

like you could almost put canned laughter after them.

ALMOST? CANNED LAUGHTER ON SITCOMS UNHEARD OF, SIR.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:13 (seventeen years ago)

I think my favorite 30 Rock joke is still "You can't have a Lemon Party without Old Dick!" (with "Yay, equality!" a close second; that whole epsiode was genius)

― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

I get the feeling that the very act of mentioning Bruce Willis and harmonica playing is supposed to be intrinsically funny. Like, can you believe what bits of pop-culture trivia we worked into the script this week? I think it tries too hard, or not hard enough.

xposts

― o. nate, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

i do see what you are getting at. tries too hard is maybe the right one. but it's the flavor of the show. those are the jokes.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:17 (seventeen years ago)

xxxp Well, I recognize that that's true for 95% of sitcoms out there. I've probably been spoiled by The Office and Arrested Development. 30 Rock is the only other sitcom I've regularly watched since Seinfeld went off the air, so maybe I have high expectations for it. Like I said before, I still think it's a fairly amusing show.

― jaymc, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:19 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, the thing that is supposed to be funny is holding up Bruce Willis as a pinnacle of his art of the same stature as Picasso.

Basically, you are failing at understanding jokes.

― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)

I think part of what I'm getting at is that if you rely on arch, constructed jokes for the meat of your comedy, then if they fall flat somehow, it feels even less funny than if an Office bit didn't work (because it might still feel "natural" -- the awkwardness might actually even work in its favor) or if an Arrested Development joke missed the mark (because there'd be another joke or absurd scenario three seconds later).

― jaymc, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:23 (seventeen years ago)

it's not that he doesn't get the joke. he's turned off by the fact that the joke makes him picture some harvard grad in a writing room being very pleased with a bruce willis joke.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:24 (seventeen years ago)

he sees the man behind the curtain and he doesn't care for it.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)

agreed that 30 rock is very "writerly" but it doesn't bother me.

or if an Arrested Development joke missed the mark (because there'd be another joke or absurd scenario three seconds later).

i dunno, 30 rock has to be at least as rapid-fire as AD (if not moreso).

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

J, I think you're only half-right there. When Tracy says there are various parallels between the Jordans and the Menendi, and the last one is "both families are staples of Court TV," that really announces itself as a joke -- it's even a traditional list of three with the third one as the punch line. But the funniest part of the statement is that he says "Menendi" in the middle of it!

I am not going to rep for the Bruce Willis joke, because I don't think it was that funny, and didn't think the episode as a whole was a great one. But every time I use my new microphone, I will think that somewhere out there, underneath the same big sky, wishing on the same stars, Bruce Willis is playing harmonica into a microphone from the same stack, and a tear will roll down my cheek.

xpost - J, I would dispute that the pace of jokes on Arrested Development is any faster than 30 Rock. The editing and story move faster (to an extent that actually irritates me), but I don't think the pace of jokes is all that different.

― nabisco, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

you don't have to rep for the joke, but you at least admit it was IN CHARACTER, which is really how this started.

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:30 (seventeen years ago)

man i miss when this thread was just FUNNY QUOTE IN ALL CAPS city

― Dumb Assantino (some dude), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:33 (seventeen years ago)

― Dumb Assantino (some dude)

is this a ref to elli$'s classic "tron assantino"

― Ron Polarik, PhD (and what), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:34 (seventeen years ago)

we need a new episode to have funny quotes in all caps, duhr

― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)

six hourssssszzzz...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:41 (seventeen years ago)

you know what's fun and entertaining? microanalyzing jokes.

― miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)

I'm glad you told us this 2 hours after everyone decided this conversation sucked, we needed the validation.

― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:46 (seventeen years ago)

imagining writer patting himself on the back for constructed a cleverly written joke>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>watching Steve Carrell try to squeeze laughs out of a humorless turnip

― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 4 December 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)

i didn't realize there was an expiration date on pointing out your lameness, duly noted

― miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 4 December 2008 23:16 (seventeen years ago)

oh boy!

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

:D

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

LOOK AT THIS NECKLACE!

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:35 (seventeen years ago)

guys like live blog

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

lolpilladdiction

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:45 (seventeen years ago)

UGH, EVEN ____ HATED ME? HE WAS THE FIRST GAY GUY I EVER KISSED

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:46 (seventeen years ago)

The birthmark girl (god pooped on me) is Casey from L&O: SVU!!!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 December 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)

ugh this is so hard because my reception is so bad! was so psyched to watch in real time (woohoo class got canceled!) but i can't really see it.

― very quotatious (tehresa), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)

MAKING UP WORDS WON'T HELP YOU

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:48 (seventeen years ago)

I think I'm gonna have to have an "angry chair" now.

― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)

rich 50 is middle-class 38

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

you're too quick!

― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

omg donna moss

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

omg their dancing!

― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:52 (seventeen years ago)

FREAKS AND GEEKS REFERENCE FREAKS AND GEEKS REFERENCE

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:55 (seventeen years ago)

We all have ways of coping. I use sex and awesomeness.

― Mordy, Friday, 5 December 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

jenna killin it this season

― Bomb Sackantino (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 December 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)

LEMON OUT

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)

LEMON OUT

LOL XP

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)

LEMON OUT XXP

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

A+

― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

C'mon everybody! Do the Diane!

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

yeah this one was on point

― Bomb Sackantino (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:00 (seventeen years ago)

good ep, but i didnt lol at anything in that as hard as i just loled at that bizarre snl promo w/ malkovich and tip

― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:00 (seventeen years ago)

y'all gonna watch tina on bubba wubba's show now?

― very quotatious (tehresa), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)

No! Keep crying. I don't want you to make this mistake again.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:03 (seventeen years ago)

^^

when does this go online???

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:04 (seventeen years ago)

was i the only one who just about freaked out during the 7 minutes in heaven part due to the obv. F&G parallels?

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:04 (seventeen years ago)

How about the obvious REAL FUCKING LIFE parallels?

― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:07 (seventeen years ago)

^^^ grumpy old man; just wallflowered his 15 year reunion

― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:07 (seventeen years ago)

7 minutes in heaven is present in many high school memories, kevin keller

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:08 (seventeen years ago)

best episode yet this season on the LOLmeter

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:08 (seventeen years ago)

for real

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:09 (seventeen years ago)

What was Tracy's second joke, when he was rubbing his belly?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:10 (seventeen years ago)

ghetto mating call

― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)

xxxxp
i'm aware, but the dialog, esp in the fist part of it, was almost exactly the same as the F&G scene

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)

looooooooooooool

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)

Why does ANYONE go to Miami? ASS. And the burgeoning art scene.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:12 (seventeen years ago)

xxxxp
i'm aware, but the dialog, esp in the fist part of it, was almost exactly the same as the F&G scene

― k3vin k., Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:13 (seventeen years ago)

prove it!

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:13 (seventeen years ago)

REAL
FUCKING
LIFE

― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:13 (seventeen years ago)

find "smooching and mooching" somewhere

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:42 (seventeen years ago)

Best episode of the season, easily.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:01 (seventeen years ago)

Janel Maloney should do more (on TV).

― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 06:02 (seventeen years ago)

THAT'S RIGHT A JET! LEMON OUT!

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:03 (seventeen years ago)

oh my god how could i forget
OF COURSE WE ARE [important]! WE'RE ACTORS! WITHOUT US, HOW WOULD PEOPLE KNOW WHO TO VOTE FOR?

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 06:08 (seventeen years ago)

how soon after a show airs does it arrive on hulu?

― ghost (jergins), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:10 (seventeen years ago)

usually by the next afternoon or so?

― very quotatious (tehresa), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:12 (seventeen years ago)

usually around 6am Friday.

― Kerm, Friday, 5 December 2008 06:14 (seventeen years ago)

awesoem thanx friends i am dumb and missed it

― ghost (jergins), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:14 (seventeen years ago)

not soon enough xp

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:16 (seventeen years ago)

OH MY GOD I FORGOT ABOUT KENNETHS HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:29 (seventeen years ago)

YES

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:31 (seventeen years ago)

Best half hour I've spent in front of a TV in ages. Last 10 min = genius. Slapped The Office down hard.

― contenderizer, Friday, 5 December 2008 06:51 (seventeen years ago)

okay everyone who says this was the best ep of the season is OTFM

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 5 December 2008 06:56 (seventeen years ago)

Dunno about that, I've only seen the show a handful of times, but it was funny as hell, and funnier than any other episodes I've seen this season. Not as funny as "Gold Case" (or whatever that one was actually called), but still...

― Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:24 (seventeen years ago)

so what part of "best ep of this season" did you disagree with?

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:39 (seventeen years ago)

Thank Cthulhu I had this episode DVR'ed. I watched it again immediately.

Kenneth: "And your landlord called. He said it’s not your toilet, it’s you."
Liz: That’s his opinion."

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:45 (seventeen years ago)

CAT ANUS! CAT ANUS! CAT ANUS!

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:46 (seventeen years ago)

HEY LIZ, HOW'S YOUR TELESCOPE?

HOW'S YOUR MOM'S PILL ADDICTION?

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:47 (seventeen years ago)

re: Miss Precious

Ummm, none of it? My reading comprehension is very low this time of night.

― Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:52 (seventeen years ago)

I thought "OTFM" meant "fuck you and your wrong ideas dickweed".

― Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Friday, 5 December 2008 07:53 (seventeen years ago)

Great ep, but

"OF COURSE WE ARE [important]! WE'RE ACTORS! WITHOUT US, HOW WOULD PEOPLE KNOW WHO TO VOTE FOR?"

I have to admit that this line jerked me out of the show, o. nate style, and I imagined the writers sitting around a table. Didn't ring true as something Jenna would say (and kind of a tired joke). I don't mind artifice and unrealistic characters, but any time I'm suddenly thinking of the writers is a time a show has failed.

― nickn, Friday, 5 December 2008 08:00 (seventeen years ago)

That totally seems like something Jenna would say, imo.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 5 December 2008 08:02 (seventeen years ago)

That totally seems like something Jenna would say, imo.

Aye. Plus I love Jenna's immediate followup...

"Attention is what give us power. If someone threatens that, you have to put a stop to that! Wait, who are you worried about? Is it Alison from wardrobes baby? What is up with that thing? So she can put her foot in her mouth, so can I! You know where the big dogs around here. Hey, let’s go throw a big tantrum about the air conditioning."

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 5 December 2008 08:15 (seventeen years ago)

Anyone else really surprised by those odd network cameos by Diane Neal and Janel Maloney? It was kind of like what they had Stephanie March on back in season 1. Like... what?

― Nhex, Friday, 5 December 2008 08:25 (seventeen years ago)

You said my beauty spot was like God pooped on my face!

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 5 December 2008 11:07 (seventeen years ago)

when jenna broke out into song in the elevator
when jack said i'm larry braverman
when kenneth said this is bigger than my apartment

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 12:30 (seventeen years ago)

They have had an insane amount of actors from SVU.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 5 December 2008 13:39 (seventeen years ago)

I wish there was a Princeton reunion this weekend -- wipe that smug smile of Michelle Obama's face...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

the 3 b's beers, boats, and buds

― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 December 2008 15:25 (seventeen years ago)

<3 jenna

― n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Friday, 5 December 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)

best ep of the season by a longshot...and that's saying a lot. i've already watched it twice :)

nickn, that's precisely the kind of stuff that i love. v v self referential/pop culture refrerential etc. like "grad students are the worst". THE BEST

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 15:41 (seventeen years ago)

"I would've gone to my high school reunion but the boat I was educated on sank."

― Chris L, Friday, 5 December 2008 15:45 (seventeen years ago)

xxxxp
i'm aware, but the dialog, esp in the fist part of it, was almost exactly the same as the F&G scene

― k3vin k., Thursday, December 4, 2008 10:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― cutty, Thursday, December 4, 2008 9:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

prove it!

― cutty, Thursday, December 4, 2008 9:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

where is jaymc

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 5 December 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

at first i was thinking "oh, that would make sense since paul feig directed it", but no, he directed last night's office episode (although imdb says he directed "Cleveland" for 30 Rock)

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 5 December 2008 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

the whole opening sequence with cathy. the rattling of the keys to get her to look at the camera, the giant stuffed unicorn, the 'either its a weather event or...!'

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:30 (seventeen years ago)

I want to go to there

― Edward III, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:32 (seventeen years ago)

that's halfway to an ilx meme

one day liz lemon will say "you never her" and this thread will implode

― Edward III, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:33 (seventeen years ago)

yeah the girl i watched this with instantly took up "i want to go there" as her new catchphrase

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 5 December 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)

someone needs to gif jenna trying to put her foot in her mouth.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:40 (seventeen years ago)

where is jaymc

I haven't seen this episode yet.

― jaymc, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/47439/30-rock-reunion

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

I know, dude. I'm at work.

― jaymc, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

so?

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 16:48 (seventeen years ago)

if you piece together all of our quotes/catchphrases you can recreate the episode without hulu.

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

^so true

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

Dove age-fighting acne cream

― my inbox so hot (will), Friday, 5 December 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

this thread is making me so mad, all i can do is dance.

― The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Friday, 5 December 2008 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

and he's been happily married and they raised 2 dogs!

― dan selzer, Friday, 5 December 2008 18:50 (seventeen years ago)

next stop, Kansas City!

― The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Friday, 5 December 2008 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

the whole vietnamese joke thing was sort of confounding.

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

when you see the detour sign, don't go that way, it's a trap

― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

^^

what is this, the local?

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 20:00 (seventeen years ago)

this morning some guy got in the elevator and pressed the button to the second floor and i wanted to use that line

― beyonc'e (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:01 (seventeen years ago)

oh wait it's "i want to go to there", i knew "i want to go there" wasn't quite funny enough.

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:06 (seventeen years ago)

the whole vietnamese joke thing was sort of confounding.
― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 19:08 (56 minutes ago) Permalink

it kind of made sense if you've ever been to a rural area that's inexplicably been taken over by an immigrant population. friends of mine used to live outside portland maine in a cambodian neighborhood. (or was it filipino? can't remember)

― Edward III, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:13 (seventeen years ago)

i just googled 'vietnamese hat' so i could remember the hotel clerk's line but non la is not right is it

― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:14 (seventeen years ago)

Whitehaven ain't White no more.

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

i thought that whole sequence was v. funny ya

― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

Jenna making Kenneth FEEL THE PAIN tops YHWH. She's really killing it this season.

― Leee, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:49 (seventeen years ago)

so the third time i watched this, you can totally tell that in the first "kelsey winthrop" scene, liz can clearly be heard saying "i dont know kelsey hows your moms pill addiction?", just really fast. i fucking love that.

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

"a manhattan, plz"
"sure, what kind of bourbon?"
"a white wine spritzer plz"

― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 22:26 (seventeen years ago)

Love how gris and dotcom in the end cannot fight the major Kenneth-lols

― Øystein, Friday, 5 December 2008 22:36 (seventeen years ago)

this morning some guy got in the elevator and pressed the button to the second floor and i wanted to use that line

I usually just want to strangle those people but now instead I will bring the lulz

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 5 December 2008 23:54 (seventeen years ago)

Have they used that acne cream joke before?

― Jouster, Saturday, 6 December 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Jenna says let's go throw a tantrum about the air conditioning, after which Tracy has a look on his face indicating that he was seriously, deeply touched by her thoughtfulness.

― josephcharles, Saturday, 6 December 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

this morning some guy got in the elevator and pressed the button to the second floor and i wanted to use that line

I usually just want to strangle those people but now instead I will bring the lulz

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, December 5, 2008 6:54 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark


lol, at my library, the quiet floor is on floor FOUR. i walk up four flights of stairs every time (because i dont exercise in winter enough anyway etc), and there's always people who take it from ground level to floor 1. i want to slap them.

― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 December 2008 03:24 (seventeen years ago)

Weird. My undergrad's quiet floor is on floor 4 too. I wonder if that's a staple of college libraries.

― Mordy, Saturday, 6 December 2008 03:30 (seventeen years ago)

*shudder*

― s1ocki, Saturday, 6 December 2008 03:33 (seventeen years ago)

say what you said to me that night at the lake
no

― Matt P, Saturday, 6 December 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

"vaguely ethnic swan" LOLz

― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 December 2008 04:28 (seventeen years ago)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TAKES OVER 30 ROCK AS LIZ (TINA FEY) ATTEMPTS TO FULFILL CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS WISHES, AND JACK'S (ALEC BALDWIN) PLANS FOR ONE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HIS OVERBEARING MOTHER ARE FOILED DUE TO A FREAK ACCIDENT. ELAINE STRITCH GUEST STARS

^^ imprtortatn gest star nooz

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 7 December 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)

i once laughed at a blind guy eating spaghetti

― johnny crunch, Monday, 8 December 2008 18:29 (seventeen years ago)

Took until the second watching to realize Jenna says Kenneth's favorite lunch is "ham sandwich with the works, hold the bread"

― I'M ACTUALLY FINE (I DIED), Monday, 8 December 2008 18:37 (seventeen years ago)

show just makes me want my own sitcom where i hang out with tina fey

― sam york, Monday, 8 December 2008 18:50 (seventeen years ago)

I want to watch at that

― nabisco, Monday, 8 December 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

Wait, never mind, I don't

― nabisco, Monday, 8 December 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

who is sam york

― cutty, Monday, 8 December 2008 19:54 (seventeen years ago)

he has some controversial opinions about dance music

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Monday, 8 December 2008 19:57 (seventeen years ago)

there's a grady now?

― very quotatious (tehresa), Monday, 8 December 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

elaine stritch YESSSS

― very quotatious (tehresa), Monday, 8 December 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

I just wanted to say "I want to watch at that," obv

― nabisco, Monday, 8 December 2008 20:01 (seventeen years ago)

its imo legitimate to want to watch at anything w/tina fey even if its just her hanging out w/some dude form ilx

― Lafayette Lever hi wtf (ice cr?m), Monday, 8 December 2008 20:04 (seventeen years ago)

that is imo true

― nabisco, Monday, 8 December 2008 20:06 (seventeen years ago)

its imo legitimate to want to watch at anything w/tina fey

This is how I ended up watching Baby Mama.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:34 (seventeen years ago)

i want to go to there

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:42 (seventeen years ago)

totally is almost an ilx meme, yeah!

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:42 (seventeen years ago)

guys tina fey has been posting here for over a year now

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:52 (seventeen years ago)

haha
i had this eerie, kinda scary moment when watching this ep where i felt a little too much alignment with liz lemmon, esp the i want to go to there line, srsly. but i think it was jack's line about "you've found a haircut that works for you as long as it's not too humid" that got me. i was not a bully/huge-nerd in highschool, that i know of...

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 02:19 (seventeen years ago)

this episode made me question if maybe I was/am a bully-nerd and not just a self-deprecating dork as I consider myself. ouch, 30 Rock. ouch.

such a GREAT ending on that episode. "that's right, a JET. to new YORK." *microphone slam*

― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:03 (seventeen years ago)

LEMON OUT!

― Lafayette Lever hi wtf (ice cr?m), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

Alec Baldwin acting as Jack Donaghy acting as Larry Braverman talking to his high school sweetheart should be shown to aspiring comic actors as an unpleasant (but obvious and necessary) reminder that they will never be as good as Alec Baldwin and should probably find another line of work.

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

virtuoso shit for real

― Lafayette Lever hi wtf (ice cr?m), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:15 (seventeen years ago)

also good to see Donna Moss make an appearance, I miss her. the bangs don't suit her at all. perhaps it was raising Larry Braverman's child all these years that aged her...

― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

BRAVERMAN!

― Kerm, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)

i just changed my twitter id to larrybraverman

― beyonc'e (max), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:21 (seventeen years ago)

he gets by w/ sex + awesomeness

― t_g, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:25 (seventeen years ago)

"Tracy, why are you on your angry chair?"

― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:27 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/LemonOut.gif

― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:28 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/JennaElevator.gif

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:32 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/KenCrying.gif

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 16:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/Barfs.gif

― caek, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)

I think this is my new homepage: http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/

― caek, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)

I'm not sure I like this chubbier Tracy.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

resisting temptation to post every gif from that page whoa

― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:14 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/HighFivefaster.gif

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:18 (seventeen years ago)

It breaks my heart there's no .gif of Jack as Thomas Jefferson on Maury to be found

(still the funniest vignette from the entire series for me)

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

btw guys i read that nancy franklin article and it's totes garbage... fast-forwarding thru tracy scenes? wtf. max, you gotta step up your game and get in there.

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

you mean he doesn't have the job yet O_O

― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

david remick wont listen to reason that fucker

― beyonc'e (max), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

fast-forwarding thru tracy scenes? wtf. max, you gotta step up your game and get in there.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

We do it. I can stand them (barely) but 'er indoors can't and won't.

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:46 (seventeen years ago)

horrible people

― cutty, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:47 (seventeen years ago)

I can stand them (barely) but 'er indoors can't and won't.

i hate everything about this sentence

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:49 (seventeen years ago)

never post to this thread again

― beyonc'e (max), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:49 (seventeen years ago)

His acting's shite and his subplots are frequently unintelligent, boring and completely inconsequential. A few are great, especially when they involve Kenneth.

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:50 (seventeen years ago)

^^^ suggest ban

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/HighFivefaster.gif

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

ahahahahaha

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:52 (seventeen years ago)

Tracy Jordan? <-- poll

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

jesus christ what the fuck man... im not even gonna suggest ban you, you should know enough to just quit ilx in shame

― Ron Polarik, PhD (and what), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

srsly

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:01 (seventeen years ago)

btw a solid percentage of his subplots involve kenneth

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:02 (seventeen years ago)

you need to go re-watch tracy writing his autobiography and then come back to this thread and fall on yo' sword.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

"his acting's shite" is completely missing the point

― cutty, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

unintelligent and inconsequential?? what the fuck show do you think this is

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:09 (seventeen years ago)

worrying about consequence is sooo missing the point.

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

obviously not an american

― cutty, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

his posting's shite

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

I love him so much I want to take him behind a middle school and get him pregnant.

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:08 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ahahaha

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:08 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― cutty, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

His acting's shite and his subplots are frequently unintelligent, boring and completely inconsequential. A few are great, especially when they involve Kenneth.

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, December 9, 2008 3:50 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

f u

― beyonc'e (max), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:18 (seventeen years ago)

We all should have posted Liz's self High-V, fyi.

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:23 (seventeen years ago)

i posted it before there was even reason to post!

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 December 2008 21:24 (seventeen years ago)

FREQUENTLY UNINTELLIGENT?

― caek, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:02 (seventeen years ago)

srsly Adam, you do not want to go to there

― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)

ahahaha

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:13 (seventeen years ago)

His acting's shite and his subplots are frequently unintelligent, boring and completely inconsequential. A few are great, especially when they involve Kenneth.

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, December 9, 2008 3:50 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

making up words can't save you

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:08 (seventeen years ago)

^_^

― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)

ha i just realized that ADA CASEY NOVAK is in this ep

― you brought me home to this funky house (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 01:13 (seventeen years ago)

i had this eerie, kinda scary moment when watching this ep where i felt a little too much alignment with liz lemmon

It kind of disturbs me that I've felt this since ep1. The episode seriously made me reconsider how much of a bully-nerd I've been in life.

― Sundar, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 01:22 (seventeen years ago)

brilliant wrinkle in the pitiful lemon straight woman persona

― Lafayette Lever hi wtf (ice cr?m), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 01:24 (seventeen years ago)

colorful sweaters?

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 December 2008 02:35 (seventeen years ago)

I hear sunshine.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 December 2008 02:39 (seventeen years ago)

real talk: jenna's been the funniest character of the season

― the chef (emeril lagasse ha ha) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 December 2008 02:42 (seventeen years ago)

neverland ranch joke kinda clunked

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 December 2008 02:43 (seventeen years ago)

xp 'as leader of this group'

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 December 2008 02:44 (seventeen years ago)

Trene

― the chef (emeril lagasse ha ha) (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 December 2008 02:48 (seventeen years ago)

lolol exhibit C

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 December 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)

This one is chaotic and unstructured, but still funny.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 December 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

"boundaries"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 December 2008 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

shit, i've missed it....when is it posted on an internet

― what is my attitude (gbx), Friday, 12 December 2008 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

torrent = probably in 3 or 4 hours. nbc.com = tomorrow morning.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 December 2008 02:52 (seventeen years ago)

torrent will be up by 10:20

― beyonc'e (max), Friday, 12 December 2008 02:55 (seventeen years ago)

FAO Schwarz, ha

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 December 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, kind of a mediocre episode IMO but still had some moments. "Your mother might have put out at Christmas so you could have toys. She did it all for you!"

― Sundar, Friday, 12 December 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)

xpost!

― Sundar, Friday, 12 December 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)

licking a hippie joke was my fave, but i don't think this was anyone's favorite episode.

― scott seward, Friday, 12 December 2008 03:05 (seventeen years ago)

mama jack reading Urban Fervor!

― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 December 2008 03:08 (seventeen years ago)

we were due for a letdown i suppose after last week's A++ ep. wasn't bad by any means though

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 December 2008 03:09 (seventeen years ago)

LAWRENCE TAYLOR BLVD.

― josephcharles, Friday, 12 December 2008 08:17 (seventeen years ago)

Decent episode. Grizz and Dot Com's boundaries while putting ice skates on was the best moment

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 12 December 2008 08:31 (seventeen years ago)

gotta wait for hulu tomorrow :(

― Matt P, Friday, 12 December 2008 08:31 (seventeen years ago)

how's cloverdale life 4 u

― Matt P, Friday, 12 December 2008 08:32 (seventeen years ago)

Sidereel has it.

― Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 12 December 2008 08:41 (seventeen years ago)

rapping santas

― n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Friday, 12 December 2008 12:53 (seventeen years ago)

tina's hips in the black dress was the best thing in this episode

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 12 December 2008 14:45 (seventeen years ago)

LAWRENCE TAYLOR BLVD.

― josephcharles, Friday, December 12, 2008 3:17 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 December 2008 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

loled at the basquiat joke...but yeah this was sort of a dud for me.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 12 December 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

send a letter to a lonely white lady

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 December 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

If all you want is a hug from a black person, maybe you should just host the Price is Right

― Millennium Ducats (Roberto Spiralli), Friday, 12 December 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

the basquiat joke made me think of and sympathize with o.nate's beef with the writing.

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 12 December 2008 15:38 (seventeen years ago)

This episode was poor by 30 Rock standards, but:

LAWRENCE TAYLOR BLVD.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 12 December 2008 17:20 (seventeen years ago)

i don't know who lawrence taylor is, someone pls explain the joke

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 12 December 2008 17:28 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.elainesfinesportsart.com/images/football/13_4_B.jpg

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:29 (seventeen years ago)

best linebacker ever, had drug problem with multiple relapses

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:30 (seventeen years ago)

could always block fg's and xtra pts in tecmo bowl

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:31 (seventeen years ago)

wearer of awesome earrings

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:31 (seventeen years ago)

prob best defensive american football player ever - quotable totly high on coke and hanging out w/tranny prostitutes etc type of guy - ie a role model

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:31 (seventeen years ago)

"i was just trying to help that poor woman"

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

a poor mans mike tyson

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

you can kinda see the earring, but yeah dude actually dresses like this:

http://www.elainesfinesportsart.com/images/football/13_2_B.jpg

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

earring is a stylized "LT", in case that's not clear

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 12 December 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)

Also, "245th Street".

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 12 December 2008 17:38 (seventeen years ago)

thx

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 12 December 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)

wau i'm more amazed by that chick's outfit than LT's. "On behalf of garish leather outfit wearers everywhere, I'd like to present you with this lifetime achievement award, LT."

― Granny Dainger, Friday, 12 December 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

yah i hope that she lives in a cold climate at least

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 12 December 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)

I am certain that woman has a daughter who has appeared on "Rock of Love".

― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Friday, 12 December 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

Ha, 245th Street would be right around the last bit of urban Bronxiness, wouldn't it? I think any further and things start getting suburban.

Jokes about the cuteness of Grizz/Dotcom doing everything together = always good, though this one wasn't as good as last week's, when Dotcom took Grizz to the optometrist.

― nabisco, Friday, 12 December 2008 18:29 (seventeen years ago)

Can I just reiterate for a moment how awesome it is to have a character on national television named "Dotcom?"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:03 (seventeen years ago)

btw douche, it's Grizz and Darquan, not Dotcom

― Wrinklepaws, Monday, March 12, 2007 10:14 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― nabisco, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:07 (seventeen years ago)

oh darquanpaws

― nabisco, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:08 (seventeen years ago)

basically LT took Eddie Murphy's "Raw" as a fashion template and ran w/it.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)

Does Tracy SAY Dotcom because he's too dumb for Darquan? I've never "heard" the real name in the show!

― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Friday, 12 December 2008 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

no, everyone else calls him dotcom too - you have to assume not everyone is that stupid. oh, and tracy jordan can actually read.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 12 December 2008 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

He is just called Dotcom. "Darquan" is solely some Wrinklepaws nonsense made hilarious by the fact that he was confident enough to call someone a douche and act all superior about it.

― nabisco, Friday, 12 December 2008 21:22 (seventeen years ago)

Haha in fact I think it was partly an attempt on Wrinklepaws' part to be, like, down. Assuming Wrinklepaws was not just a sock-puppet being hilarious.

― nabisco, Friday, 12 December 2008 21:23 (seventeen years ago)

It also says his name is Dot Com on the imdb page for the show.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 12 December 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

imdb = racist douche

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 12 December 2008 21:54 (seventeen years ago)

lol darquan

mama jack reading Urban Fervor!

there was a similar gag last season too, when Liz was at Rosemary's book signing you could see "The Japanese Porn Star Diet" on the shelf.

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 12 December 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

I love foxy boxing! It combines two of my favourite things: boxing and referees!

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 13 December 2008 00:05 (seventeen years ago)

"She's better than fine. They're giving her a titanium hip.. like The Terminator. It's only gonna make her more powerful."

― Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Saturday, 13 December 2008 08:54 (seventeen years ago)

16-8=8

― the talented mr shipley (and what), Saturday, 13 December 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

exhibit 3^

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 13 December 2008 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

you have to assume not everyone is that stupid. oh, and tracy jordan can actually read

well, he doesn't know how to operate a camera

― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Saturday, 13 December 2008 19:06 (seventeen years ago)

Jokes about the cuteness of Grizz/Dotcom doing everything together = always good, though this one wasn't as good as last week's, when Dotcom took Grizz to the optometrist.

They are like the 3d Lenny and Carl.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Sunday, 14 December 2008 02:02 (seventeen years ago)

Hrm, clearly we need to work out the 30 Rock & Simpsons links.

Grizz/Dotcom <-> Lenny/Carl
Dr Spaceman <-> Dr Nick
Tracy <-> Troy McClure
Hat Guy <-> Comic Book Guy
Kenneth <-> Flanders
Jonathan (Jack's assistant) <-> Smithers

Any more?

― Øystein, Sunday, 14 December 2008 02:41 (seventeen years ago)

Season 6 eps so far ranked:

"Reunion"
"Believe in the Stars"
"Do-Over"
"Gavin Volure"
"Christmas Special"
"The One with the Cast of Night Court"

― Eric H., Sunday, 14 December 2008 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

xp
liz = lisa?

― k3vin k., Sunday, 14 December 2008 03:35 (seventeen years ago)

Hey it's three months ago.

― Leee, Sunday, 14 December 2008 03:44 (seventeen years ago)

Any more?

Jack's mom -> Principal Skinner's mom
Jenna -> Martin Prince
Tracy -> Grandpa Simpson

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Sunday, 14 December 2008 19:17 (seventeen years ago)

otm

― miss precious perfect (musically), Sunday, 14 December 2008 21:18 (seventeen years ago)

'If I wanted to lick a hippy I'd just return Joan Baez's phone calls'

― Ed, Monday, 15 December 2008 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

Walked past Scott Adsit on the way to work this morning. If we take that as an upswing from Lonny Ross, I should be stuck in an elevator with Jane Krakowski by summer

― nabisco, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

Pete=Milhouse

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 18:28 (seventeen years ago)

is there an ep this week?

― k3vin k., Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

no :(

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

It'll be back on Jan. 8

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:24 (seventeen years ago)

randomly remembering "crazy putty" today made me choke on my oolong

― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:27 (seventeen years ago)

^^ guess which series of words there I would avoid googling at work

― nabisco, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:31 (seventeen years ago)

today made me choke

― pretty impressive war skills (gbx), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)

I should be stuck in an elevator with Jane Krakowski by summer

You should totally crack some awesome Kennethian joke to compel her to sing Bette Midler!

― Leee, Thursday, 18 December 2008 03:40 (seventeen years ago)

Walked past Scott Adsit on the way to work this morning.

Tell us you “Yes! Hornberger!”ed him

― Iconic Erection (sic), Thursday, 18 December 2008 05:25 (seventeen years ago)

every time i see twofer i want to say something but he doesnt have a catch phrase

― ice cr?m, Thursday, 18 December 2008 05:26 (seventeen years ago)

just ask him if he ever solved the case of the gay sweater.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 18 December 2008 05:51 (seventeen years ago)

you're acting like a real c word. that's right, a cranky sue.

― schlump, Thursday, 18 December 2008 06:03 (seventeen years ago)

one time i saw baldwin at the airport and i really want to do that walking with right hand right leg synchronized thing he did when he had to act but he was fighting w/his daughter and it just didnt feel right

― ice cr?m, Thursday, 18 December 2008 06:04 (seventeen years ago)

that daughter of his is nothing but trouble.

― miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 18 December 2008 07:10 (seventeen years ago)

A rude pig I am led to understand?

― Not me I'm the Emotional Type (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:19 (seventeen years ago)

jenna killin it this season

― Bomb Sackantino (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 5, 2008 3:57 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^

― Usic Has The Right To Children (special guest stars mark bronson), Saturday, 20 December 2008 00:55 (seventeen years ago)

"Our first guest has sung with everyone from Paul Anka to Crococdile Dundee. Cross to piano. Ladies and gentlemen, Jenna Maroney!"

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 02:23 (seventeen years ago)

Oh what's that? MC Lyte just murdered Danny Bonaduce? Thanks, PHONE.

― miss precious perfect (musically), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 04:37 (seventeen years ago)

would love to see liz lemon wearing cheetah print

― t_g, Tuesday, December 2, 2008 10:31 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/8/82/AndreaMartin.jpg

― O Bama, Up Yours! (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:07 (seventeen years ago)

if i didnt just watch fourteen episodes of arrested development today, i'd be so ;_; about this long break

― "made smashable" (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:10 (seventeen years ago)

i got the 30 rock season 2 dvds for xmas, and the fred armisen commentary track on the episode he was in is great, like a running parody of various types of terrible dvd commentary

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 12:35 (seventeen years ago)

It has to be better than his Obama impersonation.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 13:29 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/video/clips/30-rock-returns/906502/

^_^

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 2 January 2009 20:22 (seventeen years ago)

whoa what is that iron bird

― ❤¯\㋡/¯❤ (ice cr?m), Friday, 2 January 2009 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

Jenna is amazing.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

guys, what is the stripper called in the very first episode?

― caek, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 06:15 (seventeen years ago)

Charisma

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 15:08 (seventeen years ago)

Fuck!

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:29 (seventeen years ago)

"Never go with a hippy to a second location."

Missed this first time round, had me lolling today.

― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:42 (seventeen years ago)

ya that line is pretty much genius.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 14:45 (seventeen years ago)

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071221181205AA2cMLv

― some dude, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 19:46 (seventeen years ago)

hmmmm...

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mega-Greys-Daisies-1001287.aspx

Where's 30 Rock's Josh?! — Brit
MICKEY: Officially, Lonny Ross, who plays the impression-happy comic, is still considered a cast member and (theoretically) will recur on the series. But sources are telling me that there's an effort afoot to steer 30 Rock away from the show-within-a-show, which will necessitate the pruning of several players from Tina Fey's narrative bonsai, Ross among them.

― some dude, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 23:54 (seventeen years ago)

tgs already seems like it has a pretty marginal role. i mean, with maybe the exception of putting on the christmas show, it's been just background this season.

― circles, Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:00 (seventeen years ago)

so yeah, rip josh gerard, we hardly knew ye

― circles, Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:02 (seventeen years ago)

That's troubling, but Josh was never one of the more important TGS players. I just hope they keep enough of the writers room bits around for an occasional laugh at least every (or every other) week.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:11 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, we've kinda been over that one character's disappearance and i don't really mind it (although he had his moments), but you could read that as either a confirmation of the general drift away from TGS or like that there's gonna be more and more Jack talking to Liz about his wacky NBC power struggles, which there's really enough of.

― some dude, Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:18 (seventeen years ago)

3 hr salute to Benny Hill

I like agressive women with a nerdy vibe. Let's get some coffee and explore this...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 January 2009 02:35 (seventeen years ago)

I want a shirt like Tracy's. I'll pass on the shoes.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 January 2009 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

(although, in this economy, I should probably do the reverse)

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 January 2009 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

cat sound...

Oh, I lied. I've seen your show... >:\

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 January 2009 02:46 (seventeen years ago)

A blaffair to Rememblack

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 January 2009 03:12 (seventeen years ago)

both our biological clocks are ticking - your baby crazy and i'm getting turned on by car crashes

― johnny crunch, Friday, 9 January 2009 03:14 (seventeen years ago)

you're

― johnny crunch, Friday, 9 January 2009 03:14 (seventeen years ago)

Can you transfer me to the italian ambassador? Coz I lik-a to make-a tha prank calls

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 January 2009 03:15 (seventeen years ago)

i think i laughed more at a a blaffair to rememblack than at anything i've ever seen on tv

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 9 January 2009 06:21 (seventeen years ago)

Senor Macho Solo lol

― sous les paves, Friday, 9 January 2009 06:35 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, "a blaffair to rememblack" was pretty amazing

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 9 January 2009 06:36 (seventeen years ago)

I pretty much got the joke when whats-his-midget said 'i have seen your show' but the look he gave afterward triggered such a violent expulsion of laughter on my part I apologized to my girlfriend and almost every inanimate object in the room for such rude behavior.

― josephcharles, Friday, 9 January 2009 07:27 (seventeen years ago)

(also I am very much aware whats-his-midget is Mr. Peter Dinklage and he was very good in 30 Rock tonight as he was in Find Me Guilty ^_^ )

― josephcharles, Friday, 9 January 2009 07:29 (seventeen years ago)

good episode. when Salma showed up in that orange dress my wife went "woah" and I responded in total bro mode "I KNOW" and she laughed for like 3 straight minutes after that.

― some dude, Friday, 9 January 2009 07:31 (seventeen years ago)

there were a bunch of other lines that I lost it over but I kind of forgot them all after the blaffair to rememblack

― ☺♑ (joygoat), Friday, 9 January 2009 07:31 (seventeen years ago)

I liked that episode quite a bit.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 9 January 2009 08:35 (seventeen years ago)

Macarena; baby + taco = you're welcome at a puerto rican quinceanera (I didn't think puerto ricans did those but I accept that 30 Rock writers are just messing with me/people from latin america), the whole exchange where tracy tells jack his test is postitive -- that is to say that the results are positive in that they are negative and he can see where there could be some confusion...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 January 2009 15:03 (seventeen years ago)

the whole exchange where tracy tells jack his test is postitive -- that is to say that the results are positive in that they are negative and he can see where there could be some confusion...

I could swear I have seen this bit on some other show or movie, but I don't remember where.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 9 January 2009 15:23 (seventeen years ago)

well, it was kind of a parody of a bit that's been done a bunch of times, that was the point. you're probably thinking of Seinfeld, though.

― some dude, Friday, 9 January 2009 15:24 (seventeen years ago)

yah lol tracy walking off JOKES COMEDY AHAHAHAH

― ice cr?m, Friday, 9 January 2009 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

I wish there was more scenes done in crazy armour or whatever costumes. It just adds so much more.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 9 January 2009 15:45 (seventeen years ago)

weak episode. i was high and yet only chuckled a couple times. selma is not a good comedic actor.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 9 January 2009 15:54 (seventeen years ago)

As I was going to sleep last night I remembered CAT SOUND.

― ☺♑ (joygoat), Friday, 9 January 2009 16:56 (seventeen years ago)

maybe it was a weak episode "plot-wise" or whatever but i had more actual lols last night than at any other ep this season ("you can move or you can watch, but this is happening!"

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 9 January 2009 16:59 (seventeen years ago)

the whole exchange where tracy tells jack his test is postitive -- that is to say that the results are positive in that they are negative and he can see where there could be some confusion...

I could swear I have seen this bit on some other show or movie, but I don't remember where.

"The Office" went there with Kevin's cancer prognosis.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 9 January 2009 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

Was that the subjunctive?

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 9 January 2009 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

seinfeld did it with george, when they're making the nbc pilot.

xp

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 9 January 2009 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

"a blaffair to rememblack" XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

― choke on my mess of a schlaporito (k3vin k.), Friday, 9 January 2009 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

blaffair to rememblack was just biting this old simpsons joke

Announcer: Next, on Exploitation Theatre... Blackula, followed by
Blackenstein, and the Blunchblack of Blotre Blame!
Homer: [watching] Oooh, funky!

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&thredid=57321

― and what, Friday, 9 January 2009 18:43 (seventeen years ago)

Be that as it may, "A Blaffair to Rememblack" is far superior. It was worth the wait in years for the perfection of that joke.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 10 January 2009 05:56 (seventeen years ago)

"you can move or you can watch, but this is happening!"

This was amazing. But the prank call line had us lolling well into the next scene.

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Saturday, 10 January 2009 11:45 (seventeen years ago)

Also: NIGHT CHICKS

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Saturday, 10 January 2009 11:45 (seventeen years ago)

I've been disappointed with this season so far, but this episode was great.

― Stevie T, Saturday, 10 January 2009 12:10 (seventeen years ago)

this one and the anniston one (imo)* and the school reunion were a++.

*mainly for the night court stuff though. i dunno why, i've never even heard of night court, but then neither had tracy jordan (a court? at night? i'm already laughing!).

― DANCE MUSIC STUCK AT RECOMBINANT PLATEAU (special guest stars mark bronson), Saturday, 10 January 2009 12:14 (seventeen years ago)

I want a dollar top hat.

"Wooooooooooah, what's that iron bird?"
"They had planes in the sixties, Jenna."

+ Kenneth asking Lemon's date what its like living under the bridge.

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 10 January 2009 12:51 (seventeen years ago)

"Thank you, and that's the rap song from the movie Teen Witch. Once again I apologise that our regular warm up OD'd at a gay mans apartment this morning."

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 10 January 2009 13:02 (seventeen years ago)

OH MY GOD A BLAFFAIR TO REMEMBLACK

― Mordy, Saturday, 10 January 2009 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

haha that's^ rightfully going to enter the comedy one-liner canon

― choke on my mess of a schlaporito (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 January 2009 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

ive been saying that to everyone i encounter

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 10 January 2009 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

its really fun to say

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 10 January 2009 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

As a child, Tracy was a castmember on the Nickelodeon show Ray Ray's Mystery Garage. He lived with his single mother in 1979 and was discovered after doing stand-up comedy at the Apollo Theater in 1984. Tracy claims to have no memory of this, but it was allegedly listed on Wikipedia. (This fact was made self-referentially in the episode "The Head and The Hair.") Tracy Jordan believes he is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings. However, this is based on information given to him by Dr. Spaceman. Tracy has starred in 15 movies including:

* Who Dat Ninja?, where he plays an African-American ninja. (Portrayal of a non-Asian ninja might be a reference to Beverly Hills Ninja.]) Early episodes show the spelling in the poster found in Tracy's dressing room as being 'Who Dat Ninga.'
* Black Cop/White Cop ("One does the duty; the other gets the booty!"), in which he plays a Black cop who disguises himself as a White cop. (Reference to White Chicks)
* Black Cavemen ("So simple, a Black Caveman can do it!"), in which he plays a Black Caveman who, along with his friends, tries to fit into a society which is slow to accept them. (Reference to Geico Cavemen)
* Honky Grandma be Trippin', in which he portrays a Black man who disguises himself as an overweight elderly White woman. (Reference to Big Momma's House)
* President Homeboy, in which he plays a Black president. (a reference to Head of State)
* Fat Bitch ("She's off the leash!"), in which he turns into a dog. Don Geiss wanted a sequel made, despite the fact that Coco (Fat Bitch) died at the end. (Reference to The Shaggy Dog)
* Samurai I Am Awry, spent nine months in Japan filming this movie.
* Death Bank, film with the tagline "Money is the Root of All Evil."
* A Blaffair to Rememblack, a remake of An Affair to Remember.

He was also in a Western in which his entire role was done without leaving his car. His current project in development is called Jefferson, where he plays Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and King George III. Tracy put together a truly abysmal short trailer for his prospective film that Don Geiss watched and said was horrifyingly bad.

He also tends to play multiple roles in his films, much like actors Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy. According to Jack Donaghy, Tracy's movie career has taken a downturn because of enemies he has made in the industry.

Tracy did a Christmas album in 1998 and is a big fan of Pat Benatar. In addition to his acting career, he writes a column in Ebony Magazine called "Musings". He owns several houses and later got into debt because he didn't make the payments on them. At one point, Tracy owes Quincy Jones $75,000.

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 10 January 2009 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

Samurai I Am Awry

http://data.tumblr.com/v8Y1VvbEma2efk3vWvg3NmQm_400.gif

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:14 (seventeen years ago)

earnest claps btw^^^

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

yah totally thats basically why i posted the list

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:16 (seventeen years ago)

'I have a column in Ebony called "Musings"' is pretty much by favourite sentence of all time.

― caek, Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:19 (seventeen years ago)

And the way he says "Musings"!

I sort of want to make an audio compilation of all of his funny pronunciations...would have to include, from earlier in that same episode: "Can I read?"

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:24 (seventeen years ago)

BANTER!

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:46 (seventeen years ago)

the teen witch thing killed me. what's the demographic for that joke?

― cutty, Saturday, 10 January 2009 23:41 (seventeen years ago)

haha yeah that teen witch thing was the best joke on the show.

honestly, i'm a little disappointed in this season.

― ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 10 January 2009 23:46 (seventeen years ago)

Best joke for me was Jenna holding up the the Joplin biography and saying "Take a lesson from Janis and show some self control."

Also, "Cat sound!"

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 10 January 2009 23:51 (seventeen years ago)

if you were born between 1975-1980, and had HBO, the teen witch joke probably hit home

for the uninitiated:

― cutty, Saturday, 10 January 2009 23:56 (seventeen years ago)

did not hav hbo know not abt teen witch ;_;

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:24 (sixteen years ago)

what a sad childhood you must have had

― cutty, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:27 (sixteen years ago)

llok at me im lil cryface ;_;

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:31 (sixteen years ago)

All of these people are your family? Why are they smiling so much? Who's being ostracized?

― caek, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:46 (sixteen years ago)

also, i thought this was one of the better written episodes of the season. i didn't laugh as much as i did during "reunion" but i was impressed.

― cutty, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:50 (sixteen years ago)

great use of SHUT IT DOWN meme.

― cutty, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:50 (sixteen years ago)

that lil man was def too cool for liz

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:54 (sixteen years ago)

she need to get back w/dennis for all ours sake

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:54 (sixteen years ago)

the lil man was kinda zz for me. knew what was coming before it happened/that dude plays the same boring character in everything i've seen him in, etc. (nb not very many things)

― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:55 (sixteen years ago)

no way he made some sweet plays

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:57 (sixteen years ago)

salma hayek's character was 100x smarter and more interesting/funny

― Cocktor Dassantino (k3vin k.), Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:59 (sixteen years ago)

He said "shut it down" completely wrong, but then after letting it stew for a minute I realized I liked that.

― en i see kay, Sunday, 11 January 2009 01:02 (sixteen years ago)

salma hayek's rack was 100x greater than anything else I saw today

― caek, Sunday, 11 January 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

i loooooved "Shut it down"

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Sunday, 11 January 2009 01:10 (sixteen years ago)

Wow, that Teen Witch clip is--- something. Never heard of it before, though I doubt that it's a coincidence that the star of it was in the Reunion episode. They love those metajokes!

― Nhex, Sunday, 11 January 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

yeah salma's boobs stole the scene, no homo

― miss precious perfect (musically), Sunday, 11 January 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

go homo. None of us will judge

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 11 January 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

go homo no homo

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 January 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

great use of SHUT IT DOWN meme. xplain plz. linx?

"..take a big ol' chunk of my lung now baby."

― Pain don't hurt. (Pillbox), Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

Kofi said you were too good to be true; Ng-click-click said I should wait three days before calling you...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:27 (sixteen years ago)

i don't know what to link. it's been used at least two other times in 30 rock episodes. the one i recall is the one where liz dates the young guy.

― cutty, Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:38 (sixteen years ago)

OK, so it is a 30R in-joke. nuff said. I thought for a moment that there might be an internet phenomenon of which I was (shudder) unwaware.

― Pain don't hurt. (Pillbox), Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:42 (sixteen years ago)

best episode of the season, for me.

― dan selzer, Sunday, 11 January 2009 06:34 (sixteen years ago)

ya i lolled hard... mostly in the first half... BUT HARD

― s1ocki, Sunday, 11 January 2009 07:20 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy was up to his usual standard, but there hasn't been enough love for Jenna's Janis.

― Leee, Sunday, 11 January 2009 07:22 (sixteen years ago)

"okay, the crab is getting aroused, Shut It Down." is still my fav. Also see the fireworks spectacular.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 11 January 2009 13:23 (sixteen years ago)

omg that Teen Witch clip

― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Sunday, 11 January 2009 13:24 (sixteen years ago)

oh man 30 rock slammin' the golden globes with the hilarity and whatnot. tina and tracy 2 funny.

― scott seward, Monday, 12 January 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

“Flu Shot” episode (Jan. 15). NBC Universal press release: LIZ LEMON (TINA FEY) FIGHTS FOR THE STAFF’S RIGHT TO FLU SHOTS WHILE JACK DONAGHY (ALEC BALDWIN) LOOKS FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO SPEND TIME WITH ELISA (GUEST STAR SALMA HAYEK). CHRIS PARNELL GUEST STARS Liz (Fey) tries desperately not to catch the flu, but it’s spreading amongst the “TGS” cast and crew quickly; and Jack (Baldwin) is being selective over who receives vaccinations from Dr. Spaceman (guest star Chris Parnell).

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:28 (sixteen years ago)

Just watched the last episode now and A Blaffair to Rememblack had me in stitches.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:32 (sixteen years ago)

blu blackcination

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:32 (sixteen years ago)

I would trade a thousand Josh appearances for one Dr. Spaceman.

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:33 (sixteen years ago)

'er indoors doesn't like Dr Spaceman. I am considering divorce.

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

Really? Madness!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

i am tempted to write dennis/doc spaceman fanfic btw

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:36 (sixteen years ago)

stop saying 'er indoors

― and what, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:37 (sixteen years ago)

I like them going back to extended, threaded storylines...

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:51 (sixteen years ago)

you don't like tracey and she who must be obeyed doesn't like dr. spaceman.

― caek, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

ungh.

― caek, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

i am tempted to write dennis/doc spaceman fanfic btw

This must happen.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:29 (sixteen years ago)

'er indoors doesn't like Tracy more than I don't like Tracy though.

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

i feel bad for you

― caek, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

what the fuck is this er indoors bullshit get it the fuck off our american thread

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)

yee haw &c.

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 03:34 (sixteen years ago)

Lorney Mikes!

― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

i am tryna figure out how hot a bitch would have to be for me to marry her if she didnt like tracy & dr spaceman and i literally think the level of flyness does not exist

― and what, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)

i don't think AA knew these things before he married her. maybe if he knew then what he knows now...

― cutty, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 18:40 (sixteen years ago)

speaking as an atty @ lol does this constitute grounds for divorce?

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

yeah to be fair the 30 Rock marriage litmus test has only been around for two and a half years

― some dude, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

xxp tracy wasn't born when I married her

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:16 (sixteen years ago)

i hope you mean jordan and not morgan

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:17 (sixteen years ago)

both

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:18 (sixteen years ago)

lol AA is 70

― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:18 (sixteen years ago)

'er indoors is 74

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:20 (sixteen years ago)

what about 'er outdoors?

― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)

she is 74

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:28 (sixteen years ago)

(they are hot twins)

― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:28 (sixteen years ago)

STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:29 (sixteen years ago)

lol

― cutty, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:31 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.pajiba.com/a-blaffair-to-rememblack-review.htm

^^^

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:25 (sixteen years ago)

I would trade a thousand Josh appearances for one Dr. Spaceman.

Dude clearly lives in my neighborhood now, as I have been working through those thousand appearances sitting in adjacent chairs using laptops while somehow NOT going "dude I'll pay for that drink if you just do like two lines of Tracy Morgan impression"

(Dinklage is local too and has a dog that is taller than he is)

― nabisco, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:51 (sixteen years ago)

None of this has yet made the neighborhood funny, btw

― nabisco, Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:51 (sixteen years ago)

i would be terrified to randomly start a conversation with peter dinklage.

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

One way I would not recommend is to audibly wonder why a big dog is off-leash and alone and then discover that he's just standing behind it.

― nabisco, Thursday, 15 January 2009 23:06 (sixteen years ago)

What do I call you?

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

"Oh that reminds me, I need to give Lou Dobbs a call."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

WTF WHY IS JOSH IN THE COMMERCIAL BUT NOT ON THE SHOW

― and what, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:35 (sixteen years ago)

~~~mind blo_Own~~~

― and what, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:35 (sixteen years ago)

MY MIND

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:46 (sixteen years ago)

oh well at least tracy and jenna are still funny

― and what, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

"What time do you start throwing out donuts?"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

They don't need soup, they need medicine. And what's the best medicine?
Medicine?

― Mordy, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:54 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ patch adams

― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:56 (sixteen years ago)

wau

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

We gotta fight the powers that be!

You make me wanna shoop!

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:09 (sixteen years ago)

mediocre episode. the templeton song was good.

― cutty, Friday, 16 January 2009 03:18 (sixteen years ago)

last week was much better imo

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:20 (sixteen years ago)

...and still better than any of the guest star episodes

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:43 (sixteen years ago)

... well the OTHER guest star episodes, I guess

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:54 (sixteen years ago)

"When is science going to find a cure for a woman with a mouth?"

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 16 January 2009 04:09 (sixteen years ago)

<3 the sandwich turtle <3

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 January 2009 04:10 (sixteen years ago)

I had an opinion about this episode, but I forgot it when I saw Salma Hayek's cleavage

― Dan I., Friday, 16 January 2009 04:13 (sixteen years ago)

imo some ppls standards are gettin pretty low for this shit

― and what, Friday, 16 January 2009 04:14 (sixteen years ago)

i am very pro salma hayek in general but this one was kinda bad.

― ryan, Friday, 16 January 2009 04:57 (sixteen years ago)

boring ep.

― caek, Friday, 16 January 2009 06:36 (sixteen years ago)

worst ep of season.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 16 January 2009 06:45 (sixteen years ago)

imo some ppls standards are gettin pretty low for this shit

― and what, Friday, January 16, 2009 4:14 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

If I've learned anything from The Worst Movie Ever? thread - is that plenty of ilx people's standards are already very high, so going a little lower doesn't really say anything bad about this show.

― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Friday, 16 January 2009 06:46 (sixteen years ago)

I think the worst part of this episode was that Jack and Salma Hayek finished the half-hour even more smitten than ever, so she gets to stick around and ruin my favoritest show for at least another week.

Best part was obv Dr. Spaceman lamenting that modern science has yet to come up with a cure for a woman's mouth.

― josephcharles, Friday, 16 January 2009 07:10 (sixteen years ago)

most of the jokes fell flat. a few funny spots but really unimpressive overall.

the office was better tonight.

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 16 January 2009 07:38 (sixteen years ago)

Right because the Office was just HYSTERICAL wasn't that funny how Michael spoke in a rambling run-on sentence again.

― josephcharles, Friday, 16 January 2009 07:57 (sixteen years ago)

i suppose if you disregard all the things that made the office great tonight, it wasn't all that great tonight

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 16 January 2009 08:00 (sixteen years ago)

Sorry for disregarding Jim being sackless and throwing cute glances at the camera, disgusting thowaway gags from Meredith, Dwight for being all Nunchaku Bears Beets Fivehead, and everyone else being terrible, will try harder next time.

― josephcharles, Friday, 16 January 2009 08:05 (sixteen years ago)

Try harder meaning I may possibly look up from what I am doing more than 3-4 times per episode.

― josephcharles, Friday, 16 January 2009 08:06 (sixteen years ago)

meredith's disgusting throwaway gags are one of the reasons i love the office

― i am in the kitchen with the ghost dad blues (donna rouge), Friday, 16 January 2009 08:07 (sixteen years ago)

i'm not going to get in a discussion about the office with you here but those things you mentioned happen so often on the show that they are white noise and certainly are not the things i or anyone else enjoyed

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 16 January 2009 08:08 (sixteen years ago)

not as funny as last week but it had the first line of the season that made me pause the TV and have trouble breathing.

BRAINSTORM

― dan selzer, Friday, 16 January 2009 13:31 (sixteen years ago)

Salma Hayek's in for four more episodes, she said on Letterman the other night.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 16 January 2009 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

yah, weak episode. and the office was really on last night in a way it hasn't been a long while for me. so maybe they have to alternate goodness?

in other news, both the office and 30 rock are renewed! http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/01/nbc-renews-office-30-rock-loser-.html

― Gukbe, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:22 (sixteen years ago)

Good to hear.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

Sorry for disregarding Jim being sackless and throwing cute glances at the camera, disgusting thowaway gags from Meredith, Dwight for being all Nunchaku Bears Beets Fivehead, and everyone else being terrible, will try harder next time.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

Dude clearly lives in my neighborhood now, as I have been working through those thousand appearances sitting in adjacent chairs using laptops while somehow NOT going "dude I'll pay for that drink if you just do like two lines of Tracy Morgan impression"

That'd be pretty interesting to see, especially since those impressions were dubbed in on that episode.

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

i love it when people correct errors in that smarmy way.

― Women can be captains too, you know? (jim), Friday, 16 January 2009 14:53 (sixteen years ago)

Jim being sackless and throwing cute glances at the camera.

― josephcharles

It would be the best if he never, ever did this again. Last night was the last straw somehow.

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 16 January 2009 17:16 (sixteen years ago)

or if when he tried to do it the camera quickly panned away

― ice cr?m, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:18 (sixteen years ago)

^ yes! send note to relevant staffers

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 16 January 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

I am a long-time member of the "30 Rock is way better than The Office" club. Last night The Office was better. Jim's second look-to-camera made me want to stab him in the eyeball with Zach Braff's dick, though.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 16 January 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

every time he does that he thinks i wish that move w/clooney had been better received

― ice cr?m, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:48 (sixteen years ago)

the brainstorm line was incredible, yah

― caek, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

the only exchange i remember really lolling at was:

jenna: i've got it!
tracy: give it to me! it's mine!

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:23 (sixteen years ago)

I didn't pay much attention but I did lol pretty hard at "As worn by Dame Judi Dench----'s mother!"

― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:26 (sixteen years ago)

no way dudes the funniest part was obviously the aborted montage sequence - "remember when you tried on some outfits and i was like (frowns) but then you tried on others and i was like (thumbs up!)"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:28 (sixteen years ago)

jenna is amazing

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:29 (sixteen years ago)

^lol i was jsut looking 4 that quote to post <3 <3 jenna

― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)

no way dudes the funniest part was obviously the aborted montage sequence - "remember when you tried on some outfits and i was like (frowns) but then you tried on others and i was like (thumbs up!)"

The aborted montage was really funny but I was also sad that I didn't get to see a montage of Tracy & Jenna shopping.

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

it was a weaker episode but at least it had dr. spacemen - "liz, i believe doctor-patient confidentiality is a two-way street ... i'm cheating on my wife"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:34 (sixteen years ago)

I guess I'm the only one who thought it was kind of a strong episode? At least as far as laughs-per-minute goes.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:44 (sixteen years ago)

Laughed all the way through, except for Salma Hayek.

― Chris L, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:48 (sixteen years ago)

That'd be pretty interesting to see, especially since those impressions were dubbed in on that episode.

Haven't watched that one in forever, but I still feel surprised not to have noticed this; the "martian COUGAR" I hear in my head is not actually Tracy Morgan's voice.

― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:49 (sixteen years ago)

I would be LESS surprised to find out that Selma Hayek was CGI

― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:50 (sixteen years ago)

I think she may have had some CGI enhancements.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:51 (sixteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure she was made up by a lonely cartoonist and then magically came to life, a bit like Alicia Silverstone

― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:53 (sixteen years ago)

All I know is some script-writer clearly wrote instructions like "Selma shakes her head", "Selma jumps up and down" and "Selma shakes her goddamn boobs, people! Come on!"

Uh, main thing I came away from this episode thinking was a) Tracy is one terrifying damn clown! and b) woah, the music was much better in this episode than before.
Oh, and of course c) is Hayek + Jack angling to become a spinoff? Only the barest of reference to the rest of the show, with that whole Donuts thing.

(must always have a c)

― Øystein, Friday, 16 January 2009 20:36 (sixteen years ago)

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — NBC is renewing Tina Fey's "30 Rock" for the 2009-10 season, along with "The Office" and "The Biggest Loser."

― ice cr?m, Friday, 16 January 2009 20:39 (sixteen years ago)

Haven't watched that one in forever, but I still feel surprised not to have noticed this; the "martian COUGAR" I hear in my head is not actually Tracy Morgan's voice.

It took me 3-4 viewings to notice it, but whenever Josh is doing the impressions he's either covering his mouth or the sync is ever-so-slightly off.

(I don't think they used Tracy or Alec's voices for the "impressions," though)

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 16 January 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)

They're all Christopher Walken

― nabisco, Friday, 16 January 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)

If I've learned anything from The Worst Movie Ever? thread - is that plenty of ilx people's standards are already very high, so going a little lower doesn't really say anything bad about this show.

― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax)

lol whatever man.

Accepting the fact that this doesn't come terribly close to "Reunion" or last week's, this episode still isn't the weakest of the season, particularly because the Xmas episode was so inert (lower jokes density on a per minute basis, don't get me started with its lols/min ratio or the more advanced lols/(jokes * min)^2).

I guess I'm the only one who thought it was kind of a strong episode? At least as far as laughs-per-minute goes.

Johnny Fever, I think I agree with you a lot on some things!

― Leee, Friday, 16 January 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

UR V8K8SH1 iz baqon lol

― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:19 (sixteen years ago)

tracy, ive got it!
give it to me, it's mine! lolol

― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:27 (sixteen years ago)

Best episode in months! Tracy Morgan was knocking his lines out of the park this episode ("I want to thank you for controlling yourself sexually while we spent time together on this adventure") but Salma Hayek generally has the comedic delivery of Christopher Walken on SNL. "I'd love to go out, get all dressed up, tip maitre Ds and be all like 'thank you Roger, this table was super duper'" was hilarious, however. Then she blows it with the next line straight from a cue card. Michael Bublé's "Mr. Templeton" song was also awesome. And Liz dancing for her shot.

Downside: even I know that flu shots take two weeks to protect against the flu, and only the vaccine administered nasally contains weakened live flu virus.

― f. hazel, Saturday, 17 January 2009 04:13 (sixteen years ago)

im with you at heart, but i dont think i can get behind abt 50% of that

― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 05:18 (sixteen years ago)

Hey, it's me, Matlock, and I'm going to need your help.

― Pillboxxx/The Lol Belol (Pillbox), Saturday, 17 January 2009 14:59 (sixteen years ago)

Without the crew, we'd just be two amazing people succeeding in a vacuum.

― Pillboxxx/The Lol Belol (Pillbox), Saturday, 17 January 2009 15:04 (sixteen years ago)

^people overlook jenna when they say "bad episode". she and tracy were in great form

― xhuxk e deej (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 15:08 (sixteen years ago)

if you wan the shot, you're going to have to dance for it (I <3 Spaceman)

― Pillboxxx/The Lol Belol (Pillbox), Saturday, 17 January 2009 15:13 (sixteen years ago)

I used to want Spaceman in every episode, but now I realize it's even funnier when he's a surprise.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:49 (sixteen years ago)

when you guys type spaceman are you thinking space-man or spa-che-mon

― cutty, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)

i cannot think of spaceman EVER without thinking spa-che-min now

― miss precious perfect (musically), Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:55 (sixteen years ago)

^^^

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 January 2009 20:57 (sixteen years ago)

latest casting news: Patti LuPone as Frank's mother

― miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

At least Chris Parnell is Hamburger Helper now.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:15 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy, I don't quite know how to say this... D-I-ABE...

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 January 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

That kiss was awesome.

― redmond, Friday, 23 January 2009 02:45 (sixteen years ago)

you can't say a doi to me in mixed company

― johnny crunch, Friday, 23 January 2009 03:10 (sixteen years ago)

i lolled at the dumb physical stuff tonight (the jenna/frank kiss, the hillwitch)

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 23 January 2009 04:06 (sixteen years ago)

hey, did i see that steve buscemi directed this??

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 23 January 2009 04:26 (sixteen years ago)

Really? Huh!

"Like a waitress."

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 23 January 2009 04:27 (sixteen years ago)

I caught that Buscemi credit too!

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 23 January 2009 04:38 (sixteen years ago)

"You are a lion. Take what's yours."

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 23 January 2009 06:49 (sixteen years ago)

ROBOT PENIS

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 23 January 2009 06:54 (sixteen years ago)

lots of real lols tonight, A+++, would watch again. especially the dr spacemen scene, anything involving him and diabetes is gold

― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 23 January 2009 07:18 (sixteen years ago)

I love how Lemon comes into his hotel room with two plates, mentions the buffet and then quickly says "oh yeah, you should go down and get some!"

― Nhex, Friday, 23 January 2009 07:21 (sixteen years ago)

I thought it was an awesome episode, maybe my favorite so far this season. Really glad to see the supporting cast (Frank, Toofer, Griz, Dot Com), even though Pete wasn't in it at all.

― Jouster, Friday, 23 January 2009 08:04 (sixteen years ago)

Most laffs per episode this season so far, even if their wasn't a line as brilliant as "An Affair to Rememblack." The Tracy/Ken thing was weaker than most similar outings, but it did provide my favorite line of the show:

"N-O-E! No E!"

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:08 (sixteen years ago)

tracy stuffing veggies in his mouth was funnay

― ice cr?m, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:10 (sixteen years ago)

Jane Krakowski has been on fire since this started back up.

― Barack You Like A Husseincane (HI DERE), Friday, 23 January 2009 14:35 (sixteen years ago)

yah totally

― ice cr?m, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:38 (sixteen years ago)

Kiss with Frank was epic, made more so by her "I Suck" t-shirt.

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:40 (sixteen years ago)

janis' signature cocktail, the frankschlong

― mizzell, Friday, 23 January 2009 14:43 (sixteen years ago)

reminded me of paul rudd's make out style in wet hot american summer

xp

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 23 January 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

eating the cat!

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 23 January 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)

"handshakefulness"

― Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Friday, 23 January 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)

sorry. i dropped it when i was pretending it was my penis

― BIGrack HOOSein Obama (k3vin k.), Friday, 23 January 2009 16:42 (sixteen years ago)

My DVR told me that this was a repeat last night, it LIED.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 23 January 2009 17:05 (sixteen years ago)

Your DVR is a jerk. Like a waitress who is jerky.

― nabisco, Friday, 23 January 2009 18:48 (sixteen years ago)

polyphonic, hulu it. it's worth it

― BIGrack HOOSein Obama (k3vin k.), Friday, 23 January 2009 18:49 (sixteen years ago)

Can anyone remember the rest of the Six Sigmas for me please? All I've got besides Handshakefulness is Play Hard.

― Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Friday, 23 January 2009 18:50 (sixteen years ago)

Best one in a while, I thought.

Haha this was basically a full-episode version of the "executives are all like hmph hmph hmph but I'm all like lalalalala" joke, wasn't it.

― nabisco, Friday, 23 January 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

brutality was one of them xp

― ice cr?m, Friday, 23 January 2009 19:11 (sixteen years ago)

i went to an actual six sigma seminar when i worked (or was a long-term temp for) at my last company, when it got taken over by GE. made this ep way better for me.

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 23 January 2009 19:28 (sixteen years ago)

I have the same feeling because Jack Welch gets mentioned at least once a day by one of my lecturers.

― Ed, Friday, 23 January 2009 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

six sigma, more like dicks sigma, am i right

― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Friday, 23 January 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

I had to buy seemingly all of the six sigma books for the library at my old workplace, it seems kind of ridiculous.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 23 January 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

Eat a bag of six, max.

(joex)

― Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Friday, 23 January 2009 20:37 (sixteen years ago)

Teamwork, Insight, Brutality, Male Enhancement, Handshakefulness, and Play Hard.

― none of that (reddening), Friday, 23 January 2009 22:08 (sixteen years ago)

A few episodes behind, but A Blaffair to Rememblack = roffffffff

― Eric H., Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:43 (sixteen years ago)

this week's ep was indeed great, but I wanna take a second to rep for last week's, which was actually pretty good on rewatching. "ox fever" was grade-A Kenneth, and my gf and I have started using "there's something in the other room I have to show you, and I won't remember what it is until I see it" as our awkward obvious improvised lie of choice.

― georgeous gorge (bernard snowy), Saturday, 24 January 2009 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

Thank you, reddening!

― Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Saturday, 24 January 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

This episode really maximized my fun quadrant.

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 04:56 (sixteen years ago)

Was there no episode tonite?

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 06:57 (sixteen years ago)

oh fuck i forgot

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 January 2009 06:58 (sixteen years ago)

SO there was a new one or you forgot whether it was new or not.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 07:00 (sixteen years ago)

forgot to watch :-/

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 January 2009 07:01 (sixteen years ago)

hopefully there was new one, could always hulu it tomorrow morning

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 January 2009 07:01 (sixteen years ago)

usually AV club has their episode breakdown by... now... (2 AM ET) and they don't and the NBC website is always a little coy as to what is and isn't going on...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 07:02 (sixteen years ago)

Apparently it's the reunion episode re-run

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 07:04 (sixteen years ago)

wtf, wiki doesnt even have anything past last week's ep (which, btw, STEVE BUSCEMI directed (!!!))

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 January 2009 07:05 (sixteen years ago)

xp good choice at least

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 January 2009 07:05 (sixteen years ago)

I demand to know where this week's episode is

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:09 (sixteen years ago)

There was no How I Met Your Mother either. ;_; @ American tele and it's stupid scheduling.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

no new shows this week, i wonder why

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 30 January 2009 18:14 (sixteen years ago)

we have something happening called the Super Bowl on Sunday--it's kind of a big deal. it's like a national holiday filled with beer and chicken and meat and steroids

― Mr. Que, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:14 (sixteen years ago)

Why does that stop them showing tv in the week before it?

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:15 (sixteen years ago)

we have to get ready

― Mr. Que, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:16 (sixteen years ago)

Those adverts better be worth it.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:16 (sixteen years ago)

hi,

i'm finally watching thru the entirety of this show on netflix. i'm almost thru s01 and aside from lmbo i'm nearly crying half the time at how well-made it is

anyway, is there anything as funny as tracy saying "MUSINGS"? i kind of doubt it.

― goole, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:26 (sixteen years ago)

10 days and Obama has already taken away everything that's great about America ;_;

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:32 (sixteen years ago)

no new Office this week either. WTF, American programming, I have been sick all week and those three episodes could REALLY have helped me! Thank god for Lost.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 30 January 2009 19:59 (sixteen years ago)

there will be a new one hour office sunday night, after the super bowl extravaganza. be careful what you wish for: cloris leachman and jack black are in it.

― Mr. Que, Friday, 30 January 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

i just rewatched last week - lol end of jack's psych-up speech:

Just do it! is it in you? i'm lovin' it!

― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 January 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)

anyway, is there anything as funny as tracy saying "MUSINGS"? i kind of doubt it.

― goole, Friday, January 30, 2009 1:26 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Tracy Saying: BANTER!

Blaffair to Rememblack

Live every week like it's shark week.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 20:59 (sixteen years ago)

Last election I voted for Nader. NADER!!!!!!!

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 20:59 (sixteen years ago)

George Will just keeps getting more and more conservative.

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 January 2009 21:01 (sixteen years ago)

lolol

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 January 2009 21:04 (sixteen years ago)

hi goole,
you're going to like the rest of this show
a lot
kevin

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 January 2009 21:06 (sixteen years ago)

Just do it! is it in you? i'm lovin' it!

I couldn't stop doing this while falling asleep last night -- trying to string together as many exhortations and commercial slogans as I could.

― nabisco, Friday, 30 January 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00021526.html

Expanded clip from tonite w/ M0AR baldwin...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 5 February 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

i live in the basement so i have all the nails

― ice cr?m, Thursday, 5 February 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

LOL at Alec Baldwin on the telenovela

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 02:35 (sixteen years ago)

haha and when liz couldnt come up with a joke at the beginning

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:36 (sixteen years ago)

lol "u shouldnt end sentences with a preposition at"

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

argh slama kinda has to go :/

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:39 (sixteen years ago)

I'm loving this ep so far.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

^________________________________^

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

Also, I have a mancrush on Jon Hamm.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 February 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

hey guys are we live bloggin

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

we havent liveblogged in so long it used to be so much fin

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:45 (sixteen years ago)

what

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:49 (sixteen years ago)

tina 0_o
*drools*

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:55 (sixteen years ago)

oh god

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:56 (sixteen years ago)

demand VOD of alec baldwin acting with himself

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)

"R-rated hypnotism at the bullfight"

― some dude, Friday, 6 February 2009 03:40 (sixteen years ago)

i live in the basement, so i have all the nails

yes, plus

pardon me, i smell like frosting

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 6 February 2009 06:10 (sixteen years ago)

this episode is cracking me up big time.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 6 February 2009 06:21 (sixteen years ago)

GIS cartoon pilot:
http://www.clipartguide.com/_named_clipart_images/0511-0712-3112-4935_Old_Fashioned_Pilot_clipart_image.jpg

― ☺♑ (joygoat), Friday, 6 February 2009 06:24 (sixteen years ago)

that episode was weak! liz and jack are taking up too much plot!

― f. hazel, Friday, 6 February 2009 09:10 (sixteen years ago)

i loved the false modesty of "so i have all the nails"

― caek, Friday, 6 February 2009 11:16 (sixteen years ago)

Jon Hamm does sort of look like a cartoon pilot.. at the very least, a gorgeous new Archie character (perhaps one of the rich kids, a family friend of Veronica's?)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 6 February 2009 14:38 (sixteen years ago)

There were never any cute boys in Archie comics. :(

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 6 February 2009 14:50 (sixteen years ago)

jon hamm could be adult reggie

― s1ocki, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:01 (sixteen years ago)

this was aite

― and what, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

tracy subplot was weak i thought, but i loled and loled @ jack

― max, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:05 (sixteen years ago)

He rented Muppets Take Manhattan, Caddyshack ,and a documentary on how pies are made...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:06 (sixteen years ago)

c'mon, major lols at "It's like I said in my not-hit comedy Cruise Boat, 'I'm getting too old for this ship!'"

― some dude, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:06 (sixteen years ago)

Reggie was kind of fug compared to Jon Hamm.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:13 (sixteen years ago)

But then everyone is fug compared to Jon Hamm.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:19 (sixteen years ago)

if u werent a 77hater u could be having this discussion on would smash 09 instead of a new 30 rock thread because i can't find the old one

― and what, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

Dark Archie:

In one story, mirroring the George Orwell novel 1984, we see the serious side of Reggie. His father has printed a story about U. S. government waste and incompetence, in a complicated matter dealing with Mr. Lodge's companies; and a judge, apparently acting under pressure from military brass, ordered Reggie's dad jailed until he reveals his source. Reggie is furious and looks for a way to get his father released. The opportunity presents itself in the form of a contact between the judge and his pretty young secretary. Reggie has a camera, and snaps a picture, telling the judge he'll get it printed unless the judge releases the elder Mantle.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

the first halfof this ep was really funny i thought

― s1ocki, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:26 (sixteen years ago)

"lady-broheem!"

― s1ocki, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:26 (sixteen years ago)

And now for some adorable latin babies and the music of Tito Puentes!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

In Puerto Rico elderly women are held in very high esteem... ...You should go there Lemon.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

thought this was a good episode, liked salma's metrocard line

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

this was a very solid ep. i think where it fell falt was in its linearity? i loved the liz/dr baird plot but it was a bit too, well, plot-like and took time away from jenna! also ugh the jack/salma hayek needs to end.

again, still plenty of lols

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:43 (sixteen years ago)

I told him his haircut is exactly what I've been trying to describe to my barber...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

Have you ever tasted Scotch? It's TERRIBLE

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

ahora con mas semen del torro.

― mizzell, Friday, 6 February 2009 15:50 (sixteen years ago)

for some reason I missed the patty duke ref: when Baldwin y Baldwin are drinking...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

i didnt get the "women shouldnt deliver mail" joke. anyone get that? is it just the mail/male homophone?

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 16:10 (sixteen years ago)

you're overthinking it, dog

― some dude, Friday, 6 February 2009 16:12 (sixteen years ago)

ha yeah i figured, i loled regardless

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 February 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

man great episode

what was the name of the "Irish" bar they mentioned to tracy?? god i can't remember

― crackers is biters (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)

was that right after they suggested going to blockheads for burritos? lol

― mizzell, Friday, 6 February 2009 17:04 (sixteen years ago)

they have no real world skills but they work soo hard

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Friday, 6 February 2009 17:32 (sixteen years ago)

Have you ever drunk a yard of beer?
A yard, like a lawn? Yes I have.

need to re-watch - I lost two minutes after that line ...

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 6 February 2009 22:38 (sixteen years ago)

http://videogum.com/archives/parodies/the-videogum-tracy-morgan-prom-6_051121.html

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 February 2009 23:07 (sixteen years ago)

He pulled an Uncle Harland Parcell last night. Minus the wistful jug-blowing.

― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

that episode was weak! liz and jack are taking up too much plot!

― f. hazel, Friday, February 6, 2009 4:10 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark

OTFM. also the guest stars. and let's have less everyone telling Mrs Hayek she's hot. the world has known this for more than a decade now and its taking up time that could have actual jokes in it.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:19 (sixteen years ago)

It's weird how the entire show loses momentum the very second Hayek appears on camera.

― Donate your display name to Farfisa, I mean Moog (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:37 (sixteen years ago)

it's weird how no one else thinks that

― Mr. Que, Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:39 (sixteen years ago)

then we will go to mcdonalds and order only coffee

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:47 (sixteen years ago)

so liz lemon feels guilt about getting a flu shot just a few episodes ago and now she's a maniacal soap opera villainess.

which season is this, the 10th?

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 7 February 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

I think we LOL'd more at this episode than any other to date. The thought of the Generalissimo strapping dynamite to that kid's head still gets me.

― lindseykai, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:07 (sixteen years ago)

The thought of the Generalissimo strapping dynamite to that kid's head still gets me

THIS IS COMEDY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

>so liz lemon feels guilt about getting a flu shot just a few episodes ago >and now she's a maniacal soap opera villainess.

i think it's pretty well established that liz goes crazy when she gets horny

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:14 (sixteen years ago)

Now I know why they did the Night Court episode, because this show is turning into an 80s sitcom.

I'm getting too old for this ship.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:28 (sixteen years ago)

stfu?

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:40 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, go watch something else please.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 7 February 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

c'mon, major lols at "It's like I said in my not-hit comedy Cruise Boat, 'I'm getting too old for this ship!'"

― some dude, Friday, February 6, 2009 9:06 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^favorite line, perfectly delivered

― horseshoe, Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

need more Dennis Duffy plz. Other than that, no complaints here. In fact, I'm thinking this might be the highlight of the season thusfar. Hilarious!

“We’re just playing a little game where he bites me.”

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

'Uh oh... here come the roofies! You can do whatever you want to me...'

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:22 (sixteen years ago)

^^ really really poor taste joke

― Donate your display name to Farfisa, I mean Moog (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

^^ A+ really really poor taste joke

fixed

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:28 (sixteen years ago)

I was watching a few season 1 episodes last week on netflix, and they were really, really good. Like amazingly good. I was in fits. The writing, acting, everything, was so tight back then. Still a great show, but man that first season was special.

― Super Cub, Saturday, 7 February 2009 03:50 (sixteen years ago)

Ha, funny you should say that b/c I am killing my Friday night (under the weather, ugh) with chicken soup, oranges, and 30 Rock season 01. You're right, it kills over and over again. I haven't seen these in a couple years, so it does put the past two seasons in perspective. While it hasn't gone downhill, per se, the show rarely hits the consistent highs of S1. I'd rank the latest episode as being almost if not on par with S1, though.

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:00 (sixteen years ago)

I still think the reunion was the best ep of this season, but last night's was close.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:12 (sixteen years ago)

^^

― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:15 (sixteen years ago)

..for the first time since the '86 World Series, I cried. I cried like a big, dumb homo. And if were up to me, we'd be together forever. But there's a new thing called "Women's Liberation" [makes quote gesture with fingers], which gives you women the right to choose & you have chosen to abort me, and that I must live with..

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

It's like my cousin Teddy's dog. Sometimes he just doesn't want to lick my feet. So what I do is, I hide my feet from him for a couple days, & when he sees em, he goes bananas.

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:48 (sixteen years ago)

We just watched the 1st season again and you're right, it's amazing.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:49 (sixteen years ago)

"I officially renounce my squatter's rights. "

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:52 (sixteen years ago)

I should start by saying that I can't help you conceive. Something happened to me while scuba diving.

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 05:19 (sixteen years ago)

meat is the new bread.

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 05:58 (sixteen years ago)

You like Phil Collins? I've got two ears & a heart, don't I?

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 06:02 (sixteen years ago)

You like Phil Collins? I've got two ears & a heart, don't I?

I've used this bit of audio at the beginning of about 25 different mix cds since 2007.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 February 2009 06:33 (sixteen years ago)

Hey moonvest, I got an idea for a game show last night. Gimme yer finga-nails. No!

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 07:27 (sixteen years ago)

Bar was McManus McMenagin's.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 7 February 2009 09:06 (sixteen years ago)

it's still good but ehh not as good as the first two seasons. there is too much jack imo, and the salma stuff especially isn't working for me. this might be owing to unfamiliarity with the telenovela form but anyway, not feelin. the tracy stuff this week was a++ though.

also liz: '*i'm* the generalissimo' / hamm: '*i don't know what that means*'.

― special guest stars mark bronson, Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:18 (sixteen years ago)

i think the only problem is that things like 'lol spanish language tele' is just another sitcom filler episode idea (off my head arrested development and friends have done it) and it seems more and more just like another sitcom. One of the funniest on television though, and it's pretty much just setting standards too high after that excellent first season.

― . (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

"i want to go to there"

― obi don quixote (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

This was a great episode - you guys are nuts.

― Stevie T, Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

You like Phil Collins? I've got two ears & a heart, don't I?

I've used this bit of audio at the beginning of about 25 different mix cds since 2007.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, February 7, 2009 1:33 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

THis is my absolute favorite line from 30 rock.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:34 (sixteen years ago)

there is too much jack imo

Crazy talk.

The one thing that bugs me is the "I want to go to there" thing. I just think it's annoying.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 7 February 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

POLL THRED: Meert vs. Blergh vs. I want to go to there

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 February 2009 16:17 (sixteen years ago)

haha "i want to go to there"

― horseshoe, Saturday, 7 February 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)

i think the only problem is that things like 'lol spanish language tele' is just another sitcom filler episode idea (off my head arrested development and friends have done it)

hey now:

http://www.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/Image/bumblebee_man.jpg

― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Saturday, 7 February 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

Sabor de Soledad: A hora con mas semen del toro!

― nabisco, Saturday, 7 February 2009 19:01 (sixteen years ago)

Re-watching the original Sabor episode, S2E12 "Subway Hero" and holy Hell it is funny. Probably my fav episode ever. Bucky Bright describing Conan O'Brien as 'one gigantic lesbian' ("Who is Conan O'Brien and why is she so sad?"), Dennis Duffy teaming up with the Stanley Cup to fight illiteracy, and Tracy Jordan joining Republicans for the Blackmerican campaign.

Bucky Bright: Men came to work in ties and hats.
Kenneth: So elegant.
Bucky: And tailor-made suits, you know, a little place here for a little carnation in your lapel. And an inside monogram pocket, you know, for your opium pipe and you're switchblade.
Kenneth: I'm sorry, what now?

Jack Donaghy: ...let me ask you a question, Kenneth. If Mr. Bright here told you to vote Republican, would you do it?
Kenneth Parcell: Oh, uh, no, sir. I don't vote Republican or Democrat. Choosing is a sin, so I always just write in the Lord's name!
Jack Donaghy: That's Republican. We count those.

Dennis Duffy: When I grab on I don't let go. Like a killer whale going nuts on his trainer at Sea World.

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 February 2009 01:28 (sixteen years ago)

do you want me to play arthur ashe?

you stay away from him!

― johnny crunch, Monday, 9 February 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

omg i watched 2x12 again cuz of that post and it really is incredible. the exchange about states rights that ends with "no wonder i'm still single"... ahahha.

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 02:30 (sixteen years ago)

the mighty ducks are pissed cause i left the stanley cup in a water taxi

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Monday, 9 February 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

dummy

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 02:35 (sixteen years ago)

I miss Dennis Duffy.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Monday, 9 February 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

this movie shouldve been called THE WEEKS

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

"Who is Conan O'Brien and why is she so sad?"

kills me every time

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 16:49 (sixteen years ago)

a+ def

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Monday, 9 February 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)

perfect delivery, the pause after "o'brien" destroys

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 16:53 (sixteen years ago)

love the "sandwich girls" joke in that episode

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 February 2009 17:33 (sixteen years ago)

totally.

"we used to call this the jew room!"

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 17:39 (sixteen years ago)

oh hahahaha also "i have to go pick up some growth hormone so mr. jordan's tigers don't realize he's not aging differently... oh."

― s1ocki, Monday, 9 February 2009 17:40 (sixteen years ago)

You put me in a quandry Mr. Donaghy. QUANDRY!

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:02 (sixteen years ago)

So I've made my way into reviewing the second season & have just gotten to the Christmas special. I have only recently been made aware of the existence of the "lemon party" site (I'm a half-decade behind the meme curve apparently - google at your own risk), so I didn't get the insider joke at the family dinner, in which Liz's dad, Dick, exclaims: "It wouldn't be a Lemon party without old Dick."

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

*didn't get the insder joke the first time around

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:55 (sixteen years ago)

haha that is one of my favorite jokes of the entire season

― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:58 (sixteen years ago)

one stand-out moment for me was when a conversation between jenna and liz was picked up by the stage microphone, and jenna looks shocked and goes "i didn't use the N-word, did I?".

also, the jack shooting the GE synergy commercial.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:38 (sixteen years ago)

I don't know where else to put this

― Dan I., Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:34 (sixteen years ago)

here: salma hayek does her part to stop hunger

― caek, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:35 (sixteen years ago)

"first of all, you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition, at."

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 22:07 (sixteen years ago)

N-O-E. NO. E.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 22:32 (sixteen years ago)

I live in the basement so I have all the nails.

― cheese and other good things (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 22:50 (sixteen years ago)

N-O-E. NO. E.

I have said this a few times since this episode aired.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:02 (sixteen years ago)

gifs!

http://sonorific.livejournal.com/8419.html

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)

haha robot penis is a great gif

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:24 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00062118-329855_400.jpg?

― mizzell, Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:14 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/cat07/00062118-329858.jpg

― mizzell, Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

Calories per serving: 1,116

Servings per container: 8

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

haha isnt the joke that it contains 400% of daily sodium intake tho??

― s1ocki, Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

like in the episode?

― s1ocki, Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

partially hydrogenated pig hoof.

― mizzell, Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

Hello, regular person Lemon.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 02:39 (sixteen years ago)

oh god

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 02:49 (sixteen years ago)

stopshowingoff.com

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 February 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

michael mcdonald

― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

crazy underwears

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 February 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

my roommate is watching DVDs and i can't watch 30 rock :(

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 02:52 (sixteen years ago)

grounds for finding new roommate?

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 February 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

im sorry is this like a sixth sense thing?

― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 02:54 (sixteen years ago)

HOLY CRAP that was Claire Danes.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

I once said "I am God" during a depsition

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

wait what?

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

omg the whole michael mcdonald sequence was so wonderful

― ice cr?m, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

oh man where will this be on the internet first :((((

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

hulu.com @ 10 AM

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

NOT GOOD ENOUGH

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:03 (sixteen years ago)

http://i44.tinypic.com/uoq53.jpg

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:04 (sixteen years ago)

Current best comedy on tv.

― Mahatma Blagojevich (redmond), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

What was it about cursing in spanish like Ricky Ricardo and the patron saint of saint statues

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:06 (sixteen years ago)

That wasn't Claire Danes, was it?!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:08 (sixteen years ago)

I don't think so...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:09 (sixteen years ago)

IMDB not helping

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:14 (sixteen years ago)

wasnt that homegirl from undeclared who played kenneth's wife in sarah marshall

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:14 (sixteen years ago)

that was my 1st thought & i called my friend who said he was thinking the same thing

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:14 (sixteen years ago)

yeah check it

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857215/

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:15 (sixteen years ago)

i dunno why i said undeclared i meant strangers w/ candy

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)

Okay, I was just going on someone else's word because I didn't pay attention to the credits and thought "well, maybe it was."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:17 (sixteen years ago)

yeah not CD. I am also pretty sure she's hot tho.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:20 (sixteen years ago)

"my sophisticated friend tracy"

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:20 (sixteen years ago)

I need to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall one of these days, because I just saw a screen cap of her and Kenneth having sex and I can only imagine how funny it is.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:21 (sixteen years ago)

ha thats the least funny thing in the movie but the movie is dope

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:22 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ OTM

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:22 (sixteen years ago)

still loling at sixth sense

― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

I once said "I am God" during a depsition

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:00 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha omg i just got this

― who's been dubbed Fanta Pants because of his bright orange shorts (some dude), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:43 (sixteen years ago)

this episode felt a little slow to me but "stop showing off Dot Com" was some next level joke writing shit

― who's been dubbed Fanta Pants because of his bright orange shorts (some dude), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:45 (sixteen years ago)

i thought this was the best once since reunion

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:46 (sixteen years ago)

I once said "I am God" during a depsition

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:00 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha omg i just got this

― who's been dubbed Fanta Pants because of his bright orange shorts (some dude), Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:43 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I KNOW RIGHT!?

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:47 (sixteen years ago)

― ice cr?m, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:47 (sixteen years ago)

LOL I just made the connection (from Malice).

"I am God!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:47 (sixteen years ago)

nabisco and jaymc are going to spazz

― who's been dubbed Fanta Pants because of his bright orange shorts (some dude), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:48 (sixteen years ago)

was the "i am god" line a reference to anything?

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:48 (sixteen years ago)

god look at how thin everyone is

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:49 (sixteen years ago)

cocaine, dude.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:50 (sixteen years ago)

+/- 15 years

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:51 (sixteen years ago)

holy shit @ the Malice connection.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:52 (sixteen years ago)

now i am super bummered about missing this one :(

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 03:53 (sixteen years ago)

love how he says 'dennis' in that

― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 03:55 (sixteen years ago)

jack calling jonathan during the 'our father' to secure his reservation was excellent.

― edb, Friday, 13 February 2009 04:11 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.stopshowingoff.com

― Maltodextrin, Friday, 13 February 2009 06:22 (sixteen years ago)

oh yeah! that's the stuff. so good!

― f. hazel, Friday, 13 February 2009 06:23 (sixteen years ago)

in front of santa lucia, the patron saint of judgmental statues

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 06:25 (sixteen years ago)

cant wait to watch this tomorrow

― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 06:40 (sixteen years ago)

that whole episode was some next level shit.

― i'm getting too old for this ship (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 February 2009 11:28 (sixteen years ago)

It was, but I miss the writers' room.

TS: Elisa/Jack vs. anything involving Frank, Toofer, Lutz, Pete, Cerie, etc.

― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:05 (sixteen years ago)

salma saying anything like "santa lucia, the patron saint of judgmental statues" or "you will never get to see my complicated underwears" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything involving any of the writers

― Mr. Que, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

jenna needs more PT imo

― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 14:49 (sixteen years ago)

It's not that I think the writers' room is inherently fertile ground for comedy, I just feel bad for those actors.

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 13 February 2009 14:54 (sixteen years ago)

Mandy -- is that a guy friend like Mandy Patinkin?

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 February 2009 14:59 (sixteen years ago)

wasn't my favorite episode but the prayer/phone call was pretty genius and the grizz and dotcom stuff was great too

also "it's my own recipe where i replace the water with cheese"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 February 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

i'm also always in favor of maria thayer

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 February 2009 15:03 (sixteen years ago)

this show just looks so much better than other sitcoms, and the musical cues in this one were A+ as usual

i wonder how stamatina's real life homunculus-lookin husband (seen again with jenna in the michael macdonald scene) feels about her dating guys like the floydster and don draper on the show

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

when the daughter comes in and asks "what's that smell" and tina says "i got sick" and jon hamm says "stew" at the same time.

― dan selzer, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)

was thinking about how they keep sexualizing her character more and more. first it was the outfits, now they're doing a lot more boob jokes. wonder if that's coming from the writers or if the network is pushing for it.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 February 2009 15:37 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, nothing says sexy like stew diarrhea

― mizzell, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

this show just looks so much better than other sitcoms,

shot on film, this is also the cause of the breaks every few weeks.

― Ed, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

It's Sarah Palin's fault.

― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)

Ice cream with gold leaf is funny cos its true!

― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

the one thing that sucks is they had an out for salma hayek and didn't take it. she was awesome in this episode but in general she draaaaaaaaaaaaaags and wastes valuable time w/ other characters.

― i'm getting too old for this ship (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:14 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, thats not really true, sorry.

― max, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

yeah salma is totally hilarious plus she has boobs

― Mr. Que, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

She's only there for 6...and that time must be getting close.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

oh this was a good one

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

ok, i agree on the boobs count.

― i'm getting too old for this ship (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)

i thought she was plenty funny in this one & the generalissmo stuff

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

i thought she was good last night. not reall surprinsing it might take someone a little bit to fit in to the flow of the show.

― mizzell, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:34 (sixteen years ago)

"don't tell me you're one of those 'convenient catholics' that only goes to church every sunday"

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:37 (sixteen years ago)

they are having fun w/LOL puerto ricans jokes

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

see also all the pregnant ladies

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

we'll be here til morning

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:39 (sixteen years ago)

i thought that was more of a lol-catholic joek

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

same here

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

i lol'ed at all the "too soon" jokes

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:41 (sixteen years ago)

...spun out of lol puerto ricans be catholic?? the two sorta go hand in hand in a situation like that

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:41 (sixteen years ago)

alma alvarez ... anita alvarez ... anna alvarez

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:42 (sixteen years ago)

anita alvarez

Cook County state's attorney joke? Nah...

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)

i thought she was plenty funny in this one & the generalissmo stuff

I thought so too, she was really great in this episode.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:46 (sixteen years ago)

the mcdonald's promo stuff was a little eh but whatever keeps the show on the air i guess

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

not to mention the sudden and rapid proliferation of APPLE IPHONES on all NBC sitcoms (well, the office at least)

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

It was not as bad as Pepsuber on snl. xp

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

not to be all luddite but i was messing with my friend's iphone over the weekend and my first thought was "this is how fancy phones look in the movies, not in real life wtf"

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

Pepsuber was funny when it was on SNL, and hilarious the next day when Pepsi used a fucking McGruber sketch as an actual Super Bowl ad.

― some dude, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)

the mcdonalds stuff was better than the wink-winky waynes world biting snapple jokes in the 1st season

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

also mcdonald's sundae is so clearly their best dessert, fuck a mcflurry

― some dude, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:08 (sixteen years ago)

^^truth bomb

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

I like their soft serve cone the best...especially the last little crunchy bit at the very bottom of the cone!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

Exactly how bad should I feel about recognizing exactly which UWS McDonald's they shot that bit at?

― nabisco, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:22 (sixteen years ago)

P.S.: Corncobs

― nabisco, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:23 (sixteen years ago)

pretty bad

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:23 (sixteen years ago)

the fact that you guys admit to eating mcdonalds desserts troubles me

― cutty, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:24 (sixteen years ago)

it's probably a myth but i grew up hearing that in wisconsin mcdonald's serves real ice cream instead of chemical concoctions, because of the dairy lobby.

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

i like mcdonalds's shakes

― horseshoe, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

i don't know what was so funny about the sixth sense line but it killed me. maybe it was the delivery.

― cutty, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

I dunno about the shakes, but McD's ice cream is yogurt based and is almost calorie-free.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, the "liz on the toilet" bit was sitcom 101 but the execution killed me (her desperate look realizing she couldn't reach the door herself + jon hamm's delivery of "oh, too soon!")

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:30 (sixteen years ago)

for me what made the Sixth Sense line was that it was supposed to be this super high class restaurant, but the waiter made a kind of mean joke to a customer and seemed kind of immediately embarrassed and regretful about it.

― some dude, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

someone told me that mcd's shakes have CLAY in them :-/

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:32 (sixteen years ago)

i believe it

― horseshoe, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

PLUNDER lol

― cutty, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

"i dunno, have you ever put a doughnut in the microwave?"

― i'm getting too old for this ship (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

for me what made the Sixth Sense line was that it was supposed to be this super high class restaurant, but the waiter made a kind of mean joke to a customer and seemed kind of immediately embarrassed and regretful about it.

― some dude, Friday, February 13, 2009 12:31 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was glad they didnt go for a zingy sitcom line and just had jack glare at him & dude scoot off embarrassed

― and what, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A1304/130499/300_130499.jpg

http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2006-02-28/jones-thousanddollaricecream

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:55 (sixteen years ago)

would never want to have this dessert at Serendipity, would totally have this dessert at a restaurant named Plunder.

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:55 (sixteen years ago)

"topped with 25 karat gold"

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:56 (sixteen years ago)

Once customers have savored the delicacy, they get to keep the golden spoon and $300 Baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet.

So the actual sundae costs less than $700. Reasonable!

― lindseykai, Friday, 13 February 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

fuck the goblet, pour it in my hand for $700

― cutty, Friday, 13 February 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)

when are you gonna axe out that sexy mr magoo

^ this & patron saint of judgmental statues made me lol

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 13 February 2009 19:40 (sixteen years ago)

Imagine a dessert for two, Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream in a pool of cognac, drizzled in the world's most expensive chocolate, Amadei Porcelana, covered with shaved white, black, and clear truffles, topped with edible 25-carat gold leaf.

^ forgot about the clear truffles

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Friday, 13 February 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)

Prayer bit was so so brilliant.

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 13 February 2009 20:57 (sixteen years ago)

"Clear truffles" -- there is a density of jokes in this thing that makes me want to pause after each line and repeat the words to myself. I'd guess this is one of the things that keeps it from being more popular, actually -- it doesn't even give you time to laugh at the jokes. Somewhere between the moment of getting it and the moment of it really sinking in, another joke comes along and supplants it.

(There were at least a dozen things in this last episode that I thought were super-hilarious; I doubt I could remember more than four of them now.)

― nabisco, Friday, 13 February 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)

the awesome thing about this show is that it seems like no matter how amny people love this, there's no one who comes in with the seemingly-inevitable "it's not all that" challops afaik (except that tracy morgan hater a couple months ago who was essentially just trolling)

― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 21:13 (sixteen years ago)

yeah. the closest anyone gets to complaining is "omg, this one episode had about 2 minutes where it wasn't as good as the impossibly high standards i hold it to, it was just 'very good' instead."

― i'm getting too old for this ship (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 February 2009 21:21 (sixteen years ago)

"I know love at first sight when I see it. I saw it when I met Angie, and I saw it the first time Dotcom laid eyes on Grizz's fiancee."

― William Bloody Swygart, Friday, 13 February 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

oh and as everyone already pointed out "stop showing off Dot Com" is just O_O

― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

Wait, so you guys are forgetting the day that o. nate and I bitched about how the show is too "writerly" or whatever?

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 13 February 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

oh i do remember that now. still think it's 100% rong; being 'writerly' is one of its best qualities imo

― some black dude (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2009 21:31 (sixteen years ago)

i was confused by the show at first, because it didn't seem to have a fixed tone. the jokes came at me from so many angles it was hard to process (didn't like tracy/jane at first cuz the comedy was so broad relative to tina/alec). over time, this has become on of my favorite things about the show.

― contenderizer, Friday, 13 February 2009 21:39 (sixteen years ago)

shot on film, this is also the cause of the breaks every few weeks.

― Ed, Friday, February 13, 2009 3:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

1) this show is not shot on film
2) why would being shot on film cause a break every few weeks?
3) what break every few weeks?

― caek, Saturday, 14 February 2009 00:23 (sixteen years ago)

lol a cascade of RONG

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)

great episode. virtuoso writing and acting.

Wait, so you guys are forgetting the day that o. nate and I bitched about how the show is too "writerly" or whatever?

y'all are too overthinkerly.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 14 February 2009 04:56 (sixteen years ago)

(There were at least a dozen things in this last episode that I thought were super-hilarious; I doubt I could remember more than four of them now.)

― nabisco, Friday, February 13, 2009 9:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats why this show stands up so well on repeat viewings

― s1ocki, Saturday, 14 February 2009 05:36 (sixteen years ago)

y'all are too overthinkerly.

holy shit lololololol

― josephcharles, Saturday, 14 February 2009 05:46 (sixteen years ago)

The "the express train is leaving" "I'm on the train" made me :')

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 14 February 2009 06:17 (sixteen years ago)

:..)

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 14 February 2009 06:17 (sixteen years ago)

good morning, regular person lemon

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:05 (sixteen years ago)

lollll the way the music fades when jack goes into explaining what the best dessert in the world actually is! it's the little things that count

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:08 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha i KNEW there was something more to liz saying "it'll be ok, so you'll go to church with elisa and then you'll go to plunder"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plunder

seriously is a-cut-above shit

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:12 (sixteen years ago)

'then i'm going to take my girlfriend to plunder, where the pope himself could not get a table'

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:20 (sixteen years ago)

also possibly-but-unlikely a desperate housewives ref (?) w/r/t dr baird's sister being his mother

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:31 (sixteen years ago)

ok most likely not

and wtf at elisa grabbing the coupon out of the collection basket

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:32 (sixteen years ago)

ok apparently im the only one who didnt immediately get the plunder thing

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:36 (sixteen years ago)

I didn't exactly GET "Plunder" but every time

― josephcharles, Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:52 (sixteen years ago)

sheesh

"Plunder" just sounded dirty to me and Tinafey confirmed as much reacting to the Plunder desert.

― josephcharles, Saturday, 14 February 2009 07:53 (sixteen years ago)

there's nothing to get. plunder is a word that is found in real dictionaries other than URBAN dictionary. you either know what it means or you don't.

― cutty, Saturday, 14 February 2009 12:48 (sixteen years ago)

They are paid to insert all the iPhone shots, right?

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:07 (sixteen years ago)

must be. crazy tons of product placement on this show.

― contenderizer, Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:11 (sixteen years ago)

also possibly-but-unlikely a desperate housewives ref (?) w/r/t dr baird's sister being his mother

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, February 14, 2009 7:31 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark

i thought it was a jack nicholson reference but did they do that on desperate housewives?

― Yo, I just copped dat brand new Manity Kane cd. (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:20 (sixteen years ago)

(britisher) That or it's a Kat/Zoe reference. But that seems unlikely. (/britisher)

― raaaaaaaaaah (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:26 (sixteen years ago)

ha yeah it was a relatively short arc but the daughter of one of the housewives had a babby and her mother did the 'pretend it's hers' thing. like all things on that show, it turned out to be stupid and inconsequential, i wish i could stop watching it

xpost

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:26 (sixteen years ago)

You're all over-thinking this, clearly it's a Sarah Palin reference, you know TINA FEY WINK WINK MAVERICK.

― Leee, Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:44 (sixteen years ago)

i loved the Generalissimo episode very much - liz drugging dr baird was a little eye roll but jack as the Generalissimo is classic for all time. i think the best throwaway line was about tracy getting serious and playing arthur ashe lolll

― big fatass rick ross (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 09:06 (sixteen years ago)

HELLO NBC BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH THANK YOU

― big fatass rick ross (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 10:24 (sixteen years ago)

tracy's been killing it so hard this season

― big fatass rick ross (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 10:25 (sixteen years ago)

YES INDEEDY CORNCOBS

― big fatass rick ross (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 10:26 (sixteen years ago)

http://videogum.com/archives/sitcoms/30-rock-is-winking-at-us_052521.html

hmm.

― caek, Sunday, 15 February 2009 17:00 (sixteen years ago)

lollllll corncobs

― samba de ORLY (tehresa), Sunday, 15 February 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)

"HELLO NBC BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH THANK YOU"

I think he actually said "HELLO ABC BLAH BLAH BLAH"

― akm, Sunday, 15 February 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

liz drugging dr baird was a little eye roll

Yeah, but it led to a couple of the best moments of the episode: "That's not your dog!" "Just RELAX." "I am the Generalissimo!" "I don't know what that means!", so I feel like it was worth it.

Am I nuts, or does this show reward/lend itself to repeated viewings like no other show since the Simpsons in its prime?

― Sara Sara Sara, Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:12 (sixteen years ago)

You are not nuts.

I am certain I've seen every episode from the first 2 seasons at least twice, with particular scenes (Jack & Tracy's therapy scene for example) many, many more times than that.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

not nuts

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:53 (sixteen years ago)

Sometimes I wonder if the viewers out there who aren't watching 30 Rock are dismissing it because they don't get the little obscure references and nerd-bait easter eggs, because for me, aside from Liz and Jack's complex and fascinating relationship, the little pop culture nods are the best part of the show.

who is this dickweed who thinks "Liz and Jack's complex and fascinating relationship" is the best part of this show?!?!?

― the deetwocent (some dude), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:03 (sixteen years ago)

WHAT AN ASSHOLE!!!!!

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:04 (sixteen years ago)

haha. i thought it was sweet in the first episode of this season when at the end, Liz said, "I just like seeing you back there," or something to Jack. does this make me a dickweed y/n

― horseshoe, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

i'm not saying it's not an aspect of the show i enjoy, but if someone makes a list of favorite things about 30 Rock that looks like "1. jack and liz!!! 2. jokes" then something is wrong with them.

― z8080 smith (some dude), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:07 (sixteen years ago)

i think it is an amazing comedy relationship they have mined brilliantly ("if you were any other woman in the world, i'd be attracted to you right now") so i dont see why it would be dickweedish to maybe really like it a lot?? even like it the best?

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:10 (sixteen years ago)

i dunno...if they said they liked jokes about j&l over other kinds of jokes, i'd be like ok, but they say relationship over jokes, which is wonky to me.

― z8080 smith (some dude), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:14 (sixteen years ago)

relationship = jokes

you are splitting hairs into infinity dog

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:15 (sixteen years ago)

there really is no way for anyone to be fake internet mad around here without you getting exasperatingly rational about it, is there

― z8080 smith (some dude), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

relationship = jokes

truth bomb?

― samba de ORLY (tehresa), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:23 (sixteen years ago)

there really is no way for anyone to be fake internet mad around here without you getting exasperatingly rational about it, is there

― z8080 smith (some dude), Sunday, February 15, 2009 7:21 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i thought that was the whole fun of fake internet maddery

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

i had a point tho, i think the liz-jack relationship is one of the show's best joke engines if you will

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

Sometimes I wonder if the viewers out there who aren't watching 30 Rock are dismissing it because they don't get the little obscure references and nerd-bait easter eggs, because for me, aside from Liz and Jack's complex and fascinating relationship, the little pop culture nods are the best part of the show.

The main point here though is that many of the jokes don't play well in large swathes of the country, which might explain the show's lack of popularity.

― Super Cub, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

I understood the point of the sentence, it was just a preference stated within the sentence that bugged me.

― z8080 smith (some dude), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:50 (sixteen years ago)

What part of this country isn't up for lemon parties and Frankschlongs?

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)

FLYOVER COUNTRY

― Super Cub, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:53 (sixteen years ago)

WRT Flyover Country, I think the [relative] success of 30 Rock over Sunset Blvd suggests that it's better to talk over the idiots than talk down to them.

― Mordy, Sunday, 15 February 2009 19:55 (sixteen years ago)

Sometimes I wonder if the viewers out there who aren't watching 30 Rock are dismissing it because they don't get the little obscure references and nerd-bait easter eggs, because for me, aside from Liz and Jack's complex and fascinating relationship, the little pop culture nods are the best part of the show.

Next time I want to feel elitist about watching a network TV sitcom I will write to this guy for advice.

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)

hah, that's a girl. i didnt particularly like that writeup for those same reasons (weirdly elitist, which was rather out of chracter) but i do like videogum a lot

― Jewish Lager (k3vin k.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:26 (sixteen years ago)

the moments they chose were not very esoteric or hard to spot imo

― max, Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:27 (sixteen years ago)

every website that gets mentioned in any show always ends up going back to that shows website

― max, Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:27 (sixteen years ago)

OTM. Also can someone explain the "lemon party without Dick" joke cos I have seen every episode and I don't get it unless it's a crude sexual joke.

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:30 (sixteen years ago)

it's a crude sexual joke.

― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:31 (sixteen years ago)

my only problem w/ the generalissimo episode was that they went too overboard w/ liz=generalissimo. subtle parallels wouldve been way better imo.

i had a point tho, i think the liz-jack relationship is one of the show's best joke engines if you will

― s1ocki, Sunday, February 15, 2009 1:31 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark

agreed

― big fatass rick ross (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:32 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lemon+party

1st answer sfw - DO NOT google

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:50 (sixteen years ago)

If only someone would have told me not to google it...

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 15 February 2009 20:56 (sixteen years ago)

Christ that's disgusting! Those are some sick nerds they're baiting..

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)

i'm pretty sure i live in flyover country

― Yo, I just copped dat brand new Manity Kane cd. (M@tt He1ges0n), Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:11 (sixteen years ago)

Wait till Frank has a hat that reads "GOATSE"

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:13 (sixteen years ago)

xpost

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 15 February 2009 21:13 (sixteen years ago)

That lemon party joke had me on the floor while 'er indoors remained on the sofa looking at me like o_O. The beauty of this show in a nutshell right there, and a wikkid parallel with The Simpsons.

― "chinese coke prank" (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 15 February 2009 22:41 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i was gonna say f anyone who actually means FLYOVER COUNTRY as a thing plus most people who use it "ironically" even here, but i don't even care anyway because i am too fat and stuffed with cheese and inferior middlebrow opinions

― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 16 February 2009 00:00 (sixteen years ago)

If you are too fat you must have missed the ironic distance on the constant McDonalds product placement in that last episode!

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 16 February 2009 00:26 (sixteen years ago)

...last two episodes.

― James Mitchell, Monday, 16 February 2009 01:33 (sixteen years ago)

What would be in a 30 Rock burger?

― "chinese coke prank" (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 February 2009 02:57 (sixteen years ago)

Mind grapes.

― Leee, Monday, 16 February 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

It would have to be served cold. Hot is the devil's temperature.

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 16 February 2009 03:34 (sixteen years ago)

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/2/16/f_ddm_d3143bf.jpg

― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:00 (sixteen years ago)

whaaaaaa

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:17 (sixteen years ago)

you are splitting hairs into infinity dog

― s1ocki, Sunday, February 15, 2009 7:15 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

lool

― its gotta be HOOSy para steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:31 (sixteen years ago)

saw josh at joe shanghai last nite it was a merging of A new 30 Rock thread because I can't find the old one and New York Restaurants

and yes i thought that at the time and scolded myself like damn get off the internet nerd

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 14:10 (sixteen years ago)

I have a source (I know, right!?) who says there will be m0ar writers' room stuff in the future.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:19 (sixteen years ago)

I asked Scott Adsit last summer if we'd see more Hornberger this year, and he said yes. So far, he has been lying to me.

― Leee, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 04:30 (sixteen years ago)

I was thinking about how a lot of shows (like, say, Seinfeld) start with a small core cast, and slowly expand out to this big extended family of familiar characters, it almost feels like 30 Rock started with a big ensemble where most of the characters were pretty immediately liked by viewers, and has been narrowing its focus down to a small handful of people ever since.

― brainless popcorn (some dude), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 04:35 (sixteen years ago)

No more writers room = DUMB DUMB DUMB

― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 04:44 (sixteen years ago)

credit crunch, guys

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 04:45 (sixteen years ago)

I wouldn't mind more writers room stuff, especially to replace some of the Kenneth stories, but let's face it, that stuff was always delegated to a C-story.

― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 06:30 (sixteen years ago)

I would like to see the show bring in some new on-show talent to give Jenna and Tracy something to be pissed about.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 06:31 (sixteen years ago)

I wouldn't mind more writers room stuff, especially to replace some of the Kenneth stories, but let's face it, that stuff was always delegated to a C-story.

The writer's room C-stories are what elevated great episodes into total classics, such as the one where Tracy is making a porn video game and Frank explains the uncanny valley, then Dr. Spaceman shows up with his cape! They're essential.

― f. hazel, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 07:52 (sixteen years ago)

I was watching season 1 episodes recently and it made me realize how much i miss hornberger.

― mizzell, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 15:46 (sixteen years ago)

The occasional characters are what make 30 rock, they give the central ones something to work with. More Dennis, Hornburger, Dr Spaceman, Twofer and fewer celebrity cameos please.

Also NBC, please make a Denis Duffy sitcom, you could get the King of Queens audience and the 30 rock audience if you did it right.

― Ed, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

dennis n spaceman r key def

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 15:56 (sixteen years ago)

am halfway thru s1 now and biggest lol so far may be Spaceman "dammit where ARE my car keys?" while looking at x-rays of his/a body.

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

Not actually that I think John Hamm and Selma Hyek have had bad storylines or poor joke because they haven't but if the trade off is celebrities vs a bigger ensemble, I'll pick the latter.

― Ed, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

i think my biggest lol of season 1, and the whole series, is dennis reading his goodbye letter to liz. and it takes place in the writers room.

― mizzell, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)

I would like to see the show bring in some new on-show talent to give Jenna and Tracy something to be pissed about.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:31 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

u stfu

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

the biting of the old Simpsons gag where Kenneth does the bait-and-switch re Jesus and Miguel in Set Design was so clunky tho, damn

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)

It's not just that they've cut out the writers' room, they've stopped making any reference to TGS with Tracy Jordan whatsoever. Not that the show has ever really been about that, but now the setting is pretty much incidental.

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

the biting of the old Simpsons gag where Kenneth does the bait-and-switch re Jesus and Miguel in Set Design was so clunky tho, damn

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:29 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

joke biters

― and what, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:46 (sixteen years ago)

It's not just that they've cut out the writers' room, they've stopped making any reference to TGS with Tracy Jordan whatsoever. Not that the show has ever really been about that, but now the setting is pretty much incidental.

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:40 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this isnt true at all dude

― max, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:46 (sixteen years ago)

OK, I was exaggerating. The show is mentioned. But rarely does it factor into the subplots.

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

i just don't get people wondering about this show. . . it's a pretty consistent funny show that makes me out loud at least once a week

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:51 (sixteen years ago)

i dont really care for the writers room crew tbh they pretty bland - zinging snl via tgs is kinda funny - celebrity cameos are meh - dennis spaceman devon and kathy geiss should be fulltime cast imo

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)

OK, I was exaggerating. The show is mentioned. But rarely does it factor into the subplots.

right. i think now it's some extracurricular dilemma that liz or jack have and talk about in jack's office, like trips they have to go on or whatever.

― schlump, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 17:06 (sixteen years ago)

Sources are telling OK! that 30 Rock funnyman Tracy Morgan's Manhattan apartment caught fire earlier today.

According to one insider, the blaze, which occurred Wednesday morning, caused him to lose most if not all of the contents of his apartment in the swanky Trump Place building on NYC's Riverside Boulevard.

Making matter worse, says the source, the fire spread to neighboring apartments, though it's still unclear as to the total extent of the damage.

...

The blaze reportedly occurred after the funnyman’s fish tank caught fire, which then spread to neighboring apartments in Tracy’s Trump Place building in midtown Manhattan.

The New York fire department confirmed to Access Hollywood on Wednesday that they responded to a fire at the building. The first call came at 8:34 AM and the flames were under control by 9:03 AM.

“The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd, who lives in the same building as Tracy (and plays his on-screen wife on “30 Rock”), discussed the fire on the morning talk show, noting that she got a call in the studio from her nanny about it and that her floor had been flooded.

a fish tank on fire.. sounds like Tracy.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 19:36 (sixteen years ago)

u stfu

I guess you didn't like my plot/casting idea, my apologies!

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

Sources are telling OK! that 30 Rock funnyman Tracy Morgan's Manhattan apartment caught fire earlier today.

According to one insider, the blaze, which occurred Wednesday morning, caused him to lose most if not all of the contents of his apartment in the swanky Trump Place building on NYC's Riverside Boulevard.

this has to be bogus, no? riverside boulevard? fishtank catching fire??

― edb, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:09 (sixteen years ago)

ha! whaddya know, there IS a riverside boulevard ...

― edb, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:10 (sixteen years ago)

I think there might be multiple Riverside pretenders coming off the Drive at different places

― nabisco, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:16 (sixteen years ago)

Hahaha "Riverside Service Inlet" and so on

― nabisco, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:16 (sixteen years ago)

i been in one of those trump place buildings

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:41 (sixteen years ago)

it's really confusing up there

― cutty, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

lol so thats what the "sodomized the VP" line was about

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)

:( @ rerun tho

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2009 02:33 (sixteen years ago)

glad it was a rerun because i don't get NBC anymore (lol digital tv)

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 20 February 2009 03:25 (sixteen years ago)

ben silverman id fucking this show wrt re runs. i am comfortable blaming him for it.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 February 2009 04:42 (sixteen years ago)

MISS MAGOO

― Gukbe, Friday, 20 February 2009 05:14 (sixteen years ago)

No new episode this week then?

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 22 February 2009 10:47 (sixteen years ago)

there wasn't this week just past, but there will be a new one this week.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 22 February 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popvox/archive/2009/02/25/Are-All-Those-Guest-Stars-Saving-_2700_30-Rock_2700_-or-Killing-It_3F00_-An-Inquiry-in-Two-Parts.aspx

― bobby dijindal (and what), Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

I have to say, the way they handled the Oprah appearance was fucking amazing.

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)

In 2009 I have done it 2 more times than you

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 February 2009 02:33 (sixteen years ago)

writers room btw!

― k3vin k., Friday, 27 February 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

a boobies picture!

― k3vin k., Friday, 27 February 2009 02:49 (sixteen years ago)

I'm speaking to you in the year 1987, but the message is timeless...Avoid The Noid!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 February 2009 02:54 (sixteen years ago)

nice sabor/jonis jorplin callbacks on the LIC X subway exit

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 February 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

all of larry kings summaries were amzing

― ice cr?m, Friday, 27 February 2009 03:53 (sixteen years ago)

yes!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 27 February 2009 03:57 (sixteen years ago)

The one about Peter Frampton and the treasure map was LULZ

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 February 2009 03:59 (sixteen years ago)

tracy jordan just said three serious things and then one funny thing... well be right back

― ice cr?m, Friday, 27 February 2009 04:03 (sixteen years ago)

^ this was my favorite line, all the larry king stuff was golden though

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 February 2009 12:48 (sixteen years ago)

kenneth seemed a lot less "kenneth-y" (ie less like a cartoon rube) last night, which was nice

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 February 2009 12:58 (sixteen years ago)

Then he scores a basket even though he’s not a wolf anymore.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 27 February 2009 13:04 (sixteen years ago)

SOMEBODY PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE PLAYING THE MUSIC TO GOONIES WHEN TRACY WAS DESCRIBING WHERE THE TREASURE WAS!

― dan selzer, Friday, 27 February 2009 15:20 (sixteen years ago)

ahaha

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 27 February 2009 15:34 (sixteen years ago)

i didn't notice, and i've seen goonies approximately 100 times

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 February 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

i may be making that up

― dan selzer, Friday, 27 February 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

i hav reviewed the evidence and concluded: similar but not same

― ice cr?m, Friday, 27 February 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2009/02/90226W4_BALDWIN_B_GR_05.jpg

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 February 2009 18:22 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ fyi

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 February 2009 18:22 (sixteen years ago)

is that steve buscemi???

― k3vin k., Friday, 27 February 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

who is steve buscemi?

― nuomas (Jordan), Friday, 27 February 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)

No, it is Walter Matthau.

― csa, Friday, 27 February 2009 18:28 (sixteen years ago)

jimmy mod what is the meaning of a screencap for an episode from a year and a half ago + "fyi"

― I'm your biggest fan, here's your suggest ban (some dude), Friday, 27 February 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)

could be new picture/episode?

― bay bay (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 February 2009 18:40 (sixteen years ago)

man i cant wait for buscemi to be on the show... you think they can get wayne brady next?

― 'lop chalpagne (and what), Friday, 27 February 2009 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

buscemi directed an episode, no?

― LaMonte, Friday, 27 February 2009 19:05 (sixteen years ago)

and brian dennehy needs to come back.

― LaMonte, Friday, 27 February 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ now that was a cameo

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 27 February 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

jimmy mod what is the meaning of a screencap for an episode from a year and a half ago + "fyi"

― I'm your biggest fan, here's your suggest ban (some dude), Friday, February 27, 2009 1:38 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

do keep up

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 February 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)

NGS FRIDAYS AT C:30 ON TB10

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 28 February 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

zorgonia avenue station
x train

― edb, Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:00 (sixteen years ago)

ugh what a train wreck of an episode

― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:46 (sixteen years ago)

steve buscemi is coming back this season. and so is.....

DENNIS DUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:48 (sixteen years ago)

devil's avocado

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:50 (sixteen years ago)

oh wow dennis duffy, fantastic

― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:51 (sixteen years ago)

YES I AM

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 28 February 2009 11:54 (sixteen years ago)

Dennis!!!

― 2nd-place ladyboy (Nicole), Saturday, 28 February 2009 14:12 (sixteen years ago)

"devil's avocado"

That was awesome esp because I spent Thurs afternoon conducting an advocacy training for a group of teen girls at the conclusion of which one of them said to us, "Thanks for coming here and telling us what an advocate is 'cause I always thought it was a vegetable 'cause it sounds like avocado but now that I know I'm going to be one for myself."

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 February 2009 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

devil's avocado

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, February 27, 2009 10:50 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

^i havent watched this episode yet but someone told me this joke last night and i was fuckin dying

― cr?m of the crop (J0rdan S.), Monday, 2 March 2009 03:37 (sixteen years ago)

"You have crazy eyes."
"You have shut up mouth."

― Mordy, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

Lutz eats in his sleep.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

YES! A Doors slam.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

i also would have accepted 'you can't prove that's the governor's semen'

― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:49 (sixteen years ago)

what was that doors zing??

― the thick man from the late "imp!" clusterfucks (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:49 (sixteen years ago)

something like "terribleness has never prevented success in music, just look at [forget] or the doors"

― the thick man from the late "imp!" clusterfucks (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

[forget] = Biz Markie

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

dunno bout this episode but i lold at "C'MON DANIEL"

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

also any scene involving jenna, the best character of the season

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

There's so much Frank, Lutz, Josh and Pete in this episode, I hardly know what to do with myself!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:52 (sixteen years ago)

ok tracy's laugh

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:55 (sixteen years ago)

Woah. Look at Judah.

― Mordy, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:56 (sixteen years ago)

This was a really good one.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)

this one was OK /apologistshame

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

curses, why am I still at work.

― Prince of Persia (Ed), Friday, 6 March 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

did lithgow really punch harry in that film? i don't remember that and i could see them editing that in.

― cutty, Friday, 6 March 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

I have a sweet spot in my heart for Harry and the Hendersons, so that made it extra special.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

Slapped him. xp

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

He did slap him, I remember it vividly.

I have an irrational hatred of John Lithgow which made this episode a special treat.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 6 March 2009 03:04 (sixteen years ago)

I'm a celebrity!!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 6 March 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

"UGH, fine, LITHGOW"

― let "free dom" ring (some dude), Friday, 6 March 2009 03:06 (sixteen years ago)

YES!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 6 March 2009 03:06 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy's birthday wish seeming to have genuinely been for Jenna to get well was so incredible!
And shut up mouth!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 6 March 2009 04:33 (sixteen years ago)

Maybe it's because we didn't have fathers. Maybe that's why we're drawn to movies where the father pushes away the child/legendary forest ape.

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Friday, 6 March 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

*legendary North American forest ape.

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Friday, 6 March 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

lol - The woodland ape!

I forgot what a heart wrenching movie Harry and the Hendersons was. That looked like some powerful stuff right there.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 6 March 2009 04:49 (sixteen years ago)

..I know you only make cheese-friends when something's bothering you.

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Friday, 6 March 2009 04:55 (sixteen years ago)

i thought that episode was relatively weak.

― dan selzer, Friday, 6 March 2009 05:00 (sixteen years ago)

^^haha this was really cute

xpost

― the thick man from the late "imp!" clusterfucks (k3vin k.), Friday, 6 March 2009 05:01 (sixteen years ago)

xpost: no way. classic 30 Rock IMO.

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Friday, 6 March 2009 05:03 (sixteen years ago)

good ep, i liked the bits with the pregnant girl but i swear there was a joke bitten from the He's Just Not That Into You trailer

also did they say "myface" instead of myspace or facebook? i can't even tell if that was supposed to be a joke or just a lazy brand name dodge.

― u sic fuc (some dude), Friday, 6 March 2009 05:07 (sixteen years ago)

x-post Yeah, I thought it was really good!

I didn't notice "myface" although they may well have done so.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 6 March 2009 05:07 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, it was "Myface." I thought it was so obviously funny I couldn't believe no one's done it before (although I'm sure someone somewhere has).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2009 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

every episode of the various Laws and Orders.

that sexual predator found her on Friend Space! That's how he knew she went to Hudson University.

― dan selzer, Friday, 6 March 2009 05:37 (sixteen years ago)

― Dan I., Friday, 6 March 2009 05:45 (sixteen years ago)

Joke about Jack giving bowties to disadvantaged youth was A+

― sous les paves, Friday, 6 March 2009 06:06 (sixteen years ago)

good ep.

Frank cleans up well!

― Super Cub, Friday, 6 March 2009 07:54 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, it was "Myface." I thought it was so obviously funny I couldn't believe no one's done it before (although I'm sure someone somewhere has).

Not really the same but funny anyway.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 6 March 2009 08:35 (sixteen years ago)

Oh, stupid embedding disabled for no goof sodding reason...

Watch it here if you want

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 6 March 2009 08:36 (sixteen years ago)

ARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH....
Just search for IT crowd Friend Face.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 6 March 2009 08:37 (sixteen years ago)

myface is, like, a thing that exists, although I don't know if that diminishes the joke or what. One of the podcasts I listen to goes there all the time to read the awful user-generated polls they put up on the front page.

― none of that (reddening), Friday, 6 March 2009 11:51 (sixteen years ago)

For instance right now I got this delight:

if i purpose you .........

accept
reject
time pass
are will be a sex freind

― none of that (reddening), Friday, 6 March 2009 11:53 (sixteen years ago)

but i swear there was a joke bitten from the He's Just Not That Into You trailer

yeah it was nearly verbatim abt getting rejected by x forms of technology...back in my day you could just assume the line was busy when he tried to call and go watch falcon crest.

also in that scene i swear it seemed like using ne-yo as the cool ref point was overdubbed, maybe just to keep it as current as possible if the ep was taped a while ago

― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 March 2009 12:13 (sixteen years ago)

go cry watching falcon crest!

On that myface link the biggest of the 'hot tags' is vampireaids. crazy kids.

― eboue died for somebody's sins but not mines (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 March 2009 12:25 (sixteen years ago)

This really made me want to re-watch Harry and the Hendersons.

― Event Horizon (Nicole), Friday, 6 March 2009 13:21 (sixteen years ago)

also in that scene i swear it seemed like using ne-yo as the cool ref point was overdubbed, maybe just to keep it as current as possible if the ep was taped a while ago

maybe it was chris brown

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 6 March 2009 13:51 (sixteen years ago)

lol i thought the same thing

― wow devin is dude (some dude), Friday, 6 March 2009 14:03 (sixteen years ago)

The sound on the NBC Chicago airing (at least for us anyway) dropped out right after the "shut up mouth" line and didn't come back on until the tail end of the Harry and the Henderson viewing. I'm guessing that's why some of these jokes are just not ringing a bell with me at all.

― ban everyone imho (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 March 2009 14:06 (sixteen years ago)

the best part of the myfacejoke was that Tim's status was horny.

― mizzell, Friday, 6 March 2009 14:27 (sixteen years ago)

The 'in bed with Robocop while the Elephant that paints,' etc. - and the hunt the elephant that paints birthday wish speculation was a major spit take for me - and yeah - watching in Chicago with inclement weather and crappy digital television antenna sure did suck - I guess I rewatch on hulu at some point ...

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 6 March 2009 14:49 (sixteen years ago)

There should be gif of Lutz eating in his sleep.

― eboue died for somebody's sins but not mines (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 March 2009 16:06 (sixteen years ago)

My heart goes out to all of the inner-city kids, especially those that are too fat to dance their way out.

^^so many LOLs

― My carpal tunnel is too bad to go "all over." (Matt P), Friday, 6 March 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

biggest of the 'hot tags' is vampireaids - I never thought about it before, but yeah, AIDs must be particularly problematic among Vampires

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Friday, 6 March 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

good episode

i bought season one on dvd so i've been rewatching it and the store continually uses this xylophone (?) that sounds exactly like the default "you've got an IM" sound on the iphone, it's distracting

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 March 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

duh the "score" not the store

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 March 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

Liked this episode a bunch. Nice to see Lonny, even if they didn't give him anything to do.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 6 March 2009 18:09 (sixteen years ago)

I watched most of S2 but have been out of the loop for this season, so I'm just now watching 1 to play catch up.

― been HOOS, where yyyou steene!? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 6 March 2009 18:26 (sixteen years ago)

thx 4 the update

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 March 2009 20:05 (sixteen years ago)

uugh i wanna go to burning man

― schlump, Saturday, 7 March 2009 21:39 (sixteen years ago)

Frank turning into Penn Jillette was TERRIFYING!

― Øystein, Saturday, 7 March 2009 22:41 (sixteen years ago)

patti lupone i hate u

― yur twit (tehresa), Sunday, 8 March 2009 01:20 (sixteen years ago)

OK am watching the Greenzo episode which is still A++ and I just noticed something awesome. In the beginning where they're showing scenes from Kenneth's past parties and he and Liz are dressed as Harry Potter and Austin powers, the song they're dancing to is "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah". SO awesome. Werewolf Bar Mitsvah dancing dancing boys becoming men men becoming wolves etc.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

The morning after party flashbacks (esp Jack's hair) are still some of the finest 20R moments ever.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)

Mr. Jordan I saw you steal my sink.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:47 (sixteen years ago)

its all about the harlem globetrotter.

― eboue died for somebody's sins but not mines (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:48 (sixteen years ago)

Does the name mean nothing to you?

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:49 (sixteen years ago)

Um, upthread where I put 20R, I obv meant 20R - whoops.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:51 (sixteen years ago)

oh for fuck's sake

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Sunday, 8 March 2009 17:52 (sixteen years ago)

haah

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 8 March 2009 18:34 (sixteen years ago)

20 rock would be a wacky comedy about christie's obvs

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 9 March 2009 00:08 (sixteen years ago)

I thought this episode was really fun, if not really funny.

― f f murray abraham (G00blar), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 13:31 (sixteen years ago)

last week's was great.

"what are you celebrating or depressed about?"

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 13:36 (sixteen years ago)

Dr. Spaceman!

― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

Professor Bananas!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:54 (sixteen years ago)

Only nine? Ok. Here comes the funcooker!

― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

Nice try, Liz. Now it's my turn.

― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2009 01:57 (sixteen years ago)

the research is being funded by the military and the WNBA

― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 March 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

What did Liz use the crazy-Leia-lady voice for before?

― lindseykai, Friday, 13 March 2009 02:10 (sixteen years ago)

They once showed a clip of her with in the outfit for getting out of jury duty back in Chicago.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 13 March 2009 02:16 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, but what did she say? (It's driving me crazy.)

― lindseykai, Friday, 13 March 2009 02:31 (sixteen years ago)

that it wouldn't be fair for her to be on the jury because she can read minds.

― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Friday, 13 March 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)

Awesome, thank you!

― lindseykai, Friday, 13 March 2009 02:35 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy's ad about giving away old towels = A+. And for once seeing TGS on screen w/ Dr. Spaceman + Jack = A+ also.

― i wants a sandwich now (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 March 2009 08:21 (sixteen years ago)

♪ synonym's just another word for the word you wanna use ♫

― f. hazel, Friday, 13 March 2009 08:50 (sixteen years ago)

"The crab is getting aroused now. Shut it down."

― czech blastcore and superHOOS culture (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 13 March 2009 08:50 (sixteen years ago)

I totally got the Ernest Borgnine whispering joke

― Dan I., Friday, 13 March 2009 10:24 (sixteen years ago)

Kid with a moustache!

― Dan I., Friday, 13 March 2009 10:27 (sixteen years ago)

I don't apologise, America!

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:14 (sixteen years ago)

spaceman <3
what with my full time medical practice, and this job.

― yur twit (tehresa), Friday, 13 March 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

i lold hard @ this ep

― ice cr?m, Friday, 13 March 2009 16:05 (sixteen years ago)

scrabble tiles joke was so dumb but i lol'ed

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 13 March 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

Kid with a moustache!

I completely lost it over this.

― nabisco, Friday, 13 March 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

Like possibly my favorite joke in three entire seasons of this show

― nabisco, Friday, 13 March 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

yah that slayed me - i watched it twice

― ice cr?m, Friday, 13 March 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

a++ "excuse me, imperial guard, when is your arson trial going to end"

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 13 March 2009 18:08 (sixteen years ago)

also "no beards or mustaches at work" and "all menstruating women go home"

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 13 March 2009 18:08 (sixteen years ago)

"Shut up Lutz"

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 March 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

i'll be there with pants on!

― yur twit (tehresa), Friday, 13 March 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

donaghy going through all of tgs in 3 seconds was stolen from timberlake's weekend update bit or is there precedent before that?

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 14 March 2009 10:22 (sixteen years ago)

"NOW that's got to be thirty seconds!"
"nine?!"

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 14 March 2009 10:32 (sixteen years ago)

upon re-viewing, the best line in the most recent ep is when frank stands up, revealing he is again wearing no pants, and jack notices and says "ah... absolutely not."

― f. hazel, Saturday, 14 March 2009 11:57 (sixteen years ago)

extended lols for 'are you doing both a movie and a tv show?' brochure

really enjoying the absence of guest stars for this stretch of episodes

― f f murray abraham (G00blar), Saturday, 14 March 2009 12:06 (sixteen years ago)

jon hamm is on next week, i think.
i wonder if they will mention salma's character again.

― mizzell, Saturday, 14 March 2009 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

watching harry and the hendersons tonight because of that episode a few weeks back.

― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Saturday, 14 March 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

http://i42.tinypic.com/5nkcr9.jpg

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Sunday, 15 March 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

Passing out. Cursing. On St Patrick's Day?

― caek, Sunday, 15 March 2009 03:07 (sixteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure that was a rip of a Simpsons joke

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Sunday, 15 March 2009 03:40 (sixteen years ago)

do i need to shut it down?

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 15 March 2009 03:44 (sixteen years ago)

Is Jenna's synonym song a parody of a Jeanette Jipper song?

― Leee, Sunday, 15 March 2009 03:50 (sixteen years ago)

Kent Brockman: Drunkenness, fighting and property damage. Are these qualities we should associate with the Irish?

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:16 (sixteen years ago)

donaghy going through all of tgs in 3 seconds was stolen from timberlake's weekend update bit or is there precedent before that?

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:22 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark

i pose this Q again

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:33 (sixteen years ago)

Jenna's song = Me and Bobby McGee, right?

― the devil's runes (reddening), Sunday, 15 March 2009 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

donaghy going through all of tgs in 3 seconds was stolen from timberlake's weekend update bit or is there precedent before that?

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:22 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark

i pose this Q again

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just seems like a general self-aware comedy trope, i'm sure it's been around forever

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 15 March 2009 13:13 (sixteen years ago)

jack's laminated photo of himself!

― edb, Friday, 20 March 2009 01:38 (sixteen years ago)

wow

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 01:44 (sixteen years ago)

Fading.
80s.
1880s!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 March 2009 01:46 (sixteen years ago)

OMG @ Merkins for hope. LOL.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 20 March 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

When he wants his binky, and by binky I mean 70s pornography.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 March 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

I came here to see the dumbest cracker in NY

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

OMG YES More Tracy Jr. plz.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, T Jr. was a definite highlight.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 20 March 2009 02:09 (sixteen years ago)

Dotcom I SWEAR TO GOD

― Nhex, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:10 (sixteen years ago)

xpost bobb'e thompson! needs to be recurring character now that he is role models-on-dvd famous

― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Friday, 20 March 2009 02:44 (sixteen years ago)

oh damn i thought he was familiar but i didn't place that it was the kid from that movie.

― hahaha sorry all you music-hippies (some dude), Friday, 20 March 2009 02:54 (sixteen years ago)

he was tracy jr in s1 at one point iirc

― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

Wasn't the episode where he's afraid that the kids are going to kill him in his sleep this season? It couldn't have been that long ago, maybe it was last year.

― Nhex, Friday, 20 March 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

it could have been last year when tracy goes to take your dd to school day...

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:04 (sixteen years ago)

dd=dad

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

it was this season, the Steve Martin one.

― hahaha sorry all you music-hippies (some dude), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

eh, two years off, close enough

― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:11 (sixteen years ago)

Yep, just SM episode according to IMDB.

also:
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006) (TV) .... Gary Coleman

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)

also also, I do not remember this as ALL:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364892/

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:17 (sixteen years ago)

i do!

― LaMonte, Friday, 20 March 2009 03:20 (sixteen years ago)

i thought the kid was an adult midget playing a child at the time though.

― LaMonte, Friday, 20 March 2009 03:21 (sixteen years ago)

also also, I do not remember this as ALL:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364892/

It was a totally wholesome, boring sitcom with canned laughs and no personality. Tracy must have felt like he was trapped in a soundproof room.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 March 2009 03:34 (sixteen years ago)

what the what? - now it's a classic line :)

― CaptainLorax, Friday, 20 March 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

tracy is a kinesthetic visual learner

― droling lapdogs (hmmmm), Friday, 20 March 2009 06:11 (sixteen years ago)

"what if it doesn't work? what if he doesn't come back? oh no when i get upset my accent come out and when it gits to comin' out i can't get to talkin' nuh-uh!"

― f. hazel, Friday, 20 March 2009 07:45 (sixteen years ago)

Dennis is coming back next week!

― Event Horizon (Nicole), Friday, 20 March 2009 12:52 (sixteen years ago)

(You're what I think Judas looks like!)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 20 March 2009 13:34 (sixteen years ago)

I loved Tracy Jordan Jr, OMG. Must go see role models, if he's in it..

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 20 March 2009 13:34 (sixteen years ago)

He is awesome in Role Models, I hope he is on 30 Rock again.

― Event Horizon (Nicole), Friday, 20 March 2009 13:44 (sixteen years ago)

i'm really just starting to get into this show. for the first time i was looking forward to watching a new episode all day yesterday.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:09 (sixteen years ago)

why would you celebrate that???!!?

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2009 14:10 (sixteen years ago)

i was looking forward to it?

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:12 (sixteen years ago)

YES!! BFF!!!

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:14 (sixteen years ago)

omggg that phone call

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

lol btw i was quoting the ep "cursed return"

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

no, i lost it, that was batman.

― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:28 (sixteen years ago)

or, as the french say, asonjfsn odjf qekerg

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2009 14:29 (sixteen years ago)

fucking hell i love this show

― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2009 14:30 (sixteen years ago)

dotcom/donaghey exchange were the best lines of the episode, also liked the conceit of hamm being terrible at everything because he's so handsome

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:31 (sixteen years ago)

him on the bike was hilarious.. and the tennis court: "do you give lessons?" OMG

"they used my high school swim team picture as a template for the prince in ___..."

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:33 (sixteen years ago)

i thought it was "prince eric" (which google says is from the little mermaid)

― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

lol jordan dont front like u dont recognize prince eric

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:36 (sixteen years ago)

oooh now i get it - ha hah!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

tracy jr was amazing

― Mr. Que, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

haha. i won't lie, i've seen the little mermaid but i didn't remember "prince eric".

http://www.xavier.edu/newswire/editions/060920/eric.jpghttp://www.24timepass.com/postimg/sexiest-man/jon-hamm.jpg

― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:39 (sixteen years ago)

favorite part of that whole bit was Baldwin looking in the mirror, "I've got to get back in the bubble"

― i have tied my peanut butter sandwich in a knot (some dude), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:41 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.vidiocy.com/baldwin.jpg

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

We spent like 10 minutes looking at pics of young AB last night. So hot but my god . . . so hairy!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:56 (sixteen years ago)

It was so sad when Liz rolled his eyes at Jack when he said he used to be in the bubble.

― Event Horizon (Nicole), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

that i thought was a little unrealistic. i mean he's still one of the most handsome middle-aged overweight men in the world.

― i have tied my peanut butter sandwich in a knot (some dude), Friday, 20 March 2009 15:04 (sixteen years ago)

I think he's still really hot.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 20 March 2009 15:05 (sixteen years ago)

Anyone wanna explain to my naive self what BFF actually stands for if not Best Friends Forever?

― silly ho (a hoy hoy), Friday, 20 March 2009 15:19 (sixteen years ago)

lol who wore it better? Jenna... or Miss Piggy?

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2009 15:19 (sixteen years ago)

i just assumed the whole joke of the BFF thing is that there's so many dirty things it could stand for you could just use your imagination

― i have tied my peanut butter sandwich in a knot (some dude), Friday, 20 March 2009 15:22 (sixteen years ago)

oh man! I am not up on my Disney princes so I couldn't remember which one he said.. Good one, 30 Rock writers & Hamm - he DOES kind of look like he could have inspired that drawing (I'm still with Liz, though: cartoon pilot!)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 20 March 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

I enjoyed the part where both Jack and Liz mention the three years spent with Tracy on the cast and one expects it t cut to a montage but it doesn't.

― t. weiss, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

wouldve really enjoyed that montage tho

― ice cr?m, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:32 (sixteen years ago)

this racket is a fart.

― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Friday, 20 March 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)

oh i thought he said "farce", that's funnier

― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Friday, 20 March 2009 22:09 (sixteen years ago)

i thought he said it's farked

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 20 March 2009 23:50 (sixteen years ago)

last night before I could fall asleep, I thought about the Robot and Bears talk show.. lol. Dr. Spaceman running in slamming Jenna bear's head on the table over and over again "you must sleep!" and then Tracy with the fun cooker... best talk show ever.

― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 21 March 2009 04:34 (sixteen years ago)

The whole exchange w/ Liz n Jenna where Jenna's like, 'you look upset you wanna talk about it...? ...oh I thought we were talking about my hair...' and the RUNS off had me DYING.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 21 March 2009 13:41 (sixteen years ago)

"It took me a while to answer because I was just thinking how weird it is that we eat birds."

^^^

― Stevie T, Saturday, 21 March 2009 13:44 (sixteen years ago)

cranston why are you crying

― cutty, Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:13 (sixteen years ago)

you dont wanna get a card, or a phone number?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:48 (sixteen years ago)

"you went to plunder for lunch?"
"yea it was packed"

― k3vin k., Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:48 (sixteen years ago)

is that code for some kind of older gal medical procedure?

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 March 2009 21:42 (sixteen years ago)

Kenneth's Cranston voice vs Kenneth's Tracy voice

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 22 March 2009 12:03 (sixteen years ago)

The theme from "A Summer Place" playing during the montage of Drew being useless = BEST

(Presumably I'm not alone in associating that song with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

― Øystein, Sunday, 22 March 2009 12:46 (sixteen years ago)

"fat neck gurrrl let me count your neck rings..."

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 22 March 2009 12:52 (sixteen years ago)

who was the guy doing the bill cosby thing? his facial expressions were killing me. LOLLLZ

― cutty, Monday, 23 March 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)

"my mom said she's going for a week-long spa retreat before dad breaks it in half."

― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:53 (sixteen years ago)

what did he say after? "I'm a kid, I shouldn't even know what that means"?

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 23 March 2009 20:12 (sixteen years ago)

"what's that even supposed to mean? i shouldn't have to hear that, i'm a child!"

― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Monday, 23 March 2009 21:38 (sixteen years ago)

id even k what what means either

― abe being busy (k3vin k.), Monday, 23 March 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

Cosby impression and Tracy's reaction were priceless: "Why are you making me talk to this man?"

― "Pieface Game Concept" (G00blar), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 09:09 (sixteen years ago)

:D

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:38 (sixteen years ago)

Hello, Dummy.

― Mordy, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:46 (sixteen years ago)

simple things!

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:46 (sixteen years ago)

everyone watch out, he's gonna jack!

― knive k (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

WORDPLAY!

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

^ best me to it.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 27 March 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

oops - beat

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 27 March 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

1-900-OKFACE

― dan selzer, Friday, 27 March 2009 02:24 (sixteen years ago)

Am I in horseville? Cause I'm surrounded by naysayers.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Friday, 27 March 2009 02:27 (sixteen years ago)

apples and oranges, ladies.

― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Friday, 27 March 2009 02:27 (sixteen years ago)

When do I get some tang? Also I'm thirsty.

― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 March 2009 02:40 (sixteen years ago)

um... muppets!!!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 27 March 2009 05:06 (sixteen years ago)

Liz's Muppet walk!

― VAG... NI... HITLER (Leee), Friday, 27 March 2009 05:06 (sixteen years ago)

One word: coffee. One problem: Where'd you get it?

― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 11:14 (sixteen years ago)

live in a house with stairs, beat up a russian, hit mum with a car, oh if only that 10 year old could see me now.

― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 11:17 (sixteen years ago)

let's stab him!

― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 11:21 (sixteen years ago)

it was in your bed!
oh guys, i eat in there!

― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 11:23 (sixteen years ago)

oh my god you puked, why didn't you warn me?

ok, best episode ever.

― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 11:28 (sixteen years ago)

that is hyperbole, no?

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 12:38 (sixteen years ago)

yes. but still pretty great.

― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 12:42 (sixteen years ago)

I'M LIZZING!

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 12:53 (sixteen years ago)

i think tracy won this episode. but jack was pretty great. liz--annoying.

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 12:53 (sixteen years ago)

did frank yell out "he's mortal!" when jack puked?

― meat of beef (Jordan), Friday, 27 March 2009 13:06 (sixteen years ago)

there were so many hilarious things being shouted... very funny scene

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 13:09 (sixteen years ago)

1-900-OKFACE

― dan selzer, Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That's not even enough numbers!

― mizzell, Friday, 27 March 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

liz--annoying.

― cutty, Friday, March 27, 2009 8:53 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Bijou made up for it.

― mizzell, Friday, 27 March 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy's view of the world was as great as Kenneth's, I think.

― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 27 March 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

it was funny but i didn't get the implication. he is so nihilistic he only sees himself everywhere?

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

So was Jack's come to think of it. I almost want to poll that.

nihilistic? I got narcissistic

― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 27 March 2009 15:46 (sixteen years ago)

that's what i meant. wrong word.

― cutty, Friday, 27 March 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)

this season has really picked up steam after sagging a bit in the middle imo.

― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Friday, 27 March 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)

in fact i'd say the last 3 or 4 episodes have been the best run this season.

― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Friday, 27 March 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

i'd say every week is a beautiful gift and this show never sags

― the worst breed of fong (some dude), Friday, 27 March 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

it's not going to work elizabeth. my support group...its lousy with nymphos.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 27 March 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

In english, german, or polish.

― s.clover, Friday, 27 March 2009 17:28 (sixteen years ago)

How long has Jack had the framed pic of him and Palin? Or is it a new addition?

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 March 2009 22:02 (sixteen years ago)

other set-decorating triumph = Jenna's cover issue of Curvy and Proud next to her mirror

― nabisco, Friday, 27 March 2009 22:07 (sixteen years ago)

also: Chicago-related jokes on this show are always A++ and approaching insider-y for Chicagoans, which made me (for some insane reason) almost disappointed that the slice of pizza in the phone-sex ad was deeply non-Chicagoan

― nabisco, Friday, 27 March 2009 22:10 (sixteen years ago)

(Polish phone-sex = semi-Chicago joke, but one that'd be just as applicable in plenty of other places)

― nabisco, Friday, 27 March 2009 22:11 (sixteen years ago)

I'm kinda disappointed that the ad isn't really available on youtube.

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 March 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

Lutz screaming "what just happened" with terror in his eyes when Jack threw up.

― caek, Saturday, 28 March 2009 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

Am rewatching right now because it was just that good.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 March 2009 00:46 (sixteen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/Picture3-2.png

― caek, Saturday, 28 March 2009 00:47 (sixteen years ago)

i totally lost my shit during that scene

― caek, Saturday, 28 March 2009 00:47 (sixteen years ago)

yes!!!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 March 2009 00:48 (sixteen years ago)

"you knew i was looking at his mouth!"

― s1ocki, Saturday, 28 March 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

'ann coulter's shoulderblade' :)

― edb, Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:10 (sixteen years ago)

I just got caught up on the last two weeks & both were fine episodes, but I have to say that I was so geeked for the return of Dennis Duffy that I was basically priming myself for disappointment. Sure, there were a few hard lols, but somehow this didn't quite rank as classic Duffy, which was probably effected by having to wait so long into the season to see the man.

Best part of either episode: the world through Kenneth's eyes, followed closely by Liz's phone-sex advert. 1-900-OKFACE!

ENBB, this is 4 U:

http://www.avclub.com/assets/images/articles/article/25472/AlecBaldwinPugsley_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:20 (sixteen years ago)

Oh my God. This is the greatest thing I've seen in a long time. Seriously.

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:21 (sixteen years ago)

THANK YOU!

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:22 (sixteen years ago)

Hey, I do what I can ;)

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:25 (sixteen years ago)

"One word: Coffee. One problem: Where do you get it??"

Is about as classic Dennis Duffy as it gets imo.

― josephcharles, Sunday, 29 March 2009 06:17 (sixteen years ago)

took me a solid minute to stop laughing after the My Fair Lady joke

― if you like it then you shoulda put a donk on it (bernard snowy), Sunday, 29 March 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

"One word: Coffee. One problem: Where do you get it??" - ur right, this line had me in stitches. I guess I'm just a glutton for the Duffy & I wanted more dammit!

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Sunday, 29 March 2009 20:03 (sixteen years ago)

mega ha's at this jack and liz exchange (paraphrased):

j: i wore hand-me-downs until i was 12.
l: i thought you were the oldest.
j: the oldest boy.

total laughter conniption at the tang wordplay, too

― hammurabi's chode (m bison), Sunday, 29 March 2009 20:30 (sixteen years ago)

just watched the episode...some serious lols but not nearly enough dennis!

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 30 March 2009 05:43 (sixteen years ago)

the rest of that coffee line was funny too. something about a room in the basement of kmart and getting the key from some guy.

― Super Cub, Monday, 30 March 2009 06:27 (sixteen years ago)

and Jenna talking about their emotional state due to Hurricane Katrina:

"I couldn't believe what they did to the Superdome"

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 30 March 2009 06:31 (sixteen years ago)

^^^

Made me LOL

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 March 2009 06:33 (sixteen years ago)

what did he say for his sex addict recovery speech/apology?

― Super Cub, Monday, 30 March 2009 06:36 (sixteen years ago)

Former sex partner, I’m sorry that my disease has made you a victim of my sexual charisma. I’m sorry that I’ve ruined you for other men.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 30 March 2009 06:46 (sixteen years ago)

Great episode!

I loved the muppets especially the Liz muppet.

However, I didn't like Tracy's view of the world because it was a rip-off of John Malkovich's view of the world in Being John Malkovich.

― Moodles, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:09 (sixteen years ago)

The shot of real-life Liz walking down the hall like a muppet killed me.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:10 (sixteen years ago)

The full 1-900-OKFACE commercial: http://videogum.com/archives/sitcoms/30-rock-the-full-1900okface-co_061681.html

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:24 (sixteen years ago)

Please, no suicide calls.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 18:53 (sixteen years ago)

sophisticated and horny singles...

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:05 (sixteen years ago)

The shot of real-life Liz walking down the hall like a muppet killed me.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:10 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ this was classic shit

great ep all round.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

"i've surpassed my wildest dreams, i'm happier than i've ever been"
"of course you are, you've got all these fancy presents from business associated this big, empty house to store them in"

^^damn

― rock estela (k3vin k.), Thursday, 2 April 2009 03:55 (sixteen years ago)

The Sandwich on '30 Rock' Sandwich Day Episode Revealed: Fiore's in Hoboken.

― otm in new york (G00blar), Thursday, 2 April 2009 08:56 (sixteen years ago)

huh, always thought it was defonte's, even though i don't think they have dippind sauce.

― mizzell, Thursday, 2 April 2009 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/images/20090401-fiores.jpg

― c?rvel (ice cr?m), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 17:08 (sixteen years ago)

jesus i just ate lunch and that's still making me salivate

― Shawty Lo Collier (some dude), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

i think im having a burger & poutine for lunch w0000t

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

The shot of real-life Liz walking down the hall like a muppet killed me.

so so OTM

― maybe u should tell that to your laughing vagina (HI DERE), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 17:26 (sixteen years ago)

lol canada

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 17:36 (sixteen years ago)

"However, I didn't like Tracy's view of the world because it was a rip-off of John Malkovich's view of the world in Being John Malkovich."
what would be a better Tracy POV? please use photoshop to demonstrate.

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

You have six minutes to complete the task.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 18:55 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.blogwaybaby.com/Blue%20Man%20Group.jpg

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 18:58 (sixteen years ago)

He sees everyone as an extra from his seasonal novelty hit:

http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/01/tracy_l.jpg

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 19:03 (sixteen years ago)

I don't like those blue dudes xpost.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

hey, american dummies. How long until this is on television over there? Not sure if it's worth staying up for it to appear on newsgroups or not.

― "Hey, We're Clubbing!" (Police Squad) (jim), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:23 (sixteen years ago)

the fastest trackers will probably have it up around 7pm PST

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:26 (sixteen years ago)

hm, best leave it to the morn'.

― "Hey, We're Clubbing!" (Police Squad) (jim), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:28 (sixteen years ago)

oh & thanks.

― "Hey, We're Clubbing!" (Police Squad) (jim), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:28 (sixteen years ago)

birds are like little dinosaurs, so what i'm doing is actually cool and brave

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

"hushed rapings"

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)

^^ super-lol

also kenneth's "WHAT? WHY NOW?" when jack tells him to order showtime

― renzo piano house (donna rouge), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:36 (sixteen years ago)

ha yeah kenneth was fuckin weird this episode, in a good way mostly

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 03:27 (sixteen years ago)

I want "The Bear & Robot Talk Show" right now.

Liz's Steve Jobs impersonation totally spot-on

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 10 April 2009 05:01 (sixteen years ago)

I just wanna let you know, if we find any human remains, I'm throwing up ALL OVER YOUR FACE

― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 10 April 2009 06:21 (sixteen years ago)

Loved Liz's presentation a lot.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 10 April 2009 06:35 (sixteen years ago)

okay, it's killing me, who played the consultant and where have i seen him before??

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 10 April 2009 07:05 (sixteen years ago)

..I could tell you that we're in final negotiations to produce exclusive content for America's jails.

― Imaginary Dead Baseball Players Live in My Cornfield (Pillbox), Friday, 10 April 2009 07:56 (sixteen years ago)

"I want to keep making prank phone calls to people like Seattle's Richard Sackmuncher."

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 10 April 2009 09:00 (sixteen years ago)

okay, it's killing me, who played the consultant and where have i seen him before??

Roger Bart. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058372/

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 10 April 2009 09:06 (sixteen years ago)

The "preempted by wrestling" line was hilarious. Anyone else remember when SNL was preempted by this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 10 April 2009 09:19 (sixteen years ago)

Oooohh that guy was from Harold and Kumar 2.

― Nhex, Friday, 10 April 2009 09:54 (sixteen years ago)

finally got to see the suri cruise rap mentioned back in season 1. also, the pelican brief.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 10 April 2009 11:12 (sixteen years ago)

"you have to admit your boombox division is a little behind the times"
"we're not behind the times, we're groovy"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 11:24 (sixteen years ago)

thanks...I had seen him before on Desperate Housewives as the creepy pharmacist.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 10 April 2009 14:01 (sixteen years ago)

^^that's where i knew him from too!! i couldnt for the life of me put it together.

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 14:02 (sixteen years ago)

you watch desperate housewives wtf

― cutty, Friday, 10 April 2009 14:08 (sixteen years ago)

long story

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 14:15 (sixteen years ago)

mmhmm

― cutty, Friday, 10 April 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

i love kenneth as much as the next person, but there's been a whole lot of him lately. they're not going to Urkel-ize him are they?

― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Friday, 10 April 2009 14:23 (sixteen years ago)

A little too late for that, isn't it? I still enjoy him but yeah they need to give the other actors some face time, too.

― Nhex, Friday, 10 April 2009 14:55 (sixteen years ago)

imagine me wearing a trucker hat that says "MORE FRANK" and nodding.

― Kerm, Friday, 10 April 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

no, the cereal

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

now i could stand here brad and bore you with numbers. i could tell you we're the #1 rated show among men 9-13, AND the morbidly obese

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:04 (sixteen years ago)

i had kind of a nabisco/jaymc ocd tv show continuity moment when they kept referring to TGS being on its 50th episode when 30R is past that number already and TGS is supposed to have already been on the air for a while before where the show's storyline picks up.

― far beyond steendriven (some dude), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:09 (sixteen years ago)

but a week for us is usually only a few days for them, so you can sort of see how it could happen

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:12 (sixteen years ago)

haha i didnt catch that...it could just be a joke wrt the TGS's general retardedness. like it's a weekly sketch comedy show that's been around for over three years and is just hitting 50 eps

xpost i thought of that too, but 30 rock-time seems to vary between eps

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:14 (sixteen years ago)

also it's not real

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:16 (sixteen years ago)

well yeah, both of these things. I don't follow timelines closely on this show - I'm too exhausted from Lost :)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:17 (sixteen years ago)

maybe we could team up. go in there together, lez out, give him a show...

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:19 (sixteen years ago)

that's your worst quadrant!

― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:29 (sixteen years ago)

it is bad enough that you killed the bird i have had for over 60 years, but the fact that you didnt trust me is unforgivable

xp yesss

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:29 (sixteen years ago)

ruined it with your talking, didnt you!?

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:30 (sixteen years ago)

not to name names, but it's so sad that a certain black individual tricked someone so pretty into thinking you were a serial killer

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

also guys liz's "cereal" thing in the beginning and the whole "ken is a serial killer" thing is A+ imo

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

"i need a makeup artist! NO...the sluttier one"

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:34 (sixteen years ago)

oooo I forgot about slutty Liz. <3<3<3

― Imaginary Dead Baseball Players Live in My Cornfield (Pillbox), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:35 (sixteen years ago)

it was the return of 1-900-OKFACE Liz

― Nhex, Friday, 10 April 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

feel like they need some new jokes, they're really hammering the same character jokes over and over and over

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

symptom of this <- repeating the exact same joke of jonathan singing his goodbye to donaghey

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

and yeah i understand what call-backs are but you need jokes other than call-backs too

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:59 (sixteen years ago)

the whole overly smithers-y jonathan thing is kinda weak in general but u mad

― far beyond steendriven (some dude), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)

jonathan was a pretty one note character--sort of a real life version of Disco Stu

― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 16:25 (sixteen years ago)

they could have jonathan sing in every episode and it would be okay with me.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)

yeah he's OBVIOUSLY more like disco stu than smithers, what was i thinking!?

― far beyond steendriven (some dude), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

smithers has at least three notes

― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

is he really cut from the show? surely he'll be hired back next ep

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)

i guess some of the characters are getting into caricature territory, but the jokes are good so who cares

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:37 (sixteen years ago)

i still lol, i just want them to step their game up

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

Ha -- I was weirded out by the 50-episodes thing too, not in relation to the length of 30 Rock, but just because I'd always gotten the impression it was like a long-running weekly dud of a show. (I mean, the implication at the beginning was that they had a long-running thing going that Jack/Tracy were shaking up, right?) But maybe "TGS with Tracy Jordan" shows count differently from "The Girlie Show."

I feel obligated to quote something: "I was just admonishing him for that earlier!"

― nabisco, Friday, 10 April 2009 17:28 (sixteen years ago)

What can I do? I’m on my grind. My kids are going to have so much money, my grandkids are going to play Lacrosse. Lacrosse, Liz Lemon.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Friday, 10 April 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

yeah admonishing killed me

― far beyond steendriven (some dude), Friday, 10 April 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

i took the 50 episodes thing as a joke about how often the show is actually on--ie it gets pre-empted a lot

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 10 April 2009 19:02 (sixteen years ago)

yeah exactly

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

The "Kenneth, get me Showtime"/"WHAT????" exchange gets funnier the more I think about it. Ditto with "Hushed Rapings".

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 10 April 2009 19:37 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, kenneth getting emotional is always good. WHAAT?? WHY NOW????

― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

Apollo episode is top 5 all time. "Kill an Ewok..."

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 12 April 2009 11:49 (sixteen years ago)

"a certain black individual" = jenna is amazing

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Sunday, 12 April 2009 11:53 (sixteen years ago)

But maybe "TGS with Tracy Jordan" shows count differently from "The Girlie Show."

This was my assumption. SNL does about 20 episodes a year (at least it has in the last few non-strike seasons), so if TGS were on the same schedule, they'd be hitting their 50th midway through the 3rd season -- definitely a couple of months ago, but not long enough ago to bother me.

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Monday, 13 April 2009 00:28 (sixteen years ago)

lead vocalist just can't take it anymore

― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:02 (sixteen years ago)

whoops, lol, that was meant for the "music video cliche" thread.

― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:03 (sixteen years ago)

this would be a few seasons back for both shows but did 'the wire' do the ikea-frustration joke before 30 rock?

― Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

yes. I'm cycling through The Wire for a second time right now & there is a scene in the first season where McNulty drunkenly gives a half-assed attempt at IKEA assemblage before passing out.

― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:24 (sixteen years ago)

Maybe Jack will quit to start his own television studio and stringer bell will show up at NBC and suck all the fun out of TGS by not being amused by Tracy Jordan's antics. Then he will play soccer with Kenneth.

― Clay, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:32 (sixteen years ago)

the furniture assembly joke is a comedy staple.

― caek, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:40 (sixteen years ago)

the furniture assembly joke is such a comedy staple that the wire did it twice.

― a hoy hoy, Monday, 13 April 2009 08:54 (sixteen years ago)

ya but the wire showed how it's just a small hopeless cog in the great machine that is the modern american city

― s1ocki, Monday, 13 April 2009 14:55 (sixteen years ago)

very dickensian

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 13 April 2009 15:08 (sixteen years ago)

http://base58.com/ilx/lizmuppet.gif

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 13 April 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

Mournful Mufffintop

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 April 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

I can't recall any of the particular jokes from this episode off the top of my head, but it was awesome.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

heavy is the head that eats the crayons.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 17 April 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

it was a big ol' sledgehammer of a joke but i still loved Tracy's "just like that show on HBO...John Adams!"

― the devil's runes (reddening), Friday, 17 April 2009 07:25 (sixteen years ago)

I loved the Indigo Girls jokes too, which I only remembered about an hour ago.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 07:27 (sixteen years ago)

"I don't need to read it. The whole thing is loosely based on an evening I spent with Isaiah Thomas."

This is a deceptive quote, because the Jenna/Jack exchanges owned this episode.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 17 April 2009 08:30 (sixteen years ago)

argh i thought this had finished last week.

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 17 April 2009 11:18 (sixteen years ago)

"You have to rehearse!"
"No, passive resistance! I learnt that from Dr. King! I'm great!"

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 April 2009 11:54 (sixteen years ago)

shitty episode, stans

― cutty, Friday, 17 April 2009 12:05 (sixteen years ago)

and boy was that lead housewife creepy

― cutty, Friday, 17 April 2009 12:06 (sixteen years ago)

how sad it was that they went with Fight Club over lesbian cult

― Nhex, Friday, 17 April 2009 13:09 (sixteen years ago)

Jenna, I wanna 2pac you

OK, let me go to the bathroom first

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 April 2009 14:03 (sixteen years ago)

i only really laughed hard at the indigo girls stuff. "syllabus of us"? was that the song? and that album title, something, something, and quilts.

― scott seward, Friday, 17 April 2009 14:06 (sixteen years ago)

paraphrased xp

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 April 2009 14:07 (sixteen years ago)

and just "jackie jormp-jomp" all by itself kept me happy for the whole show.

― scott seward, Friday, 17 April 2009 14:08 (sixteen years ago)

a sex tape? I have a weird one: it's nightvision and you can clearly see his buddy is robbing me.

― mizzell, Friday, 17 April 2009 14:11 (sixteen years ago)

play those blues, white lady: the jackie jormp-jomp story

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 April 2009 14:17 (sixteen years ago)

I could watch the Liz/muppet gif all day long.

― Moodles, Friday, 17 April 2009 14:55 (sixteen years ago)

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:04 (sixteen years ago)

she had the same diction @ 12 she does now...

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:14 (sixteen years ago)

opening scene w/jack & jenna loooool

― I can dance, shake tambourines, tell jokes... (ice cr?m), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:14 (sixteen years ago)

"it's pronounced 'weiner slave'"

omg lololololololololololol

― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:15 (sixteen years ago)

just watching this now btw

― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:15 (sixteen years ago)

The whole thing is loosely based on an evening I spent with Isaiah Thomas.

I think I spent way too long laughing at this line.

― Event Horizon (Nicole), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:17 (sixteen years ago)

"jenna, i wanna 2pac you"
"fine, but i have to pee first"

― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:30 (sixteen years ago)

wait what is this thing where liz gets on her hands??

― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:37 (sixteen years ago)

the yoga position

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 April 2009 15:40 (sixteen years ago)

a sex tape? I have a weird one: it's nightvision and you can clearly see his buddy is robbing me.

― mizzell, Friday, April 17, 2009 2:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

best line

― s1ocki, Friday, 17 April 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

shitty episode, stans

― cutty, Friday, April 17, 2009 8:05 AM (5 hours ago)

What exactly is it you want from an episode?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)

i'm on record as an avowed non-shark-watcher and for me i don't really get salty about subpar episodes if the batting averate is still high, but i gotta say i usually laugh obnoxiously loudly at 30 Rock and during last night's show i was practically silent the entire time.

― some dude, Friday, 17 April 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

Oh, I can play dead. I watched my whole church group get eaten by a bear.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 17 April 2009 17:26 (sixteen years ago)

jackie jormp-jomp is prob my fav episode title ever

"is anyone else BMing like a rock star?"

― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

ep was v good

― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, this ep was full of lols. I just couldn't remember them last night because I of a cold meds fog.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 17:39 (sixteen years ago)

I think we should probably all just accept that some significant percentage of our opinions about strong vs. weak episodes is probably based on personal stuff like how amused we are by specific subject matter, what kind of mood we were in while watching, whether or not we'd had a drink with dinner, etc.

Cello "Muffin Top" was pretty great, though

― nabisco, Friday, 17 April 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

holy shit I totally forgot when they slimed Helen Mirren at the Kid's Choice Awards! That resigned "You got me."

― the devil's runes (reddening), Friday, 17 April 2009 18:08 (sixteen years ago)

kids choice reporter 2 jenna: "whose mother are you?"

― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2009 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

Then he excitedly cut away to talk to a giant backpack.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 17 April 2009 18:15 (sixteen years ago)

i didn't really laugh at that episdoe

― caek, Friday, 17 April 2009 19:23 (sixteen years ago)

im a fuckin dork so i laughed real good a couple times. i had to hit pause after "weiner-slave" cause it gave me a good ten second lol

― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 19:28 (sixteen years ago)

what were the other things listed by the women liz meets livin the high lifestyle? i only remember a mild case of lupus and really good insurance

― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2009 19:30 (sixteen years ago)

shorting the housing market

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 17 April 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

"I used to be a neurosurgeon before I wrote that cookbook with Jasmine Guy"

― Darin, Friday, 17 April 2009 19:38 (sixteen years ago)

Oh yeah, something like "Healthy cooking for bi-racial kids"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

What exactly is it you want from an episode?

i want to laugh

― cutty, Sunday, 19 April 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

HENDRIX ON SAXOPHONE

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 April 2009 21:23 (sixteen years ago)

"Backpack! is Map in you tonight?!"

this show is on fire

― I'm the head soul brother in the US. Where to now? (bernard snowy), Monday, 20 April 2009 22:36 (sixteen years ago)

HENDRIX ON SAXOPHONE

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, April 20, 2009 9:23 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hendrickson!

― s1ocki, Monday, 20 April 2009 23:29 (sixteen years ago)

♫ We're all here at Woodstocks / Some day there will be a black president! ♫

― asplundh tree expert co. (iiiijjjj), Monday, 20 April 2009 23:43 (sixteen years ago)

loool

― the great wallogina (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 00:03 (sixteen years ago)

this is sorta dragging

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 01:44 (sixteen years ago)

nah

― I'm the head soul brother in the US. Where to now? (bernard snowy), Friday, 24 April 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

This one was so bizarro HIGHlarious.

Jenna remains on fire.

― DiSTORTOTRON (Johnny Fever), Friday, 24 April 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

jesus, that episode was like a test to see how friggin' many jokes you could keep up with. LIGHTNING quick. just one after another. you try and quote that episode back and you'll fall down and hit your head!

― scott seward, Friday, 24 April 2009 02:03 (sixteen years ago)

Brian Williams you dog

― asplundh tree expert co. (iiiijjjj), Friday, 24 April 2009 02:05 (sixteen years ago)

It's not product placement, I just really like it!

― Nhex, Friday, 24 April 2009 02:06 (sixteen years ago)

I think we can all agree that it's time to retire the disdainful, unbelieving "really?" as a punch line, though.

― Shoegaze Knight (Oilyrags), Friday, 24 April 2009 02:07 (sixteen years ago)

really?

― Mr. Que, Friday, 24 April 2009 02:08 (sixteen years ago)

My throat shuts up like a girl in math class.

― DiSTORTOTRON (Johnny Fever), Friday, 24 April 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

Would you like to see me naked?

Sorta.

(paraphrased)

― DiSTORTOTRON (Johnny Fever), Friday, 24 April 2009 02:12 (sixteen years ago)

episode picked up after the halfway point. best part was when liz muttered something under her breath the first time jack implied that she was sort of a tomboy, which i assumed was a ref to the "reunion" episode

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 02:20 (sixteen years ago)

God, that episode made me so happy.

I also paused it after Weinerslave.

― the table is the table, Friday, 24 April 2009 02:31 (sixteen years ago)

Brian Williams you dog

Yes, Williams FTW in this episode.

― DiSTORTOTRON (Johnny Fever), Friday, 24 April 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

"Puerto Rican!"

"Do you know how to get to Connecticut?"

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 April 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

the line about filling up a slanket with farts

― cutty, Friday, 24 April 2009 03:43 (sixteen years ago)

also the whole tangiers thing was lol

― cutty, Friday, 24 April 2009 03:43 (sixteen years ago)

downgraded from sociopath to extreme narcissist

― i am david suzuki (get bent), Friday, 24 April 2009 04:54 (sixteen years ago)

the line about filling up a slanket with farts

― cutty, Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:43 PM

shoo!

― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Friday, 24 April 2009 04:56 (sixteen years ago)

"no and at large"

― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Friday, 24 April 2009 04:58 (sixteen years ago)

you mean my mouth radio?

― the devil's runes (reddening), Friday, 24 April 2009 07:50 (sixteen years ago)

jenna still killin it

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 24 April 2009 11:44 (sixteen years ago)

no doubt, jenna saved an otherwise extremely average episode

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 14:05 (sixteen years ago)

the moroccan national soccer team is named the lions, and tangiers is in morocco. so yeah, i guess i'm an idiot

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

Workin' on the night cheese

― Bryan, Friday, 24 April 2009 14:36 (sixteen years ago)

strawberries! My name is Dick Whitman...

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 24 April 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

http://gawker.com/5226079/tracy-morgan-shirtless-fact-or-fiction

― Nasty British and Short (hmmmm), Friday, 24 April 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

"All the Bagels: The Liz Lemon Story" has now been supplanted in my head by "A Slanket Filled with Farts: The Liz Lemon Story"

― nabisco, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:05 (sixteen years ago)

so was that salma's last ep?

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:07 (sixteen years ago)

liz lemon cool j

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:09 (sixteen years ago)

can't believe no-one has mentioned the pranksmen.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:10 (sixteen years ago)

two menses

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

i know it was a throwaway stupid line but I lol'd at "i hope you've learnt your lesson frank, we nearly lost a monitor!"

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

best thing about pranksmen = Frank's hat w/ FEDORA text

― nabisco, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:28 (sixteen years ago)

i know it was a throwaway stupid line but I lol'd at "i hope you've learnt your lesson frank, we nearly lost a monitor!"

― a hoy hoy, Friday, April 24, 2009 2:11 PM (16 minutes ago)

yeah dogg these sort of things last night are the ones that really could be on any show and brought the ep down to the bottom 25% for me

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)

xpost ha i missed Frank's hat--this show is so awesome. so many jokes

― Mr. Que, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jezebel/2009/04/cathy-as-featured-on-30-rock.gif

― Nicodle Otago (Nicole), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:39 (sixteen years ago)

the gag with jack opening the door to see pete and the writers standing around the table: "what if the pranksmen had fedoras"=amazing

― Mr. Que, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:43 (sixteen years ago)

yes that was A+++
I missed "FEDORA" too! :(

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:57 (sixteen years ago)

kk: I dunno, considering every episode has silly pointless throwaway gags to fill the time between the super perfect actual jokes, I don't care that they are a bit generic anymore and just embrace them.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 April 2009 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, that Pranksmen setup was brilliant

― Nhex, Friday, 24 April 2009 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

This is the Year of Lutz.

― Leee, Friday, 24 April 2009 21:40 (sixteen years ago)

"What the Frak?"

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:16 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ that was probably the funniest part of the episode

― cutty, Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:19 (sixteen years ago)

thanks for reminding me about it. i couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of it.

― cutty, Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:19 (sixteen years ago)

I loved the dorky modeling pose Liz did to remind Elise how unattractive she was

― the devil's runes (reddening), Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:42 (sixteen years ago)

My name is Dick Whitman...

I only caught this on the second viewing. LOL

― DiSTORTOTRON (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:47 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, I don't watch Battlestar or Mad Men, so both those flew right over my head.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 25 April 2009 03:31 (sixteen years ago)

"My grandfather might have killed someone, but he doesn't like to talk about Kent State"

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 25 April 2009 06:21 (sixteen years ago)

dont understand anyone thinking this episode was average, there were so many jokes!!

― just sayin, Saturday, 25 April 2009 10:15 (sixteen years ago)

every episode has silly pointless throwaway gags to fill the time between the super perfect actual jokes

Yeah, if it was 30 straight minutes of super perfect actual jokes, people watching might actually DIE. Basically, generic throwaway gags are the mechanism they use to preserve the audience and allow them to breathe.

― DiSTORTOTRON (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 April 2009 10:30 (sixteen years ago)

LOL LOVE THIS SHOW JK

― syphilatti (usic), Saturday, 25 April 2009 10:32 (sixteen years ago)

Also any joke at Lutz' expense is always worthwhile.

Shut up Lutz!

― Suedey 2, Saturday, 25 April 2009 10:47 (sixteen years ago)

that a new term for Iran

― STRAWBERRIES IN A BLENDER (usic), Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:28 (sixteen years ago)

Which is typical of edgy 30 rock lmn Clinton write-ins? lol would marry if i was jimmy kimmels gf and a lesbian

― STRAWBERRIES IN A BLENDER (usic), Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:28 (sixteen years ago)

self troll ?

― STRAWBERRIES IN A BLENDER (usic), Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:30 (sixteen years ago)

lol usic

― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Saturday, 25 April 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)

Like on a sheikh's pleasure yacht?

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 25 April 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)

would like to hear the end of that Filipino joke.

― Full Metal Slanket (Oilyrags), Saturday, 25 April 2009 23:28 (sixteen years ago)

"Now this is decadent. And I once went to Miami with Darryl Strawberry."

― the table is the table, Sunday, 26 April 2009 00:11 (sixteen years ago)

omg "Workin on my night cheese"

― the table is the table, Sunday, 26 April 2009 00:12 (sixteen years ago)

heavy is the hand that holds the crayons

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 26 April 2009 01:04 (sixteen years ago)

Oh dear god, light TV mystery soundtrack version of "Muffintop" as Jenna watched Kenneth eat strawberries!

― Øystein, Sunday, 26 April 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

woah, good catch

― Dan I., Monday, 27 April 2009 04:48 (sixteen years ago)

gif request of girl writer showing off the slanket.

― 100,000 strawberries (a hoy hoy), Monday, 27 April 2009 09:13 (sixteen years ago)

'We've got to go man! I stole some pens!'

― 100,000 strawberries (a hoy hoy), Monday, 27 April 2009 09:15 (sixteen years ago)

I thought a few scenes were flat, but it was great the way the episode balanced a greater-than-usual number of little plots (Jack + Elisa's engagement drama, Jenna's 'true love' and Pete, Tracy's tattoo, the pranksmen) and took advantage of the whole ensemble.

― Unknown Artist (G00blar), Monday, 27 April 2009 09:18 (sixteen years ago)

No and at large

― caek, Thursday, 30 April 2009 23:35 (sixteen years ago)

I heard that the origin of the slanket thing is that Tina Fey loves them, uses them, and often gives them as gifts.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 30 April 2009 23:37 (sixteen years ago)

steve buscemi!

― k3vin k., Friday, 1 May 2009 01:48 (sixteen years ago)

Let's go see some naked daughters and moms!

― asplundh tree expert co. (iiiijjjj), Friday, 1 May 2009 01:54 (sixteen years ago)

twist!

― k3vin k., Friday, 1 May 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

I saw Lutz take his shirt off, that gland thing is real! [all in the delivery]

also, 2 weeks in a row fart joeks a+

― Trust (a hoy hoy), Friday, 1 May 2009 08:26 (sixteen years ago)

I love how, even though 30 Rock is morphing into a more trad-style sitcom, it's still about 100x funnier than anything on television.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 May 2009 08:28 (sixteen years ago)

RACE CARD

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:25 (sixteen years ago)

still liked last night's ep but last two weeks have not been up to standard i hate to say

― pitch tips (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:28 (sixteen years ago)

does liz say 'don't jump' when they jump cut between tracy walking down the stairs slowly and he appears at the bottom? because that's brilliant.

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:29 (sixteen years ago)

yeah im not sure if she said that or not but i recall her saying something like "we're never going to get anything done if you walk that slow" --> jump cut which i thought was awesome. if she actually said that, it's ever better...gotta rewatch

― pitch tips (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:31 (sixteen years ago)

frank shifting to fart and the gust of wind in liz's face when lutz farts = classy fart humor

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:38 (sixteen years ago)

That gust of wind made me lose it.

Unfortunately, this episode seemed pretty weak otherwise and I've really been enjoying it lately. The fact that I was working while watching this may be partially to blame for my lack of LOLs.

― Moodles, Friday, 1 May 2009 14:49 (sixteen years ago)

i liked professional tracy

― p?nico (ice cr?m), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:51 (sixteen years ago)

professional tracy was retarded

yes that gust of wind was awesome, i was wondering if that was just me

― pitch tips (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:56 (sixteen years ago)

anything involving a monkey = let down

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:35 (sixteen years ago)

a) the monkey was great

b) the monkey was a gibbon not a monkey

― Mr. Que, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:36 (sixteen years ago)

TWIST!

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:37 (sixteen years ago)

anything involving an ape = disappointment.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)

when does an appearance by a hominoidea primate not end in someone getting attacked in a humourous and/or ironic manner?

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

if tracey morgan decided he was going to open a pie store, where he sold nothing but pies, and by the end of the episode there was a giant pie fight, would you complain about that, too?

― Mr. Que, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:43 (sixteen years ago)

not if it involved the three stooges somehow.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

so suddenly i'm the bag guy for expecting more from the writing for this show?!
some peoples' children, i tell you!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:46 (sixteen years ago)

you've always been the bag guy, you just didn't know it

― the anonymity of your username helps to dehumanise! (some dude), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)

come on, the gibbon thinking the doll was her daughter (mirroring jenna's own attachment w/the gibbon) was PRICELESS! I loved that so much.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

I dunno, Jenna wasn't being attacked she was being humped, wasn't she?

Also, Pete trying to make a case for the gibbon instead of Tracy being the star of the show was funnie.

― Trust (a hoy hoy), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:56 (sixteen years ago)

"tracy, i can't live like this, which one of us is going to give in first?"

"the black one!"

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:59 (sixteen years ago)

but last two weeks have not been up to standard i hate to say

They haven't. They've surpassed it on the gags-per-minute count and the stories that hold the gags together actually seem thought out rather than just poked in as an afterthought.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 May 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

does anyone else ever wonder what did happen to the old thread????

― bros again on the third day (Lamp), Friday, 1 May 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

i remember searching for this thread and finding the old one.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 1 May 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

30 Rock

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 1 May 2009 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

does liz say 'don't jump' when they jump cut between tracy walking down the stairs slowly and he appears at the bottom? because that's brilliant.

I think it was "time jump!"

Also GRIZZ CALLS HER "BETH"

― nabisco, Friday, 1 May 2009 19:00 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, it was def 'time jump'

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 1 May 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

was this the first time they alluded to Liz and Grizz's illicit past?

― dan selzer, Friday, 1 May 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

no -- Kenneth's party

― nabisco, Friday, 1 May 2009 19:10 (sixteen years ago)

i thought kenneth's party was their illicit past.

love that he still thinks she's called beth though.

― Trust (a hoy hoy), Friday, 1 May 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

it's her name!

― nabisco, Friday, 1 May 2009 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

I love any episode with Elaine Stritch:

"I told your girl."
"My assistant's name is Jonathan."
"I know. I've met him."

― Saula (Nicole), Friday, 1 May 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)

reminds of the arrested development bit where lucille gets so excited about calling tobias 'nellie'

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:13 (sixteen years ago)

^^yes!

― pitch tips (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 May 2009 22:08 (sixteen years ago)

but last two weeks have not been up to standard i hate to say

They haven't. They've surpassed it on the gags-per-minute count and the stories that hold the gags together actually seem thought out rather than just poked in as an afterthought.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 1, 2009 2:33 PM (3 hours ago)

completely otm. i was just thinking about this walking home today. more laffs, less plot plz

― pitch tips (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 May 2009 22:08 (sixteen years ago)

Except I meant that as a compliment to the writers, because plotless 30 Rocks are rarely as good as plotted 30 Rocks. I think the last two weeks have been some of the best eps of the season (or even the series).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 May 2009 22:27 (sixteen years ago)

I love this show, and am willing to wait if they need to spend an episode or two setting up funny jokes.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 1 May 2009 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

Liz vs. the water cooler had me in stitches.

― Carl Magnusssen (petey_carnum), Friday, 1 May 2009 23:00 (sixteen years ago)

"She bit off my nutsack" vs "It's America's Australia" for best line of the show.

"You voted for Nader" wins best callback of the week.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 2 May 2009 04:03 (sixteen years ago)

'time jump!' and 'that's just the speech from quantum leap' = a+

― just sayin, Saturday, 2 May 2009 08:05 (sixteen years ago)

that was really weird, did actually "don't jump cut!" followed by a jump cut to Tracy at the bottom of the stairs?

― Nhex, Saturday, 2 May 2009 08:30 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy is such a character he transcends all boundaries and glitches the Matrix, while Liz Lemon is aware? What the what! Sorry, I mean twist!

― Suedey 2, Saturday, 2 May 2009 09:34 (sixteen years ago)

what is this, the italian parliament?

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Saturday, 2 May 2009 10:15 (sixteen years ago)

no i was wrong all along, she does say "time jump!" but you don't see her lips say it

― Nhex, Saturday, 2 May 2009 10:37 (sixteen years ago)

the build-up to and payoff of the "WHAT THE HELL TIME IS IT?" joke was perfect

― s1ocki, Saturday, 2 May 2009 17:01 (sixteen years ago)

Best joke yet mentioned:

Cerie [to Liz]: I always come to this food area first to find you!

― Trust (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 2 May 2009 18:07 (sixteen years ago)

"Do you want...a hug?"
"What is this, the Italian parliament?"

― the table is the table, Sunday, 3 May 2009 02:16 (sixteen years ago)

You're like Simon Cowell! That's right. I just called you a communist.

― Full Metal Slanket (Oilyrags), Sunday, 3 May 2009 02:20 (sixteen years ago)

gust of wind was the subtlest fart joke i have ever seen on television

― I'm not some HOOS for someone's lust to snack on! (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 3 May 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

dibs

― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Sunday, 3 May 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

lol

― I'm not some HOOS for someone's lust to snack on! (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:37 (sixteen years ago)

the whole liz being called out on "preferential treatment" because she asks for help with heavy lifting and doesn't let them fart was weak. this week i'd say office > 30 rock.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Sunday, 3 May 2009 06:00 (sixteen years ago)

i thought liz being unable to carry the water cooler was LAME. women be being oppressed yo.

the florida=america's australia i liked tho. what was with the weird sentimentality of the jack/his mom plot line? that made me a little nauseous.

this show i find so much funnier when i am watching with someone else.

― pterodactyl, Sunday, 3 May 2009 22:48 (sixteen years ago)

this show i find so much funnier when i resist reading this thread afterwards

― i heart sucka MCs (some dude), Monday, 4 May 2009 00:00 (sixteen years ago)

biggest lol was Tracy asking "who's THAT guy?!"

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 00:08 (sixteen years ago)

i kinda rolled my eyes at the water cooler thing bc it is such a lame sitcom gag but then i loled because it was like 'lol we're doing a lame sitcom gag'.

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:51 (sixteen years ago)

also bc spilling water is funny.

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:51 (sixteen years ago)

yah and those things don't even work that way but still great

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 4 May 2009 14:58 (sixteen years ago)

had know idea she was a good at physical comedy (beyond impersonation), and I know dropping a water bottle and doing a muppet thing don't set the bar high, but A+ to fey

― caek, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:58 (sixteen years ago)

ours does
xpost

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:58 (sixteen years ago)

What made it unfunny - she changes it from another waterthingy right next to it! Why not just use that one? etc.

― Trust (a hoy hoy), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:01 (sixteen years ago)

A couple of you read way, way, way too much into whether or not they are doing "meta" jokes or not. The water cooler thing was just Fey doing slapstick really, really well.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:01 (sixteen years ago)

ok not unfunny but it annoyed me.

― Trust (a hoy hoy), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:01 (sixteen years ago)

Also funny, the drapes not matching the carpet on his bachelor party hat.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

watching an episode from the start of series 2 last night i was startled at how much weight Tracy has gained, he looks skinny as fuck in the older ones in comparison.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:26 (sixteen years ago)

ya i noticed he looked pretty round in this one

― s1ocki, Monday, 4 May 2009 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

Loved that serious Tracy wears rimless glasses.

― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:35 (sixteen years ago)

tbf the first couple seasons of 30 Rock are the only time i've ever seen Tracy that skinny, i think he weight more when he started on SNL than he does now

― young drobot (some dude), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

weight=weighed

― young drobot (some dude), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)

the cosby sweater helped the rounding i think

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 15:46 (sixteen years ago)

the Cosby sweater made me lol hardcore

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)

doesn't he have diabeetus now?

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

i think he has for some time.

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

"diabetes repair i guess!"

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

looool perhaps my fav Dr. Spaceman scene ever

― cumlord millionaire (some dude), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:56 (sixteen years ago)

totally

― s1ocki, Monday, 4 May 2009 16:56 (sixteen years ago)

either that or

"jack i'm gonna need you to drop your pants"
(proceeds to give jack shot in the arm through his shirt)

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 17:01 (sixteen years ago)

Someone needs to make a Spaceman montage for Youtube.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 17:02 (sixteen years ago)

having only recently gotten into 30 Rock - i would welcome this!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 4 May 2009 18:09 (sixteen years ago)

water cooler gag was so lame

― slow lorax (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

The only fault I had with the water cooler gag was that Ellen did it on her sitcom much better almost 15 years ago.

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

Seinfeld did it too. Between that and the Cosby-sweater I was wondering if the episode was full of sitcom references & tropes. Since no one's pointed out anything else, I suppose not.

― Øystein, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

On Friends, Ross had a monkey the very first season.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

Maybe it was a secret ode to "Must See TV" past?

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

On Friends, Chandler farted ("The One Where Chandler Farted")
On Wings, Joe went to a bachelor party ("A Stand Up Kind of Guy")
On Cheers, Sam had a nutsack (multiple episodes)

― nabisco, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:37 (sixteen years ago)

Any Golden Girls episodes where Blanche dated a man who was married because he could drive his own car?

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

"The One Where Chandler Farted"

LOL

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

On Cheers, Sam had a nutsack (multiple episodes)
seems like such a woody thing!

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)

This reminds me. They need to find a way to bring back Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer back for reprisal guest spots.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:47 (sixteen years ago)

If they could get the entire "Friends" cast back on the same episode, I would lol at their mastery of logistics.

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

who's gonna play Jack's real Dad?

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)

seconded xp

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:52 (sixteen years ago)

who's gonna play Jack's real Dad?

Alan Alda's listed as the guest star.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:53 (sixteen years ago)

Which, if that's how it turns out, will be hilarious because I can almost guarantee Jack's made an Alan Alda joke at some point over the last 3 seasons.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:54 (sixteen years ago)

Take it to the jaymc/Nabisco OCD thread!

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:54 (sixteen years ago)

30rock.xls

― tehresa, Monday, 4 May 2009 20:43 (sixteen years ago)

who's gonna play Jack's real Dad?

Alan Alda's listed as the guest star.

― Johnny Fever

what the what?? awesome!

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, 4 May 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)

Gene Hackman would've been cool

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

the thing where buscemi looks likes he's going to get into a car but instead mounts a bicycle located just behind was pretty tropey, too.

― slugbuggy, Monday, 4 May 2009 20:55 (sixteen years ago)

Psst guys, sometimes its just a lazily written joek and not a reference to 'sitcom x' tropes.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:01 (sixteen years ago)

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComedyTropes

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:01 (sixteen years ago)

they did the 'Jesus' joke again in the previous episode. "You're gonna be tempted like Jesus in the wilderness...Jesus is my stereo guy and The Wilderness is a club I took him to once"

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)

That one must have been self-conscious though!

― Dan I., Tuesday, 5 May 2009 02:55 (sixteen years ago)

ya it must be a reference to the way sitcoms repeat themselves... so smart

― s1ocki, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 04:13 (sixteen years ago)

possible a reference to "jesus" in the bible as well?? what a great show.

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 13:59 (sixteen years ago)

They should do a show where Liz recycles a bunch of jokes to meet a deadline that is full of recycled jokes and plotlines.

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 14:02 (sixteen years ago)

i just want to know what kind of water cooler ~doesn't~ work the way the one on the show does.

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

all of them. The water doesn't come out of the bottle until the seal is broken on a nob on top of the cooler where it is put on to. So she couldn't possibly spill it on herself unless she put it on and then took it back off. Which she doesn't do.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:09 (sixteen years ago)

OMG

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:10 (sixteen years ago)

jim, you are wrong

― cutty, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:10 (sixteen years ago)

everyone shut up about water bottles

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

ok, maybe you have crazy water coolers in America. Good luck USA.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

But if we really want to get into the details of this... a dude I work with had never changed a water bottle before and had to replace one a couple weeks ago. Now knowing how to do it, he actually pulled the seal off before putting it on the holder, spilling quite a bit of water in the process.

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

jim is right

good luck usa

― zinguist (cozwn), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

i must have spent literally years doing it wrong then---i was instructed that you broke the seal first, and then had to carefully put the thing on top, like putting oil in yr car

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

xposts!

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.ehow.com/how_2082420_change-gallon-water-cooler-bottle.html

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:13 (sixteen years ago)

(haha so tempted to lock the thread)

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:14 (sixteen years ago)

wtf is this seal you're talking about? That's some future level shit.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:26 (sixteen years ago)

we're never gonna survive unless our water bottles are a little crazy

― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:28 (sixteen years ago)

jim, 30 rock takes place in the USA. sorry you don't get the joke.

― cutty, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:30 (sixteen years ago)

rip jim

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)

really want to make a painfully-labored "don't break the seal!" joke but can't make it really come together

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

jim's never had sex with a virgin?

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:34 (sixteen years ago)

older water coolers didn't have the little punchy-thingy that allowed you to mount the jug without spillage. newer ones do.
and jesus is a refrence to the Big Lebowski (steve buscemi - cummon people!)

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

get a fkn seal, usa

― zinguist (cozwn), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)

ffs leaders of the free world and w/not a seal betw them

― zinguist (cozwn), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:40 (sixteen years ago)

really want to make a painfully-labored "don't break the seal!" joke but can't make it really come together

― the freakish wonder of nature that is "Beat Me" (HI DERE), Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:33 AM (5 minutes ago)

haha yeah same here

btw for reference, guys...this is a "water bottle" http://melton.ca/samples/images/hmmath/water_bottle.jpg

THIS is a "water cooler" http://design.flowingpens.com/blog/images/eden_water.jpg

― slow lorax (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

might be some north/south coke/soda shit but

― slow lorax (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:43 (sixteen years ago)

the moved the aspies at ilx onto my bookmarks

― caek, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

i call them "watubs"

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

and jesus is a refrence to the Big Lebowski (steve buscemi - cummon people!)

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Jesus Iliych Christ, Thermo, shut the fuck up. You're out of your element here!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

groan

― cutty, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/EyeRoll.gif

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

it took you thirteen minutes to find a gif of Fey rolling her eyes?

http://i43.tinypic.com/32zq0is.jpg

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

oh gbx and cutty are not the same username.. my bad

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)

http://i42.tinypic.com/2mhh7a8.jpg

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)

no it took me five seconds to find "eyeroll .gif"

that it was tina was just icing

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:47 (sixteen years ago)

i really want an animgif of cathy opening her mouth to reveal the toy car and then closing it again

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:22 (sixteen years ago)

how do you make these animation things direct from tv show? tutorial please.

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:49 (sixteen years ago)

oh man loving these gifs

― slow lorax (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

i used adobe premiere to make the liz muppet one above - not sure if you can do it with windows movie maker. the less movement there is the better they come out (due to the frame rate reduction).

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)

i crop the avi in quicktime, import it into imovie, export each frame as a gif, and then use some shitty command line thing to join the frames as an animated gif

― caek, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

Kenneth's Cranston voice vs Kenneth's Tracy voice

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 22 March 2009 12:03 (1 month ago)

Kenneth's Michael Mcdonald won this btw

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

I search "30 rock gifs," there's a Livejournal community that has a lot of them ;)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

this'll do

http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/KathyCar.gif
http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/KathyCar.gif

also features my favourite Liz look (hair down, glasses on)

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss172/gifpb2/movies%20and%20tv/30%20rock/Jack_Jefferson.gif

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 21:16 (sixteen years ago)

the best gif ever

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 21:21 (sixteen years ago)

"I rode on horseback all the way from Heaven"

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

Huh:
http://www.slate.com/id/2217712

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:03 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha murphy brown is held as superior feminist comedy example hahaha
c'mon no love for captain janeway?

― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

This thread is always so bizarre. I am glad to know that new water coolers have implemented self-punching seals to deal with the inversion/spilling issue, but they used to just have a screw-on cap, so you had to tilt them on very deftly. Also I don't recall any Jesus jokes beyond the stereo-guy one, but umm I don't think that's based on anything more complicated than the fact that there are various Latino men in the U.S. named Jesus (usually not pronounced like the religious figure), and this is traditionally used as an opportunity for funniness among non-Latino Christians (cause that's how we spell the name of the religious figure and all, but then it's also how you spell the name of just like this guy who maybe works on stereos or something).

― nabisco, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

yeah--thats why i think its probably a reference to "Jesus" from the bible?

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:44 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, that dude

― nabisco, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:50 (sixteen years ago)

but if this thread were on ILM I'm sure it would be perceived as a subtle reference to Jesus Jones

― nabisco, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

jesus jones was my stereophonics guy

― LaPorta Authority (brownie), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:55 (sixteen years ago)

no i think it was geronimo jackson!

― tehresa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:04 (sixteen years ago)

oh hey guize i know the story arc for the next two weeks' of this show rather randomly ;D

― pollster grifter (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Thursday, 7 May 2009 02:30 (sixteen years ago)

Huh:
http://www.slate.com/id/2217712

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

im not sure this writer has ever heard of "self-deprecating humour"

― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 May 2009 13:24 (sixteen years ago)

i mean seriously, how insufferable would this show be if liz was smugly right every time

― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 May 2009 13:25 (sixteen years ago)

Elaine Benes and Murphy Brown, for example, were strong, feminist-friendly characters and funny, to boot.

This is basically all you need to know about this article.

― I'm gone (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 May 2009 17:53 (sixteen years ago)

can't take seriously anyone who deploys "to boot" inna just-folks writing style, generally

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:26 (sixteen years ago)

http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/6jadByJTDMgi3XzehQ4iuw/l

― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)

wow, i wonder if a place that serves both pizza AND po' boys would be wonderful or terrible. they truly are wearing two boots.

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:29 (sixteen years ago)

great pizza, and po' boys, to boot!

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)

"Elaine Benes and Murphy Brown, for example, were strong, feminist-friendly characters and funny, to boot.
This is basically all you need to know about this article."

hey c'mon elaine was funny -- she's basically an unrepentant amoral Liz. She's Lore to Liz's Data.

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

the two boots refer to the shape of Italy and the shape of Louisiana!

― nabisco, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)

im not sure this writer has ever heard of "self-deprecating humour"

You would think someone named Weiner would have by now.

― Saula (Nicole), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)

Elaine was a great example of the equality of assholism; I don't think that's necessarily aspirational (which is what this article appears to yearn for).

― I'm gone (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:40 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, the article was like "She made a guy get a vasectomy for her, awesome!" where really it was funny on the basis of being a jerky thing to do.

― Saula (Nicole), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:43 (sixteen years ago)

The most succinct way I can summarize what's weird about that article is that it's a bit like saying that since Cathy always loses to the swimsuit, the comic strip is secretly on the swimsuit's side

(although I do think that there's a level on which "the show" is comfortable enough in this sort of cosmopolitan/liberal worldview that it has fun tweaking it or feinting in the other direction, as I think most cosmopolitan/liberal people do)

― nabisco, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:51 (sixteen years ago)

yeah exactly i feel like they're doing it for the LOLs

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Jack seems to flail just as much as Liz whenever he has to deal with her day-to-day problems, whereas IIRC Liz has shone and excelled every time she's moved up to deal with issues on Jack's level, kind of hinting at Jack's job and life being much easier than Liz's.

― I'm gone (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:57 (sixteen years ago)

The part I'd agree with is that yeah, the bulk of the show is about some level of tension/discomfort surrounding a "creative" type having to take on adult/management roles, and having this combination of admiration/exasperation with the person who totally embodies those roles (Jack), and making these sometimes hilarious mixed-results attempts to be adult or commanding or sexy or whatever ("I am a Sugarbaker woman") -- if the article is looking for the show to make some kind of call about what role is better, surely the ultimate call is that we are meant to like and empathize with watching Lemon struggle to do those things like we all do, and the end conclusion is basically that she's fine and likable exactly as she is and we root for her success!

― nabisco, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:57 (sixteen years ago)

^^ this seems no different to me than any comedy show about a lovably funny guy trying and sometimes childishly failing to have some kind of command or authority or success in his marriage, job, parenting, dating life, etc. -- i.e., most half-hour comedy shows

― nabisco, Thursday, 7 May 2009 18:59 (sixteen years ago)

the two boots refer to the shape of Italy and the shape of Louisiana!

oh shit good call

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 7 May 2009 19:02 (sixteen years ago)

Lemme guess, you bought a sidecar for your motorcycle, but your dog won't stay in it.

― Fyodor Lolstoevsky (Pillbox), Friday, 8 May 2009 04:23 (sixteen years ago)

Free ice!

― Fyodor Lolstoevsky (Pillbox), Friday, 8 May 2009 04:35 (sixteen years ago)

"free ice" was awesome

― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Friday, 8 May 2009 04:37 (sixteen years ago)

Jack: "Kenneth, I'd like to speak with Mr. Green for a moment."

Kenneth: "And, as head of this tour, I'm going to deny your request."

(cut to Jack talking to Mr. Green)

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 8 May 2009 09:34 (sixteen years ago)

lutz: "i know karate" (stuffs a handful of gummi worms/licorice in his mouth)

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 May 2009 11:50 (sixteen years ago)

'i'm practicing sitting'

― edb, Friday, 8 May 2009 12:55 (sixteen years ago)

xp the quickness of the cut was so brilliant - didn't even really give Kenneth a chance to finish the word "request!"

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:05 (sixteen years ago)

this was a bit meh again. I still enjoy it but there's been a drop off in funny this season. Next week's episode must be the last in the season I suppose.

― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:19 (sixteen years ago)

i might have just been in the mood to laugh but i thought that last night's was one of the funnier ones recently

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:33 (sixteen years ago)

liz doing the mama mia quote ad tickled me
'dot dot dot good.'

― tehresa, Friday, 8 May 2009 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

Kenneth doing "It Takes Two" beat out his Michael McDonald.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 8 May 2009 17:05 (sixteen years ago)

"i'm-a jack, i don't-a know who my father is, i'm-a so emotional i'm-a gonna smash these barrels"

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 8 May 2009 17:19 (sixteen years ago)

I didn't catch that last bit!

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 8 May 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

i've gotta get new friends

― Nasty British and Short (hmmmm), Friday, 8 May 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

wasn't it "why don't i have any other friends"

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 8 May 2009 17:36 (sixteen years ago)

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs001.snc1/4141_1168257809233_1311594977_447244_5387292_n.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 May 2009 17:38 (sixteen years ago)

lol on the 30 Rock website you can buy the Mama Mia DVD

― mizzell, Friday, 8 May 2009 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

i might have just been in the mood to laugh but i thought that last night's was one of the funnier ones recently

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:33 (2 hours ago) Permalink

I thought so too. Maybe the two drinks I had in me helped though.

― Super Cub, Friday, 8 May 2009 17:53 (sixteen years ago)

There was an ad for Mama Mia immediately after the show. It was totally synergistic advermarketing. Still funny though.

― dan selzer, Friday, 8 May 2009 18:07 (sixteen years ago)

whats up w/hulu no 30 rock or office today

― ice cr?m, Friday, 8 May 2009 18:39 (sixteen years ago)

uh i watched both on hulu today

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 8 May 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

mah hulu is broken :(

― ice cr?m, Friday, 8 May 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

lol dot com is 18

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 8 May 2009 19:18 (sixteen years ago)

All of the age stuff had me rolling.

― admiral tub-a-lub (HI DERE), Friday, 8 May 2009 19:22 (sixteen years ago)

yes mee too

― ice cr?m, Friday, 8 May 2009 19:23 (sixteen years ago)

alan alda was great

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

Donald was so creepy and scuzzy. I hope he becomes a reoccurring character. Good for lolz. Anyone know who that guy is and what else he's been in?

― Super Cub, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)

I find AA grating. I can't get over his ALANALDAness. I'm always thinking, "that's alan alda, that's alan alda" and can't just watch.

― Super Cub, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)

uh i watched both on hulu today

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, May 8, 2009 1:41 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Saturday, 9 May 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

yeah he will always be capt benjamin franklin pierce to me.

i have noticed that the pre-credit portion of 30 rock is a terrific barometer of how funny the rest of the episode will be. lots of lols = great ep. some lols = good ep. no lols = bad ep.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Saturday, 9 May 2009 04:49 (sixteen years ago)

Mary, Elvis, Clay.

― Mordy, Friday, 15 May 2009 01:49 (sixteen years ago)

Man, the amount of guest stars they've got in this episode. Kudos to them.

― Mordy, Friday, 15 May 2009 01:53 (sixteen years ago)

nice little beastie boys cameo outta nowhere

― asplundh tree expert co. (iiiijjjj), Friday, 15 May 2009 01:54 (sixteen years ago)

Awful hot, right?

― Mordy, Friday, 15 May 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ the Breyers commercial

― Mordy, Friday, 15 May 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

s to the d shut it down!

― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 May 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

A++ episode.

― Mordy, Friday, 15 May 2009 02:04 (sixteen years ago)

Norah Jones looks so hot with shorter hair! *swoon*

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 May 2009 02:31 (sixteen years ago)

who was the guy with the long beard next to mcdonald?

― dan selzer, Friday, 15 May 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

x-post - Oh shit that's who that was? It did look really good!

― Noooo! Cats are not for eating!!! (ENBB), Friday, 15 May 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i saw her on some late night show the other night and be like daaaaaaaaamn

― the insane Dr. Morbius and his HOOSical steens (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 15 May 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

I liked the alda line about crying over a chicken/I thought this was a comedy

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 15 May 2009 03:21 (sixteen years ago)

lolz @ "rainstorm katrina"

― LaMonte, Friday, 15 May 2009 03:33 (sixteen years ago)

Beardy was Steve Earle. Who was the other guy in that group? And who were the people next to Moby? And the girl next to Norah Jones? And the black guy next to Cyndi? So many not-famous-enough musicians.

― lindseykai, Friday, 15 May 2009 03:38 (sixteen years ago)

on the nbc site there's a special site for the benefit and it lists all the musicians, but strangely not Earle.

― dan selzer, Friday, 15 May 2009 03:50 (sixteen years ago)

Wait, Rachael Yamagata was in there too? Was she next to Sara Bareilles or was that Norah Jones?

― Nhex, Friday, 15 May 2009 04:27 (sixteen years ago)

"i haven't seen that many riled-up dirtbags since cvs put the cold medicine behind the counter"

― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Friday, 15 May 2009 04:49 (sixteen years ago)

Yamagata was at the back next to Moby, I'm guessing; Jones was next to Bareilles.

Also - "My favourite part of science was the Old Testament!"

― William Bloody Swygart, Friday, 15 May 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah you pronounce my name Kwe-li/Help me get this fool a kid-ney

― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 15 May 2009 07:56 (sixteen years ago)

Norah Jones looks so hot with shorter hair! *swoon*

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 May 2009 03:31 (7 hours ago) Bookmark

― Call out (a hoy hoy), Friday, 15 May 2009 09:55 (sixteen years ago)

sexually-transmitted crazy mouth

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 15 May 2009 13:57 (sixteen years ago)

no that's okay, i'll just remember that it's the ~opposite~ of what this says

― k3vin k., Friday, 15 May 2009 14:20 (sixteen years ago)

opposite. opposite. OPPOSITE

― k3vin k., Friday, 15 May 2009 14:20 (sixteen years ago)

that's not what these forms say...

― mizzell, Friday, 15 May 2009 14:22 (sixteen years ago)

sir, have you ever kissed another gentleman?
uh, one time in college. and a lot since then

― k3vin k., Friday, 15 May 2009 14:25 (sixteen years ago)

lolll jack and milton playing catch

― k3vin k., Friday, 15 May 2009 14:29 (sixteen years ago)

the best part is "don't ruin it milton" aka dont ruin the joke <33

― k3vin k., Friday, 15 May 2009 14:30 (sixteen years ago)

you just ruined the joke

― Mr. Que, Friday, 15 May 2009 14:31 (sixteen years ago)

Dr. Spaceman gold as usual. "Now a kidney transplant is no laughing matter ... so I should apologize for the last few minutes"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 15 May 2009 14:32 (sixteen years ago)

"I think its the hard K sound that's doing it... KKKidney."

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 May 2009 14:36 (sixteen years ago)

these are my european friends

― ice cr?m, Friday, 15 May 2009 14:48 (sixteen years ago)

moby ina bad brains t

― ice cr?m, Friday, 15 May 2009 14:48 (sixteen years ago)

what do you think this is, wings?

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 15 May 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)

I think this was the best episode of the season and one of the best ever. It was nice to see 30 Rock being kind of weird again.

― Super Cub, Friday, 15 May 2009 17:30 (sixteen years ago)

This episode didn't really do it for me, so I'm surprised that so many seemed to like it so much. Maybe I'll rewatch.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 15 May 2009 17:40 (sixteen years ago)

was it weird? i thought it was one of their most conventional, but i liked it.

love tracy's timing when kenneth is confronting about high school, basically stepping on k's lines ("you had to dissect a f-" "what frog?")

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 15 May 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

In the last episode of MASH (most-watched TV episode ever!) Alda's
character is sent to a psychiatrist after a breakdown. He tells the
doctor that he had been on a bus with other people from the army, and
they had stopped to pick up some Koreans. They found out there were
enemies in the area, so the bus pulled off the road and Alda told
everyone to be quiet so the enemy wouldn't hear them. One of the
Korean women had a chicken that wouldn't stop making noise, so Alda
yelled at her, "Shut up that damn chicken!" So the woman killed the
chicken. The doctor can't understand why this was so traumatic to
Alda, but then finally Alda admits it wasn't really a chicken -- it
was a baby. The baby wouldn't stop crying and Alda told the mother to
keep it quiet. Rather than risk having the enemy hear them and kill
them all, the mother smothered her own baby.

Hence, "What's with all the crying about babies and chickens?"!!

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 15 May 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

woah i forgot about that

― Mr. Que, Friday, 15 May 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

wow

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 15 May 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

Beardy was Steve Earle. Who was the other guy in that group? And who were the people next to Moby? And the girl next to Norah Jones? And the black guy next to Cyndi? So many not-famous-enough musicians.

I think Michael McDonald was next to Beardy. The dude in back by Moby was the singer from the Old 97's.

― Darin, Friday, 15 May 2009 18:56 (sixteen years ago)

I think there are two active Wire threads today, which is funny given a total of three Wire actors guest-starring between this and The Office (Ryan, Elba, Earle)

― nabisco, Friday, 15 May 2009 18:57 (sixteen years ago)

"and so began the craziest summer of my life" joke destroyed meeeee

― s1ocki, Friday, 15 May 2009 21:49 (sixteen years ago)

ya - that was a good one!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 15 May 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)

^^^^^ truthbomb

Yeah, my wife has no knowledge of Earle outside of Wire, so it was fun hearing her shout "oh my god Waylon!"

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 May 2009 21:59 (sixteen years ago)

"...or should I say Declan MacManus: International Art Thief!"

Loved the MASH line.

― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 May 2009 22:13 (sixteen years ago)

Terrible episode harking back to the terrible guest star episodes that kicked off this season. Seems like they just couldn't be arsed to come up with a decent finale.

― Stevie T, Saturday, 16 May 2009 13:50 (sixteen years ago)

Really? I thought it was done pretty well. Very much in the vein of the Arrested Development episode where they have a fundraiser to try and save the 'company' (show) and acknowledge the ridiculous amount of celeb cameos.

That and the idea of MJB starting a charity to find the loch ness monster makes me lol more than it should.

― I wanna be your toy boy (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 16 May 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

yes!!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 16 May 2009 17:58 (sixteen years ago)

In the last episode of MASH (most-watched TV episode ever!) Alda's
character is sent to a psychiatrist after a breakdown. He tells the
doctor that he had been on a bus with other people from the army, and
they had stopped to pick up some Koreans. They found out there were
enemies in the area, so the bus pulled off the road and Alda told
everyone to be quiet so the enemy wouldn't hear them. One of the
Korean women had a chicken that wouldn't stop making noise, so Alda
yelled at her, "Shut up that damn chicken!" So the woman killed the
chicken. The doctor can't understand why this was so traumatic to
Alda, but then finally Alda admits it wasn't really a chicken -- it
was a baby. The baby wouldn't stop crying and Alda told the mother to
keep it quiet. Rather than risk having the enemy hear them and kill
them all, the mother smothered her own baby.

Hence, "What's with all the crying about babies and chickens?"!!

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, May 15, 2009 1:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that mash scene totally disturbed me as a kid and is stuck in my mind to this day - pretty disappointed in myself for not getting the reference

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 16 May 2009 22:29 (sixteen years ago)

Beardy was Steve Earle. Who was the other guy in that group? And who were the people next to Moby? And the girl next to Norah Jones? And the black guy next to Cyndi? So many not-famous-enough musicians.

I think Michael McDonald was next to Beardy. The dude in back by Moby was the singer from the Old 97's.

― Darin, Friday, May 15, 2009 6:56 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Talib Kweli was the rapper with 2 of the Beastie Boys in the back.

― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 May 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

From MTV's website:

Clay Aiken is Kenneth’s cousin, Liz Lemon went to school with Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello is really an international art thief, Adam Levine can do a really hilarious Russian accent, and Mary J. Blige.... And finally, the big show came together with a combination of stars to rival the randomness of the original USA for Africa group: Mike D, Ad Rock, Michael McDonald, Sara Bareilles, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Talib Kweli, Rhett Miller, Moby, Robert Randolph, Rachael Yamagata, Steve Earle and Cyndi Lauper, plus the aforementioned stars.

― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 May 2009 01:38 (sixteen years ago)

Ana Marie Cox's favorite Tracy lines from this season:

http://anamariecox.typepad.com/ana_marie_cox/2009/05/my-top-ten-favorite-tracy-jordan-lines-from-season-3-of-30-rock.html

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure we could come up with a much better list than that.

― ti's girl on the outside (musically), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)

i thought this was pretty sucky until the last 10 mins - Tracy stuff was pretty poor but that MASH reference is dope (not that i got it without above explanation)...even Spaceman seemed off the boil. the celebs saved it.

weird absence of Frank, Lutz and co. the talk of "you've got 2 more years tops" was re-assuring.

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 21 May 2009 12:24 (sixteen years ago)

"Mickey Rourke wants to take me camping!"

― ti's girl on the outside (musically), Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:35 (sixteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure we could come up with a much better list than that.

Here's everything he said in season 3: http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/05/18/everything-tracy-jordan-said/

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 23 May 2009 00:55 (sixteen years ago)

“Liz Lemon, I know you’re going to be all alone on Christmas Day, so if you like, you can spend it with the Jordans.”

“Good, we’ll be over at 2. My kids have a peanut allergy, but my dogs only eat steak.”

― Brandy Frotte and Reel De La St-Jean (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 23 May 2009 12:07 (sixteen years ago)

“They do that a lot in movies. An Afair to Remember, Sleepless in Seattle, and that remake of An Affair to Remember that I was in, A Blfair to Rememblack.”

STILL FUNNY

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 23 May 2009 14:25 (sixteen years ago)

I didn't see this show until a few months ago. I am a fan.

― ╓abies, Saturday, 23 May 2009 14:27 (sixteen years ago)

i was getting a bit ehhh with this but they finished hells strong.

dr spaceman has stopped being funny though. s that d imo.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Monday, 25 May 2009 19:57 (sixteen years ago)

"diabetes repair, i guess" is a tough thing to live up to

― caek, Monday, 25 May 2009 20:24 (sixteen years ago)

Just watched the finale last night... omg so awesome.

― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

This is very late, and may have been mentioned before but that montage of Tracy Jordan pulling up his shirt and freaking out on various talk shows is culled from actual footage of Tracy Morgan pulling up his shirt and freaking out on various talk shows.

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 28 May 2009 20:06 (sixteen years ago)

The Reunion episode was on re-run tonight. If there's anything that needs to go in the Smithsonian, preserved on an ark,sent into space it's this episode.

― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 29 May 2009 04:06 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i was kinda upset i couldnt watch it when i saw it was on, even though ive seen it three or four times

― i am rubber, t u.r.koglu (k3vin k.), Friday, 29 May 2009 04:10 (sixteen years ago)

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/06/tracyjordanphone.jpg

― James Mitchell, Thursday, 4 June 2009 05:42 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1191606/Beanz-meanz-microwaves-Heinz-create-gadget-heat-snack-60-seconds.html

― suggestzybandias (jim), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:08 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ fun cooker.

― suggestzybandias (jim), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:09 (sixteen years ago)

okay, that's hilarious but surely hearkens the end of western civilization

― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:36 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

okay so I actually said this today in conversation:

"unless they are positive mentions, or 'posmens'"

Seriously made my day about 100% better.

― master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:29 (sixteen years ago)

Just saw on MSNBC there's talk in some corners of Alec Baldwin running for gov of Ohio.

This would be totally foolish, right? He's said too many ridiculous political hot potato things over the years, and the whole daughter/pig thing, and probably some cocaine use history that can be "Drudged" up on a moment's notice.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/lawyers-want-baldwin-as-ohio-governor_1108282

(also, he's retiring from acting in 2012, WTF?!)

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 09:37 (sixteen years ago)

we'd all like to flee to the cleve, alec, you crazy sob.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 09:39 (sixteen years ago)

just say no, alec.

― rural juror (get bent), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 09:41 (sixteen years ago)

anyway i hope he doesn't quit the biz... he's in the prime of his career!

― rural juror (get bent), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 09:46 (sixteen years ago)

yall should see "lymelife", he's excellent in it

― rembrandt what (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 09:59 (sixteen years ago)

limelyfe

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 10:08 (sixteen years ago)

no, that's my documentary about teen limewire users

― rembrandt what (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 10:10 (sixteen years ago)

"DO YOU KNOW ITS STILL ILLEGAL TO BE BLACK IN ARIZONA?"

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:08 (sixteen years ago)

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/30-rock-to-live-on-in-syndication/

July 8, 2009, 4:16 pm
‘30 Rock’ to Live On in Syndication
By Brian Stelter

“30 Rock“looks to have a longer shelf life than some of its fans had imagined. The NBC sitcom, set backstage at the fictitious “TGS with Tracy Jordan” and starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, will be repeated in syndication on Comedy Central beginning in 2011, the companies announced Tuesday.

The WGN America cable channel will also show the reruns. The syndication deals indicate that NBC is committed to at least five seasons of “30 Rock” — a relief for fans who had worried that the show would be canceled because of its relatively low ratings. The fourth season of the show will start in October on NBC. An NBC executive said in a statement that “30 Rock” is “a comedy still on the rise.”

― Mariela Ure (jeff), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

Claire: I'm his life coach, Esmerelda Fitzmonster.

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)

We've got a fitness program at work with a team competition. I nominated "Fun Cookers" as our team name.

― Leee, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 01:43 (sixteen years ago)

I just found out my #1 favorite 30 Rock moment was a complete mis-hearing/mis-remembering of it:

Liz: [after seeing "Tracy" sitting in the middle of the hallway] Tracy, get out of the hallway.
Tracy: [jumps out from around the corner] OR AM I?

In my head it was always Liz saying, "Tracy, what are you doing?", which changes the whole joke. :-(

― drunk shudder shades chick gets kicked out of mcdonalds totally (╓abies), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

It's still good though, and the next vitamin deficiency line is great, too!

― drunk shudder shades chick gets kicked out of mcdonalds totally (╓abies), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

rewatching my way through season 3 now

― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

http://gawker.com/5342905/the-30-rock-porn-brings-us-the-real-girlie-show

― fleetwood (max), Friday, 21 August 2009 21:13 (sixteen years ago)

holy shit

― depressed is a hugoholic (sciolism), Friday, 21 August 2009 21:19 (sixteen years ago)

the hairdos on the Pete and Frank characters alone

― depressed is a hugoholic (sciolism), Friday, 21 August 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)

I thought this thread was bumped for

http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koow3381ET1qzvnxpo1_500.jpg

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/post/167525939/kfc-double-down-sandwich-two-pieces-of-bacon-and

Meat is the new bread!

― musically, Friday, 21 August 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

Some people are saying it's fake, idk but more excuses to bump this thread and read through is okay with me.

― musically, Friday, 21 August 2009 21:30 (sixteen years ago)

I have had this in my head all day:

Everyone knows the most delicious part of the muffin is the top.

My muffin top is all that.
Whole-grain, low-fat.
I know you wanna piece of that,
But I just wanna dance.

Check checkin' out my sweet hips,
My sugar-coated cherry lips.
I know you wanna get with this,
But I'm just here to dance.

So back up off of me,
You're weirding me out.

I'm an independent lady.
So do not try to play me.
I run a tidy bakery.
The boys all want my cake for free,
But if you can't shake your fakery
Then kiss my muffin top.

― musically, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 04:08 (sixteen years ago)

"she said my vanity plate was INSCRUTABLE"

― smitty (get bent), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 04:30 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

I haven't heard jack shit about the new season >:[

― cutty probably already everyone (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 02:36 (sixteen years ago)

Next week!

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

I think Betty White is going to be a guest star. I think that's true and not a dream I had.

― "apostrophe" is not Latin for "watch out for the S" (reddening), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 03:51 (sixteen years ago)

You know what they say about rumors. They make a ru out of mor and s.

― musically, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 03:53 (sixteen years ago)

http://twitter.com/RealTracyMorgan suspicious timing but i am fine with that

― caek, Friday, 9 October 2009 10:34 (sixteen years ago)

he was coerced

― shaane, Friday, 9 October 2009 13:14 (sixteen years ago)

that is NOT toward

― modescalator (blueski), Friday, 9 October 2009 13:16 (sixteen years ago)

Mr. Morgan “is someone who just really resonates with people, and his sense of humor and his sensibilities are so well-suited to the medium,” Mr. Dornbush said. “Once you put it on their radar, it’s been pretty easy to find people who say, ‘I would rather be living in a world where Tracy Morgan is sharing his day to day life with us.’”

What a tool.

― caek, Friday, 9 October 2009 13:33 (sixteen years ago)

RealTracyMorgan Going to the Yankee game tonight with Obe one kenobi AKA Lauren Michaels. can't wait

His name should be Lauren.

― The ever dapper nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 9 October 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

i thought the premiere was yesterday and i got all excited and then :( :( :( i swear i read an article that said 'tonight, 30 rock comes back for bla bal bla' and i just ran with it. sigh.

― tehresa, Friday, 9 October 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

saw a promo just now, seem like there could be lots of will arnett!??!!

― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Sunday, 11 October 2009 03:51 (sixteen years ago)

are we gonna keep this thread going or is it time "4" a new one

― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Sunday, 11 October 2009 03:51 (sixteen years ago)

yes! promos are @ nbc website now.

― Winky (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 11 October 2009 04:31 (sixteen years ago)

preview not long enough!

― tehresa, Sunday, 11 October 2009 05:26 (sixteen years ago)

alright the spaceman compilation just killed me

― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Sunday, 11 October 2009 21:27 (sixteen years ago)

i spent the summer not thinking about or remembering how good this show is much at all and then last night visited my brother while he was watching the season 3 DVD and am so hyped up on it again

― some other dudes, and obviously no Peter Hook (some dude), Sunday, 11 October 2009 21:31 (sixteen years ago)

ive got exams wednesday & thursday, so glad i'm gonna have time to watch this

― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Sunday, 11 October 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)

Since it takes me a coupla years to catch onto any decent show, I finally shotgunned season 1, and am now on season 2. Grizz and Dot-Com are the show's secret weapons.

― kingfish, Sunday, 11 October 2009 23:46 (sixteen years ago)

not so secret

― tehresa, Sunday, 11 October 2009 23:48 (sixteen years ago)

Moving apartments on Thursday and won't have tv or internet! Waa! I might not check out of the hotel I'm currently in then sneak back in to watch it...

― Not the real Village People, Monday, 12 October 2009 02:48 (sixteen years ago)

hey americans, when does new 30 rock start?

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 12 October 2009 07:56 (sixteen years ago)

this thursday, the 15th. 4 days!

― Nhex, Monday, 12 October 2009 08:05 (sixteen years ago)

grizz really does need a kidney apparently

― Winky (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 October 2009 16:07 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.classamoron.com/

― we beat so many gimp (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:54 (sixteen years ago)

so I'm pretty sure everyone who reads this thread needs to listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukjCcUFMbSE

― musically, Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

Just amazing.

― Mordy, Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

that "my manager, Harvey Lemmings!" line always gets me

― Nhex, Thursday, 15 October 2009 03:42 (sixteen years ago)

sooooooooooooooon

― Winky (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

Can't wait! And I should be easily pleased since the rest of the shows tonight have been really weak.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:24 (sixteen years ago)

cant wait til this office garbage is over

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:26 (sixteen years ago)

they need to end the office.

― scott seward, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:27 (sixteen years ago)

i dug parks and rec tonight though. snl guy was pretty funny.

― scott seward, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:28 (sixteen years ago)

oh yeah, how come i got sued for sexual harassment at it?

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:32 (sixteen years ago)

haha the NYT article spoiled that verbose jack line, but lol nonetheless

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:32 (sixteen years ago)

Did Lemon say "Meatcat?"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:33 (sixteen years ago)

haha im not sure

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:34 (sixteen years ago)

lmao @ "comrade obama's recession"

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

"mermaid boobie"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:36 (sixteen years ago)

great so far

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:40 (sixteen years ago)

I love that Jack's paycheck had an extra flap.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

Easy joke, but still lulz.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

loool tracy

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

oh damn i love buscemi

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

loool "get it from...her"

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:48 (sixteen years ago)

come on guys u_u

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:48 (sixteen years ago)

Pete and I would be happy to welcome you into our lovemaking.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:48 (sixteen years ago)

haaaaaaaaaaa @ this tennis cross promo

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:53 (sixteen years ago)

or as you would call it; bonus turtle meat

― Mordy, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

what is he drinking?

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 01:55 (sixteen years ago)

i have some leftover turtle meat from dinner, or as you would call it, bonus turtle meat

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

oh hey look at that, popular line

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

If it's a blonde woman, I'm gonna kill myself! (x2)

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

also, lol at no one remembering Josh.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 01:59 (sixteen years ago)

That's the song my phone plays when Ray Lewis calls.

― Winky (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

also was that leno joek @ the end of the episode rly rly bloody or am I just wishcasting?

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:06 (sixteen years ago)

bloody?

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:09 (sixteen years ago)

i.e. not a subtle kick in the teeth

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:17 (sixteen years ago)

i think it was a segue to jay leno

― cutty, Friday, 16 October 2009 02:21 (sixteen years ago)

yeah it was def making fun of him

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:22 (sixteen years ago)

you think nbc wants 30 rock to make fun of jay leno?

― cutty, Friday, 16 October 2009 02:26 (sixteen years ago)

I think people who were watching 30 Rock changed the channel immediately anyway.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

i was curious so i caught the changeover, which followed it up directly with Leno repeating their line. (the whole show is a big poke at NBC anyway) then i immediately switched to Sunny like a sensible person

kind of glad they did the Josh thing, at least if he's gone he's gone

― Nhex, Friday, 16 October 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

you think nbc wants 30 rock to make fun of jay leno?

― cutty, Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:26 PM (32 minutes ago)

you really didnt think it was that obvious? "sometimes you just have to be popular and give the people what they want...ladies and gentlemen, jay leno"

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

clearly a jab at him

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

yes pete and i were intercoursing

― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 October 2009 03:12 (sixteen years ago)

My friend Moby opened a tea house in Park Slope. Does he know you?

― lindseykai, Friday, 16 October 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)

hahahaha yeah that whole tracy montage was amazing

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 03:20 (sixteen years ago)

"Are you a pre-op trans-centaur?"

― mojitos (a cocktail) (Cave17Matt), Friday, 16 October 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

jesus if nbc had any balls at all "tennis night in america" would have gone viral already

― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:01 (sixteen years ago)

are you a large child or a small adult

― suggest friend (hmmmm), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:02 (sixteen years ago)

also tracy jordan said my rare and extremely jewish first name in the cold open = best episode ever

― suggest friend (hmmmm), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:03 (sixteen years ago)

when does this hit hulu, usually? like, i'm gonna be up all night studying anyway, so may as well take 20 minutes in an hour or so

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:07 (sixteen years ago)

GOOD EPISODE.

― dudamel (get bent), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:08 (sixteen years ago)

i'm not sure, gbx - i usually re-watch them around 10 the next morning, but i assume they're up well before then? check occasionally

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

will u give me the answers for my pharm final 2morrow

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:12 (sixteen years ago)

haha doubt i can help u that much, i'm just a first year pharm student

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:13 (sixteen years ago)

also "final" in october??

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:13 (sixteen years ago)

organ systems

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Friday, 16 October 2009 05:14 (sixteen years ago)

I think the R' Shmuli reference was to Shmuli Boteach. Which is kinda a super obscure lol.

― Mordy, Friday, 16 October 2009 05:14 (sixteen years ago)

up on nbc and refusing to load. i wanted a lol before bedtime :(

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Friday, 16 October 2009 06:38 (sixteen years ago)

this is what happens when you and every other person that loves autumn tries to stream the episode at the same time huh

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Friday, 16 October 2009 06:40 (sixteen years ago)

up on nbc and refusing to load. i wanted a lol before bedtime :(

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Friday, 16 October 2009 06:38 (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

Plenty of links on sidereel.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 16 October 2009 06:56 (sixteen years ago)

"I'm picking up my new... tritionist!"

― I DIED, Friday, 16 October 2009 07:14 (sixteen years ago)

"and her elderly ... son"

― M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Friday, 16 October 2009 12:46 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ lols

― cutty, Friday, 16 October 2009 12:52 (sixteen years ago)

Can I get your name? Is it Pedro? Is it Cransford? Is it Swimming?

― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 October 2009 13:59 (sixteen years ago)

o i think it's 'guess' your name actually

― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 October 2009 13:59 (sixteen years ago)

also actually i think it's "Craigford"

― cutty, Friday, 16 October 2009 14:03 (sixteen years ago)

id prefer it to be cransford tbh

― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 October 2009 14:22 (sixteen years ago)

cransford was the fake name kenneth was answering the phone w/that one time right

― ice cr?m, Friday, 16 October 2009 14:29 (sixteen years ago)

cranston was kenneth's fake name

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 14:33 (sixteen years ago)

really enjoyed kenneth talking in hill people language, scene with pete's wife, liz singing the cheesy blaster song, and the tennis promo. solid episode.

― mizzell, Friday, 16 October 2009 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

cheesy blaster song made me uncomfortable

― cutty, Friday, 16 October 2009 14:38 (sixteen years ago)

you take a hotdog, stuff it with some jack cheese and roll it in a pizzaaaaaa, you've got cheesy blasters! and then the kids say thank you to meat cat and he flies away on his skateboard!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 14:48 (sixteen years ago)

hey raleigh, you ever lose the remote control? and you can't close the roof and your wife is getting angry because the bed in the shape of your face is getting rained on?

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 14:54 (sixteen years ago)

xp loooool plus liz air guitar riff a++

― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 October 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

It was Rolly, geez he had a name tag and everything.

Since we're all being ultra-pedantic this morning.

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 16 October 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

PAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

oh yeah, my bad.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 14:58 (sixteen years ago)

"This Page Won't Be Turned"

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 16 October 2009 15:00 (sixteen years ago)

"Excuse me sir, would you like to hold hands with a black millionaire?"

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 15:00 (sixteen years ago)

I think I missed a lot of the signs and the chants on the picket line.

― M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Friday, 16 October 2009 15:13 (sixteen years ago)

Jack dramatically crossing the picket line and shoulder checking kenneth.

Also when Jack tries to answer the page desk phone and puts himself over the PA... as a sound guy I like sound joeks...

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)

bonus turtle meat

― dmr, Friday, 16 October 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

wow tracy in the real world was all time 30 rock moment IMO

great episode, way way way better than i thought it was going to be based on the preview trailer.

― headroom (max) (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 16 October 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

"....and a side of my mom's rice...To stay."

― headroom (max) (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 16 October 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

Jack pouring himself a shot of cough syrup at Kenneth's apartment.

― o. nate, Friday, 16 October 2009 18:10 (sixteen years ago)

imo an even better running gag than ppl forgetting about josh's existence is everyone (esp jack) finding jenna unattractive.

jenna: the best way for a lady to get heat in this industry is to either record a country album or have a lesbian relationship
jack: uuuhhh....we'll start with the country

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 18:58 (sixteen years ago)

DONT LOOK ME IN THE EYES

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 18:59 (sixteen years ago)

Jack dramatically crossing the picket line and shoulder checking kenneth.

omg just noticed this

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 19:10 (sixteen years ago)

"you look prettyyyyyyyyy!"

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Friday, 16 October 2009 19:17 (sixteen years ago)

I thought the line about Buscemi looking like a chameleon was pretty funny, esp. since he was a chameleon in Monsters Inc.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 16 October 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)

http://burythehammer.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/alan3.jpg?w=510&h=382

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)

The Slate TV critic also read the ending as a dig at Leno:

http://www.slate.com/id/2232744/

― o. nate, Friday, 16 October 2009 20:52 (sixteen years ago)

"So put down your meth, slip on your whites, cos here in real America its tennis night!"

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 20:55 (sixteen years ago)

"Meet my new friends: Nobody, and his wife - Susan Walters Hyphen Nobody."

― James Mitchell, Friday, 16 October 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)

loooooooooooool

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 16 October 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

you take a hotdog, stuff it with some jack cheese and roll it in a pizzaaaaaa, you've got cheesy blasters! and then the kids say thank you to meat cat and he flies away on his skateboard!

I can't eat this; I'm a foodie.

― James Mitchell, Friday, 16 October 2009 21:31 (sixteen years ago)

Lone payroll employee to envelope-stuffing machine: "Today's my birthday!"

― what kind of nickname is Steve when your real name is Jesus (reddening), Friday, 16 October 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)

The Slate TV critic also read the ending as a dig at Leno:

Is this even up for debate?

― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 16 October 2009 23:05 (sixteen years ago)

I just noticed upon rewatch that the picture of Jesus is signed "Jack, best wishes, J."

― what kind of nickname is Steve when your real name is Jesus (reddening), Friday, 16 October 2009 23:20 (sixteen years ago)

you take a hotdog, stuff it with some jack cheese and roll it in a pizzaaaaaa, you've got cheesy blasters! and then the kids say thank you to meat cat and he flies away on his skateboard!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, October 16, 2009 7:48 AM

high point for me!
but i still liked this better than anything else on tv right now.

did nbc sports have the world cup? cause if they did they totally should have used tennis night in america as an amazing cross promotion.
xpost to whoever said they should have gone viral w/ this

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 October 2009 05:31 (sixteen years ago)

i'd forgotten how hot liz is. great first episode, totally cracked at the leno dig at the end. 30 Rock + Community make a pretty decent combo atm

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 17 October 2009 12:05 (sixteen years ago)

lol at liz not knowing how to use chopsticks

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, 17 October 2009 14:39 (sixteen years ago)

wasn't it because she was trying to pick up the cheesy blaster? i'm guessing as someone who eats so much she'd be able to figure it oot.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 17 October 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

it was a funny throw-away gag either way

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, 17 October 2009 14:48 (sixteen years ago)

totally

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 17 October 2009 14:55 (sixteen years ago)

i woke up this morning w/ the cheesy blasters song in my head :(

liz IS hot, but tina fey on the cover of bazaar this month looks more like liz feeling awkward at a photo shoot than tina fey looking hot. i actually wish liz and pete would get together.

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 October 2009 18:32 (sixteen years ago)

nooooooooooo.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 17 October 2009 18:49 (sixteen years ago)

if that's what pete needs I would be glad to welcome them into my lovemaking

― suggest friend (hmmmm), Saturday, 17 October 2009 18:51 (sixteen years ago)

i actually wish liz and pete would get together.

hell no imo

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 18:56 (sixteen years ago)

im always scared that liz and jack are gonna hook up or something

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 18:57 (sixteen years ago)

I think they're too smart for that.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:00 (sixteen years ago)

The writers not the characters btw

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:01 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i think so too

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:01 (sixteen years ago)

i know it would be big shark jumping but liz and pete just looked so cute.
actually bring beeper king back. i miss floydster, but he's not right for her.

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:03 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/g3/tina-fey-newsstand-cover-1109-de.jpg
not pictured: cheesy-blasters

― LaMonte, Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:04 (sixteen years ago)

the subscriber cover is even more awkward

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:05 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/LI/tina-fey-cover-1109-3-1109-de.jpg
"why am i wearing a dress? this is weird!"

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

is there really gonna be a new cast member

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

Best bit of the episode: Pete's "Another actor? BUT THEY HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS."

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:27 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/g8/tina-fey-cover-1109-2-1109-de.jpg

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ not a bad picture

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

actually bring beeper king back.

^^^^ a thousand times yes

― Nicolars (Nicole), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:33 (sixteen years ago)

srsly

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:34 (sixteen years ago)

i'm sure he'll pop up sometime this season

― 51 ways to leave ilxor (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:35 (sixteen years ago)

blue dress shot = ROWR

― dudamel (get bent), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)

Jenna is making me hot this season.

― Super Smize (Leee), Saturday, 17 October 2009 19:46 (sixteen years ago)

About the cover shoot: something's weird in those photos where her lips are closed. I'm not sure what it is. In the ones where she's breathing, she looks perfectly fine. (Though I like the one in the white dress, not nearly as weird as the other cover.)

― Nhex, Saturday, 17 October 2009 23:25 (sixteen years ago)

Am still laughing at "Page Against the Machine".

― Nicolars (Nicole), Saturday, 17 October 2009 23:46 (sixteen years ago)

Can I guess your name? Is it Pedro? Is it Craigford? Is it Swimming?

I was trying to remember what he said and what the ilx confusion was up thread about the 2nd name he listed...
And I came up with Cranston. I've had the name Cranston stuck in my head all day because it seemed like a yuppie upper class type name.

― hatchet, axe and saw supervisor (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 22 October 2009 04:48 (sixteen years ago)

i watched the show again, with closed captioning. it's craigford.

― cutty, Thursday, 22 October 2009 10:24 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, cranston was kenneth's name he made up when he wasnt supposed to be talking to tracy last season

― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 October 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

that must have been why it stuck in my head

― hatchet, axe and saw supervisor (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 22 October 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

Jeezus, there's already been about 367 jokes before the first commercial!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:36 (sixteen years ago)

hahahaha yes and no - yes, it did happen and no, it didn't not happen

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 01:39 (sixteen years ago)

this show is so good

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:39 (sixteen years ago)

can we somehow insert l0u1s jagg3r into that small argument about pizza

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

what kind of gun was that?

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

liz, i don't even know what you're talking about - what new cast member?

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 01:43 (sixteen years ago)

ok lmao @ both jenna & jack being completely unfazed by tracy answering the phone

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 01:44 (sixteen years ago)

haha need a jpg of that sign

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

omg at ken's sign

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

You're the donkey now, Kenneth.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 01:49 (sixteen years ago)

really weird interview w/ tracy morgan:

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=114009203&m=114045939

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 02:07 (sixteen years ago)

i'll make this company profitable so fast the only headline will be 'donaghy saves ge comma marries your mom'

― tehresa, Friday, 23 October 2009 05:07 (sixteen years ago)

It was you. You weaked it.

― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Friday, 23 October 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

Jeezus, there's already been about 367 jokes before the first commercial!

^^^^ Had to back up to see Dr. Spaceman's "The Cigarette Diet" book

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 23 October 2009 05:14 (sixteen years ago)

loved another Amadeus reference!

― tehresa, Friday, 23 October 2009 05:15 (sixteen years ago)

who is the writer that keeps referencing amadeus!? i want to marry him/her.

― tehresa, Friday, 23 October 2009 05:15 (sixteen years ago)

also, this is what, the third werewolf mention now? last one was (i think) jenna's "werelawyer" on night court.

― get killed walkin your DOGGIE (get bent), Friday, 23 October 2009 05:29 (sixteen years ago)

Pete pushing Liz was roffles. Also when Lutz stops mouthbreathing. And the 4 door microwave Pontiac.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 07:21 (sixteen years ago)

Jack: "Why do you have a gavel? This isn't the Congress."

Banks: "I brought it from home!" *laughs maniacally*

― mutoh, Friday, 23 October 2009 07:22 (sixteen years ago)

By the way, I've had the same pizza debate. I am in the hot pizza camp, myself.

― mutoh, Friday, 23 October 2009 07:25 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, cold pizza is rong. /britisher.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 07:42 (sixteen years ago)

hot pizza >>> cold pizza >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warm/lukewarm pizza

― get killed walkin your DOGGIE (get bent), Friday, 23 October 2009 07:50 (sixteen years ago)

No way, room temp pizza is deee-lightful.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:08 (sixteen years ago)

cold pizza is super-underrated

― Nhex, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:37 (sixteen years ago)

I think pizza gets worse the colder it becomes. Kind of like a quality vs. temperature inverse relationship matrix thing. (Unfortunately, my dogs only eat steak.)

I am still looking for some random thing to bequeath the name "Bonus Turtle Meat"

― mutoh, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:53 (sixteen years ago)

how baout a boat

― tehresa, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:59 (sixteen years ago)

BLAMMO! ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL INTERACTION WITH A MAN!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:17 (sixteen years ago)

"They used your blurb."
"Liz Lemon numbers among my employees."

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:18 (sixteen years ago)

"It's Jenna, from work." made me roffle.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:27 (sixteen years ago)

Next week: "Liz and Jack venture down south to Kenneth's hometown to scout talent. Jenna tries to make friends with the writers to solidify her place at "TGS" before the new actor is hired. Meanwhile, Tracy fears for his life when two celebrities die and he believes he’s the next to go."

I foresee laughing myself into a blackout.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 13:27 (sixteen years ago)

Liz mouthing along to Jack reading the blurb was the best part of that

― And now... The Late Great Jimi Hendrix...! Enjoy bitches! (some dude), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:29 (sixteen years ago)

This season has been perfect so far and omg next week sounds great.

Frank crying and Liz sympathising about the giant burrito microvaving problems!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:31 (sixteen years ago)

man this show maks me so happy

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

"No, it's not acting out. I have mercury poisoning from obsessively taking my rectal temperature."

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:34 (sixteen years ago)

Frank crying and Liz sympathising about the giant burrito microvaving problems!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, October 23, 2009 9:31 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I missed this, cause it cut to commercial at what was obviously the wrong time.

― mizzell, Friday, 23 October 2009 13:47 (sixteen years ago)

It turns out there has been an actual 30 rock porn parody, but they didn't go all meta and use the stars

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:48 (sixteen years ago)

Lutz and the mouth breathing was my favorite part. I am a sucker for any time they make fun of Lutz.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:48 (sixteen years ago)

laffed at "instead of going to a hotel or my houseboat WHICH I CAN NOT FIND..."

― rent, Friday, 23 October 2009 13:56 (sixteen years ago)

liz's retainer

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:35 (sixteen years ago)

"i did big sisters in college ... that little girl taught me how to use tampons"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:35 (sixteen years ago)

i need to stop but

"liz lemon! you boogerface! i'm going to kill you with a bazooka!"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

and then he throws the book at jenna!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:39 (sixteen years ago)

"there's a garbage bag in the hall with a reef shark in it, just put it in a bathtub with a reef"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:39 (sixteen years ago)

Loved that the bag moved, too.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

Seriously, how do these people write 1000 jokes per episode and manage to make about 900 of them really good?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i'm watching this for the second time and believe it or not i'm restraining myself from reposting basically every line of dialogue

"if your man has a diamond necklace that says 'open marriage,' that's a dealbreaker"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

"a book hasn't cost me so much trouble since Where's Waldo went to that barbershop factory."

― What the hell is hamster love (CaptainLorax), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

was marriage spelt wrong on the chain?

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:49 (sixteen years ago)

because i thought it was and it made me lol.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 October 2009 14:49 (sixteen years ago)

BUM-BUM-BUM

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 23 October 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

TOO SOON

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 23 October 2009 15:09 (sixteen years ago)

^^Haha, I liked that one.

― M. Grissom/DeShields (jaymc), Friday, 23 October 2009 16:43 (sixteen years ago)

Funny!

― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 23 October 2009 17:09 (sixteen years ago)

classic ep

― ice cr?m, Friday, 23 October 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)

the movie's name was DONGBREAKERS

― johnny crunch, Friday, 23 October 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

Did not laugh at this one as much as the 1st ep. Mediocre ep. Everything was mildly amusing, nothing was a gutbuster.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 October 2009 17:23 (sixteen years ago)

i feel bad 4 u, ep was fantastic imo

― johnny crunch, Friday, 23 October 2009 17:24 (sixteen years ago)

I feel bad 4 me 2, thanks for the sympathy.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 October 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

funniest part was the microwave gradually morphing into a pontiac aztec.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 October 2009 17:30 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha just noticed jonathan slipping a "J.C. Penny" sticker over the tie jack's wearing

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:16 (sixteen years ago)

lmao @ "your president, who by the way is kenyan and smokes cigarettes"

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:16 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ all the jokes wrt kenneth's hours "ms lemon, would it be ok if i only worked 20 hours today?"

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:18 (sixteen years ago)

"a book hasn't cost me so much trouble since Where's Waldo went to that barbershop factory."

― What the hell is hamster love (CaptainLorax), Friday, October 23, 2009 10:47 AM (3 hours ago)

barberpole but looooool

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:20 (sixteen years ago)

you did! you weaked it!

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

love how cheese is splattered all over the underside of the pizza lid. not sure why

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:28 (sixteen years ago)

because liz couldn't resist going for the cardboard cheese

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:31 (sixteen years ago)

"the curious case of benjamin butt" & "im'a do us"

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

are there any jokes left or has kev repeated them all?

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

i lol'd when liz walked into her office

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:14 (sixteen years ago)

and when kenneth smiled

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:14 (sixteen years ago)

tracy is just so funny!

― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)

i noticed that there was some lint on the underside of liz's desk. wonder what that was about? maybe it was old powdered sugar from a donut she had because of how she likes to eat

― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

i couldve had any ambassadorship i wanted..even to the gayest country...IRELAND

― johnny crunch, Friday, 23 October 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)

I love this show so much because I know I missed at least half the jokes every time and I'm going to have to watch it at least once more efore getting everything out of it.

I started watching this week's four times just to catch the bookshop window "From Peanut To President" reference to last season's Alan Alda episode.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:47 (sixteen years ago)

comma MARRIES YOUR MOM

― peter falk's panther burns (schlump), Saturday, 24 October 2009 02:40 (sixteen years ago)

laughed so hard at that prob missed like 4 other jokes in the process. worth it. because yeah, obv watching again!

― paragon of incalescence (rrrobyn), Saturday, 24 October 2009 03:40 (sixteen years ago)

jack generally is way improved (zyyeewwww laser shield), like he's taken a step back to being a business hard-ass rather than liz's confidant.

― peter falk's panther burns (schlump), Saturday, 24 October 2009 12:11 (sixteen years ago)

GOD, just say 'JEWISH'

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 October 2009 04:35 (sixteen years ago)

carp po' boy with extra chuckle.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Friday, 30 October 2009 04:40 (sixteen years ago)

The chuckle is the part of the pig between the tail and anus, but at night the Chuckle Hut becomes the Laugh Factory.

― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Friday, 30 October 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

...which IS a comedy club.

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 30 October 2009 04:46 (sixteen years ago)

thought this was the weakest episode yet this season but still enjoyed it.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Friday, 30 October 2009 04:57 (sixteen years ago)

was there a new episode tonight? nagl w/ world series

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 October 2009 04:58 (sixteen years ago)

i want to go to gay halloween

― suggest friend (hmmmm), Friday, 30 October 2009 04:58 (sixteen years ago)

schwupps

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 05:20 (sixteen years ago)

gaffney shout out!!!

― tehresa, Friday, 30 October 2009 06:25 (sixteen years ago)

Cerie as an Italian senator makes me wish I was the one engaged to her even more.

― fyi vagina (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 09:02 (sixteen years ago)

what did jack call san fran california? man, i need to watch the whole thing over again.

diaper at the beach line, oh man, that was really something.

― scott seward, Friday, 30 October 2009 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

'the people's gay public of drugofornia' i believe.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 15:29 (sixteen years ago)

Betty White reading 'From Peanut To President'.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

The Pete Hornburger Alan Parsons Project Project.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)

<3

http://burythehammer.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/alan4.jpg?w=480&h=503

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

"Orange and black decorations? Is this Halloween or Parents' Weekend at Princeton? I want to know if I should be scared or proud of my cousin."
"It's Halloween."
"Proud it is!"

We had to pause the show.

― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Friday, 30 October 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

hahahaha sexcriminalboat

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 October 2009 16:00 (sixteen years ago)

also LOL at all of Kenneth's relatives

― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)

also I have never seen Jeff Dunham be funnier than this

― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:02 (sixteen years ago)

...jeff dunham is in this?

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 October 2009 16:03 (sixteen years ago)

what gave you that idea?

― mizzell, Friday, 30 October 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

uh?

― cutty, Friday, 30 October 2009 16:13 (sixteen years ago)

i was halfway through it when i posted that

― k3vin k., Friday, 30 October 2009 16:21 (sixteen years ago)

diaper at the beach line, oh man, that was really something.

that was great

― dmr, Friday, 30 October 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

also "I can't be bothered to even tell you, just read it on my face" (pause) :0

― dmr, Friday, 30 October 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)

"Just say Jewish already" or whatever it was.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)

i don't get the Halloween/Princeton joke :/

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)

neither do i but who cares when you can swoon over cerie

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

http://aspire.princeton.edu/ag/media/orangeandblack09/

― just sayin, Friday, 30 October 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)

i was halfway through it when i posted that

why are you posting anything until you've seen the episode.

― cutty, Friday, 30 October 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

i don't get the Halloween/Princeton joke :/

http://www.google.com/search?q=princeton+racism&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

In college, we made a lot of fun of Princeton for being the most racist Ivy school (including making up lyrics for one of their fight songs that went "To the back/If you're black/To the back of Nassau Hall/To the back/If you're black/Where there are no whites at all" and running around their campus singing it senior year). Last weekend was the Harvard/Princeton football game and we were just reminiscing over that, so it was basically perfectly timed to be amazingly funny to a very small number of people.

― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:51 (sixteen years ago)

awesome

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

(i mean it's not awesome that princeton is racist, obv)

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

No, I think it is awesome Princeton is racist; it makes for great rivalry fodder!

(kidding obv)

― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:58 (sixteen years ago)

i wish i'd gone to a school with more fight songs

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 30 October 2009 16:59 (sixteen years ago)

Princeton seriously has about 5,000,000,000,000,047 of them.

― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Friday, 30 October 2009 17:00 (sixteen years ago)

yeah somehow eastman never really came up with anything

― tehresa, Friday, 30 October 2009 17:13 (sixteen years ago)

a traditional korean folk tune probably would have been fitting.

― tehresa, Friday, 30 October 2009 17:13 (sixteen years ago)

i love 30 rock.

― scott seward, Friday, 30 October 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

why are you posting anything until you've seen the episode.

― cutty, Friday, October 30, 2009 11:40 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

lol do u read this thread or

― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:31 (sixteen years ago)

anyway i thought this was another great episode

― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:31 (sixteen years ago)

Too many friends spent today posting the "I will eat a bowl of cherries and some ghost meat in his honor" line as Facebook status updates.

― James Mitchell, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)

i was going to wait until a random celebrity died to steal that.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

I've been liking this season, I guess because it feels more topically on-the-nose in a way that's actually ... exciting. And non-stupid. I'm not sure what makes that difference, but I like it.

I was initially irritated by the casting (and cross-advertising) of Jeff Dunham, but in the end it was like he'd been cast to represent both himself and what's horrible about himself, somehow.

― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:25 (sixteen years ago)

nabisco OTM w/r/t Dunham. His presence was very cringeworthy nonetheless. Like, I literally recoiled just a little when he first popped up.

It felt like this episode was trying too hard (perhaps in contrast to the earlier episodes I've been watching as I rework my way through past seasons' DVDs). Still funny, though, obvs.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 31 October 2009 00:40 (sixteen years ago)

Any episode where Lutz, Frank and Twofer get significant screen time usually gets an A, even if it's an A-.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 31 October 2009 01:19 (sixteen years ago)

yeah the problem with actually having Dunham there is that no matter how much they were poking fun at him he got to be in on the joke, or at least feel like he was, plus there wasn't ultimately any hilarious payoff to him being there

― some dude, Saturday, 31 October 2009 01:21 (sixteen years ago)

"his black wife is an astronomer."

― LaMonte, Saturday, 31 October 2009 03:20 (sixteen years ago)

“I will eat a bowl of cherries and ghost meat in his honour"

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 03:39 (sixteen years ago)

what do you think this is, James Mitchell's facebook?

― united arab amirites (some dude), Saturday, 31 October 2009 05:06 (sixteen years ago)

This show has basically turned into a live Looney Tunes. I'm v v OK with this but wonder if I will miss the plot-heavy stuff (bcuz I liked it in the past see prev. posts itt)

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:36 (sixteen years ago)

"plus there wasn't ultimately any hilarious payoff to him being there"

they killed his puppet!

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

and ripped its head off!

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

yeah the problem with actually having Dunham there is that no matter how much they were poking fun at him he got to be in on the joke, or at least feel like he was, plus there wasn't ultimately any hilarious payoff to him being there

― some dude, Friday, October 30, 2009 9:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's a "problem" that the actor who played the ventriloquist got to be in on the joke?!

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:09 (sixteen years ago)

liz ownd in heckler/hecklee showdown was lol

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:14 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, how the fuck does a professional comedian suck so much when heckling a southern ventriliquist?

― happy halloweiner aunty tina (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

has it been mentioned/did i imagine that when the book store guy opens the page in liz's book about guys in their thirties who still wear a name tag to work, there is a picture of a nametag that says a name and "Some Book Store" (last week's episode)

― chemical ali v. chemical frazier (m bison), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

b/c i lolled

― chemical ali v. chemical frazier (m bison), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

was betty white reading alan alda's carter biography?

― LaMonte, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

http://burythehammer.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/alan5.jpg?w=509&h=370
http://burythehammer.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/alan4.jpg?w=480&h=503

― happy halloweiner aunty tina (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)

Betty White reading 'From Peanut To President'.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 October 2009 15:38 (Yesterday) Bookmark

― happy halloweiner aunty tina (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

it's a "problem" that the actor who played the ventriloquist got to be in on the joke?!

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:09 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

don't be dense, all i meant is that i'd like for 30 Rock to make fun of him without actually having him there to be a part of it and be all humble and pretending to make fun of himself

― the men who stare at goatse (some dude), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)

why, is this dude like a war criminal or something?

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

i had never even heard of this dude before this episode... i figured it was just a riff on ventriloquists in general! but isnt it like, funnier if its the actual guy?

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

dunham is a v rich & famous comedian whose comedy solely involves praying on his audiences' fear of gays, other races, middle easterners and other foreigners - he's awful & while it was funny to see 30 rock poking fun at him, ship is right that it was kind of lame that he was able to wink wink along with us - he has a new show on comedy central btw

― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)

oh ok, i thought he was just a bad comedian! i get it now.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:05 (sixteen years ago)

so i guess putting him on 30 rock was a real-life jack donaghy-style move haha

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:05 (sixteen years ago)

Ventriloquism has been ruined for me since Willy Tyler and Lester.

― Otter madness (Nicole), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

Abe: He's a ventriloquist on the radio -- how do you know he's not moving his lips?

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)

god, radio days is such an amazing movie

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

(OT)

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

slok jeff dunham is like the biggest comedian in the world right now - his comedy central show debut was the most watched in the channels history - u r such a east coast canadian cheese chewing liberal homo for not knowing abt this guy

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

i never heard of him either \O_O/

― tehresa, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

go sip some bordeaux ffs

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:26 (sixteen years ago)

second ep on comedy central tanked tho.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

^ faced

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:28 (sixteen years ago)

it's a "problem" that the actor who played the ventriloquist got to be in on the joke?!

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:09 PM (1 hour ago)

yeah what jordan said, guy is a vile, vile human being and getting that much face time was off-putting period tbh :(

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

oy

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:33 (sixteen years ago)

Hahaha, having a family member that always puts on shit like the White Trash Comedy Tour when I'm home means I'd been subjected to Dunham before, but I had no idea that was actually him in this ep.

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

A-C-PHLEM... I KILL U!

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

i remember dunham from so long ago, like the mtv half hour comedy hour era.

― mizzell, Saturday, 31 October 2009 18:14 (sixteen years ago)

yeah can i just repost:

http://burythehammer.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/alan4.jpg?w=480&h=503

O_O

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

true

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:02 (sixteen years ago)

i was thinking that the only reason the cerie character is on the show is b/c nbc didn't believe liz or jenna would qualify as "actual conventionally attractive women that men would O_O over" to the stone mountain, georgia demographic, and you can't have a show without that.

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:17 (sixteen years ago)

i mean jane krakowski is definitely attractive but in a comedic "miss piggy" way.

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i think certainly part of her existence is kinda to poke fun at the convention of having a hot girl for dudes to swoon over. i def think she has a role though, and is a good character

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

also, i'm curious what the overlap is between 30 rock writers and simpsons writers. both shows have that whiff of "harvard comedy writing" pratitude.

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:25 (sixteen years ago)

i was thinking that the only reason the cerie character is on the show is b/c nbc didn't believe liz or jenna would qualify as "actual conventionally attractive women that men would O_O over"

I suspect that's the case. If I remember correctly, Jenna was going to be played by Rachel Dratch until the network replaced her at the last minute.

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:28 (sixteen years ago)

i'm sure there's an snl/conan/30 rock harvard overlap.

x-post

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

yeah hard to believe now that the whole show was gonna be about rachel dratch. i felt bad about her first season every episode cameo.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:30 (sixteen years ago)

i'm not a big dratch fan though. i don't miss her.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)

Blew my mind this week finding out that John Lutz, who plays John Lutz, also writes for Saturday Night Live under the name... John Lutz.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

i know her and tina are best friends. couldn't have been fun. hey i wrote a sitcom for you! hey they don't want you in it!

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

yah srsly thank u meddling network executives

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:33 (sixteen years ago)

i dunno if it would have turned out to be awful, but i can't imagine anyone coming close to krakow's jenna

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:36 (sixteen years ago)

i'm sure there's an snl/conan/30 rock harvard overlap.

tracy's princeton reference made it obv that there's at least some ivy embeddedness. (and toofer fictionalizes the ivy embeddedness in tv comedy writing in general.)

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:38 (sixteen years ago)

the explanation the give for RD getting canned is that they wanted someone with higher-caliber acting chops, which I will buy, along with the Krakowski's legs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dratch's anything explanation

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:38 (sixteen years ago)

and rachel dratch went to dartmouth. (xp)

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

what a disaster avoided by nbc

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:43 (sixteen years ago)

the pre air pilot has dratch in the jenna role - its kinda shocking

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

oh shit where can i find that?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:46 (sixteen years ago)

i think it would have been cancelled after five episodes with dratch.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:47 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, that pilot is a terrifying vision

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:49 (sixteen years ago)

unaired pilot torrent http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/93587837/30+rock+pilot?tab=summary

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:50 (sixteen years ago)

thanks icey but i cant torrent at school...if anyone can point me to a stream/non-torrent download that wld be great. searching but not finding much

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

i had no idea about this dratch thing!!!

― how rad bandit (gbx), Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

yah srsly thank u meddling network executives

― ice cr?m, Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:33 PM

― tehresa, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:58 (sixteen years ago)

http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=30+rock+pilot

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:58 (sixteen years ago)

which 1 of those is the dratch one?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 19:59 (sixteen years ago)

or http://tv-rapidsharelinks2.blogspot.com/2008/05/30rocks00e00unairedpilotnbcinternaldvdr.html

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

i guess they all are

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

my second link a surer bet, i think

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

ty!!

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:02 (sixteen years ago)

pretty much all the dialogue and most of the shots without jenna ended up in the real broadcast pilot

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:04 (sixteen years ago)

re: the rule of 3 bit, the most hilarious part was how obscure the first two celebrities were, which put tracy jordan's star into context a little

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:08 (sixteen years ago)

That guy didn't get to count as a celebrity because of his chatshow and instead because he was once in a queen latifah movie? And the puppet was the third.

― happy halloweiner aunty tina (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:11 (sixteen years ago)

haha "jenna attracts gay guys"...just got this

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:18 (sixteen years ago)

are we cowabunga on this?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)

haha "jenna attracts gay guys"...just got this

???

― Leee, Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:03 (sixteen years ago)

the context was frank explaining to lutz & twofer why they should try to go to jenna's halloween party: "Jenna attracts gay guys. Gay guys throw awesome Halloween parties. Hot girls go to awesome Halloween parties"

it's just another riff on the now long-running gag where in the show, jenna is found to be really unattractive by guys

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:33 (sixteen years ago)

"gay" is the key word there, cf "straight"

― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:34 (sixteen years ago)

hasn't there been a joke about jenna maybe being a guy when she was born or something?

― caek, Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:35 (sixteen years ago)

Jenna as the show's Ms. Piggy is startling accurate, but I don't know if Jenna's ever been able to do the bit where Ms Piggy would drop in her "streetwise business-only" voice: "yeah, Morty, whaddaya got?"

― kingfish, Saturday, 31 October 2009 22:39 (sixteen years ago)

re: the rule of 3 bit, the most hilarious part was how obscure the first two celebrities were, which put tracy jordan's star into context a little

― k3vin k., den 31 oktober 2009 21:08 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm never sure about his star quality since his movies are said to have made like $5 billion

― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha yeah that's right

― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:44 (sixteen years ago)

nah, his movies had been flopping for a while before 30 Rock started, it's why he had to take the job on TGS

his vast wealth comes from Dongslayer: The Legend Of Goregasm

― RAPTOBER (sic), Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:48 (sixteen years ago)

and remember, no one on the street seemed to know who he was when he went out to try to talk to 'normal' people.

― tehresa, Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

his vast wealth comes from Dongslayer: The Legend Of Goregasm

― RAPTOBER (sic), Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:48 PM (2 minutes ago)

ohhhh right

― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:51 (sixteen years ago)

"don't look at me like i'm a football game"

Jenna gets the best gays.

― musically, Sunday, 1 November 2009 06:59 (sixteen years ago)

Tracy lost the money he made from his films thanks to Grizz's bad investments. That's why he invents the Meat Machine.

― PC Thug (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 1 November 2009 11:50 (sixteen years ago)

"WorldCom, man."

― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Sunday, 1 November 2009 12:20 (sixteen years ago)

why you gotta be so obsessed with telecommunications?

― caek, Sunday, 1 November 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

i definitely got to the sad drunk point last night of being like "that reminds me of 30 rock hahaha! oh wait you don't watch tv. damn." i don't even remember WHAT reminded me of 30 rock.

― Maria, Sunday, 1 November 2009 16:59 (sixteen years ago)

it's just another riff on the now long-running gag where in the show, jenna is found to be really unattractive by guys

Nonsense, everyone loves Jenna.

― Leee, Sunday, 1 November 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

lol wait are you being facetious or...

― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 November 2009 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

As serious as Who Dat Ninja.

― Leee, Sunday, 1 November 2009 18:55 (sixteen years ago)

had to rewatch the "i'll eat a bowl of cherries and some ghost meat in his honor" joke a couple times out of sheer admiration last week.

― da croupier, Sunday, 1 November 2009 19:01 (sixteen years ago)

amazing.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 November 2009 19:03 (sixteen years ago)

i love the weird running "real-life pac-man" joke they have going.. like when jenna was cast as ms. pac-man in the "real-life atari movie"

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 November 2009 19:03 (sixteen years ago)

you shouldn't be amazed, then.

― da croupier, Sunday, 1 November 2009 19:07 (sixteen years ago)

im amazed that something can bring me such delight in this cold grey world.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 November 2009 19:11 (sixteen years ago)

Something I've realized from rewatching from the beginning (and something that might contribute heavily to the show's high quality): four seasons in, and the status quo has not changed from the first episode. Sure, there have been short-term shake-ups, but everything always returns to normal within a couple of episodes at most. Acquiring a new TGS cast member would actually be the first big change to the show's dynamic. So I kinda wonder whether it's actually going to happen. And I kinda wonder if that lack of change isn't super intentional.

Anyway. I'm hard-pressed to think of another show that hasn't had any significant changes made to its formula by the fourth season.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 November 2009 22:48 (sixteen years ago)

Josh left!

― RAPTOBER (sic), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:05 (sixteen years ago)

no he didnt!

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:07 (sixteen years ago)

anyway, every sitcom ever is the answer. that's the whole deal with sitcoms.

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:08 (sixteen years ago)

every sitcom ever is the answer.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/bakhitah/raven22.jpg

― James Mitchell, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:10 (sixteen years ago)

that was after the fourth season.

― mizzell, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:11 (sixteen years ago)

Didn't Henry and Trapper leave MASH in the fourth season?

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

(If so, though, you could argue that the show somewhat changed in tone if not direction)

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

so does sam and diane getting together and breaking up count? what else changed in the first 4 seasons of cheers?

― mizzell, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:22 (sixteen years ago)

James Mitchell's retort is pretty OTM. By this time, most shows would be throwing in a cute kid or killing someone off, adding new cast members, or having the leads hook up. And then there are shows that just progress organically and change as a matter of course.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:31 (sixteen years ago)

xpost

Woody showed up at the start of season 4. And Coach died before that (not the show's fault, obvs).

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

what else changed in the first 4 seasons of cheers?

Frasier joined cast, Coach died

― RAPTOBER (sic), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

xpost obv

― RAPTOBER (sic), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

Trapper and Henry's last ep was the season 3 finale.

― musically, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:50 (sixteen years ago)

different cerie in the pilot too! (sorry if that was mentioned before... with 4600+ posts it's probably time for a new thread.)

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Monday, 2 November 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

sitcoms have definitely gotten more into continuity and long term storylines and character changes in the past 10 years (which is the only reason why 30 Rock's relative stasis seems interesting next to, like, The Office or How I Met Your Mother), but yeah lots of show have had big changes from year to year, whether it's soapy story arcs on Friends or just kids growing up on Roseanne or whatever.

― some dude, Monday, 2 November 2009 01:36 (sixteen years ago)

The introduction of David into Roseanne was handled really, really well I think (except for the fact his name was Kevin in the first episode in which he appeared).

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 November 2009 01:42 (sixteen years ago)

In the workplace-sitcom category, Newsradio was similarly static. No changes til Catherine left halfway through the 4th season. Even at the time, it felt like the writers were kinda steadfastly holding against the trends by avoiding any major story arcs/changes.

― Ari (whenuweremine), Monday, 2 November 2009 02:39 (sixteen years ago)

naw, lisa took dave's job for a while, dave and lisa's relationship was off and on, matthew was fired for a few episodes, etc

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 2 November 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

i dunno, the matthew fired, lisa the boss storylines were pretty clearly just temporary changes, like jack leaving GE to work in the bush administration. Also both of those didn't come til the fourth season.

― Ari (whenuweremine), Monday, 2 November 2009 04:01 (sixteen years ago)

sitcoms have definitely gotten more into continuity and long term storylines and character changes in the past 10 years (which is the only reason why 30 Rock's relative stasis seems interesting next to, like, The Office or How I Met Your Mother)

This has definitely improved overall sitcom quality of writing, character depth, and general enjoyment for me personally - but I do think this is also why sitcoms in general have declined hugely in ratings and audience size - it's quite telling the #1 sitcom has been Two and a Half Men for many years now.

― Nhex, Monday, 2 November 2009 04:18 (sixteen years ago)

even 2 And A Half Men has a good amount of continuity! lot of changing relationships, recurring characters, season-long arcs, etc.

― BIG HOOT aka the smalleydriver (some dude), Monday, 2 November 2009 04:23 (sixteen years ago)

Really? I'll cop to being ignorant about it, but I'll catch a random glimpse of an ep, even recent ones, it still seems to be the same basic setup of those three characters being the same role they've always been in - wisecracking kid, milque toast, and Charlie Sheen as himself, with the mother popping in randomly.

― Nhex, Monday, 2 November 2009 04:27 (sixteen years ago)

i remember dunham from so long ago, like the mtv half hour comedy hour era.

Think I posted this on another thread, but I remember Dunham from Comic Strip Live in like 1991, which is why it's weird to me that he's only now blowing up.

― jaymc, Monday, 2 November 2009 22:11 (sixteen years ago)

James Franco to guest on 30 Rock

― angry virgins seeking validation (sciolism), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:12 (sixteen years ago)

oh yes

― k3vin k., Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:13 (sixteen years ago)

"Ready for the latest twist in the incredibly wild and unpredictable career of one James Franco?"

― uninspired girls rejoice!!! (Hoot Smalley), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember Please be new castmember

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

speculation: if their relationship is arranged by their agents, then it's probably because Franco is gay and needs a beard, so, duh, of ~course~ it's Jenna

jack/agents bring him on as new castmember solely to arrange the otherwise unlikely circumstances that could see a plausible franco/jenna hook-up

― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)

oooooh normally i hate all the guest start stuff but franco!!!!!

― ms. thighs (tehresa), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:19 (sixteen years ago)

Franco was at NYU the other day. He walked by me in the hall (or so I was told by the person sitting next to me -- I was reading and didn't look up until it was too late).

― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)

he goes to nyu, so he's probably there a lot of days!

― ms. thighs (tehresa), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:39 (sixteen years ago)

crazy!

― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

wait he 'goes' to nyu? he's in college??

― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:07 (sixteen years ago)

grad school

― The Dance at the Crossroads (HI DERE), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

hes studying to become a scientist

― Bobby Wo (max), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

golly

― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

studying to become a dungeon master.

― ms. thighs (tehresa), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

carlos the dwarf, graduate student

― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:10 (sixteen years ago)

I know a guy whose ex-roommate was a student at NYU, and apparently one day Franco (who I guess he must have been in a class with) came over to their place and just hung out and had a couple of beers.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

ppl do that!

― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:17 (sixteen years ago)

not scientists

― Bobby Wo (max), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

i know a guy

― cutty, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:38 (sixteen years ago)

Or maybe this was at Columbia? I dunno. I think he's doing like three concurrent MFAs.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

good for you. btw cutty your nn thread is too huge for me to think about opening, god knows i had to take it off my bookmarks but i am eating a banana and you are a bro for the nn thing.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

i know a guy

This guy.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:43 (sixteen years ago)

?

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

Maybe I misread Cutty, but I thought his post was expressing skepticism at this "guy" I "know."

― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

no, everyone knows a guy who had beers with james franco

― cutty, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)

Less than 5000 people turned in to watch it in Germany, it got a 0.0 in the ratings.

http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/11/03/germans-to-30-rock-wir-verstehen-nicht/

― svend, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 20:05 (sixteen years ago)

iirc germans prefer
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Grendler.JPG

― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 20:08 (sixteen years ago)

that's true, haha, lemon is old

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 02:33 (sixteen years ago)

and sheeee, was a horse

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

haaaaaaaaaaa @ jenna being the same age 20 years ago

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 02:36 (sixteen years ago)

The woodsman's companion

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 November 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

he's evil COMMA tracy

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

This is my reimbursement for gas. I drove a million miles.

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 November 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

BILARIOUS.

― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Friday, 6 November 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

oh no, what's wrong with them?

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 02:56 (sixteen years ago)

OMG Kathy Geiss!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)

is the robot james franco?

― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 03:10 (sixteen years ago)

Ooh, I hope so!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 03:16 (sixteen years ago)

That would be so awesome.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 6 November 2009 03:24 (sixteen years ago)

how does this show find a way to make a comma joke every week? <3!

― tehresa, Friday, 6 November 2009 08:34 (sixteen years ago)

Beat it Grizz or Dotcom.

― PC Thug (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 6 November 2009 11:23 (sixteen years ago)

liz's christopher walken impression a++

and jack on the subway was so beautiful

― peter falk's panther burns (schlump), Friday, 6 November 2009 12:12 (sixteen years ago)

moonvest on the subway as well

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 6 November 2009 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

"floodgate wheels are horizontal"

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:03 (sixteen years ago)

hornberger was on fire this episode

― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)

dot com losing his card was lolz.

also liking the cisco intergration, was a v. jack thing to rant about.

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:35 (sixteen years ago)

last thing in the credits was "special teleconference stuff" or w/e by cisco

― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:36 (sixteen years ago)

actually sort of impressed with how brazenly they plug stuff on the show and yet still manage to make it just this side of tasteful and non-intrusive. would prefer that they not do it at all, but they ride the line well

― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:37 (sixteen years ago)

isnt it kind of mandatory for money hungry american telly?

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

Also, the thing about the Winter Olympics ("this february on nbc.")

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)

the synonyms for bedbugs just kept coming and they were all great

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:40 (sixteen years ago)

"was describing your sandwich necessary to our understanding of what happened?"

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:43 (sixteen years ago)

i thought the whole "jayden" was pretty hilarious too

― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

"i'm sorry i doubted you. it's just you've never been right before - about anything."

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)

And the way Jenna agreed with her -- "I know!"

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

does america have adverts between the end of the show and the credits? wtf?

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:50 (sixteen years ago)

does it then also have adverts after the credits before the next show? this is crazy.

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:50 (sixteen years ago)

we're sorry

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

i think for those nbc shows they have credits between the end of the show and the credits, but then the next show starts right after the credits?

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i think that's right

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

no need to apologise, the torrent i downloaded didn't have adverts. it is just, how do you cope? they advertise in the show then plague you with advert breaks as well?

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

i meant they have ads between the end of the show and the credits obv

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

advertising in the show is kind of a new thing i think. you just kind of deal, tune it out. a lot of people use the mute button and converse with a friend or a loved one or get up and do something during commercial breaks. some people tivo and just zip through the commercials.

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)

It's a really old thing, actually. TV just fell out of the habit of it for about 40 years.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

actually i'm sort of annoyed that they will actually pull the producer credit, making me think the show is definitely over. a lot of times i just switch off at that point (don't want to miss the beginning of Sunny!) but then I flipped back last night and saw that subway bit during the credits! geez, don't do that nbc.

at least w/shows like community, parks and rec, and office, i know they will always do credits gags. 30 rock seems to be pretty sporadic with them. but it's sort of a universal thing on TV, once you do the cut-to-producer credit that's the end of the show.

― Nhex, Friday, 6 November 2009 15:59 (sixteen years ago)

it's super annoying, basically a tactic to keep you watching till the very end of the half hour for spillover into the next show

― Nhex, Friday, 6 November 2009 16:00 (sixteen years ago)

I think it all depends on how much time was left over from the body of the show. 30 Rock can't always do it because it must be close to impossible to pack that show into its allotted 22:30. If they have time left over, I'm glad for them to tag more on.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 16:02 (sixteen years ago)

really fucks with the DVR

― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

I always assumed this was also the reason why shows had longer and longer pre-titles sequences, so you actually get a bit of the show - that you have to watch - before the ad break and then it comes back with the titles. America is ridiculous for ads.

― The nation's most valiant right back (Suedey 2), Friday, 6 November 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

god, next you guys will be dissing cheeseburgers and apple pies! in advertising we trust. it says it right there on the money!

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

i don't eat cheeseburgers. 1. vegetarian and 2. cheese + with your burger just kind of gross.

apple pies are cool tho.

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 17:32 (sixteen years ago)

its just an nbc thing now, to have the show end, then commercials, then that little last joke just before the next show, a way to make you watch commercials and watch the next show. Also a way to totally screw with my DVR because I watch the shows out of order so I go to watch The Office and have to watch the final joke of Parks and Recreation or I watch Parks and Recreation only and miss the very last joke. Annoying.

― dan selzer, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:38 (sixteen years ago)

I wish they had done more with Dot-Com. "Dot-Com wants to audition" seems like a storyline you could wring a B-story from for a coupla episodes at least.

― kingfish, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:40 (sixteen years ago)

With all of the fantastic technology out there, how in the hell are we not able to get all DVRs to be "smart" enough to shift with shows?

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 November 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

it still might?

i'd love to see him get an actual job and try and see how tracy/grizz copes, possibly?

― autogooner (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 November 2009 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

loved grizz's origami seagull!!

― tehresa, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:12 (sixteen years ago)

show is always great but this one was just solid gold

― r|t|c, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:16 (sixteen years ago)

[ insert retyping of joke in said show that made me laugh ]

― r|t|c, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:18 (sixteen years ago)

av club keeps trying to start the 30 rock backlash: http://www.avclub.com/articles/audition-day,35071/

i dunno, i laughed enough at this one that i don't really care if it's not advancing kenneth's character arc or whatever

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)

That kind of bitter obsessing reminds me of the old television without pity message boards where there would be angry two week arguments over what kind of sandwich some character ate.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:35 (sixteen years ago)

cisco and soyjoy are inherently hilarious!
more placement of ridiculous-sounding products please.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)

One of the nice things about having written for the A.V Club for almost thirteen years is... <<o jeez

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)

guys you can make it so the DVR records an extra minute or more at the beginning or end.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:45 (sixteen years ago)

yeah Nathan "no really The Simpsons is still the best show on TV!" Rabin urging everyone off the 30 Rock bandwagon is a laugh

― lindsay goham (some dude), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:46 (sixteen years ago)

i mean i kept resisting linking it on this thread and spoiling the good vibes but seriously wtf is this shit: http://www.avclub.com/articles/30-rocks-dangerous-decline-and-the-shadow-of-will,34074/

― lindsay goham (some dude), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:47 (sixteen years ago)

that was ridiculous^^^^

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:48 (sixteen years ago)

does 30 rock really have poor ratings

― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:49 (sixteen years ago)

That kind of bitter obsessing reminds me of the old television without pity message boards where there would be angry two week arguments over what kind of sandwich some character ate.

so, the footlong that liz enjoyed in this latest ep... it was a meatball sub, yes? i didn't get a real good look at it.

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:50 (sixteen years ago)

how dare he not slobber all over every second of every episode like this thread does!

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:50 (sixteen years ago)

i thought it was a cheesesteak

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:51 (sixteen years ago)

I really wanted to see dot-com audition, only downer from this episode.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:51 (sixteen years ago)

did you miss the part where he auditioned??

― tehresa, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

my dvr is set to record extra minutes mostly, but I get worried on nights where other stuff is recording because if you have one show going over and the next show starting on time and a show set to record on another channel, the whole thing explodes, and I don't have renter's insurance.

― dan selzer, Friday, 6 November 2009 18:53 (sixteen years ago)

I must have done, odd, must rewatch.

xpost

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:55 (sixteen years ago)

so, the footlong that liz enjoyed in this latest ep... it was a meatball sub, yes? i didn't get a real good look at it.

It looked like it was from manginaro's heroboy tbh

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

dudes it was clearly fucking CHICKEN PARM god

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

srsly

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:18 (sixteen years ago)

no one on this thread knows anything about the history of sandwiches on 30 Rock, obviously.

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)

Mangenero's makes the best chicken parm. The mozzarella is so goddamn fresh that it actually tastes like it's good for you, I don't mean that it tastes like health-food, but that it doesn't taste like it's going to kill you.

― dan selzer, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

They are based on Tina Fey's true love of sandwiches?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:20 (sixteen years ago)

like how Tracy's ankle bracelet was real

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

just cause liz enjoys meatball doesnt mean she cant ever eat CHICKEN PARM

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:23 (sixteen years ago)

does 30 rock really have poor ratings

― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, November 6, 2009 1:49 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

not poor, just average, that article's "it'd get cancelled on any other network" stuff is a little overstated

― lindsay goham (some dude), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:24 (sixteen years ago)

30 rocks ratings were super bad the 1st 2 seasons iirc

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:33 (sixteen years ago)

btw jacks announcement on the subway was wonderful - i luv when they include ny in jokes - makes me feel special

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:34 (sixteen years ago)

http://unbreaded.com/2009/11/06/tina-fey-ambassador-of-sandwiches/

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:36 (sixteen years ago)

http://unbreaded.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tinafey-sandwich.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:37 (sixteen years ago)

it is doing ok right now (though still last place among the networks). at the same time it's very questionable that it would have made it to season 4 on another network, all the same

jesus that WAS a big sub

― Nhex, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:38 (sixteen years ago)

scott you beat me!

as a philly native it would certainly be in keeping with liz's character but i don't see anything that looks like peppers or onions in that sandwich so cheesesteak is out imo

http://i35.tinypic.com/2z54va8.jpg

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:39 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb_2-Y7FUA

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:40 (sixteen years ago)

i think ice cream is right--looks like a chicken parm

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:41 (sixteen years ago)

http://i34.tinypic.com/2vhy9vr.jpg

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:41 (sixteen years ago)

^ the meat there almost looks too dark to be chicken though (???)

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:41 (sixteen years ago)

well okay, what do we have? we have a long sub with a red sauce and some white substance that may be cheese

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

How do you know it's not mayo?!?!

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

nah man breaded, fried chicken can look darker, esp when drenched in sauce.
xpost

― tehresa, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:43 (sixteen years ago)

and b/c breaded the chicken might be darker? it could be a veal parm sub but that would be crazy

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:43 (sixteen years ago)

tina fey on working with alec baldwin:

Why are you two so great together?
I think part of it is that he is excellent. You could put a bag of sandwiches next to him and people would say, “Oh, you work so well together. You make these sandwiches look wonderful.” I think that’s a big part of it. Mostly, I try to learn from him, because he’s such a skilled film actor.

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

look for the record i am NOT against the sandwich being a chicken parmesean sandwich ok. i love those sandwiches. i just... i just want to know for sure.

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.manganarosheroboy.net/

Just go here for lunch tomorrow if u r in NYC/midtown area. commit to it.

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

the meat is too big to be meatballs - could be veal tho - but veal is same color as chicken more or less

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)

She was workin' at the place where they sell veal parmesan
Now she's gone, now she's gone, yeah she's gone oh so gone

― tehresa, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:45 (sixteen years ago)

http://th01.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/f/2009/263/e/b/Tina_Fey_by_YourFavoritePlayDate.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:47 (sixteen years ago)

also i don't think it's mayo because who would combine mayo and red sauce

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:47 (sixteen years ago)

liz lemon

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

me :/

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

do they still have the "Ask Tina Fey" feature on the 30 Rock website? i feel like that's the only way to settle this

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.devilandegg.com/2009/03/30-rock-sandwiches-solved.html

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

white stuff is obv cheese tho

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:49 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/30-rock-recipes

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)

it's sausage

― brownie, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:53 (sixteen years ago)

http://hoboken411.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/30-rock-sandwich-day-fiores-deli-hoboken-nj-roast-beef-mozz-gravy.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:53 (sixteen years ago)

from tina's twitter:

You tell the sandwich artist "a dab of mayo" and they slather it. It's almost like they're not being paid a living wage or something.
December 22 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:55 (sixteen years ago)

that's a fake twitter though, right?

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

it doesn't look like mayo in this pic it looks like provolone or parm

http://i35.tinypic.com/2z54va8.jpg

― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i mean i think we all know what melted cheese looks like

― ice cr?m, Friday, 6 November 2009 19:57 (sixteen years ago)

so has this turned into a genuine conversation about liz lemon's sandwiches? because i'm all for that.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:59 (sixteen years ago)

i thought it looked like veal.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 6 November 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

amy poehler and tina in marie claire magazine:

AP: Okay, let's talk about when we first met — in Chicago, in 1993. What were we doing?
TF: We were probably eating Italian beef sandwiches and getting our hair permed.

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

i didn't think it was a fake twitter. most of her twitters are about junk food and candy:

http://friendfeed.com/tina-fey-on-twitter

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 20:02 (sixteen years ago)

she stated in an interview that the person who was twittering under her name about food all the time wasn't her. maybe things have changed.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 6 November 2009 20:03 (sixteen years ago)

i choose to believe everything i read on the internet.

― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 20:09 (sixteen years ago)

That Tina Fey sandwich cartoon is completely unparseable!
Is she squeezing the sandwich to eat it or is she pushing the temptation away or is she fixing to make bionic bread legs to replace her weirdly chopped off ones?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 November 2009 20:28 (sixteen years ago)

One of the nice things about having written for the A.V Club for almost thirteen years

yup, got this far too

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 22:14 (sixteen years ago)

haha this episode only spans eight hours iirc

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

"jennifer m., why are you so worked up?"
"because it's going to be a disaster, like katrina! remember katrina, that crazy girl from hair and makeup?"

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 22:18 (sixteen years ago)

omg have we talked about jenna like, suddenly appearing in front of kenneth? i dont know how to describe it but wow

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 22:20 (sixteen years ago)

ugh what is that a ref to?

― k3vin k., Friday, 6 November 2009 22:20 (sixteen years ago)

"vampyre!"

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 6 November 2009 22:43 (sixteen years ago)

that was great!

― Nhex, Friday, 6 November 2009 22:51 (sixteen years ago)

you don't know how to describe it?

― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)

It's "sidling" from Seinfeld, but with more forceful Parker Lewis editing.
Sorry, that's probably worse than no description.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 November 2009 23:16 (sixteen years ago)

dude it was magic because she is undead

― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:21 (sixteen years ago)

this thread just really makes me want a chicken parmigiana hero. the only way to get a good one out here is to make it myself, but that's so not gonna happen tonight.

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:07 (sixteen years ago)

Alan Sepinwall of the normally OTM http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/ and the commenters also sounding the death knell of the show, but yeah, AV Club was particularly dire. Most of them hate Jenna so they are imo worse than Nazis.

PS Dot Com was robbed. TT__TT

― Leee, Saturday, 7 November 2009 02:48 (sixteen years ago)

i went out and had a chicken parm sub for dinner in honor of this thread.

― Nhex, Saturday, 7 November 2009 02:56 (sixteen years ago)

Anyone sounding the death knell of this show is just being a contrary retard. This ep in particular was spectacular.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 7 November 2009 05:39 (sixteen years ago)

Kathy Geiss was a Susan Boyle ref, right? Loved that they brought her back for that.

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 7 November 2009 06:27 (sixteen years ago)

All the commenters on the AV Club article hate the Cisco plug, but as a necessary evil I thought it came off pretty well, especially Jonathan's apologetic "it's almost as good as being there!" Anyway, it was light years better than the product placement on 24, where the President kept going back to the "Cisco Telepresence Suite" to take threatening calls from terrorists or whatever.

― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Saturday, 7 November 2009 08:42 (sixteen years ago)

No love for the "Line?" "Lines!" "Lines." line?

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 7 November 2009 09:57 (sixteen years ago)

i almost died when tracy grabbed the comedy/drama masks from the wall

― max, Saturday, 7 November 2009 10:54 (sixteen years ago)

actor emergency!

― tehresa, Saturday, 7 November 2009 14:29 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ the taxi driver: "Mugabe's concubines!"

And did anyone notice the credits?

Guest Starring:

Martin Scorsese as himself

Christopher Walken as himself

Gilbert Gottfried as himself

btw I think this season has been really strong, don't really get the "oh it was so much better before" stuff.

― musically, Sunday, 8 November 2009 08:29 (sixteen years ago)

haha i noticed that in the credits, had to google to make sure it was just a joke

― lindsay goham (some dude), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:07 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ the taxi driver: "Mugabe's concubines!"

i rewatched the episode last night and i'm sure i said "mugabe's concubines" at least twice since then.

― the tamiflu show (get bent), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:09 (sixteen years ago)

xpost

Are you sure it was a joke? The voices on the phone certainly sounded like their voices.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:40 (sixteen years ago)

i'm starting to come over to anti-backlash backlash myself. the show is fun!

― Nhex, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

or is that backlash backlash. whatever!

― Nhex, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)

xxp Yeah, I think it was really them -- dude was lip-synching in the audition.

― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:06 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i guess...i went to imdb to confirm it was them and couldn't find anything, but maybe it was just too soon

― lindsay goham (some dude), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:12 (sixteen years ago)

too soon

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

"sir gilbert gottfried" was awesome

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

haha yeah that might've been my fav line in the episode

― lindsay goham (some dude), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:56 (sixteen years ago)

it really got me perfectly too... like i was expecting it to be a joke, but i never saw "gottfried" coming after the "gilbert"

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 8 November 2009 17:00 (sixteen years ago)

Don't know if anyone mentioned it yet, but Brian Williams was amazing.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 November 2009 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

he was really funny on 'wait, wait...' a few weeks ago, too!

― tehresa, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

I don't think it's been as strong as the parts of other seasons -- it's been good to pretty good thus far, which is how I think that season 3 began too before it went to next level -- but saying that the show needs to be put down is internet idiocy at its finest.

― Leee, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:17 (sixteen years ago)

the backlash argument seems to be that theyre leaning too hard on stando comedy tropes like the audition montage - its a legit criticism but ultimately doesnt really matter cause the shoe is still so funnay

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:22 (sixteen years ago)

Maybe they are just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

― Leee, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:23 (sixteen years ago)

waiting for the other show to drop

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:23 (sixteen years ago)

OMG CANADIAN FOOTBALL THING ALMOST MADE ME PEE

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 November 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

haaaaaa @ the proposed arm gesture

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

that was an intense 8 minutes

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

episode of the year

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

this is really really weird and awesome

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 02:48 (sixteen years ago)

It's so dense with gags and jokes I can barely breathe.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 November 2009 02:50 (sixteen years ago)

oh my god..."i'm a dog celebrity get me out ARF here"

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 02:52 (sixteen years ago)

padma!

― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:55 (sixteen years ago)

I'm a frequent guest on Sports Shouting... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 November 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

fucking genius. the whole thing.

― scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

jeez, it just keeps on giving. "mouse in your house?"

― scott seward, Friday, 13 November 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

cant wait to see the sports shouting crawl. the only one I saw was MLB to use real bulls in bullpen

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

jenna pointing @ her boobs during the problem solvers close = great understanding of character

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

yeah that was incredible

― some dude, Friday, 13 November 2009 03:07 (sixteen years ago)

i missed the first five minutes -- how many jokes does that equal?

― señor wig day (get bent), Friday, 13 November 2009 06:00 (sixteen years ago)

haha yeah i missed the first minute and can't wait to watch on hulu tomorrow

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 06:11 (sixteen years ago)

Lutz joke, A++

Thread needs more gifs. I just realised me & my husband recreate the Jack whizzing head spin thing whenever the opening credits come on, mainly b/c of the gif upthread...

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 13 November 2009 08:04 (sixteen years ago)

I'm a frequent guest on Sports Shouting... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

^^^^^^^^

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 13 November 2009 08:29 (sixteen years ago)

padma!

― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:55 (7 hours ago) Bookmark

i have no idea who this woman is but wowee.

Loved Tracy on Sports Shouting.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 13 November 2009 10:44 (sixteen years ago)

cant wait to see the sports shouting crawl. the only one I saw was MLB to use real bulls in bullpen

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 03:01 (7 hours ago) Bookmark

The are:

"dreadlocks sticking out of football helmets now just"
"x-treme-mlb to feature real bulls in bullpen"
"pitino: "i'm over here at the bar, if any of you ladies need a"
"wc qual: swe 0 den 0/ ger 0 pol 0/ por 0 spa 0/ eng 0 fra 0"

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 13 November 2009 10:48 (sixteen years ago)

curious to figure out what the other three talking heads are saying, too

― Dan I., Friday, 13 November 2009 11:27 (sixteen years ago)

well, not really

― Dan I., Friday, 13 November 2009 11:32 (sixteen years ago)

i tried listening but i couldn't figure it out. it is followed w/ the great "i dunno, all white people look the same pete" to jenna tho.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 13 November 2009 14:31 (sixteen years ago)

I hope the new dude isn't impossible to work with like some people I know (points to self)

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

(he might very well be pointing at everyone behind him)

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

haha ya i thought he was pointing to jenna but it would be great if it was to self...have to go watch again

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

he was definitely pointing at himself

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 November 2009 15:00 (sixteen years ago)

Creepy Don Knotts face, creepy Hitler youth haircut

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 15:03 (sixteen years ago)

Creepy face, RIDICULOUS haircut

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2009 15:04 (sixteen years ago)

love how kenneth's welcome song is still going post-jump cut

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 16:10 (sixteen years ago)

what does the red writing on liz's press clipping say? __ings

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)

haaa "who said i've been alive forever"

― k3vin k., Friday, 13 November 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

great episode...does anyone remember what liz's name was on the cover of the chinese bootleg version of "dealbreakers"?? that killed me and i can't come up with it now

― trampa va jamon (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

lesbian yellow sour fruit

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:43 (sixteen years ago)

man this show

― Peppy Bizmilk (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

this epi was def better than the previous ones this season. still not as loltastic as earlier seasons but i think that's maybe cause i have a handle on its M.O. and so can see most of the jokes coming.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

you are so smart!

― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:56 (sixteen years ago)

still laughing at "I'm gonna eat a bowl of cherries and some ghost meat" myself

― Peppy Bizmilk (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:59 (sixteen years ago)

god i knew someone would take that that way. seriously go fuck yourself you insecure fuck.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

play nice, children

― Peppy Bizmilk (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)

hope this helps!

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)

i mean you can either read it as "ok the show certainly has a defined style and this guy is in tune with it and maybe it matches his sense of humor fairly closely" OR you can go the "omg he thinks he's soooo smart" route. grow up.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

easy! fwiw, i think plenty of the jokes are telegraphed/verging on dad-joke territory, but a) they're hilarious and b) just as many ~aren't~

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:18 (sixteen years ago)

can i just say that for some reason the idea of "ghost meat" is so gross to me - such a weird & creepy thing to think about

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:19 (sixteen years ago)

i thought it was goose meat

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:19 (sixteen years ago)

no i read it as, this show isn't funny anymore because i'm so smart

― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

foie ghost

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

just googled it--ghost meat confirmed

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

i love this show

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

que it was a PACMAN joke iirc

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

ie no geese

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

duh i am so stupid

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

def. not as smart as 'granny dainger'

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:23 (sixteen years ago)

last wednesday he was like 'sigh i guess we're getting a ghost meat joke tomorrow siiiiiiiigh'

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:23 (sixteen years ago)

yeah the awesome thing about this show is it's just PACked with jokes that you don't always get the first time around

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:24 (sixteen years ago)

only thing more predictible is ile defensiveness and looking to paint people in the most negative light possible.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

ile dfensivensss = god i knew someone would take that that way. seriously go fuck yourself you insecure fuck.

― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

lighten up!

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

i guess we should have just patted you on the back

― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

because you have a handle on this show by... what season is it?

― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:28 (sixteen years ago)

yes cause rather than just remarking on how i've grown accustomed to the show's humor and so it doesn't hit me as strong as it did initially (which has happened with every show ever) it's clear that i wanted a pat on the back.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

why are you still doing it

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:30 (sixteen years ago)

*pat*

― a Barbie-like nub where he provates should be (HI DERE), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:30 (sixteen years ago)

when Kenneth opened the pizza box it was full of ~waffles~

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:32 (sixteen years ago)

that was fucking excellent

― a Barbie-like nub where he provates should be (HI DERE), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:33 (sixteen years ago)

yeah that was actually an amazing gag to me

really the whole thing about him being ~ancient and immortal~ was weirdly hilarious

(don't know if someone mentioned it upthread, i opened up the thread before watching the episode and just bookmarked it w/o reading so i wouldn't have any jokes ruiend)

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

y'all need to take a trip to the Chuckle Hut yo

― Peppy Bizmilk (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

like it sorta felt like they were overdoing it but the waffle joke sorta dissipated whatever they were doing

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

really the whole thing about him being ~ancient and immortal~ was weirdly hilarious

also the prospect of him taking over NBC completely

― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 17:36 (sixteen years ago)

the waffles gag was amazing

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:38 (sixteen years ago)

waffles invite

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:38 (sixteen years ago)

i think plenty of the jokes are telegraphed/verging on dad-joke territory, but a) they're hilarious and b) just as many ~aren't~

― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, November 13, 2009 12:18 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is true, but they're also great at the bait and switch, like, I knew there were gonna be gags involving Jenna and Tracy's shirts, but every time I tried to guess what they'd be I was wrong and pleasantly surprised

― windows XD (some dude), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:38 (sixteen years ago)

^^^ totally! they know that nerds are half-smugly anticipating the punchline (guilty), so the switch is even funnier

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:40 (sixteen years ago)

really the whole thing about him being ~ancient and immortal~ was weirdly hilarious

Kinda wondering if this, coupled with the "VAMPYRA!" thing he did to jenna last episode is setting up some kind a kenneth is a vampire true blood thing?

― trampa va jamon (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)

was that sam rockwell?

― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

padma!

― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 November 2009 02:55 (7 hours ago) Bookmark

i have no idea who this woman is but wowee.

I thought you were English! (She hosts Top Chef, was married to Salman Rushdie, Miss Universe?)

― Leee, Friday, 13 November 2009 23:06 (sixteen years ago)

In rewatching the show from the beginning, I'm struck by the high level of quality throughout. Sure, some of the guest shots were a little unnecessary and there have been a few lulls, but there's something funny in every episode and most of the episodes are stellar. I would say that the only thing that stands out to me as a distinct wrong move was Sean Hayes as Kenneth's cousin. I hope they never, ever, ever, ever bring him back. Otherwise, this show is effing golden from top to bottom.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

i am english. the only cooking shows i watch are - saturday kitchen and nigel slater. and masterchef.

married to salman rushdie? really? seeing hot girlz w/ crepey freaks makes me sad& a lit bit mo' lonely.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 13 November 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

Also: in poking around the internet, I keep seeing subtle hints that Cheyenne Jackson (Danny/Jack) may officially be part of the cast now. Like I noted somewhere above, they haven't significantly changed the status quo since episode 1, so I'm still waiting for them to figure out a way to jettison him. But he seems like he might be a good fit if he sticks around!

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

ha, it's funny that the seeing-the-joke-coming spat is followed by talk about the waffles, because of course the whole thing with the waffles is that you do kinda know there are going to be waffles in there -- the whole point is that he just said Kenneth knows what he wants before he does -- but the follow-through is still awesome and satisfying and the actual sight of the waffles all lined up like that in waffletastic glory is itself awesome and hilarious

on the other hand I am totally smart enough to know that Tracy and Jenna would wear very different sizes of t-shirt, and they explicitly decided to trade, and yet the sizing after that jump-cut was still a delightful surprise

― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:51 (sixteen years ago)

I just realized where I've seen Danny/Jack! He played Sonny in "Xanadu" on Broadway! (I had family in town and they wanted to see a show. I like the movie, but this was most definitely not the movie. It was painful.)

― lindseykai, Friday, 13 November 2009 23:54 (sixteen years ago)

lol the movie is terrible!

― the only guy in a feminism lit class called The Women Quest (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 14 November 2009 00:03 (sixteen years ago)

lol his name is cheyenne?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 14 November 2009 00:08 (sixteen years ago)

"Spitake" as this year's "Cat sound!"

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 14 November 2009 01:00 (sixteen years ago)

ha my favorite gag in that vein was last year's (iirc) "don't jump!" (to tracy) followed by a jump cut

― k3vin k., Saturday, 14 November 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

xpost to Shakey: You really have to like camp to enjoy it. But the Broadway version tried to explain why every little absurd bit was funny (e.g. jokes about the main character's wacky Australian accent), which ruined the whole thing.

― lindseykai, Saturday, 14 November 2009 03:03 (sixteen years ago)

Xanadu the movie is fucking awesome

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Saturday, 14 November 2009 03:47 (sixteen years ago)

it's weird that this week both 30 rock & community had running gags about one character being able to predict what another was going to say & saying it at the same time

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:02 (sixteen years ago)

that's true but 30R's was kinda typically tossed off and Community's was kind of a plot and put a welcome twist on what looked at first to be kind of garden variety meta, so i didn't even think of the parallel til you mentioned it

― Kenny G. Saxgarden (some dude), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:09 (sixteen years ago)

i hope eventually they pair those shows up on the schedule so i can just watch the snappy jokey shows i like and not find something to do during the hour in between that i'm trying to avoid slow-ass mockumentary shows

― Kenny G. Saxgarden (some dude), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i only realized it cuz i just watched them back to back on hulu

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

only just caught the continuity joke in the opening

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:27 (sixteen years ago)

i was pretty surprised that there was nothing overtly meta about the final shot of jack & liz spinning in a circle as they were talking to each other, esp after the super meta continuity joke - i expected them to pan back and have them on some sort of rotating device or something idk

― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:28 (sixteen years ago)

liz's delivery on "founding father's diet" XD

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:31 (sixteen years ago)

slow-ass mockumentary shows

Miss P&R at your peril.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:40 (sixteen years ago)

tbh dude the title of your thread about that show has put me off it almost as much as anything about the show itself

― Kenny G. Saxgarden (some dude), Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:54 (sixteen years ago)

lol

If you remember at the time it debuted, Amy Poehler was literally EVERYWHERE. It seemed appropriate.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:56 (sixteen years ago)

p&r has gotten pretty good and i really thought it was lousy at first

― trampa va jamon (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 14 November 2009 17:06 (sixteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/sublimerina/sportsshouting.gif

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 November 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

ILNFL regulars

― caek, Monday, 16 November 2009 17:19 (sixteen years ago)

i saw pete hornberger on the street yesterday and i really wanted to yell hornberger!!! at him, but didn't

― mizzell, Monday, 16 November 2009 17:24 (sixteen years ago)

i hope eventually they pair those shows up on the schedule so i can just watch the snappy jokey shows i like and not find something to do during the hour in between that i'm trying to avoid slow-ass mockumentary shows

i love dvr

― da croupier, Monday, 16 November 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

also dvr let's me watch the first five minutes of leno after 30 rock, which is just enough to satisfy my morbid curiosity each week

― da croupier, Monday, 16 November 2009 17:28 (sixteen years ago)

I just Hulu all this shit.

― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Monday, 16 November 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

from twitter: questlove:producing a Jane Krakowski Xmas jam. Friggin most professional voice ever. no wonder I love 30 Rock so much.

― sous les paves, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 02:23 (sixteen years ago)

8^S

― max, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 02:25 (sixteen years ago)

i only really lol'd at the waffles bit hrmm

― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 19 November 2009 23:16 (sixteen years ago)

weird to see someone from Studio 60 on 30 Rock

― dan me, perryhole (some dude), Friday, 20 November 2009 03:26 (sixteen years ago)

you revived this thread without repeating a joke, have you any respect??

― chillwave dudes get washed out, totally (J0rdan S.), Friday, 20 November 2009 03:29 (sixteen years ago)

i'm bad at remembering quotes. there was one good one i wanted to, but eh forgot it.

― dan me, perryhole (some dude), Friday, 20 November 2009 03:42 (sixteen years ago)

gay hipster cop

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 20 November 2009 03:46 (sixteen years ago)

...our topical sketch this week is about Omarosa borrowing Bjork's swan dress.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 20 November 2009 04:22 (sixteen years ago)

smell my flowers

― tehresa, Friday, 20 November 2009 05:17 (sixteen years ago)

ugh i wnna watch this

― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 November 2009 05:19 (sixteen years ago)

this ep wasn't v good :[

― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 November 2009 05:59 (sixteen years ago)

no greenzo no credibility

― señor wig day (get bent), Friday, 20 November 2009 06:26 (sixteen years ago)

(Pun on "Disgrace")

― Alf, Lord Melmacsyn (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 06:32 (sixteen years ago)

Al Gore's teeth are fucked up

― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 20 November 2009 07:50 (sixteen years ago)

I had my fingers crossed for a Lisa Bonet cameo ;_;

― Moon Unit Zeppo (Oh my, how original), Friday, 20 November 2009 11:16 (sixteen years ago)

good to see spaceman again

― max, Friday, 20 November 2009 13:57 (sixteen years ago)

Is "Green Week" an actual thing at NBC that they're trying to promote? The cold open of The Office had to do with a character Dwight invented for Earth Day, which struck me as weird, since Earth Day is five months away.

― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

pretty sure it's an actual thing, i remember the greenzo/first al gore episode was tied into some week-long promotion

"community" also had a "green" plotline last night, though parks & rec did not, oddly

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

um, hello, 85% of the episode took place outside, which is uh, green, hellloooooo? also the show is called parks (which are green) and recreation.

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

but they also shot a bunch of birds

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

mixed messages imo

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

hmmm

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:45 (sixteen years ago)

i laughed a lot at this ep.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 20 November 2009 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

just got round to watching last weeks. wow at padma lakshmi.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Friday, 20 November 2009 15:06 (sixteen years ago)

(Pun on "Disgrace")

that was lol

MEMOIRS
OF A
GEISS
- HA!

― dmr, Friday, 20 November 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

drama is like their Gatorade

― dmr, Friday, 20 November 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

geiss screams son pay

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 15:35 (sixteen years ago)

overall not the greatest episode though
all the green week stuff was tedious

― dmr, Friday, 20 November 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

not the greatest but i still laughed at lots of stuff, esp. tracy reacting to the laugh track in his hallucination: "don't patronize me! why are you laughing? that wasn't funny!"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)

Spaceman was great. but Tracy was golden

"Rudy and I making a sandwich for 25 minutes"

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 November 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

i loved the line about "it's surgery, so make sure you don't eat beforehand... as i will preparing you a magnificent breakfast"!

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

i mean if he was a monkey, then how was he killed by a monkey?

― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:06 (sixteen years ago)

haha ok THAT was what i wanted to quote but forgot

― dan me, perryhole (some dude), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

oh man tracy-tracy junior is gold

― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

would like to hear tracy's strip club story

― dmr, Friday, 20 November 2009 19:15 (sixteen years ago)

I did like how Rip Torn's son played Geiss' son

― kingfish, Friday, 20 November 2009 19:24 (sixteen years ago)

eh, if you've heard one tiger-sneezing-on-some-boobs story you've heard em all

― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 20 November 2009 19:24 (sixteen years ago)

I did like how Rip Torn's son played Geiss' son

― kingfish, Friday, November 20, 2009 2:24 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"I will always be my father's fancy boy!"

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

this was a good ep!

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

What does the girl say after Jenna says 'i thought yesterday was take your black kid to work day' ?

― t. weiss, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:04 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i totally missed it, but wasn't bothered to rewind.

― dan selzer, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:05 (sixteen years ago)

i think it was 'no, it's always wednesday!'

― tehresa, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)

http://kweerious.com/projects/plaything/ruxpin.jpg

― dmr, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

Like an Italian sex party

― Moodles, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:37 (sixteen years ago)

o_0 at Liz Lemon thinking the black girl was stealing her phone

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:50 (sixteen years ago)

her blurting out un-PC things or accidntally revealing hidden prejudices is like one of that character's primary defining characteristics after wearing glasses and liking sandwiches

― dan me, perryhole (some dude), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:52 (sixteen years ago)

well, yeah, just funny how blatant that one was

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:53 (sixteen years ago)

http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktel2nmm7k1qz5f2io1_500.png

I liked that Teddy dressed for the occasion.

― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Friday, 20 November 2009 23:49 (sixteen years ago)

The Geiss headlines were my favorite part.

― ô_o (Nicole), Saturday, 21 November 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

was trying to remember what made me lol so hard and it was teddy ruxpin

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 21 November 2009 07:17 (sixteen years ago)

I'm surprised so many thought this one was weak-- I liked it alot. Also Gore's recycled joke was tops.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 21 November 2009 07:18 (sixteen years ago)

gore was noticeably better than last time he was on - guy was totally thinking, practicing

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 21 November 2009 07:20 (sixteen years ago)

teddy ruxpin killed me.

Al Gore was actually pretty good. He very nearly made me laugh.

― Super Cub, Saturday, 21 November 2009 08:27 (sixteen years ago)

Astronaut Mike Dexter!

― gerbl (Pillbox), Sunday, 22 November 2009 00:18 (sixteen years ago)

"We all see the little black boy in the corner, right?"

― James Mitchell, Sunday, 22 November 2009 09:26 (sixteen years ago)

"What have children ever done for us?"
"Well they make all our shoes and wallets."

― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 22 November 2009 09:52 (sixteen years ago)

Wonder if they're going to introduce a "Lemon and Donaghy attempt to have a baby together" plotline.

― James Mitchell, Sunday, 22 November 2009 11:26 (sixteen years ago)

i like the lack of plotline this time around. the new cast member is integrated and comically bountiful, whereas liz adopting a kid felt kinda tacked on and awkward.

also liz throwing her bag into the ceiling was the funniest.

― rap band (schlump), Sunday, 22 November 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

whereas liz adopting a kid felt kinda tacked on and awkward.

as did the whole Milton Green storyline which they conveniently forgot about.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Sunday, 22 November 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

Just noticed that when Jack is talking to THE PROBLEM SOLVERS and Jenna says "Are you as turned on as I am?", Tracy is nodding his head. :)

― 9-1 never forget (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 22 November 2009 18:17 (sixteen years ago)

trivial pursuit the movie!

― 9-1 never forget (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 22 November 2009 18:18 (sixteen years ago)

I hope that's a reference to the Monopoly movie.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Sunday, 22 November 2009 18:19 (sixteen years ago)

"...but i can't because i've got this little d-bag here"
"i know what that means"
"and YET you won't tell me"

― fake plastic t's (k3vin k.), Monday, 23 November 2009 03:12 (sixteen years ago)

"Yes, but I can't shut the flue, so it smells like Burger King during the day and Cinnabon all night."

― I DIED, Monday, 23 November 2009 04:03 (sixteen years ago)

"Holding up one finger to get someone to be quiet? He invented that."

― Darin, Monday, 23 November 2009 19:52 (sixteen years ago)

wasn't there something else where he attributed a Godfather quote to Don Geiss with a copyright date the year before? I have to watch the episode again...

― musically, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:19 (sixteen years ago)

making you an offer you cannae refute

― 9-1 never forget (a hoy hoy), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:44 (sixteen years ago)

I liked the "Jack's going to tell you what to do next" throw from the aerobics video.

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:52 (sixteen years ago)

Someone tell me about this "sun tea" system. I am curious.

― Leee, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 02:56 (sixteen years ago)

it just occurred to me that there's no jewish characters on this show. kind of odd considering it's a new york comedy abotu the entertainment biz, no?

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:22 (sixteen years ago)

hornburger?

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:24 (sixteen years ago)

how do you know there are no jewish characters on the show?

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:24 (sixteen years ago)

(n/a: i think he's a jew!)

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

Hey man, where did you learn all these Jewish words?
My manager Harvey Levin!

― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

tracy is jewish--werewolf bar mitzvah

― la monte jung (cutty), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:28 (sixteen years ago)

but yeah now that slocks mentions it, i can't think of anyone? there are plenty of lol ny jewish jokes, though, is the thing

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:29 (sixteen years ago)

Also, Jack's dad (and presumably then Jack to some degree) is Jewish.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:30 (sixteen years ago)

...also it seems like half the jew jokes made are "haha they run the entertainment industry" and yet are nowhere to be seen, which maybe makes them funnier? like they're mentioned as lawyers/agents but never overtly present?

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

have you ever laughed at that "joke"

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

no, not really

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)

i mean basically i agree with you? i think it's slightly weird that there are no jewish characters and yet the show IS peppered with rabbi/agent/bar mitzvah/ny jokes. was just wondering if that was ~intentional~

― itdn put butt in the display name (gbx), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

I have! I laughed for like 2 minutes at Fey's, "Why don't you save us the time and just say Jew" joke.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:42 (sixteen years ago)

oy fey

― rap band (schlump), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:57 (sixteen years ago)

josh was jewish i think

― max, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

rip

― max, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

exactly

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.watching30rock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/35309352.jpg

― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

josh from 30 rock asking for the bathroom key at lennys sandwiches ina west village

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:36 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

30 rock people spotted by me: josh, twofer, jack

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:02 (sixteen years ago)

i know you're listing people by their character names but it feels weird to me that you saw Alec Baldwin somewhere but just said you saw "Jack"

― turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)

you don't know jack

― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:04 (sixteen years ago)

josh (lonny) was my friend's roommate for a long time

― la monte jung (cutty), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:18 (sixteen years ago)

probably brought up here but i totally didn't know/remember that jane k. was the cousin of "daddy says i'm the best" fame from Vacation! watching it tonight on t.v. they change the line to "science teacher". but the line is also totally proto-30 rock for real!

http://snichael.com/snichael/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/vacation2.png

― scott seward, Thursday, 26 November 2009 04:39 (sixteen years ago)

Is it on this week?

― James Mitchell, Thursday, 26 November 2009 08:23 (sixteen years ago)

Nope. They're re-running the Office wedding episode then some "People of the Year" special.

― Jouster, Thursday, 26 November 2009 09:59 (sixteen years ago)

Jane K looks like Charlotte Coleman there. :(

― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Thursday, 26 November 2009 12:35 (sixteen years ago)

http://nymag.com/movies/features/62376/ article posted on the community thread w/ donald glover, one of the former writers.

You wrote a lot for Tracy Morgan’s character. How was that?
The first day I met him, I had a small Afro, and he was like, “You know, if you want to get dreads, you should get your girl pregnant and put the placenta in your hair.” And I was like, “What the fuck … are you talking about?” But from that point on, I thought, Any brain that can make that up needs to be studied.

― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 10:34 (sixteen years ago)

He's Toofer given a hipster makeover.

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:43 (sixteen years ago)

yes, he is black

― max, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

I was going more for the 'nerdy comedy show writer that doesn't wear trucker hats and have a huge gut' angle, but point taken.

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

there was a studio 60 episode about it iirc

― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:55 (sixteen years ago)

black people are funny when they aren't ghetto says aaron sorkin

― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:56 (sixteen years ago)

still dying at Spaceman's "now its surgery so don't eat beforehand, because i'll have a big breakfast waiting for you"

― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:11 (sixteen years ago)

I had no idea the Community guy was a writer for 30 Rock.

― Darin, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:46 (sixteen years ago)

Seems to be a lot more performer/writer crossover on TV these days. That's a good thing, I think.

― Darin, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

"we're like Ross and Rachel, except not gay"

Is Dennis coming back this season?

― musically, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 23:35 (sixteen years ago)

cleaned-up versions of Garrison Keillor stories.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 December 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)

THIS IS HOW I CRY NOW!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 December 2009 02:58 (sixteen years ago)

hi-def

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 4 December 2009 12:57 (sixteen years ago)

i thought her new haircut looked cute!

― werner herzog eats a cookie (get bent), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:12 (sixteen years ago)

fringe was a mess

and yes omg hi-def. just a shame they didn't put more people in front of it, would have loved to have seen what frank, toofer, jenna and tracy look like

― Wee xx (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:14 (sixteen years ago)

also lol at non speaking writers

― Wee xx (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:14 (sixteen years ago)

was that Danny Baldwin when Alec walked by hi-def?

― dan selzer, Friday, 4 December 2009 13:40 (sixteen years ago)

I think it was a clip from an old Alec movie.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 December 2009 14:07 (sixteen years ago)

I would like a kenneth muppet, or failing that a muppets 30 rock cross over episode.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)

Its gotten to the point where I begin to crack up as soon as Dr. Spaceman shows up on the screen.

"LASIG, well, that's curious"

― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

best episode of the season

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:16 (sixteen years ago)

I've been told I shouldn't have sex with my patients

― unobtaintium (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:21 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ xfl & to catch a predator in the dealbreaker studio

― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 December 2009 18:46 (sixteen years ago)

Wish they had given Judah Friedlander more time to prep his Liz transformation. He is amazing in American Splendor, and maybe if they notified him a year in advance he could have hunkered down with videotapes and gotten it down.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 4 December 2009 19:09 (sixteen years ago)

actual lols at the hi-def stuff, also "now wave...like a human being...remember waving?"

― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Friday, 4 December 2009 19:30 (sixteen years ago)

picture of obama with his shirt off on banks' wall

― caek, Friday, 4 December 2009 20:14 (sixteen years ago)

"the new england journal of medicine does not publish x-rated cartoons"

― caek, Friday, 4 December 2009 20:15 (sixteen years ago)

Hornberger stole the show during that scene where he was directing Liz.

― dan selzer, Friday, 4 December 2009 20:19 (sixteen years ago)

"Let's not play the blame game."

"We can't. I'm not wearing my outfit."

― Darin, Friday, 4 December 2009 21:38 (sixteen years ago)

cam-er-ahh

― werner herzog eats a cookie (get bent), Friday, 4 December 2009 21:40 (sixteen years ago)

Also, major lolz @ Lemon pulling a Gollum at the end of the episode.

― Darin, Friday, 4 December 2009 22:05 (sixteen years ago)

best episode of the season

Or alternately, the worst of the season.

― Leee, Friday, 4 December 2009 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

i wonder what tuomas would think of pete's shoplifting...

― brutt fartve (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 December 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

maybe we can undid these handcuffs?

― brutt fartve (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 December 2009 23:17 (sixteen years ago)

ok spaceman killed it

― brutt fartve (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 December 2009 23:26 (sixteen years ago)

I'd say silliest episode of the season.

― Darin, Friday, 4 December 2009 23:29 (sixteen years ago)

"jack, i just got your business sext"

― brutt fartve (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 December 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

^haha yes

― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 December 2009 23:56 (sixteen years ago)

"I get it. Elegance. That's why people come to Yakov's Nubian Bling Explosion."

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 5 December 2009 06:13 (sixteen years ago)

The Philip Michael Thomas EGOT medallion: funny because it's true.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2008/02/the-oscars-wher.html

― drench, Saturday, 5 December 2009 14:33 (sixteen years ago)

best episode of the season

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), den 4 december 2009 19:16 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 5 December 2009 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

The Philip Michael Thomas EGOT medallion: funny because it's true.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2008/02/the-oscars-wher.html

― drench, Saturday, December 5, 2009 9:33 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

“I read books on philosophy, religion, higher learning, and spaceships”

lool proto-tj

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 5 December 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

that's amazing that that's true.

Once saw an interview with Beyonce where she basically said she was EGOTING.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 5 December 2009 16:51 (sixteen years ago)

The Liz Lemon haircut: funny because it's true:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CrpmxJDhL._SS500_.jpg

― ô_o (Nicole), Sunday, 6 December 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

guys srsly this is what happened to my bangs the last time i went to get my hair cut and i have been struggling with it for a few weeks :( :( :(

was that Danny Baldwin when Alec walked by hi-def?

― dan selzer, Friday, December 4, 2009 5:40 AM

I think it was a clip from an old Alec movie.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, December 4, 2009 6:07 AM

i had to go replay it bc i thought it was don draper at first!

― tehresa, Monday, 7 December 2009 05:22 (sixteen years ago)

<333 liz doing promos for the show, the one hand gesture i think is the same as the one jack commissioned a few eps back

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 8 December 2009 04:19 (sixteen years ago)

the show = dealbreakers

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 8 December 2009 04:19 (sixteen years ago)

it was a good bit but kinda overly reminiscent of the classic season 1 scene w/ Jack being awkward on camera ("what do I do with my arms?")

― radric in manehattan (some dude), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 04:53 (sixteen years ago)

haha she is so awkward in that cover photo

― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 08:18 (sixteen years ago)

xpost i'm convinced that tiny fey was copying as much as possible the action from this snuggie ad for the promo filming scene

― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 18:21 (sixteen years ago)

haha she is so awkward in that cover photo

The only reason I found that cover is Entertainment Weekly asked her what her biggest regret was, and her answer was appearing on the cover of Entertainment Weekly w/that haircut.

― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

i've been rewatching the whole series with my gf, and the weirdest thing happened when watching the season 2 ep where edie falco first shows up. i was doing netflix on the xbox, and all of the foley sounds and music cues were there, but all the dialogue was silent! it was actually pretty hilarious to see tracey bust into the rerun dance with no context. then i tried streaming it on my computer and it was fine.

― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)

I have a Roku box, I think I've rewatched every ep at least three times by now, if not more. There's always a joke you didn't get the first time, and you start noticing random things, like there's this one actor who plays the same homeless guy in multiple episodes, or that Troy from Community shows up as different characters too (the ep where Jenna seduces Jack's "boss," he plays a stagehand who takes the actor to the stage).

― musically, Friday, 11 December 2009 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

like there's this one actor who plays the same homeless guy in multiple episodes

moonvest!

― shaane, Friday, 11 December 2009 00:14 (sixteen years ago)

are we ever going to see "the new guy" again? thought he had potential to be funny for some reason

― la monte jung (cutty), Friday, 11 December 2009 00:28 (sixteen years ago)

OMG Julianne Moore FTW!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 02:37 (sixteen years ago)

pls make .gif of lemon face while looking @ "you-face"

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

also A+ keeping liz w/ weird haircut thru multi-episode arc

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:39 (sixteen years ago)

Verdukianism! (Good merlinpeeng.)

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

rage stroke

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:46 (sixteen years ago)

fyi: youface.com is nothing. I was about to sign up, dammit!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 02:47 (sixteen years ago)

OMG

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

bomb threat lol

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 11 December 2009 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

Wait, but that's on ABC.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

Troy from Community shows up as different characters too (the ep where Jenna seduces Jack's "boss," he plays a stagehand who takes the actor to the stage).

― musically, Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:04 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well, he was a writer on 30 Rock until Community started

― some dude, Friday, 11 December 2009 03:30 (sixteen years ago)

OMG

It was OMFG!

― nickn, Friday, 11 December 2009 06:41 (sixteen years ago)

julianne moore needs to use that boston irish accent in EVERY role.

― Siberian Klaatu (get bent), Friday, 11 December 2009 06:44 (sixteen years ago)

^^^^^ Absolutely

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 11 December 2009 09:28 (sixteen years ago)

$95 olive oil / sister out of north korean prison

― high-five machine (schlump), Friday, 11 December 2009 10:41 (sixteen years ago)

OMG

It was OMFG!

― nickn, Friday, December 11, 2009 1:41 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that was my saying OMG @ how they wrapped up the ending

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:41 (sixteen years ago)

Good merlinpeeng.

― what u think i steen for to push a crawfish? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

<3 julianne moore

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Friday, 11 December 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

am waiting to watch the latest for my roommate to leave the living room (we both have finals right now, i feel like i have to at least look like i'm working instead of watching tv while he's around). i'm so impatient!

― Maria, Friday, 11 December 2009 15:57 (sixteen years ago)

julianne moores accent kinda sucked tbh

― ice cr?m, Friday, 11 December 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

great episode

― max, Friday, 11 December 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

I usually love Julianne Moore, but her presence in this episode grated on my soul. Her attempt at a Boston accent was horribly done and the whole plotline with her was pretty creepy.

The rest of the episode was fairly good, especially Verdukianism, but the Jack and Julianne stuff was terrible. I hope she doesn't turn out to be a regular character.

Also, did anyone notice that Liz had kind of a small role this week? That's kind of a bummer.

― Moodles, Friday, 11 December 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

who does great boston accents in the 30-rock SNL universe?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 11 December 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)

Rachel Dratch

― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Friday, 11 December 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)

I have no beef with Julianne Moore, but am all for replacing Alec Baldwin's love interest with Rachel Dratch.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 11 December 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i miss rachel popping up as random characters like in season one

― eight woofers in the trunk sb'n down the block (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 11 December 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

I have no beef with Julianne Moore, but am all for replacing Alec Baldwin's love interest with Rachel Dratch.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, December 11, 2009 1:41 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

He already hooked up with her once
Happy Valentines.

― mizzell, Friday, 11 December 2009 19:02 (sixteen years ago)

ValenTIMES

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

real question: how many people in the boston area actually have a stereotypical boston accent these days? i haven't been there in ages but i don't remember it being a huge thing.

― Siberian Klaatu (get bent), Friday, 11 December 2009 19:43 (sixteen years ago)

Part of that is because a large # of people who live here didn't grow up here; I'd guess that in my normal travels it's about 50%; most of my friends do not have the accent, but most of the people I ride the bus with who were born in the area do.

― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Friday, 11 December 2009 19:46 (sixteen years ago)

I like 30 Rock more than the Office now. Last season it was the other way around.

This Christmas episode was good, but everything Liz Lemon said had me LOL.

"I'm gonna go work on your real gift. You know what would go real nice on that wall over there? A drawing of a frog..."

― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 11 December 2009 22:58 (sixteen years ago)

i worked for 3 years at a job that required me to be on the phone all day w/ people all over the country. a relatively small % of the southerners I spoke to had audible southern accents but i swear that EVERY SINGLE PERSON i ever talked to in Massachusetts and also many in surrounding states had thick stereotypical Boston accents.

― some dude, Friday, 11 December 2009 23:46 (sixteen years ago)

i think Moore's accent was bad and annoying on purpose but it still really pretty much ruined every scene she was in for me. gonna be pissed if she gets a Hayek-style arc.

― some dude, Friday, 11 December 2009 23:47 (sixteen years ago)

OMG

It was OMFG!

― nickn, Friday, December 11, 2009 1:41 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that was my saying OMG @ how they wrapped up the ending

I suspected as much, I just wanted to OMG hearing OMFG.

― nickn, Saturday, 12 December 2009 04:48 (sixteen years ago)

I usually love Julianne Moore, but her presence in this episode grated on my soul. Her attempt at a Boston accent was horribly done and the whole plotline with her was pretty creepy.

The rest of the episode was fairly good, especially Verdukianism, but the Jack and Julianne stuff was terrible. I hope she doesn't turn out to be a regular character.

Also, did anyone notice that Liz had kind of a small role this week? That's kind of a bummer.

― Moodles, Friday, December 11, 2009 12:29 PM (Yesterday)

i read this before watching the ep and fully expected to disagree with everything you said but...otm. except the episode was really bad by 30 rock standards

― k3vin k., Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:08 (sixteen years ago)

last year's christmas show was pretty bad too tho so i'm not worried

― k3vin k., Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:08 (sixteen years ago)

jenna's nosebleed fucking killed me

― tehresa, Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:19 (sixteen years ago)

and julianne moore's accent seemed more like grey gardens than boston to me.

― tehresa, Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:20 (sixteen years ago)

Bizarro! This was a most bodacious episode.

Anyone who doesn't love Jenna gives me a rage stroke.

― Leee, Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:26 (sixteen years ago)

WBS* Jenna, in other words.

*would business sext

― Leee, Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:27 (sixteen years ago)

good episode but it could have used more tracy.

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 12 December 2009 12:27 (sixteen years ago)

love eps where tracy is the one who knows what's up

― tehresa, Saturday, 12 December 2009 19:56 (sixteen years ago)

they need to stop having guest stars to have story arcs with Donaghy. Pain in the arse.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 12 December 2009 19:57 (sixteen years ago)

also a bit desperate.

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Saturday, 12 December 2009 19:58 (sixteen years ago)

when is franco due?

― caek, Saturday, 12 December 2009 19:58 (sixteen years ago)

Want to see more of Tracy and Kenneth in the intellectual deep-end.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:42 (sixteen years ago)

honestly the biggest lol of the episode for me was Jack's "can you get us some pens" at Cerie

― musically, Monday, 14 December 2009 08:55 (sixteen years ago)

they played this at work tonight -- it's almost as good as the jenna/robot guy version:

http://www.links2love.com/christmas_song_the_christmas_waltz.htm

― The Détourn of the Depressed (get bent), Monday, 14 December 2009 09:20 (sixteen years ago)

other highlights:

Tracy's version of "what the whaaaat"
Liz's creativity speech, which I need a transcript of stat

― musically, Monday, 14 December 2009 09:24 (sixteen years ago)

found an upload of the 30 rock "christmas waltz":

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VP4ZNWN0

― The Détourn of the Depressed (get bent), Monday, 14 December 2009 09:26 (sixteen years ago)

honestly the biggest lol of the episode for me was Jack's "can you get us some pens" at Cerie

^^^

― caek, Monday, 14 December 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/arts/music/13baldwin.html?_r=1&ref=arts

― tehresa, Monday, 14 December 2009 21:35 (sixteen years ago)

remember his outtakes from the MTV commercials

― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:37 (sixteen years ago)

“The thing I love about the Philharmonic as an institution is that they are such bold risk takers,” he said then. Glenn Close, Sigourney Weaver or Kevin Kline would be obvious voices for the orchestra, he said. “But no, no, no, the Philharmonic chose someone who is the star of one of the silliest, most inane TV shows.”

inane?

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:01 (sixteen years ago)

also hello the ny phil has had THE MOST BORING rep in the world for the past few seasons. i think gilbert will help, but uh... they are a staid institution not really known as being particularly bold!

― tehresa, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)

also

Chamber music appears to hold little interest for him, and he said he did not have time to attend the opera in addition to orchestra concerts. Mozart and “peppy” music are not favorites.

^^^dead to me.

― tehresa, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:10 (sixteen years ago)

boo to anyone who hates voices

― I am a big question mark (HI DERE), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:28 (sixteen years ago)

i don't understand how you can like mahler and hate opera?

― tehresa, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

is it okay to hate Chopin?

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:31 (sixteen years ago)

it's not really okay to hate anyone (except Webern)

― I am a big question mark (HI DERE), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:32 (sixteen years ago)

lol!

― tehresa, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:33 (sixteen years ago)

okay how about strongly dislike?????

― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:35 (sixteen years ago)

oh, that's fine

― I am a big question mark (HI DERE), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:36 (sixteen years ago)

someone step up and donate a kidney to grizz, one of your internal organs could be on tv every week:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017269629

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 12:41 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaElvWH3F84

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 13:30 (sixteen years ago)

what's up with webern???

― jealous ones sb (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJM9ZegXvsI

he is an atonal nightmare

― I am a big question mark (HI DERE), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

(this lady can SANG tho)

― I am a big question mark (HI DERE), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

not my favorite thing in the world but i don't HATE it.
how do you feel about pierrot, hi dere?

― tehresa, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 21:09 (sixteen years ago)

I have no opinion; don't really know him.

― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 21:11 (sixteen years ago)

sad clown

― tehresa, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.wired.com/magazine/wp-content/images/18-01/fail_alec_baldwina_f.jpg

30 Rock doesn’t have the biggest audience, but we have an audience. And my God, what a difference it makes. I walk down the street all day long and people tell me how much they love the show. Not that I need to wake up every day and have every bird in the trees and every horse riding along the bridle path wink at me and say, “Oh, Alec, I loved 30 Rock last night!” But it’s nice.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_alec_baldwin/

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 10:56 (sixteen years ago)

Okay awes pic

― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:58 (sixteen years ago)

the first Alec Baldwin interview I read that featured him being really frank and tough on himself about his career was interesting, the 80th one in 4 years now is just kind of tiresome.

― some dude, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:09 (sixteen years ago)

journalists asking the same qys getting the same answer shockah

― SORRY ASS IMPRESSIONS (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

qus*

― SORRY ASS IMPRESSIONS (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

Missed this on the first read:

Probably a sidekick role on Jack McBrayer’s Kenneth spinoff.

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:34 (sixteen years ago)

is all american telly off for the holidays?

― SORRY ASS IMPRESSIONS (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:37 (sixteen years ago)

yes

― some dude, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:38 (sixteen years ago)

I was wondering about this. Exact opposite of BBC overdrive back home. Luckily I can get the iPlayer cranking for some proper christmas telly.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

how do you get iplayer working here?

― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 15:03 (sixteen years ago)

h1d3ipvpn.com $5.99 a month (numbers to letters)

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 15:09 (sixteen years ago)

Started watching recently. Among my first thought, in comparing it to the Larry Sanders show, was that Alec Baldwin more of less = Artie. And then, bam, Rip Torn plays the figure Jack admires. Coincidence or vaguely plausible crazy hypothesis.

(I don't know if Jack saying Hey Now! at one point is another reference. Probably not).

― EDB, Monday, 4 January 2010 00:33 (sixteen years ago)

when does this start up again??

― the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 January 2010 00:49 (sixteen years ago)

Back on the 14th with a double bill.

― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, 4 January 2010 00:55 (sixteen years ago)

double bill? talking about office/30 rock or

― the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 January 2010 01:03 (sixteen years ago)

two new 30 rocks on the 14th and no new Office. back to normal scheduling the week after. don't know when the olympics start.

― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, 4 January 2010 01:09 (sixteen years ago)

2 30 rocks and no boring ass office? put me down as in favor of that every week

― the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 January 2010 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

coming this february to nbc!

― tehresa, Monday, 4 January 2010 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

February 12th for the olympics

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 4 January 2010 01:23 (sixteen years ago)

I'm liking your style more and more, k3vin k.

― Leee, Monday, 4 January 2010 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

What rerun is on tonight?

― Leee, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:23 (sixteen years ago)

it was the one where everyone got mad at liz about her dealbreakers book

― the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Friday, 8 January 2010 05:35 (sixteen years ago)

wtf @ rerun btw, thought there was a new ep tonight??

― the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Friday, 8 January 2010 05:35 (sixteen years ago)

BLAMO! Another successful interaction etc.!

I totally thought that line was from the premiere.

― Leee, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:38 (sixteen years ago)

next week :/

xp

― Clay, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:38 (sixteen years ago)

but we get, 2 right?

― s1ocki seconds (tehresa), Friday, 8 January 2010 05:39 (sixteen years ago)

Spittake at the shark-in-the-bag.

― Leee, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:40 (sixteen years ago)

Yes, two eps next Thurs!

― Leee, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:49 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.nbc.com/30-rock/video/clips/james-franco-on-30-rock/1190892/

Try and act like you just got drilled.

Also Don Draper is coming back apparently.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 16:50 (fifteen years ago)

Page Six reports that Tracy Morgan paid a surprise visit to the Soho Babeland on Tuesday. "He looked around for a minute and then hollered across the store, 'Hey, do you have motion lotion?' They helped him pick it out. He handed them cash, and ran out of the store to a BMW X6 that was waiting on the street for him."

― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:10 (fifteen years ago)

That's really the best way to handle babeland imo

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)

I was gonna describe it real good...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2010 02:08 (fifteen years ago)

If only all guest star turns could be like James Franco.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 January 2010 02:10 (fifteen years ago)

well that was unexpected

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2010 02:27 (fifteen years ago)

franco rulez.

― scott seward, Friday, 15 January 2010 02:29 (fifteen years ago)

I love it when Jonathan gets pushed aside for someone (anyone) else.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 January 2010 02:29 (fifteen years ago)

god can see us now!

― guardian nagle (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 January 2010 02:43 (fifteen years ago)

omg ken on fire

― guardian nagle (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 January 2010 02:46 (fifteen years ago)

And then I claim my reward...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2010 04:09 (fifteen years ago)

torrents are painfully slow atm

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 15 January 2010 04:11 (fifteen years ago)

it'll be on hulu in like 4 hrs

― guardian nagle (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 January 2010 05:05 (fifteen years ago)

SCRUMPNUGGET

― sleeve, Friday, 15 January 2010 06:02 (fifteen years ago)

I love the subtle reveal of Kenneth's age.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 January 2010 06:14 (fifteen years ago)

liz!

― caek, Friday, 15 January 2010 06:24 (fifteen years ago)

torrents are painfully slow atm

USENET ridiculously zippy!

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 15 January 2010 06:28 (fifteen years ago)

Sidereel! (I know I always say that but it really is the easiest way to see these things I think)

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 15 January 2010 07:44 (fifteen years ago)

loved the steve nash shoutout

― Luz, a saucy taco slinger (hmmmm), Friday, 15 January 2010 08:12 (fifteen years ago)

lol @ liz lemon 3some!

― tehresa, Friday, 15 January 2010 08:17 (fifteen years ago)

franco was amazing. I have Paul Rudd levels of manlove ofor him.

― Isambard Kingdom Buñuel (jim in glasgow), Friday, 15 January 2010 13:57 (fifteen years ago)

I love the subtle reveal of Kenneth's age.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 15, 2010 1:14 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

not so much a reveal as a continuation of the running gag that he's immortal

― some dude, Friday, 15 January 2010 14:00 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, Liz Lemon was getting some serious action last night from both Franco and new guy. That threesome reveal had me losing my shit.

Was it just me or was James Franco looking a bit sickly and palid throughout this episode?

― Moodles, Friday, 15 January 2010 14:53 (fifteen years ago)

franco's a cool guy but I hope that's it for him on this show, he doesn't fit.

I love the little bits of physical comedy the show sprinkles in about once an episode, ken had me legit rofling w/ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME??

― guardian nagle (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 January 2010 17:37 (fifteen years ago)

lol @ "i cant believe they chose me and not Ayiiia from the real world cancun"

wasnt there abt the same exact plot w/ the floydster of liz and jack vying for his time?

this show absolutely excels at doing pre-credit open segments - feel like u could edit together all of them & it'd be lols nonstop

― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 January 2010 18:19 (fifteen years ago)

I decided that Tina Fey dancing is right up there with Dave Chappelle screaming in the level of things that are always funny

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2010 19:03 (fifteen years ago)

Were you an ass scientist? Because your ass blah blah blah you get my point.

― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, 15 January 2010 19:07 (fifteen years ago)

^so desperate to hear the end of that

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 15 January 2010 20:36 (fifteen years ago)

a truly great moment

― tehresa, Friday, 15 January 2010 20:36 (fifteen years ago)

"i'll loan you a shirt, try to look like you just got drilled"

― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:19 (fifteen years ago)

love reading this thread before i've seen the episode. wonder if that^ will be funny.

― mizzell, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:24 (fifteen years ago)

report back

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:14 (fifteen years ago)

YOU TAKE YOUR REWARD

― schlump, Saturday, 16 January 2010 03:04 (fifteen years ago)

...you take your reward

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 16 January 2010 03:59 (fifteen years ago)

awesomely creepy and hilarious

― Nhex, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:00 (fifteen years ago)

it was really funny, liked franco a lot.

― mizzell, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:04 (fifteen years ago)

What kind of a Canadian leaves a hockey game before it's over.

― Leee, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:22 (fifteen years ago)

^^this is exactly what i was thinking!

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:24 (fifteen years ago)

AND WEARS A RANGERS HAT

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:24 (fifteen years ago)

A canadian who is going to go get some, I guess...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:29 (fifteen years ago)

a canadian feeling the lure of the back of liz lemon's knees.

― mizzell, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:32 (fifteen years ago)

Lutz is quickly becoming my favorite background character.

― Darin, Saturday, 16 January 2010 06:54 (fifteen years ago)

He wasn't already?

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 January 2010 07:19 (fifteen years ago)

KENNETH YR HAIRCUT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO LESBIANS

― Body Butter (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 16 January 2010 11:19 (fifteen years ago)

oh yeah lutz screaming and dropping the hot bagel was so great i rewatched it 3x

― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:32 (fifteen years ago)

it's not what it looks like! i need to wear it for support!

― tehresa, Saturday, 16 January 2010 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

the papers are calling us James, it's a combination of Jenna and James.

― mizzell, Saturday, 16 January 2010 21:22 (fifteen years ago)

it's not what it looks like! i need to wear it for support my breasts!

Fixed. ^_^

― Leee, Saturday, 16 January 2010 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i couldn't remember if he actually said breasts or not!

― tehresa, Saturday, 16 January 2010 23:18 (fifteen years ago)

Uh-oh!!

<3 this show so much.

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 17 January 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

Franco's agent looked familiar...

― Leee, Sunday, 17 January 2010 05:11 (fifteen years ago)

Twofer OTM about Quidditch.

― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Monday, 18 January 2010 16:46 (fifteen years ago)

UH OH

― guardian nagle (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 January 2010 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

Twofer OTM about Quidditch.

seriously this has bugged me ever since I started reading the books!

― musically, Monday, 18 January 2010 22:14 (fifteen years ago)

This probably isn't the thread to try and counter that argument

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 January 2010 22:32 (fifteen years ago)

haaaaaaa lutz

― ethan PADGY (k3vin k.), Friday, 22 January 2010 02:32 (fifteen years ago)

No, not Tufts...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 January 2010 02:38 (fifteen years ago)

Sue is the best new character. (I'm assuming she's new since I first noticed her in that Tracy daughter episode.)

― Mordy, Friday, 22 January 2010 02:38 (fifteen years ago)

She's been silent for four seasons. I can see why all the sudden they gave her lines, but why haven't they done it all along?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 January 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

picking lunch really is nerve-wracking, tho

― ethan PADGY (k3vin k.), Friday, 22 January 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

WE DIDN'T LAND ON PLYMOUTH ROCK, PLYMOUTH ROCK LANDED ON MARS

^ t-shirt, plz.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 January 2010 02:46 (fifteen years ago)

i would...nt

― ethan PADGY (k3vin k.), Friday, 22 January 2010 02:47 (fifteen years ago)

Any Boston-themed episode is awesome in my book. I walk by those guys dressed up in revolutionary garb on the Freedom Trail practically every day after work.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 22 January 2010 03:06 (fifteen years ago)

She's been silent for four seasons. I can see why all the sudden they gave her lines, but why haven't they done it all along?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:39 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

They gave her a speaking line last year when they revealed her to be Dutch.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 January 2010 03:07 (fifteen years ago)

haha i used to work on the freedom trail
looking forward to 30 rock then!

― Maria, Friday, 22 January 2010 03:07 (fifteen years ago)

George W. Ashington, btw

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 January 2010 05:18 (fifteen years ago)

wish i could remember what hornberger's hypnotism command words were for getting liz to take her shirt off

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 22 January 2010 05:31 (fifteen years ago)

nutmeg, rodeo

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 January 2010 05:34 (fifteen years ago)

Nutmeg was the trigger word, but I can't remember what the stop word was.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 January 2010 05:34 (fifteen years ago)

oh yeah, rodeo.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 January 2010 05:34 (fifteen years ago)

what a sleazy S.O.B., that pete.

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 22 January 2010 05:36 (fifteen years ago)

On the one hand, I like all the Boston humor. Being from Boston, it all hits home pretty hard. But every time that damn Julianne Moore opens her mouth, I want to stab pencils in my ears. The frustrating thing is that she's going to show up on many more episodes.

Salma Hayek was soooo much better!

― Moodles, Friday, 22 January 2010 16:34 (fifteen years ago)

No, not Tufts...

literal screamed laughter at my house

― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

(mostly at Jenna's "SHUT UP.")

― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

salma was great, but not for the first few episodes she was in. hoping julianne develops in the show in a similar way.

― mizzell, Friday, 22 January 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

It's impossible unless she ditches the accent.

― Moodles, Friday, 22 January 2010 16:56 (fifteen years ago)

i feel like a dick for hating on every other multi-episode mini-plot they have, but fuck nancy

― k3vin k., Friday, 22 January 2010 18:21 (fifteen years ago)

in moore's defense, boston accents are obnoxious and horrible anyway so i'm not gonna blame her -- i have family members who speak exactly like her character.

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Friday, 22 January 2010 18:21 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, after hearing people murder southern accents for laughs on television for decades, a little poke at a Boston accent by Julianne Moore is hilarious to me.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 January 2010 18:46 (fifteen years ago)

that's purrfect, like a cat's birthday!

― you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 22 January 2010 18:56 (fifteen years ago)

Is it a real accent then? I couldn't work it out, but it was very off-putting.

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:43 (fifteen years ago)

it's a combination of that accent and some weird nervous energy she projects as the character. i've never been annoyed by her like that in her other roles.

― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:12 (fifteen years ago)

idk, it's not a south boston accent (which is maybe why people think she's doing it wrong?) but it's pretty accurate for LOL waltham imo.

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:13 (fifteen years ago)

The accent isn't completely inaccurate, just overdone to the point of being obnoxious and distracting. She lays it on too thick to make it sound natural. Instead it sounds like Julianne Moore working real hard to do Waltham accent.

― Moodles, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:33 (fifteen years ago)

i don't have a problem with her accent, i just don't think she's very funny.

― mizzell, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

it is pretty much a running gag now that jack always hooks up with ladies with overplayed accents, isn't it?

― Nhex, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

I'd like to hear her bust out some Maude Lebowski lines with that accent. "Sex can be a natural, zesty enterprise."

― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:45 (fifteen years ago)

well, phoebe had faked am english accent, but CC didn't have much of a Vermont accent that I remember.
xp

― mizzell, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

it's like she keeps slipping into that weird Newfoundlandian accent from The Shipping News

― Fahrvergnügent (herb albert), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:55 (fifteen years ago)

i appeciated the way they goofed on her accent ("salt the carport" / "wire a doorbell") but there were a bunch of Boston-specific lols in this ep. the Natalie Jacobson reference totally floored me.

xp isabella rossalini saying "damnit, Jack, you know i love my big beef & cheddar" in her accent was major rofl

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:00 (fifteen years ago)

according to wikipedia lutz is married to sue (the writer who tracy recruited into his entourage) in real life.

― mizzell, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

No, not Tufts...

literal screamed laughter at my house

― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, January 22, 2010 8:37 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
(mostly at Jenna's "SHUT UP.")

― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE),

Is there any extra dimension to the H-dropping that us public university schlubs missed?

Also happy to see Liz really internalizing Jack's advice to never badmouth synergy.

― Leee, Friday, 22 January 2010 22:02 (fifteen years ago)

uh, emily mortimer is rly britishes dood

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

she faked a US accent if that's what you mean

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

Toofer's entire spiel is almost word-for-word a de rigueur script used when a particularly insufferable type of Harvard grad wants you to know he/she went there really, really badly but doesn't want to seem like they're bragging by coming right out and saying it.

(The non-douchey iteration, or less-douchey anyway, is when you don't pre-emptively answer the next logical question and is usually used when you've been burned enough time by people turning into space-case freaks over where you went to school that you'd rather not mention it and want someone to form an opinion about you without having them immediately start calling you things like "EINSTEIN GENIUSPANTS" and "MR SMARTYFACE KNOWSEVERYTHING" before you actually have the chance to prove via normal conversation that you do actually think you know everything.)

― in the name of the purple and gold (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

btw someone did actually call me EINSTEIN GENIUSPANTS and pretty much disrupted every attempt I made to join in a group conversation with "Oooh, let the professor speak!" and "Oh of course he has to say something, he went to HARVARD". This woman was someone I really, really wanted to strangle.

― in the name of the purple and gold (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:25 (fifteen years ago)

she sounds like someone who didn't get into harvard; what an ass.

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:25 (fifteen years ago)

The bright spot was that everyone else there thought she was a total racist bitch, so I knew I wasn't actually being overbearingly knowledgeable about every fucking thing under the sun.

― in the name of the purple and gold (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

some harvard ppl are very overly concerned in expressing harvard is not *IN* boston, but it's *NEARBY* y/n?

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

oh that would be a ginormous Y

― in the name of the purple and gold (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

uh, emily mortimer is rly britishes dood

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, January 22, 2010 5:22 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

but her character was revealed to be faking the british accent.

― mizzell, Friday, 22 January 2010 22:43 (fifteen years ago)

love history buff tj!

― tehresa, Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:19 (fifteen years ago)

btw someone did actually call me EINSTEIN GENIUSPANTS

And she was an ADULT??

― Möbius dick (╓abies), Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)

uh, emily mortimer is rly britishes dood

As a British, I'm pretty sure that she was hugely exaggerating her natural accent. No one talks like that outside of 40s films.

― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Saturday, 23 January 2010 02:10 (fifteen years ago)

I go around saying "I love your little hat!" like that all the time!

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 23 January 2010 02:11 (fifteen years ago)

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwogmpgXlY1qze4c7o1_500.png

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 23 January 2010 03:37 (fifteen years ago)

^^^
Much as I like 30 Rock, I find most of their 4th wall-breaking moments like that overly knowing and a bit cringey.

― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Saturday, 23 January 2010 03:40 (fifteen years ago)

♪♫ let's get divorced, you marry the butler and i'll be a gay octo-mom ♪♫

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 23 January 2010 04:29 (fifteen years ago)

Just saw the Franco episode. Holy crap that was funny. Kenneth was killin' it!

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 24 January 2010 22:06 (fifteen years ago)

that's purrfect, like a cat's birthday!

― you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, January 22, 2010 6:56 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark

^^^
tracey in the bwoston episode so funny

― free the charmless but occasionally brilliant Dom Passantino (history mayne), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)

why was there no episode last night?

― caek, Friday, 29 January 2010 09:51 (fifteen years ago)

because american tv schedules suck

― brrrrrrrrrrrrrt_stanton (a hoy hoy), Friday, 29 January 2010 09:55 (fifteen years ago)

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1948/kennethpain.gif

― James Mitchell, Friday, 29 January 2010 15:00 (fifteen years ago)

Can't believe this is real
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Copoutposter.jpg
and bummed they dropped the original title (couple of dicks)

― mizzell, Friday, 29 January 2010 15:09 (fifteen years ago)

original title 'lethal weapon reboot'

― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 29 January 2010 15:10 (fifteen years ago)

starring bruce tracey and willis morgan

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 29 January 2010 15:10 (fifteen years ago)

One does the duty, the other gets the booty.

― some dude, Friday, 29 January 2010 15:11 (fifteen years ago)

omg

― max ipad (k3vin k.), Friday, 29 January 2010 15:17 (fifteen years ago)

lol kevin smith.

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 29 January 2010 15:42 (fifteen years ago)

"Rock out with your Glock out."

― nickn, Friday, 29 January 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

kevin smith needs to be blinded

― Goon's Anatomy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 29 January 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

I don't, just casting Tracy Morgan guarantees more laughs than his last 3 or 4 films.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 January 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

insert "know" in there

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 January 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

tracy morgan's scene in jay and silent bob strike back is the best part of that movie

― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 29 January 2010 16:45 (fifteen years ago)

sooooooooooooooooooo is that Jan Hooks' real face?

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 February 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

She hasn't been on tv since 3rd Rock from the Sun, and that was about 11 or 12 years ago. It could be.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 February 2010 02:48 (fifteen years ago)

funny episode but good job recycling the "family members awkwardly duet on a sexually charged song" joke from arrested development (and probably other shows/movies, i don't know)

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 5 February 2010 13:31 (fifteen years ago)

"I knew you had something up your sleeve besides a tattoo of..."
"A mermaid ... doing it with Captain Morgan."

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 5 February 2010 13:33 (fifteen years ago)

"I've been many things in my life: a liar, a dental hygienist"

― peter in montreal, Friday, 5 February 2010 14:08 (fifteen years ago)

could not stop laughing at the mermaid joke

― Mr. Que, Friday, 5 February 2010 14:34 (fifteen years ago)

I can't stop wondering if that's how Jan Hooks really looks now or if they just made her up that way for the show.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:36 (fifteen years ago)

she's 52 years old, she didn't look that bad

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:38 (fifteen years ago)

2004: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/gofugyourself/GFY%20Archive/51321908.jpg

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:59 (fifteen years ago)

the best joke was when jenna showed up to the restaurant and said "I was told I would get paid if I showed up and danced for the Atlanta Hawks"

― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:24 (fifteen years ago)

o_0

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:24 (fifteen years ago)

liz giving birth to the cheesey blasters mascot was great.

― DJ Get Up Kids (jim in glasgow), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:29 (fifteen years ago)

wtf Cop Out is a Kevin Smith movie?!?

― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:48 (fifteen years ago)

hold on... kevin smith making a shitty & half-baked comedy? SOMEONE RECALL ALL THE NEWSPAPERS

― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 February 2010 16:48 (fifteen years ago)

haha

― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:50 (fifteen years ago)

could not stop laughing at the mermaid joke

that and the concept of "dressing up" in white jeans and a Miami Dolphins jersey

― joygoat, Friday, 5 February 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

I liked the "redrum" voice when Liz orders the pizza in her sleep.

― o. nate, Friday, 5 February 2010 18:58 (fifteen years ago)

is it supposed to be a paranormal activity spoof? should i watch paranormal activity to get the joke more fully?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 5 February 2010 19:05 (fifteen years ago)

hi i was told id get paid if i showed up here and danced while the atlanta hawks ate dinner

― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:05 (fifteen years ago)

is it supposed to be a paranormal activity spoof?

Don't know - haven't seen the movie.

― o. nate, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:06 (fifteen years ago)

I think Liz ordering a pizza in her sleep is a fully formed joke on its own?

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 5 February 2010 21:23 (fifteen years ago)

"perfect, like a john mayer song" sort of made funnier by "purrr-fect, like a cat's birthday" last ep.

― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:09 (fifteen years ago)

wtf Cop Out is a Kevin Smith movie?!?

― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, February 5, 2010 4:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it is crazy how they actually try to hide the fact that kevin smith movies are kevin smith movies now though (they did the same w/that zach and mira make a porno one too)

― XX Decontrol (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 6 February 2010 01:01 (fifteen years ago)

He only directed this one, which makes me wonder why anyone thought he was a competent enough director a film someone else's script.

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Saturday, 6 February 2010 01:05 (fifteen years ago)

none of you believed in me but i did, like the last scene of all movies

― Norman Mail (schlump), Saturday, 6 February 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

i think it's more that the studio doesn't give a shit about telling the network TV audience who directed it (whether or not a significant amount of that audience would give a shit) than that they're hiding it -- same thing w/ F Mr. Fox not really trumpeting Wes Anderson's name in any commercials

― some dude, Saturday, 6 February 2010 01:50 (fifteen years ago)

"mothers! you can't kill them, "

― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:12 (fifteen years ago)

omg jack's presentation

― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:14 (fifteen years ago)

On December 9, 2009, Kevin Smith announced via his Twitter page that the film would indeed go by the new title.[9][10] He also stated that the first trailer for this film would be attached to every copy of Sherlock Holmes when it hits theaters on Christmas day.[11] At the time, Smith acknowledged that the film is "not MY movie, [it's] a movie I was hired to direct."[12][13]

― to' netta blues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:31 (fifteen years ago)

haha he's acting like someone held a gun to his head and was like DIRECT AN INTERRACIAL BUDDY COP MOVIE THAT PRIMARILY STARS BRUCE WILLIS

smith is a garbage artist regardless

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 6 February 2010 02:49 (fifteen years ago)

clerks is dope stfu

― to' netta blues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:15 (fifteen years ago)

that's a one hot movie every ten year average and that's so LAAAAME

― some dude, Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:38 (fifteen years ago)

I liked Clerks when I was a teenager but that shit has aged pretty poorly.

― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:52 (fifteen years ago)

i hope meatcat becomes a regular character.

― tehresa, Saturday, 6 February 2010 04:34 (fifteen years ago)

yeah I liked the return of Meatcat.

― sleeve, Saturday, 6 February 2010 04:44 (fifteen years ago)

razzmatazzzzzzzz

― tehresa, Saturday, 6 February 2010 04:45 (fifteen years ago)

I didn't laugh once at this episode and seeing liz eat that junk was more gross than lols this time

― stop assuming I assumed something LOL (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 6 February 2010 07:29 (fifteen years ago)

True, this one wasn't great. The meatcat stuff didn't work at all for me. Jack was good, so were Pete & Jenna.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 6 February 2010 08:03 (fifteen years ago)

best pete episode in a while, and tracey's one minute was pretty much 100%

― Norman Mail (schlump), Saturday, 6 February 2010 13:07 (fifteen years ago)

"You know what & the Bear"

― President Keyes, Saturday, 6 February 2010 17:16 (fifteen years ago)

That surpasses Frank's "Hot Richard" joke from last year, I think.

Still not up to "Lemon party" standards, though.

― James Mitchell, Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:07 (fifteen years ago)

I don't get it.

― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:30 (fifteen years ago)

Apparently there used to be a show called BJ and the Bear.

― Leee, Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:37 (fifteen years ago)

"you just enjoy your coffee, mr. hornberger [pause] while i tell you a funny story about my friend's cat. now, his name is mr. wiggles, and his cat's name is benson"

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

^^^^ that was fucking class

― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:25 (fifteen years ago)

"I have an idea for a TV show called DOCTOR. It's about Richard Doctor, who plays piano."

― Möbius dick (╓abies), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:27 (fifteen years ago)

that and the concept of "dressing up" in white jeans and a Miami Dolphins jersey

― joygoat, Friday, February 5, 2010 1:36 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dan marino jersey was the funniest line of the episode 2 me

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:28 (fifteen years ago)

Always
Speak
Quieter

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

"mothers! you can't kill them, "

― rasta batman gigolo (k3vin k.), Friday, February 5, 2010 9:12 PM (4 days ago)

the way baldwin delivers this

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:30 (fifteen years ago)

i have been saying "mothers! you can't kill 'em" every day since this episode aired

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:30 (fifteen years ago)

"Because I'm listening to the WORDS" was a pretty excellent line, too

― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:31 (fifteen years ago)

Am I the only one who finds Tracy Jordan the least funny character?

― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:55 (fifteen years ago)

you and 7 other people iirc

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

you are insane tho

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

durrrr is an apt name i guess.

― bwoling and drifting (tehresa), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:33 (fifteen years ago)

Can I just say I hate people who complain about Jenna? They are subhumans, imho.

― A Mermaid... Doing It With Captain Morgan (Leee), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:37 (fifteen years ago)

who complains about jenna? she rules.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:43 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, what?

― birther blood (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:47 (fifteen years ago)

This guy and his mouth-breathing Lutzian commenters. (And he's normally pretty sharp, but it's like, way to miss the entire point of the mfing show.)

― A Mermaid... Doing It With Captain Morgan (Leee), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:49 (fifteen years ago)

who complains about jenna?

Liz, Jack, basically everyone

― werewolf bar mitzvah of the xx (gbx), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:49 (fifteen years ago)

that episode was a classic, wtf is that guy on

xp lol

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:51 (fifteen years ago)

he probably hated the crisis of conformity sketch, too.

― bwoling and drifting (tehresa), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 02:58 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, I dig Sepinwall's blog in general, but I don't always agree w/his taste in comedy.

― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 03:02 (fifteen years ago)

omg @ the v. end w/ dennis, floyd & hamm

― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 February 2010 03:14 (fifteen years ago)

yeah I'm shocked they bothered to get all three back for this gag

― Nhex, Friday, 12 February 2010 04:38 (fifteen years ago)

that was great, straight laughs all the way through

― sleeve, Friday, 12 February 2010 05:37 (fifteen years ago)

Loved that episode so hard

― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Friday, 12 February 2010 06:11 (fifteen years ago)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, NO ONE!

― DJ NAIR (tehresa), Friday, 12 February 2010 06:37 (fifteen years ago)

'she's....urban'

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 12 February 2010 15:35 (fifteen years ago)

When I eventually seduce her it's going to be very... satisfying...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 February 2010 15:50 (fifteen years ago)

Please to not say what Doug...

...Doug is my vibrator.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 February 2010 15:52 (fifteen years ago)

the whole Hot Box scene was great

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 12 February 2010 15:53 (fifteen years ago)

also can't help but think there's a proper Top Chef fan on staff.

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 12 February 2010 15:54 (fifteen years ago)

wau the credits gag

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 February 2010 16:02 (fifteen years ago)

^^massive lols. in this show jon hamm's brought in and he gets to play a female jamaican (no idea about that accent?) nurse, on snl he gets to do don draper. speaks volumes

― sonderangerbot, Friday, 12 February 2010 19:28 (fifteen years ago)

"Don Cheadle on a bed of rice"

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 February 2010 19:34 (fifteen years ago)

"Stalking is a very real problem in the stalking community... but if Beyonce would only answer one of my letters, I wouldn't break into her house."

― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 February 2010 19:36 (fifteen years ago)

"Wow she's hot. She was on Maxim's 100 I'd Rape That list."

― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 February 2010 19:42 (fifteen years ago)

liz's casual racial insensitivity continues to be probably the best running gag this show's got

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)

<33333 dot com

"grizz, dot com, thank you for pretending to be bouncers"
"maybe someday we'll live in a world where you ask us to pretend to be scientists"

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

ooooook that post-credit gag was something else

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

elizabeth banks!

― birdman mumia (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 February 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

I WANT TO EAT YOUR BOOGERS

― Mr. Que, Friday, 12 February 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

WE
ARE GOING
TO TEST
POISONS
ON YOU

― birdman mumia (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 February 2010 21:07 (fifteen years ago)

i think that might be the best episode since season 2

jenna is a great screamer

dennis really cannot do a west indian accent, huh?

― caek, Friday, 12 February 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

aw man, the after credits.... i love jason sudeikis so much

― birdman mumia (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 February 2010 21:22 (fifteen years ago)

yeah probably best episode of the year so far - literal rofls twice

― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Friday, 12 February 2010 22:03 (fifteen years ago)

I want to be that painting elephant of being awesome.

― James Mitchell, Friday, 12 February 2010 23:35 (fifteen years ago)

Also: http://jdlutz.com/karen/proof/

― James Mitchell, Friday, 12 February 2010 23:37 (fifteen years ago)

hahaha awesome

― sleeve, Friday, 12 February 2010 23:51 (fifteen years ago)

Stupid DVR cut off the after credits.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 13 February 2010 04:49 (fifteen years ago)

Same thing happened to me. if I don't have 2 shows taping after 30 Rock I'll add an extra minute
I went and watched the ending on hulu

― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 13 February 2010 05:36 (fifteen years ago)

For some reason I've had "You did! You weaked it!" snorkling around in my head all morning.
<3 Jack

― Øystein, Thursday, 18 February 2010 08:49 (fifteen years ago)

Just rewatched the season three episode where Kenneth, Grizz and Dotcom are trying to guess Tracey's birthday wishes, and there's another joke about the painting elephant.

― James Mitchell, Friday, 19 February 2010 00:40 (fifteen years ago)

No episode today?

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 19 February 2010 07:06 (fifteen years ago)

Olympics.

― Nhex, Friday, 19 February 2010 07:08 (fifteen years ago)

why does frank have his own office?

― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 February 2010 22:50 (fifteen years ago)

i'm rewatching season 1 & dennis' xbox online handle is "slutbanger"

― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 February 2010 23:03 (fifteen years ago)

i want more episodes of Tracy doing things like calling white actors playing John Hancock "white devil"!

― Ballistic, Friday, 19 February 2010 23:04 (fifteen years ago)

why does frank have his own office?

― J0rdan S., Friday, February 19, 2010 5:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he shares w/ twofer

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 February 2010 23:55 (fifteen years ago)

toofer

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 February 2010 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

and they are the senior writers? certainly more deserving than the folks that never talk

― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 20 February 2010 08:16 (fifteen years ago)

why did they kill josh off u_u

― /b/ OK (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 February 2010 09:01 (fifteen years ago)

That's one mouthy sandwich girl

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 1 March 2010 23:19 (fifteen years ago)

i love elizabeth banks

just generally

but she killed it in the last ep

― the archetypal ghetto hustler (history mayne), Monday, 1 March 2010 23:23 (fifteen years ago)

I ADORE this 'what is this, horseville because I'm surrounded by naysayers! Wordplay!' and when Liz finds out she was the school bully and Dr. Spaceman making her dance in silence for the flu shot....so many great lines and scenes. I don't know if the UK epis are new or not, I think I'm still on S2.

― RubyNoir, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 01:03 (fifteen years ago)

so, what, this shit got bumped this week for the office's yeah, there was a good reason why the original was cut off at 14 episodes baby episode + the marriage ref?

>:O

― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 March 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

altho it seems like i'm the only person in the world who actually enjoyed 'the marriage ref'

― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 March 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

prob went over their heads

― ice cr?m, Friday, 5 March 2010 00:47 (fifteen years ago)

i lol'd at the marriage ref tbh

― nitzer ebbebe (gbx), Friday, 5 March 2010 01:39 (fifteen years ago)

god the office is such an awful show

― how is "babby" horribly formed????? (k3vin k.), Friday, 5 March 2010 02:32 (fifteen years ago)

Since we don't have a new ep, what about how Tracy is becoming both less of a focus and less crazy (or is it just me) in favor of Jenna this season?

Also, T/S: Jenna's filmography vs. Tracy's filmography? Personally, I have a soft spot for Hushed Rapings.

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Friday, 5 March 2010 05:12 (fifteen years ago)

as much as i love "honky grandma be trippin", "rural juror"/"urban fervor" & the mystic pizza saga get my vote

― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 March 2010 05:16 (fifteen years ago)

I thought maybe it had to do with Tracy Morgan taking time off to film that horrible looking movie. I definitely don't have a problem with more Jenna though!

― musically, Friday, 5 March 2010 05:17 (fifteen years ago)

btw anyone w/ netflix -- the first 3 season can be streamed in their entirety -- pretty much best thing ever

― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 March 2010 05:17 (fifteen years ago)

You mean White Cop/Black Cop took more than a week for Tracy Morgan to make??

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Friday, 5 March 2010 05:19 (fifteen years ago)

*closes eyes and scrolls to the bottom of the thread quickly* Anyone got a torrent of this? They seem to be non existent this morning :(

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 March 2010 11:31 (fifteen years ago)

lol should have just read the thread :(

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 March 2010 11:32 (fifteen years ago)

Chocolate Rainbow (mentioned in Season 3, but never played)

lol

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 March 2010 11:33 (fifteen years ago)

btw anyone w/ netflix -- the first 3 season can be streamed in their entirety -- pretty much best thing ever

I love having this, it pretty much is the best thing ever.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 5 March 2010 13:31 (fifteen years ago)

whoever decided that "who that ninga" was suddenly offensive after, like, 10 episodes is an idiot

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 March 2010 14:40 (fifteen years ago)

yes

― ice cr?m, Friday, 5 March 2010 14:44 (fifteen years ago)

oh thank god this is back

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 March 2010 02:38 (fifteen years ago)

Do they give a reward for tarantula replacement?

― Mordy, Friday, 12 March 2010 02:41 (fifteen years ago)

weakness tissues...

― scott seward, Friday, 12 March 2010 02:58 (fifteen years ago)

that episode was unbelievable. bobsled!

― scott seward, Friday, 12 March 2010 02:59 (fifteen years ago)

A triumph!

― Mordy, Friday, 12 March 2010 03:00 (fifteen years ago)

he's the man who taught me TO COMMAND THE ROOM WITH MY VOICE

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 March 2010 03:01 (fifteen years ago)

HEY that reminds me! Maria's sister's boyfriend was on this episode. as an extra. we saw him just as jack said that! we were very excited.

― scott seward, Friday, 12 March 2010 03:06 (fifteen years ago)

he's been getting extra work like crazy. he's been on two gossip girls!

― scott seward, Friday, 12 March 2010 03:07 (fifteen years ago)

i'm pretty sure that the extent to which i get bothered by bad onion av club reviews of 30 rock is an undeniable sign that my parents raised me wrong

― A B C, Friday, 12 March 2010 03:53 (fifteen years ago)

haha no let it bother you, that whole site is like hellbent on convincing people 30 Rock sucks now against all logic

― some dude, Friday, 12 March 2010 04:06 (fifteen years ago)

nathan rabin = disgusting savage

― A B C, Friday, 12 March 2010 04:13 (fifteen years ago)

i thought av club got shut down?

― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 March 2010 04:15 (fifteen years ago)

and yes, nathan rabin is the worst about everything

― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 March 2010 04:15 (fifteen years ago)

the av club new york got shut down, the rest of the operation still exists to give nerds 1.75 rungs up from 4chan a place to hang out and do whatever

― A B C, Friday, 12 March 2010 04:20 (fifteen years ago)

how many rungs up are we?

― symsymsym, Friday, 12 March 2010 06:06 (fifteen years ago)

sometimes i feel like 4chan could crank out better jort/shart wordplay but that's just a matter of sheer numbers and intimacy w/the subject matter

― A B C, Friday, 12 March 2010 06:10 (fifteen years ago)

Michael Sheen! :D

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 12 March 2010 12:51 (fifteen years ago)

haha no let it bother you, that whole site is like hellbent on convincing people 30 Rock sucks now against all logic

otm!
commanding the room with my voice & kenneth's donkey lapses were amazing

― werewolf congress (schlump), Friday, 12 March 2010 13:51 (fifteen years ago)

tracy reading the phone book

― gabourey weaver (get bent), Friday, 12 March 2010 14:16 (fifteen years ago)

Liz Lemon dates Cloughy! Life is perfect!

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 March 2010 14:44 (fifteen years ago)

See I thought the donkey spells started to get a little much by the end of the episode. Everything else was pretty much great though.

<3 Elizabeth Banks

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 March 2010 14:56 (fifteen years ago)

i thought the donkey spells were the best thing Kenneth's done for a while. except for "you know who and the bear."

― mizzell, Friday, 12 March 2010 14:59 (fifteen years ago)

I had a massive lol at "you were such a fat baby!" How old is Kenneth going to actually end up being?

― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Friday, 12 March 2010 15:02 (fifteen years ago)

ya - the donkey spells were a little too much.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 12 March 2010 15:19 (fifteen years ago)

with the exception of "i will bite you!"

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 12 March 2010 15:20 (fifteen years ago)

omg i want a gif of liz "that olympic sketch about that [lindsay vaughan] who won that [gold medal for skiing]"

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 March 2010 15:40 (fifteen years ago)

genius

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 March 2010 15:40 (fifteen years ago)

bobsled.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 12 March 2010 15:48 (fifteen years ago)

^^

GO BREAK A STORY, WILLIAMS

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 March 2010 15:50 (fifteen years ago)

<3 Brian Williams

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 March 2010 16:05 (fifteen years ago)

Pac-Man, I'm Jewish!

― Utopian Paisley Shirt Production Co. (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 March 2010 16:21 (fifteen years ago)

bobsled.

I fucking DIED when Liz did that as part of her Jamaican accent, but then DIED EVEN MORE when the nurse did it to Liz at the dentist's office.

― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Friday, 12 March 2010 16:21 (fifteen years ago)

Pac Man I'm Jewish was amazing, as was bobsled. I love this show so so so much.

― Mr. Que, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

giese cubes

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

also loved how liz's accent went from Jamaican to Irish

― Mr. Que, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:26 (fifteen years ago)

amazing episode last night

― max, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:40 (fifteen years ago)

also loved how liz's accent went from Jamaican to Irish

― Mr. Que, Friday, March 12, 2010 11:26 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i mean who among us hasnt started out doing a terrible jamaican accent only to find it turn into a irish accent

― max, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:41 (fifteen years ago)

You mean you get drunk with your dentist too?

This is one of the best episodes ever.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 12 March 2010 17:22 (fifteen years ago)

it's fair to say that this might be the bet season yet, right?

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 March 2010 17:25 (fifteen years ago)

i mean, maybe one dud episode? (the xmas one, as usual)

― k3vin k., Friday, 12 March 2010 17:29 (fifteen years ago)

The sheer ration of amusing lines to dialogue is amazing, it seems like more than every other line. For someone brought up on British sitcoms this is an incredible thing.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 12 March 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)

classic 30 rock

― shite new answers (cutty), Friday, 12 March 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

Have you prepared anything?

WHAT AM I? A NERD?

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:14 (fifteen years ago)

http://i42.tinypic.com/p88s9.jpg

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:17 (fifteen years ago)

LOL

― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 March 2010 20:18 (fifteen years ago)

If I wanted to see a black man make a fool of himself, I'd have sex with K-Fed again

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

haha no let it bother you, that whole site is like hellbent on convincing people 30 Rock sucks now against all logic

It's not just AV Club that sez the show has JTS'ed, it seems every other usually tasteful and not-stupid internet entity is eulogizing 30 Rock. This is the one time that ILX is the sanest place on the internet.

i mean, maybe one dud episode? (the xmas one, as usual)

Agree that the ep contends for best of season title -- I'm going to have to rewatch it soon for all the zings I missed -- but you crazy, Xmas ep was awesome.

When Kenneth was having his first donkey spell, I thought it was a spell as in something a hill witch put on him.

Brian Williams needs to be on this show more.

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2010 22:51 (fifteen years ago)

Also, am I the only one who doesn't see the chemistry b/w Avery and Jack?

Oh, and what was Jack Welch's euphemism for crying??

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2010 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

I remembering it being massively LOLworthy but then "weakness tissues" made me forget all about it.

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2010 22:53 (fifteen years ago)

eye water

― nitzer ebbebe (gbx), Friday, 12 March 2010 22:54 (fifteen years ago)

passing eye water

― king willie style (will), Friday, 12 March 2010 22:57 (fifteen years ago)

where is a british whiney to point out how racially weird the jamaican accent stuff is?

― caek, Friday, 12 March 2010 23:51 (fifteen years ago)

great episode by the way

― caek, Friday, 12 March 2010 23:51 (fifteen years ago)

LOL @ the line about Britishers making fun of American back fat, "well, not to your face"

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 March 2010 23:52 (fifteen years ago)

where is a british whiney to point out how racially weird the jamaican accent stuff is?

― caek, Friday, March 12, 2010 6:51 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its all part of the ongoing liz lemons racial weirdness theme

― ice cr?m, Friday, 12 March 2010 23:55 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i know. comedy jamaican and indian accents are basically racial slurs in the uk regardless of the laughing with/laughing at stuff. but i think we can all agree that britain is generally pretty racist, so i'm not sweating it.

― caek, Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:00 (fifteen years ago)

comedy indian accents are pretty slur-ish here. most non- west indian americans outside of nyc have never actually heard a jamaican accent.

― gabourey weaver (get bent), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:20 (fifteen years ago)

except in like a red stripe commercial

― gabourey weaver (get bent), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:20 (fifteen years ago)

LIVING THEATRICALLY IN NORMAL LIFE

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:22 (fifteen years ago)

most non- west indian americans outside of nyc have never actually heard a jamaican accent.

um Bob Marley

― Get the Flaps Out (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:23 (fifteen years ago)

or are we talking "heard in real life" kinda accents

― Get the Flaps Out (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:23 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, the latter

― gabourey weaver (get bent), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:25 (fifteen years ago)

God help us if the pervert community gets wind of morning jogging.

Practically every line in this week's was quotable.

RHUBARB RHUBARB GOLF PROSTATE

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:33 (fifteen years ago)

This was one of the funnier episodes this season. I loved the bobsled part

However, I think Liz has gotten worse since the earlier seasons. Just this season I've started to dislike some of Liz's antics instead of brushing off the unfunny stuff as whatever. Liz is sort of like Michael Scott (The Office) - he has become more horrendous in his buffoonyness the past couple seasons; Liz has become more gross and more of a dork lately and some of it actually irritates me. I dunno, do any of you agree?

― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 13 March 2010 01:09 (fifteen years ago)

yeah they are playing up the liz is a loser stuff too much IMO

― Deuce Bigalow: Male Juggalo (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 13 March 2010 01:24 (fifteen years ago)

The one funny thing about the Jamaican accent bit was when she started accidentally slipping into that awful butchered Irish accent.

― probably a sock!! (╓abies), Saturday, 13 March 2010 01:34 (fifteen years ago)

i loved that pamphlpet gag cuz they used to make pamphlet gags all the time when dr spaceman was on more often

― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 March 2010 02:18 (fifteen years ago)

btw the dr spaceman dr pepper commercial was super dope

― Deuce Bigalow: Male Juggalo (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 13 March 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

However, I think Liz has gotten worse since the earlier seasons. Just this season I've started to dislike some of Liz's antics instead of brushing off the unfunny stuff as whatever. Liz is sort of like Michael Scott (The Office) - he has become more horrendous in his buffoonyness the past couple seasons; Liz has become more gross and more of a dork lately and some of it actually irritates me. I dunno, do any of you agree?

― CaptainLorax, Friday, March 12, 2010 8:09 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:22 (fifteen years ago)

i could see that line of thinking but she is far, far away from michasel scott levels of embarrassing self-parody

― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:24 (fifteen years ago)

I agree except for the being irritated part.

― probably a sock!! (╓abies), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:25 (fifteen years ago)

also the thing about liz vs michael scott is that they actually write jokes for liz's character... for instance the cheese brochure thing and the amazing paranormal activity sleep walking thing -- with michael scott on the otherhand the character now boils down to "LOL I AM STILL A RACIST EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW IT"

― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:26 (fifteen years ago)

i dont really want to indulge in comparative sitcom studies here so ill just say liz has become uncomfortably schticky

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:28 (fifteen years ago)

but the cheese brochure! so good.

― gabourey weaver (get bent), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:46 (fifteen years ago)

i dont really want to indulge in comparative sitcom studies here so ill just say liz has become uncomfortably schticky

I'll bet she has!

― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:55 (fifteen years ago)

i feel like Tina Fey is just still generally ill at ease with being kind of worshipped as a sex symbol and does everything she can to subvert that in her comedy

― some dude, Saturday, 13 March 2010 04:36 (fifteen years ago)

hay those are 2 somewhat different words!

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 13 March 2010 04:43 (fifteen years ago)

No mention of the first lol yet? "Too late, I already killed her." (Liz to the craigslist responder at her door.)

― nickn, Saturday, 13 March 2010 05:00 (fifteen years ago)

where is a british whiney to point out how racially weird the jamaican accent stuff is?

― caek, Friday, 12 March 2010 23:51 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Is this a thing now Jim Davidson not allowed on the television?

― There's Always Been A Prance Element To (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 13 March 2010 06:57 (fifteen years ago)

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object3/470/105/n30880743840_5705.jpg

― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:33 (fifteen years ago)

Of course, back then we were laughing AT Lenny, not WITH Lenny...no, wait it was the other way around.

― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:35 (fifteen years ago)

oi, so wattehfuck am i not gettin' about 30 rock, every episode i've seen i've been all like 'well fok wot the hell just happened' and then hobble off to the kitchen for some bourbon and brie, mebbe some skittles....

― Sexplosion!, Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:37 (fifteen years ago)

you are british

― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:39 (fifteen years ago)

ya so what just cos someone looks like homey the clown doesn't mean he yells at the screen during movies....

― Sexplosion!, Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:40 (fifteen years ago)

what sort of weird racial thing is going on w/ lenny henry that i didn't know?

― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 13 March 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

Being a black man on UK TV in the 1980s.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 13 March 2010 10:17 (fifteen years ago)

1970s! On New Faces, and then Tiswas, which was where he did Algernon Razzmatazz (pictured above). Speciality - eating condensed milk sandwiches.

― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 13 March 2010 11:10 (fifteen years ago)

no av club but i was watching the 1st season the other week and it was a lot less schticky and a lot, i dunno, deeper. not necc better/worse, just the diff. between season 1 of the simpsons and season 6 or whatever

― max, Saturday, 13 March 2010 12:15 (fifteen years ago)

basically yeah

― caek, Saturday, 13 March 2010 12:32 (fifteen years ago)

idk... couldn't generalize. in some ways it's LESS shticky imo (except for kenneth but he's always been my least favourite character). like there are fewer fake catchphrases now, i think. it's all good though. <3 elizabeth banks.

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Saturday, 13 March 2010 12:51 (fifteen years ago)

sux that geiss is dead. not more rip torn. guess he could have a long-lost brother [via jeffrey tambor in AD]

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Saturday, 13 March 2010 12:53 (fifteen years ago)

eh there are a lot fewer lazy jokes but thats also a function of it being the first season

― max, Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:00 (fifteen years ago)

there was a joke that i forgot but just googled. when that canadian dude learns how to do sarcasm and says "that went well!". genius. n e way, what im saying is, 30 rock hasn't got into "that went well!" territory, lazy jokes-wise.

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:31 (fifteen years ago)

piercing blue eyes of a siberian husky

<3 elizabeth banks SO MUCH on this show

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:02 (fifteen years ago)

i'd rock her 30

― nitzer ebbebe (gbx), Saturday, 13 March 2010 16:50 (fifteen years ago)

sux that geiss is dead. not more rip torn. guess he could have a long-lost brother [via jeffrey tambor in AD]

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Saturday, 13 March 2010 07:53 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm hoping they bring in Portia di Rossi as Jacks new Comcast Boss/Love interest now that better off Ted is dead.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 13 March 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)

RIP rip

― gabourey weaver (get bent), Saturday, 13 March 2010 18:45 (fifteen years ago)

guys we NEVER ACTUALLY SAW HIM DIE. cd be a hoax and they bring him back from the "dead"!!!

― david foster ballaz (m bison), Saturday, 13 March 2010 19:51 (fifteen years ago)

^^ True words.

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:24 (fifteen years ago)

No mention of the first lol yet? "Too late, I already killed her." (Liz to the craigslist responder at her door.)

― nickn, Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:00 AM (17 hours ago)

haaaaaa just got this

― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 March 2010 22:27 (fifteen years ago)

you've been cast on broad way?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 March 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

TRACY'S CLAPS-GIVING YAY HA-RADE

― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 March 2010 22:42 (fifteen years ago)

i think they're gonna wait and see how Rip's bank robbery court date goes before they decide his character's really dead or not

― all I go is in (some dude), Saturday, 13 March 2010 22:57 (fifteen years ago)

I expect a cryogenics angle if he does come back.

― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Saturday, 13 March 2010 22:59 (fifteen years ago)

LIVING THEATRICALLY IN NORMAL LIFE

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Friday, March 12, 2010 7:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^

also it wouldn't surprise me to have rip torn haunt jack or show up in a dream where alec baldwin plays twelve versions of himself and/or a series of presidents. i like the idea of AB having to go all MalkovitchMalkovitchMalkovitchMalkovitchMalkovitchMalkovitch on 30 rock

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 14 March 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

Watching it for the second time I realise that Lemon has "Fuck the Pain Away" as her ringtone.

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 10:58 (fifteen years ago)

oh screw you, I wasn't even in the mood to rewatch this right now

fine

― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 10:59 (fifteen years ago)

Lemon (the character) is way too square to know who Peaches is, and probably hasn't even seen Lost in Translation. I bet Frank put it on there when she wasn't looking.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 11:00 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_6gYbcpeYE

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 11:30 (fifteen years ago)

really want to read Geiss's autobiography and learn more about the "negroid musculature". What was it called, Knowledge Cubes or something?

― musically, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 16:12 (fifteen years ago)

Geiss Cubes

― smoking cigarette shades? it doesn't even make any sense. (HI DERE), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 16:13 (fifteen years ago)

geiss cubes vs mind grapes

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 17:14 (fifteen years ago)

ADULTURASIN

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 March 2010 01:39 (fifteen years ago)

I rly wanted Jenna to be still singing after the credits rolled

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 March 2010 01:39 (fifteen years ago)

buying NBC counts as a charitable donation...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 March 2010 01:46 (fifteen years ago)

its a lizaster.

― juicebox, Friday, 19 March 2010 01:50 (fifteen years ago)

omg @ the list of kabletown's ass movies

― stannery row (m bison), Friday, 19 March 2010 02:25 (fifteen years ago)

"tits complicated"

― stannery row (m bison), Friday, 19 March 2010 02:25 (fifteen years ago)

Fresh-ass, based on the novel Tush by Ass-on-Fire? Probably butchered but wow.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 19 March 2010 02:27 (fifteen years ago)

believe assphire wrote that last one

― stannery row (m bison), Friday, 19 March 2010 02:28 (fifteen years ago)

this show's so good that the references i miss (boston rob mariano) have me loling so hard after, once they're explained

― sukkur board (rahni), Friday, 19 March 2010 05:59 (fifteen years ago)

Alexander wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer

― Nhex, Friday, 19 March 2010 07:46 (fifteen years ago)

'The Pert Knockers' and 'Horny with a Chance of My Balls'

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 19 March 2010 13:26 (fifteen years ago)

Great episode, but what was with Liz and all the Philly repping? Still haven't seen the first season or the first half of season two, so maybe I'm missing something, but I thought she always talked about being from Chicago on the show?

Kenneth freaking out about "page age verification" was k-classic!

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 March 2010 13:33 (fifteen years ago)

much like tina fey, she is from PA and did sketch comedy in Chicago.

― mizzell, Friday, 19 March 2010 13:35 (fifteen years ago)

I didn't know Fey was from PA! That would explain it. Obviously knew about the sketch comedy in Chicago. I thought I remembered some reference to her junior high in Chicago, but I may be wrong.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 March 2010 13:43 (fifteen years ago)

hans gruber joke was great.

― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Friday, 19 March 2010 17:02 (fifteen years ago)

I thought the Welsey Snipes gag was gonna go un-pointed-out but it was worth it.

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 19 March 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

just remembered that Jenna ate Babe.

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 19 March 2010 18:56 (fifteen years ago)

"if i slept with you i'd lose my nascar endorsement"

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 19 March 2010 19:26 (fifteen years ago)

^ best line

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 19 March 2010 19:26 (fifteen years ago)

"i'm the reason the microwave tray rotates" was the best.

― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 19 March 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

and i've played monopoly alone!

― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 19 March 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

this one really did have a million good lines in it, didn't it

― Nhex, Friday, 19 March 2010 20:54 (fifteen years ago)

Jack's eulogy with Geiss frozen in the slab of carbonite on stage like Han Solo was pretty funny.

― o. nate, Friday, 19 March 2010 20:58 (fifteen years ago)

yeah Geiss in carbonite might've been the high point for me

i wonder if Michael Sheen really will be back for sweeps, i liked him. "POPCORN? at the CINEMA?"

― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening), Friday, 19 March 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

MY FAVORITE BLACK GOLFER... OJ SIMPSON

― AnCoulter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

extra lols because of jenna having made reference in previous episodes to dating OJ

― AnCoulter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 March 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

Got strange deja vu when Lemon did her "All I've got is a Sims family" joke. Actual deja vu. Was it referencing a past joke I've forgot?

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 20 March 2010 02:01 (fifteen years ago)

I remember a past Sims joke too.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 20 March 2010 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, she's mentioned her Sims family before (when Jack was looking for his father)

― smoking cigarette shades? it doesn't even make any sense. (HI DERE), Saturday, 20 March 2010 02:18 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0L327qartA

― sukkur board (rahni), Saturday, 20 March 2010 02:27 (fifteen years ago)

Cheers for that. Also: no one's mentioned Jack 'The Master Baiter' Donaghy.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 20 March 2010 11:08 (fifteen years ago)

That was kind of easy and telegraphed, I thought.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:33 (fifteen years ago)

fresh-ass based on the novel tush by assphire

bears repeating imo

― dmr, Saturday, 20 March 2010 19:24 (fifteen years ago)

this is for you, don goose

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 21 March 2010 02:16 (fifteen years ago)

I think it was DAN Goose, lol

― musically, Sunday, 21 March 2010 02:32 (fifteen years ago)

lolz u rite

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 21 March 2010 02:35 (fifteen years ago)

i meant 2 type dan

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 21 March 2010 02:35 (fifteen years ago)

this storyline is not promising

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 26 March 2010 02:00 (fifteen years ago)

Floyd DeBarbra.

― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Friday, 26 March 2010 02:23 (fifteen years ago)

worth it just for the in-unison "we have to ELM STREET this"

― Nhex, Friday, 26 March 2010 02:24 (fifteen years ago)

a nearly died at the Senators "pump-up" song!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 26 March 2010 03:05 (fifteen years ago)

That was my favorite part.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 26 March 2010 03:27 (fifteen years ago)

www.dickviews.com

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 26 March 2010 05:58 (fifteen years ago)

Love Tina's Tracy impersonation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgOeAofwq-w

― Darin, Friday, 26 March 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

Crap. See if this works:

http://video.aol.com/aolvideo/AOL Television/tina-fey-on-late-show-32410-tvs-top-5/73742349001

― Darin, Friday, 26 March 2010 22:50 (fifteen years ago)

Maybe this:

http://insidetv.aol.com/2010/03/25/tina-fey-does-tracy-morgan-on-letterman-video/

― Darin, Friday, 26 March 2010 22:51 (fifteen years ago)

that was hilarious: k-date.

really hope that the dramatic cello scoring before jack said Lutz augurs something

― egregious apostrophising (schlump), Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:20 (fifteen years ago)

I didn't pay super close attention but I thought the joke there was that Jack didn't care enough to learn Toofer's name.

― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:35 (fifteen years ago)

Nah, it was indicating Jack/Lutz beef, which I'm pretty sure is a loltastic throwaway gag.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:57 (fifteen years ago)

just generally the way everyone thinks about Lutz

― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Saturday, 27 March 2010 02:58 (fifteen years ago)

oh sure but it seemed nemesis level lutz beef
thought this was one of the funniest eps for forever anyhow. kenneth's seriously.

― egregious apostrophising (schlump), Saturday, 27 March 2010 03:09 (fifteen years ago)

ok is hulu fucking down or

― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 04:41 (fifteen years ago)

so if my grandfather hadnt gotten on the train that day, he never would have met his wife...'s murderer

― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 18:05 (fifteen years ago)

Show's on fire again lately. ON FIRE.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 27 March 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

yeah this was my favorite ep of the season so far, Laurie and I were howling at the Cloverfield prank.

― sleeve, Saturday, 27 March 2010 19:54 (fifteen years ago)

Liz still has some of the best lines. This show is consistently funnier than The Office.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 27 March 2010 19:57 (fifteen years ago)

i thought this was the worst episode of the season and the stuff with Floyd sucked (apart from his surname and his funny voice he did on the phone).

― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:01 (fifteen years ago)

did anyone check out to see if dicknews.com is in use

― hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:03 (fifteen years ago)

floyd beating up on liz was brutal and actually affecting and reminiscent of relationships. 'weekday sex' was hilarious too.

xp dickviews!, no?

― egregious apostrophising (schlump), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:04 (fifteen years ago)

This show is consistently funnier than The Office.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, March 27, 2010 3:57 PM (7 minutes ago)

this is...an understatement

― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:05 (fifteen years ago)

This show is consistently funnier than The Office.

Hasn't that always been the case?

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:05 (fifteen years ago)

Pizza is consistently better than dogshit

― hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:11 (fifteen years ago)

NBC does own dickviews.com (registered on January 25th) but there's no website there.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:18 (fifteen years ago)

this episode was only okay -- first episode ever written by a P4ul4 P3ll right?

― hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:20 (fifteen years ago)

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2034/blowq.gif

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 27 March 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

thank you

― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

Who knew that Sexy Kenneth Dancing was missing from my life?

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 27 March 2010 22:07 (fifteen years ago)

http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=972

― Nhex, Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:31 (fifteen years ago)

i'm not sure if anyone wants to discuss the feminism of liz lemon on our 30 rock joke thread, but w/e i have nothing else to do -- anyway

The character of Liz Lemon is played by beautiful, successful, smart, funny, apparently happy person Tina Fey, and is meant to be unattractive, only semi-successful, smart, funny, and unhappy. It’s interesting that “smart” and “funny” get to stay in the picture, as long as the looks, the success, and the happiness are toned down; it tells you something about who you’re allowed to like.

maybe i'm misreading this, but this is fundamentally misunderstanding the character of liz lemon? the character is obv (generally) based on tina fey's time as head writer of snl, & "smart" and "funny" get to stay in the picture because those are constant intrinsic characteristics of tina fey. "the looks, the success and the happiness" are toned down because presumably those things were less present when fey was a workaholic head writer who (we are led to believe) ate poorly, dressed poorly and didn't have time for men or friends because she her career was her number one priority. that's the tina fey we see, not the one who turned all of that stuff into being a sex symbol and a movie and tv star. they are, pretty much, different people, and one should be able to separate the two feys. & also i think we can like both feys!

also i think the whole crux of the article being "well, tina fey is pretty!!" again misses the point that the liz lemon character is a past tense portrayal of tina fey when she was a head writer who wore glasses and had brown hair and a prominent scar on her face. this type of person is not a sex symbol in entertainment (still), and yes, now tina fey herself is a sex symbol, but i don't see why it's so hard to believe that she was insecure about her own looks (despite her prettiness) when she was a head writer at snl, which is the tina fey that we see on 30 rock.

as for the rest of it, well i don't know enough about feminism to accurately parse it. but her characterization of liz lemon/tina fey is wrong.

― jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:57 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah that's pretty much what I thought when I was reading it.
Also, I don't really want my comedy shows to be nicely representative - re Cerie, if being dumb at your job makes a good comedy character then I'm happy with that (every character on the show is inept in some way). Also I knew a girl who was kind of exactly like that, just didn't bother at work because she didn't have to because all the guys fell over themselves to talk to her. It sounds like an unsurprising stereotype but it was actually pretty odd to see day to day in real life.

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:04 (fifteen years ago)

where the hell has cerie been recently, or am i forgetting that she died or something?

― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:36 (fifteen years ago)

She married an heir to the Xerox family fortune.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:42 (fifteen years ago)

who the hell even are you people that you give a fuck about 'Cerie'. she's had what like 4 funny lines in the history of the show?

― fuckshitpop (some dude), Sunday, 4 April 2010 05:31 (fifteen years ago)

eh she's a character, however insignificant, on my favorite show. and she's hot

― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 April 2010 06:26 (fifteen years ago)

This is a lot of retrospective rationalizing about why they don't think the show is funny anymore (that's my guess, TLDR).

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Sunday, 4 April 2010 07:05 (fifteen years ago)

cerie's funny. it's like pointing at the straight man in a routine and being all why is that guy even there he's totally boring. so much of the schlumpy liz lemon persona is predicated/illustrated on people drooling over cerie instead.

― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Sunday, 4 April 2010 12:16 (fifteen years ago)

what is the liz lemony schlump persona predicated on?

― fuckshitpop (some dude), Sunday, 4 April 2010 14:28 (fifteen years ago)

my antisocial gravitation towards ilx; it's like my k-date, the personals section of the kraft foods website.

― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Sunday, 4 April 2010 14:36 (fifteen years ago)

Also probably Tina Fey's pre-SNL years as a (slightly) more schlumpy improv comedian. She has mentioned how she deliberately changed her image once she came to NY to be more glamorous/conventially better looking. I do wonder how different the show would be now if Dratch was able to stay on vs. Krakowski. This video was linked in the comments to that post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIvOUoYZhoU

― Nhex, Sunday, 4 April 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

Dratch is a terrible actor, ergo the show wouldn't be anywhere near as good.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 5 April 2010 05:09 (fifteen years ago)

"Everyone around here is slender or Asian; I'm going to have to become more slender and/or Asian to fit in."

― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Monday, 5 April 2010 15:53 (fifteen years ago)

see, there's that Liz Lemon racial insensitivity for yas

― Nhex, Monday, 5 April 2010 19:37 (fifteen years ago)

wow short hair REALLY not a good look for her

― modern eunuch-like crooning (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:44 (fifteen years ago)

WS Liz Lemon

― the big pink suede panda bear hurts (ledge), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:21 (fifteen years ago)

lol the ducking--->swan transformation s for all time here

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:26 (fifteen years ago)

it was pretty bad that I was watching the first few secons of the video going "wow, she used to look and sound a lot like Rachel Dratch... OH WAIT A SECOND"

― Wood shavings! Laughing out loud! (HI DERE), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:28 (fifteen years ago)

yeah me too!

she makes a terrible stripper in that clip fwiw

― modern eunuch-like crooning (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

lol "Longhair" Adsit/Hornberger in video.

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 5 April 2010 21:36 (fifteen years ago)

"this woman was a mouseketeer mam!"

― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

from Tina Fey's interview in the current issue of Esquire: "The best doughnut? That's Peter Pan doughnuts in Brooklyn. It's a Polish bakery. We shot nearby once for 30 Rock. It's a white-cream-filled powdered doughnut. And I really believe, when I first tried it, if I had a penis, I would put it in this doughnut."

― mizzell, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 17:44 (fifteen years ago)

I bet she could've borrowed one

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)

they have really good donuts, by the way

― mizzell, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 17:51 (fifteen years ago)

i love Peter Pan and love how old-school it is, especially the counter like all the old donut joints in NY used to have...but I have to say Donut Plant is where it's at.

― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 April 2010 04:28 (fifteen years ago)

Are you an ass-scientist? Because your ass blah blah blah you get the point.

― musically, Friday, 9 April 2010 04:32 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/tina_fey/index.html?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/04/14/tina_fey_backlash

this article otm so far

― k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 April 2010 13:58 (fifteen years ago)

Linking to Doyle's piece on Twitter, the feminist writer Amanda Marcotte added the disturbing ad feminam suggestion, "When I hear a married woman rant about the evils of sluts out there, I tend to wonder who her husband's been dicking."

uh

it must suck being a successful/talented woman, having all these feminists hating on you

― Big Fate (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner) (history mayne), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:02 (fifteen years ago)

"she cast longtime collaborator Rachel Dratch as Jenna Maroney and then had to replace her with buxom blond Jane Krakowski."

I <3 u j krak but buxom is pushing it. leggy, otoh...

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:21 (fifteen years ago)

good article

― mizzell, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:22 (fifteen years ago)

also major lols/headscratching that so many writers seem to think that a) TF has written ALL of EVERYTHING she has ever been in or that b) she has more than 50-60% say in what sketches she does and doesn't do on a sketch comedy show (with 20+ writers of various genders, upbringings, sexualities, philosophies and degrees of political acumen...)

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:24 (fifteen years ago)

for every fucking thing wrong with studio 60, the one killer thing that got me was when he fired the whole staff and wrote a 2 hr sketch comedy show alone every week. hi dere aaron sorkin, realism isnt a case of fukkin magnets, how do they work

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:35 (fifteen years ago)

dratch isn't funny (at least in ne thing i've seen her in). jenna kills it.

― Big Fate (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner) (history mayne), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)

^^yeah this sort of ignores the feminist angle or whatever but is a crucial point

― k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:46 (fifteen years ago)

dratch not being funny is a feminist angle???

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:50 (fifteen years ago)

the fact that feminists can't wrap their heads around someone being conventionally good looking and v v good @ what they do is annoying to them

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:55 (fifteen years ago)

uh oh

― Wishes he picked a cooler name. Fat. (will), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:56 (fifteen years ago)

those feminists, always unable to wrap their heads around someone being conventionally good looking and v v good @ what they do

― max, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:57 (fifteen years ago)

Jerry: Oh good. Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about Dr. Whatley. I have a suspicion that he's converted to Judaism just for the jokes.

Father: And this offends you as a Jewish person.

Jerry: No, it offends me as a comedian. And it'll interest you that he's also telling Catholic jokes.

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:58 (fifteen years ago)

Rachel Dratch as Jenna Maroney and then had to replace her with buxom blond Jane Krakowski.

Ha! All this time I've been thinking Dratch was supposed to play the Fey part. Me and my stereotyping.

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:40 (fifteen years ago)

So, is there ever going to be another episode of this or what?

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:57 (fifteen years ago)

returns next week

― mizzell, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)

"she cast longtime collaborator Rachel Dratch as Jenna Maroney and then had to replace her with buxom blond Jane Krakowski."

krakowski is so much funnier than dratch

― fischer-price my first chukkas (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)

for every fucking thing wrong with studio 60, the one killer thing that got me was when he fired the whole staff and wrote a 2 hr sketch comedy show alone every week. hi dere aaron sorkin, realism isnt a case of fukkin magnets, how do they work

LOL awesome

― Nhex, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

"she cast longtime collaborator Rachel Dratch as Jenna Maroney and then had to replace her with buxom blond Jane Krakowski."

krakowski is so much funnier than dratch

Agreed, it was absolutely necessary. I don't know if any on this thread have seen the unaired pilot, but Dratch is clearly out of place as Jenna. Krakowski is one of the top elements of the show.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:10 (fifteen years ago)

"the only smart, capable woman in a field of slutty, slobby, neurotic [female] morons,"

um this is totally wrong/inaccurate

― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

Donaghy's last two girlfriends, for ex. are smart, capable women (in both cases a bit smarter and more capable than Jack himself)

― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

Doyle mentions Donaghy's girlfriends but dismisses them for being on the show too briefly:

There is Jenna, of course, whose plotlines typically center around how vapid, unstable, narcissistic, and foolishly ambitious she is; there is Cerie (or, there was Cerie, before the character got put on the Josh Track and stopped really showing up in any episodes at all), Liz’s assistant, whose main role was to use her extremely beautiful body as a means to set up punchlines, those punchlines usually consisting of men getting turned on by her extremely beautiful body, and whose few character moments indicated that she was shallow, oversexed, and profoundly stupid; there are the high-profile female guest stars who play Jack’s love interests every season, who are usually pretty sharp and tough and interesting (Edie Falco, as the liberal senator against whale torture who was turned on by the degradation of sleeping with uber-Republican Jack, being a particular favorite) but always disappear after a few episodes because they are famous; there is Jack’s mother, always a delight, but a rare delight; there is “Girl Writer,” who had fewer lines than even Josh, to the extent of only having a speaking part in one episode. And the episode culminated with a joke about Girl Writer being date raped.

― HOOS zing-steen (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:29 (fifteen years ago)

since the show is largely about a "woman making it in a man's world" it seems odd to complain that the world she's making it in is primarily populated with... men (all of whom are also shallow, narcissistic, idiots btw. this is a COMEDY) Dismissing the g/fs and Jack's mom as not being central characters is some weak sauce. Looking for paragons of virtue in a comedy is totally fucking stupid, I'm sorry. All the characters, in order to be funny, are, on some level, required to be silly, overblown caricatures with conventionally unattractive traits. that is how comedy works.

― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)

you can't populate a comedy entirely with "straight" roles knowhutimean

― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:36 (fifteen years ago)

Female writer is the third female writer though, after Liz and Sue, so f this. Also this season Cerie joeks have moved away from 'lol attractive female' to 'lol she can teach old ppl to use facebook'.

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:50 (fifteen years ago)

altho I admit a fascination with how much "feminism" seems to routinely involve women sniping at each other a la the Judean People's Front vs. the People's Front of Judea

― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:59 (fifteen years ago)

"Girl Writer" has a name: Laroche Vanderhoot.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 18:28 (fifteen years ago)

altho I admit a fascination with how much "feminism" seems to routinely involve women sniping at each other a la the Judean People's Front vs. the People's Front of Judea

so OTM

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

since the show is largely about a "woman making it in a man's world" it seems odd to complain that the world she's making it in is primarily populated with... men (all of whom are also shallow, narcissistic, idiots btw. this is a COMEDY) Dismissing the g/fs and Jack's mom as not being central characters is some weak sauce. Looking for paragons of virtue in a comedy is totally fucking stupid, I'm sorry. All the characters, in order to be funny, are, on some level, required to be silly, overblown caricatures with conventionally unattractive traits. that is how comedy works.

i know right i mean it is not like this is mad men or anything

― tehresa, Thursday, 15 April 2010 03:33 (fifteen years ago)

krakowski is not that attractive for someone on tv, has this been mentioned

― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 April 2010 03:38 (fifteen years ago)

more than dratch at least

― k3vin k., Thursday, 15 April 2010 03:39 (fifteen years ago)

but yeah

― k3vin k., Thursday, 15 April 2010 03:39 (fifteen years ago)

dratch is a genuine ugly person

― ice cr?m, Thursday, 15 April 2010 03:41 (fifteen years ago)

You guys are cruel.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 April 2010 03:54 (fifteen years ago)

uh hi, welcome to ILX

― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 13:30 (fifteen years ago)

site new answers board descritpion, if it were possible

― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 April 2010 13:49 (fifteen years ago)

eh, "uh, hi welcome to ilx" is a little vague

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 15 April 2010 13:52 (fifteen years ago)

but accurate

― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 April 2010 13:57 (fifteen years ago)

i love rachel dratch. u ppl are vile

― A B C, Friday, 16 April 2010 00:21 (fifteen years ago)

i think jane krakowski might be as much jenna as tracy morgan is tracy jordan but i love her too

― A B C, Friday, 16 April 2010 00:22 (fifteen years ago)

and i hate all of you and feminist blogosphere clickbait kerfuffles

― A B C, Friday, 16 April 2010 00:23 (fifteen years ago)

^^^^^^^^^

― some dude, Friday, 16 April 2010 00:27 (fifteen years ago)

rachel dratch is awesome just for debbie downer

― mizzell, Friday, 16 April 2010 02:45 (fifteen years ago)

And the hot tub luvah.

― nickn, Friday, 16 April 2010 05:58 (fifteen years ago)

I would love it if the show had Dratch AND Krakowski.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 16 April 2010 06:00 (fifteen years ago)

Dratch was a humour vacuum about 50% of the time on 30 Rock.

― it's all abt groups, like i was saying in the jerk thread a few days ago (sic), Friday, 16 April 2010 06:54 (fifteen years ago)

Her happy hooker and blue dude appearances made up for all the vacuum and then some.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 April 2010 07:07 (fifteen years ago)

cat lady!

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 April 2010 07:10 (fifteen years ago)

i wish they could've kept Dratch on along with Krakowski, even as just recurring... maybe not what they did for the first season, but as a Dr. Spaceman type

― Nhex, Friday, 16 April 2010 07:29 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/21/1590916/tina-fey-is-a-master-at-playing.html

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 19:36 (fifteen years ago)

Huh, we got two new episodes tonight.

― Nhex, Friday, 23 April 2010 02:12 (fifteen years ago)

I admit I totally LOL'd at "Hey, it's Chelsea Handler!"

― Nhex, Friday, 23 April 2010 02:26 (fifteen years ago)

"Bitch Hunter" had me actually rolling on the floor laughing.

― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Friday, 23 April 2010 03:32 (fifteen years ago)

both of these episodes were FIRE

― stunting how my father did before me (m bison), Friday, 23 April 2010 03:36 (fifteen years ago)

surprised they didn't grab http://lizlemonparty.org/ while it's free

― Steve Sharta (cozen), Friday, 23 April 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

I only saw the one about Liz throwing a party but holy hell

I was kind of angry about Tracy being in a dog collar until it turned really fucking funny; also Tracy Sr was amazing

― HI DERE, Friday, 23 April 2010 13:38 (fifteen years ago)

new nicknames for Twofer. "Kanye East!"

― dmr, Friday, 23 April 2010 13:56 (fifteen years ago)

I was dying at the replacement nicknames for Toofer, but now I can only remember 'Kanye East'.

haha xpost

― franny glass, Friday, 23 April 2010 13:57 (fifteen years ago)

Threefer

― Moodles, Friday, 23 April 2010 14:01 (fifteen years ago)

"Peanut Butter & Miller High Life" taffy.

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 23 April 2010 14:57 (fifteen years ago)

BITCHHUNTER

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:15 (fifteen years ago)

I have to say re: "Bitch Hunter" that's the way to do a celebrity cameo on this show.

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:20 (fifteen years ago)

seriously.

― Cryptococcus gattii mane (some dude), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:22 (fifteen years ago)

i must have missed that second ep! will have to steal that tonight.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:22 (fifteen years ago)

i died at Liz slipping into German when she was getting all worked up btw!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

DIED!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 23 April 2010 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

shit - missed the second episode cuz wife wanted to watch Project Runway...

lol'd the hardest at "Ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party cuz a Liz Lemon party is MANDATORY"

― the first circus ringleader in space (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:55 (fifteen years ago)

Just now watching some episodes I missed. That Will Ferrel cameo for "Bitch Hunter" was the funniest thing he's ever done.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:37 (fifteen years ago)

Wow nice NBC logo! It's fresh!

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

"Don't you remember your wedding vows?"
"To be honest, I couldn't understand anything Rick James was saying!"

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

xxpost at the very least, it gives Ashley Schaeffer BMW a run for its money

― INSUFFICIENT FUN (bernard snowy), Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:59 (fifteen years ago)

all the NBC meta-joke stuff kinda weirded me out tbqh -- like they knew I was watching it on hulu and wanted to remind me what network I should be forming a positive opinion of based on my appreciation of the show

― INSUFFICIENT FUN (bernard snowy), Saturday, 24 April 2010 02:00 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah that was stupid. But I mean not exactly unheard of from a network show.

― Adam Bruneau, Saturday, 24 April 2010 02:48 (fifteen years ago)

I think when you look at the ratings for all the NBC Thursday shows you have to cut em some slack. If being whores keeps em on the air, godblessem

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 24 April 2010 02:49 (fifteen years ago)

Well, the show IS called 30 Rock and takes place at NBC studios, it's kinda inherent in the premise. Need I remind you of.. STUDIO 60? Be thankful it's not as bad as "they won't even notice the billboards!"

and yeah none of the ratings for the shows are exactly spectacular, besides The Office. everything besides the WB is kicking their ass uniformly

― Nhex, Saturday, 24 April 2010 03:29 (fifteen years ago)

So what was up with Cerie suddenly turning into a cardboard cutout? I mean, obviously the joke was that Liz's party was too lame for her to show up herself... but it was actually the real her in the couple of shots at Liz's place before being replaced with the cutout. Is this a reference I missed?

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 24 April 2010 04:41 (fifteen years ago)

The first couple shots of Cerie looked like a human, and I even think I saw her move once.

Really wish that in the first episode, that the black home burglar turned out to be Tracy.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 24 April 2010 06:42 (fifteen years ago)

Also: King of Iraq. Dick Cheney. I died.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 24 April 2010 06:42 (fifteen years ago)

RUH ROH!

― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Saturday, 24 April 2010 12:05 (fifteen years ago)

just once more: BITCH HUNTER

the story lines in this show are just stupid by now, but the gags are still A+

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 24 April 2010 12:15 (fifteen years ago)

yes bitch hunter!!

― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Saturday, 24 April 2010 12:24 (fifteen years ago)

you guys are weird. the show has always been full of NBC meta jokes and inside baseball references, and has never been gracefully plotted with compelling storylines that aren't merely there to set up jokes. also Cerie not being a cardboard cutout and then suddenly being one was just a gag.

― surmudgeon (some dude), Saturday, 24 April 2010 13:23 (fifteen years ago)

^^^^^real talk, u guys are srsly overthinking this

― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Saturday, 24 April 2010 14:44 (fifteen years ago)

some dude, I understand it was just a gag, but I guess I was asking because I still haven't seen season one so I wondered if it might have been some reference I missed.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 24 April 2010 20:41 (fifteen years ago)

it was a really hilarious gag

― yo gotti or notti (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 24 April 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

haha yeah it was great, i saw her in the background obviously fully animated and was like, why is she standing like that?

― my two percent's worth (k3vin k.), Saturday, 24 April 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

"Splock - short for Black Spock"

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 26 April 2010 14:37 (fifteen years ago)

you guys are weird.

new board description?

― LITERALLY FLATTEN HER WITH THE POWER OF YOUR MARRIAGE (HI DERE), Monday, 26 April 2010 14:48 (fifteen years ago)

Affirmative

― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 26 April 2010 14:49 (fifteen years ago)

both of these episodes were FIRE

― stunting how my father did before me (m bison), Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:36 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 26 April 2010 14:51 (fifteen years ago)

innoventing

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 26 April 2010 14:52 (fifteen years ago)

this is haunting me. can anyone tell me what the name of Tracy's one man show was.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

i can't change! i'm like a chameleon! always a lizard!

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:32 (fifteen years ago)

lol

― hongrosphere (some dude), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:35 (fifteen years ago)

watching these now, two great Jenna moments in one scene:
* clapping for her own announcement about Jenna's Kids
* in the midst of all the men groaning after Liz says "As a woman...," saying "shut up, Liz"

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 01:48 (fifteen years ago)

"it's a summer camp where I teach blond girls how to be mean"

― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 05:49 (fifteen years ago)

Threefer

" -- because you're also gay."

^^ cross-reference with original ILX 30 Rock thread!

― longer lasting, thicker electrons (sic), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 11:05 (fifteen years ago)

lol. she put the watch back in her mouth.

― Mordy, Friday, 30 April 2010 01:35 (fifteen years ago)

lol @ the back of Tracy's hand.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 April 2010 01:45 (fifteen years ago)

attic family!

― scott seward, Friday, 30 April 2010 02:24 (fifteen years ago)

i think i know him pretty well, i lost a toe ring inside him!

― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 April 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

attic family!

They even looked like the Dollangangers!

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 30 April 2010 02:42 (fifteen years ago)

haaa, that totally felt like a Season 1 episode (moar Hornberger!)

― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I'm a Viking! (sic), Friday, 30 April 2010 16:05 (fifteen years ago)

ok I was worried about that "stages of denial" gag but they pulled it off.

― s.clover, Friday, 30 April 2010 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

Does Jenna's tampon/vodka trick really work??

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Friday, 30 April 2010 18:00 (fifteen years ago)

it is always super surreal to read this thread before watching a new episode

― DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM! (HI DERE), Friday, 30 April 2010 18:02 (fifteen years ago)

Does Jenna's tampon/vodka trick really work??

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Friday, April 30, 2010 1:00 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

i would think so -- i remember when lil boosie was talking about sticking x pills up girls butts and i read somewhere that it would actually work really well because of mucus membranes absorbing the drug and what not

― ibaka flocka flame (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 April 2010 18:05 (fifteen years ago)

lol "would actually"

― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I'm a Viking! (sic), Friday, 30 April 2010 18:15 (fifteen years ago)

peacock storyline was hella lame (one of the lamest ever imo) but there was as many funny jokes in this ep than any recent one -- love the running gag about grizz's emotions -- also "please be nice to me" on the back of tracy's hand

― ibaka flocka flame (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 April 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

I loved Liz's "Aw, C'mon" response to the fiance feyonce" gag.

― nickn, Friday, 30 April 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

I liked the peacock storyline but proud birds are just funny to look at

― A B C, Friday, 30 April 2010 20:32 (fifteen years ago)

who the hell complains about a farce having a 'lame storyline' anyway

― I say the same thing every single time, I say shawty you a viking (some dude), Friday, 30 April 2010 20:37 (fifteen years ago)

This is funnier if you think of what Alec Baldwin is probably doing to psych himself up to emoting to a bird.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 30 April 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

still cracking up at BITCH HUNTER

― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 April 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

who the hell complains about a farce having a 'lame storyline' anyway

― I say the same thing every single time, I say shawty you a viking (some dude), Friday, April 30, 2010 3:37 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

when it takes away from scenes that could actually be funny?

― ibaka flocka flame (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:02 (fifteen years ago)

"who the hell complains about a comedy show wasting time on a storyline that can't possibly be funny?"

― ibaka flocka flame (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 April 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

totes. the stories are a small but ~non-zero~ part of the lols/enjoyment in this show.

― caek, Friday, 30 April 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

Best Episode this season I think.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 30 April 2010 23:50 (fifteen years ago)

the duet at the end... i was on the phone and nearly lost it completely.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 1 May 2010 00:08 (fifteen years ago)

ARRGH LIVING DINOSAUR

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 1 May 2010 00:53 (fifteen years ago)

"Then there is the Singles Wine & Cheese Tasting, or as I like to call it: Singles Fart Suppression Night"

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 1 May 2010 06:38 (fifteen years ago)

def met a Swedish girl once who told me that her friends would do the vodka tampon trick to avoid parental detection

― rapping about space and shit, floatin’ around in an orgy of screen savers (gbx), Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:07 (fifteen years ago)

are you sure she wasn't finnish?

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)

?

― rapping about space and shit, floatin’ around in an orgy of screen savers (gbx), Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:09 (fifteen years ago)

?

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:14 (fifteen years ago)

!

― all my parks got feathers and wood, in my hood we call them ducks (m bison), Sunday, 2 May 2010 18:17 (fifteen years ago)

Grizz's fiancee Feyonce

Had me rofling

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 2 May 2010 21:57 (fifteen years ago)

yeah that's classic

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 2 May 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

Peacock storyline had some great Kenneth moments. Duet was all-time yoga flame. Lst three episodes have all killed it really.

― the big pink suede panda bear hurts (ledge), Monday, 3 May 2010 08:43 (fifteen years ago)

dallas killin it in that ep

― the subject of many paedo's thoughts (history mayne), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

also did lutz die as a throwaway gag?

― the subject of many paedo's thoughts (history mayne), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

love tracy's "this is going to be awesome" at the duet

― caek, Monday, 3 May 2010 10:17 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure wa sin the background when they had a blurry shot of the writers room over Liz's shoulder (complete with bearded frank).

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 3 May 2010 11:25 (fifteen years ago)

yeah no when liz says s.thing like tv is like life, people like weddings, something else, and unexpected deaths, some dude dies(?) behind her, and he looked kind of lutzy. i guess i could check.

― the subject of many paedo's thoughts (history mayne), Monday, 3 May 2010 11:31 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, that was lutz. i'm sure he'll be back next week.

― caek, Monday, 3 May 2010 11:42 (fifteen years ago)

love tracy's "this is going to be awesome" at the duet

lol

― cutty, Monday, 3 May 2010 14:49 (fifteen years ago)

one of the duddiest opening scenes ever but the rest was straight fire

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Thursday, 6 May 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

PUT THE MIMOSAS DOWN.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 May 2010 01:32 (fifteen years ago)

BITCH.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 May 2010 01:32 (fifteen years ago)

Pyjameralls!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:44 (fifteen years ago)

I, too, would like to yell at the moon with Buzz Aldrin.

― kate78, Friday, 7 May 2010 03:12 (fifteen years ago)

coffin rocket!

― scott seward, Friday, 7 May 2010 03:18 (fifteen years ago)

Our Lady of the Reluctant Integration

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 7 May 2010 04:26 (fifteen years ago)

"Black Judge" nine times.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 7 May 2010 05:16 (fifteen years ago)

these tactics have worked on... stupider women

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

LUTZ'S MOM!

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 May 2010 18:04 (fifteen years ago)

I KNOW!

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 7 May 2010 18:13 (fifteen years ago)

Matthew Weiner co-wrote Bitchhunter.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 7 May 2010 18:54 (fifteen years ago)

a saab in the san fernando valley.

― s.clover, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:21 (fifteen years ago)

:-)

http://i42.tinypic.com/72ymbp.png

― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 May 2010 20:32 (fifteen years ago)

the argument between tracy & his "mom" was so, so funny

― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 May 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)

lol @ photoshoot for vanity fair's annual awesome gentleman issue

― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 May 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

liz's mom worked at Sterling Cooper? -- are they laying framework for Mad Men crossover?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 7 May 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

Nah, it was just one of the stray pop culture references they throw around hundreds of times each episode.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

is it me or were there a lot of fifties/Mad Men-esque throwbacks in this? Matthew Weiner, Sterling-Cooper, the flashback with Liz as her mom, the song that played over Tracy watching Jenna hug her mom. Or just, like, the composition of this shot:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2w4e5pg.jpg

― if he wants to cry to the night sky that's what he'll fucking do (reddening), Friday, 7 May 2010 22:41 (fifteen years ago)

it was pretty overt

― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 May 2010 22:42 (fifteen years ago)

the mother also mentioned dementia later, it was sort of implied that 2/3 of her story was fiction/invention/etc.

― s.clover, Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:40 (fifteen years ago)

Our Lady of the Reluctant Integration

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, May 7, 2010 12:26 AM (Yesterday)

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:51 (fifteen years ago)

the

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:52 (fifteen years ago)

Just watched this with my husband, who saw Buzz Aldrin yesterday! weird.
Also <3 Mrs Lutz.

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:53 (fifteen years ago)

is this the first time in the show's history that they went to commercial break and picked up right where they left off? re: liz/mom

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Saturday, 8 May 2010 06:03 (fifteen years ago)

our basketball hoop was a ribcage

A RIBCAGE

― dmr, Friday, 14 May 2010 03:36 (fifteen years ago)

I saw a baby give another baby a TATTOO

― dmr, Friday, 14 May 2010 03:36 (fifteen years ago)

^ because they were both drunk.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 May 2010 03:45 (fifteen years ago)

all the important new york families will be there: the astors, the rockefellers, the sbarros...

― you never even called me by my display name (iiiijjjj), Friday, 14 May 2010 03:48 (fifteen years ago)

Pizzarina Sbarro... she sounds like a babe.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 May 2010 03:52 (fifteen years ago)

'a pack of wild dogs took over and successfully ran a Wendys'

CHUMS

― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:30 (fifteen years ago)

Not enough Dennis.

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:33 (fifteen years ago)

enjoyed this more than most of the episodes this season so far. maybe I was just more in the mood for it.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:36 (fifteen years ago)

ok I really hope CHUMS was an SM:TV Live reference

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:38 (fifteen years ago)

I remember being BORN, of course.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)

lol "maybe I'll lean into it and bring a cat in a baby stroller"

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:43 (fifteen years ago)

I saw a crackhead breastfeeding a rat!

― cozen, Friday, 14 May 2010 14:56 (fifteen years ago)

what was the name of the fake sapphire book again?

― NARTH Gaydar (joygoat), Friday, 14 May 2010 16:18 (fifteen years ago)

oh yeah "Hard to Watch: Based on the Book Stone Cold Bummer by Manipulate"

― NARTH Gaydar (joygoat), Friday, 14 May 2010 16:19 (fifteen years ago)

lol bible.

― s.clover, Friday, 14 May 2010 16:39 (fifteen years ago)

'she put on red underwear! you think it would clash with her red hair...but it didn't.'

'i'll be here always, while rains fall in Wales'

― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 14 May 2010 16:56 (fifteen years ago)

dennis to jogger: "what's your deal?"

had me in stitches for some reason.

― scott seward, Friday, 14 May 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)

"I'm in a program where they place troubled adults with child mentors"

― dmr, Friday, 14 May 2010 19:04 (fifteen years ago)

"this is a park named after Ron Artest"--is Ron Artest really famous enough for most people to even get that joke?

― ryan, Friday, 14 May 2010 22:09 (fifteen years ago)

not at all, the park was just that bad

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 14 May 2010 22:46 (fifteen years ago)

dennis spinoff now

― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 May 2010 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

...aaaand ACT!!!

― johnny crunch, Friday, 14 May 2010 22:59 (fifteen years ago)

ron artest is hella famous, unlike 90% of all sports jokes that one didn't go over my head

― itt tech (some dude), Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:08 (fifteen years ago)

i had to google.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:09 (fifteen years ago)

i knew him and laughed

― Nhex, Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)

dennis belongs on It's Always Sunny

― Mordy, Saturday, 15 May 2010 04:31 (fifteen years ago)

it's always sunny re-runs coming to comedy central mondays this summer, fyi.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 15 May 2010 04:50 (fifteen years ago)

This was the first episode where I thought as a British I was at a disadvantage. And also being laughed at.

― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 15 May 2010 09:40 (fifteen years ago)

At least you have Chums.

― ô_o (Nicole), Saturday, 15 May 2010 13:47 (fifteen years ago)

i had to google.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall

You are a Canadian heathen.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Saturday, 15 May 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

Ron Artest is basically the Tracy Jordan of the NBA.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 15 May 2010 16:45 (fifteen years ago)

ok I really hope CHUMS was an SM:TV Live reference

Don't know what that is. It's a "Friends" reference.

― Pazuzu's petals (kenan), Saturday, 15 May 2010 17:30 (fifteen years ago)

best episode

― contl;drizer (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 15 May 2010 17:57 (fifteen years ago)

ok I really hope CHUMS was an SM:TV Live reference

Don't know what that is. It's a "Friends" reference.

― Pazuzu's petals (kenan), Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:30 (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well duh. sm:tv live was saturday morning telly that, amongst other things, did a friends parody called CHUMS that was actually pretty lol.

― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:18 (fifteen years ago)

dang i was hoping that was totally made up

― contl;drizer (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:23 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure it was; unlikely that the 30 rock writers are au fait with 5 minute skits on late 90s/early 00s Saturday morning British TV.

― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

this episode was loltastic. John Hamm <3. All the stuff in the copy shop had me in stitches for some reason. I guess I spend a lot of time in copy shops.

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 15 May 2010 19:25 (fifteen years ago)

The bible readings made me laugh til i cried

― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 May 2010 19:36 (fifteen years ago)

oh come on, bible!

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Sunday, 16 May 2010 01:49 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure it was; unlikely that the 30 rock writers are au fait with 5 minute skits on late 90s/early 00s Saturday morning British TV.

They might be pals with Cat Deeley, you never know.

― trishyb, Sunday, 16 May 2010 12:39 (fifteen years ago)

Why must Astronaut Mike Dexter be a plushie?

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Sunday, 16 May 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

Or Ant and Dec...xp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYmCYgTCwI

― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 16 May 2010 19:37 (fifteen years ago)

the line about "yiffing" kinda blew my mind, have tried to forget that phrase after some classic/horrifying ilx threadz

― some dude, Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

I was surprised she passed on the plushy guy considering she three-wayed with James Franco's body pillow earlier in the season.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:05 (fifteen years ago)

did they not get the terminology wrong. isn't it furries that wear the suits and plushies fuck soft toys?

― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:06 (fifteen years ago)

Different frame of mind at the time. She was about to boil over this week.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:06 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure it was; unlikely that the 30 rock writers are au fait with 5 minute skits on late 90s/early 00s Saturday morning British TV.

Having hung out w/ many comedy writers lately I can assure you that someone on that staff probably is.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

I thought plushies were the ones who intentionally gain weight!

― musically, Monday, 17 May 2010 02:23 (fifteen years ago)

YES

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2kkcwwWOr1qz9muno1_500.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 17 May 2010 18:48 (fifteen years ago)

haha, wish the hotpocket cooking on the 3rd rail would have gotten in there

― rahni, Monday, 17 May 2010 20:27 (fifteen years ago)

"electricuted"

― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 May 2010 20:32 (fifteen years ago)

did they not get the terminology wrong. isn't it furries that wear the suits and plushies fuck soft toys?
this is correct

― Nhex, Monday, 17 May 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

haha, wish the hotpocket cooking on the 3rd rail would have gotten in there

― rahni, Monday, May 17, 2010 4:27 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

the G train!!!

― mizzell, Monday, 17 May 2010 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

not been feeling 30R so much recently but tracy just amazing in this ep

― all i wanna do is poll poll poll poll and zing and discuss mia (history mayne), Monday, 17 May 2010 23:24 (fifteen years ago)

the G train NERMALLLLL!!!

― dmr, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:33 (fifteen years ago)

they seriously need to end this lame nancy storyline, woman is like a black hole of unfunny

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:48 (fifteen years ago)

30 Rock has plateaued since mid-season, Community has really been bringing it hard lately though, I love having them back-to-back

― musically, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:01 (fifteen years ago)

30 rock is still killing it every week -- community is "cute"

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:03 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i'm not even beginning to suggest that it's not still amazing, just avery >>>>> nancy

― sveltko (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:04 (fifteen years ago)

neither character is particularly funny on their own, but i think both bring funny things out of jack

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:06 (fifteen years ago)

30 rock is still killing it every week -- community is "cute"

― J0rdan S., Monday, May 17, 2010 9:03 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

smh

― couldn't think of anything to write instead of 'steendriver' (some dude), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:14 (fifteen years ago)

what a cute lil show? who's a big boy show? who is? you are! *rubs top of head*

- me speaking to "community"

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:23 (fifteen years ago)

for real tho i think community is pretty aight but it isn't and will not be on the level of 30 rock

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:23 (fifteen years ago)

avery >>>>> nancy

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Also, ;_; that the writers weren't just giving furries a new name and that plushies are real things.

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:30 (fifteen years ago)

it's a pun - because cat's paws have grooves.

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 02:52 (fifteen years ago)

(^ was the biggest lol i got out of that ep btw)

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 02:55 (fifteen years ago)

30 rock is still killing it every week -- community is "cute"

― J0rdan S., Monday, May 17, 2010 9:03 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

smh

OTM

― gbx, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 03:43 (fifteen years ago)

wait, who is otm

― jonathan blapelbon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 03:44 (fifteen years ago)

avery >>>>> nancy

Yes, this. I need Nancy to go away. No offense to the wonderful Julianne Moore, but the more she lays on that Bawston accent, the more I think that what she really wants isn't Jack, it's Matt Damon from Good Will Hunting. How you like them apples? I'm done with her.

So is Jack, I'm sure, if only because Julianne Moore has got to be crazy expensive. I'm dreading a predictable "he loses them both" resolution. Avery is, like, his perfect woman.

― Pazuzu's petals (kenan), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 04:33 (fifteen years ago)

wait, who is otm

not you

― gbx, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 04:39 (fifteen years ago)

of course he's going to lose both, long term relationships are not part of how Liz or Jack's plot lines roll

― musically, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 04:59 (fifteen years ago)

"A puppy committed suicide after he saw our bathroom" is A++

― Pazuzu's petals (kenan), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 05:30 (fifteen years ago)

Maryland accent made me spittake

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 21 May 2010 01:43 (fifteen years ago)

Sad there wasn't an opportunity for a Matt Damon/Julianne Moore accent-off fight. But yeah, the Overshoppe.com commercial was great.

Also, Kenneth is awesome.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

kenneth has been overexposed, as is TV custom but I thought that last speech was lol and awes at the same time

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 21 May 2010 02:42 (fifteen years ago)

^agreed

― Nhex, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:43 (fifteen years ago)

gonna sue you, gonna sue (drug name), gonna sue the baby

― bug holocaust (sleeve), Friday, 21 May 2010 05:23 (fifteen years ago)

this episode was amazing

― symsymsym, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:16 (fifteen years ago)

no canadian robot castmember, no frank, no toofer... what the hell kinda season finale is this?

― EGOT Schiele (get bent), Friday, 21 May 2010 06:27 (fifteen years ago)

i like the show best when it's full-on ensemble comedy zaniness... relationship plot lines are a crutch for lack of other ideas.

― EGOT Schiele (get bent), Friday, 21 May 2010 06:28 (fifteen years ago)

Agreed.

― Mordy, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:30 (fifteen years ago)

also: when did matt damon and leo dicaprio become the same person? i can't tell them apart anymore.

― EGOT Schiele (get bent), Friday, 21 May 2010 06:31 (fifteen years ago)

http://filmoholic.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/green_zone.jpg

http://www.lahiguera.net/cinemania/actores/leonardo_dicaprio/fotos/4312/leonardo_dicaprio.jpg

― EGOT Schiele (get bent), Friday, 21 May 2010 06:34 (fifteen years ago)

When was the last time Dicaprio didn't have that wiry little goatee thing, though? It's eternally 1996 with that dude.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:35 (fifteen years ago)

So off the topic, but do you think it annoys him that he's never won an Oscar?

― Mordy, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:38 (fifteen years ago)

I doubt it. Does he even leave his house when he doesn't have a movie to promote or an awards ceremony to attend? He was a little too good playing Howard Hughes.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:41 (fifteen years ago)

the handgun gag.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 21 May 2010 07:46 (fifteen years ago)

Micheal Sheen was absolutely hilarious in this episode.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 21 May 2010 10:34 (fifteen years ago)

"There's only one Wesley Snipes!"

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:41 (fifteen years ago)

Jenna's line about the theme for the bachelorette party being sluts

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 May 2010 12:13 (fifteen years ago)

the nba tattoo situation

― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 21 May 2010 12:14 (fifteen years ago)

comma, beautiful hair category, parentheses, strong

― franny glass, Friday, 21 May 2010 14:12 (fifteen years ago)

'a doorman...TO THE SKY!'

― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 21 May 2010 14:19 (fifteen years ago)

"You know what a great pilot would have done? Not hit the birds. That's what I do every day, not hit birds. Where's my ticket to the Grammys?"

― Can I copy and paste someone else's life over mine? (KMS), Friday, 21 May 2010 14:37 (fifteen years ago)

^ sudeikis did that joke on snl right after the incident.

doorman to the sky is major lols

― mizzell, Friday, 21 May 2010 14:47 (fifteen years ago)

It's a good thing hardly anyone watches SNL anymore.

― Can I copy and paste someone else's life over mine? (KMS), Friday, 21 May 2010 14:51 (fifteen years ago)

hardly anyone watches 30 Rock

― mizzell, Friday, 21 May 2010 14:55 (fifteen years ago)

Win-win!

― Can I copy and paste someone else's life over mine? (KMS), Friday, 21 May 2010 14:57 (fifteen years ago)

^ sudeikis did that joke on snl right after the incident.

yeah but it wouldn't have made any sense to have Floyd say it.

― I DIED, Friday, 21 May 2010 18:12 (fifteen years ago)

oh god that handgun gag! I laughed more than I've laughed in months!
and the bit about matt damon going to the Whitehouse and watching the Obamas sleep.
Michael Sheen is probably the best guest they've had on. Maybe.

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 21 May 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

'oooh bother, treble bother.'

― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 21 May 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

kenneth's line about seeing people throw away food that was nicer than his family had for xmas dinner (and tracy agreeing)

― EGOT Schiele (get bent), Friday, 21 May 2010 19:04 (fifteen years ago)

^ sudeikis did that joke on snl right after the incident.

the whole "birth control pill that gives you one period a year" gag (Dodecanol?) is from the "Annuale" fake ad on SNL when Tina Fey was on

― dmr, Friday, 21 May 2010 19:31 (fifteen years ago)

And when you get that one period - hang on to your fucking hat

― dmr, Friday, 21 May 2010 19:31 (fifteen years ago)

last week's was funnier but it was an ok finale I thought

― dmr, Friday, 21 May 2010 19:32 (fifteen years ago)

i thought this was a pretty weak episode esp by tina fey's standards -- altho it did remind me that Feyonce is my favorite joke ever

― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 May 2010 19:40 (fifteen years ago)

e-banks so great

― long time listener, first time balla (history mayne), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:57 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Poor Dennis:

. "For the ['30 Rock'] season finale, I had casts on both arms, and another on my foot, which was kept off-camera. And she literally had me propped up on a stool."

― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 18 June 2010 13:28 (fifteen years ago)

holy shit

― cunty body bean sauce? (HI DERE), Friday, 18 June 2010 13:35 (fifteen years ago)

WOW! Totally understandable now why his part in the finale was so small.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 June 2010 13:47 (fifteen years ago)

that's an incredible story (and why the hell did he give the NY Post the exclusive?)

― fantast (ico) (some dude), Friday, 18 June 2010 13:53 (fifteen years ago)

I just went back and watched the scene and could totally spot the leg cast.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 June 2010 14:09 (fifteen years ago)

wow! and scary...
i talked to him once (v briefly) while on a Manhattan art crawl evening a couple years ago - he was v nice and even pleasantly surprised that we recognized him :)

― planes/octaves/dimensions of existence (rrrobyn), Friday, 18 June 2010 15:10 (fifteen years ago)

that's an incredible story (and why the hell did he give the NY Post the exclusive?)

― fantast (ico) (some dude), Friday, June 18, 2010 9:53 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its one of the biggest 10 papers in the US by circulation and page six is one of the top entertainment columns in the country?

― max, Friday, 18 June 2010 16:40 (fifteen years ago)

and he lives in nyc, and it happened in nyc

― max, Friday, 18 June 2010 16:40 (fifteen years ago)

it's what dennis duffy would do

― used to bull's-eye Zach Wamps in my T-16 back home (will), Friday, 18 June 2010 16:41 (fifteen years ago)

holy shit.

my gf was watching an old sex & the city ep that dean winters guested on, so great to see him doing proto-dennis duffy.

― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 18 June 2010 16:45 (fifteen years ago)

"It's gonna take more than a finger and a couple of toes to keep me down."

damn

― bug holocaust (sleeve), Friday, 18 June 2010 18:13 (fifteen years ago)

I just saw the first Mr. Mayhem commercial. Weird that it was just pretty much a teaser for commercials to come, but the more Dennis Duffy on television the better.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 June 2010 22:09 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

dennis got an all state ad campaign

― de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

yeah

you can see he's missing the tips of his last two fingers on his right hand in it, it's kind of a gruesome reminder of what happened to him

― he does NOT have the training (HI DERE), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)

zomg live episode coming this October http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/30/30-rock-live-episode/

― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Friday, 30 July 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

Holy crap, how is Julianne Moore 50?!?!?!

― There's Money To Be Made in Ice Cream (EDB), Sunday, 1 August 2010 05:31 (fifteen years ago)

she was born in 1960

― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 1 August 2010 05:32 (fifteen years ago)

ha, ha, ha.

― There's Money To Be Made in Ice Cream (EDB), Sunday, 1 August 2010 05:33 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.mywickedspace.com/graphics/glitter/Animals/i100960163_78776.gif

― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 1 August 2010 05:35 (fifteen years ago)

She's obviously a v attractive woman and all but she looks 50 imo.

― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 1 August 2010 09:32 (fifteen years ago)

pretty amazing after seeing kids are all right tp find out that she is only 2 years younger than annette benning. most people guess 10-15.

― mizzell, Sunday, 1 August 2010 21:57 (fifteen years ago)

It's not so much that I thought she was like 40 so much as a sort of fine-vintage-wine in terms of WSability and age. In my opinion she looked better in 30 rock than in say, Shortcuts. But that's just me.

― There's Money To Be Made in Ice Cream (EDB), Monday, 2 August 2010 13:42 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

So the DVD set for season 4 is out now. One of the commentaries is just Jack McBrayer and Jon Hamm, here is an alleged excerpt:

Jon Hamm: That was a very veiled Mad Men reference. I don’t know if you knew that.
Jack McBrayer: Wait, what did he say?
Jon Hamm: Looking out the window, holding a glass of scotch.
Jack McBrayer: It is??
Jon Hamm: To me it is.
Jack McBrayer: Ugh. This is going to be the longest 22 minutes of my life.

― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 22:21 (fifteen years ago)

still wondering why Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs did a commentary.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 22:27 (fifteen years ago)

donald glover was a writer before he started community

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 September 2010 22:33 (fifteen years ago)

idk about gillian jacobs tho

i guess cuz they're both funny and are on a show that lots of 30 rock viewers like?

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 September 2010 22:33 (fifteen years ago)

the clip in the commercial is hilarious

liz: i'm gonna be on tv tonight
dr. spacemen: really? are you sure you don't mean radio?

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:32 (fifteen years ago)

That's from an episode last season.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:40 (fifteen years ago)

OH

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:41 (fifteen years ago)

I want to start a thread about Outsourced with people betting on how many weeks it will last before it gets canceled, but what's the point? It won't be long.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:42 (fifteen years ago)

we can use that us comedy tv thread or w/e

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:45 (fifteen years ago)

there should almost be a rolling nbc thursdays thread or something

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:45 (fifteen years ago)

there should be a rolling 'new shows 2010-2011 season' thread, and the ones that make the cut/garner interest can get their own threads down the line.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:50 (fifteen years ago)

So far, the only "new" new show I've seen is The Event, and it was alright. Same people who made 24 are making it, though, and you can definitely tell by all the hammy dialogue. As for the larger mystery, I'll ride that ride until I have to get off.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:52 (fifteen years ago)

get this: my gynecologist committed suicide

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:45 (fifteen years ago)

really good episode imo

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:49 (fifteen years ago)

If this is Season 5 of TGS (wink, wink), it doesn't make sense. Wasn't TGS already an established thing that they crammed Tracy Jordan into at the beginning of 30 Rock?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 13:50 (fifteen years ago)

Maybe it's the fifth season of "TGS" since before it was "The Girly Show"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:50 (fifteen years ago)

Just an OK first ep, but Jack's "flirting" with the interior designer was gayriffic.

― Hipstamatic Priest (King Boy Pato), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:58 (fifteen years ago)

yuh tgs w/ tracy jordan != the girly show i guess

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 September 2010 14:00 (fifteen years ago)

"Was it anything like Top Gun?"

"Yes, but with way more volleyball."

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 September 2010 14:04 (fifteen years ago)

Pete having sex with his wife was disturbing/hilarious.

― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 14:05 (fifteen years ago)

ha that whole string of questions and answers between the writers and Matt Damon before Lutz's "Are you on Facebook?" and everyone looks disgusted

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 24 September 2010 14:05 (fifteen years ago)

"Dnnid I Dnnoo Thannt?"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 14:08 (fifteen years ago)

Sadness Scavenger List

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 24 September 2010 14:40 (fifteen years ago)

Came here to post just that gukbe

― Jibe, Friday, 24 September 2010 14:42 (fifteen years ago)

not jim - not jimmy - jamesssssth.

― r|t|c, Saturday, 25 September 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)

Jack's "flirting" with the interior designer was gayriffic

I'm a daddy bear

― franny glass, Saturday, 25 September 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

don't be cry!

― god of tosh (blueski), Saturday, 25 September 2010 18:50 (fifteen years ago)

how did kenneth get fired again?

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 September 2010 19:34 (fifteen years ago)

He got promoted which meant he'd have to move to LA, and he didn't want to move to LA, so he deliberately did a bad job on a studio tour with the Kabletown execs.

― franny glass, Saturday, 25 September 2010 19:47 (fifteen years ago)

oh yeah, forgot about that. cheers!

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 September 2010 20:13 (fifteen years ago)

good first episode! hopefully i'll be able to watch next week's live

― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Sunday, 26 September 2010 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

is Outsourced a remake of Mumbai Calling? just guessing from the title

― Underground - Parking (2010) (sic), Monday, 27 September 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

Self referential season five intro joke not as good as the self referential season four intro joke.

― James Mitchell, Monday, 27 September 2010 09:46 (fifteen years ago)

^^^agreed and it led onto one of my favourite bits, Tracy doing stand-up about eating lobster and asking "Have I lost touch with my roots? I better talk to Rabbi Schmuley about this..."

― Duncan Donuts (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 27 September 2010 12:12 (fifteen years ago)

i don't know about anybody else but i'm loving matt damon in this. missed elizabeth banks tbh.

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Monday, 27 September 2010 12:46 (fifteen years ago)

Matt Damon is good when he does comedy -- I'm probably in the minority here but I liked Stuck On You. I watched Ponyo last night with my daughter -- Matt and Tina do the voices of the father and mother in the movie, I thought that was kind of a funny coincidence.

― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:32 (fifteen years ago)

so, i know it's old, but Kenneth's Michael McDonald impression in the first season's "Cleveland" episode just destroys me every time. i keep on playing it for people, and no one feels it as hard as i do.

anyway, i love this fucking show.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)

Matt Damon is good when he does comedy

His crying is hilarious.

― franny glass, Thursday, 30 September 2010 19:45 (fifteen years ago)

and my mood ring...and I don't know how I feel about that

― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:36 (fifteen years ago)

spaceman!

― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:36 (fifteen years ago)

THE SOUND IS OFF WHY IS TRACY IN CASH CAB

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:42 (fifteen years ago)

the exxon joke has me dying

― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 October 2010 00:43 (fifteen years ago)

WHY IS HE IN CASH CAB

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:43 (fifteen years ago)

tracy in cash cab is the best idea this show has ever had

― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 October 2010 00:44 (fifteen years ago)

angie is in labor at the hospital, so he's taking a cab over there, and he was picked up by the cash cab

― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 October 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

OH GOD

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

I am so not tired of Brian WIlliams cameos.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 1 October 2010 00:49 (fifteen years ago)

Bonus points for tacking on an Andrea Mitchell cameo too. Never seen that before.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 00:51 (fifteen years ago)

"I hate to say I told you so, so...welcome to Miami."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 00:57 (fifteen years ago)

tracy visited the statue of liberty for its centennial anniversary, cause he'd heard he'd be able to see its boob(s), and he knew that was in 1986 cause he got attacked by a mets fan for something about the 1986 world series, and he knew how many years a centennial was cause "centipeding" means to have sex with 100 women, so 1986 - 100 = 1786!

― del griffith, Friday, 1 October 2010 01:08 (fifteen years ago)

1886. know yr maths.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 01:19 (fifteen years ago)

died @ "grunting naps"

― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 October 2010 01:19 (fifteen years ago)

xp oh yeah, huh

― del griffith, Friday, 1 October 2010 01:22 (fifteen years ago)

rest of the episode was okay, but CASH CAB so ridiculous

― circles, Friday, 1 October 2010 01:23 (fifteen years ago)

ridiculously funny

― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Friday, 1 October 2010 01:27 (fifteen years ago)

pacing was off the charts, you know it's a good episode when it moves fast like this one

― con suelo, Friday, 1 October 2010 05:01 (fifteen years ago)

tracy really brought it with this episode

― I'm a Grizzily Bear Now (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 October 2010 06:01 (fifteen years ago)

http://i54.tinypic.com/flwsa1.gif

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 07:37 (fifteen years ago)

rock collection

― Kerm, Friday, 1 October 2010 11:51 (fifteen years ago)

liz: are you coming downstairs?
jack: why, so i can stand outside in a crowd like some italian? i don't think so

― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 October 2010 20:58 (fifteen years ago)

Tracy: Why is this baby covered with goop?
Doctor: BEcause everything about this is DISGUSTING.

^^ m4tt and i were dying over this this morning.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Friday, 1 October 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

dr spaceman never disappoints imo

"i've already administered the epidural so... would you like one, too?"

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 1 October 2010 21:24 (fifteen years ago)

^^so classic

― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 October 2010 21:30 (fifteen years ago)

feeding the meter was pretty great...and "usually I put babies IN women"

― dan selzer, Friday, 1 October 2010 21:45 (fifteen years ago)

BEcause everything about this is DISGUSTING.

^ line of the episode

― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 October 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/allocryptic/Screenshot2010-10-01at62648PM.png

creepy agelessness is my favorite running joke about kenneth

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 1 October 2010 22:41 (fifteen years ago)

classique ep

― ice cr?m, Friday, 1 October 2010 23:43 (fifteen years ago)

tracy visited the statue of liberty for its centennial anniversary, cause he'd heard he'd be able to see its boob(s), and he knew that was in 1986 cause he got attacked by a mets fan for something about the 1986 world series, and he knew how many years a centennial was cause "centipeding" means to have sex with 100 women, so 1986 - 100 = 1786!

― del griffith, Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

'i was randomly attacked by a mets fan that i had threw a bottle at' LOL

― ice cr?m, Friday, 1 October 2010 23:46 (fifteen years ago)

The secret to a strong, healthy head of hair is dove blood.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 2 October 2010 00:32 (fifteen years ago)

correction: 'dove...blood'

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Saturday, 2 October 2010 01:41 (fifteen years ago)

if you want to make god laugh, tell him your plans...or read him a dave barry book

― A B C, Saturday, 2 October 2010 07:22 (fifteen years ago)

really thought this show had fallen off for good last season but it's been on fire so far

― r|t|c, Saturday, 2 October 2010 07:56 (fifteen years ago)

the song You're So Vain was written... by me

― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Saturday, 2 October 2010 11:36 (fifteen years ago)

rtc last season was classic ep after classic ep iirc!

― k3vin k., Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:43 (fifteen years ago)

Nahh

― just sayin, Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:48 (fifteen years ago)

kevin k otm

― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:51 (fifteen years ago)

"...infected penis!"
*oh come on hands*

― k3vin k., Saturday, 2 October 2010 15:20 (fifteen years ago)

so for me to be there for the birth of my daughter, i have to answer trivial (he says this i think) questions despite having gone to middle school in an exxon station?

― k3vin k., Saturday, 2 October 2010 15:32 (fifteen years ago)

honestly, the exxon station joke was funnier to me than any of the lines from that scene last season that we polled

― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)

omg richie subtly mouthing liz's words as they act out their break-up

― k3vin k., Saturday, 2 October 2010 15:44 (fifteen years ago)

giametti definitely one of the best stunt guests

― Nhex, Saturday, 2 October 2010 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

grizz was reading urban fervor

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:07 (fifteen years ago)

Why would anyone want to combine breakdancing and lunch?

― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 3 October 2010 04:02 (fifteen years ago)

This was the best episode in a good while. Having witnessed a birth just two weeks ago, that scene was A++

― Super Cub, Sunday, 3 October 2010 04:20 (fifteen years ago)

dreading Queen Latifah guest spot next week -- she's basically the unfunniest person alive but people know she's not a real dramatic actress so they keep putting her in comedies by default

― algernod shiplies (some dude), Sunday, 3 October 2010 04:22 (fifteen years ago)

grizz was reading urban fervor

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

THAT RULES. The resolution on my TV is too crappy/TV is too small for me to see that clearly when I paused the (ahem) VHS tape. So, thank you for that.

― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 3 October 2010 05:24 (fifteen years ago)

put potato chips on a sandwich!!

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:17 (fifteen years ago)

Sadchester, Massachusetts

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 3 October 2010 23:08 (fifteen years ago)

it's next to brookline

― Bougre de crème d'emplâtre à la graisse de hérisson (remy bean), Sunday, 3 October 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

s0 much better than last week

tracy going up the scale one of the best things ever

― laughing out loud lol (history mayne), Sunday, 3 October 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

haha yes

― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 23:30 (fifteen years ago)

Haven't been feeling this season so far. :I

― Daria Law (Leee), Sunday, 3 October 2010 23:45 (fifteen years ago)

OMG that was among their all-time best episodes imo. Have they ever packed in that many jokes per minute?

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 4 October 2010 02:28 (fifteen years ago)

the kicker w/ liz and jack was so great

― max, Monday, 4 October 2010 02:30 (fifteen years ago)

"this is over"

― k3vin k., Monday, 4 October 2010 02:30 (fifteen years ago)

on second viewing i noticed jack was playing with the liquor bottle full of rocks in liz's office

― circles, Monday, 4 October 2010 03:44 (fifteen years ago)

I missed the birth of my two sons for very legitimate reasons - cooking a French bread pizza and forgot.

― a hoy hoy, Monday, 4 October 2010 04:01 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, leee, this last episode had me losing it every minute. so good.

"EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS DISGUSTING" might be one of the best deliveries i've ever seen.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Monday, 4 October 2010 06:03 (fifteen years ago)

also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbCT5fXdhhc

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Monday, 4 October 2010 06:03 (fifteen years ago)

I missed the birth of my two sons for very legitimate reasons - cooking a French bread pizza and forgot.

Lolled so hard at this one

― Not the real Village People, Monday, 4 October 2010 06:37 (fifteen years ago)

"Anthony Anderson on our long running series Law and..."
mumble mumble
"We canceled that? What were we thinking?"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 00:38 (fifteen years ago)

also lol @ Kenneth's accent getting more and more southern to the point of incomprehensibility.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 00:39 (fifteen years ago)

how many mickey rourke cracks have there been in this show?

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:40 (fifteen years ago)

hey a donald glover joke!

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:40 (fifteen years ago)

MR. CHANG

― MAX NOT FOR MOD (Roberto Spiralli), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:42 (fifteen years ago)

"a houston foreclosure of a human being" is going right into my rolodex

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:42 (fifteen years ago)

lol these law & order cracks

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:43 (fifteen years ago)

OH GOD TEJON FACE

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:44 (fifteen years ago)

Show is extra sharp tonight!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

classic episode p much already

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:46 (fifteen years ago)

NBC...a top ten network.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 00:46 (fifteen years ago)

THE SCHOOLBOAT

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 00:49 (fifteen years ago)

episode was end to end murder

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:57 (fifteen years ago)

The acclaimed director of When Harry Met Sally would never do that.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:59 (fifteen years ago)

LET'S STAY TOGETHER

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 8 October 2010 01:00 (fifteen years ago)

it's a tentpole!

― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2010 01:36 (fifteen years ago)

about as diverse as a Wilco concert

― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 8 October 2010 03:27 (fifteen years ago)

magnolia cupcakes? sorry, hips!

― walk a flock aflame (donna rouge), Friday, 8 October 2010 04:17 (fifteen years ago)

I've gotten to to the point where I start giggling as soon as Dr Spaceman comes on screen.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 October 2010 04:42 (fifteen years ago)

For a dog, you are a dawg!!

― Ain't Gonna Play Sim City (King Boy Pato), Friday, 8 October 2010 09:46 (fifteen years ago)

PAUL SIMON

― Ain't Gonna Play Sim City (King Boy Pato), Friday, 8 October 2010 09:50 (fifteen years ago)

I'm part Eskimo, hate crime!

― Ain't Gonna Play Sim City (King Boy Pato), Friday, 8 October 2010 09:53 (fifteen years ago)

"WHO... LOVES... PIZZA?!?!!!"

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 8 October 2010 13:14 (fifteen years ago)

this show has a lot of jokes about italians

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 8 October 2010 13:17 (fifteen years ago)

the first generation works their fingers to the bone
the second generation goes to college
the third generation snowboards and takes improv classes

― avinha, Friday, 8 October 2010 15:52 (fifteen years ago)

FART BARFUNKEL

And Jenna's "schoolboat" rant, ohhhhh hilarious. And the tap dancing!!

Show is TITE

― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 8 October 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

"i knew i shouldn't be here as soon as i saw the picture of black jesus."
"that was me in college."

also lolled @ tavis smiley excellence in broadcasting award -- "thank you for making us all... smiley"

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 8 October 2010 16:55 (fifteen years ago)

That was Tony from the Wire without hair, right?

― dan selzer, Friday, 8 October 2010 17:04 (fifteen years ago)

Must gave been. He looks sick : (

― Super Cub, Friday, 8 October 2010 17:42 (fifteen years ago)

no one else has that voice!

― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 October 2010 22:06 (fifteen years ago)

I loled most during Queen Latifah's first grandstanding speech.

I actually didn't catch how that 'colored' & 'white' gag made sense because I missed reading the signs the first time. But I imagine it would have been as funny as "you people have your own table" gag.

― popular music is destroying our youth (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 9 October 2010 00:12 (fifteen years ago)

queen latifah wasn't funny imo

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Saturday, 9 October 2010 00:13 (fifteen years ago)

Everyone born before Jesus is in Hell

― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Saturday, 9 October 2010 00:41 (fifteen years ago)

hahaha I totally forgot about that song!

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Saturday, 9 October 2010 00:51 (fifteen years ago)

That was Tony from the Wire without hair, right?

Norman from the Wire, but yeah! Didn't recognize him.

― jaymc, Saturday, 9 October 2010 03:59 (fifteen years ago)

weird, don't know why I thought Tony. Maybe I was thinking of Tommy.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 9 October 2010 09:27 (fifteen years ago)

I actually didn't catch how that 'colored' & 'white' gag made sense because I missed reading the signs the first time. But I imagine it would have been as funny as "you people have your own table" gag.

― popular music is destroying our youth (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 9 October 2010 01:12 (15 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"coloured" objects to recycle, "white" objects to recycle - because apparently recycling is the same as doing yr washing.

― http://tinypic.com/r/s0wvar/7 (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)

?? is this not a thing in lolbritain

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

i assume that something being say plastic or metal or paper is more important than yr paper, metal and plastic going in the correct colour recycling bin?

― http://tinypic.com/r/s0wvar/7 (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:56 (fifteen years ago)

I seem to remember the separating by color thing mainly applied to glass.

― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:57 (fifteen years ago)

I used to work at a place that had separate recycling bins for colored and white paper, but I don't know how common it is.

― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Saturday, 9 October 2010 17:51 (fifteen years ago)

just watched ep 2 wks ago "when it rains, it pours" - srsly stop just trying to say 6 wacky "tracey jordan" lines in a row for every character in every situation

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 October 2010 00:39 (fifteen years ago)

Hey, when it rains it pours!

― Picture me ¯\(°_°)/¯ ing (symsymsym), Sunday, 10 October 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

dreading Queen Latifah guest spot next week -- she's basically the unfunniest person alive but people know she's not a real dramatic actress so they keep putting her in comedies by default

― algernod shiplies (some dude), Sunday, October 3, 2010 12:22 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

queen latifah wasn't funny imo

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, October 8, 2010 8:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

told y'all! actually she wasn't bad, they gave her character some good lines, but seriously, she's a comedy killer.

― some dude, Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:31 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i thought she was negligible

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:31 (fifteen years ago)

i don't remember the episode off hand but would like for johnny to expound on his criticism a bit

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:32 (fifteen years ago)

just watched ep 2 wks ago "when it rains, it pours" - srsly stop just trying to say 6 wacky "tracey jordan" lines in a row for every character in every situation

― johnny crunch, Saturday, October 9, 2010 8:39 PM (1 hour ago)

huh?

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:34 (fifteen years ago)

idk i thought it was still a funny ep but there were several instances of multiple non sequiturs that were just like filler 'tracy jordan repressed memory' jokes

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:47 (fifteen years ago)

said by like liz or jenna

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:48 (fifteen years ago)

it was kinda tiring

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:48 (fifteen years ago)

oh ok i thought you were hating on the cab ride

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:49 (fifteen years ago)

actually she wasn't bad, they gave her character some good lines

Do you mean the grandstanding? I thought that was embarrassingly bad writing.

In other news, Dotcom Productions is "Tracy Jordan" backwards!

http://i54.tinypic.com/24lsga8.jpg

― Daria Law (Leee), Sunday, 10 October 2010 07:09 (fifteen years ago)

lmao

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 10 October 2010 07:54 (fifteen years ago)

o m g

― http://tinypic.com/r/s0wvar/7 (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 10 October 2010 18:45 (fifteen years ago)

apparently the live show tonight is going to be performed twice, once for the east coast and once for the west coast. this warms my bitter socal heart.

my sister claims to have read that each version will have DIFFERENT JOKES but i don't know how trustworthy that is.

― Justin Bieber's tweet about the mine rescue (reddening), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:32 (fifteen years ago)

will they both be on hulu? :/

― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:34 (fifteen years ago)

oh awesome:

The Oct. 13th episode is a live taping and may be delayed. The east coast and west coast broadcasts will be posted

― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:35 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, they said that both performances will be available for online viewing the following day.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:35 (fifteen years ago)

I'll be out so I'll miss it, though I'm recording it. Not that I'm fussed really anyway, because I'm not sure 30 Rock is the type of show that benefits from this sort of thing. Watching the different jokes could be cool though.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

psyched for this

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

Just saw Tina Fey on msnbc saying there will be different jokes.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

oh man

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:46 (fifteen years ago)

will there be deja vu jokes, y/n?

― Kerm, Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:48 (fifteen years ago)

wait till 2pac hears about this.... *worried look*

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 14 October 2010 20:21 (fifteen years ago)

so excited for this

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:12 (fifteen years ago)

i was hating this until julie louis dreyfuss

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:34 (fifteen years ago)

this is great!

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:34 (fifteen years ago)

this is great

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:35 (fifteen years ago)

This is maybe my favorite thing ever.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 00:42 (fifteen years ago)

Brett Favre joke ftw

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 00:43 (fifteen years ago)

omg this is amazing

― fabozep, zoso if u aint know so (m bison), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:48 (fifteen years ago)

OMG JON HAMM

― fabozep, zoso if u aint know so (m bison), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:50 (fifteen years ago)

biggest smile on my face right now

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:51 (fifteen years ago)

flashbacks and jokes about Angels in America!

― del griffith, Friday, 15 October 2010 00:52 (fifteen years ago)

This is maybe my favorite thing ever.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, October 15, 2010 12:42 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark

― franny glass, Friday, 15 October 2010 01:01 (fifteen years ago)

Also, very pleased with so much Lutz.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 01:13 (fifteen years ago)

jack huffing paint

― walka, texas flamer (m bison), Friday, 15 October 2010 01:15 (fifteen years ago)

matt damon pretending he was in on the surprise party

― walka, texas flamer (m bison), Friday, 15 October 2010 01:16 (fifteen years ago)

Hate that I have to wait so long to see the second performance (by "long," I mean about 3 hours).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 01:18 (fifteen years ago)

Are they airing the second performance on the east coast?

― Mordy, Friday, 15 October 2010 01:20 (fifteen years ago)

No, but it will probably take no time at all for it go torrent.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 01:21 (fifteen years ago)

this was crazy fun. loved tracy going on about breaking since he trashed sanz and fallon for doing it a few years about. beforehand i was wondering 'how will they do the cutaways?' genius solution. superfun.

― balls, Friday, 15 October 2010 01:41 (fifteen years ago)

Already dling this on the west coast I <3 u intarnet

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 October 2010 02:20 (fifteen years ago)

Just finished watching this and I have no idea what you guys are talking about. As my boyfriend said, "I wish I could unsee that." Didn't laugh once. And jesus, a studio audience? The whole thing felt so awkward.

― lindseykai, Friday, 15 October 2010 03:07 (fifteen years ago)

I think you and your boyfriend need to check your funny receptors. That episode was hilarious.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 October 2010 03:52 (fifteen years ago)

I don't mean that to be harsh, but of course it was going to be a little awkward - thats live television for you. Dr. Spaceman, Hamm, and Damon all had me rolling.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 October 2010 03:58 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i mean it was a great little gimmick - wouldn't really want it to happen again of course

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 October 2010 04:00 (fifteen years ago)

Liked it because I always liked 30 Rock, but come on, hard to make the claim this was as good as a real episode.

xp wait, Liz Lemon's boyfriend is REALLY Matt Damon?? Just looked it up and it's true! Assumed it was some actor who looked kind of like Matt Damon.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 15 October 2010 04:05 (fifteen years ago)

he's been a regular character stretching back to last season!

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 October 2010 04:13 (fifteen years ago)

do keep up xp

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 October 2010 04:36 (fifteen years ago)

this was terrible, like an SNL skit that just won't end
dr. spaceman excepted. and kenneth was kind of amazing. you know that guy never needs more than one take

― avinha, Friday, 15 October 2010 04:39 (fifteen years ago)

I know Carol was a regular character! I've seen him in many episodes! It just never occurred to me that the actor playing him was actually Matt Damon.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 15 October 2010 04:47 (fifteen years ago)

Anything that adds lyrics to an instrumental theme song wins me over instantly! LOVED Jon Hamm too.

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 15 October 2010 05:11 (fifteen years ago)

really good stuff. i dug this waaay more than i thought i would, but then again i actually remember watching Roc Live in the '90s

― Nhex, Friday, 15 October 2010 05:14 (fifteen years ago)

west coast jon hamm bit > east coast jon hamm bit

their timing got noticeably better during the whole second show.

― j., Friday, 15 October 2010 08:40 (fifteen years ago)

mmm maroneys boobs.

― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Friday, 15 October 2010 13:44 (fifteen years ago)

felt like they had really low standards for what writing is this week

on the other hand, i've never enjoyed the whole snl thing, and that's one of my problems with snl

― caek, Friday, 15 October 2010 13:49 (fifteen years ago)

mmm maroneys boobs.

― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Friday, 15 October 2010 14:44 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

never noticed this before but wow

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 15 October 2010 13:54 (fifteen years ago)

"Open on...the Covent Garden Flower Market, 1892..Flahrs, flahrs for sale!"

This whole episode killed me, but the audience applauding every scene was a bit distracting.

― franny glass, Friday, 15 October 2010 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

Vulture points out 17 differences between the East and West coast performances: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/the_17_differences_between_30.html?f=most-commented-vulture-7d5

East Coast: Matt Damon's first appearance in the show gets wild cheers at the beginning and end of his scene.
West Coast: Stone-cold silence from the audience! Ya burnt, Damon.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 15:57 (fifteen years ago)

i wanted to go live and motorboat those fuckers.

― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Friday, 15 October 2010 15:58 (fifteen years ago)

this was brilliant!

― sonderangerbot, Friday, 15 October 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, these were totally awesome, and anyone who didn't at least find some humor in them is stupid.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Friday, 15 October 2010 18:49 (fifteen years ago)

yeah this was lots of fun. at first i was kinda disappointed that it was clearly being shot on the SNL set and kinda just looked like a SNL sketch but then i was like oh why would that bother me anyway, and enjoyed how they did a lot of gags to take advantage of the format. did video of the live performance they did during the writer's strike a few years ago ever end up online or on a DVD or anything? I guess that was probably the genesis of all this.

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Friday, 15 October 2010 18:59 (fifteen years ago)

Spaceman was amazing in the west coast version. also, there is a pamphlet on his table that says "YOU DO THE METH!" which kills me.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:10 (fifteen years ago)

you do the meth! came from when jenna was offered crystal meth to lose her 'mystic pizza' weight.

i enjoyed this although as a britisher i don't get the snl stigma.

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:16 (fifteen years ago)

can't wait to watch these tonight

― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:17 (fifteen years ago)

funnnier than snl has been in 30 years.

― akm, Friday, 15 October 2010 19:22 (fifteen years ago)

at first i was kinda disappointed that it was clearly being shot on the SNL set and kinda just looked like a SNL sketch but then i was like oh why would that bother me anyway, and enjoyed how they did a lot of gags to take advantage of the format.

yeah i was feeling the same way, but a combination of me telling myself to get over it + the brilliant julie louis dreyfuss stuff put it out of my mind

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:28 (fifteen years ago)

b/w seinfeld, arrested development & 30 rock, JLD has been on my three favorite tv comedies of all time -- if only she had appeared in "chappelle show" somehow

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:29 (fifteen years ago)

Hand Frankensteining

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:58 (fifteen years ago)

xxp yeah it was a bit confusing at first how it looked like SNL except there were jokes and people laughing at them

― sonderangerbot, Friday, 15 October 2010 19:58 (fifteen years ago)

people who love 30 Rock but act like SNL is sooooo bad are fronting hard

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:03 (fifteen years ago)

Just watched the West coast performance. It really was a lot tighter, minus the stumbles from Tracy and Jane. I thought the East coast Spaceman bit was funnier, but liked Jon Hamm's West coast bit more. Neither was perfect, both were funny. I give the East coast one the nod, though. It was a little more loose.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:21 (fifteen years ago)

I think I preferred "tie me to the radiator and put food just out of reach."

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:32 (fifteen years ago)

people who love 30 Rock but act like SNL is sooooo bad are fronting hard

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude)

this is the audacious high watermark in the "people who don't like the thing i like are lying to themselves" genre of wahmbulance posts

― MAX NOT FOR MOD (Roberto Spiralli), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:36 (fifteen years ago)

the day Gilly appears in a 30 Rock and we all still like it I'll agree with you.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

yeah snl is not very good right now

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

Since I didn't start watching this until the tail end of Season 2, I don't think I'd ever heard Spaceman's name pronounced by anyone but Tracy!

Also, where has Cerie been lately?

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

i loved the joke about snooki's mom

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

yeah omg we need a full jenna birthday song

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:41 (fifteen years ago)

Don't know if commercials are standardized and known in advance, but on my west coast station right after dr. spaceman sang "strap" a subway commercial came on that started with the word "on" and I lost it. So hope they did that on purpose or else it was an amazing coincidence.

― joygoat, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:41 (fifteen years ago)

It had to be on purpose. Because it certainly didn't make sense when I watched it on hulu.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

shit, hamm killed it in the west coast version

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

return of the dratch!

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

^^^ this

― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:53 (fifteen years ago)

They should bring her back in her random-multiple-roles role.

― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:53 (fifteen years ago)

fonz jokes were a self-conscious shark-jumping reference, y/n?

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:00 (fifteen years ago)

Never thought of that...but I took it as just the logically absurd/absurdly logical extension of the "Happy Days...is my favorite show!" joke. And a show about a live show doing a live show probably doesn't constitute jumping the shark.

― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:08 (fifteen years ago)

no shark jumped imo but i just took it as a nod to the obvious tv stunt-pulling of this ep. but i may be reading too much into it.

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:12 (fifteen years ago)

i thought it was setup for dratch to bust out her awesome fonzie impressions.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 15 October 2010 21:15 (fifteen years ago)

no i think that's a cool reading elmo!

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:20 (fifteen years ago)

I enjoyed this very much!

― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:27 (fifteen years ago)

haven't seen the east coast version yet, but west coast jon hamm was the best thing i saw all night (i still love you community, but come on it's jon hamm).

― Justin Bieber's tweet about the mine rescue (reddening), Friday, 15 October 2010 23:16 (fifteen years ago)

I keep going on about this, because I was worried that he'd be typecast and not get good roles, but his two appearances on SNL followed by 30 Rock and now this prove that he's a totally awesome comedic actor. Maybe part of it is just the hilariousness of him NOT being Don Draper, but I look forward to seeing him do more comedy of all types.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:07 (fifteen years ago)

I feel like Bill Hader was doing a Peter Graves impression during the airplane seq.

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 16 October 2010 05:44 (fifteen years ago)

did video of the live performance they did during the writer's strike a few years ago ever end up online or on a DVD or anything?

yeah, on the S2 DVD

iirc the recording is REALLY bad, like I had to put headphones on to understand it

― Mary Lynn Ice Cube (sic), Saturday, 16 October 2010 12:48 (fifteen years ago)

i'm not really into Mad Men at all so i'm totally just hoping that once that show runs its course Hamm focuses more on comedic roles

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Saturday, 16 October 2010 13:38 (fifteen years ago)

Just watched the West Coast version - honestly I liked the crazy over-reactive audience more from the East Coast version more (though maybe because I saw it first), it also gave everyone a little more time to breathe and wait between lines, the timing seemed kind of weird in the later show. Some bits were better, though.

― Nhex, Saturday, 16 October 2010 17:54 (fifteen years ago)

So does Matt Damon just love the show or what? I was surprised they could even get him for a cameo, let alone a major part in an episode, let alone a multi-episode arc.

― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:01 (fifteen years ago)

it's good for his brand. he gets cool points, etc. its not like julianne moore does a lot of t.v. either.

― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:14 (fifteen years ago)

oh - eventually he'll break Liz's heart or vice versa.

― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:34 (fifteen years ago)

no way, they will get married and have a spinoff show called caroliz in the city

― i think i'm big screech. samuel powers. whippin' nerds. hallelujah. (m bison), Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

people who love 30 Rock but act like SNL is sooooo bad are fronting hard

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude)

this is the audacious high watermark in the "people who don't like the thing i like are lying to themselves" genre of wahmbulance posts

― MAX NOT FOR MOD (Roberto Spiralli), Friday, October 15, 2010 4:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

eh i'm just saying if you enjoyed 30 Rock live but think SNL is shit even when Fey or Baldwin is hosting the quality gap (which i admit is there) is probably much larger in your mind than in reality

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Saturday, 16 October 2010 18:53 (fifteen years ago)

forgetting whether snl is very good or not, it's clearly quite different to 30 rock.

― caek, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:18 (fifteen years ago)

i'd agree w/ al very slightly, until this season (where the hosts have been great and the shows still really subpar) i'd have said that recent snl is as good as the host; obv this is true of all eras of snl but recently it has really lived or died by the host. when i was watching the 30 rock though i did think it was weird that there was a certain amount of slack i was extending it that i never think about extending snl. maybe it's cuz snl is SUCH a finely tuned machine whereas there was a heavy element of 'what is this going to be like/how will they pull it off' (i never saw the live er, but live drew carey or roc etc never had this charge cuz they weren't single camera shows; it was more a return to how early tv worked instead of a show doing what it never does like 30 rock). the only time i can think of something similar to the julie louis dreyfus thing w/ snl, where there was a dilemma imposed by the live factor and you wondered how they were gonna solve it, was the 92 debates when carvey had been impersonating bush and perot (and there they just copped out and filmed one of the parts). somewhat wishing now tracy had had a cutaway if only to see who would've played him (does martin lawrence have that much of a sense of humor about himself?).

― balls, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

the difference between 30 rock and snl is that 30 rock has jokes. lots of them. snl was never big on jokes. a 6000 post thread quoting every minute of every episode of 30 rock is some sort of testament to that.

― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

snl is a show made up on the fly which is why it has always been staffed by improv people. but this means that it will always be horribly uneven and only as good as the people involved in a sketch.

― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

(this is why the actual filmed stuff on snl is often so much funnier than the live stuff)

― scott seward, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

Since watching both versions over the past two evenings, I now have "Live show... it's a 30 rock live show..." in my head PERMANENTLY

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 16 October 2010 22:18 (fifteen years ago)

i loved this and i loved that it looked like snl

i mean

if you have a problem with that, considering that its a live ep, and its a show based on snl, i mean, i honestly dont understand how your brain works at all

― faust LARP (s1ocki), Saturday, 16 October 2010 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

TS jane krakowski's rendition of the theme song vs. cheyenne jackson's

i love jane's voice, but cheyenne's had "let's talk about sushi" which made me think pleasant thoughts about having some sushi.

― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Saturday, 16 October 2010 22:54 (fifteen years ago)

i love jane's voice, but cheyenne's had "let's talk about sushi" which made me think pleasant thoughts about having some sushi.

And a shout out to Glendale (home of Telecom World Headquarters) too!

― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 16 October 2010 23:46 (fifteen years ago)

They're not making this a regular thing, are they? Man, I just don't see eye-to-eye with all the people who loved it. The best things about the show IMO are the tight writing and dry delivery.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 18 October 2010 22:40 (fifteen years ago)

no of course they're not, it was a fun one-off

you guys!!

― george pimpton (s1ocki), Monday, 18 October 2010 23:09 (fifteen years ago)

i kind of want to see Fringe live.

― Philip Nunez, Monday, 18 October 2010 23:13 (fifteen years ago)

house live

― some droopy HOOS in makeup (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 18 October 2010 23:14 (fifteen years ago)

Conversely, I would prefer SNL actually be taped.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 October 2010 23:14 (fifteen years ago)

saturday night cassette

― some droopy HOOS in makeup (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 18 October 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

aren't they on a 30minute tape delay already? (to prevent future pope-rippings i heard)

― Philip Nunez, Monday, 18 October 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

no

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Monday, 18 October 2010 23:26 (fifteen years ago)

new girls said 'fuck' last year iirc

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 18 October 2010 23:27 (fifteen years ago)

they DO tape rehersals tho

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 18 October 2010 23:29 (fifteen years ago)

new already kicked off girl said 'fuck' last year iirc

― dan selzer, Monday, 18 October 2010 23:52 (fifteen years ago)

you are the albert pujols of having problems

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:37 (fifteen years ago)

How did this show manage to rebound so well this season? It's back to S1/S2 levels of awesome now.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 October 2010 00:38 (fifteen years ago)

it was just as awesome last season, but you're a communityhead so i'll cut you some slack

― J0rdan S., Friday, 22 October 2010 00:40 (fifteen years ago)

yeah wtf seasons 3 and 4 were both great

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:41 (fifteen years ago)

will you tell the gipper your sexual story

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:42 (fifteen years ago)

O M G

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:44 (fifteen years ago)

O M F G

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:46 (fifteen years ago)

L
O M F G
L

― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Friday, 22 October 2010 01:07 (fifteen years ago)

your move

― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Friday, 22 October 2010 01:07 (fifteen years ago)

L
O M F G
L T
F
O

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 01:16 (fifteen years ago)

:C

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 01:16 (fifteen years ago)

both 30 rock AND community were blah this week! ah well, next week.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 22 October 2010 04:28 (fifteen years ago)

wtf ur crazy this was great.

― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 22 October 2010 05:20 (fifteen years ago)

loved tonight's episode! the poster montage killed me

― Nhex, Friday, 22 October 2010 05:56 (fifteen years ago)

The Rachel Maddow haircut line got huge lols at my house. Also loved Kenneth getting all tough for like 5 seconds.

― franny glass, Friday, 22 October 2010 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

Tom Jones! lolol

― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:41 (fifteen years ago)

And the Pete Rose haircut!!

― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:41 (fifteen years ago)

^^^^ yes, this killed me

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:42 (fifteen years ago)

I HAVE AN ERECTION

― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)

30 Rock was good last night. Community sucked for the third week in a row.

― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 22 October 2010 16:05 (fifteen years ago)

You are crazy if you think the KFC Space episode sucked and you should just probably quit watching TV now.

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 October 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)

it wanted too badly to be paintball episode

― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 22 October 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)

was better than last night's or the week preceding it, though.

― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 22 October 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)

So there was a new episode this week? I can't find a torrent for it ;_;

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 22 October 2010 17:27 (fifteen years ago)

it's disheartening to see pete get more screentime in those weird car commercials than in the show proper.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 October 2010 19:36 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure he's getting paid extra for those commercials, ergo more power to him

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 19:37 (fifteen years ago)

This one was hella funny! Loved Tracy's punchlines!

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 October 2010 19:49 (fifteen years ago)

OMG ROFL @ Tracy's solution and "Make way! I'm Reaganing!"

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 October 2010 19:54 (fifteen years ago)

re: getting paid for commercials, do you mean more power to pete the character or scott adsit?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 October 2010 20:20 (fifteen years ago)

more power to Scott Adsit, since Pete the character is imaginary

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

True, but he seems to have gotten more screen time in this season's five episodes than in all of last season.

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:01 (fifteen years ago)

i dunno he got a lot of screen time last season

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:24 (fifteen years ago)

this ep was great btw

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:24 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, I'd actually put it among the best ever.

I seem to remember wide swaths of last season where Pete and the writers were completely absent for something like 4-5 episodes in a row. But I haven't re-watched it (yet).

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:28 (fifteen years ago)

Isn't Adsit one of the head writers on the show? Maybe his absence is by choice?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 October 2010 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

Adsit is not a writer for the show at all, let alone head writer.

― Jouster, Saturday, 23 October 2010 00:53 (fifteen years ago)

Anyway....dropping the diaper change table and going at it, lol!

― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 23 October 2010 02:36 (fifteen years ago)

pete is the worst character imo

― candid gamera (s1ocki), Saturday, 23 October 2010 17:18 (fifteen years ago)

scott adsit's finest performances have been in car commercials
http://www.carspace.com/videos/play!id=.5a006d7d
http://adland.tv/commercials/vw-volkswagen-game-show-el-paraiso-lluvioso-2001-030-usa

― mizzell, Saturday, 23 October 2010 17:23 (fifteen years ago)

i think that's pretty harsh but ive always thought ppl itt overrate him a bit

xp

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 October 2010 17:24 (fifteen years ago)

frank is the weak link imo

― caek, Saturday, 23 October 2010 17:25 (fifteen years ago)

I don't like that they do the same Pete joke every week where he goes to Liz and says something making her happy and then finishes his sentence only to turn it back on her. But other than that he's fine.

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 23 October 2010 17:44 (fifteen years ago)

caek otm about Frank

― get off my lawn (rockapads), Saturday, 23 October 2010 21:26 (fifteen years ago)

i used to get so mad when they were giving frank so much screentime while one could basically be forgiven for forgetting that pete was ever a second-tier recurring character

― A B C, Saturday, 23 October 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)

not really at the time, but when i think about it now

― A B C, Saturday, 23 October 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)

"I oughta throw you a tossed salad and scrambled eggs."

― The Great Hot Chip Rip-Off of 2010 (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 23 October 2010 21:59 (fifteen years ago)

Should go back and watch the first five seconds of this season's premiere after this episode.

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 23 October 2010 23:12 (fifteen years ago)

"Choke me, choke me. Blonde like choke me. Teheehee!"

― Homo Sabean (Leee), Saturday, 23 October 2010 23:23 (fifteen years ago)

Kenneth you have a good heart. I hope you get into a car accident one day so I can have it.

― r|t|c, Saturday, 23 October 2010 23:48 (fifteen years ago)

it's worth more than four million doll hairs

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:27 (fifteen years ago)

i cant stand frank and his fucking stupid hats.

― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:29 (fifteen years ago)

okay, i just realized something: Floyd's last name is de Barber. As in, Floyd the Barber form the Andy Griffith show.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

kinda with surm on the live episode - it was okay, but didn't really play to the show's strengths, and the audience laughter/applause was totally distracting.

last episode was back on track tho

― the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:37 (fifteen years ago)

Jack smelling Jenna's mouth was totally lol perfection

also kind of loved that they blamed the live studio feel on Jack's enforced sobriety

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

"are those the names of your pigs?"
"....... yes."

^ took me a while to get this but woah

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

hahaha that line was a scream-inducer for us

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, that was great. kind of different for kenneth, but his face was perfect.

― mizzell, Monday, 25 October 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

FRAJER!!!

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

i want gifs of kenneth and jenna shrugging when returning those cakes

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:48 (fifteen years ago)

Bappy Hirthday, Gremlin!

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Monday, 25 October 2010 20:55 (fifteen years ago)

Even though it was a retread from "Kenneth, will you think before speaking?" "..................yes" from last season, it still killed. Understated Kenneth is a lot funnier than Exaggerated Hick Kenneth.

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 October 2010 21:03 (fifteen years ago)

My favorite Kenneth bit is the veiled references to his being super-old/immortal.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 25 October 2010 21:15 (fifteen years ago)

That's $800 split three ways!"

― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Monday, 25 October 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

See I can totally buy real life Kelsey Grammar taking time out of his schedule to pull a scam for 1/3rd of $800.

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 25 October 2010 22:25 (fifteen years ago)

thatsthejoke.gif

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:13 (fifteen years ago)

I wonder if Grammer's little nose-flicking gesture was a) a dig at him by the writers or b) a self-mocking reference to his old coke habit.

(and yeah, I guess it could be neither, but that's not as funny)

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:27 (fifteen years ago)

or both

― J0rdan S., Monday, 25 October 2010 23:28 (fifteen years ago)

it's a reference to "the sting"

― caek, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:33 (fifteen years ago)

its a reference to "sting"

― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:39 (fifteen years ago)

the great american movie film, the sting

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:42 (fifteen years ago)

the sting is so fucking great

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:45 (fifteen years ago)

http://ask.metafilter.com/4447/Whats-the-origin-of-the-tapsideofnose-gesture

― Kerm, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:46 (fifteen years ago)

The great American wrestler, Sting.

http://wrestlingmania.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/sting.jpg

― Cliff Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:06 (fifteen years ago)

the great american, sting

http://anandamide.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/sting.jpg

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 23:12 (fifteen years ago)

Why the devil isn't there an episode tonight~

― Cliff (Leee), Friday, 29 October 2010 03:38 (fifteen years ago)

There was a special Shrek Halloween special on.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 03:39 (fifteen years ago)

It was called "Scared Shrekless" if you want to look for that one instead.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 03:40 (fifteen years ago)

Think I'll pass.

― Cliff (Leee), Friday, 29 October 2010 03:45 (fifteen years ago)

"I'm not done with him Jacob!"

― Mordy, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:33 (fifteen years ago)

This episode is great.

― Mordy, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:44 (fifteen years ago)

good people of swingles

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:47 (fifteen years ago)

GOOD PEOPLE OF SWINGLES, HEAR ME OUT

― ain't no half-trollin (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:47 (fifteen years ago)

holy shit at "three time tony... shaloub sex partner"

― ain't no half-trollin (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:52 (fifteen years ago)

My ironic kickball league...

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:53 (fifteen years ago)

Fake cat limbs doing things like turning a steering wheel or dialing a phone...always funny.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:55 (fifteen years ago)

Alec Baldwin doing accents is always funny

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:57 (fifteen years ago)

god damn

― ain't no half-trollin (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:57 (fifteen years ago)

New York Necks

― Gukbe, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:58 (fifteen years ago)

Wasn't in the episode, but was just thinking about how Dr. Spaceman is basically just the ancient vaudeville doctor sketch updated to be super hilarious.

― Mordy, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:58 (fifteen years ago)

HI IM DAPHNE DONAGHY LOOK A TURTLE

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 01:01 (fifteen years ago)

30 Rock on fire! Best episode of the season. Maybe they should go to every other week?

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 5 November 2010 04:39 (fifteen years ago)

New York Necks

― Gukbe, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:58 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 07:58 (fifteen years ago)

30 Rock on fire! Best episode of the season.

Could not agree more, I was out of breath at least twice.

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 November 2010 12:52 (fifteen years ago)

im looking for DICK

― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 5 November 2010 12:53 (fifteen years ago)

Pete has more DICK points than Lemon imo and it annoyed me they ignored him.

― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 13:57 (fifteen years ago)

Go Necks!

― mizzell, Friday, 5 November 2010 14:10 (fifteen years ago)

and it's DIHC (Drive, Intelligence, Humility, and Chaos)
Pete would fail on account of drive, btw

― mizzell, Friday, 5 November 2010 14:17 (fifteen years ago)

but so would Lemon, really, so whatever

― mizzell, Friday, 5 November 2010 14:17 (fifteen years ago)

why isnt there more talk about this episode? i thot it was funny.

/scott seward

― jaymc, Saturday, 6 November 2010 05:33 (fifteen years ago)

LIZ CITRONA

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 November 2010 01:13 (fifteen years ago)

Googling myself right now.

― Ou sont les cankles d'antan? (Leee), Sunday, 7 November 2010 05:40 (fifteen years ago)

"Is it okay if I use your computer?"
"How else would you do it?"
*hands in the air*

― Nhex, Sunday, 7 November 2010 07:48 (fifteen years ago)

http://splitsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/SMDSvs30RockGraphic.jpg

http://splitsider.com/2010/11/proving-scientifically-tha-30-rock-is-better-than-my-dad-says/

― James Mitchell, Monday, 8 November 2010 20:19 (fifteen years ago)

liz's dorothy michaels voice from this week's ep = A+ lols

― dinah shore, jr. (donna rouge), Monday, 8 November 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

is "america, this is you" a reference to the lyrics to "America's Funniest Home Videos"?

― Philip Nunez, Monday, 8 November 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)

Cultural references in above post: 1
Callbacks in this post:1

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 8 November 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

boy, this election episode is topical -- thanks shrek

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 01:33 (fifteen years ago)

be bad at snapping. got it.

― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:34 (fifteen years ago)

Jenna, may we have a word? Specifically the word talking?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:38 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, one more. i said it. i'm political.

― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:42 (fifteen years ago)

I am a freelancer, which makes me a modern day cowboy

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 01:43 (fifteen years ago)

Loving John Slattery here.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

lol guys. we basically just moved from Community to this thread

― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:48 (fifteen years ago)

lol hi-v all around. did we all turn off NBC at the same time too?

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 02:05 (fifteen years ago)

I'm off to Fringe now.

― Gukbe, Friday, 12 November 2010 02:11 (fifteen years ago)

great lesbian mario brothers

― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 12 November 2010 14:31 (fifteen years ago)

Season came alive for me in a big way with this episode.

― Ou sont les cankles d'antan? (Leee), Saturday, 13 November 2010 19:53 (fifteen years ago)

DOMINGO HALLIBURTON

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 November 2010 19:58 (fifteen years ago)

Liked the subtle 'Hard To Watch' gag at the end of last week's show.

― James Mitchell, Monday, 15 November 2010 10:28 (fifteen years ago)

"great" like the kind of "grate" i dropped my asthma inhaler in? *wheeze*

― caek, Monday, 15 November 2010 10:31 (fifteen years ago)

I swear to Kabbalah monster

― President Keyes, Monday, 15 November 2010 11:12 (fifteen years ago)

^this

both community and 30 rock on fire this week. Best episode in a good run for 30 Rock.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 15 November 2010 13:18 (fifteen years ago)

best performance by a guest star in a long time

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Monday, 15 November 2010 14:53 (fifteen years ago)

renewed for 6th season. moving to 10pm in january.

― Gukbe, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)

I think/hope they've realized this show is going to do well in syndication/DVD sales and that's why they keep renewing it. Also, I suspect Tina Fey has massive blackmail material on a lot of important ppl.

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:35 (fifteen years ago)

as an aside: http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/11/watch-tina-fey-receive-mark-twain-prize-and-thank-sarah-palin/66593/

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:35 (fifteen years ago)

NBC's always been super supportive of 30 Rock and it never looked like they even came close to canceling, i think they just know it's a feather in their cap w/ or w/o ratings

― some dude, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

^yes

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

did they fire everyone involved w/ "outsourced" yet

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

it is nbc's highest rated new comedy and is moving to 10:30

― mizzell, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)

oh well

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)

uh it is nbc's only new comedy of the fall season so far

― some dude, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

still all should be fired imo

what's going on w/ "parks & rec"

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

parks and rec is returning in january after the office

― mizzell, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

haha, i couldn't think of another nbc new comedy but that's what i read in the ny times.

― mizzell, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

o actually it says that outsourced is nbc's best performing new series. still don't think that's saying much.

― mizzell, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

maybe they meant it's doing better than the legendarily awful summer series "100 Questions" (xpost)

― some dude, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

So that means Community is gone in January then? Or are they moving it to a new night?

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

Or will P&R be moved from Thursday night?

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

community, perfect couples, office, parks and rec, 30 rock, outsourced all on thursday starting in january

― mizzell, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:48 (fifteen years ago)

"perfect couples" is the one w/ blond haired dude from party down right? it looked p terrible

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

perfect couples?

― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

it's another new show

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

n/m the one w/ ryan hansen is "friends with benefits"

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

Perfect Couples revolves around three unique couples at various stages in their relationships, yet who face similar problems. Vance and Amy are a couple who fight a lot and have a very active sex life. Rex and Leigh view themselves as relationship experts and therefore a "perfect couple", while Dave and Julia are considered the normal pair that everyone can relate to

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

so basically it's a comedy version of Tell Me You Love Me

― Gukbe, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

the twist is they are all chinese americans and run a dumpling shop.

― mizzell, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

whoops, looks like i opened the "crash" thread

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:53 (fifteen years ago)

haha.

― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:53 (fifteen years ago)

community, perfect couples, office, parks and rec, 30 rock, outsourced all on thursday starting in january

Got it, thanks.

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:55 (fifteen years ago)

I liked Olivia Munn a lot more when she hosted Attack of the Show; the two times I've caught her on The Daily Show have been unbearable.

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 20:56 (fifteen years ago)

the two times I've caught her on The Daily Show have been unbearable.

IAWTC

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 15 November 2010 20:57 (fifteen years ago)

Is there any precedence for sitcoms at 10 PM?

― jaymc, Monday, 15 November 2010 21:05 (fifteen years ago)

ABC did it in the early 90s, but it hasn't been done since (at least on broadcast networks).

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 15 November 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

am I crazy or did we not just have this exact same conversation on another thread (maybe the Community thread?)

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

ah, it was here:

2010 Fall TV Premieres: What's good and what's not so good?

― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

Holy shit, Alec Baldwin at 41 minutes into this: http://video.pbs.org/video/1642947954

― James Mitchell, Monday, 15 November 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

lol balwin. Also, I kinda think she kills w/ her speech @ the end

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 01:01 (fifteen years ago)

Oh my, that Mark Twain bit was hilarious.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 01:08 (fifteen years ago)

IAWTC = I attacked World Trad Centre? Was it Johnny? An inside job, omg.

― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 09:56 (fifteen years ago)

shhhhhh...

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:56 (fifteen years ago)

football players using telephones to take pictures of their wangs

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

Perfect Couples revolves around three unique couples at various stages in their relationships, yet who face similar problems. Vance and Amy are a couple who fight a lot and have a very active sex life. Rex and Leigh view themselves as relationship experts and therefore a "perfect couple", while Dave and Julia are considered the normal pair that everyone can relate to

― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Monday, November 15, 2010 3:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this is pretty much the exact premise of another new show called Better With You except all the couples are related

― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 02:44 (fifteen years ago)

3 different couples who are all related sounds like Modern Family.

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 02:54 (fifteen years ago)

well yeah but i mean the constant contrast of "this couple handles this situation like this...and this one handles it like this" etc. is the entire structure of BWY

― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 02:59 (fifteen years ago)

All that matters is will they make me laugh and can I post the girls to WS?

― Kerm, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 03:04 (fifteen years ago)

alright time to catch up on the past 3 weeks, feel so guilty for being behind

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:41 (fifteen years ago)

you gonna liveblog it dawg?

― Domingo Halliburton (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

WHY DOES EVERYTHING SMELL LIKE ONIONS?

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:55 (fifteen years ago)

Renewed for 2011, new 10 pm timeslot. Can't remember where I saw that now.

― IN BEDDING WITH MADONNA!!! (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:57 (fifteen years ago)

discussions of the NBC shake-up in the 2010 Fall TV thread.

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:00 (fifteen years ago)

haaaaa @ the "google myself" gag

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:05 (fifteen years ago)

xp ah.

― IN BEDDING WITH MADONNA!!! (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:07 (fifteen years ago)

omg

i am a corrupt cop and my brother is a corrupt fireman. he is going to set you on fire, and i am NOT going to investigate it!

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

I was looking through one of the 30 Rock quotes sites and realized that though we tend to post the absurdist gems here, like more than half of the jokes are these social commentary things like "young people don't vote, it interferes with our talking about ourselves" or "I love award shows. They tell me how much to care about different dead celebrities."

― President Keyes, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:27 (fifteen years ago)

BALES UP YOU MICKS

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:34 (fifteen years ago)

Don't worry about getting to your point, I'm going to live forever.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:35 (fifteen years ago)

^ my new favorite thing to say.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:35 (fifteen years ago)

I would experiment with THAT girl

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:41 (fifteen years ago)

Tracy: Parties are like frisbees. If you throw them the wrong way, they'll veer off in a bad direction, and then your kid will fall into a quarry.
Liz: What?
Tracy: Don't throw a party for vengence. It will turn on you... like your wife, after your kid has fallen into a quarry.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

lol OH NO SHE'S UNHINGING HER JAW

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

I love the way he pronounces quarry.

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Friday, 19 November 2010 02:25 (fifteen years ago)

this. was. the. best. episode.

― undervalued aerosmith memorabilia I have appraised (bernard snowy), Friday, 19 November 2010 03:53 (fifteen years ago)

!!!!!

― undervalued aerosmith memorabilia I have appraised (bernard snowy), Friday, 19 November 2010 03:53 (fifteen years ago)

Over the last couple weeks I watched all the episodes of this show for the first time. Why the fuck wasn't I watching this years ago? It is so fucking funny!

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Friday, 19 November 2010 03:56 (fifteen years ago)

did u not know it was 'supposed 2 b rly good'? or u knew and were just 'being cynical'?

― undervalued aerosmith memorabilia I have appraised (bernard snowy), Friday, 19 November 2010 04:05 (fifteen years ago)

I'd seen the first four episodes on DVD and <3ed them, but I didn't have TV channels and I never made the time to catch up on it. Unemployed for months + Netflix watch instantly made it happen.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Friday, 19 November 2010 04:13 (fifteen years ago)

hooray for netflix! hooray for abbott!! hooray for 30 rock!!!

― undervalued aerosmith memorabilia I have appraised (bernard snowy), Friday, 19 November 2010 04:19 (fifteen years ago)

(boo for unemployed but u know what it do)

― undervalued aerosmith memorabilia I have appraised (bernard snowy), Friday, 19 November 2010 04:19 (fifteen years ago)

WAIT. WU-TANG.

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 November 2010 05:19 (fifteen years ago)

I have been unemployed for months, but have managed to successfully hold onto all my tv channels (pry them from my cold dead hands, etc, etc).

― underrated dylan bootlegs I have inadvertently given away (KMS), Friday, 19 November 2010 05:21 (fifteen years ago)

OH GOD SHE MEANS THE PIZZA

― Nhex, Friday, 19 November 2010 07:48 (fifteen years ago)

mexican poncho's

― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Friday, 19 November 2010 14:03 (fifteen years ago)

Charade, Schedule, Vase

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 November 2010 14:14 (fifteen years ago)

Lemon, lesbian Frankenstein wants her shoes back

Rollin' with my homey, me and Jackie D. Bitches gettin' ready for a sex party

what was the other one that i died laughing when the microwave was malfunctioning and Jack said "end time PIZZA" or something.

― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Friday, 19 November 2010 15:20 (fifteen years ago)

I was looking through one of the 30 Rock quotes sites and realized that though we tend to post the absurdist gems here, like more than half of the jokes are these social commentary things like "young people don't vote, it interferes with our talking about ourselves" or "I love award shows. They tell me how much to care about different dead celebrities."

― President Keyes, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:27 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah they've gotten really good at sneaking these kind of devastating truth bombs into all the silliness without sounding preachy at all

― ethnic slizzur (some dude), Friday, 19 November 2010 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

"That is actually MY thoughtful window staring place. Visitors can go over here."

30 Rock is the best when it totally avoids story arcs like it has for the past few weeks, imho.

― Darin, Friday, 19 November 2010 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, this show is on fire this season.

― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 November 2010 15:47 (fifteen years ago)

Ogbert 'Tracy' Jordan went on to invent a new kind of borkulator.

― sleepingbag, Friday, 19 November 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

I was trying to Google myself "30 rock microwave vijay" and the fifth result I get is "Black Golfer Vijay Singh Uses Satan Powers | ChristWire".

― Ou sont les cankles d'antan? (Leee), Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:14 (fifteen years ago)

"end time PIZZA"

I would totally open up a pizza place called End Times Pizza

― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:37 (fifteen years ago)

So good it'll call down the Anti-Christ.

― Ou sont les cankles d'antan? (Leee), Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:54 (fifteen years ago)

Shotgunning pizza: maybe my loudest shouty laughing ever!

Loved this. Any excuse to sneak in a Tracy Jordan "quaaarr-y", lolol

― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:59 (fifteen years ago)

Lizard

― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2010 05:00 (fifteen years ago)

"Oh, really? That's how much time is left? Pizza?"

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 20 November 2010 21:36 (fifteen years ago)

OMG Jack and Pete singing "Aqualung".

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 21 November 2010 04:53 (fifteen years ago)

LOLed hard at Lutz: "I told them not to do it. Come on, Jack, let's get out of here."

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 21 November 2010 05:16 (fifteen years ago)

YES

― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Sunday, 21 November 2010 05:31 (fifteen years ago)

I've been a GE man for 25 years and a GE woman for one week of corporate espionage at Revlon.

― on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 21 November 2010 10:10 (fifteen years ago)

"Your names all sound the same to us, John Donovan."

"You all sound the same to us, Jock Dungaree."

― xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Sunday, 21 November 2010 10:43 (fifteen years ago)

Those microwave techs had some of the best lines in that episode...or ever.

― dan selzer, Sunday, 21 November 2010 17:34 (fifteen years ago)

alright are we racist or...do they seriously all look alike?

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 November 2010 17:36 (fifteen years ago)

(from memory there)

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 November 2010 17:37 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, that episode was just unbelievably funny. i watched it twice within a three hour period yesterday, and both times, i was dying.

― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Sunday, 21 November 2010 19:35 (fifteen years ago)

just realized the joke re jacks voice recording is abt how irl baldwin narrates everything in the world

― ice cr?m, Monday, 22 November 2010 03:37 (fifteen years ago)

Nice shot at Thomas the Tank Engine.

Also, when Liz folds and picks up the pizza like she'd done it a million times before, my wife and I were DYING.

― schwantz, Monday, 22 November 2010 16:47 (fifteen years ago)

Werewolf Bar Mitzvah RAC mix

― Gukbe, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

:D

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 28 November 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

Godzila -- with one L for copyright reasons.

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:36 (fifteen years ago)

I liked the tiny air quotes for lemon's life.

― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:37 (fifteen years ago)

I might start calling myself Señor Mexico.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:38 (fifteen years ago)

so.....it's......decided....

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:49 (fifteen years ago)

30 Rock continues to KILL IT this year.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:49 (fifteen years ago)

OMG that might be my dream restaurant! Lol

"What's your theme? Not enough tables?"

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:33 (fifteen years ago)

Also Harold!
"Please let him be human."

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:34 (fifteen years ago)

pretty weak episode, relatively speaking

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:46 (fifteen years ago)

>:(

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:57 (fifteen years ago)

GD is the harshest critic of NBC's Thursday night shows who still claims to be a fan.

― Señor Mexico (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 06:02 (fifteen years ago)

Every thread needs a Morbs, I guess ;)

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 06:05 (fifteen years ago)

not my fav tbh but the whole jenna/mirror thing was craaaazzzzzyyyyyyyy

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 3 December 2010 06:05 (fifteen years ago)

Their tongue touch is terrifying and awesome

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 06:06 (fifteen years ago)

So many great bits.

Favourite minor moment might have to be Jack's reaction to "I blame Obama".

Also "brainpan"

― Gukbe, Friday, 3 December 2010 06:07 (fifteen years ago)

something about 'the vacant lot where we first mouth-kissed' or something

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 3 December 2010 06:12 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, this one didn't do much for me. That's cool.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:06 (fifteen years ago)

not the funniest episode, but memorable. hope we see more of tracy's son-who-is-2-years-older-than-me. also lol@"Staples: yeah, we've got that"

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:30 (fifteen years ago)

er, should be son-who-is-2-years-older-than-him, hyphens overwhelmed my tiny brainpan

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:31 (fifteen years ago)

something about 'the vacant lot where we first mouth-kissed' or something

It was face-kissed. Also, maybe I'm slow and this was revealed before, but I just caught the Mr. Burnett as Carol's last name.

"I'm going to call it American Air Lines"

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:34 (fifteen years ago)

The whole Lemon/Kenneth/Jack shrink bit was fantastic.

― Darin, Friday, 3 December 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)

yeah that was good! i have high expectations for this show is all. nothing else in the past decade makes me laugh as hard and as consistently as it.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:13 (fifteen years ago)

agree that it was one of the weaker eps this season. plenty of good bits tho

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:31 (fifteen years ago)

Oh I just remembered my favorite line, "Get a room! .... Whatever that is...".

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:33 (fifteen years ago)

so.....it's......decided....

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Thursday, December 2, 2010 8:49 PM (Yesterday)

i have a really dorky sense of humor so literalist stuff like this and "too late, look how we're positioned!" kills me

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:37 (fifteen years ago)

Oh yeah the "look how we're positioned" joke was so great.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 December 2010 19:38 (fifteen years ago)

aw man the opening scene was so hilarious

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:27 (fifteen years ago)

idk y'all i kind of love this episode -- "it was a disaster, but not the good kind where i get to sing at a benefit" and "he said that his parents live in a... soo-borb" killed me

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:40 (fifteen years ago)

maybe i'm getting a bit loopy but the build up and then "i'm gonna call it.... microsoft" had me lolling

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:43 (fifteen years ago)

"he was a role model of mine growing up..."
"please let harold be human"
"... harold was a pig"

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:46 (fifteen years ago)

yeah the harold one in particular slayed me

― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

<3 arizona st dig <3

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 01:53 (fifteen years ago)

That was lol!!

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 4 December 2010 02:05 (fifteen years ago)

jack's school play stuff was funny too... this episode had jokes upon jokes, not rly sure why everyone's down on it

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Saturday, 4 December 2010 02:06 (fifteen years ago)

i even liked "mind vice" even tho i can understand why ppl might see that as a "mind grapes" rip off

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 02:07 (fifteen years ago)

well it is, pretty deliberately self-referential

― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Saturday, 4 December 2010 02:42 (fifteen years ago)

liked kenneth's line about eating his own roasted pig father, or whatever it was

― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Saturday, 4 December 2010 02:42 (fifteen years ago)

And then crying like a squeeling pig afterwards.

― nickn, Saturday, 4 December 2010 04:08 (fifteen years ago)

this episode had jokes upon jokes, not rly sure why everyone's down on it

Go on...

― leTeReL (Leee), Saturday, 4 December 2010 05:30 (fifteen years ago)

felt like the style of this one was a little different than usual

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 4 December 2010 07:06 (fifteen years ago)

everything with jenna and the mirroring was amazing. i really like how her character is seemingly obsessed with weird japanese shit. like:

"Like there's this sex resort in japan where they treat white people like slaves"

or from an earlier season:

"My single is number 14 on the charts in Japan. 'Choke me Choke me Blonde like Choke me."

that shit just KILLS ME every time.

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Saturday, 4 December 2010 07:12 (fifteen years ago)

& the whole episode w/ james franco & the fuck pillow

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 07:13 (fifteen years ago)

love the fuck pillow! Jenna's freakiness has reached mythological proportions. She is magic

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 4 December 2010 07:17 (fifteen years ago)

yeah she's so, so funny

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 07:18 (fifteen years ago)

The scenes with her Mom are GOLD. Especially when she lapses into swamp talk & the "school boat"

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 4 December 2010 07:25 (fifteen years ago)

Favourite minor moment might have to be Jack's reaction to "I blame Obama".

haaaaaa i just saw this. i watched the first 5 mins on a very staticky TV so missed any visual stuff the first time around

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 17:40 (fifteen years ago)

huh. same here.

― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 4 December 2010 20:16 (fifteen years ago)

Weakest 30 Rock I can remember but still OK. Mining Kenneth for hillbilly laughs felt a bit forced tbh and I hate Jenna's impersonator bf.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 4 December 2010 22:28 (fifteen years ago)

^

― one-time Perrier winner Frank Woodley plays a loveable dad (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 4 December 2010 22:33 (fifteen years ago)

Liz and Godzila on the park bench during the credits might be one of my fave scenes all season. Kinda of a throwaway, but perfectly timed.

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 6 December 2010 04:37 (fifteen years ago)

"not so fast"

― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:11 (fifteen years ago)

really enjoying this season's trend of liz doing comedy accents. "FLAAAAAWERS! FLAAAAWERS FOR SALE!"

― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:58 (fifteen years ago)

alcoholism

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:31 (fifteen years ago)

happy holidays is that terrorists say. merry christmas from avery and jack

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:33 (fifteen years ago)

I had to do Charlie Rose, get it? CHARLIE ROSE!
That's horrible, sir.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:37 (fifteen years ago)

(maybe get it = Kenneth...not sure)

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:38 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i think he said kenneth

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:38 (fifteen years ago)

holy fuckin shit @ 'there's no wrong way to make a family'

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:43 (fifteen years ago)

in the darfur region, the dead may be the lucky ones...

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:44 (fifteen years ago)

I miss Ludichristmas.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:46 (fifteen years ago)

it's speechless

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

Paul! My ex lover...

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:53 (fifteen years ago)

O

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

m

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

g

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

TWO BLACK SWANS

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

props to whoever had the "two black swans" epiphany

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

BLACKFACE

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:56 (fifteen years ago)

oh man

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:56 (fifteen years ago)

classic material

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

holy shit!!!!

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

TWO BLACK SWANSSSSSS

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 02:24 (fifteen years ago)

Seriously funny episode. "You can't be out here without your skates on, Stan".

― franny glass, Friday, 10 December 2010 02:26 (fifteen years ago)

'rick', I thought? but yeah, funny funny ep

― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy), Friday, 10 December 2010 02:40 (fifteen years ago)

Our damn DVR decided not to record this, have to wait for it to come up online.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 04:27 (fifteen years ago)

"Me, Paul & Ben Roethlisberger in Cape May"

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 06:26 (fifteen years ago)

Did she call herself... the Mentaliz?

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 10 December 2010 06:36 (fifteen years ago)

YES :)

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 06:50 (fifteen years ago)

episode killed it

― Lamp, Friday, 10 December 2010 06:56 (fifteen years ago)

'rick', I thought? but yeah, funny funny ep

― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy)

Ha, yes I was totally guessing at the name.

― franny glass, Friday, 10 December 2010 14:19 (fifteen years ago)

haha second time they've put jenna in blackface

― caek, Friday, 10 December 2010 16:22 (fifteen years ago)

she actually looked like Lynn Swan

― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)

such a great episode. one for the ages.

― scott seward, Friday, 10 December 2010 17:34 (fifteen years ago)

The cover of "There's No Wrong Way to Make a Family" was amazing.

― phantompenguin, Friday, 10 December 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x333/gnima/family.jpg

― Dust, Friday, 10 December 2010 21:09 (fifteen years ago)

the POVERTY bling was also amazing

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:16 (fifteen years ago)

pretty weak episode imo

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 December 2010 22:14 (fifteen years ago)

KIDDING. haven't seen it yet.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 December 2010 22:14 (fifteen years ago)

didn't love the whole episode, but 2 black swans one of the top ten gags of 30 rock, all-time.

― mizzell, Friday, 10 December 2010 22:16 (fifteen years ago)

ohhhhh myyyy goddddd @ 2 black swans

― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 December 2010 06:11 (fifteen years ago)

"The symbol on the Jessup family crest is a knight refusing to talk about his feelings"

― I DIED, Saturday, 11 December 2010 06:17 (fifteen years ago)

tbh 30 rock christmas eps have been weaksauce 3 years running now but this was a fuckin home run

― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 December 2010 06:17 (fifteen years ago)

ken's trash can family

― Gukbe, Saturday, 11 December 2010 06:54 (fifteen years ago)

"The symbol on the Jessup family crest is a knight refusing to talk about his feelings"

― I DIED, Saturday, December 11, 2010 6:17 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

forgotten this. amazing. great ep. even though i have no idea who the footballer is, black swans is an all-time gag.

― man dem coalition (history mayne), Saturday, 11 December 2010 10:28 (fifteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Swann

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 11 December 2010 10:34 (fifteen years ago)

oh god yeah this episode was so great, so much good stuff

"what kind of emergency would you be needed for? were the '60s awesome?"
"....they were!"

― Nhex, Saturday, 11 December 2010 14:37 (fifteen years ago)

the 2 black swans gag really was all-time.

― kanellos (gbx), Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:16 (fifteen years ago)

haha yeah milton was great xp

― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:16 (fifteen years ago)

http://static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/blackswans-300x198.jpg

― THX THO... (Nicole), Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:28 (fifteen years ago)

i was actually touched when they sang!

― scott seward, Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:29 (fifteen years ago)

dude totally, the last few minutes were strangely emotional actually

― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

the POVERTY bling was also amazing

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:16 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omg yes

― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

Oh Holy Night gets me every time tbh

― Trip Maker, Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:47 (fifteen years ago)

"Ladies of the battered women's shelter, please be quiet, a man is talking!"

― joygoat, Saturday, 11 December 2010 17:50 (fifteen years ago)

yeah tracy was on

― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 December 2010 18:04 (fifteen years ago)

glad dot com got a few good lines too, really feel like they were underutilizing him

― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 December 2010 18:06 (fifteen years ago)

I didn't like this one very much. Probably because I favor the episodes that feature the 30 Rock writers, Pete, Cerie... everybody. Especially in a Christmas episode, I want to see all of them! Plus IMHO Avery sucks and Jenna's boyfriend sucks too. They eat up way more screen time than their schticks warrant.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

i can't fathom sitting around after a 30 Rock episode thinking "that could've been funnier if CERIE was there"

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

i dunno, i agree that the best part about xmas episodes is that they're an excuse to give the whole cast a bit of screentime.

― kanellos (gbx), Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

they are? i mean i guess previous ones have had big setpieces but that's a strange expectation for a Christmas episode imo

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:52 (fifteen years ago)

maybe i'm remembering incorrectly, i dunno.

― kanellos (gbx), Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:55 (fifteen years ago)

when people worried about Pete or whoever getting kind of pushed out or forgotten about if they weren't seen much for a while in the first couple seasons, i think that was a legitimate concern, lots of shows kind of quietly drop characters early on. but at this point i feel like they have a pretty big ensemble of supporting & recurring players and do a good job of just using them when they've got an idea and not just giving every single person a line just so they have one every week.

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:57 (fifteen years ago)

basically outside of the 5 main cast members, i can't say i'm ever disappointed if someone doesn't get screentime any given week

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 20:58 (fifteen years ago)

tracy jenna liz jack + kenneth?

― Mordy, Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:11 (fifteen years ago)

"They just got caller ID in Vermont!"

hahahaha!

― scott seward, Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:16 (fifteen years ago)

yeah (xpost)

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:21 (fifteen years ago)

i think expecting the entire cast to be utilized is kind of silly.

also, at first i hated the jenna/paul thing, but now i think it's my favorite subplot. maybe it's because i'm all like 'YEAH WEIRD QUEER SHIT' but u can't deny that the scene in Paul's work with Liz was just hysterical.

i think this ep is top five of all time, for me.

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:29 (fifteen years ago)

"Can I get you a cup of coffee, or an absinthe enema?"


"I see you brought the bag that my bastard grandchild will come in."

laffs aplenty!

― scott seward, Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

dude from the office directed this episode. the bug-eyed farmer dude. don't know if that was mentioned.

― scott seward, Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

oh, don't worry, it was plenty of fun to watch, just not one of my favorites. this season overall has been awesome. but what happened to Matt Damon? did they even mention Carol?

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 December 2010 21:43 (fifteen years ago)

well the whole concept of him being a pilot and having a long distance relationship w/ Liz is i think so that they can just kind of pop him in when he's available without it just being this very specific 'arc' where he's in every episode for a while.

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:01 (fifteen years ago)

"that could've been funnier hotter if CERIE was there"

― Leeeline Supplement No. 74 (Leee), Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

This season needs more Avery tbh.

― Stevie T, Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

yeah. elizabeth banks > whoever plays cerie

― some dude, Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:40 (fifteen years ago)

yah if you watch closely to her reactions when liz says things its like a little extra layer of lol - particularly loved the emphatic finger pointing when she & liz were arguing w/ jack in his office

also the ham with a pilgrim hat (?) she was holding in her tv segment was just

there were just so many jokes this episode and almost all of them hit

― Lamp, Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:46 (fifteen years ago)

yes, hat ham!

"these stairs are weird!"

what was with the match cut with jack saying "mother, dinner is ready", and kenneth turning round?

― e.g. delete via naivete (ledge), Saturday, 11 December 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

Jeez, Tracy Morgan just got a kidney transplant and will miss two episodes! Is this like kidney karma?

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/tracy-morgan-receives-kidney-transplant-will-miss-at-least-two-episodes-of-30-rock--2018

― penis with a man hanging from it (Leee), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 01:50 (fifteen years ago)

Hope he takes care of himself. We need him!

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 05:10 (fifteen years ago)

yeah hope he does ok

― k3vin k., Wednesday, 22 December 2010 05:17 (fifteen years ago)

wonder if that has something to do w/his sudden weight gain from a couple years ago

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 06:42 (fifteen years ago)

He had diabetes for years before he ever started treating it, if memory serves...so kidney failure pretty much goes with that territory, also the weight gain.

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 06:53 (fifteen years ago)

should have asked the operator for diabetes repair

― Stay J0rdan Fresh (sic), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 13:50 (fifteen years ago)

oh man, i want to send this dude a get well soon card.

― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 13:53 (fifteen years ago)

should have asked the operator for diabetes repair

― Stay J0rdan Fresh (sic), Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:50 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

loooooool

― moholy-nagl (history mayne), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 13:54 (fifteen years ago)

I'm surprised he's only missing two episodes, it can take a while to recover from a kidney transplant.

― THX THO... (Nicole), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 14:38 (fifteen years ago)

Morgan's recovery evidently requires that his character be written out of at least two episodes of "30 Rock," which will air in March, an on-screen absence that will be explained as "some sort of a meltdown because of a good thing that’s happened to him"

Does he win the Oscar for Hard to Watch?

― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 14:43 (fifteen years ago)

Maybe he gets his EGOT.

― nickn, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 17:22 (fifteen years ago)

needs an emmy and a grammy still. and actually win the oscar. and did he get the tony in the end?

― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 17:23 (fifteen years ago)

Spent today watching the first 10 episodes of Season 5 for the first time. Absolutely ace stuff, too many times I had to pause it just so I could finish laughing.

― EDB, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 03:32 (fifteen years ago)

I ought to throw some tossed salad and scrambled eggs in your face.

― EDB, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 03:41 (fifteen years ago)

Japanese title sequence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4-6Z-i5MU&feature=player_embedded

― basically just a 2/47 freak out (sic), Sunday, 9 January 2011 02:28 (fifteen years ago)

haha awesome it's the trashy women and throwing things show

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 9 January 2011 02:34 (fifteen years ago)

moved to 10 pm east coast

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 January 2011 03:05 (fifteen years ago)

"your mom just exploded"

― mavisbeacon666 (San Te), Sunday, 9 January 2011 03:06 (fifteen years ago)

10 est? Really? Fuck that's early

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 9 January 2011 04:18 (fifteen years ago)

on at the same time as jersey shore + being that late on a thursday anyway = ugh

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 January 2011 14:30 (fifteen years ago)

lol at you having a 30 rock/jersey shore timeslot dilemma

― some dude, Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:25 (fifteen years ago)

do u read gawker by any chance

― ice cr?m, Monday, 10 January 2011 01:51 (fifteen years ago)

you asking me or kev?

― some dude, Monday, 10 January 2011 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

kevin btw why has this show not been on for so long

― ice cr?m, Monday, 10 January 2011 02:08 (fifteen years ago)

same w/always sunny

― ice cr?m, Monday, 10 January 2011 02:08 (fifteen years ago)

shows taking a break from mid-Dec to mid-Jan is pretty standard, although this year 30 Rock and the other NBC sitcoms are taking 6 weeks between new episodes instead of the more common 4 weeks

― some dude, Monday, 10 January 2011 03:10 (fifteen years ago)

It's Always Sunny's season is just over though

― some dude, Monday, 10 January 2011 03:11 (fifteen years ago)

do u read gawker by any chance

― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 9, 2011 8:51 PM (1 hour ago)

not since they gave all my internet passwords away, why do u ask?

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 10 January 2011 03:47 (fifteen years ago)

just trying to make a lil joke and you all are all are you referring to me why do you ask, i guess you know when it comes down to it i am the one who reads gawker

― ice cr?m, Monday, 10 January 2011 04:14 (fifteen years ago)

IS IT NEW THIS THURSDAY? ?_?

― Fairport Dinkum Convention (Leee), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:54 (fourteen years ago)

YES.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:55 (fourteen years ago)

i still have no idea what that last ic?y post is saying

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:57 (fourteen years ago)

the new icey style of obfuscating via hyperclarity is n/n/l

― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:01 (fourteen years ago)

"he can't possibly mean what those words mean"

― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:01 (fourteen years ago)

"..............................can he??"

― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:02 (fourteen years ago)

Dr. Spaceman, y'all!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 January 2011 03:06 (fourteen years ago)

a Dr. Spaceman appearance for the age -- i missed at least a couple jokes losing my shit directly after "your blood tastes like root beer"

xpost!

― some dude, Friday, 21 January 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)

ageS

― some dude, Friday, 21 January 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)

We know what art is -- it's paintings of horses.

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 21 January 2011 03:26 (fourteen years ago)

IM SORRY IM LATE MY ALARM CLOCK DIED IN A COCK FIGHT

OMFG

BEST JOKE IN THE HISTORY OF JOKE

― "70th" "voter" "badger" (a hoy hoy), Friday, 21 January 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)

lizs arts high school press conference speech was gold

― ice cr?m, Friday, 21 January 2011 15:10 (fourteen years ago)

pretty good ep. but it's always going to go downhill after a dr. spaceman appearance

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 January 2011 15:15 (fourteen years ago)

n/a it ended with the trailor for jordan's reality show so you are crazy pants

― "70th" "voter" "badger" (a hoy hoy), Friday, 21 January 2011 15:37 (fourteen years ago)

tracy jordan youre going to die

....when i tell you who ive been dating! squeaky fromme.

― max, Friday, 21 January 2011 15:56 (fourteen years ago)

shes ... difficult

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 January 2011 15:58 (fourteen years ago)

^ that was the line that killed me

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 January 2011 15:58 (fourteen years ago)

Congrats - just for you - http://www.hulu.com/watch/95442/30-rock-dr-spaceman-medical-moments

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:09 (fourteen years ago)

totally dying at the Spacemen scene

this episode seemed kinda overly busy

also why does Judah Friedlander get like a headlining role/opening credit bit on this show? he's barely ever on it!

― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)

Liz's accent in that press conference was hilarious

― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:35 (fourteen years ago)

http://i54.tinypic.com/25ulf9u.jpg

I wish this was real.

― not the sort of person who would wind up in a landfill (Nicole), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:42 (fourteen years ago)

um it basically is real if you've ever seen any of those horrible housewives shows about rich bitches that are not actually housewives

― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, but none of them have a delightful meth addict (that I know of, anyway -- I don't watch any of the Real Housewives shows).

― not the sort of person who would wind up in a landfill (Nicole), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:45 (fourteen years ago)

"Do you have any meth?

...or meth?"

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Saturday, 22 January 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)

great ep - classic spaceman

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Saturday, 22 January 2011 02:19 (fourteen years ago)

I wish this was real.

All of the shows-within-shows on 30 Rock are funnier than 90% of the actual shows on NBC.

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 22 January 2011 04:06 (fourteen years ago)

the wienerslav metascene was really kinda moving

― symsymsym, Saturday, 22 January 2011 04:30 (fourteen years ago)

^yes

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Saturday, 22 January 2011 04:57 (fourteen years ago)

A buffer!
... so, what is it?

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 22 January 2011 06:57 (fourteen years ago)

I actually wrote a report on it, but my commander refused to pass it on up to Saddam. Kooky times!

― President Keyes, Saturday, 22 January 2011 15:13 (fourteen years ago)

died when kenneth walked in with his picture

― nanoflymo (ledge), Saturday, 22 January 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

SUPRISE DENNIS CAMEO!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 January 2011 03:22 (fourteen years ago)

booming episode

― williamstevenjames (some dude), Friday, 28 January 2011 03:28 (fourteen years ago)

That episode was so so good.

― phantompenguin, Friday, 28 January 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)

the whole uptown girls bit killed me

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 28 January 2011 03:33 (fourteen years ago)

dennis cameo was a+++

― max, Friday, 28 January 2011 03:54 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, this was an amazing episode. Lutz brought the lols.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 January 2011 05:23 (fourteen years ago)

a) Mel Gibson will never do anything for NBC ever, but I loved watching them go at him with both barrels

b) Thought it was funny to hear the joke about needing to be on at 10 to define "snart", the same night Community was on two hours earlier making jokes about dildos, period fairies, boners, "tasting it", and incestuous sexting.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 January 2011 05:44 (fourteen years ago)

One of the best episodes ever! Unclaimed "perfection" baby boy, lol

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:14 (fourteen years ago)

"I'm happy as a clam who wants to kill a woman"

― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:48 (fourteen years ago)

but we don't laugh anymore because it excited the birds sexually

― Gukbe, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:48 (fourteen years ago)

deniros british accent was horrible

― max, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:50 (fourteen years ago)

which made it funnier...

― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:51 (fourteen years ago)

so many killer lines but the one about the 'miracle flood' slayed

― Lamp, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:53 (fourteen years ago)

like its such an obv joke in retrospect but damn did i lol

― Lamp, Friday, 28 January 2011 06:54 (fourteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure at this point that the show pushes for bad accents. The worse, the funnier.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 January 2011 07:07 (fourteen years ago)

yeah what on earth accent was the reality TV show guy meant to be?

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 28 January 2011 07:09 (fourteen years ago)

can't believe you guys liked this episode

― rockapads, Friday, 28 January 2011 07:24 (fourteen years ago)

"..., Charles Widmore,..."

― nickn, Friday, 28 January 2011 07:43 (fourteen years ago)

I lost it at that

― Not the real Village People, Friday, 28 January 2011 07:58 (fourteen years ago)

can't believe you guys liked this episode

this

― Balls is significantly to the left of Brown (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 28 January 2011 09:04 (fourteen years ago)

It was a little frantic, even by 30 Rock standards, but it had so many solid jokes.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 January 2011 09:15 (fourteen years ago)

Show's a parody of itself now. Considering giving up on it.

― Balls is significantly to the left of Brown (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 28 January 2011 09:17 (fourteen years ago)

This episode was very very strong. It's been a long time since 30 Rock has had an episode this funny

"I'll do it! But I don't like this dress."

― homeless romantic (CaptainLorax), Friday, 28 January 2011 09:18 (fourteen years ago)

might of been "the dress"

― homeless romantic (CaptainLorax), Friday, 28 January 2011 09:25 (fourteen years ago)

deniros british accent was horrible

― max, Friday, January 28, 2011 6:50 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

which made it funnier...

― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, January 28, 2011 6:51 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmar

No it didn't. I laughed pretty much through this whole episode except when he was on. If I wanted to see someone do Australian Cockney I can watch Anthony LaPaglia on Frasier.

― specifically, the word talking (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 January 2011 09:54 (fourteen years ago)

^

― Balls is significantly to the left of Brown (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 28 January 2011 09:59 (fourteen years ago)

Show's a parody of itself now. Considering giving up on it.

aw bless, it seems like only yesterday you were saying this show was shit and you didn't know why anyone would like it

― basically just a 2/47 freak out (sic), Friday, 28 January 2011 12:37 (fourteen years ago)

So I'm watching this ep on Hulu and the commercials are for Foundation Rwanda.. Is that a karma double reversal?

― Kerm, Friday, 28 January 2011 13:23 (fourteen years ago)

deniro had me laughing when he started reading all the disaster scenarios.

― scott seward, Friday, 28 January 2011 13:39 (fourteen years ago)

thought it was a lame episode.

― Cultivating a manly musk puts your opponents on notice (chrisv2010), Friday, 28 January 2011 13:44 (fourteen years ago)

the pretaped disaster benefit concept was pretty reminiscent of the SNL sketch with Dana Carvey as Tom Brokaw pretaping all the potential presidential death scenarios

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 28 January 2011 14:02 (fourteen years ago)

Good to see Hannibal Burress as the reality TV Tracy. He writes for 30 Rock now, I only recently discovered his standup.

― dan selzer, Friday, 28 January 2011 14:16 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdmYAYBgDIo

― symsymsym, Friday, 28 January 2011 16:24 (fourteen years ago)

glasses and all of that

― ice cr?m, Friday, 28 January 2011 16:31 (fourteen years ago)

I am totally o_O at people who didn't like this episode. I don't think I've spent a solid half hour laughing as much as I did here. DeNiro's accent was horrible and not funny but completely redeemed by reading the disaster list. So much to laugh at, I really think you should just give up on TV comedy 100% if you hated this episode. It was so frantic and OTT, but man, if you don't like that in 30 Rock you are probably watching a show that isn't for you anyway.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 January 2011 16:41 (fourteen years ago)

aw bless, it seems like only yesterday you were saying this show was shit and you didn't know why anyone would like it

― basically just a 2/47 freak out (sic), Friday, 28 January 2011 23:37 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Sure you've got the right person? I loved the arse off this show for years and even got 'er indoors into it.

― Balls is significantly to the left of Brown (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 28 January 2011 20:08 (fourteen years ago)

did all of you weird cerie fetishists blow a load during this episode?

― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 January 2011 20:29 (fourteen years ago)

anyway this episode was as good as all the others tho i don't think it was exceptional

all of tracy's bits were pretty choice tho

also everyone should just ignore autumn almanac

― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 January 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)

otm

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)

weird cerie fetishists!!!!!!

― max, Friday, 28 January 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

where are they

― max, Friday, 28 January 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

1. max

― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

the phony telethon idea was kinda dumb, but i didn't really care. everything inbetween was good.

― scott seward, Friday, 28 January 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)

it was an snl sketch

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 28 January 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)

its kind of disturbing to think of all these hot blonde girl fetishists roaming the cyber streets

― ice cr?m, Friday, 28 January 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)

i am a weird cerie fetishist in that i am attracted to cerie.

― sammy bagels (a hoy hoy), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)

j0rdan was referencing exchanges upthread in which crazy people seemed to think Cerie was in the top 15 funniest characters on the show

― based god on a true based god story based god (some dude), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:25 (fourteen years ago)

^^

― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 January 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)

ok ok but cuteness

― sammy bagels (a hoy hoy), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:35 (fourteen years ago)

there was that episode where she wore revealing clothing and ate lollipops and other things also may have happened

― sammy bagels (a hoy hoy), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:35 (fourteen years ago)

and yet caring abt people thinking someone is one of the funniest 15 characters on a tv show seems oddly FETISHISTIC

― ice cr?m, Friday, 28 January 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)

thanks for clearing that up, I was worried that J0rdan was taking issue with those of us who happen to find v attractrive women v attractive

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:44 (fourteen years ago)

I have no reason to hug her, other than my love of having boobs pressed against me.

― beer, beer, beer (Pillbox), Saturday, 29 January 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)

"I'm angling down."

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 29 January 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)

I am totally o_O at people who didn't like this episode. I don't think I've spent a solid half hour laughing as much as I did here. DeNiro's accent was horrible and not funny but completely redeemed by reading the disaster list. So much to laugh at, I really think you should just give up on TV comedy 100% if you hated this episode. It was so frantic and OTT, but man, if you don't like that in 30 Rock you are probably watching a show that isn't for you anyway.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, January 28, 2011 11:41 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

OTM. This was wall-to-wall laffs. This is probably among the ten episodes I would show someone to convince them of 30 Rock's greatness.

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 29 January 2011 05:17 (fourteen years ago)

seeing as how I'm in such a bad mood tonight I'm willing to bet people weren't in the right mood when they saw it

― homeless romantic (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 29 January 2011 05:33 (fourteen years ago)

oh okay, it was just that you never said you liked anything about it, only that you hated Tracy

We do it. I can stand them (barely) but 'er indoors can't and won't.


His acting's shite and his subplots are frequently unintelligent, boring and completely inconsequential.

― basically just a 2/47 freak out (sic), Saturday, 29 January 2011 07:01 (fourteen years ago)

k1t is irl "Oskar Gibson" and I claim my $5

― Grindrman (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 29 January 2011 07:27 (fourteen years ago)

oh okay, it was just that you never said you liked anything about it, only that you hated Tracy

fair point

fwiw 'er indoors lost her shit at the snart joke

― dirty man haw (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 29 January 2011 07:40 (fourteen years ago)

i thought it was a mid-level season 5 episode tbh, i.e. an entry level episode overall

― caek, Saturday, 29 January 2011 13:39 (fourteen years ago)

the pretaped disaster benefit concept was pretty reminiscent of the SNL sketch with Dana Carvey as Tom Brokaw pretaping all the potential presidential death scenarios

I had the exact same thought, but have to give them a pass since that's one of my favorite sketches ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhwiuRbOEE&feature=related

― Darin, Sunday, 30 January 2011 18:57 (fourteen years ago)

Belzer and Ice-T was incredible

― hercudeez and nuts affair (some dude), Friday, 4 February 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)

I can tell that, in a lot of ways, this wasn't a great episode. It recycled old gags (Kenneth is nice and Jack can't handle it, Tracy/Jenna competition) and not to any great effect. And yet, I still laughed like a hyena. I wonder if this show has moved beyond any advanced critical faculties I have.

or maybe I just love it every time Brian Williams shows up.

― Gukbe, Friday, 4 February 2011 07:26 (fourteen years ago)

Michael Kors wizard cape made me lololol

― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 4 February 2011 07:46 (fourteen years ago)

That was my favorite episode in awhile.

― polyphonic, Friday, 4 February 2011 08:27 (fourteen years ago)

michael kors is a friend we own a gay racehorse together

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 February 2011 00:23 (fourteen years ago)

They're beginning to work towards Jack's "In five years we'll all either be working for him... or be dead by his hand" prediction coming true by the end of the season, aren't they?

― James Mitchell, Saturday, 5 February 2011 00:34 (fourteen years ago)

lol there's a black sitcom on TV One called "Let's Stay Together," just saw it on the schedule and was like woah Dot Com actually got to make his show! no talking dog, though.

― hercudeez and nuts affair (some dude), Saturday, 5 February 2011 02:15 (fourteen years ago)

oh wait no it's on BET. but anyway.

― hercudeez and nuts affair (some dude), Saturday, 5 February 2011 02:23 (fourteen years ago)

"yeah, some dude jacked me, and now his sperm is growing in my stomach"
"that's...not how babies are made"

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

this ep is amazing

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

omg at ken's elderly gag

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)

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They're beginning to work towards Jack's "In five years we'll all either be working for him... or be dead by his hand" prediction coming true by the end of the season, aren't they?

― James Mitchell, Friday, February 4, 2011 7:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

That, or Baldwin's replacing Carell at The Office. (fingers crossed)

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)

ugh, what

― no beans, push to fart (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:35 (fourteen years ago)

Big-city corporate bigwig is reduced to managing a small town branch office! It's comedy gold! It practically writes itself!

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

who watches the office

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

no... just, no

― no beans, push to fart (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

best episode of the year

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)

Carmen Chao's Chinese accent was so racist, I wish the show would go back to making fun of Puerto Ricans.

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:51 (fourteen years ago)

the best use of olivia munn yet

― no beans, push to fart (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)

"I need to go home and delete everything off my DVR"

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

^^ On rewatching, I caught Ice-T's hilarious response to that: "But aren't you six episodes behind on Top Chef?"

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)

haha I totally missed that!

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:51 (fourteen years ago)

the best use of olivia munn yet

― no beans, push to fart (J0rdan S.), Saturday, February 5, 2011 2:53 PM (2 hours ago)

??

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)

J0rdan insinuating that all women with vaguely Asian physical traits are indistinguishable.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 February 2011 22:24 (fourteen years ago)

haha yeah i was gonna ask if all hot girls look the same to him or something

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 22:35 (fourteen years ago)

they look absoultely nothing alike so i'm thinking i just missed a quick munn appearance or something

vanessa minnillo > olivia munn

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Saturday, 5 February 2011 22:59 (fourteen years ago)

I am still lol'ing at the way Alec Baldwin said "and WHAT WAS THAT VOICE?" on the ep two weeks ago

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:18 (fourteen years ago)

Perfect Couples and Outsourced were the lowest rated NBC comedies this week = all is right with the world.

― polyphonic, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:20 (fourteen years ago)

#Egypt

― polyphonic, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:20 (fourteen years ago)

ppl turning off their tv after community for half an hour only to turn it on again at 9 are heroes in my book. i just suffer thru perfect couples

― Mordy, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:24 (fourteen years ago)

Judging from those Outsourced promos, I always get the sense that it has a lot of actors in brownface.

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:31 (fourteen years ago)

my dad saysi t's one of the worst things he's ever seen

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)

wish they would switch the timeslots for 30 rock and outsourced

― max, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:41 (fourteen years ago)

why!?

― Mordy, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:42 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, that would just make it worse than it already is! At least I can see P&R and 30 Rock back to back.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:47 (fourteen years ago)

sorry 30 rock and perfect couples

― max, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:50 (fourteen years ago)

oh yeah, that would be ideal

― Mordy, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:58 (fourteen years ago)

would be perfect... coupling

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:59 (fourteen years ago)

I say just switch Community and Perfect Couples. Outsourced is gross but it's a perfect fit for the local news crowd. Then at 10:30 I can watch Archer and everything is beautiful.

― polyphonic, Sunday, 6 February 2011 00:16 (fourteen years ago)

"because I've been on my period for the past 61 days"

― totally small truffles (Abbbottt), Sunday, 6 February 2011 00:35 (fourteen years ago)

i liked when tracy offered to rub linseed oil on liz's perineum

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:15 (fourteen years ago)

"This is where we used to hold retirement parties...the balcony below is probably still littered with stripper bones."

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:15 (fourteen years ago)

i liked when tracy offered to rub linseed oil on liz's perineum

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, February 6, 2011 1:15 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think that's a reused baby mama joke

― caek, Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)

i think you can see tina fey crack up at tracy's pronunciation of the word perineum

― symsymsym, Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:21 (fourteen years ago)

I HAD NAAN :D

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:37 (fourteen years ago)

Wondering if Kaptain Kabletown is going to be revealed as Kenneth's daddy, or wait, Kenneth's dad was a pig?

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)

Don't forget that Kenneth is at least 80, so that can't be the case.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Sunday, 6 February 2011 04:40 (fourteen years ago)

I think he's at least 100 actually; was it a WWI or WWII veteran who recognized him?

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Sunday, 6 February 2011 04:40 (fourteen years ago)

Fine, Kenneth's the dad then.

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Sunday, 6 February 2011 04:55 (fourteen years ago)

Don't forget that Kenneth is at least 80, so that can't be the case.

Well, we don't know how old Kaptain Kabletown is yet.

― trishyb, Sunday, 6 February 2011 10:52 (fourteen years ago)

tracy just on fire this episode

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 15:58 (fourteen years ago)

"yeah, some dude jacked me, and now his sperm is growing in my stomach"

^^she delivers this line like dr. spaceman, listen to it again

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 16:05 (fourteen years ago)

still waiting for an explanation from jordan s

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

i think you can see tina fey crack up at tracy's pronunciation of the word perineum

And when Lutz is kissing her stomach. In fact everyone seemed to having fun this episode, esp. Baldwin - "you're the silly simon!"

― I'm sorry, I did not create the cosmos, I merely explain it. (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 6 February 2011 17:35 (fourteen years ago)

still waiting for an explanation from jordan s

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, February 6, 2011 11:21 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

idk i thought the chick was olivia munn, whadya want?

― no beans, push to fart (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 17:55 (fourteen years ago)

i don't really have much attachment to her or vanessa manillo or w/e the fuck

― no beans, push to fart (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 17:56 (fourteen years ago)

don't worry, j0rdan, this is only the preliminary investigation, you have a little more time to prepare your defense....

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)

prosecution rests

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:09 (fourteen years ago)

did the prosecution begin?

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:09 (fourteen years ago)

prosecution having a real case of the sundays

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)

what's sad is once Community came on, I fell so in love with it that I kinda quit watching 30 Rock, which was my previous favorite. it's mostly cuz I'm not a big TV guy and real busy so I only often make time to watch a handful of shows.

and in seeing the eps from this year, I now realize I need to catch up. I've seen all through season 3, then it's spotty after that!

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:12 (fourteen years ago)

http://media.g4tv.com/images/blog/blog_aots_olivia.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pLmMug9YFkw/TNVqXF90I0I/AAAAAAAACwM/p0H8BALJubg/s1600/Vanessa-Minnillo.jpg

― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:14 (fourteen years ago)

yea they don't look alike, though I would smang both Munn wins

― r0b /via/ orl (San Te), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:15 (fourteen years ago)

Speaking of Cerie:

http://cdn02.cdn.socialitelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/katrina-bowden-bikini-10032009-01-430x642.jpg

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:19 (fourteen years ago)

def one of the top 15 characters

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:20 (fourteen years ago)

Okay, I totally need to preface this by saying that I 100% mean this in a good way... it looks like she has put on a little weight. She's definitely v v cute, but she has always been just on that side of "too skinny" for me.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:23 (fourteen years ago)

That pic is from 2009 lol.

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:32 (fourteen years ago)

*points to mouth*

POPTARTS!

― if there is a King Moaty, apparently he is huge into slapstick. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 11 February 2011 11:31 (fourteen years ago)

"...Steven Spielberg."

"Kate Capshaw's husband?"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 February 2011 11:39 (fourteen years ago)

"walking mozzarella sticks who think that $300 and a photo ID gives them the right to fly through the air like one of the guardian owls of legend."

― A Alphabetical Leader (Abbbottt), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:22 (fourteen years ago)

The guardians of ga'hoole jokes killed me.

― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)

yeah i loved that

― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 11 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)

"Where are my manners? You want to try meth?"

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, 12 February 2011 03:33 (fourteen years ago)

My gf didn't believe me when I told her that Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole was a real movie.

― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Saturday, 12 February 2011 04:28 (fourteen years ago)

I saw a trailer for it in front of Toy Story 3 over the summer; I kind of actually want to see it now, but only if those audio clips were actually from the movie.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, 12 February 2011 04:48 (fourteen years ago)

I couldn't tell if they were condensed paraphrases of dialogue or the actual thing. If I had to bet, I would bet the former, because they jammed soooo many Ga'Hoole vocabs into one sentence. If you enjoyed the owl dialogue in this episode, you would probably find Legend of the Guardians as entertainingly ridic as I did.

― Peter Pepsi (Abbbottt), Saturday, 12 February 2011 05:08 (fourteen years ago)

yeah the high density of ridiculous made-up words (my favorite barometer for quality [I thought of it before xkcd did a comic of it]) just sounded like a gold mine

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, 12 February 2011 05:11 (fourteen years ago)

I really wish John Cho would get more great roles. He is great in everything I see him in. Would love to see someone make a Bourne/Bond-esque thing with him going undercover in China as a suave motherfucker spy.

― if there is a King Moaty, apparently he is huge into slapstick. (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 12 February 2011 07:25 (fourteen years ago)

well, dude WAS sulu. and will be again.

being on flashforward must have eaten up some time that could have been used at being awesome somewhere else.

― j., Saturday, 12 February 2011 08:17 (fourteen years ago)

so Canadian milk really does come in bags. wtf!

― frankly, mr. cankly (Pillbox), Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:23 (fourteen years ago)

Less packaging!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:05 (fourteen years ago)

are the bags shaped like udders?

― R. L. Steen's HOOSbumps (some dude), Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:09 (fourteen years ago)

"maybe you want to fly this plane yourself? well good luck pressing 'take off,' then 'autopilot,' THEN 'land'"

also just realized that john cho's canadian character is named "lorne"

― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:15 (fourteen years ago)

matt damon's been real funny in this, sad to see him go

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

milk comes in all the regular containers in canada and the bags, at least in new scotland

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:23 (fourteen years ago)

The milk in bags was one of my favorite things about Canada.

― ENBB, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:24 (fourteen years ago)

High praise.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:29 (fourteen years ago)

hey we all love milk bags am i right fellas haha nudge nudge

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:31 (fourteen years ago)

there's just somethin ain't right about liquids being sold in bags

― frankly, mr. cankly (Pillbox), Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:31 (fourteen years ago)

lol Joe

haha I mean, don't get me wrong, there was other good stuff too but I went to make coffee at my friend's place and was, "OMG your milk! IT IS IN A BAG!".

― ENBB, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:34 (fourteen years ago)

Pillbox the bag then gets hooked to a pitcher so you actually pour out of the pitcher.

― ENBB, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:35 (fourteen years ago)

yeah but what if someone bumps into you on the subway or something - pop! sploosh! milk everywhere!

― frankly, mr. cankly (Pillbox), Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:36 (fourteen years ago)

we had it in Waitrose briefly but then they got rid of it due to poor sales.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)

people in canada are nice enough not to bump into others, duh

― mizzell, Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:41 (fourteen years ago)

Carol: I will waste you!
Liz: You'll have to go through this old bastard first.

also, that line about "we're airplane folk now" or whatever killed me

― Darin, Saturday, 12 February 2011 18:23 (fourteen years ago)

btw had a total "that guy" moment with Stuart the flight attendant, but he's not on the episode's IMDb page yet.

oh wait just realized, same actor as the hotel clerk at Liz's 30th reunion.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, 12 February 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

the nbc sitcom was killer

"one of thems gotta be asian"

― max, Saturday, 12 February 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

right? am I crazy here? it was this guy again, right? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1865598/

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, 12 February 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

bags of milk, get familiar

― j., Saturday, 12 February 2011 19:15 (fourteen years ago)

jesus, must we Americans be behind the times with EVERYTHING??

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 12 February 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)

didn't JFK pronounce that we'd put milk in bags by the year 2000 wtf

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 12 February 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)

so-so episode tbh

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 February 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)

1. "I had to win that spelling bee, so my parents made me memorize all 700 words in the Canadian dictionary."
2. "We have to find a Canadian to take our money." [Roll credits -- Executive Producer: Lorne Michaels]
3. SKY LAW.

― Cobra Laser-Face (Leee), Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:05 (fourteen years ago)

john cho is the best, harold & kumar 4 eva

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)

btw had a total "that guy" moment with Stuart the flight attendant, but he's not on the episode's IMDb page yet.

oh wait just realized, same actor as the hotel clerk at Liz's 30th reunion.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, February 12, 2011 1:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

right? am I crazy here? it was this guy again, right? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1865598/

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, February 12, 2011 1:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

yup, same guy, was also funny in Ghost Town. since 30 Rock has already put him in multiple roles they should really go ahead and cast him as Kenneth's brother or relative in an episode, it would just be so spot on.

― R. L. Steen's HOOSbumps (some dude), Saturday, 12 February 2011 20:12 (fourteen years ago)

Ha, I never thought about milk bags being Canadian ("new idea"!). My parents always got them. I always buy cartons anyway.

The standoff in the plane was epic.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 14 February 2011 12:38 (fourteen years ago)

BEDROOM DUTIES, FOR INSTANCE PAINTING THE BEDROOM

Oh God, I choked on this.

― James Mitchell, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:10 (fourteen years ago)

Kenneth's line about the worst possible place being "IKEA on a Saturday" (or whatever it was) may be the weakest line I've heard on 30 Rock. Some good individual eps but this season isn't really cutting it, imo.

― Stevie T, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:21 (fourteen years ago)

i somehow tend to see this when drunk but im pretty sure it's been funny a lot of the time. there was one the other week that was all time, with the 'uptown girl' bit. matt damon was mvp this week. otm anyone who said john cho should be in more things.

― The image post from the hilarious "markers" internet persona (history mayne), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:23 (fourteen years ago)

yeah this season has been gold.

also the show's sense of humor and pacing always kind of keeps me from thinking stuff like "Saturday at IKEA? that was weak" because it's not like they build up to that as a big punchline and wait for the laughs to die down before saying the next line, it's just boom boom boom didn't like that one? ok here's another boom boom boom.

― DINPLINGS! (some dude), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:20 (fourteen years ago)

yeah this season has been as strong as any other, i couldn't really pick a favorite because all five seasona have been so consistently great

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:34 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, i'm looking forward to when reruns start airing on Comedy Central, it'll be interesting to see if there feel like distinct greater and lesser eras in the show's history or if it's just all good

― DINPLINGS! (some dude), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)

I feel like this show is going to explode in syndication.

― CAN YOU GULP ANY LOUDER PISS WOMAN (DJP), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:56 (fourteen years ago)

Argentina also does milk in bags. Everybody's fridge has a little milk container to put the bag in.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 14 February 2011 15:24 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, i'm looking forward to when reruns start airing on Comedy Central, it'll be interesting to see if there feel like distinct greater and lesser eras in the show's history or if it's just all good

― DINPLINGS! (some dude), Monday, February 14, 2011 9:54 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

rewatching the seasons on netflix made me feel like seasons 1 and 2 are the best but its sort of a tonal thing, somewhere around mid-s2 they shifted from semi-3d characters/"realistic" plotlines to all-out farce, so if you prefer the latter it probably isnt true

― max, Monday, 14 February 2011 17:01 (fourteen years ago)

I don't know, those first few episodes dealing with Tracy's nonsense seem like all-out farce to me.

― DJP, Monday, 14 February 2011 17:04 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, it was never realistic-realistic but theres definitely a difference in how the characters are treated o giess

― max, Monday, 14 February 2011 17:06 (fourteen years ago)

ha! i meant i guess

― max, Monday, 14 February 2011 17:06 (fourteen years ago)

dan goose

― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 February 2011 17:08 (fourteen years ago)

o, don giess

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Monday, 14 February 2011 17:48 (fourteen years ago)

There is something wrong when The Office thread is bumped on a Friday morning, but this one isn't. Not the best episode of the season, but I loled a couple times. Going to miss Tracy though, for sure.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:39 (fourteen years ago)

there were bits of it i didn't particularly like ('two dorky characters start a band and write a terrible song' feels like something they usually leave to lesser shows), but it was still pretty good. loved liz's big speech at the end.

― some dude, Friday, 18 February 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I thought the Sound Mound thing had potential if it had gone in a different direction, but it really wasn't that funny. I thought 30 Rock could do better than the lame Yuki joke. The rest was great, I liked Liz and Anders conversation.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:59 (fourteen years ago)

Going to miss Tracy though, for sure

^what?

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:05 (fourteen years ago)

oh right, he's gonna miss a few eps

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:05 (fourteen years ago)

this was by far the worst ever episode of 30 rock

― if there is a King Moaty, apparently he is huge into slapstick. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:43 (fourteen years ago)

a clip show would have bee more enjoyable and original

― if there is a King Moaty, apparently he is huge into slapstick. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:43 (fourteen years ago)

Okay thats a little ridiculous.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:43 (fourteen years ago)

i won't argue strenuously because there have been very few 30 Rock episodes i've actually thought after watching could be in serious running for worst, so it's not a very competitive field.

― some dude, Friday, 18 February 2011 15:44 (fourteen years ago)

most of the weak spots were pretty nicely papered over by the roundup at the end, I thought

― DJP, Friday, 18 February 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)

Not a good episode, but this show still throws in enough weekly lolz to make it worth watching. everyone's reaction to "Emily Dickinson" and all the different Meeting Magazines were pretty funny.

― Gukbe, Friday, 18 February 2011 15:57 (fourteen years ago)

the best part of this episode was the framed photo of jack & tiger woods behind jack's desk

― teenage cream (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 February 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)

Winners:

"What *is* business school?"

"oh god a hawk got her."

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Saturday, 19 February 2011 06:11 (fourteen years ago)

This is nowhere near being the worst 30 Rock episode ever (distinction goes to an Xmas episode from a couple seasons back).

― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Saturday, 19 February 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

lol'd heartily at meeting magazine. band thing was pretty weak for sure but i still like when pete gets some screen time every now and then

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 19 February 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)

And I blew all three

― President Keyes, Sunday, 20 February 2011 16:03 (fourteen years ago)

OPPORTUNITIES!

― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 20 February 2011 16:20 (fourteen years ago)

I am glad they've used the 10 p.m. time slot to make a bunch of jokes about Liz's period. "I like to keep my tampons cold."

― great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

The jokes about Jack's spanking business professor made me lol too.

― great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 16:22 (fourteen years ago)

killed it tonight

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 05:00 (fourteen years ago)

"we had to vote and they chose sluts"

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 05:00 (fourteen years ago)

Now see, I actually thought tonight was relatively weak.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 05:00 (fourteen years ago)

It was better than last week's, and there were plenty of lolz, but not among the best. The Chloe Moretz thing has a lot of potential though.

― Gukbe, Friday, 25 February 2011 06:05 (fourteen years ago)

Moretz going toe to toe w/ baldwin was mega imo

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 February 2011 06:36 (fourteen years ago)

OK so Kenneth officially started working at NBC in 1936, when Shirley Temple was 8 years old. Assuming he was around 18 at the time, in 2011, he's 93 years old.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:26 (fourteen years ago)

still my favorite running gag

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:27 (fourteen years ago)

I have a feeling he is older than that because doesn't he sometimes refer to jobs he had before NBC?

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:28 (fourteen years ago)

well in the south in the early part of the century he could've easily held jobs as a teenager. On the other hand, he did also graduate from Kentucky Mountain Bible College. So he could've started in the NBC page program a couple years later, at 22 say. The page program was founded in 1933 (according to the wikis) so Kenneth would have joined it in its third year. At any rate, Kenneth is at least 90 years old.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)

this isn't Lost, dude

― some dude, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)

lol

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:48 (fourteen years ago)

who says he has an age? he could be eternal

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:48 (fourteen years ago)

was that hannibal burress again as the homeless dude last night? it sounded like him.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)

loved twofer tagging "graffito"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)

also was the guest writer supposed to be kinda sarah silverman-y or am i reading too much into it? silverman isn't that overtly sexual iirc but she does that dirty/cutesy thing

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)

this show has a weird relationship with Jew jokes btw, in that it clearly should be making more of them. there was some weird crack about the guest writer changing her last name from "Grossman" and I couldn't even hear if it was supposed to be a Jew joke or not.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:52 (fourteen years ago)

given that Jenna said Grossman "sounds kind of bagel-y" it was obviously not a Jewish joke

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:53 (fourteen years ago)

ah, I thought that's what she said.

"your name sounds Jewish, you must be important" @ Pete from forever still pretty good.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:54 (fourteen years ago)

it was weird because she was doing sarah silvermans baby voice but the joke was clearly about olivia munn? (to me at least)

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)

yeah that was hannibal burress. and I think the guest writer was kind of silverman-y but inspired by olivia munn more than anything. i would link to jezebel posts marked with tag "olivia munn" if that site worked at all right now

― A B C, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:56 (fourteen years ago)

I dunno the whole denoument with the crazy ex-husband just seemed like a joke from a lesser show.

"trying to sail an inflatable castle across the atlantic" cracked me up

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:57 (fourteen years ago)

I think the solution to all of this is for Kristen Schaal to get more work

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:57 (fourteen years ago)

This episode was great, even though I kind of figured where the confrontation with the teenager was going when she was introduced.

Jack's fantasy had me lolling hardcore.

Also Jezebel is like the real-life analogue of Liz Lemon's behavior in this episode.

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:59 (fourteen years ago)

kristen schaal talks with a baby voice but i like it because it seems like the voice of a baby whose lower face is all chapped because it's usually covered in snot

― A B C, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:00 (fourteen years ago)

jezebel is the real-life analogue of joanofsnark.com!

― A B C, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:00 (fourteen years ago)

ha well yes

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:01 (fourteen years ago)

it was weird because she was doing sarah silvermans baby voice but the joke was clearly about olivia munn? (to me at least)

― max, Friday, February 25, 2011 11:55 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

how is she like Munn? idgi

― some dude, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:02 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah I was going to ask the same thing, don't get the Munn reference at all.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:04 (fourteen years ago)

cause of this whole thing that a b c alludes to upthread?

http://jezebel.com/#!oliviamunn

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:06 (fourteen years ago)

sorry this thing: http://jezebel.com/#!5570545/comedy-of-errors-behind-the-scenes-of-the--daily-shows-lady-problem

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:07 (fourteen years ago)

in a nutshell, jezebel and other feminist-y blogs called out the daily show for sexism in part because it hired the criminally unfunny olivia munn; it came out later that tina fey had in fact recommended munn for perfect couples; munn said a number of impolite things about how bloggers just hate her b/c she looks good in a bikini

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:08 (fourteen years ago)

"criminally unfunny olivia munn"

I don't really see this as like some universal truth though, she has her moments. Her delivery on Daily Show has been pretty awful though.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)

http://grab.by/99Gc

― ice cr?m, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)

comedienne uses ott sexuality

― ice cr?m, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)

yeah its basically a universal truth, olivia munn is not that funny, she just has a personal brand of "being funny" that people mistake for actual funniness

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:11 (fourteen years ago)

She has been genuinely funny on Perfect Couples, but likely I'm the only person on the board who stayed with that show past the awful first two episodes.

xp: lol max

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:11 (fourteen years ago)

DJP OTM, she is probably one of the few bright spots on that show (though, tbh, I'm still about 3 episodes behind).

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)

I dunno, around episode 3 all 6 leads started clicking for me.

Last week's episode was really, really funny

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:13 (fourteen years ago)

I liked her in the "man cave" episode.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:14 (fourteen years ago)

maybe you guys should start a perfect couples thread so i can continue to pretend that it doesnt exist and nbc just goes dark between 8:30 and 9

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:15 (fourteen years ago)

yeah that's episode 3; the show improves (dramatically IMO) from that point on

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:16 (fourteen years ago)

wolves and west ham didn't draw 0-0, this show has lost all credibility.

― mizzell, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:18 (fourteen years ago)

yeah its basically a universal truth, olivia munn is not that funny, she just has a personal brand of "being funny" that people mistake for actual funniness

― max, Friday, February 25, 2011 11:11 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

good thing you can see through the veil

i don't really know anything about olivia munn

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:18 (fourteen years ago)

well now you know, thanks to me

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:22 (fourteen years ago)

First off, Sarah Silverman is way funnier and sexier than OM any day.

yeah its basically a universal truth, olivia munn is not that funny, she just has a personal brand of "being funny" that people mistake for actual funniness

First thing I ever saw of her was a compilation of "funniest moments" which included her jumping to eat a hot dog on a string and her jumping into a pool of whipped cream in a maid's costume. She definitely sells a personal brand of "being funny" but she's also basically a slutwaver for whom 'comedy' is a convenient excuse.

Her painful Daily Show segments are proof enough. She really looks like she's trying _so_ hard to be funny, or to be perceived as funny. But she's just not funny.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:22 (fourteen years ago)

"slutwaver"?

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:23 (fourteen years ago)

DJP: I'm with you too, I realized last night that I genuinely like the show now!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)

loved twofer tagging "graffito"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, February 25, 2011 11:49 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ this is the joke I was trying to remember lol

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:25 (fourteen years ago)

compilation of "funniest moments" which included her jumping to eat a hot dog on a string and her jumping into a pool of whipped cream in a maid's costume

You do realize that these "compilations" are made by horny YouTube nerds, right? Its not exactly a scientific study of her punchline to actual laughter ratio or whatever.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:26 (fourteen years ago)

in a nutshell, jezebel and other feminist-y blogs called out the daily show for sexism in part because it hired the criminally unfunny olivia munn; it came out later that tina fey had in fact recommended munn for perfect couples; munn said a number of impolite things about how bloggers just hate her b/c she looks good in a bikini

― max, Friday, February 25, 2011 12:08 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ok yeah the situation has parallels, i thought you were saying the character's behavior/looks were patterned after Munn which made less sense

― some dude, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:27 (fourteen years ago)

LOL @ "I'm not gonna live forever, no matter how much gold i give Poseidon."

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)

I know it was in the previews but Jenna walking up to Liz, slapping her and say "WHAT IS THAT?" still made me lol so hard

also Lutz is a neverending vortex of funny

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)

lutz is married to sue in real life, i want to hang with them, i bet theyre fun

― max, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)

also Lutz is a neverending vortex of funny

― DJP, Friday, February 25, 2011 11:28 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

seriously can't tell if this is supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing

i mean it's lutz so i assume it's a compliment but ?

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:29 (fourteen years ago)

lutz rules forever

― A B C, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:35 (fourteen years ago)

I am not sure how that was ambiguous, but what I meant was "Lutz is always hilarious"

hanging out with Lutz and Sue would be amazing

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:36 (fourteen years ago)

munn was funny enough as a cohost on attack of the show, tho it could just be good writing. i would prob trust her to deliver in a comic role in a decent sitcom (havent watched 1 second of perfect couples or seen her on daily show)

― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:40 (fourteen years ago)

The bits of her I've seen on The Daily Show have been terrifyingly awful.

As I stated before, she is really funny on Perfect Couples; actually the part is kind of tailor made for someone like her.

― DJP, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:44 (fourteen years ago)

could be shes writing her own pieces on daily show, doesnt seem like shed have the chops to write her own jokes/set-ups

― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 February 2011 17:58 (fourteen years ago)

"Bob is short for Bobert"

totally thought that should be true when I was younger

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 25 February 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

stand down chalk hands a real man is talking

― ice cr?m, Friday, 25 February 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)

does this look like the makeup room of a clown academy?

― caek, Friday, 25 February 2011 20:02 (fourteen years ago)

given that Jenna said Grossman "sounds kind of bagel-y" it was obviously not a Jewish joke

that's obv a jewish joke

― Mordy, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)

also, was the girl the kid from Kick-Ass?

― Mordy, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:51 (fourteen years ago)

Yes, it was (duh sarcasm)

Yes, she is.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)

lol, i wasn't sure if he was being sarcastic. not everyone knows the provenance of bagels.

― Mordy, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:54 (fourteen years ago)

she meant that bagels are gross, man

― some dude, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)

she meant bagel as in zero, nothing, a void

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 26 February 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)

she meant a void as in avoid, avoid grossman, shes jewish

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:00 (fourteen years ago)

i think she said "NAGL-y"

― max, Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:25 (fourteen years ago)

I made it thru at least 1/2 this last ep before realizing that girl wasn't Sarah Silverman.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:27 (fourteen years ago)

"our nips touched"

― angel of debt!!! monarch to the kingdom of the Fed... (San Te), Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:36 (fourteen years ago)

I made it thru at least 1/2 this last ep before realizing that girl wasn't Sarah Silverman.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, February 26, 2011 3:27 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

ha, me too.

― ullr saves (gbx), Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:36 (fourteen years ago)

i thought it was maybe iliza shlesinger at first

― some dude, Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)

yea that babytalk voice did kinda sound like the chirpy chipmunk voice Iliza does....

― angel of debt!!! monarch to the kingdom of the Fed... (San Te), Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)

You guys should punch your optometrists in the face.

― Kerm, Saturday, 26 February 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)

If you can see him, that is...

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:30 (fourteen years ago)

kanyewest Kanye West
an abortion can cost a ballin' nigga up to 50gs maybe a 100. Gold diggin' bitches be getting pregnant on purpose. #STRAPUP my niggas!
23 Feb

tanehisi Ta-Nehisi Coates
lol @comments "an abortion can cost a ballin' nigga up to 50gs maybe a 100. Gold diggin' bitches be getting pregnant on purpose, Liz Lemon."
24 Feb

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:36 (fourteen years ago)

Her painful Daily Show segments are proof enough. She really looks like she's trying _so_ hard to be funny, or to be perceived as funny. But she's just not funny.

Right on. And it's less about the material than her delivery. Her timing is kind of abominable. The similarly dire Josh Gad didn't last this long.

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:36 (fourteen years ago)

why are we talking about olivia munn - did jordan think abby was her again or something?

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 00:20 (fourteen years ago)

read the thread, numbnuts

― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 00:23 (fourteen years ago)

You guys should punch your optometrists in the face.

― Kerm, Saturday, February 26, 2011 4:48 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i dunno dude on first glance it seemed pretty plausible

http://www.daemonstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/30-ROCK-TGS-Hates-Women-Season-5-Episode-16-3.jpg
http://www.usnewsupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Iliza-Shlesinger.jpg

plus Shlesinger won an NBC reality show not too long ago

― some dude, Sunday, 27 February 2011 00:41 (fourteen years ago)

I dunno, I think if you've seen Sarah Silverman more than twice, I find it hard to believe anyone could confuse the two.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 February 2011 02:33 (fourteen years ago)

my post had nothing to do with Sarah Silverman (nor did the 2 posts directly before Kerm's post) though?

― some dude, Sunday, 27 February 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah true...I must have skipped a bit of vital discourse.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 February 2011 03:05 (fourteen years ago)

think Iliza's pic also belongs in ws2011 thread on 77

― angel of debt!!! monarch to the kingdom of the Fed... (San Te), Sunday, 27 February 2011 04:06 (fourteen years ago)

this episode wasn't very funny

― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:30 (fourteen years ago)

I had to keep asking myself whether or not it was Sarah Silverman as well

― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:42 (fourteen years ago)

...

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:43 (fourteen years ago)

what the hell is wrong w/ you ppl

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:43 (fourteen years ago)

why do all chicks look the same to u

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:43 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, how you could you mistake a chick in a wig & speaking in a fake voice as someone else

― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:44 (fourteen years ago)

she looks kinda like ss

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:46 (fourteen years ago)

rollin my dam eyez

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Sunday, 27 February 2011 05:48 (fourteen years ago)

sarah silverman does the same voice, looks nothing like her though.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 27 February 2011 07:32 (fourteen years ago)

you are all retards

all of you

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 27 February 2011 08:20 (fourteen years ago)

laughed when Kenneth started singing "slave of jesus, hear my tale"

― sonderborg, Sunday, 27 February 2011 08:29 (fourteen years ago)

I dunno the whole denoument with the crazy ex-husband just seemed like a joke from a lesser show.

OTM. Dud episode imo.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 February 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)

at first that plotline seemed ridiculous and pathetic but it's somehow managed to make more sense since

― ♘ (blueski), Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:48 (fourteen years ago)

one thing about this last episode is that for issues that seem really important to tina fey (women's roles in media, feminism, etc) the show seemed really unclear about its position. obv it's still a sitcom and i didn't expect some kind of polemic but i feel like it would've been handled more insightfully in earlier seasons. was tina fey wrong to convince abbey not to act that way bc abbey had a legitimate excuse? why couldn't she hide out from her boyfriend without having a totally demeaning persona? why did they even hire her too? if her previous persona was totally hidden away, why would tina fey bring her in to make the show more women-friendly? did she just have no idea what kind of act she did? the whole thing was just totally incoherent.

― Mordy, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)

I thought one of the jokes is how incoherent post-feminism is.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)

That particular joke is a little nihilistic if you're not offering an alternative imho

― Mordy, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:27 (fourteen years ago)

People seem to be forgetting that the Jack storyline was the best (only really good?) part of this episode.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:29 (fourteen years ago)

also is there an alternative/solution to the post-feminist problem? don't read up on this stuff anymore but before Sex and the City completely flamed out with the films it was still something of a conundrum back then.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:30 (fourteen years ago)

I think you guys are burying the lede, which is that Lutz got laid.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

^^^^^^^^^^

― ullr saves (gbx), Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:44 (fourteen years ago)

...by sarah silverman!

― ullr saves (gbx), Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)

Lutz/Kimmel

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:47 (fourteen years ago)

http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/18021/9.jpg
http://www.absolutely.net/Sarah_Silverman/index.jpg

i didn't think it was Silverman but all this JEEZ ARE YOU BLIND stuff is a little over the top

― some dude, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:49 (fourteen years ago)

I didn't think it was Silverman either but clearly she and Olivia Munn (and Jenny McCarthy?) were among the inspirations for that character.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)

i thought silverman + abbey looked the same throughout the episode. esp when she was dressed like a baby and talking exactly like Silverman

― Mordy, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)

so what is the real chick's ACTUAL name

― i seen a man *plop* (San Te), Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:15 (fourteen years ago)

I thought it was Jennifer Love Hewitt.

― Fannypack's "Camel Toe" (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:36 (fourteen years ago)

haha I came real close to saying "omg is it JLH" when she first appeared but 12 seconds in I could see it wasn't. on first quick glance tho...

― i seen a man *plop* (San Te), Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:39 (fourteen years ago)

didn't really like this ep except for the girl owning jack

never liked sarah silverman and she was p bad in this

― this odyssey that refuses to quit calling itself (history mayne), Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:40 (fourteen years ago)

lol

― DJP, Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:40 (fourteen years ago)

i thought it was jennifer love hewitt and sarah silverman even tho im aware those are separate people

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:42 (fourteen years ago)

fusion, man

― i seen a man *plop* (San Te), Sunday, 27 February 2011 22:43 (fourteen years ago)

thought the lack of clarity was kind of the point--these are difficult issues! im not sure 30-minute sitcoms are the best place to be looking for alternatives to the post-feminist dilemma anyway. also maybe unrelated btu sometimes i think the point/role of comedy is to complicate things

― max, Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:09 (fourteen years ago)

for the record i think i was the first person to mention silverman and i wasn't saying i thought it was silverman, i was saying that the character seemed inspired by silverman

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:10 (fourteen years ago)

It didn't seem to complicate things to me. It just seemed kind of empty and pointless. Maybe I wouldn't have minded as much if I'd found Abbey's character to be either funny or likeable/endearing

was tina fey wrong to convince abbey not to act that way bc abbey had a legitimate excuse? why couldn't she hide out from her boyfriend without having a totally demeaning persona? why did they even hire her too? if her previous persona was totally hidden away, why would tina fey bring her in to make the show more women-friendly? did she just have no idea what kind of act she did? the whole thing was just totally incoherent.

I was wondering these things while watching too. Why would Abbey Flynn have even been celebrated by joanofsnark in the first place?

Enjoyed Jack's storyline though.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)

thought the lack of clarity was kind of the point--these are difficult issues! im not sure 30-minute sitcoms are the best place to be looking for alternatives to the post-feminist dilemma anyway.

― max, Sunday, February 27, 2011 6:09 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i basically agree w/this but felt like they couldve gotten in a couple more direct hits, been more cutting, deeply zingy or something

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:23 (fourteen years ago)

ILX has gotten turgidly stupid.

― My Urine No Longer Smells Like Asparagus (Leee), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:26 (fourteen years ago)

felt like a dig at silverman for sure. thought the end with the homicidal husband was more a way to screw liz lemon over for laughs as usual than complicating the issue

― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:31 (fourteen years ago)

interesting that this ep was written by one man

― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 February 2011 03:26 (fourteen years ago)

TV episodes tend to have one writer credit for whoever came up w/ the basic plot but on a show like 30 Rock most of the jokes/dialogue come from who knows how many staff writers

― some dude, Monday, 28 February 2011 03:38 (fourteen years ago)

also, steve carrell 'owns' 'that's what she said'?

exqueeze me? baking powder?

― this odyssey that refuses to quit calling itself (history mayne), Monday, 28 February 2011 09:20 (fourteen years ago)

I would have dug the "feminism is complicated" message if I thought they'd arrived at it honestly, but they had a feminist blog praising an Olivia Munn type (one reason I don't feel like giving them points for zeitgeist-catching) who apparently pretended to be a sex-crazed male-approval seeking baby doll in the comedy world because her psycho husband would recognize her if not for the wig/personality change. It was B- feminist comedy in an regularly A- show, and a bad flashback to when every episode was about how Liz should abandon idealism and accept mediocrity. Though I know a lot of people who are happy they did feminist comedy period.

― da croupier, Monday, 28 February 2011 11:56 (fourteen years ago)

i've never really watched the us office so it kind of blew my mind not long ago to learn people associate "that's what she said" primarily with that show now

i'm still a little skeptical about the whole episode being equated with Olivia Munn -- obviously there was some degree of inspiration/commentary, but iirc the "the Daily Show has a woman problem" furor started up AFTER she was hired, and as an onscreen 'reporter,' not a writer, so it's kind of a shaky parallel? episode felt more like a composite of a lot of different issues and examples that have been in the air the last couple years.

― some dude, Monday, 28 February 2011 12:17 (fourteen years ago)

to me thats what she said is owned by todd off scrubs, fuck a office.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 28 February 2011 14:11 (fourteen years ago)

true story: Steve Carell's dad was a bishop

― Emilio Estevez commits fratricide (sic), Monday, 28 February 2011 14:23 (fourteen years ago)

Lutz's "West Ham drew nil-nil with Wolves!?" kills me

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 07:21 (fourteen years ago)

da croupier, well put!

― Funye West! (u s steel), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 08:39 (fourteen years ago)

when tracy gives a speech at his old school, donald glover is the gay kid

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:10 (fourteen years ago)

Is this coming back this week?

― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Monday, 14 March 2011 21:55 (fourteen years ago)

next wk

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 14 March 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

ths wk

"Queen Of Jordan." Presumably with always welcome guest star Sherri Shepard.

― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Monday, 14 March 2011 23:00 (fourteen years ago)

Jennas-Side.com

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 18 March 2011 02:06 (fourteen years ago)

We're the men of Princeton
Charging up the rear
Holding all the balls okay I hear it now

― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 02:19 (fourteen years ago)

Blurry face syndrome WUT?!!!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 March 2011 02:24 (fourteen years ago)

wow, that was crazy.

― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)

Best episode in weeks IMO. Completely bonkers and out of nowhere. Pitch-perfect reality show weirdness.

― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 18 March 2011 06:16 (fourteen years ago)

HAM

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:13 (fourteen years ago)

Zowie! Didn't see that one coming at all... Great episode!

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:30 (fourteen years ago)

HAM!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:31 (fourteen years ago)

genuinely think that may be the greatest joke i've ever heard.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:31 (fourteen years ago)

"I drank all the throwing wine..."

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 18 March 2011 08:37 (fourteen years ago)

"you know the media. you make one mistake and that's all you are. it happened to hitler. no one eeeeever remembers his paintings."

― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 March 2011 09:04 (fourteen years ago)

i was kind of turned off by the style change, still laughed at the funny jokes though

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:04 (fourteen years ago)

I have been saying "HAM!" to myself and cracking up since last night.

― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:10 (fourteen years ago)

GAY JACK

― The Scenario (chrisv2010), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:20 (fourteen years ago)

I was so glad I got my wish for a Queen of Jordan episode.

― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)

Frank's reunion with his eighth-grade teacher with homegirl on the stripper pole in the background was extremely lol

― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:33 (fourteen years ago)

HAM!

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i died, rewound, died again

― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:43 (fourteen years ago)

fn masterful ep all around

― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:44 (fourteen years ago)

can't wait to find out what this HAM! is all about

― mizzell, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:45 (fourteen years ago)

its v funny!

― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)

Y/N queen of Jordan spinoff

― once gun-bitten, twice gun-shy (m bison), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:15 (fourteen years ago)

The lady throwing wine at the German shepherd in the party hat!

― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)

I think they should keep it within the show and do one Queen of Jordan episode a season

― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 17:31 (fourteen years ago)

they captured the ugliness of the thing they were satirizing a little too well.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:52 (fourteen years ago)

Jennas-Side made me crack.

― bun fun times infinity (the table is the table), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:27 (fourteen years ago)

the sight gag alone killed me

― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:28 (fourteen years ago)

pretty good site:

http://www.nbc.com/30-rock/exclusives/jennas-side/

― dan selzer, Friday, 18 March 2011 18:32 (fourteen years ago)

"Jennas-Side, Jennas-Side, Jennas-Side. I'm not hearing it."

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 18 March 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li91zqDPif1qbs5kvo1_r1_500.gif

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)

ohhh yes

― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)

People like the way she says "ham."

― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:54 (fourteen years ago)

jenna was amazing this ep i just want to say

― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:29 (fourteen years ago)

^^^

wicked ep with a solid dad joke: 'you're seeing another psychic?!... i mean, i knew that'

― "biggest asshole on ILX" (history mayne), Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:58 (fourteen years ago)

The lady throwing wine at the German shepherd in the party hat!

^^^^ tears of laughter

― Darin, Saturday, 19 March 2011 06:01 (fourteen years ago)

I only pass gas once a year for an hour on a mountain in switzerland

― The Scenario (chrisv2010), Saturday, 19 March 2011 13:12 (fourteen years ago)

The dog throwing wine at Dot Com :D

― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 19 March 2011 16:57 (fourteen years ago)

this episode had so much good stuff, but it was almost TOO good a parody of the source material, where it got kind of annoying to watch due to the format

ham, though, damn, i lost it

― Nhex, Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:04 (fourteen years ago)

Who is Randi to Angie again?

― stronglo recommendington (Leee), Saturday, 19 March 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)

btw kind of hating Grizz for hanging with Greg all the time now.

― stronglo recommendington (Leee), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:22 (fourteen years ago)

The little reaction shots Dotcom was shooting to the camera when Jack was talking about his sports days – oh shit, they were killing me.

― Looking Man (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:24 (fourteen years ago)

omg "I drank all the throwing wine" I died

Whole ep was killing me

― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:25 (fourteen years ago)

oh shit yeah the Jack sports convo was awesome "I played both sides"

― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:25 (fourteen years ago)

dotcom was amazing in that bit, although some of it sort of went over my head because i didn't understand the terms. like going both ways, come on. though "switch hitter, pitcher" etc. all have a good innuendo to them and i understood the original meaning.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:27 (fourteen years ago)

Modern football has offensive team, and a separate defensive team: in the old days it was just the one team and players would play both positions

― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:37 (fourteen years ago)

was i wrong to read that dot com may be on the DL himself???

― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:45 (fourteen years ago)

haha, i didn't see it that way. maybe you're on the dl!!!?!?!? ha

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:53 (fourteen years ago)

like the susan sarandon cameo tbh

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)

liked, jesus, this is 4 beers in.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)

jim do people not use 'pitcher/catcher' etc. as gay slang/insults in scotland???

― j., Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:19 (fourteen years ago)

no, what i was meaning is that i understand them as baseball terminology, as well as innuendo whereas the american football thing i was flumoxed on, i just saw the innuendo. altho that would be good if in glasgow we were like "aye, he's a total catcher".

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:22 (fourteen years ago)

hasn't there always been undercurrents that dot com and/or grizz might be gay? the stuff in this past episode was pretty overt tho

― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)

i;ve totally missed this. tho i'm not against this angle.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)

what about grizz and "beth" tho?

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)

and the whole thing were one of them is in love with the other's fiance. i don't think you've thought this through!

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:44 (fourteen years ago)

well you see, the very definition of a guy on the "down low" is one that is in a heterosexual relationship

― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:45 (fourteen years ago)

yeah but grizz has a furtive sexual past with liz lemon and dot com is secretly in love with grizz's fiance so it's like layers on layers at that stage.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:51 (fourteen years ago)

hasn't there always been undercurrents that dot com and/or grizz might be gay? the stuff in this past episode was pretty overt tho

― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:32 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

not really, no. i mean every pair of close male friends in any comedy now is left wide open for easy LOL BROMANCE jokes but i can't think of a single time they've ever done that w/ those 2.

― some dude, Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:51 (fourteen years ago)

i seem to remember some discussion/consensus on that subject itt but i'm not about to search thru all 7,000+ posts for it

― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:52 (fourteen years ago)

61 uses of "amazing" itt

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:54 (fourteen years ago)

that seems low

― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 20 March 2011 01:55 (fourteen years ago)

btw douche, it's Grizz and Darquan, not Dotcom

― Wrinklepaws, Monday, March 12, 2007 10:14 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark

really regret not picking this for that 'What is your favorite one post' thread

― some dude, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:10 (fourteen years ago)

wrinklepaws was amazing. somewhat tempered by the fact it was probably dom or http://i54.tinypic.com/11l4yvn.gif.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:14 (fourteen years ago)

otm

― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:14 (fourteen years ago)

Grizz and Dot Com are an updated version of Lenny and Carl.

― stronglo recommendington (Leee), Sunday, 20 March 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)

"dvd discs"

― caek, Sunday, 20 March 2011 05:57 (fourteen years ago)

GRIZZ GOT MARRIED

― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 20 March 2011 07:40 (fourteen years ago)

"Sho nuff, Angie" << this is a cheesy joke but it had me in stitches!

― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)

YES WILL ARNETT!!!!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 March 2011 02:07 (fourteen years ago)

oh god will arnett twirling his blanket like a cape

― phantompenguin, Friday, 25 March 2011 02:08 (fourteen years ago)

- "WRITTEN BY NO ONE"

- Sorkin seemed inevitable.

- "I hear Nick Lachey just screams at you for the entire interview."

et al.

― All posts written by a haunted keyboard, just so ya know (R Baez), Friday, 25 March 2011 02:36 (fourteen years ago)

killed it

just... killed it

― http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/Lendo80/fbgm.gif (Lamp), Friday, 25 March 2011 04:55 (fourteen years ago)

"I hope the tone of my voice is conveying how annoyed I am"

― sleeve, Friday, 25 March 2011 05:04 (fourteen years ago)

"$500 for kissing. $10,000 for snuggling. End of list."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 March 2011 05:09 (fourteen years ago)

best part was the follow through on sue as the dutch mentalist but the whole thing was crammed w/ classic jokes

― http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/Lendo80/fbgm.gif (Lamp), Friday, 25 March 2011 05:10 (fourteen years ago)

"It's the 10!"

classic joke

― sous les paves, Friday, 25 March 2011 05:21 (fourteen years ago)

that killed me.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 25 March 2011 06:14 (fourteen years ago)

AFRICA!

Really I could just watch Tracy Morgan shout words for the rest of my life.

― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Friday, 25 March 2011 08:23 (fourteen years ago)

amazing ep. TWINKS.

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 25 March 2011 13:22 (fourteen years ago)

I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of the sax soloist from rock songs in the group of people whose jobs are now obsolete.

― ENBB, Friday, 25 March 2011 13:24 (fourteen years ago)

"we live in the subways with the ceo of friendster"

― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 25 March 2011 13:54 (fourteen years ago)

Probably my favorite episode of the season so far. I was LOLing all the way through. Will Arnett definitely keeps the laffs coming.

― Moodles, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:16 (fourteen years ago)

i like that they had a joke about NBC's failed Knight Rider remake (which Arnett was almost a part of) in the same episode as Sorkin finally showing up and taking a jab about Studio 60. mean meta galore!

― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Friday, 25 March 2011 14:32 (fourteen years ago)

Will Arnett turned down a job that Val Kilmer took. Kilmer is clearly done with life (except for MacGruber).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:47 (fourteen years ago)

nah, Arnett recorded a bunch of voiceovers for Knight Rider, was replaced with Kilmer at the last minute because of corporate conflicts (Arnett did General Motors ads, Ford was providing the cars fo rthe show).

― NO BLOGS WERE INVOLVED. (some dude), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:08 (fourteen years ago)

o i c

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 March 2011 15:09 (fourteen years ago)

lemme know if that dutch psychic show clip is up anywhere on the internet, okay? i wanna show it to maria. couldn't find it anywhere.

― scott seward, Friday, 25 March 2011 15:41 (fourteen years ago)

I did not realize that Ken Howard plays Hank Hooper!

― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 25 March 2011 15:46 (fourteen years ago)

"i'm sorry liz, but my hands are tied ... is the only show on TWINKS that's doing well" <- they REALLY love this joke construction

― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:28 (fourteen years ago)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lilj6vOWvV1qawe6co1_r1_500.gif

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 March 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

Transformers 5: Planet of the Earth

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 26 March 2011 05:40 (fourteen years ago)

I didn't love this episode actually but bravo to Sorkin for having a sense of humor. Always loved this old line from Tina:

The gossipers over at New York Daily News have a great tidbit about Tina Fey dissing Aaron Sorkin at a recent event. She reportedly told the crowd at the Writers Guild Awards, "I hear Aaron Sorkin is in Los Angeles wearing the same dress- but longer, and not funny."

― dan selzer, Saturday, 26 March 2011 06:21 (fourteen years ago)

holy shit @ gay sportscenter!

― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 March 2011 09:45 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, that was perfecto!

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 March 2011 10:00 (fourteen years ago)

loved the joke that was banks saying something like "now my life is only wet wipes and rectal thermometers... and babies"

― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 March 2011 10:10 (fourteen years ago)

or maybe it was "and then came the babies" or something idk

also another hannibal burress cameo

― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 March 2011 10:10 (fourteen years ago)

"Remember when a movie was just a fella in a hat running away from a fella with no hair?"

Brilliantly delivered, but I don't get it. Does anyone?

― All posts written by a haunted keyboard, just so ya know (R Baez), Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

hahaha! that was funny!

― scott seward, Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)

man, this show is funny.

― scott seward, Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)

i think jack is having his funniest season ever.

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:56 (fourteen years ago)

*power wagging*

― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:56 (fourteen years ago)

Rizzoli & Isles joke was great.

― s.clover, Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:08 (fourteen years ago)

"i'm sorry liz, but my hands are tied ... is the only show on TWINKS that's doing well" <- they REALLY love this joke construction

I was thinking the exact same thing. I call it the deflected assumption.

― jaymc, Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:20 (fourteen years ago)

it has a real name -- they're called garden path sentences

― Mordy, Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:25 (fourteen years ago)

I guess I was thinking more broadly, like Kenneth's line from a couple weeks ago: "When I have problems I like to talk to the man upstairs. Unfortunately Mr. Gazalean got put in jail for attacking his father."

― jaymc, Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:00 (fourteen years ago)

my favorite joke like that was another one of Kenneth's: "That reminds me of a story about my neighbor's cat. His name was Mr. Wiggles and his cat's name was Norman..."

― Darin, Sunday, 27 March 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)

why is this gif not animated: Why is this gif not animated: http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ligs2wSegJ1qzmvhdo1_400.gif

― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 4 April 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ligs55ii5q1qzmvhdo1_500.gif

― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 4 April 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)

i watched this for the second time today, and i laughed even harder than i did the first time? i hadn't forgotten about TWINKS, but some of the jokes i'd forgotten just destroyed me. in fact, the one i'd forgotten about entirely was the whole "Jenna-Babies" bit, with the Vietnamese baby offering comfort to a GI then saying, "I'm good at math," then Jenna saying "That's so it's not racist." classic.

― bun fun times infinity (the table is the table), Monday, 4 April 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)

this last episode, sorry. duh.

― bun fun times infinity (the table is the table), Monday, 4 April 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)

Holy crap, between this and Community...

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 10:07 (fourteen years ago)

Both shows are new this week right?

― Uteruses Before Duderuses (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 10:13 (fourteen years ago)

he's on *linkedin*, lemon

so many jenna, tracey, or jack lines kill, even if they aren't 'in themselves' gold

― history mayne, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 10:29 (fourteen years ago)

New Community 4/14, dunno about 30 Rock, though.

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:14 (fourteen years ago)

Also 14th, according to this thing I'm looking at.

― You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:17 (fourteen years ago)

has anyone read Bossypants?

― Darin, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 16:06 (fourteen years ago)

This title will be released on April 18, 2011.
Pre-order now!

― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 16:49 (fourteen years ago)

You can download it as of today. Got an email from Apple. May just have to for vacation reading.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/05/fey-defends-palin-impersonation/

just posting this for the incredibly lol Palin quote; you really get the distinct sense that this woman does not actually understand her native language

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:01 (fourteen years ago)

someone really should put Palin on a word ration, tighten that shit right up.

― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:02 (fourteen years ago)

oxygen ration morelike

― You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

lol

― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah but once you introduce word rationing, death panels can't be far behind, socialism.

― farting in the shower - C/D (Leee), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:58 (fourteen years ago)

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/alec_baldwin_30_rock_ending.html

"I will tell you one thing," he said. "And that is our show next year is our last year of the show." Though Baldwin has made no secret of the fact that he plans to leave 30 Rock in 2012, this was the first time we've heard that the show itself would close up shop, too. But Baldwin says it's a done deal that Fey will be leaving. "Our contracts are expired [in 2012], and Tina is gonna have a big career directing films and writing. She's going to be the next Elaine May. She'll be great." Reps for Fey and the show declined to comment.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

If true, this doesn't make me sad. I think six seasons of 30 Rock sounds about right.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)

would be impossible to continue without baldwin anyway

― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, i kinda hope it ends, but would like to see fey do another tv show maybe.

― mizzell, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:37 (fourteen years ago)

'the should hire steve carell' - an entertainment news blogger

― bantonio banderas (history mayne), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)

tbh I would watch a relationship comedy starring Tina Fey and Matt Damon

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)

'the should hire steve carell' - an entertainment news blogger

I suggested (to no one in particular, but I think my dog was in the room when I said it out loud) that Baldwin/Donaghy should go to the Office: fish-out-of-water, down-on-his-luck big-city CEO in a small town, hilarity ensuing, etc. And Carrell could take over for Donaghy! Small-town middle-manager in over his head, etc. etc.

― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)

My Season 4 DVD just arrived so it's helping me through these two weeks of no new episodes. I'm not surprised they're gonna wrap it up, I'm amazed the show has remained so high quality for this long.
BTW I didn't notice it at the time but in Season 4, Alec Baldwin does this weird pouty Zoolander lip thing at the end of scenes like ALL THE TIME! And now I've noticed it I can't not-see it.

― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)

oh yeah, that's called "his face"

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)

lol
http://johngushue.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451f25369e20148c82557cd970c-pi

― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

This show needs to end. Also, Baldwin's comments reek of contractual negotiations – threaten the network with impending doom, the network stumps up more money. He's helping his mates.

― breaker moran (Schlafsack), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:15 (fourteen years ago)

That's nonsense.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:18 (fourteen years ago)

i thought you'd want it to carry on now that tracy morgan is away? xp

― caek, Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:23 (fourteen years ago)

Baldwin's had one foot out the door for the show's entire run, talking about leaving when the daughter voicemail happened and at other points -- i think he enjoys 30 Rock and knows he's got a good thing but probably justifiably doesn't want to hang on forever like a lot of TV stars. and i can see why Fey would want to move onto other projects, 6 seasons is a good run, not too short and not too long.

― ℯℳℴ　❤＼(◕～◕✿ (some dude), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:27 (fourteen years ago)

no, Baldwin has talked about how he's absolutely definitely leaving three times before. he really means it every time, but obviously has enough fun that he gets talked back - this time might take, though. (it's not enough of a success to rort the network out of more money, anyway.)

― Ita Buttrock (sic), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)

xpost yep

― Ita Buttrock (sic), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)

Baldwin is clearly leaving, but for him to just appear out of nowhere and say 'omz the head creative has a future in hollywood!!' smacks of negotiation tactics. This stuff happens all the time.

― breaker moran (Schlafsack), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:46 (fourteen years ago)

yes, totally

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)

this is constantly happening

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)

tbh i hope he is right about Fey itching to write/direct movies. clearly she's going to be starring in movies either way and it seems like when she has the creative reins you get Mean Girls and when she doesn't you get Baby Mama/Date Night.

― ℯℳℴ　❤＼(◕～◕✿ (some dude), Thursday, 7 April 2011 01:53 (fourteen years ago)

Aw, I liked Baby Mama.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 02:28 (fourteen years ago)

Don't slander Baby Mama like that. I loled at least three times as much at that as I did the awful Date Night.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 April 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

Baby Mama was aight, but it is clearly not on Mean Girls/30 Rock level

― ℯℳℴ　❤＼(◕～◕✿ (some dude), Thursday, 7 April 2011 02:34 (fourteen years ago)

Mean Girls is still one of my favorite things she's done

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)

Date Night was like Tina Fey's Scenes from a Mall.

― Darin, Thursday, 7 April 2011 02:47 (fourteen years ago)

so tina is apparently 5 mo. pregnant. which i guess might be about right timing-wise if you're trying to schedule your pregnancy to interfere with your tv show job as little as possible.

― circles, Thursday, 7 April 2011 04:22 (fourteen years ago)

Baby Mama was awful and mirthless. I liked Date Night as an OK throwback to lost-in-scary-old-New-York 80s action-comedies.

― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Thursday, 7 April 2011 11:28 (fourteen years ago)

I didn't appreciate many of Baby Mama's charms until I saw it the second (and third) time.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 11:36 (fourteen years ago)

I just tried buying this woman's new ebook. Can't. Apparently I am of an inferior race.

― You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 April 2011 11:43 (fourteen years ago)

Race or sex?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 April 2011 11:59 (fourteen years ago)

I'm guessing race. Australian :)

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)

(ie impossible to get books etc at same time as US, etc)

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)

Just downloaded the book and read the first 30 pages or so last night. It's a pretty fun, addictive read.

― Darin, Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:39 (fourteen years ago)

I was thinking it should be a good read, she's a pretty snappy writer and she has had an interesting life. The story of how she got that scar is O_O

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 19:43 (fourteen years ago)

Never heard that story!

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 April 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)

I'm surprised she wrote about it; I don't think she's ever talked about it in public.

― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:02 (fourteen years ago)

well I don't know if she talks about it in the book, but I read an interview a few years back where she talked about it.

I guess she was playing out in her front yard when she was 5, and this dude just came by and randomly slashed her face with a knife, and ran away. She thought he had drawn on her face, she didn't even know it had happened at first.

She doesn't talk about it hardly at all though, so yeah she may not even bring it up in the book

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:08 (fourteen years ago)

she goes into about that much detail in the book, talks more about how people treated her because of it.

― mizzell, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:10 (fourteen years ago)

In a way it's probably good she has kept a lid on it...I mean, it would be so easy to have THAT be your story from the time you're a kid.

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:11 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, she does talk about it in the book. She doesn't really go into detail about the actual event, but provides funny theory involving how the scar transformed her personality by making adults give her extra attention/pity/inflated sense of self.

xp

― Darin, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:15 (fourteen years ago)

I always thought the scar was kind of hot. I have had a major girl crush on her for like, ever

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:17 (fourteen years ago)

Baldwin:

Gosh.

I want to take the opportunity to state that although my days on network TV may be numbered, I hope 30 Rock goes on forever. Or at least as long as everyone involved desires.

Next year hopefully won't be the last. Kenneth can run the network. Jenna will get her own talk show. Tracy will become Mayor of New York. Then resign to go raise exotic reptiles. And Lemon will go do.... just about anything she sets her mind to.

Here's to five more seasons.

― Ita Buttrock (sic), Friday, 8 April 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)

thought there would be an episode for me on hulu just now but no the show took yet another break. stupid vagaries of network television programming. Sometimes I wish I were watching television at the end of time and extensive poll aggregation had produced a list of things that I should watch in order to perfectly fill my projected lifespan with top-quality entertainment.

Oof I think I need to go to bed.

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Monday, 11 April 2011 04:27 (fourteen years ago)

yeah it's pretty horrible the way they only have a great new episode of this awesome hilarious show on thursday night about 50% of the time instead of 100% of the time i mean what the hell

― borkslovethewu (some dude), Monday, 11 April 2011 04:38 (fourteen years ago)

I KNOW, RIGHT?

― burn me at the stake if you must (reddening), Monday, 11 April 2011 04:57 (fourteen years ago)

I would actually love it if TV shows updated sporadically in the fashion of infrequently-used LJs/blogger blogs

"hi guys, forgot I had this thing! Things have been going well; here's another episode of 30 Rock than I made!

xoxo, Tina"

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Monday, 11 April 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)

~the future~

― You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 11 April 2011 05:44 (fourteen years ago)

The present, truth be told imo

― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 11 April 2011 06:15 (fourteen years ago)

I've barely started this book and already it's brilliant. In a rant about the perception of blondes:

If you put a blonde wig on a hot water heater some dude would try to fuck it.

― VitaweatavegemiteGrrl (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)

omg lol

― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 22:12 (fourteen years ago)

poor some dude, never catchin a break

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:21 (fourteen years ago)

Hey, some dudes on ILX would do be thrilled to be called out by Tina Fey in her comic memoir Bossypants, out now.

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:27 (fourteen years ago)

Also, Tina on Fresh Air today, with her thoughts on the "TGS Hates Women" brouhaha:

"It's just such a tangled-up issue, the way women present themselves — whether or not they choose to put their thumbs in their panties on the cover of Maxim and judge each other back and forth on it. It's a complicated issue, and we didn't go much further on saying anything other than to say, 'Yeah, it's a complicated issue and we're all kind of figuring it out as we go.'

"In the episode [of 30 Rock called "TGS Hates Women"], we have a fake website called Joanofsnark.com that the women at Jezebel.com immediately recognized that it was their website basically and it was ... I don't have the answer. But I find it interesting that Olivia [Munn, a correspondent on The Daily Show] gets people who go after her on some of these sites because she's beautiful, and that's part of it. I think if she were kind of an aggressive, heavier girl with a Le Tigre mustache posing in her underpants, people would be like, 'That's amazing. Good for you.' But because she's very beautiful, people are like, 'You're using that.' It's a mess. We can't figure it out."

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)

honored to be shouted out by t-fey but honestly i'm not into blondes much at all, compared to brunettes anyway

― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:06 (fourteen years ago)

Definitely will be checking out that Fresh Air Ep....hurm, drive to work tomorrow morning just got more bearable

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)

totally unfair, should have called out forks instead

― side splitting genital based username (vdgna) (sic), Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:23 (fourteen years ago)

Oh god, can't believe I completely missed the some dude reference AND didn't know wtf you all were talking about.

― VitaweatavegemiteGrrl (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:33 (fourteen years ago)

There's a really entertaining section of the book where she calls out individual writers on 30 Rock and attributes specific lines to them. Donald Glover (Community wrote this which is one of my all time favorite exchanges. Jenna is trying to teach Kenneth how to brag about himself in a passive-aggressive way:

JENNA: Not even a "back door" brag?
KENNETH: What's a "back door" brag?
JENNA: It's sneaking something wonderful about yourself into every day conversation. Like when I tell people, "It's hard for me to watch 'American Idol,' because I have perfect pitch."
KENNETH: Oh... ew.
JENNA: Now you try.
KENNETH: It's hard for me to watch "American Idol" 'cause there's a water bug on my channel changer.

― Darin, Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:38 (fourteen years ago)

<3

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 03:15 (fourteen years ago)

I am going to Borders and buying that book tomorrow goddammit

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 03:15 (fourteen years ago)

It's hard for me to buy books because I have photographic recall.

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:10 (fourteen years ago)

You read super fast?

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:27 (fourteen years ago)

Uh... what were we talking about?

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:32 (fourteen years ago)

lol

― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:39 (fourteen years ago)

JENNA: Not even a "back door" brag?
KENNETH: What's a "back door" brag?

Hey, it's explainabrag! Excellent.

― trishyb, Thursday, 14 April 2011 07:46 (fourteen years ago)

Donald Glover, the black hipster from Stone Mountain, Georgia

same place as kenneth :D

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:54 (fourteen years ago)

wonder if he performed underneath the chuckle hut

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:54 (fourteen years ago)

I learned that night that there are markers on these kinds of trails ... I also learned that sometimes, especially at night, these markers are hard to see.

― VitaweatavegemiteGrrl (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 15 April 2011 08:55 (fourteen years ago)

the producers of this movie rented saw and watched it

― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 April 2011 13:14 (fourteen years ago)

Never before have I felt sorry for a man with a tattoo of a leprechaun vomiting on a book.

― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 April 2011 13:25 (fourteen years ago)

Edward James Almost!

― mari$$a marchant (Pillbox), Saturday, 16 April 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)

Best of season.

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:08 (fourteen years ago)

Waitasec, the writers couldn't find a wizard cape or ham for Jane K. to hide her pregnancy behind? WORST EPISODE.

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:09 (fourteen years ago)

Ah, you're taking the delivery receipts exam!

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:24 (fourteen years ago)

oh yeah the fucking pizza academy thing cracked me up

"I'm going to go into the back and try to think of more ways to help you!"

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:33 (fourteen years ago)

So you've finally found me...

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:37 (fourteen years ago)

After I ordered Thai food and gave you my address!

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:37 (fourteen years ago)

believe I am obligated to lol extra hard at "Who Nose?"

― the 'hip' thing nowadays — gay Mormon missionaries (Abbbottt), Saturday, 16 April 2011 04:50 (fourteen years ago)

lolled harder at "Temple Grandin's hugging machine at the Golden Globes" tho

― the 'hip' thing nowadays — gay Mormon missionaries (Abbbottt), Saturday, 16 April 2011 05:02 (fourteen years ago)

Uh....... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/15/condoleezza-rice-on-30-rock_n_849777.html

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 16 April 2011 17:29 (fourteen years ago)

holy lol balls

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Saturday, 16 April 2011 17:51 (fourteen years ago)

Bless the internet:

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lekiolynlP1qfs8qmo1_500.gif

― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 14:39 (fourteen years ago)

ha ha god that was so great

― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:27 (fourteen years ago)

The story in tonight's show is kind of eh, whatever...but SO MANY GREAT LINES

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

uterus turd

― del griffith, Friday, 22 April 2011 02:53 (fourteen years ago)

Second half > first half

It was actually kind of an amazing episode that I'll have to watch at least two more times.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)

man, aging michael keaton's the best. he oughta do more stuff.

"i'm getting too old for this 'shhh' noise the pipe is making"

― del griffith, Friday, 22 April 2011 03:29 (fourteen years ago)

Baldwin's monologue at the end about tv ruining a respectable career was all-time.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 03:31 (fourteen years ago)

^^^^

Between this and The Other Guys, I really want Keaton to explore this comedic run longer.

Also, the Hanks cameo slayed me. Easy joke, but it was great.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 April 2011 13:55 (fourteen years ago)

Hanks should really do more straight comedy IMO

Rachel Dratch slayed me, too

― I just like… I just have to say… (Starts crying) (DJP), Friday, 22 April 2011 13:58 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, "blue dude" was one of my favorite bits in S1, so I was glad it was brought back.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:08 (fourteen years ago)

it was weird how this was kind of a clip show, but there was only about 2 minutes of clips.

― mizzell, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:10 (fourteen years ago)

KENNETH WAS BORN IN 1781!

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Friday, 22 April 2011 15:52 (fourteen years ago)

Future Jack Donaghy was like a mashup of Mark Twain & Michio Kaku!

― offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 April 2011 15:53 (fourteen years ago)

I wonder what would possibly kill him off within five years!

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 April 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)

He wasn't dead, though.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 16:06 (fourteen years ago)

the "off the record" gag was so nonchalant, I loved it

― I just like… I just have to say… (Starts crying) (DJP), Friday, 22 April 2011 16:17 (fourteen years ago)

He wasn't dead, though.

Okay, true. Undead, at least.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 April 2011 16:19 (fourteen years ago)

Latest episode(s) seem an acknowledgement that this show is running on fumes. Sixth season will be a disaster on this form.

― Stevie T, Friday, 22 April 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)

rong

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 21:52 (fourteen years ago)

Latest episode(s) seem an acknowledgement that this show is running on fumes. Sixth season will be a disaster on this form.

― Stevie T, Saturday, 23 April 2011 07:51 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 22 April 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)

last week's was good but this

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 22 April 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)

was better than last week's

― I just like… I just have to say… (Starts crying) (DJP), Friday, 22 April 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)

I did keep wondering if that was secretly the final episode... there was some good stuff but it didn't warrant a double-length episode.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 22 April 2011 22:07 (fourteen years ago)

I would've been disappointed if they didn't go over the top with their 100th.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 April 2011 23:29 (fourteen years ago)

just realized pete's attempt at the alphabet came from this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvkC4t2d9Ok

― mizzell, Saturday, 23 April 2011 02:00 (fourteen years ago)

lol yes. His delivery of that was excellent btw - so excellent that I knew exactly what he was doing. If he got it even slightly wrong that joke wouldn't have worked at all.

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 23 April 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

this episode was terrible -- only good parts were spaceman, hanks & tracy reverting back to brian fellows for a second for "ilya? THAT'S A GIRAFFE'S NAME"

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 23 April 2011 03:39 (fourteen years ago)

I thought it was pretty funny, but I was actually a little put off with the Pete joke considering, you know, the lady had a stroke.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 23 April 2011 03:50 (fourteen years ago)

No she didn't

― I just like… I just have to say… (Starts crying) (DJP), Saturday, 23 April 2011 03:51 (fourteen years ago)

migraine iirc

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 23 April 2011 03:53 (fourteen years ago)

this episode was kinda shitty but with good bits - frank's sketch about how his keyboard was broken made me lol

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 23 April 2011 06:41 (fourteen years ago)

Keaton's 80s action movie cliches were killer. Hope he comes back

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 23 April 2011 07:59 (fourteen years ago)

i liked this episode!! i slept through some of it

― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Saturday, 23 April 2011 12:52 (fourteen years ago)

Got Bossypants in the post!!! Was thinking of sorting my life out but fuck that, it's a reading time.

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 23 April 2011 14:42 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnabEmFL-yY

― dan selzer, Saturday, 23 April 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)

"i'm getting too old for this 'shhh' noise the pipe is making"

Laughed for five straight minutes at this, even though it's such a dumb joke!

― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 23 April 2011 17:32 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah Michael Keaton and Hanks were A+

― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 23 April 2011 17:33 (fourteen years ago)

(Bosom Buddies) was conceived by Miller and Boyett as a male counterpart to their hit sitcom Laverne & Shirley. They originally pitched it as a straightforward buddy comedy done in what they described as "a sophisticated Billy Wilder kind of way." When ABC executives asked Miller and Boyett to explain what they meant by the comparison to Wilder, the producers mentioned Some Like It Hot and ABC bought the show on condition that it would include men in women's clothing, just like that movie. "We weren't there to pitch that," Miller recalled. "And they jumped on it! We drove back to the studio in the car saying, 'Omigod, what are we gonna do? We have to do something in drag.'" [1]

Fey needs to junp on this imo

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosom_Buddies

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)

lol @ hanks singing the Bosom Buddies theme song after hanging up the phone. <3

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:02 (fourteen years ago)

lol john stossel

― k3vin k., Sunday, 24 April 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)

This ep was pretty funny, but more than that, all the multilayered metatextual stuff this show does continues to be v. impressive.

― jaymc, Sunday, 24 April 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)

Is 100 episodes still the milestone required for syndication? 30 Rock reruns would be a nice alternative to local news.

― jaymc, Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:47 (fourteen years ago)

30 Rock starts on Comedy Central this fall.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:48 (fourteen years ago)

It doesn't seem to matter so much anymore, especially with cable networks like Lifetime or TBS picking up sitcoms well before they hit 100 (The Office) or even if they never do (The Old Adventures of New Christine).

― Nhex, Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:53 (fourteen years ago)

New/Old whatevs

― Nhex, Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:53 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I was just looking up the news for the CC deal and it's from 2009, so well before they reached 100 eps. (Variety also said there's a similar deal with WGN in place, and they were also shopping it to local tv markets. In other words, get ready to see 30 Rock with the same frequency you now see Raymond and Three and a Half Men.)

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)

I don't have cable, but since I live in Chicago, I do have WGN.

― jaymc, Sunday, 24 April 2011 17:09 (fourteen years ago)

that is great news imo

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 24 April 2011 17:11 (fourteen years ago)

cosign how exciting syndication is for 30 rock, esp since it's the kind of show that repays multiple viewers. even when raymond is funny (and that's rare imo) there's never a need to see any particular ep more than once.

― Mordy, Sunday, 24 April 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)

I want to grow up to be Past Jack.

― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 24 April 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)

The hair, the headphones, the voice...so many lols

― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 24 April 2011 18:49 (fourteen years ago)

"This is how...EVERYONE talked...in the '80s. This is how REAGAN talked."

― offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)

:D

― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)

Here's that Variety article on the syndication btw
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005760?refCatId=14

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)

"David Bernath, Comedy Central's senior veep of programming, said the cabler pursued "30 Rock" aggressively because it's a good fit with the Comedy Central aud, and because web execs are confident that the series' aud will only grow in the next two years.

"Pound for pound, this is one of the funniest shows on TV. The DNA of the show is fabulous," Bernath said. "I really believe its biggest and broadest days are still ahead of it on NBC."

Comedy Central has only recently jumped into the off-network acquisition game, adding "Scrubs" repeats to its lineup last year. The cabler was in the hunt for a "Scrubs" companion just as NBC U's syndie arm got serious about shopping the "30 Rock" rights a few months back."

they must have made this deal after some serious negoche

― dblake (symsymsym), Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:06 (fourteen years ago)

haha

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:14 (fourteen years ago)

eww is that really the sort of jargon they use?

gross imo

― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Sunday, 24 April 2011 21:24 (fourteen years ago)

"the DNA of the show is fabulous"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 24 April 2011 21:27 (fourteen years ago)

"aud"

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 24 April 2011 21:49 (fourteen years ago)

I'm honestly surprised they managed to type out the whole word "acquisition" without compulsively shortening it. "Acq" maybe

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 24 April 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)

i think of the 'this is gonna b 1 srs negosh' line like once a wk

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 April 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

I'm honestly surprised they managed to type out the whole word "acquisition" without compulsively shortening it.

Must be a typo. They should ankle that sub.

― trishyb, Sunday, 24 April 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)

it sounds ominous when he says "its broadest days are ahead of it"

― dblake (symsymsym), Sunday, 24 April 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)

wtf is an aud

― James Mitchell, Sunday, 24 April 2011 22:47 (fourteen years ago)

ience

― dblake (symsymsym), Sunday, 24 April 2011 22:53 (fourteen years ago)

wtbs (stands for "well that's bloody stupid")

― James Mitchell, Monday, 25 April 2011 11:15 (fourteen years ago)

so nicking that

― it always seems to have dick smith in it (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 25 April 2011 11:15 (fourteen years ago)

"I was taken to an examining room where a big butch nurse came in asked me if I was pregnant. "No way!" Was I sexually active? "Nope!" Had I ever been molested? "Well," I said, trying to make a joke, "Oprah says the only answers to that question are 'Yes' and 'I don't remember.'"

Loving Bossypants.

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:51 (fourteen years ago)

I can't believe she was part of one of those underground Satanist birthing mills.
Just kidding, but I have no idea what that quote is about.

― offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 00:46 (fourteen years ago)

lol abbbottt I would love to see a Tina Fey project about false recovered memory / SRA

― i can tina turner (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:45 (fourteen years ago)

ha that should TOTALLY be what her next movie is about

― barbaric ya'll (some dude), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:50 (fourteen years ago)

the Roseanne Barr story

― President Keyes, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 14:17 (fourteen years ago)

"president interbush"!

― hong does your geirden gro (some dude), Friday, 29 April 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)

p shoddy ep imo

― Turn Off the Cold (Lamp), Friday, 29 April 2011 04:27 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, but the bill clinton jokes were classic. and grizz's dvd reviews.

― dblake (symsymsym), Friday, 29 April 2011 06:00 (fourteen years ago)

condi rice's line readings were poor

― dblake (symsymsym), Friday, 29 April 2011 06:01 (fourteen years ago)

i thought they were pretty good for a non-actor

― artisanal rabbit made from single-origin chocolate (reddening), Friday, 29 April 2011 06:15 (fourteen years ago)

and grizz's dvd reviews.

omg i was rolling

― Gukbe, Friday, 29 April 2011 07:28 (fourteen years ago)

Fake Kim Jong-Il playing Baldwin's Glengarry Glen Ross role was fun too I guess. I totally did not expect that. Maybe the only KJ bit I found enjoyable.

― Jibe, Friday, 29 April 2011 09:02 (fourteen years ago)

I thought all the KJI was dope. Easy but funny. But Avery gets kidnapped and Liz is all tralala i've got an issue with a bag/Tracy doesn't get a joke? That whole dynamic was so badly played. Also Jack played his two cards (Tracy and Condi) to get Avery out and it didn't work so he is left with like only Obama as his choice?

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Friday, 29 April 2011 09:38 (fourteen years ago)

"That's from 'Invictus'! Who was the white guy in that...?"

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Friday, 29 April 2011 13:50 (fourteen years ago)

K Jong was Margaret Cho, right?

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 2 May 2011 00:56 (fourteen years ago)

yeah

― Gukbe, Monday, 2 May 2011 01:03 (fourteen years ago)

Deer God, thank you for this venison. Onion God, thank you for...

(brilliant gag)

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 May 2011 02:11 (fourteen years ago)

TRYING TO GET A HUMMINGBIRD TO DRINK OUT OF MY PENIS

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 May 2011 02:15 (fourteen years ago)

Omg poor Kenneth

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Friday, 6 May 2011 02:18 (fourteen years ago)

Okay I love this show fuiud

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Friday, 6 May 2011 02:28 (fourteen years ago)

wtf at the end, though.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 May 2011 02:31 (fourteen years ago)

"Give me more time, Jacob!"

― nickn, Friday, 6 May 2011 05:29 (fourteen years ago)

I'm not a huge Kenneth fan but that was an amazing Kenneth episode. His channeling of Avery was great. Also: "we get it, Alice, you're a sheep."

Such a bizarre episode. The Wool Council meeting in the boardroom with the scary wool mascot and an animatronic sheep. The "sitter" in the jester uniform.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 May 2011 12:31 (fourteen years ago)

Victor Garber: "It's very wool."

― Virginia Plain, Friday, 6 May 2011 14:37 (fourteen years ago)

i liked victor when he was wooly.

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID9626/images/EasterGodspellcover.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2011 15:12 (fourteen years ago)

GABBLE GABBLE GABBLE

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:24 (fourteen years ago)

that looks like natalie portman

― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:25 (fourteen years ago)

lmao @ "GABBLE" instead of "GAVEL"

this is 30 Rock, not Gigli

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:38 (fourteen years ago)

lolz ok yes im a fool

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Friday, 6 May 2011 15:53 (fourteen years ago)

The best wool jokes in history!

― offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Friday, 6 May 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)

They have genetically altered men there with minotaur heads that chase you through the brambles

― Moodles, Friday, 6 May 2011 18:08 (fourteen years ago)

apparently I totally missed that Baldwin's wife was kidnapped wtf

― no slouch of a snipster (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:24 (fourteen years ago)

must have missed an episode

― no slouch of a snipster (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:25 (fourteen years ago)

haha yes

― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:26 (fourteen years ago)

this ep destroyed me. the tongue depressor gag at the beginning got me, and then it just continued.

― it is his "enigmatic signifier" (the table is the table), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:42 (fourteen years ago)

dr. spaceman was batting a thousand in this one. every single line!

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 6 May 2011 19:00 (fourteen years ago)

can we talk a bit about http://stuff.jklol.net/i/wool.png?

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Friday, 6 May 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)

Haha, just caught up on a bunch of episodes and I love that the Liz/Jack dynamic has been reduced to bag-stuck-in-tree/wife-kidnapped-by-North-Korea levels. Clearly next season will feature Liz asking Jack for his help in painting her nails whilst he attempts to stop an asteroid wiping out all life on earth.

― James Mitchell, Friday, 6 May 2011 22:12 (fourteen years ago)

that animatronic sheep was pure gold

― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 6 May 2011 22:40 (fourteen years ago)

I'm more interested in the lovecraftian "wool mascot" myself

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Friday, 6 May 2011 23:18 (fourteen years ago)

did anyone mention that the judges name plaque said "judge gregory l. dredd"

― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Friday, 6 May 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)

no but I noticed that, lol'd

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:09 (fourteen years ago)

i was incredibly baked when i watched this & couldnt follow the plot @ all after dr spaceman opening

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:17 (fourteen years ago)

yeah the Judge Dredd thing was awes

― no slouch of a snipster (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:28 (fourteen years ago)

on the evidence of this episode alone i would worry that tina fey is heading for a sorkin-style mushrooms-and-coke crash-and-burn.

― j., Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:40 (fourteen years ago)

Completely surreal episode.

lmao @ "GABBLE" instead of "GAVEL"

this is 30 Rock, not Gigli

Pretty sure he was saying, "Gabbo, Gabbo, Gabbo!"

― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Saturday, 7 May 2011 06:34 (fourteen years ago)

yo that Kim Kong Il- Glengarry bit from last ep was gold.

― it is his "enigmatic signifier" (the table is the table), Saturday, 7 May 2011 06:54 (fourteen years ago)

I noticed that writing credit on the ep included Hannibal Burress

― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 7 May 2011 07:02 (fourteen years ago)

Just realized that wool bowl was a callback to the Rural Juror.

― phantompenguin, Saturday, 7 May 2011 18:30 (fourteen years ago)

"on the evidence of this episode alone i would worry that tina fey is heading for a sorkin-style mushrooms-and-coke crash-and-burn."

it was reminding me of the young ones or something. maybe they've been watching the mighty boosh.

― scott seward, Saturday, 7 May 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)

i mean between this and the gas leak episode...

― scott seward, Saturday, 7 May 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

tina's not listed as a writer for the last episode

― mizzell, Saturday, 7 May 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)

i think hannibal's been a writer for a while, maybe all of this season?

― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 7 May 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

tbh it was the first time i noticed the writing credits :/

― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 7 May 2011 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

i'm pretty positive that this is his first lead credit tho

― n/as (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 May 2011 21:23 (fourteen years ago)

the deer god joke is very hannibal imo

― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Saturday, 7 May 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)

Neil Diamond Jenna killed me

― Nhex, Sunday, 8 May 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

TRYING TO GET A HUMMINGBIRD TO DRINK OUT OF MY PENIS

― Darin, Sunday, 8 May 2011 05:01 (fourteen years ago)

^^^ Took me several moments to grok that joke in its full splendor.

In other news, lots of wrongness here (i.e. didn't need to rebound from anything).

― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Monday, 9 May 2011 00:08 (fourteen years ago)

Knew w/o clicking that that was Sepinwall.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)

it's sad how much writing there is online about 30 Rock that's just dramatic handwringing about huge imaginary ups and downs in the quality of the show owing to guest stars or the handling of the Jack and Liz "relationship" or whatever.

― raggett doll, livin' in a rovi (some dude), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)

otm

― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 May 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)

obv some episodes are better than others but anyone who thinks the show fell off at any point is actually crazy imo

― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 May 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)

^^^ Took me several moments to grok that joke in its full splendor.

idgi :(

― Mordy, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:43 (fourteen years ago)

Is the extra lol because he is diabetic and thus would have extra sugary pee?

― crabbbittts (Abbbottt), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:52 (fourteen years ago)

jesus abbott ew

― raggett doll, livin' in a rovi (some dude), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:57 (fourteen years ago)

I thought it was a one-level joke.

― crabbbittts (Abbbottt), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:58 (fourteen years ago)

That is why my explanation for a fully-grokkable next level is improbably gross! Also (warning: gross?) I just read a book about diabetics that had a little illustration of this 16th c doctor diagnosing by taste so it's on my mind.

― crabbbittts (Abbbottt), Monday, 9 May 2011 01:59 (fourteen years ago)

lol ditto xp

― Mordy, Monday, 9 May 2011 02:00 (fourteen years ago)

I think that is exactly the joke, btw. Baldwin was on Jimmy Fallon's show the other night, doing his Tracy impression, and said somthing to the effect of "my pee is so sweet I could piss on your pancakes."

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 9 May 2011 02:06 (fourteen years ago)

also guys hummingbirds look like this:

http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/347/699hummingbird.jpg

― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 02:35 (fourteen years ago)

yeah i thought the joke was just about a hummingbird levitating over a penis & drinking out of it

― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 May 2011 02:35 (fourteen years ago)

sugary pee

Probably my least-favorite Dead song.

― Guy? Guy? It's me, your cousin, Marvin Mann-Dude (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 May 2011 04:13 (fourteen years ago)

irl lol

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 9 May 2011 05:29 (fourteen years ago)

beautiful

― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 9 May 2011 06:32 (fourteen years ago)

"Shake it, shake it..."

― nickn, Monday, 9 May 2011 07:04 (fourteen years ago)

"Woolcome Jenna..."

― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:28 (fourteen years ago)

That is why my explanation for a fully-grokkable next level is improbably gross!

I guess I'm just thick then! Because I was so not going there.

― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 01:45 (fourteen years ago)

More incorrectness.

However, I'm beginning to wonder if the posters on this thread are comedy formalists, and the people saying bemoaning the show are approaching it a lot more directly on the grounds of content... which I want to respect on a general basis, but I think it's terribly inappropriate for something that can get as extravagantly surreal as 30 Rock. Also, this debate kind of reminds me the question about The Simpsons and heart.

― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:19 (fourteen years ago)

matt yglesias should stick to writing about politics frankly

― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:53 (fourteen years ago)

That's not Matt, it's a Think Progress cohort.

― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:59 (fourteen years ago)

It's funny that I'm on the side of the debate that I am, because I'm definitely an old-school pre-Grimey Simpsons stan.

― NoShoutsNoCalls (Leee), Sunday, 15 May 2011 00:06 (fourteen years ago)

they went through his "frontal cortex" tho lol xp

― k3vin k., Sunday, 15 May 2011 00:09 (fourteen years ago)

the difference with The Simpsons is it actually did have a rather pronounced sentimental streak in its early seasons. 30 Rock got a little loonier over time but there's not really any kind of emotional core that's minimized or abandoned. also, i started renting season 1 recently and man the show has gotten so much tighter and faster since then, it almost feels a little sluggish by comparison.

― I may be banned but I'm perfectly good at it (some dude), Sunday, 15 May 2011 00:48 (fourteen years ago)

yeah I had that exact reaction when I watched season 1 again at some point. "this is so slow!" I love the speed so much.

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Sunday, 15 May 2011 13:57 (fourteen years ago)

Seems like 30 Rock isn't coming back until midseason :(

― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:20 (fourteen years ago)

Is it totally out of the question that viewers may have glommed onto the show because of its characterizations and traditional sitcom tropes in addition to the jokes? I'm trying to give the ideological critics (e.g. the people who think that Liz was getting humiliated for lolz) the benefit of a doubt, even though my gut sez that they're mythologizing the origins of the show and simply don't remember laughter.

― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:48 (fourteen years ago)

Seems like 30 Rock isn't coming back until midseason :(

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Tina Fey is very, very pregnant

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:56 (fourteen years ago)

bitches always be making the wrong choice wrt career v family amirite?

― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 15 May 2011 18:56 (fourteen years ago)

read the last chapter of bossypants

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 15 May 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

The 30 Rock star sparked outrage from gay rights groups after the vicious attack, in which he said people who were bullied for their homosexuality needed to 'stop whining'.
(warning: link contains Daily Mail article)

― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)

Sorry, already discussed here...
tracy morgan - classic or dud?

― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)

Tracey Morgan: piece of shit

― President Keyes, Saturday, 11 June 2011 00:52 (fourteen years ago)

otm

― It's not like we could go to Islam (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 11 June 2011 03:26 (fourteen years ago)

:(

― Nhex, Saturday, 11 June 2011 03:33 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

i love these dennis duffy allstate ads

― frogsb (k3vin k.), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:28 (fourteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUb5dgTl84

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 18 September 2011 08:59 (fourteen years ago)

syndication makes me wonder why josh girard was written out.

― Rory's new misogynist car (Gukbe), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 00:02 (fourteen years ago)

Did this move to Sunday nights?

― Incunabuleee (Leee), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, nbc ditched the NFL for 30 rock. you didn't get the memo?

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)

faith hill is taking over the tina fey role

― Mordy, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

http://i55.tinypic.com/28wik1u.jpg

― Incunabuleee (Leee), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, they moved 30 rock to 12:30 AM EST. you didn't hear?

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:39 (fourteen years ago)

SNF is scheduled until 11:30. I don't know where that listing is from but it's inaccurate.

― Mordy, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)

it's west coast

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)

You should tell tvguide.com they're wrong. xpost

― Incunabuleee (Leee), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)

oh, so i guess only west coast gets new eps of 30 rock now :'(

― Mordy, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)

if it's tv guide why do you need to ask here? click on the listing and see that it's a rerun. xp

― Mordy, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)

This isn't coming back until January.

― Rory's new misogynist car (Gukbe), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:44 (fourteen years ago)

o man is house in jail?

― balls, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:44 (fourteen years ago)

this week is the most outrageous episode ever!!111

― Mordy, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:50 (fourteen years ago)

has house finally gone tooooo far??

― Mordy, Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:51 (fourteen years ago)

ha

― Work Hard, Flunky! (R Baez), Sunday, 2 October 2011 19:54 (fourteen years ago)

they should just make house a straight-up racist

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 2 October 2011 20:06 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

So this is back tonight, yes?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:34 (thirteen years ago)

yes

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:35 (thirteen years ago)

earlier though - in the community timeslot i believe (8 eastern 7 central)

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:36 (thirteen years ago)

I'm about to get raw with you

― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 January 2012 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

Go jump BACK up your mother

― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 January 2012 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

lol at kenneth's "time to die"

― mizzell, Friday, 13 January 2012 01:17 (thirteen years ago)

damn already missed it. never thought they'd make 30 rock the first thing after wheel of fortune.

― circles, Friday, 13 January 2012 01:45 (thirteen years ago)

Tracey's pause after "Kwanzaa"

― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 13 January 2012 02:14 (thirteen years ago)

El Bandito Blanco

― Are 'Friends' Metric? (King Boy Pato), Friday, 13 January 2012 09:41 (thirteen years ago)

this ep had tiny little funny bits, mostly revolving around jenna but it wasn't a GREAT episode or even a B-

― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 January 2012 10:25 (thirteen years ago)

Fans of Tracy Morgan might enjoy Where is the love for Corn Chip Nail Tips?

― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 January 2012 12:07 (thirteen years ago)

timeless torches was pretty lol

― mizzell, Friday, 13 January 2012 13:27 (thirteen years ago)

Never thought about this, but was Avery kidnapped so that she could play Effie in Hunger Games?

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:18 (thirteen years ago)

(The actress, obvs.)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:19 (thirteen years ago)

EBanks has been in like 5 movies a year since well before her 30 Rock stint, i think Avery was planned from the jump as a temporary/occasional character and the kidnapping was just a weirder, funnier way to write her out of the show for a while than a breakup.

― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:24 (thirteen years ago)

good point.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

This episode kinda sucked, but it had moments.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:00 (thirteen years ago)

felt 'off' in some ways but it WAS the first episode back after the longest break in the show's history, and still some pretty big laughs. just happy to have it back after overdosing on Comedy Central reruns, really.

― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:06 (thirteen years ago)

^^ otm, a subpar 30 Rock episode is still worth having around in these dark Community-less times

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:07 (thirteen years ago)

the people crossword killed me

― max, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:09 (thirteen years ago)

"What is Jenna Moroney's first name?"

― max, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:09 (thirteen years ago)

Oh yeah that was great.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:09 (thirteen years ago)

the whole America's Kidz Got Singing thing was inspired

― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:11 (thirteen years ago)

at the end of the episode i imagined someday a 30 Rock series finale that ends with NBC finally completely collapsing and then that exact thing happening over the following summer, would be kind of perfect

― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:12 (thirteen years ago)

it was a series of easy gags but I think John McEnroe is being underrated

also I lost my shit at the Christmas dickey

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

mcenroe was very funny but the whole bit was kind of dulled by the fact that it's like the 18th time i've seen him subvert his image in a comedic way in a tv show/movie/commercial.

― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:21 (thirteen years ago)

^^^ otm

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

i liked the american idol-y arrangements of "turkey in the straw" and "camptown races"

― horseshoe, Friday, 13 January 2012 16:01 (thirteen years ago)

Tracey's pause after "Kwanzaa"

― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this made me LOL the hardest, not even sure why
thought this was pretty consistent with the last couple of seasons, ie great

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 January 2012 16:02 (thirteen years ago)

i liked the american idol-y arrangements of "turkey in the straw" and "camptown races"

Public Domain week was hilarious.

― franny glass, Friday, 13 January 2012 23:45 (thirteen years ago)

^ otm

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Saturday, 14 January 2012 00:41 (thirteen years ago)

best part was at the beginning where liz is giving the "dance like nobody's watching" speech in the writer's room and they cut to lutz on the couch, lost in thought. just for a second.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 14 January 2012 00:55 (thirteen years ago)

a subpar 30 Rock episode is still worth having around in these dark Community-less times

I laughed at this subpar 30 Rock more often than I do with Community.

― lEEE (Leee), Saturday, 14 January 2012 03:56 (thirteen years ago)

Lutz trying to take Frank's hand on the beach at the end was great as well.

― trishyb, Saturday, 14 January 2012 10:25 (thirteen years ago)

mcenroe was very funny but the whole bit was kind of dulled by the fact that it's like the 18th time i've seen him subvert his image in a comedic way in a tv show/movie/commercial.

― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:21 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i only ever see him do this as a recurring character on 30 rock, so i am totally down with him as the hold of Gold Case, leading figure in the arts and shouting and now this.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 14 January 2012 17:44 (thirteen years ago)

I really need to rewatch the series all the way through to see if the drop in quality is really as precipitous as it feels. Because it feels pretty precipitous, especially for a show I considered the best comedy on TV until not too terribly long ago. I can't quite put my finger on what the problem is. I think there's a weird Family Guy-ification going on, and whatever tenuous connection the show ever had to reality (and being a show about real-ish people with real-ish motivations) is slipping quickly away. And, worst of all, it is in large part just not that funny anymore. Watching Parks and Rec immediately afterwards does it no favors whatsoever.

I'm guessing, since no one else has posted about this episode in over an hour after it aired, that I'm probably not alone here?

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:22 (thirteen years ago)

addressing tracy morgan's homophobic breakdown isn't all that effective when the shit his character said on the show is so so so so much less awful than the shit he actually said. also cheap denise richards lol is zzzzzz

― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:25 (thirteen years ago)

they dropped the ball in that an episode about this wasn't worth doing unless it was really inspired and hilarious, and it wasn't. but it's still a funny show, i'll give them a couple more episodes to get in the groove before i chicken little about the show's overall trajectory.

― Planned Perrintweet (some dude), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:30 (thirteen years ago)

One troubling thing I've noticed in particular since maybe the middle of last season: they'd really gotten into the groove with Jenna, who ultimately and surprisingly became one of the funniest characters on the show...but now I'm exhausted with almost every line that comes out of her mouth.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:36 (thirteen years ago)

think the show just needs to end, most shows can't keep going and going. i'd rather see all the people involved do other things, but that is not how american tv seems to work. i laughed at the kelsey grammar bits, though, and still like 30 rock more than parks and rec.

― mizzell, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

thinking parks and rec is a good show disbars you from claiming to know what is or is not funny

― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

i have like a huge amount of tolerance for even mediocre paul rudd but parks and rec, which i watched for maybe the 3rd time tonight, is terrible

― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:42 (thirteen years ago)

Wrong, wrong, and also wrong.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:44 (thirteen years ago)

On the whole, it's hard to say, but Parks and Rec is absolutely a better and funnier show than 30 Rock. The me of 3 or 4 years ago is stunned by my saying so, but there you go.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:47 (thirteen years ago)

Better at this particular point in time, I meant to say.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:47 (thirteen years ago)

you didn't like the parks + rec ep tnite? how???

― Mordy, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:50 (thirteen years ago)

aziz ansari and amy poehler together are a comedy black hole. i like the sarcastic chick in the hoodie.

― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:52 (thirteen years ago)

anyway jack making fun of cyclops should have been hilarious but no

― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:53 (thirteen years ago)

<3 adam and lamp

― Planned Perrintweet (some dude), Friday, 20 January 2012 02:54 (thirteen years ago)

Guys it's okay, you don't actually have to choose one over the other

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 20 January 2012 03:10 (thirteen years ago)

but if you don't, how can we have nerd war?

― Nhex, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:19 (thirteen years ago)

DJP = black nerd
Deric W. Haircare = Jetblue passenger who's fallen asleep

My opinion in this nerd war is that the show has always had rough patches, even in the so-called golden era (seasons 1-2), and that it isn't so much a matter of whether or not the show has become more cartoonish in its characterization, what you're reacting to is whether you find it funny or not, full stop.

― lEEE (Leee), Friday, 20 January 2012 05:27 (thirteen years ago)

even in the so-called golden era (seasons 1-2)

the onion a/v clubbing of america

― deltron the escape g.o.a.t. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 20 January 2012 05:30 (thirteen years ago)

aziz ansari ... is a comedy black hole.

― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 20 January 2012 05:31 (thirteen years ago)

both parks and rec and 30 rock sucked tonight.

was EVERY jenna line a generic jenna cutback to sexual disaster situation w/ sportstars or phil spector or etc.? it seems like she used to have like 1 of those lines every 3 episodes but here they just couldnt be bothered to write her as an actual character and just decided they'd use up that-type-of-jenna-jokes that weren't good enough the first time around.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Friday, 20 January 2012 07:26 (thirteen years ago)

Jenna in bad light was great, I thought

also the catalog of the different types of idiots

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

Thought "Remember when I had to apologize to stubborn people? That took forever to sort out!" was quality.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:00 (thirteen years ago)

haha yeah

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:01 (thirteen years ago)

I can't say was particularly impressed by either 30 rock or p&r last night, but I think it's still too early in the season to write 30 rock off.

― Seriously, who votes for Drake? (Nicole), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

it has yet to dip below the Pizza And Sex "even when it's bad it's still pretty good" differential

― Planned Perrintweet (some dude), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:13 (thirteen years ago)

dunno dude bad pizza is horrible

that said, one bad episode isn't enough to turn me off.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:33 (thirteen years ago)

i liked the manic jenna stuff in this episode

― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 17:35 (thirteen years ago)

i feel like this period 30 rock is kinda like all periods of 30 rock in that once the unsatisfying nature of the actual storylines in each episode start to fade from memory lots of these episodes will get remembered as stone classics on account of all the killer non sequiturs and gags. like im still lol'n every now and again at reverend gary's pained 'i was the one who had to baptize all those nude teens' at the end of the first episode and not the fact that the kenneth storyline was p trite and badly served his 'character'

― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)

really don't see any decline in 30 rock's quality - it's changed since the first season or two, becoming more gag-focused and less character-focused, but it seems really consistent to me

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:48 (thirteen years ago)

i started rewatching season 1 the other day and it is weird to see how tracy was first scary crazy outsider as opposed to lovable retard

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:01 (thirteen years ago)

Also season 1 especially is like 75% slower paced.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:11 (thirteen years ago)

ha I keep thinking James Marsden is not my age

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

this was probably the most shameful 30 Rock ever, playing down what Morgan/Jordan actually said. More like self protection than satire. Also, fuck GOP Frasier.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 21 January 2012 03:13 (thirteen years ago)

Are they shooting with new cameras this season? It just looks wrong. Don't know if that would account for the feeling that people are mugging a little more.

― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 22 January 2012 10:24 (thirteen years ago)

It does look...off somehow. I don't know if it is the cameras or lighting or what.

― Seriously, who votes for Drake? (Nicole), Sunday, 22 January 2012 14:55 (thirteen years ago)

baldwin probably demanded some slimming cameras, cause he is looking very slim.

― mizzell, Sunday, 22 January 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

Trying to get back into the bubble?

― lEEE (Leee), Sunday, 22 January 2012 23:02 (thirteen years ago)

He would have to wear his Beetlejuice glasses in order for that to happen.

― Seriously, who votes for Drake? (Nicole), Sunday, 22 January 2012 23:49 (thirteen years ago)

gf & i recently re-watched season 5 and it's way stronger than i remembered. tons of great stuff. kinda think all 30 rock is better the second time through.

― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 23 January 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

The "misremembered movie quotes" gag and "all intensive purposes" line was totally stolen from an old episode of The Best Show.

― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 18:43 (thirteen years ago)

so this is pretty dire

― Mordy, Friday, 27 January 2012 01:03 (thirteen years ago)

I laughed at people chanting "Turtle"

― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 27 January 2012 01:23 (thirteen years ago)

teenagers huffing other teenagers

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 27 January 2012 01:57 (thirteen years ago)

Philly Fanstic is an undersea king

― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 27 January 2012 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

Madame Ovary

― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 27 January 2012 02:19 (thirteen years ago)

"PEEN"
"What's that an acronym for?"
"Acronym?"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 27 January 2012 02:41 (thirteen years ago)

2nd ep tonight was LIGHT YEARS better than the first.

Also, Steve Earle doing a song about Kenneth in the epilogue...wha?!!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 January 2012 03:03 (thirteen years ago)

They were both pretty good I thought. Anyone else catch that one of the microphones in the press conference from the first episode was for Yahoo! Answers?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 27 January 2012 03:50 (thirteen years ago)

Two episodes = 8 posts. Guess 30 Rock is kinda over.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:41 (thirteen years ago)

h8 posts like that

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:48 (thirteen years ago)

tbh I don't really get excited about 30 Rock anymore. It's like mashed potatoes. Delicious, but what's there to talk about?

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:51 (thirteen years ago)

Its so meh! I could give a shit about it lately.

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:52 (thirteen years ago)

h8 h8 posts

― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 02:59 (thirteen years ago)

30 Rock fucked itself way up this season by trying to half-ass respond to Tracy's hatefulness. Either fire the human garbage or act like nothing happened, don't do some lame "oh, why are the silly gays mad at us?" storyline. Especially when P&R is destroying them in terms of laffs and creativity.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:03 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, they dropped the ball. no, it makes no sense to act like they fucked up the whole season just because one of the two hours they've had on the air so far have been about that, there's like 20 more episodes to go.

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:06 (thirteen years ago)

well, I'll obv. keep watching, but they have a hole to dig out of. Let's see if they can do it.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:08 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah, I was disappointed they didn't do more on that end, but I think there comes a time with every show where, even if the writing doesn't drop off, I just grow tired of these people. I think that time is coming with 30 Rock. Purely selfishly, I'd like to see them wrap things up nice and tidy at the end of this year.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:10 (thirteen years ago)

ah yes, clean up all those unresolved plots people are dying to see taken care of

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:12 (thirteen years ago)

Good point. The only loose end, really, is Avery being in N. Korea.

I hope they never EVER explain Kenneth's immortality.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:14 (thirteen years ago)

Our new slogan 'NBC: We Have a Magical Horse?' is testing... okay.

― ban opinions (reddening), Saturday, 28 January 2012 04:55 (thirteen years ago)

^^ loved the delivery on that one

― ban opinions (reddening), Saturday, 28 January 2012 04:55 (thirteen years ago)

"They say people who kill themselves...never regret it"

― no more mr. nice girls (Abbbottt), Saturday, 28 January 2012 05:02 (thirteen years ago)

i thought the second of thursday's episodes was fantastic but its obv v 'madcap' and broad. i guess i already sd this upthread but that wont stop me from a being a tedious bore but i dont care abt the characters on 30 rock, really, just the jokes. fucka tv blog critic u can have yr parks and rec garbage

― Lamp, Saturday, 28 January 2012 05:04 (thirteen years ago)

All I look for from 30 Rock is 5 or more hearty laughs loud enough to scare my neighbors and it is still delivering that for me.

― no more mr. nice girls (Abbbottt), Saturday, 28 January 2012 05:10 (thirteen years ago)

people be needing to remember that we seem to have this conversation every time a comedy season starts back up. most just start slow. give them a while, dammit!

that said, foley was really badly used! terribly used! it could have gone so so so so much better.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 07:21 (thirteen years ago)

tbh I don't really get excited about 30 Rock anymore. It's like mashed potatoes. Delicious, but what's there to talk about?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, January 27, 2012 9:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Its so meh! I could give a shit about it lately.

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, January 27, 2012 9:52 PM (Yesterday)

fuck. you.

― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 07:39 (thirteen years ago)

Chill out. I didn't say OMG THIS SHOW IS SO SHITTY NOW. I just said that I've kind of settled into a place where it delivers what I expect it to deliver and nothing more. I watched shows like ER and CSI long after they stopped being exciting just because watching them made me happy (until I just couldn't take them anymore in both cases). I didn't have a lot to say about them past a certain point, but I was still watching.

So keep your fuck yous to yourself, chief.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 January 2012 07:59 (thirteen years ago)

These eps were great, plus Jack is doing his Zoolander kissyface more than ever which is lol

― kinder, Saturday, 28 January 2012 08:48 (thirteen years ago)

I feel like they're in Season 9 of the Simpsons territory. Still reliably funny, but slipping. Still funnier than most shit on TV by a long shot.

― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 28 January 2012 10:55 (thirteen years ago)

well the nice thing is there is zero chance of them going on as long past season 9 as the simpsons have

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 12:36 (thirteen years ago)

I trace the mashed-potatoing to the departure of Donald Glover from the writing staff.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 January 2012 13:10 (thirteen years ago)

30 Rock (TV series)
– The Funcooker (2009) (written by)
– Episode 210 (2008) (writer)

dude donald glover only wrote two episodes. he wasn't exactly the shows aaron sorkin or john schwartwelder.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 14:06 (thirteen years ago)

man if you didn't laugh at Kelsey Grammer as Abe Lincoln, idk what to say....

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2012 14:11 (thirteen years ago)

Episodes are credited to the writer who came up with the idea for the episode, and written by the whole staff. iirc from the DVD commentaries, Glover's jokes pop up throughout all of the episodes he was on staff for.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 January 2012 14:15 (thirteen years ago)

ok sure he got jokes here and there but it seems odd to cast him as the big chief super amazing one.

tv.com doesn't even list him in their list of 30 rock writers, he has contributed so much!

that isn't to say he didn't contribute a lot - tbh i dont think any of us know and those 2 episodes are good. but 2 episodes in a 100+ man - this isn't whedon dividing his time between too many shows and forgetting buffy. it is just because he is a famous rapper.

more likely it is to do with tina getting pregnant in the last year, or nbc being iffy about keeping it on and making them mess about with the formula (remember the year - post glover - of celebrity cameos?) or etc.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 14:27 (thirteen years ago)

ok sure he got jokes here and there but it seems odd to cast him as the big chief super amazing one.

That's not what I meant to imply. But after he left, the dynamic of the show changed, and not for the better. Maybe it was a coincidence. But even if he didn't write the majority of the episodes or come up with most of the jokes, the dynamic in the writers' room was altered when he wasn't there (to contribute or to have contributions bounced off of).

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 January 2012 14:49 (thirteen years ago)

"they say ppl who kill themselves never regret it"

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 January 2012 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

fwiw I noticed DG having a very tracy morgan delivery in the early community episodes so it wouldn't surprise me to find out that he had a major role in our favorite early TJ zaniness i.e. "You shouldn't end a sentence with a proposition at"

― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 28 January 2012 15:50 (thirteen years ago)

Criss: “Wesleyan is the Harvard of central Connecticut.”
Liz: “Yale is the Harvard of central Connecticut.”
Criss: “You had that locked and loaded, didn’t you?”

― mizzell, Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:28 (thirteen years ago)

MAN
HOG

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:32 (thirteen years ago)

i laughed at both of these episodes tbh

― max, Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:32 (thirteen years ago)

just watched the season premiere wthe kids singing, thought it was really good!

― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:34 (thirteen years ago)

I loved how they were giving uber-pretentious pop arrangements to traditional standards like Turkey in the Straw

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:38 (thirteen years ago)

the "dynamic of the show" did not change from the 3rd season to the 4th season, i'm sure the writing staff has had tons of turnover over the years and just because ONE person that left went on to become famous on another show is some pretty sketchy 'detective work' on tracing the show's supposed decline

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:04 (thirteen years ago)

btw DG has said many times that he wrote more for kenneth than for tracy

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:07 (thirteen years ago)

i could see that

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:08 (thirteen years ago)

imo writing for Tracy = watching his standup/reading about shit he does IRL and building it into the script

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:09 (thirteen years ago)

some dude otm.

Both eps classy, but imo the first one (or second part of two-parter) was lolzier. Though: Knob Kardashian omg.

― lEEE (Leee), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

i guess 'glover leaving 30 rock' will become part of the show's fan meta narrative like 'conan leaving the simpsons'

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:16 (thirteen years ago)

the "dynamic of the show" did not change from the 3rd season to the 4th season, i'm sure the writing staff has had tons of turnover over the years and just because ONE person that left went on to become famous on another show is some pretty sketchy 'detective work' on tracing the show's supposed decline

The jokes were more forced, and the rhythm/timing of them became clunky. If Donald was just a meager few pounds of writer turnover tonnage, it seems unlikely that he would have been given screen time ("Who told?"), something none of the other writers (cast members excluded) got.

I do still enjoy the show, bit it's entered its late-80s Letterman/Simpsons season 9 phase: it's still highly and reliably entertaining, but its best days are behind it. Now excuse me while I sulk for a week and close my detective agency.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:24 (thirteen years ago)

The jokes were more forced, and the rhythm/timing of them became clunky.

iyo.

― lEEE (Leee), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:27 (thirteen years ago)

If Donald was just a meager few pounds of writer turnover tonnage, it seems unlikely that he would have been given screen time ("Who told?"), something none of the other writers (cast members excluded) got.

So what does this make Tina Fey?

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:31 (thirteen years ago)

the grasping at straws in this thread is bizarre

― mizzell, Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)

The creator, head writer, and cast member. Hence, excluded.

xp

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:39 (thirteen years ago)

I just think you understanding that one dude getting one line and writing two episodes in 60 makes him the voice that help up the quality may not be quite as true as you think it is.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:54 (thirteen years ago)

That's why I wrote That's not what I meant to imply. But after he left, the dynamic of the show changed, and not for the better. Maybe it was a coincidence.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:03 (thirteen years ago)

i think you're right ahoy hoy that it doesn't make the difference. but you keep repeating that he wrote two episodes when it's been established that he didn't, that he's credited for 2 episodes because he came up with the idea for those episodes, but wrote on all the episodes.

the main problem with 30 rock, imo, is not that the writing has gotten that much worse, it's that they've ran out of things to do with the scenario, which is why they have to come out with things like kelsey grammar playing abe lincoln.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:05 (thirteen years ago)

yes i and my point was yes it was a coincedence and the dynamic of the show changes all the damn time and sometimes it is for the better.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:06 (thirteen years ago)

Umm, a writers room doesn't have them tapped out a script right there with all of them. Hell, I just listened to the Glover WTF and I know that isn't true. You come up with an idea, you pitch it, people may throw some jokes in, you then write it, it goes to a table read, you personally then go and change it and then hand it in.

― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:07 (thirteen years ago)

From what I've heard, the person whose name goes on the script writes a draft, then the other writers add and delete jokes, and the final product may have 20% material written by the credited writer. If he's a genius it might be 40%.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 20:24 (thirteen years ago)

The draft generally isn't written until the whole episode is mapped out on the whiteboard or etc. in the writer's room.

― polyphonic, Saturday, 28 January 2012 20:28 (thirteen years ago)

Glover wrote the back door brag joke about the water bug on the channel changer.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 28 January 2012 20:32 (thirteen years ago)

the main problem with 30 rock, imo, is not that the writing has gotten that much worse, it's that they've ran out of things to do with the scenario, which is why they have to come out with things like kelsey grammar playing abe lincoln.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:05 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol yes it's so sad that they've resorted to such wacky hijinks! a real artistic decline!

― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 22:23 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, they've been doing things wackier than that even as far back as Season 2.

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:35 (thirteen years ago)

i would like to open by saying you are all idiots and who cares and then move into my main point which is an appreciation of the character jenna maroney, feel like at the beginning she was definitively a 2nd tier cast member, then as the show moved along she worked her way into the elite, now to my eyes she is far and away the best thing abt the show, kudos jenna!

― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:42 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah, she's definitely a B-lister now.

― lEEE (Leee), Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:42 (thirteen years ago)

guys the Philly Phanatic I mean come on

― encarta it (Gukbe), Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:55 (thirteen years ago)

i lold so hard at what he had to say and then the cut to liz enjoying his presence

― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:58 (thirteen years ago)

If Donald was just a meager few pounds of writer turnover tonnage, it seems unlikely that he would have been given screen time ("Who told?"), something none of the other writers (cast members excluded) got.

Hannibal Burress got screen time last season.

― jaymc, Monday, 30 January 2012 04:17 (thirteen years ago)

ok seriously i love donald glover as a performer and i'm not trying to be all whiney but given his rap and (to a lesser degree) standup career, i'm confident in assuming his loss wasn't devastating for the 30 rock crew

― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Monday, 30 January 2012 04:39 (thirteen years ago)

just catching up and i hate to say it but this thread was way better in the first 2 or 3 seasons. it's so forced and repetitive now. the characters are unconvincing and some of the opinions are extremely poorly formed.

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 23:48 (thirteen years ago)

tbf weve lost some of our best writers

― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:51 (thirteen years ago)

looool

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:55 (thirteen years ago)

I trace the mashed-potatoing to the departure of and what from the ilx.

― Nicole, Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:56 (thirteen years ago)

dom, chaki, and jw, all dead near clear lake iowa

― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:58 (thirteen years ago)

Suze Orman: How old are you?
Kenneth: Don't worry about it.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 3 February 2012 01:57 (thirteen years ago)

I don't care that this show is essentially recycling plot kernels (Liz negotiates with Jack! Tracy and Jenna are humbled! Kenneth is lower than dirt!) because it is still funny.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 3 February 2012 01:59 (thirteen years ago)

though I am sad that Cerie and Jonathan seem to be gone.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 3 February 2012 01:59 (thirteen years ago)

Kristen Schaal never unwelcome.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 3 February 2012 02:00 (thirteen years ago)

Jonathon left to be in the main cast of...Whitney.

― Lady Writer, Male Seether (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 February 2012 03:24 (thirteen years ago)

talk about a significant downgrade.

― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 February 2012 03:25 (thirteen years ago)

(in quality of projects, obv upgrade in his screen time)

― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 February 2012 03:25 (thirteen years ago)

I don't care that this show is essentially recycling plot kernels ... because it is still funny.

As I argued forever ago with respect to the show maintaining a surprisingly-consistent level of quality for as long as it did(/has, arguably), the secret is that they don't tamper with the formula much. I mean, the status quo has remained largely unchanged (with respect to the core characters, anyway) since the end of the first episode! The problem now is that the voice or tone or something of the show (specifically the writing, because the cast remains top notch) started wavering at some point last season.

For what it's worth, the last couple of episodes have felt more on-track to me. So I may have been a little hasty in my judgments a couple weeks back (although I do maintain that much of the back half of last season was the weakest stretch the show has had). I want my formerly-favorite sitcom to be and to stay good! So I'm happy when it is and does!

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 3 February 2012 03:55 (thirteen years ago)

Back half of last season included Queen of Jordan.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:15 (thirteen years ago)

Queen Of Jordan was kind of a blip and, y'know, in many ways not even really as much an episode of 30 Rock as it was a dead-on reality show parody (to the extent that I was almost awed and repulsed by it in equal measure, if that makes sense?) existing in the 30 Rock-iverse.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:35 (thirteen years ago)

WTF, it was a new episode tonight? Thanks for nothin' DVR.

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:36 (thirteen years ago)

30 Rock should be break-free till the end of the season iirc because it's a full season starting late.

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:41 (thirteen years ago)

my dvr didn't record this either! conspiracy!

― ban opinions (reddening), Friday, 3 February 2012 06:26 (thirteen years ago)

Heh, yeah a couple friends on Facebook said the same thing, NBC really wants low ratings for this show apparently.

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:34 (thirteen years ago)

DVR FAIL !

― schwantz, Friday, 3 February 2012 16:18 (thirteen years ago)

my dvr didn't record this either! conspiracy!

I noticed a lot of people online complaining that this happened with Parks & Rec as well, but I didn't have any problems. Maybe it depends on the cable provider?

― Nicole, Friday, 3 February 2012 16:30 (thirteen years ago)

"Hello?"
"It's me. Nice try."

― s.clover, Saturday, 4 February 2012 02:34 (thirteen years ago)

"Have you not read the poetry of Jewel?"

― s.clover, Saturday, 4 February 2012 02:38 (thirteen years ago)

...your nine dependents are vibrators

^^^ worthy of OKC's "most private thing you're willing to admit" profile question.

― omar leeettle (Leee), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:07 (thirteen years ago)

Did this episode end with Tracy and Jenna doing "who's on first?"... maybe I missed it as well

― rubber belly hand necker (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 5 February 2012 09:26 (thirteen years ago)

"Who's on first! That's the line I couldn't remember"

― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 February 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)

"Have you not read the poetry of Jewel?"

― s.clover, Friday, February 3, 2012 9:38 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was one of the times when i thought they were setting up some great line and what came out was kind of a clunker. great episode otherwise though.

― some dude, Sunday, 5 February 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

"I'ma tell you the same thing I tell my son: put money in the girl's mouth also my friend Darrell is your real father."

― sleepingbag, Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:20 (thirteen years ago)

For what it's worth, the last couple of episodes have felt more on-track to me. So I may have been a little hasty in my judgments a couple weeks back (although I do maintain that much of the back half of last season was the weakest stretch the show has had). I want my formerly-favorite sitcom to be and to stay good! So I'm happy when it is and does!

I think that even the hardest <i>30 Rock</i> stans wouldn't necessarily argue against the assertion that the quality of the show dipped by the end of the last season; what some of us were disputing was whether or not any of the "few" good episodes were due to Donald Glover sneaking out of <i>Community</i> to write under the name Tracey Wigfield or something.

In any event, I happen to agree that notwithstanding "Queen of Jordan," last season was clearly weak as <i>30 Rock</i> goes, and while it's rallied the past two/three episodes, a few new things bug: this season alone, they've used the "lol wimmin" joke (e.g. "If you're a woman or a short man..."), which is funny once but when they've used it three times in the past three episodes (give or take) == lazy and problematic.

That said, the resolution of this last episode was unexpectedly sweet!

― omar leeettle (Leee), Sunday, 5 February 2012 22:14 (thirteen years ago)

the "few" good episodes were due to Donald Glover sneaking out of <i>Community</i> to write under the name Tracey Wigfield

I knew it.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 5 February 2012 22:29 (thirteen years ago)

ok, late to the party but "jack donaghy playing with himself ... it's a jack-off" was gold.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Monday, 6 February 2012 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

my dvr didn't record this either! conspiracy!

― ban opinions (reddening), Friday, 3 February 2012 06:26 (3 days ago) Permalink

My (canadian) tv station was advertsing last week's episode for this week, and the description in the guide was for last week's as well, with last week's original air date. I saw folks on this thread discussing a new episode, though, so I knew to watch :)

― franny glass, Monday, 6 February 2012 01:27 (thirteen years ago)

I loved Tina denouncing Bratz dolls

― rubber belly hand necker (CaptainLorax), Monday, 6 February 2012 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

Aside from the season premiere I haven't personally felt any of the episodes this season have been specifically worse than previous seasons... A show can only stay fresh for so long and I think whats happening is that seriously everything that can be done with the formula of the show has been handled so either they make radical changes or sometimes things feel same-old-same-old.

The Jack-Off bit was great BTW, up there with some of the best moments of the show.

― Frobisher (Viceroy), Monday, 6 February 2012 02:19 (thirteen years ago)

this would be a pretty empty thread if we didn't have a million posts declaring how the show was better in earlier seasons

that said, the "dialogue" where he rattles off names of various maneuvers he's made up was one of baldwin's best moments too

― Nhex, Monday, 6 February 2012 04:04 (thirteen years ago)

it makes me laugh just thinking about that part

― sleeve, Monday, 6 February 2012 06:13 (thirteen years ago)

Adagio, then double adagio... or wait?!

― Frobisher (Viceroy), Monday, 6 February 2012 06:35 (thirteen years ago)

"jack donaghy playing with himself ... it's a jack-off" was gold.

otm, this was killing me. he played it beautifully

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 6 February 2012 12:29 (thirteen years ago)

aargh I forgot to watch this hour-long episode. >_<

― omar leeettle (Leee), Friday, 10 February 2012 05:08 (thirteen years ago)

What race am I supposed to check Liz? We all came from Africa!

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

Frank and Tracy teaching Lutz was beautiful.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

dr spaceman slayed

― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 February 2012 04:32 (thirteen years ago)

unfortunately theres no field of medicine that deal w/the brain, but... i can give a pamphlet for a cult

― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 February 2012 04:35 (thirteen years ago)

"the only but we speak of tonight is the butt... of the human ass"

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 February 2012 05:07 (thirteen years ago)

Heppy Valentimes!

― kinder, Saturday, 11 February 2012 05:58 (thirteen years ago)

Kristen Schaal gotta GO. Not making this show better.

― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 11 February 2012 09:56 (thirteen years ago)

^^^

― bear, bear, bear, Saturday, 11 February 2012 10:10 (thirteen years ago)

She is playing a poorly-written character in what will be a terrible plot arc, yes.

― Cold Chisel dude Cold Chisel (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 11 February 2012 10:39 (thirteen years ago)

the ikea dude lives above me

― max, Saturday, 11 February 2012 13:46 (thirteen years ago)

i love KS, y'all crazy.

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 11 February 2012 14:23 (thirteen years ago)

I love her too, but I thought she was really out of place here.

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 11 February 2012 18:54 (thirteen years ago)

holy jesus, mary steenburgen

― Nhex, Saturday, 11 February 2012 19:57 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, this double episode had about half an episode's worth of laughs. BURN! they'll probably rock it next week though, I have faith.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:19 (thirteen years ago)

Schaal is amazing on Bob's Burgers but her character on 30 Rock seems out of place.

― Nicole, Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:28 (thirteen years ago)

Isn't that the point of the character? She is confused by Kenneth taking Tracey's craziness etc.

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:31 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, i dig how she in kinda inherently crazy as an actress/person, but put up against the 30 rock ppl she seems relatively sane (well, until the last bit)

― Nhex, Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:51 (thirteen years ago)

lol kickenfun

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:21 (thirteen years ago)

and jack's outrage at the 24-hr clock
in fact, all euro/UN-office scenes

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:23 (thirteen years ago)

I laughed at kickenfun

― sleeve, Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:27 (thirteen years ago)

This show's still pretty awesome. I think i got into it in the 3rd & 4th seasons, skipped it for a while, but just caught up with the latest eps. Great show!

And yeah, Spacemen rules.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:46 (thirteen years ago)

the pre-credit sequence was a++

― johnny crunch, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:03 (thirteen years ago)

Hey so Joan of Arcadia grew up to be Avery Jessup?

― omar leeettle (Leee), Sunday, 12 February 2012 08:08 (thirteen years ago)

VAMPIRE PUSH.

― omar leeettle (Leee), Sunday, 12 February 2012 08:12 (thirteen years ago)

She is playing a poorly-written character in what will be a terrible plot arc, yes.

― Cold Chisel dude Cold Chisel (King Boy Pato)

Ugh totally. I really love Schaal but this character is not funny. Also, its weird that for like two episodes she plays a normal person surrounded by crazy people and then suddenly in third act of this episode - boom - she is actually just a crazy person herself. Very poor character development.

― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 06:20 (thirteen years ago)

Did anyone notice who wrote this week's episode? Because that was a total return to form. I renounce my Doubting Thomas-hood.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:30 (thirteen years ago)

It made me a little bit sad because Alec Baldwin would have been a fantastic Batman back in the day.

― Nicole, Friday, 17 February 2012 01:32 (thirteen years ago)

I actually thought it was a sub-par. I laughed a few times, as ever, so it wasn't bad.

― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:57 (thirteen years ago)

i laughed hardest at the singing prostitute

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:59 (thirteen years ago)

and kenneth's "I knew they were condoms."

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:59 (thirteen years ago)

awesome ep

― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 02:14 (thirteen years ago)

Did anyone notice who wrote this week's episode? Because that was a total return to form. I renounce my Doubting Thomas-hood.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:30 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you notice upthread all the people explaining that who happens to have the writing credit on a given episode of a sitcom is essentially meaningless as far as the overall quality or funniness?

― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 02:15 (thirteen years ago)

"shook hands with the baby"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 17 February 2012 02:37 (thirteen years ago)

Mr. Met cameo.

― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 February 2012 02:44 (thirteen years ago)

"What's a commercial?" otm

/watching via t0rrents

― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Friday, 17 February 2012 03:27 (thirteen years ago)

some dude, I'm very familiar with the generally collaborative nature of television writing. I think it's a fair assumption, though, that the credited writer of a given episode provides at least the bare bones structure of that episode. And that the extent of the collaboration varies from episode to episode. I'm pretty sure, for example, that some episodes of Community had relatively untouched single-author scripts. I don't feel like it's too far out of the realm of possibility that something like that has happened on 30 Rock once or twice. This episode was very well-constructed, and i think that went a long way towards informing the success of the episode. So I (and the credited writer, most likely) would take exception to your assertion.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 03:30 (thirteen years ago)

That was Donald Glover in the Mr. Met costume.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 February 2012 03:33 (thirteen years ago)

Are Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan important to point out in any way? They wrote the episode but neither have wikipedia pages.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:48 (thirteen years ago)

lol tarfumes

― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:58 (thirteen years ago)

Probably not, a hoy hoy, as 30 Rock scripts are assembled by a quorum of "writers" (psychic adepts) from the raw atoms of joeks. One (or two) must bear the great existential weight of being briefly separated from the cloudmind and assigning their "name" to these scripts, for the ancient Code of the WGA tells us it must be so.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 14:55 (thirteen years ago)

you should watch Studio 60, lots of 'single writer ignores rest of the staff, writes entire script himself every week' BS in there

― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

Except...it's pretty well-established that Aaron Sorkin did, in fact, write a lot of the his shows' scripts all by himself. I don't know why this is such a difficult thing to accept.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)

I can't help but read these last posts in Tina Fey eye-rolling voice for some reason.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 15:08 (thirteen years ago)

Look. I openly acknowledge that 30 Rock probably has one of the more collaborative writers' rooms. I just think it's a little off to be completely dismissive towards the credited writer(s) of a given episode, as if they didn't have a sizeable role in the finished product.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:15 (thirteen years ago)

Also its a fact that way over in Britishers-land an often used format is to have a round-robin of single script writers who write a handful of episodes ALL BY THEMSELVES and then a single script editor to review and make revisions.

But this is American comedy were talking about -- certainly 15 people or more are needed to generate the laugh-per-minute ratio US audiences demand.

― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 17 February 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

i'm just confused as to why a big deal was made of two dudes i'd never heard of before. i was expecting someone to say 'lol they wrote for [classic sitcom x] and [classic sitcom y] as well as writing [classic comedy movie z] didnt ya know you rube' but no it just ended in the same inane conversation about things we dont really know about

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 15:26 (thirteen years ago)

i think we do know fairly well that american comedy writing, unlike british, is done in a writers room and is a collaborative process between a number of people. whereas in britain single writers or a writing partnership of two people is the more common thing.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:01 (thirteen years ago)

otoh yes the person who wrote the storyline should be given some amount of responsibility for how funny the show is, since there are inherently good or shitty plots.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:03 (thirteen years ago)

also i never want to see kristen schaal in anything ever again as long as i live.

― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:04 (thirteen years ago)

I'd like to see her... in my bed!

Sorry that was terrible.

― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

i never want to see kristen schaal in anything ever again as long as i live.

She's unnecessary on 30 Rock, sure, but she's SO SO funny in other venues.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 February 2012 16:06 (thirteen years ago)

watching her play normal was so disconcerting, it was almost a relief when she morphed into an insane stalker

― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:07 (thirteen years ago)

i really disliked her initially on that stupid new zealand tenacious d thing, and on her comedy central special. but then she's so hilarious on the daily show and bob's burgers that i'm totally turned around on her, thought she's been a welcome presence on 30 rock.

― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:09 (thirteen years ago)

Vic OTM she is super cute imo.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 16:36 (thirteen years ago)

every Dr. Spaceman line is teh awesome

― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:50 (thirteen years ago)

that stupid new zealand tenacious d thing

lol give me a break

― 99x (Lamp), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:52 (thirteen years ago)

i would've called it 'tenacious twee' but i didn't want to steal da croupier's joke w/o giving credit

― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 16:53 (thirteen years ago)

Flight of the Conchords was great! Would love to see more Kristen Schaal. Her bit part was the best thing in the otherwise execrable Dinner with Schmucks.

― o. nate, Friday, 17 February 2012 16:54 (thirteen years ago)

Darryl Weenis

― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:10 (thirteen years ago)

I shot chicken soup out of my nose at the Chewbacca costume.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

baby leadership seminar

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― President Keyes, Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:55 (thirteen years ago)

^ the internet equivalent of protesting greed by forming a smelly hipster drum circle

― Display Name (this cannot be changed):, Saturday, 18 February 2012 02:01 (thirteen years ago)

yo mamma

― President Keyes, Saturday, 18 February 2012 02:13 (thirteen years ago)

I'm going to tell you what I tell every one of of my sharks before they die: "Let's go outside."

The delivery on that line was perfect.

― s.clover, Saturday, 18 February 2012 02:52 (thirteen years ago)

I shot chicken soup out of my nose at the Chewbacca costume.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:11 (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

holy shit yeah top 5 30 rock gags along with HAM, Dotcom's investments and A Blaffair To Rememblack

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:12 (thirteen years ago)

I'm going to tell you what I tell every one of of my sharks before they die: "Let's go outside."

The delivery on that line was perfect.

― s.clover, Friday, February 17, 2012 9:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. every now and then i'll feel like tracy's craziness is played out and then he'll come out with something like this and it's perfect.

― mizzell, Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:51 (thirteen years ago)

i really disliked her initially on that stupid new zealand tenacious d thing

teach me how to whiney http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

― dave cool, Saturday, 18 February 2012 14:55 (thirteen years ago)

her character was hilar on that thing imho

― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:08 (thirteen years ago)

this was a straight-up amazing episode

― Nhex, Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:26 (thirteen years ago)

Agreed, although I can't remember the best jokes; I was probably laughing through most of them.
I was kind of hoping Liz would make friends with the other weirdos of NYC and find out they were also "normal" ppl with the same idea.

― kinder, Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:28 (thirteen years ago)

i'm really behind on this season... but i'm dying right now @ this exchange b/w jack and devon

jack: GLAAD, has already accepted tracy's apology. i don't even know what organization you're here representing.
devon: we're new. we're called peen.
jack: and what is that an acronym for?
devon: acronym?

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:24 (thirteen years ago)

Who was wearing a MUSIC ϟ BAND tshirt? or did I imagine it?

― kinder, Thursday, 23 February 2012 02:57 (thirteen years ago)

steve buscemi

― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Thursday, 23 February 2012 03:00 (thirteen years ago)

undercover as a high schooler

― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 23 February 2012 05:38 (thirteen years ago)

"I listened to rap music for the first time. Not a fan."

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 03:34 (thirteen years ago)

Liz's lyrics to Cantina Band > Leap Day William song

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

Buscemi directed that. Who was the old guy? I'm drawing blanks.

― dan selzer, Friday, 24 February 2012 03:48 (thirteen years ago)

The elderly page jokes have been getting more frequent; got a feeling they intend to address it directly some time this season

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 03:55 (thirteen years ago)

The old guy was on Northern Exposure.

When Jack said the line to Liz about watching six different auction shows - that stung.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 24 February 2012 04:07 (thirteen years ago)

"all six pawn shop shows"

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 04:12 (thirteen years ago)

Right before tonight's episode, the rerun on Comedy Central was "Greenzo". I'd forgotten that was the same episode as Kenneth's insane party...still one of the funniest bits ever on 30 Rock.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 February 2012 05:29 (thirteen years ago)

t/s: Jim Carrey as Leap Dave Williams vs. Will Ferrel as Bitch Hunter

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 05:45 (thirteen years ago)

Obviously Ferrell, though Andie MacDowall as William's wife evens it out a bit.

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 24 February 2012 06:15 (thirteen years ago)

So who's wearing blue and yellow next Wednesday?

― nickn, Friday, 24 February 2012 08:31 (thirteen years ago)

I am!

Also wtf at Leap Day Williams suddenly being as scary as fuck w/ the teeth in the credits.

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 February 2012 12:20 (thirteen years ago)

i can't decide to what degree of lazy writing i think doing plot movie parodies is

― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 February 2012 12:45 (thirteen years ago)

considering the first episode had a discussion of tracy jordan's movies, including cuts to honkey grandma be trippin and ...another one i cant remember - it is not like they just decided to go for a trope out of laziness. this is totally a 30 rock thing! like simpsons and mcbain/troy mcclure

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 February 2012 12:55 (thirteen years ago)

(wonder if new simpsons remembers who those characters are.)

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 February 2012 12:56 (thirteen years ago)

idk im referring as much to last wks dark knight stuff prob moreso than this wks groundhog day where u build ur whole plot around it, not just cut away joeks which ive never had a problem w/

i mean i recently saw an old sctv clip f/ martin short parodying bergman and was not @ all butthurt by it

― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 February 2012 13:09 (thirteen years ago)

so im saying i dont know at all what im saying, i might just be done w/ 30 rock as a thing

― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 February 2012 13:12 (thirteen years ago)

Also wtf at Leap Day Williams suddenly being as scary as fuck w/ the teeth in the credits.

That was probably my favorite part.

― Nicole, Friday, 24 February 2012 13:13 (thirteen years ago)

I didn't notice that. I did hear the sudden "he's behind you!" part and was confused!

― dan selzer, Friday, 24 February 2012 14:04 (thirteen years ago)

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvpavYpyv1rox4mmo1_400.gif

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 February 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

haha that was my favorite moment. tina fey's still got it.

― horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 15:26 (thirteen years ago)

tracy telling dotcom, "no one can hear you" was another perfectly lolsy delivery

― horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 15:27 (thirteen years ago)

haha yes, that was awesome

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 15:28 (thirteen years ago)

I gotta say I think Chris is kind of a goofy character but I like that he just appeared between seasons and he and Liz have a good thing going in the background. Spares us from rehashing certain Liz plots for a while.

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 24 February 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

I cracked up so hard at "riiiiight.... take off my bald cap, and not put back on my wig..."

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 15:43 (thirteen years ago)

I liked the part where Jack looks into the future and sees his daughter volunteering for Habitat For Humanity and freaks out.

― o. nate, Friday, 24 February 2012 18:11 (thirteen years ago)

like simpsons and mcbain/troy mcclure

― a hoy hoy, Friday, February 24, 2012 7:55 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(wonder if new simpsons remembers who those characters are.)

― a hoy hoy, Friday, February 24, 2012 7:56 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You mean the character done by the genius who was murdered by his own wife? I'm sure they've forgotten him.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:08 (thirteen years ago)

the movie wasn't groundhog day at all -- it was more like a santa clause type thing. thought it was perfect for jim carey to play -- v. redolent of liar, liar et al.

― s.clover, Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:34 (thirteen years ago)

are you saying it stank

― j., Saturday, 25 February 2012 02:36 (thirteen years ago)

meant mcbain obv. - haven't seen him in any simpsons for like the past five years

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 February 2012 07:52 (thirteen years ago)

was it me or did he have gills growing out of his neck at one point

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:43 (thirteen years ago)

Also wtf at Leap Day Williams suddenly being as scary as fuck w/ the teeth in the credits.

^^!!!

― it's smdh time in America (will), Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:44 (thirteen years ago)

v. redolent of liar, liar et al.

He even flat out referenced this it one point! With the "and I saved the big murder trial!"

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 25 February 2012 20:15 (thirteen years ago)

was it me or did he have gills growing out of his neck at one point

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:43 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

all through the episode

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 February 2012 20:19 (thirteen years ago)

Well, he does live in the Mariana Trench, doesn't he?

I could have sworn his name was Leap Day William. I obviously know nothing.

― trishyb, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:45 (thirteen years ago)

Leap Day William was the name of the holiday sprite, and Leap Dave Williams was the name of the Carrey movie.

great episode, Steve Buscemi must be the alias Donald Glover directs under

― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:26 (thirteen years ago)

Well, obviously.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 26 February 2012 07:00 (thirteen years ago)

Jack's revulsion at his daughter joining Habitat for Humanity was almost as amazing as Jack's deadpan "I will not dial that" when told to dial 272 instead of 911 for emergencies in Canada in the ep where his daughter was born.

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 26 February 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

bets on irl ppl in full Leap Day regalia when the 29th comes around. wouldn't be surprised if the writers were aiming to have leap day and all its weirdness get entrenched as a pseudo holiday

― catbus otm (gbx), Sunday, 26 February 2012 19:10 (thirteen years ago)

I'm wearing yellow and blue, but that's about as far as I'm going with it.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 26 February 2012 20:23 (thirteen years ago)

i plan on having candy ready in case i see anybody crying.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 26 February 2012 20:26 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/tybe/18356940513/1/tumblr_m015a45mqS1qbypg1

― omar 13337713 (Leee), Monday, 27 February 2012 02:23 (thirteen years ago)

hahaha! New Traditionalism embraced by 30 Rock, reified by Wiki. I love it!

― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Monday, 27 February 2012 02:39 (thirteen years ago)

jim careys gills were so gross i did not like that

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:56 (thirteen years ago)

i'm glad stevie from eastbound & down is getting work being creepy and gross in another venue

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:05 (thirteen years ago)

Practicing my crying for candy, tbh.

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:06 (thirteen years ago)

Happy leap day everyone!!

― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

I'm flyin' the yellow and blue!

― nickn, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:29 (thirteen years ago)

I appear to be the only person dressed to celebrate leap day in my office.

― s.clover, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:03 (thirteen years ago)

I am the only one here too, although I know of at least two coworkers who are avowed 30 Rock fans. They have disappointed me, and now I shall get up and poke them in the eye.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:06 (thirteen years ago)

I don't have anything yellow but I am bedecked in blue. Yankees suck, go Pats!

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:40 (thirteen years ago)

really feelin those gills today

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:20 (thirteen years ago)

I just started uncontrollably hiccupping while at lunch and couldn't figure out why. At first I thought it might have to do with my soda. But now I know. It's the leap day gills.

― dan selzer, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:20 (thirteen years ago)

"for company. and for country."
"my two favorite kinds of music!"

― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:29 (thirteen years ago)

"i get all my news from the radio. in grand theft auto."

― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:36 (thirteen years ago)

omg pete singing piano man donahue song

― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:42 (thirteen years ago)

great episode imo

― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:43 (thirteen years ago)

omg mentioning "dickwolf" on television

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:36 (thirteen years ago)

wait

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:36 (thirteen years ago)

oh

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

lutz "unloading" scripts from the couch

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:39 (thirteen years ago)

great episode, possibly enhanced by my 1.0mg lorazepam earlier?

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:54 (thirteen years ago)

I'm not very edgy. I've got a prescription.

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:55 (thirteen years ago)

balloon!

― s.clover, Friday, 2 March 2012 05:26 (thirteen years ago)

the end was the best. really i just want half hour of tracy jordan making shit up

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 2 March 2012 08:05 (thirteen years ago)

Anybody watch Key & Peele? New sketch show on Comedy Central? Because they did the EXACT same "wise old negro" joke

― dan selzer, Friday, 2 March 2012 09:00 (thirteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 2 March 2012 17:51 (thirteen years ago)

Sometimes there are way too many great lines in a single episode to remember. At some point I'll rewatch and note my favorites, but there are so many episodes!

― simulation and similac (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 March 2012 17:54 (thirteen years ago)

30r finally going into daily reruns last year has been such a gift

― some dude, Friday, 2 March 2012 17:59 (thirteen years ago)

toofer was totally cracking up at pete's song at the end

― It's sad he was a blogger (symsymsym), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:19 (thirteen years ago)

i kinda loved how obviously disinvested in "leap dave" jim carrey was

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:04 (thirteen years ago)

"that's right, we know you ordered a porn based on temple grandin, titled ten poles rammed in."

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 4 March 2012 15:31 (thirteen years ago)

The Noid and Temple Grandin now both been mentioned twice in 30 Rock as of this week's episode.

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Sunday, 4 March 2012 16:24 (thirteen years ago)

some sort of pizza demon

― lag∞n, Sunday, 4 March 2012 16:31 (thirteen years ago)

Both of those jokes made me laugh way too hard, I'm probably immature.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Sunday, 4 March 2012 16:43 (thirteen years ago)

Worst episode of the season.

― Nude Gingrich (Leee), Sunday, 4 March 2012 17:51 (thirteen years ago)

no mention of the tucc?

― q: are we not women? a: we are divas! (m bison), Sunday, 4 March 2012 18:18 (thirteen years ago)

luv the tuccu

― lag∞n, Sunday, 4 March 2012 18:29 (thirteen years ago)

Watching syndicated episode from season 1 - Jack vs Kenneth in poker...Jack predicts that in 5 years he (Jack) will either be working for Kenneth, or dead by his hand. Seems like this most recent episode is setting this up to happen? Kenneth turning into Jack, etc... kinda cool.

― franny glass, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:49 (thirteen years ago)

"i believe it was called *stares*" = loooool

― althea and (donna rouge), Monday, 5 March 2012 05:10 (thirteen years ago)

i know it's such a broad italian mother stereotype but man i love patti lupone as frank's mom so much

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, 5 March 2012 12:31 (thirteen years ago)

uh

― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 March 2012 01:28 (thirteen years ago)

Was there a tag? I missed it.

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 9 March 2012 01:33 (thirteen years ago)

"Cato, do not attack." -- dying

― Mordy, Friday, 9 March 2012 02:16 (thirteen years ago)

"I finally get the ending of The Sixth Sense....those names were the people who worked on the movie!"

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 9 March 2012 02:20 (thirteen years ago)

Tracy Morgan looked heavier tonight than he has this entire show

― Mordy, Friday, 9 March 2012 02:29 (thirteen years ago)

Colin. O. Scopy joke was excellent. Also kenneth's argument dialogue, although it was sort of a rip from anchorman.

― s.clover, Friday, 9 March 2012 03:27 (thirteen years ago)

The apartheid joke was A+++++++

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 March 2012 04:22 (thirteen years ago)

jenna saying "she wanted to get a coffee enema or something" had me in stitches. fun episode... whoever is playing the nemesis teenager has really solid comedic acting chops.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 9 March 2012 04:43 (thirteen years ago)

Chloe Moretz. She's good.

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 9 March 2012 04:45 (thirteen years ago)

She's so tall now, I bet she can ride ALL of the roller coasters.

― Nude Gingrich (Leee), Friday, 9 March 2012 05:06 (thirteen years ago)

The apartheid joke was A+++++++

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Liz Lemon: You know, fasting can actually clear your mind, in college I once went on a hunger strike to protest Apartheid
Tracy Jordan: Oh, YOU'RE the one who solved that? Thank you so much!

― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 13:55 (thirteen years ago)

"It's an old acting trick I learned from Glenn Beck's prostitute"

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:52 (thirteen years ago)

"Do you have a second, Kenneth?"
"No. there's only one of me. What? What are you asking?"

― mizzell, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:58 (thirteen years ago)

last two eps have had me loling harder than anything in a while

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:30 (thirteen years ago)

That was all-time.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:28 (thirteen years ago)

Gaylord Felcher

― Abarham Lincoln posing (Abbbottt), Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

I don't understand your art, Kevin.

― mizzell, Friday, 16 March 2012 01:02 (thirteen years ago)

Ha. That's the exact line I latched onto, for whatever reason.

― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 16 March 2012 01:16 (thirteen years ago)

i thought he said "i don't understand your heart," which is funny to me but probably not right

― some dude, Friday, 16 March 2012 01:27 (thirteen years ago)

also liked i passed out laughing on 69th st
xp ha

― mizzell, Friday, 16 March 2012 01:27 (thirteen years ago)

I don't understand your art, Kevin.

― mizzell, Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:02 PM

Ha. That's the exact line I latched onto, for whatever reason.

― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:16 PM

Haha! I guess I wasn't the only one. That had me rolling.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:04 (thirteen years ago)

His only worldly possession was no snakes.

― LaMonte, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:32 (thirteen years ago)

for a guy who keeps threatening to leave the show baldwin is still killing it every single episode

― Nhex, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:39 (thirteen years ago)

Hazel is really starting to pay off. Also Dennis is always a good thing.

― s.clover, Friday, 16 March 2012 04:40 (thirteen years ago)

also is this whole season holiday themed or something?

― s.clover, Friday, 16 March 2012 04:41 (thirteen years ago)

When I was young you could get a prostitute for FIVE DOLLARS

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 16 March 2012 08:26 (thirteen years ago)

“I tried to steal beer from a Duane Reade, and some black guy cold-cocked me.”
“Oh, like a security guard?”
“I don’t know, pal, I don’t see people that way”

― mizzell, Friday, 16 March 2012 13:05 (thirteen years ago)

also is this whole season holiday themed or something?

― s.clover, Friday, March 16, 2012 12:41 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

give 'em a break, they didn't get to do a christmas or halloween episode this season

― some dude, Friday, 16 March 2012 13:15 (thirteen years ago)

'It's St. Patrick's Day!?!' - with Megan jumping onto Dennis is where I spit-take - hi-friggin-larious.

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 16 March 2012 13:51 (thirteen years ago)

so many great dennis duffy lines

"you missed the end of the lez movie ... they got back together, and marc ruffalo is just going to do his own thing with his restaurant"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 March 2012 14:43 (thirteen years ago)

(paraphrasing)

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 March 2012 14:43 (thirteen years ago)

yeah duffy was so good last night

― max, Friday, 16 March 2012 15:11 (thirteen years ago)

when jack "cursed" liz and then she woke up to this american life playing on the clock radio i could have sworn they were going into a groundhog day thing

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 March 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

dennis duffy is the absolute best

― lag∞n, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:52 (thirteen years ago)

cant wait until some nerds w/too much time on their hands create a rl verz of that settlers/d&d board game jack and the writers played

― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:53 (thirteen years ago)

It had so many subsystems for a board game. It resembled the sort of homebrew madness that agglomerates over the course of years in someone's basement.

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 16 March 2012 19:58 (thirteen years ago)

eh, it reminded me of Civilization

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Friday, 16 March 2012 19:59 (thirteen years ago)

It seems kind of out of balance if you can just play a fire card in the desert and the game is over.

― polyphonic, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:00 (thirteen years ago)

I was waiting for Toofer or Frank to say "congratulations, you just set yourself on fire and died"

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Friday, 16 March 2012 20:02 (thirteen years ago)

if only you could cast fire spells in civilization... fukken genghis

― Lamp, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:04 (thirteen years ago)

I saw the dude who plays kenneth in the subway yesterday

― iatee, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:08 (thirteen years ago)

sweet

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Friday, 16 March 2012 20:27 (thirteen years ago)

the guy who plays Donaghee's assistant lives somewhere in Downtown Brooklyn/BK Heights -- I used to see him all the time. I actually felt like everytime I would see him there would be this thing where I would stare at him for a second because "oh, it's that guy" and then he would shoot me a bit of a flirty look and it would be kind of awkward, like "I'm just staring at you because you're that guy!"

― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Friday, 16 March 2012 20:29 (thirteen years ago)

I think that game was a ripoff of Settlers of Catan. I've never played, but my gf does with her nerdy friends...

― schwantz, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:25 (thirteen years ago)

i saw him having dinner at vinegar hill house, he was w/ a handsome gent

― max, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:26 (thirteen years ago)

it was settlers w/ more fantasy elements

― max, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:26 (thirteen years ago)

and with more D&D-like freedom

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 March 2012 21:29 (thirteen years ago)

dear nerds, they were making fun of settlers of catan

― lag∞n, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:34 (thirteen years ago)

o i didnt realize

― max, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:43 (thirteen years ago)

you didnt realize w/more fantasy elements or normal

― lag∞n, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:44 (thirteen years ago)

Siri killed Jenna Elfman. I howled.

― franny glass, Saturday, 17 March 2012 01:54 (thirteen years ago)

the guy who plays Donaghee's assistant lives somewhere

I don't think we've seen more than a few blurry background shots of the new dude, no wonder he thought you were flirty

― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Saturday, 17 March 2012 06:16 (thirteen years ago)

did u guys know that this thread has been reported for copyright infringement by NBC??? wtf?

http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=161061

― Mordy, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

discovered when i was googling something from ilx and saw this on the results page:

In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org.

― Mordy, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

i'm not looking back through 8,000 messages but i'm sure that there's a possibility that someone mentioned the possibility of watching this show via means that were possibly not legal

― thomp, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:33 (thirteen years ago)

also did they do a shilling-for-apple episode too? oh good

― thomp, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:33 (thirteen years ago)

at least two links far upthread directly to certain sites that probably provide directly dmca-frowned-upon sorts of things.

― s.clover, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:47 (thirteen years ago)

chilling

― sleepingbag, Monday, 19 March 2012 02:49 (thirteen years ago)

well done guys

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Monday, 19 March 2012 03:04 (thirteen years ago)

this is why other forums have sticky topics that are like DON'T LINK TO WAREZ I guess.

― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 19 March 2012 03:11 (thirteen years ago)

Maybe all that 'talking about joeks we enjoyed' was stealing NBC property.

― a hoy hoy, Monday, 19 March 2012 07:59 (thirteen years ago)

You nerds missed the Game Of Thrones credit spoof, or possibly you were vomiting into bagpipes while that happened.

― Johnny Favre (Leee), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:39 (thirteen years ago)

You nerds missed the Game Of Thrones credit spoof, or possibly you were vomiting into bagpipes while that happened.

i thought the sweep of the game board was distinctly reminiscent of the GoT intro credits

― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:41 (thirteen years ago)

"you missed the end of the lez movie ... they got back together, and marc ruffalo is just going to do his own thing with his restaurant"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, March 16, 2012 2:43 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i lol'd but this line is somehow funnier in print

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:43 (thirteen years ago)

its double funny because marc ruffalo is just going to do his own thing with his restaurant is such a poor summery of where rufflos characters ends up in exactly the way dennis would misunderstand it

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:46 (thirteen years ago)

that might actually be x3 funny

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:47 (thirteen years ago)

i've been laughing at the "lez movie" riff off and on for days

― goole, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:02 (thirteen years ago)

yeah it was beautifully done

― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:04 (thirteen years ago)

i think dennis duffy is one of my favorite characters in anything ever

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:55 (thirteen years ago)

i have to admit - i had no idea what the "lez movie" stuff was about.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

but i laughed so no one would think i was dumb.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

its double funny because marc ruffalo is just going to do his own thing with his restaurant is such a poor summery of where rufflos characters ends up in exactly the way dennis would misunderstand it

― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:46 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

confession: i didn't even realize the line was a reference to a real movie, it was the wide applicability of it that made me lol

dunno how it being "kids are all right" ref changes my feelings w/r/t its hilarity

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

nah still hilares

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

its a good movie if you guys have never seen it, has a kind named lazer

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:09 (thirteen years ago)

also gay porn

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:10 (thirteen years ago)

yeah the line honestly cracked me up more before i remembered that there was an actually lez movie with marc ruffalo

― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:11 (thirteen years ago)

the line was "they send the kid off to college, the guy's just gonna do his own thing with the restaurant" iirc

― goole, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:14 (thirteen years ago)

pretty sure they call out Mark Ruffalo by name

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:15 (thirteen years ago)

yah, ruffalo as generic "guy who's just gonna do his own thing with the restaurant at the end of the movie" just seemed so plausible

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:17 (thirteen years ago)

the line is "dude, you missed the end of the lez movie. their daughter? she goes off to college. and marc ruffalo, he's just going to do his own thing with the restuarant"

― caek, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:17 (thirteen years ago)

ty!

― goole, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:18 (thirteen years ago)

now thats the duffy voice right there

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:18 (thirteen years ago)

he stcratches his crotch during the first half, and gives a charming little shrug on "do his own thing"

― caek, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:19 (thirteen years ago)

i think dennis duffy is one of my favorite characters in anything ever

He is one of the best.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:20 (thirteen years ago)

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzmazrqB7V1qazvbko1_500.jpg

― caek, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:22 (thirteen years ago)

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6rknWEOD1qfve95o1_500.gif

We’re not going to Chili’s until I hit one.

― caek, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:22 (thirteen years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgji0faXdp1qzhb2zo1_500.jpg

― caek, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:27 (thirteen years ago)

this is still my favorite dennis moment

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0awazN4rp1rqljrdo1_500.jpg

― mizzell, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:40 (thirteen years ago)

you have chosen to abort me

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:04 (thirteen years ago)

that letter is so great in so many ways <3 dennis

― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:07 (thirteen years ago)

p.s. i actually am dennis duffy

― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:08 (thirteen years ago)

I have quoted "I cried. I cried like a big dumb homo" too many times.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:18 (thirteen years ago)

"Sir, this computer is not helping with our search. If you type Nancy's Secrets into the internet, do you have any idea what comes up? A store that sells wig extensions."

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:19 (thirteen years ago)

(sorry for quoting kenneth in a duffy moment.)

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:20 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP2T_zy_Hdo

― max, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:23 (thirteen years ago)

the wheel turns indeed

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:22 (thirteen years ago)

"we're on a show within a show. my real name is tracy morgan!"

― Mordy, Friday, 23 March 2012 00:54 (thirteen years ago)

I lol'd at Cynthia Nixon's comment on the Boston accent.

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 23 March 2012 04:36 (thirteen years ago)

The guy who played not-Jack does an amazing impression of William Baldwin.

― Johnny Favre (Leee), Friday, 23 March 2012 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

OK this show is still hilarious. Irl Lol when Kenneth was feeding Tracy pills and it cut to "This has been a message from the President of the United States".

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 23 March 2012 13:47 (thirteen years ago)

I still don't 100% buy Hazel but everyone else on the show is killing

I really really hope they invent an excuse for all of the Baldwins to be on

― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Friday, 23 March 2012 13:53 (thirteen years ago)

i'll go make some coffee. you go make some coffee. after the coffee contest is over, we'll get started on the song.

― future worm food (n/a), Monday, 26 March 2012 20:37 (thirteen years ago)

I have definitely had my fill of Hazel at this point. But otherwise, still love this show.

― polyphonic, Monday, 26 March 2012 20:40 (thirteen years ago)

aw

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 26 March 2012 20:53 (thirteen years ago)

loved both Hazel and Schaal as Hazel in the first ep this week

― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 26 March 2012 21:02 (thirteen years ago)

I did not even realize they showed two episodes last week.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:20 (thirteen years ago)

Hazel needs to go

― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:23 (thirteen years ago)

I did not even realize they showed two episodes last week.

Me neither, I was wondering what on earth some of these comments were about

― kinder, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 06:11 (thirteen years ago)

kenneth's "i lie to myself" was pretty convincing

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 06:43 (thirteen years ago)

i loved that bit!

― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 12:08 (thirteen years ago)

It was my favorite part.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:11 (thirteen years ago)

Also, good life advice.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:11 (thirteen years ago)

I did not even realize they showed two episodes last week.

Same here. I hate that Comcast's DVR just can't handle any variations to a schedule.

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:50 (thirteen years ago)

holy shit that last ep was amazing.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:37 (thirteen years ago)

Jack looking out his fake window had my DYING.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:37 (thirteen years ago)

i didn't get that--does he do that habitually in his "real" office and i've just never noticed

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:39 (thirteen years ago)

he's always looking out his window, yes.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:40 (thirteen years ago)

"not a way out there" made me lol p hard

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:45 (thirteen years ago)

Hoos just watched his second ep of 30 Rock ever obv

― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 03:58 (thirteen years ago)

lol

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 04:03 (thirteen years ago)

"ugh, the male gaze."

"yeah, they're all a bunch of gays!"

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:05 (thirteen years ago)

i lol'd but thats almost too easy

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:07 (thirteen years ago)

ha the low bar on that one was part of the lol for me

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 18:53 (thirteen years ago)

same here, also "i can't believe i haven't heard that joke before"

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 18:55 (thirteen years ago)

Me too. xp

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 18:55 (thirteen years ago)

More seasonal humor! I love that they just started doing this without making it a promotional "thing".

― s.clover, Friday, 30 March 2012 02:20 (thirteen years ago)

I'm going to be a typical internet type and say that I do think the show has dropped off over the last season. I've enjoyed this season enough but I don't find myself laughing out loud. I thought as often happens that maybe I've just gotten used to it, but I've been watching the re-runs on various stations and it's been blowing my mind. Saw the 2 party finale with the 3 weddings tonight and was dying. Anyway, just wanted to put my 2 cents in and a vote for "something's changed".

― dan selzer, Friday, 30 March 2012 04:30 (thirteen years ago)

"Meditate perfectly."

― Mongo Beefhead Tribesman (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 30 March 2012 05:01 (thirteen years ago)

"Summer horsegrave?"

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 30 March 2012 21:56 (thirteen years ago)

Some corny bits, but that felt like one of the densest one-liner-filled episodes for a while. Really enjoyed that.

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 30 March 2012 21:56 (thirteen years ago)

cerie's band

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 30 March 2012 22:16 (thirteen years ago)

5now Dog5

― Did you drop some flug in my cup? (Abbbottt), Saturday, 31 March 2012 04:06 (thirteen years ago)

that killed me

― Nhex, Saturday, 31 March 2012 04:17 (thirteen years ago)

Just read that they're doing it live again on April 26.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:26 (thirteen years ago)

cerie's band

― Clay, Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:22 (thirteen years ago)

Danny really disappeared, didn't he? I was watching a rerun today and it took me a minute to remember who he was.

― Mongo Beefhead Tribesman (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 April 2012 03:24 (thirteen years ago)

Danny... do you mean Josh?

― Office Tebow (Leee), Sunday, 1 April 2012 03:28 (thirteen years ago)

i actually think this season has been an improvement over the previous few. not the best episode tho.

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Sunday, 1 April 2012 03:37 (thirteen years ago)

lol Josh just disappearing, then turning up to audition for his old part.

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Sunday, 1 April 2012 04:42 (thirteen years ago)

He's doing all right now, starring in some Cartoon Network show.

― Nhex, Sunday, 1 April 2012 06:56 (thirteen years ago)

imho one of the most enjoyable parts of the early seasons of this show was the way they developed characters & backstories with pretty amazing jokes, and actually committed to them for future episodes (q.v. sue was only given her last name as a one-off joke in the funcooker episode, but she's kept her name & ridiculous accent since then). but now that most of their characters have been fully fleshed out the jokes have become a bit repetitive. the fact that Jenna attended the tampa royal academy of dramatic tricks is funny the first couple times you hear it but now it just feels like a retread. i don't think the writing has really fallen off, it's just that there's not much new to discover about the characters after so many seasons so it feels a little stale. hazel seems like an attempt to bring that early-season sense of discovery back, but idk how successful it is.

this past episode kinda seems to acknowledge that: it's been done before, they're just rehashing old episodes now, like they've exhausted the show's premise & characters.

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, 2 April 2012 13:23 (thirteen years ago)

"dump all the unsold dishwashers into the ocean" was the first line that made me lose it

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 2 April 2012 15:53 (thirteen years ago)

elmo otm, i'd be pretty much ok with it if this were the last season

― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:13 (thirteen years ago)

5now Dog5

― Did you drop some flug in my cup? (Abbbottt), Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:06 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

loved this, but also thought "oh good maybe people on ilx will stop giving me shit for thinking that kind of thing is funny"

― some dude, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:18 (thirteen years ago)

was cerie's band a lana del rey joke?

― sonderangerbot, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:26 (thirteen years ago)

ha

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:31 (thirteen years ago)

FIVE NOW DOG FIVE

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:32 (thirteen years ago)

5now dog5 slayed

― lag∞n, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:33 (thirteen years ago)

was cerie's band a lana del rey joke?

Don't think so. Unless LDR is into strobe-lit headbanging these days. I laffed b/c it was like all of the anonymous mall-rock bands that get booked on Leno/Letterman b/c they are shiny and attractive.

― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)

it was a laptop joke imo

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:41 (thirteen years ago)

it was a pretty girl joke imo

― lag∞n, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:41 (thirteen years ago)

^^ correct

― http://i.imgur.com/TBVkw.gif (silby), Monday, 2 April 2012 18:59 (thirteen years ago)

sorry i guess i laughed at it incorrectly

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:01 (thirteen years ago)

shape up

― lag∞n, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:12 (thirteen years ago)

5NOW DOG5

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:45 (thirteen years ago)

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1qqt6RO951qa0mmoo1_500.png

― Here Comes Abbryone (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:47 (thirteen years ago)

watching season 1 of this for the first time ever. it really is an incredibly funny, likable show.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:48 (thirteen years ago)

I actually saw the s1 episode where Liz goes to the Source awards with Wayne Brady, and it was very striking how much more sophisticated the humor became as the show developed. Just the whole way the race/ gangsta rap culture issue was handled seemed very off, like 30 rock would have taken some flack for it if they had written it today. I guess the characters were more realistic and less zany, but I would still take s6 crazy over s1 clumsy.

― scarfs, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:54 (thirteen years ago)

Recently saw, that is.

― scarfs, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:55 (thirteen years ago)

loved this, but also thought "oh good maybe people on ilx will stop giving me shit for thinking that kind of thing is funny"

haha its still a p lol ok grandpa joke but it was perfectly executed

― Lamp, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 02:05 (thirteen years ago)

DESIRZ

― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 6 April 2012 00:34 (thirteen years ago)

"look at us laughing together, like a couple of jews watching the daily show"

― eyes of dora maar (get bent), Friday, 6 April 2012 03:38 (thirteen years ago)

so Kenneth is immortal because he's an angel?

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 April 2012 03:39 (thirteen years ago)

"SORKIN-ESQUE REPARTEE."

― eyes of dora maar (get bent), Friday, 6 April 2012 03:53 (thirteen years ago)

Lost it when Hornberger was making out with the dummy.

― Office Tebow (Leee), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:04 (thirteen years ago)

Also omg DON'T YOU MESS WITH DUQUAN.

― Office Tebow (Leee), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:04 (thirteen years ago)

Pop dookie down at the vacants.

Also, Alexander windowblind.

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:23 (thirteen years ago)

The 'food smelling ethnic' joke totally reminded me of ILX's co-worker lunchrooms

― kinder, Friday, 6 April 2012 06:46 (thirteen years ago)

lines that do not read funny but are hilarious as read by lutz: "my biggest weakness ... is chocolate" (wink)

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:39 (thirteen years ago)

this had more irl lol moments than any episode i can think of lately

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 April 2012 00:10 (thirteen years ago)

midnight symphony ad was A+

― s.clover, Saturday, 7 April 2012 00:45 (thirteen years ago)

"I happen to think that smart is sexy. Our foreplay would be puzzle solving."

― and i don't even care, similar to how a badass would respond (Abbbottt), Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:06 (thirteen years ago)

^^^ to the last two posts. (Midnight Symphony choking Whitey especially.)

― Office Tebow (Leee), Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:27 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/349522/e-news-now-30-rock-star-sizzles-in-sexy-spread

this is the saddest thing i've ever voluntarily watched

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 13 April 2012 07:12 (thirteen years ago)

they could spin it into a standard jenna b-plot tho

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 13 April 2012 07:13 (thirteen years ago)

"all about the cleavage"

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 13 April 2012 07:13 (thirteen years ago)

30 rock "star"

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 13 April 2012 07:13 (thirteen years ago)

loved the ultra-timely royal tenenbaums parody montage

― High powered Texas lawyer (symsymsym), Friday, 13 April 2012 08:41 (thirteen years ago)

MOON

you turn me into a wolf

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 13 April 2012 10:16 (thirteen years ago)

I only saw the first half of this but the "make it rain" scene in the montage fucking killed me

― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Friday, 13 April 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

The song at the end was the best part.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 13 April 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

lizs talk w/her dying grandfather was next level

― lag∞n, Friday, 13 April 2012 19:15 (thirteen years ago)

haha yes

― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Friday, 13 April 2012 19:21 (thirteen years ago)

STACY KEACH!

― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 00:33 (thirteen years ago)

Tina Fey is the funniest person in America right now

(this is not tied directly to the episode, but to the promo for the live show, specifically the word "coolsaster")

― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 01:00 (thirteen years ago)

This was pretty good from a story level, I thought.

Also lol at Bazooka Joe

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 20 April 2012 01:03 (thirteen years ago)

great episode, imo

― lathe darkman (some dude), Friday, 20 April 2012 01:07 (thirteen years ago)

yeah that was genius

― horseshoe, Friday, 20 April 2012 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

baldwin's delivery on the "baked those rocks and sold them...as gum" was perfect

― horseshoe, Friday, 20 April 2012 01:09 (thirteen years ago)

did tracy call jenna "jane" in the hospital scene and they just left it in the episode? i don't think i imagined that.

― circles, Friday, 20 April 2012 01:09 (thirteen years ago)

he did call her "jane." i assumed he was delivering the line as written.

― horseshoe, Friday, 20 April 2012 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

i have been mad at stacy keach for years for being terrible in a production of king lear i saw, but he is forgiven.

― horseshoe, Friday, 20 April 2012 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

he did call her "jane." i assumed he was delivering the line as written.

I thought it was a gag on the fact that he'd just claimed to never have made a mistake before.

― franny glass, Friday, 20 April 2012 02:01 (thirteen years ago)

yup

― Nhex, Friday, 20 April 2012 02:37 (thirteen years ago)

great ep and once again so glad that they skipped having the new boyfriend plotline for the fourth or fifth time with Chris.

Ongoing saga of Jenna's sordid history with Mickey Rourke still feels a little forced, but on the other hand, spiders.

― raw feel vegan (silby), Friday, 20 April 2012 03:57 (thirteen years ago)

David Blane cracked me up.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 20 April 2012 04:04 (thirteen years ago)

Those Stacy Keach bits killed me. Good episode!

― shabba lambides (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 20 April 2012 05:52 (thirteen years ago)

yeah he nailed the shit out of those

― Nhex, Friday, 20 April 2012 05:55 (thirteen years ago)

jenna jumping through the today show window!

― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Friday, 20 April 2012 11:41 (thirteen years ago)

i missed most of the first stacy keach bit after the opening credits because i had it on mute and thought it was a real commercial :(

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:29 (thirteen years ago)

"I wanted my high school tennis team to call me Ace but they went with Shorts Accident, we settled on Super Virgin"

this may have been the best episode of 30 rock.

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:34 (thirteen years ago)

definitely the strongest episode this season, especially after so many weak, forced jokes last week

― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:54 (thirteen years ago)

The Liz/Kriss handyman roleplay was fantastic, esp. the "Whatever!" and accompanying gestures.

― etc, Friday, 20 April 2012 20:09 (thirteen years ago)

haha yeah i love that LL seems to get off on man-on-man action (mythbusters, "two male centaurs kissing")

― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Friday, 20 April 2012 20:12 (thirteen years ago)

"You are being so transvaginal right now!"

― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Friday, 20 April 2012 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

I lolled so hard @ that

― kinder, Friday, 20 April 2012 22:11 (thirteen years ago)

haha yeah i love that LL seems to get off on man-on-man action (mythbusters, "two male centaurs kissing")

btw I thought you were referring to La Lechera here for a sec

― kinder, Friday, 20 April 2012 22:12 (thirteen years ago)

Avail 4 java manana per Jack.

Deets 2 follow,

Kev.

― johnny crunch, Friday, 20 April 2012 23:40 (thirteen years ago)

God this show is so awesome. Lol'd at LL's Sonny & Cher impersonation.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 April 2012 15:21 (thirteen years ago)

Ahem.

― Dudeleee, let's make coffee our bitch (Leee), Sunday, 22 April 2012 03:41 (thirteen years ago)

the Woggles song at the end of last weeks episode had me dying. i had to watch it twice i was laughing so hard. this show is just so fucking brilliant.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 22 April 2012 06:12 (thirteen years ago)

Who else wants Kevin to die horribly so that Liz and Criss can adopt Kat?

BTW, what did Liz and Criss say at the same time at the end of the episode?

― Dudeleee, let's make coffee our bitch (Leee), Sunday, 22 April 2012 23:22 (thirteen years ago)

"We should think about kids" but in different words

― raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 22 April 2012 23:24 (thirteen years ago)

the Woggles song at the end of last weeks episode had me dying. i had to watch it twice i was laughing so hard. this show is just so fucking brilliant.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:12 AM (19 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah my wife turned to me and started saying something as if the episode was over and i was like WAIT and rewound it because i caught a couple words and realized it was going to be incredible

― some dude, Monday, 23 April 2012 01:18 (thirteen years ago)

All of the white power references going on with the Woggles were pretty funny as well.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:24 (thirteen years ago)

okay they should just do every show live IMO

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

this is nuts!

― goole, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:54 (thirteen years ago)

holy shit funniest episode in years

― Mordy, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:55 (thirteen years ago)

Banjo!

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 00:58 (thirteen years ago)

alec baldwin, national treasure

― horseshoe, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:59 (thirteen years ago)

chris parnell almost made me die by choking

― horseshoe, Friday, 27 April 2012 00:59 (thirteen years ago)

Zou bisou bisou!

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 27 April 2012 01:00 (thirteen years ago)

"i know we're live. i want people to know."

― Mordy, Friday, 27 April 2012 01:00 (thirteen years ago)

Fallon was the only weak link.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 27 April 2012 01:02 (thirteen years ago)

There were no flaws...

― Evan, Friday, 27 April 2012 01:04 (thirteen years ago)

but fred armisen redeemed his scene xp

― Mordy, Friday, 27 April 2012 01:04 (thirteen years ago)

I'm glad they've rebounded so hardcore from their late-season slump last year. Totes agreed that they should just do it live every week.

― Dr. Buzzard's® Original Banana Bread (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 27 April 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

With Jon Hamm in blackface, of course.

― Dr. Buzzard's® Original Banana Bread (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 27 April 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

loved that super obvious honeymooners bit

― Nhex, Friday, 27 April 2012 04:16 (thirteen years ago)

Oh man, the Hamm bits just killed me.

― "Fourvel - it's like Fievel, but one less." (R Baez), Friday, 27 April 2012 04:20 (thirteen years ago)

i could not believe that was Hamm!

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 04:22 (thirteen years ago)

St. Ray Ray's

― shabba lambides (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 27 April 2012 10:33 (thirteen years ago)

BLATHOLIC CHURCH

― arsenio and old ma$e (m bison), Friday, 27 April 2012 12:30 (thirteen years ago)

Love Sue completely corpsing after the first Hamm and Tracy bit.

― William Bloody Swygart, Friday, 27 April 2012 13:30 (thirteen years ago)

^^

"Your growing child needs tar to hold its young bones together."

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:41 (thirteen years ago)

"Pregnancy is disgusting, but it turns out tar is not necessary"

I think Donald Glover was my favourite moment. Can't wait to download the west coast version! I remember there being enough differences in the previous live show ot keep me entertained.

Had to explain Sinead O'Connor reference to a coworker! She's 32!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:43 (thirteen years ago)

Everybody was so totally on fire, it was great

I would watch the hell out of a sketch comedy show with this cast

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:45 (thirteen years ago)

cannot stop lol'ing at dr spaceman

― Mordy, Friday, 27 April 2012 13:45 (thirteen years ago)

I was thinking that last night too! I guess Baldwin has a bit of SNL experience, Pete & Liz were in a sketch troupe together.. they were all great. Pete & Jack full-on making out at the end? Why not?

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:46 (thirteen years ago)

oops xp

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:46 (thirteen years ago)

Glover was pretty great.

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:47 (thirteen years ago)

Pete & Jack full-on making out at the end?
whaaaaa?

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 13:57 (thirteen years ago)

Had to explain Sinead O'Connor reference to a coworker! She's 32!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:43 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm 24, wanna explain why she ripped it for me?

this was the bessssssst, black faced ham was a+

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:06 (thirteen years ago)

On 3 October 1992, O'Connor appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest. She sang an a cappella version of Bob Marley's "War", which she intended as a protest over the sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, by changing the lyric "racism" to "child abuse."[25] She then presented a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word "evil", after which she tore the photo into pieces, said "Fight the real enemy", and threw the pieces towards the camera.[26]

Saturday Night Live had no foreknowledge of O'Connor's plan; during the dress rehearsal she held up a photo of a refugee child. NBC Vice President of Late Night Rick Ludwin recalled that when he saw O'Connor's action he "literally jumped out of [his] chair." SNL writer Paula Pell recalled personnel in the control booth discussing the cameras cutting away from the singer.[27] The audience was completely silent, with no booing or applause;[28] executive producer Lorne Michaels recalled that "the air went out the studio". Michaels, who ordered that the applause sign not be used, described the incident as "on a certain level, a betrayal", but also "a serious expression of belief."[27]

A nationwide audience saw O'Connor's live performance, which the New York Daily News's cover called a "HOLY TERROR".[27] NBC received more than 500 calls on Sunday[29] and 400 more on Monday, with all but seven criticizing O'Connor;[28] the network received 4,400 calls in total.[30] Contrary to rumour, NBC was not fined by the Federal Communications Commission for O'Connor's act; the FCC has no regulatory power over blasphemy.[30] NBC did not edit the performance out of the West coast tape-delayed broadcast that night,[31] but reruns of the episode use footage from the dress rehearsal.[30] On 24 April 2010, MSNBC aired the live version during an interview with O'Connor on The Rachel Maddow Show. In 1993 issue of The Irish Times O'Connor wrote a public letter where she asked people to "stop hurting" her.

As part of SNL's apology to the audience, during his opening monologue the following week, host Joe Pesci held up the photo, explaining that he had taped it back together. He then tore up another photo - of O'Connor herself - to huge applause. Pesci also said that if it had been his show, "I would have gave her such a smack."[32]

In a 2002 interview with Salon, when asked if she would change anything about the SNL appearance, O'Connor replied, "Hell, no!"[33] In 2010, TV Guide Network listed the incident at No. 24 on their list of 25 Biggest TV Blunders.[34]

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:07 (thirteen years ago)

whaaaaa?

Right at the very, very end before they cut to commercial, Jack and Pete grabbed each other and started making out. It was hilarious.

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:12 (thirteen years ago)

O_o totally missed that!

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:16 (thirteen years ago)

if they turn that into a plot line I am gonna die laughing

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:17 (thirteen years ago)

a hoy hoy: there ya go! That happened when I was 10, but I was an SNL kid (who loved Nothing Compares 2 U!)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:21 (thirteen years ago)

IIRC they had Jan Hooks parodying her within a couple of weeks on the Weekend Update segment

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:23 (thirteen years ago)

lol that is stupid

jack+pete didn't make out in the second version ('west' i guess?). do snl do two performances? i guess i'll never understand american tv/timezones. paul mccartney >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kim kardashian as a surprise guest tho.

other changes, (yes i am nerdy enough to watch them both, also its raining and i've just woke up): amy poelher gets a dig at jack's mum in on the prank call, hamm isn't the news guy (brian williams? is that his name?), dr. spaceman is a nazi in one and a corrupting homosexual in the other, jack isn't nixon but instead a fruity looking pop-out, jenna does one song and danny the other...

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)

I wondered where cheyenne (danny) had been! singapore smuggling prison!

― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

oh i was wondering why tina thanked cheyenne jackson at the end of the east coast broadcast because i hadn't noticed him in the episode
xpost

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

SNL only does one show, i think the west coast broadcast is not actually live because if it was it would be on at like 8:30 or something

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

cheyenne was in the east coast version, but it was like 2 lines, so easy to miss

― Nhex, Friday, 27 April 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

I would watch the hell out of a sketch comedy show with this cast

Ditto. This was better than anything in the last four or five seasons of SNL. (But then, if SNL was only a half-hour show, it'd likely hit more often than it'd miss.)

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 27 April 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)

cannot stop lol'ing at dr spaceman

^^^every single line is comedy gold

― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

presence of Kardashian was the only lame thing about this imo. agree they should just do every episode live tho

― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:19 (thirteen years ago)

wow so glad we got the East Coast version.

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:25 (thirteen years ago)

agreed, they were totally on fire. that was awesome.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:30 (thirteen years ago)

do snl do two performances?

no.

― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:31 (thirteen years ago)

"Mr. Jordan just found out you can get pornography on the internet."
"... He's gonna die in there!"

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:07 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/FSuGB.png

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:22 (thirteen years ago)

I'm glad the west coast got cheyenne jackson singing the theme song, like last year, but smh at getting kim kardashian over mccartney. the west coast version ended on a bum note, kim delivered her final line badly and then the characters just stood there looking embarrassed until they faded out.

― supreme sundae (reddening), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:40 (thirteen years ago)

So glad to have seen the east coast version, I'm disappointed that 30 rock would validate that vile piece of trash in any way.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:42 (thirteen years ago)

hahaha that actually sounds kind of hilarious

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:43 (thirteen years ago)

When I saw Savannah Guthrie doing the West Coast feed of NBC Nightly News, my first thought was: Oh, Williams must be doing the live 30 Rock episode tonight. I guess he was only on the West Coast version though.

― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 27 April 2012 16:49 (thirteen years ago)

So glad to have seen the east coast version, I'm disappointed that 30 rock would validate that vile piece of trash in any way.

^^^

stop giving this person a career, you're just encouraging her!

― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:54 (thirteen years ago)

I'm doubly surprised, given Fey's comments about working with Paris Hilton on SNL. I figured she had a very low tolerance for no-talent fame whores.

― Dr. Buzzard's® Original Banana Bread (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:33 (thirteen years ago)

ratings for this were kind of grim. shame.

― GoT SPOILER ALERT (Gukbe), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:37 (thirteen years ago)

tbh I have little difficulty believing it is easier to be around and work with Kim Kardashian than Paris Hilton

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:37 (thirteen years ago)

xpost oh no bad ratings! maybe they'll keep showing it for another six years then.

― I will transmit this information to (Viceroy), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:24 (thirteen years ago)

omg hamm "I'SE DONE STOLE DIS CATFISH!"

― sleepingbag, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:35 (thirteen years ago)

i found that whole bit to be funny and troubling

― Nhex, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:35 (thirteen years ago)

omg hamm "I'SE DONE STOLE DIS CATFISH!"

― sleepingbag, Friday, April 27, 2012 2:35 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the degree to which he commits to it is the best

― johnny crunch, Friday, 27 April 2012 20:52 (thirteen years ago)

Kenneth's whole setup to that bit was amazing: "NBC felt it would be too alarming to the audience to have more than one black man appear on the show at a time, a policy they continue to use today!"

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 20:59 (thirteen years ago)

Frank replaced by Fred Armisen in wig & "Frank 2.0" on hat in scene before fake Laugh-in!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:24 (thirteen years ago)

"st ray ray's blatholic church"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 27 April 2012 22:57 (thirteen years ago)

another gag i missed i guess!

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:00 (thirteen years ago)

probably okay to watch it again!

this was really really funny yaaay!

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:03 (thirteen years ago)

i went back and rewatched the Hamm/Jordan bits three times last night!

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:04 (thirteen years ago)

that weird face Hamm pulls in the 3rd segment in the shot before he yells "BANJO!" fucking killed me!

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:05 (thirteen years ago)

haha i am totally watching this again later

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:15 (thirteen years ago)

i watched east coast followed immediately by west coast

lol

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:33 (thirteen years ago)

Watched the east coast one on Hulu last night and it was so much funnier than I had expected it to be. The wife and I have been yelling BANJO at each other off and on all day.

― joygoat, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:28 (thirteen years ago)

BANJO is transcendent, but I thought on the whole the episode was a dud.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:51 (thirteen years ago)

gtfo

― arsenio and old ma$e (m bison), Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:52 (thirteen years ago)

I loved the way he pronounced, "I was a Tuskeegee Air-man."

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:55 (thirteen years ago)

This is debasing to the both of us.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:56 (thirteen years ago)

OK, my Hulu must be broken, because I've watched both versions, and it's Kim Kardashian and some old lesbian. Where's Paul McCartney?

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 29 April 2012 04:41 (thirteen years ago)

paul mcartney is ushered in by kenneth during the first few minutes of the east coast version

― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Sunday, 29 April 2012 04:59 (thirteen years ago)

S6, Ep19
May 3, 2012
Queen of Jordan 2: The Mystery of the Phantom Pooper

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:01 (thirteen years ago)

i got your joke, Leee.

xpost!

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:02 (thirteen years ago)

!

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:02 (thirteen years ago)

Joke? ~_^

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:17 (thirteen years ago)

What a poorly formed "lesbian"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 29 April 2012 06:40 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/CDVdM.jpg

Kenneth the Page ...in the 70s

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:31 (thirteen years ago)

ooh, missed that, ta

― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:44 (thirteen years ago)

He apparently appeared on both coast versions; I didn't notice either. Browsing reddit as I wait for a file to process...

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:55 (thirteen years ago)

Kenneth's whole setup to that bit was amazing: "NBC felt it would be too alarming to the audience to have more than one black man appear on the show at a time, a policy they continue to use today!"

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, April 27, 2012 4:59 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

yeah i loved that line so much -- was maybe defensive to make sure iirc tracy, grizz, dot com and toofer were all in the room when that line was spoken, but w/e they can go ahead and pat themselves on the back while zinging network tv in general

― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:08 (thirteen years ago)

Kenneth looking v. creepy in that.

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

yeah i loved that line so much -- was maybe defensive to make sure iirc tracy, grizz, dot com and toofer were all in the room when that line was spoken, but w/e they can go ahead and pat themselves on the back while zinging network tv in general

tracy must have been over on the next set

it's weird that the theme of this show celebrating live tv is that live tv is proof that ... progress never happened, i guess

― thomp, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

well it makes perfect sense that 30 rock would mix celebration with self-deprecation and pessimism

― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:49 (thirteen years ago)

(i mean, okay, one of the show's recurring and central ironies is that liz lemon's belief that her show accomplishes anything is on a diegetic level constantly and consistently exposed ... but we know that liz lemon is a character played by etc etc etc.)

xpost yeah, i don't want to make it ... one-note in that way

― thomp, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:51 (thirteen years ago)

this vs 'community' is like the textbook example of motivated parody vs pastiche

― thomp, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:51 (thirteen years ago)

So how do they get all these babies to throw stinkeyes so well?

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Friday, 4 May 2012 05:19 (thirteen years ago)

practice

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:27 (thirteen years ago)

The actor in the role of "Virginia" is actually a graduate of The Actors' Studio and won a Golden Globe in 1992, also for playing a baby.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:30 (thirteen years ago)

this was almost as funny as the first Queen of Jordan episode, and just as annoying. it's hard to stand that Bravo style being aped so perfectly that it captures what's awful about the real shows, like the incessant flashbacks and character cards and crap

― Nhex, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:41 (thirteen years ago)

d'fwine: please d'fwink responsibly

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 May 2012 11:21 (thirteen years ago)

died

― arsenio and old ma$e (m bison), Friday, 4 May 2012 11:23 (thirteen years ago)

Nhex OTM. It was funny, but it was so note-perfect that it's a little hard to watch (if you loathe that type of show with every fiber of your being, anyway).

― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:02 (thirteen years ago)

Ned Stark is dead?!

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

this show is so good.

― horseshoe, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:06 (thirteen years ago)

after a weak start to this season, its totally hit a new level of high with the last 3-4 episodes.

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:13 (thirteen years ago)

I loved "All the perogies that Costco had, then Burger King."

― schwantz, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:45 (thirteen years ago)

d'fwine: please d'fwink responsibly

rl lols

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:53 (thirteen years ago)

this show is 5000% better when they leave the basic format or leave the building or include interesting one-off characters (that aren't celebrity cameos) or theme eps. basically everything but the standard liz/jenna/tracy/kenneth/jack interacting with each other all episode. i wouldn't mind if all next season is holiday eps w/dennis and theme eps with very few multi-ep arcs, cause that's what's working for them at this point.

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:58 (thirteen years ago)

I'd be more than ok with 30 Rock getting replaced by Queen of Jordan.

― I DIED, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:12 (thirteen years ago)

heh I would love to see that happen if Baldwin actually does leave the show and Tina Fey decides not to continue it without him. D'Fwan is a talent.

― raw feel vegan (silby), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:15 (thirteen years ago)

lmao i love when they do the reality show

― lag∞n, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:20 (thirteen years ago)

if this was the Community thread we'd be arguing over the percentage of character development that occurred in this ep.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

shhhh don't Beetlejuice the spectre of whiny threadcrapping back to 30 Rock, we've had enough seasons of that

― Nhex, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:14 (thirteen years ago)

btw did anyone ever find the old 30 Rock thread?

― raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

30 Rock

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:20 (thirteen years ago)

sad. thought it would be called "Tina Fey's no Sorkin: the Thirty Rock Thread"

― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:21 (thirteen years ago)

hahaha

― some dude, Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:04 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiAQeJrEHB4&feature=player_embedded

still awesome

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:03 (thirteen years ago)

otm

― raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:08 (thirteen years ago)

looks like this is going to get a 13 or 14 episode final season. http://tvline.com/2012/05/07/nbc-renew-30-rock-final-season-community-parks-and-recreation-short-seasons/

how to break it to Community and Parks fans that their next seasons will be shorter.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:20 (thirteen years ago)

tbh I'm fine with brief seasons of all three shows, if it means every episode is a corker.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:24 (thirteen years ago)

well that's a big if. probably means parks and community will be cancelled though.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:24 (thirteen years ago)

These shows can't last forever.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:25 (thirteen years ago)

yes they can

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:29 (thirteen years ago)

parks and rec, especially, deserves better. i love the other two shows as well, but let's face it, they were never gonna be mainstream hits

― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

I kind of wish every show had 12-14 episode sesons. It would make the run more of an event, writers would focus on quality rather than churn (theoretically), more shows would have a chance to air and find an audience. This is something I've been saying for years ad years tho. Good on NBC if they're going to give it a shot.

― Clay, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:11 (thirteen years ago)

I don't think that there's intention. I think they want to retool the whole network but aren't ready to just throw out everything. Parks does respectable ratings for them so I hope they give it a full season.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:16 (thirteen years ago)

yeah I'm just wishing and hoping mostly. If slipping comedy blocks in and out seemed to work though maybe they'd take the hint. NBC obv needs to do something pretty radical to retool.

― Clay, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:18 (thirteen years ago)

I'm OK w/ a shorty for 30 rock coz I think TF is kind of done w/ it tbh. Community will get a deal to get it to syndication and it will die a peaceful death. I have no idea wtf they're doing cutting down P & R unless it's to do a split season thing they way they've been doing it lately?

― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:22 (thirteen years ago)

parks also gets horrible ratings really (they're 'respectable for nbc' but i don't think 'respectable for nbc' is something the new regime is satisfied by anymore) and take 30 rock (which would probably be wrapping up next season regardless of nbc's interest), community, and the office (which might not even make it to next season though i can't imagine nbc drops that show w/o milking a finale and a return carrell appearance out of it) off that network and i'm not sure how or where parks fits in.

― balls, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:27 (thirteen years ago)

BFF and Bent could've been good but they didn't even give them a chance. NBC cancels so many shows so quickly. Even for a show as shitty as Outsourced, they just cancel it after one season and replace it with Whitney, and then cancel that. What's the point?

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:30 (thirteen years ago)

Whitney hasn't been cancelled. It actually gets respectable ratings for a Wednesday night, and did a hell of a lot better than Up All Night did in the Thursday post-Office timeslot. They're pretty desperate, but they need to build a new brand and get the word out somehow because people don't even seem to sample their shows. I think they must have felt that the success of The Voice would have been the start of something new, but Smash's ratings have plummeted. Of all the non-Office comedies Parks and Rec does the best, which is why i think they would keep it around for whatever transition they can make. It's a shame they squandered all those years of The Office by not getting another hit, though we've obviously got three good comedies out of their attempts.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:34 (thirteen years ago)

The thing I saw said Whitney was probably not going to make it to s2, and Up All Night was.

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:35 (thirteen years ago)

Outsourced lasted a full year? Gods.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

I read that Whitney was likely to be renewed. All guessing until next week, I suppose.

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:38 (thirteen years ago)

the office (which might not even make it to next season though i can't imagine nbc drops that show w/o milking a finale and a return carrell appearance out of it) off

Please do this! The last season was the worst season ever, and the show has devolved into utter meaninglessness. Still halfway entertaining, but really horribly, lazily written.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 05:44 (thirteen years ago)

Smash is really an awful show.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:34 (thirteen years ago)

The thing I saw said Whitney was probably not going to make it to s2, and Up All Night was.

This would be ideal, imo.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:05 (thirteen years ago)

Smash IS terrible, but i still feel like it's funny/bad enough that it kind of justifies its existence, if that makes any sense

Up All Night definitely deserves a second season

― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:31 (thirteen years ago)

i'm a broken record on this but Up All Night is a waste of its cast, they need to stop dragging that mediocre shit out and let them go off and do better projects

― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:35 (thirteen years ago)

You're not the only person I know who is vocal about disliking Up All Night, but that show for me is all about specific moments that I wasn't expecting or moments that could be tropes but were pulled off in ways that are fresh.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

I have a feeling that it could be one of those shows that finds its feet in the second season and becomes really funny, like Parks and Rec.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:03 (thirteen years ago)

The back half of the first season was already much better than the front half.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:07 (thirteen years ago)

the 30 Rock season finale airing next week is titled "What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?" which i can only assume will be an episode-length It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia homage

― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:31 (thirteen years ago)

Up All Night grew on me and now I love it.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:47 (thirteen years ago)

something grew on me once. but then they used some liquid nitrogen and it came right off.

― s.clover, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:28 (thirteen years ago)

Up All Night grew on me and now I love it.

Me too! I've never watched SNL so had no prior knowledge of Maya Rudolph, who is great on UAN.

― franny glass, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:31 (thirteen years ago)

Dolce & Banana

― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 11 May 2012 12:59 (thirteen years ago)

and jessica simpson

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:47 (thirteen years ago)

http://i50.tinypic.com/w7ju4i.jpg

― etc, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:45 (thirteen years ago)

lol food sharing has the top redemption value

― Nhex, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:48 (thirteen years ago)

"Silk Undertrunks"

― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:01 (thirteen years ago)

Very disappointed at his performance at staying completely silent during Celebrity Apprentice.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:07 (thirteen years ago)

All of the off-brandheelz.com designers are A+++++.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:12 (thirteen years ago)

holy shit that crisspoints chart is hilarious. fucking love this show.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 12 May 2012 22:20 (thirteen years ago)

"criss can grow joke moustache"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 22:26 (thirteen years ago)

"Jessica Tandy's zombie is coming to find you. Is this correct?"
"Yes, Siri, thank you baby."

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 19:48 (thirteen years ago)

Johnny Choon
Dolce & Banana
Merolo Blornig
Prader
Gukki
DKNI
Alexandorp McKing
Diana von Fistenbug
and Jessica Simpson

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:18 (thirteen years ago)

also Scott Scottsman, from Scottsdale

pretty great ep

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:19 (thirteen years ago)

The names on this show are just remarkable sometimes, isn't Criss' last name something like "Boyfriend"

― raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:38 (thirteen years ago)

Jenna's fiancé is Paul Lastname iirc

― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:00 (thirteen years ago)

Wiki'd not to disprove but because curious - "Criss Chros"!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:02 (thirteen years ago)

fiance Feyonce

― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:07 (thirteen years ago)

Jenna's fiancé is Paul Lastname iirc

Paul L'Astnamé.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:27 (thirteen years ago)

Wait, there's a new episode tonight? Thought last week was the finale!

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Friday, 18 May 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

Stop pointing your ass at my eyeballs.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 May 2012 02:49 (thirteen years ago)

"Questlove"

― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 18 May 2012 02:51 (thirteen years ago)

"...and now, Brother Jason Segal!"

― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 May 2012 03:32 (thirteen years ago)

Patriots After Dark series...

― s.clover, Friday, 18 May 2012 03:46 (thirteen years ago)

"Have fun always carrying a light sweater."

― s.clover, Friday, 18 May 2012 03:46 (thirteen years ago)

eh, writing elizabeth banks out of this was pretty weak sauce imo

― Nhex, Friday, 18 May 2012 04:01 (thirteen years ago)

Kim Jong-Il should become a regular cast member, imo.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Friday, 18 May 2012 04:01 (thirteen years ago)

<3 Hazel
xps the bit during the credits was a little freaky

― Trip Maker, Friday, 18 May 2012 04:02 (thirteen years ago)

hazel has really started to grow on me.

― s.clover, Friday, 18 May 2012 05:10 (thirteen years ago)

Was there a single episode this season that didn't have at least one "Kenneth Is Immortal" joke? They've never gone so all in with that in the past, have they?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 May 2012 05:25 (thirteen years ago)

eh, writing elizabeth banks out of this was pretty weak sauce imo

She's doing a lot of movies so she probably isn't available?

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 18 May 2012 12:25 (thirteen years ago)

i know realistically that was the case, but when they started talking their whole backstory it reminded me how they spent how many seasons developing this arc for it to fizzle out in two episodes? yeah i know, nobody watches 30 rock for the character development

also a similar thing happened to her character on Scrubs, which was almost as ridiculous

― Nhex, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:13 (thirteen years ago)

yeah but that was way more poorly conceived

― raw feel vegan (silby), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

does S&P just still not let people get abortions on prime-time comedies?

― raw feel vegan (silby), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:14 (thirteen years ago)

No, but it's okay to let audiences know you can get a woman pregnant by premature ejaculating on her.

― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

EBanks is not a huge start or anything but she's been averaging 4-5 movies a year since way before she did anything on 30 Rock, wasn't it always clear that her role on the show was going to be limited and sporadic with an end date? i mean who gives a fuck about plausibility on 30 Rock, the fact that they had her kidnapped by a foreign dictator to keep her out of most of the past season was better than any 'real' plotline could have been.

― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:47 (thirteen years ago)

start=star

― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:49 (thirteen years ago)

kim jong il is the best character and they should make it the angie + kim comedy hour next season

― a hoy hoy, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:29 (thirteen years ago)

guess what buddy i get your yankee tickets on arod bobble head day and im gonna through that thing in front of a train go phillies

― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:46 (thirteen years ago)

"i'm a natural blonde"
"that's INSANE!"

― Nhex, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:53 (thirteen years ago)

"For instance, in Pixar’s upcoming movie about trash, I’m doing the voice of a lazy bottle of grape-flavored soda named Funky Bobo."

― etc, Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:16 (thirteen years ago)

The ?uestlove joke was amazing, I think I lost about five minutes of the show to it

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:12 (thirteen years ago)

Decent episode of Homeland.

― Pot Leeedom (Leee), Sunday, 20 May 2012 04:45 (thirteen years ago)

haha yes very much

― balls, Sunday, 20 May 2012 04:49 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

"I forgot about that World Com mess. Why you gotta be obsessed with telecommunications?"

― Yeah and I ~obstruction~ you/ya fucking blind cunt (pause) fucking k (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 19 July 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

really? life's too short? because your life seems endlesss

― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 29 September 2012 16:14 (thirteen years ago)

Premieres Oct. 4, btw.

― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:31 (thirteen years ago)

oh man was checking for this thread

i watched like the first 3 seasons of this show a week or so back, dug em, then watched like the first couple eps of season 4 and, iono, the jokes weren't hitting. it worth watching seasons 4-6?

― fadanuf4erybody, Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:33 (thirteen years ago)

Season 4 is kind of a dip but I think it recovers quite well in next two seasons, even if it isn't up the standard of the earlier stuff. Lots of lolz to be had at any rate.

― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:42 (thirteen years ago)

Seasons 2-3 definitely the peak for me, 4-5 not on par but still best sitcom on tv. Season 6 without a doubt kind of lame, by 30 Rock standards.

― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:43 (thirteen years ago)

If you ask fifteen 30 Rock fans this question, you will get at least fourteen different answers (e.g. I thought 6 was a vast improvement on 5).

― Old Lunch, Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:56 (thirteen years ago)

i'm gonna take the old "lack of consensus about best/worst eras proves how consistent they've been" tack

― some dude, Sunday, 30 September 2012 01:05 (thirteen years ago)

last year was def a comeback year imo

― Clay, Sunday, 30 September 2012 02:47 (thirteen years ago)

I wouldn't say the show ever got anywhere near legit bad, but there were two very distinct dips when it was much less great. But the show bounced back both times.

― Old Lunch, Sunday, 30 September 2012 02:55 (thirteen years ago)

i loved the show from the beginning but the only episodes that i really don't enjoy watching now are the first few, the rhythm was just not there yet

― the mirror has 2 chainz (some dude), Sunday, 30 September 2012 03:01 (thirteen years ago)

I wouldn't say the show ever got anywhere near legit bad, but there were two very distinct dips when it was much less great.

presumably when donald glover was busy with other projects, right

― j., Sunday, 30 September 2012 03:19 (thirteen years ago)

last year bummed me out so bad, i actually stopped watching halfway through. it coincided with me being more busy anyway but i was really a fanatic before that and would always defend the show earlier when others said it was slipping.

― la goonies (k3vin k.), Sunday, 30 September 2012 13:29 (thirteen years ago)

lucky you, when you realize how stupid it was to stop watching you'll have hilarious episodes like "Meet The Woggels" and "St. Patrick's Day" waiting for you

― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Sunday, 30 September 2012 13:38 (thirteen years ago)

Last year was great. And the lows on this show are not very low, it's been super consistent for me. That Leap Day episode was probably my favorite from last season.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 30 September 2012 14:29 (thirteen years ago)

man people here got so bent outta shape when anyone would interrupt the requoting of lines to say "eh this episode was just ok", but now everyone seems to at least aree every episode wasn't perfect

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 30 September 2012 15:41 (thirteen years ago)

i disagree, it was perfect

― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Sunday, 30 September 2012 15:45 (thirteen years ago)

presumably when donald glover was busy with other projects, right

It goes without saying.

― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 30 September 2012 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

i have a couple seasons of 30 rock to catch up on (i don't even know which ones--3+4?) but the episodes from last season i caught were very, very good.

― horseshoe, Sunday, 30 September 2012 16:13 (thirteen years ago)

why is he learning anything? he's supposed to be god.

― Mordy, Friday, 5 October 2012 00:15 (thirteen years ago)

Lemon Party reference!

― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:21 (thirteen years ago)

all the god cop stuff is hilarious

― Mordy, Friday, 5 October 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

That witch gag...

― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:40 (thirteen years ago)

Yes! Witch gag was great. Raging flying Jenna was likewise great.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

That witch gag...

Which gag?

HOMONYM!

― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Friday, 5 October 2012 03:51 (thirteen years ago)

No, the other one! (haha)

― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2012 05:09 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah, I loved the HOMONYM! cutaways.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 06:02 (thirteen years ago)

Paraphrasing, but this one will be with me awhile:

Can you please put this in the oven at about 200°, my snake should be comfortable while she's giving birth.

― Clay, Friday, 5 October 2012 11:15 (thirteen years ago)

odd that everyone looked fatter except for Baldwin who looked skinnier

― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:36 (thirteen years ago)

didn't notice this, but you're right

― Nhex, Friday, 5 October 2012 16:37 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, kenneth looked odd, and jack was lookin' svelte. tracy was killing every line.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:39 (thirteen years ago)

True. Most episodes have some good Tracy lines and some throwaways. Last night was ALL quality.

I love that the overarching theme this season will be the plotted destruction of NBC.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 16:50 (thirteen years ago)

I knew this was going to be a return to form when Jonathan reappeared.

― Matt DC, Friday, 5 October 2012 20:36 (thirteen years ago)

Tbh "Tank it" is the only thing that makes sense of NBC's programming decisions the past few years.

― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Friday, 5 October 2012 20:39 (thirteen years ago)

that's the gag tbh

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Friday, 5 October 2012 20:46 (thirteen years ago)

I know but it was a good one.

― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Friday, 5 October 2012 20:51 (thirteen years ago)

I just saw he won't be on the 2nd season of Whitney, so that makes Alec Baldwin's barb from last night's episode all the funnier.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 20:54 (thirteen years ago)

There was a write-up on Whitney Cummings in a recent Rolling Stone, and it was mentioned that her SITCOM (she also has a forthcoming talk show wtf?) is being retooled for season 2. This all feels like a Chevrolet Citation/Citation II situation.

― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2012 21:57 (thirteen years ago)

shit i forgot about leap day that was off the chain

― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 October 2012 22:00 (thirteen years ago)

odd that everyone looked fatter except for Baldwin who looked skinnier

Baldwin got the diabetes in-between seasons and lost ~30 lbs.

― Clay, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:35 (thirteen years ago)

did they decide to end the show so that everyone wouldnt catch the diabetes

― lag∞n, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:59 (thirteen years ago)

Oh pear!

― LaMonte, Saturday, 6 October 2012 03:46 (thirteen years ago)

lol

I would totally watch a gameshow hosted by Steve Higgins, though.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 6 October 2012 04:12 (thirteen years ago)

Can someone explain the joke to me "It's almost like New York is a character on the show" "That's idiotic"

― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 6 October 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

its an idiotic thing liz lemon type people say

― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)

government ice cream w/ dharma ice cream.

― s.clover, Saturday, 6 October 2012 21:10 (thirteen years ago)

dharma logo even.

― s.clover, Saturday, 6 October 2012 21:10 (thirteen years ago)

"why are they blue?"

― s.clover, Saturday, 6 October 2012 21:11 (thirteen years ago)

blessing and a purse. ok, i'm stopping now.

― s.clover, Saturday, 6 October 2012 21:14 (thirteen years ago)

Can someone explain the joke to me "It's almost like New York is a character on the show" "That's idiotic"

It's what everyone said about SATC right?

― kinder, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:35 (thirteen years ago)

it's what everyone said about every show/movie set in new york, it's a general cliche

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:37 (thirteen years ago)

"homophone" was such a dad joke and i loved it (i am a dad)

i'm with some dude on the "this show is very consistent" vibe btw, i guess if you care about character development and show arcs you could say that the first couple of seasons are better maybe, but in terms of just number of LOLs it's been solid throughout

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

homophone killed me, i would watch 30 minutes of that

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:44 (thirteen years ago)

that; also Tracey's face at 'NOTTTT!!'

― kinder, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 07:41 (thirteen years ago)

apposite episode tonight

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Friday, 12 October 2012 03:07 (thirteen years ago)

jew / asian girl joke left my jaw on the ground.

― s.clover, Friday, 12 October 2012 03:27 (thirteen years ago)

constructive criticism, you should kill yourself

― --bob marley (lag∞n), Friday, 12 October 2012 04:54 (thirteen years ago)

balls balls balls balls ballsballsballs

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Saturday, 13 October 2012 00:04 (thirteen years ago)

remember that kid that bullied you in school? well, we ate him

― Nhex, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:19 (thirteen years ago)

I think I just watched about the best 30 Rock ever.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 26 October 2012 23:12 (thirteen years ago)

it was pretty stellar

lutz feeding kellen lutz marsh-mallows

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Friday, 26 October 2012 23:28 (thirteen years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbs8awaT8Z1rrcahvo1_500.gif

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbs8awaT8Z1rrcahvo2_500.gif

― schwantz, Saturday, 27 October 2012 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah that was a fucking great episode.

― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 October 2012 04:47 (thirteen years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcj7xuX5r11rgh197o1_250.gif

― slam dunk, Saturday, 27 October 2012 05:03 (thirteen years ago)

Oh yeah I was xp-ing about last nights. Though the Kenneth's parents one was good.

― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 October 2012 05:21 (thirteen years ago)

lol I didn't know who Kellan Lutz was or that he was actually called Kellan Lutz
Liz's crappy speech to the republicans was amazing

― kinder, Saturday, 27 October 2012 10:29 (thirteen years ago)

I keep watching the Monaco firefighter over and over, it just kills me.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 28 October 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

Wait, Kellan Lutz? Republican speech? Is this an old episode, or did I miss a week or two?

― seandalai lama (Leee), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

If not, then I need to revive this s/n.

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:43 (thirteen years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcl1b5H4jH1qjhicao1_500.gif

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 03:55 (thirteen years ago)

Umm, FYI, 30 Rock has been abruptly shuffled to Wednesday (tomorrow) this week. The rest of Thursday night's regularly scheduled lineup is being trashed for a rerun of The Voice. I assume that by next week, Parks And Recreation will be switching over to an all-animal cast and The Office will be a half-hour compilation of security camera footage from a variety of real offices for the remainder of its run. This season of 30 Rock seeming ever-more-prescient wrt the caged apes running NBC.

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:28 (thirteen years ago)

o_O

Are they going to run the rest of Parks along with Community starting in February? The season's ordered, isn't it?

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:41 (thirteen years ago)

wrong thread for that q I guess

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:41 (thirteen years ago)

AFAIK, the schedule change is only in effect this week. But if they get awesome ratings with a rerun of a singing show on Thursday, who knows?!

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:59 (thirteen years ago)

And, yes, I do believe Parks was renewed for a full season. I look forward to seeing the remainder of the season when they air it as a four-hour movie on a Saturday night or release it in 30-second snippets on my T-Mobile device!

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 04:03 (thirteen years ago)

Parks will be offered to Indiana affiliates to air in their Sunday-morning public service slots

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 04:05 (thirteen years ago)

unwindulax was excellent.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:31 (thirteen years ago)

Revive in the hopes that at least a small number of people manage to see it this week.

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/30_rock-monaco_firefighter.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:07 (thirteen years ago)

Revive in the hopes that at least a small number of people manage to see it this week.

i never would have known the difference as long as it's on Hulu on saturday morning.

― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:14 (thirteen years ago)

pretty sure the monaco fire guy is the same guy they had speaking french as the head of the champagne company in the donaghy estates ep

― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:34 (thirteen years ago)

INSINCERE.

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Thursday, 1 November 2012 05:16 (thirteen years ago)

the french guy (same as in that season one ep) is actually a hairstylist on the show!

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 1 November 2012 05:28 (thirteen years ago)

hope he got a SAG card first

― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Thursday, 1 November 2012 05:59 (thirteen years ago)

nah, he only spoke french

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 1 November 2012 06:25 (thirteen years ago)

HERStrionics.

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:57 (thirteen years ago)

this episode was a little bit of a let down after last week's excellent set-up
i actually found pete's story line kind of depressing

― mizzell, Thursday, 1 November 2012 16:02 (thirteen years ago)

loony tunes intro is great.

― s.clover, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:17 (thirteen years ago)

lots of solid one liners.

― s.clover, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:37 (thirteen years ago)

"motorized intelligent techno.."

― s.clover, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:37 (thirteen years ago)

"If you need a kiss so bad, why don't you kiss a potato like the rest of us?"

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Saturday, 3 November 2012 21:50 (thirteen years ago)

pete plotline is hard watch

― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Sunday, 4 November 2012 02:55 (thirteen years ago)

Pete IS hard to watch. That's his whole deal.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Sunday, 4 November 2012 03:01 (thirteen years ago)

"two can play at that game...just like most games"

― some dude, Monday, 5 November 2012 00:58 (thirteen years ago)

Was there no new episode this week?

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:42 (thirteen years ago)

Not on Thursday, The Voice was on.

― nickn, Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:43 (thirteen years ago)

Liz: America needs Mitt Romney like it needs a hole in the head.
Jack: The human head has 5 holes! And they are all needed!

Maybe this is an ancient joke but it destroyed me.

― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 19:09 (thirteen years ago)

there are 7 including eye sockets though

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:08 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah, I was thinking that while I was watching the episode. "Hmm, are they not counting eye sockets?"

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:10 (thirteen years ago)

my eye sockets are currently not holes, they have eyes in them iirc.

― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:11 (thirteen years ago)

otm

― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:11 (thirteen years ago)

lucky you

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:14 (thirteen years ago)

my eye sockets are currently not holes, they have eyes in them iirc.

take it to Braggin 2012

― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:04 (thirteen years ago)

They are filled holes.

― nickn, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:31 (thirteen years ago)

that's what she said

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:34 (thirteen years ago)

oh sorry, wrong show

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:34 (thirteen years ago)

still love Kristen Schaal in every context except for this show

― Fieri-brand sausages into my and your ready holes (silby), Friday, 16 November 2012 01:09 (thirteen years ago)

And now, a four-hour rendition of the them from "Sanford and Son."

― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 16 November 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

It's been several minutes and I'm still laughing at "Phil Harmonic"

― Gukbe, Friday, 16 November 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

Also lol 2010 French Team. The humiliation never ends.

― Gukbe, Friday, 16 November 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

"Bad news, Jack. War's my favorite card game, and I win about half the time."

― Fieri-brand sausages into my and your ready holes (silby), Friday, 16 November 2012 01:15 (thirteen years ago)

I'm still laughing at the "killing two Byrds with one Stone" joke because I'm a dork.

― this will surprise many (Nicole), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:35 (thirteen years ago)

^^That was a beaut. Perhaps 10% or less would get it.

― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 16 November 2012 02:41 (thirteen years ago)

watch what happens jokes always work for me.

― s.clover, Friday, 16 November 2012 03:37 (thirteen years ago)

that's what she said

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:34 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh sorry, wrong show

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:34 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

btw I'd like to point out that apparently I'm now a precog?

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 16 November 2012 17:46 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DGHRMJQLw

― lag∞n, Friday, 16 November 2012 17:48 (thirteen years ago)

btw I'd like to point out that apparently my subconscious holds onto everything and spits it back at me at the weirdest times?

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 16 November 2012 17:49 (thirteen years ago)

d'awww

― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Friday, 30 November 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

nice role for John Hodgman also

― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Friday, 30 November 2012 03:17 (thirteen years ago)

"but you see, said Roark quietly."

― s.clover, Friday, 30 November 2012 03:59 (thirteen years ago)

Dr. Spaceman was in top form.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 November 2012 05:05 (thirteen years ago)

SAL ROSENBEAR

Too Short on Dr. Spacemans wall iirc

― vote! (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 November 2012 16:05 (thirteen years ago)

i cracked up at the woman at the marriage bureau catcalling kriss

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Friday, 30 November 2012 16:26 (thirteen years ago)

I love Liz's wedding dress and hair. Also, black Dennis.

― this will surprise many (Nicole), Friday, 30 November 2012 16:50 (thirteen years ago)

Gray, brown, burgundy, black, gray...am I depressed?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 November 2012 16:53 (thirteen years ago)

BLACK DENNIS, START THE CAR!

― boy_slayer, Saturday, 1 December 2012 04:05 (thirteen years ago)

BLACK DENNIS GOT SOME COP'S GUN!

― boy_slayer, Saturday, 1 December 2012 04:06 (thirteen years ago)

I teared up when liz got married

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Saturday, 1 December 2012 04:54 (thirteen years ago)

I was going to offer the challops that the show's best jokes are just variations on pop culture references and riffs, but after watching Tracy's dream, I completely withhold that judgment.

― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 3 December 2012 03:15 (thirteen years ago)

Withdraw, rather.

BTW, what does Jack say when Liz walks in in her Leia costume? And how did she reply?

― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 3 December 2012 03:54 (thirteen years ago)

OMG the Argo joke and the sight gag of Jenna pouring vodka in her tomato soup

― Darin, Monday, 3 December 2012 04:15 (thirteen years ago)

Argo joke?

― Gukbe, Monday, 3 December 2012 04:34 (thirteen years ago)

Liz: “Ergo, it couldn’t matter.”
Dennis: “Ergo. Affleck’s finnaly going to get that Oscar.”

Took me more than a while to catch onto that.

― I was in this prematureleee air-conditioned supermarket (Leee), Monday, 3 December 2012 04:51 (thirteen years ago)

Jack says something like "You're not getting married in that, are you?"
Liz's reply is "It's the only white dress I own."

― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Monday, 3 December 2012 09:03 (thirteen years ago)

"But your hair --"
"I'M A PRINCESS"

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

this totally killed me, all the way through. Maybe it's just my mood. But so much lol

― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Friday, 7 December 2012 07:42 (thirteen years ago)

I loved this.

― this will surprise many (Nicole), Friday, 7 December 2012 13:42 (thirteen years ago)

So good

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 7 December 2012 13:45 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

"dot.gov"

― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 01:08 (twelve years ago)

wwrxw

― s.clover, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:03 (twelve years ago)

lol Spacemen gonna miss him

― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 January 2013 00:31 (twelve years ago)

"Boy, Jay-Z and Shakespeare having nothing in common. Or do they...?"

― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 January 2013 00:31 (twelve years ago)

oh yeah, he was brilliant all through the episode.

― s.clover, Saturday, 12 January 2013 00:45 (twelve years ago)

Shout out to Women With Steve Buscemi Eyes? Anyway, loved that stuff to bits.

Kind of the episode with the most adolescent humor, no?

― sunn o))) dude (Leee), Saturday, 12 January 2013 01:45 (twelve years ago)

going out on fuckin top, so much lols

― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:31 (twelve years ago)

"I hear he's writing a children's book about a giraffe who learns he doesn't have to work hard."

― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:34 (twelve years ago)

who wants to run the 30 Rock episodes ballot submission poll after the finale

― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:39 (twelve years ago)

oh christ

― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:49 (twelve years ago)

No way could I accurately and satisfactorily vote in such a thing without watching all the seasons again.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:51 (twelve years ago)

I don't see a problem there?

― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:54 (twelve years ago)

Klaus & Greta would be near the top of my list, it's the one with James Franco

― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:55 (twelve years ago)

Okay I'm going out of town until April but I can't NOT vote in this poll but I'd have to watch them all again so we should delay it until May so we can let the last season marinate a bit.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 12 January 2013 06:11 (twelve years ago)

sounds like a plan.

― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2013 06:13 (twelve years ago)

i didn't get why "rx"

― Nhex, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:22 (twelve years ago)

It's just Tracy being strange/illiterate

― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:47 (twelve years ago)

man tracy jordan is fat now

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:25 (twelve years ago)

It's not fat, it's the new kidney.

― sunn o))) dude (Leee), Monday, 14 January 2013 01:32 (twelve years ago)

That joke that revolves around the phrase, "double-teamed by two the Rocks" - that one.

― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 14 January 2013 14:23 (twelve years ago)

Fallon's 30 Rock show had this as Jane K's favorite clip, which is so amazing:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2010/12/10/30-rock-dons-blackface-for-black-swan.html

― schwantz, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:02 (twelve years ago)

Anybody?

I guess it's my fault for not putting the Gatorade on.

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 18 January 2013 05:46 (twelve years ago)

Just caught up with last week's episode - lolled hard at the Tubgirl reference. Wonder if they'll squeeze a Goatse ref in there too before the end of the final episode...

― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 18 January 2013 10:33 (twelve years ago)

Hold all my calls, giant bee!

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 18 January 2013 17:20 (twelve years ago)

Mr. MacGuffin

― s.clover, Friday, 25 January 2013 04:59 (twelve years ago)

Did anyone else think that Bro Body Douche was Ryan Gosling?

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 25 January 2013 05:51 (twelve years ago)

this show is going out well

― Nhex, Friday, 25 January 2013 06:13 (twelve years ago)

"Homonym" might be the best joke this show ever did

― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Friday, 25 January 2013 06:30 (twelve years ago)

would buy the home play version.

― s.clover, Friday, 25 January 2013 06:55 (twelve years ago)

Iranian Homonym killed me.

― schwantz, Friday, 25 January 2013 17:22 (twelve years ago)

i did love how they used the same host

― Nhex, Friday, 25 January 2013 17:33 (twelve years ago)

Kenneth becoming head of the network set up so well

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 25 January 2013 17:33 (twelve years ago)

He'll rule us or we'll be dead by his hand - finally!

Tracy & Jenna twin reveal was pretty great. Terry & Janet?

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:25 (twelve years ago)

i did love how they used the same host

Steve has taken Dave's place as the Higgins Boy most likely to pop up randomly in stuff.

Gruber still has 'em both beat, of course.

― GM, Friday, 25 January 2013 22:56 (twelve years ago)

The best choice of kids Liz could ever have...tiny Tracy & Jenna!

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 January 2013 04:25 (twelve years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/7de71739f2a3907718a5ba5100b460c1/tumblr_mh6w0jlrCH1r2igm4o1_500.jpg

― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Saturday, 26 January 2013 06:50 (twelve years ago)

Didn't notice Chris ended up getting that trampoline he so wanted.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:26 (twelve years ago)

Tina Fey has no intention of slowing down after 30 Rock airs its series finale later this week. At the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A. Jan. 27 -- where Fey picked up the trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series -- the 42-year-old told reporters how she plans to stay busy in the months ahead.

"I am going to London in March to film the next Muppets movie. . .and I'm hopefully shooting a movie called Mail Order Groom this summer with Steve Carell," said Fey, who played Carell's wife in 2010's Date Night. "My partner Robert Carlock and I have a new overall deal with NBC to eventually -- over the next couple of years -- develop another television show. That's sort of what's going on."

With NBC's 30 Rock ending after seven seasons on Jan. 31, Fey said she hopes the offbeat comedy will have "a long life" in syndication. "I look forward to another generation of nerds kind of finding it and enjoying it." The married mother of two also plans to continue her charitable efforts with Autism Speaks and the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

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― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 17:51 (twelve years ago)

http://www.vulture.com/m/2013/01/jack-donaghy-insult-generator.html?mid=twitter_vulture

― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 02:12 (twelve years ago)

I am going to buy a 40 to pour out for the finale tonight.

― Ulna (Nicole), Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:55 (twelve years ago)

I'm just going to eat mac & cheese and say blerg a lot.

NERDS!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:57 (twelve years ago)

I do those things anyway.

― Ulna (Nicole), Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:13 (twelve years ago)

so much joy!

http://www.flavorwire.com/365737/100-of-the-best-quotes-from-30-rock/view-all

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:33 (twelve years ago)

I'm oddly sad about this show ending tonight. Watched the pilot and a couple other early favorites last night. What a gift 30 Rock has been.

― Clay, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:41 (twelve years ago)

It has.

I might cry when the credits roll tonight.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:44 (twelve years ago)

Hey Rockheads, I have a question. I watched season 1 when it aired, but didn't keep up with it after that. We've started watching the whole thing, 3-4 episodes per evening, and are just about to season 2. Should I watch the finale tonight or hold off to watch it in order with the rest of the last season?

― Dr. Alfred P. Falfa (WilliamC), Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:52 (twelve years ago)

I'd hold off, personally. I don't know what all is going to happen, but I imagine there will be a lot of callback story lines and gags that you'll need to know about to find as funny.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:55 (twelve years ago)

When 30 rock ended i cried
I cried like a big dumb homo

― President Keyes, Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:07 (twelve years ago)

We are all big, dumb homos.

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:44 (twelve years ago)

If the finale doesn't contain the phrase "shut it down!" I will be disappointed.

― Instagram Llewyn Davis (silby), Thursday, 31 January 2013 18:45 (twelve years ago)

I had no idea that this season was truncated and as such only realized it's ending about a week ago--I can't quite believe it.

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 January 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)

WmC - absolutely hold off. You'll be there soon enough anyway!

― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:07 (twelve years ago)

never seen

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2013 01:02 (twelve years ago)

tannded penis island was destroyed when Sting's house caught fire

― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 February 2013 01:45 (twelve years ago)

Perfect ending

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 02:25 (twelve years ago)

GRIZZ AND HERZ - bring it on.

― "Rob is startled, this is straight up gangster" (R Baez), Friday, 1 February 2013 02:34 (twelve years ago)

Don't even say it.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2013 02:37 (twelve years ago)

Perfect ending

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so fucking perfect

― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Friday, 1 February 2013 05:00 (twelve years ago)

of all the running gags to end on, Immortal Kenneth is probably the best choice they could've made

― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Friday, 1 February 2013 05:00 (twelve years ago)

The flying cars were the most perfect detail.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2013 05:03 (twelve years ago)

omg and Immortal Characters were on Kenneth's list of TV No No Words!

― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Friday, 1 February 2013 05:06 (twelve years ago)

I didn't notice that. AWESOME!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2013 05:08 (twelve years ago)

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/24439_10152460260875066_994505006_n.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2013 05:18 (twelve years ago)

What was the name of Liz's message board, you Hitlers?

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 1 February 2013 05:20 (twelve years ago)

GothamMoms or something like that.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2013 05:21 (twelve years ago)

I thought the end joke was that the whole show was imagined by some future person (a nod the St Elsewhere's ending). But maybe making that person Kenneth says otherwise.

― nickn, Friday, 1 February 2013 06:25 (twelve years ago)

The girl in the chair was Liz's granddaughter, right?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2013 06:32 (twelve years ago)

Yes.

― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 February 2013 06:44 (twelve years ago)

yeah nickn, it was a reference to that, but the gag is not that Kenneth imagined it, but that LL's great-granddaughter pitched 30 Rock to Kenneth as a show idea in like 2120 or whatever (and of course Kenneth is still president of NBC because, as established, he is immortal)

― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Friday, 1 February 2013 06:54 (twelve years ago)

I didn't notice the daughter, or don't remember it now in any event.

Good ending, just the right amount of sentimentality.

― nickn, Friday, 1 February 2013 08:10 (twelve years ago)

btw re "callback," this already means something else in showbiz, and u sound like a fucking producer when you use it -- find another word.

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2013 08:19 (twelve years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callback_(comedy)

A callback, in terms of comedy, is a joke which refers to one previously told in the set. The second joke is often presented in a different context than the one which was used in the initial joke.

In television, the term callback has come to mean a joke or line that refers to a previous episode (or sometimes, in rare cases, movies). Particularly in earlier sitcoms - though even until the early 1990s — callbacks were rare and often frowned upon by networks, because they threaten to isolate a viewer who is new to the series, or who missed episodes. Seinfeld was one of the first sitcoms to regularly use callbacks in its scripts, although on a level which would often be missed or disregarded by viewers. More recently 30 Rock has employed callbacks to reference fictitious movies and television programs created within the show. Arrested Development became well known by fans for its regular use of callbacks throughout all of its episodes.[3] Of course, the line between a callback and simple continuity can sometimes be ambiguous. The opening sequence of the season nineteen premiere of The Simpsons calls back to the events in the movie.

― President Keyes, Friday, 1 February 2013 10:15 (twelve years ago)

though I suppose we could make up a new word for them, like rememberfunnies, didn'theysaidthatbefores?

― President Keyes, Friday, 1 February 2013 12:10 (twelve years ago)

or

― President Keyes, Friday, 1 February 2013 12:10 (twelve years ago)

Morbz can tell there weren't callbacks in any episode of this show because he didn't see any of them

― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Friday, 1 February 2013 14:11 (twelve years ago)

(a nod the St Elsewhere's ending).

There was still definitely a nod to this, but then the reveal was that it wasn't a dream.

― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 February 2013 15:09 (twelve years ago)

i vaguely remember a mention of broken snoglobes

― Nhex, Friday, 1 February 2013 16:12 (twelve years ago)

"brian williams needs a mirror on the floor of his bathroom, which I guess you'd want if you have a glass toilet"

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:02 (twelve years ago)

Anyone transcribe the first verse of Rural Juror?

― schwantz, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:29 (twelve years ago)

nice episode to end things. kenneth asked a question i've often wondered about myself, where are the baby pigeons?

― Jibe, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:54 (twelve years ago)

Lyrics:

The Irma Luhrman-Merman murder
Turned the bird's word lurid
The whir and the purr of a twirler girl
She would the world were demurer
The insurer's allure
For valor were pure Kari Wuhrer
One fervid whirl over her turgid error
Rural juror
Rural juror
I will never forget you
Rural juror
I'll always be glad I met you
Rural juror

I will never forget you
Rural juror
I'll always be glad I met you
Rural juror (x2)
These were the best days of my flerm.

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:17 (twelve years ago)

This was so great. Probably the best show of the past decade. I really loved how Jenna only got sad when they were taking away her mirror. That shot of her looking at the mirror as it was being taken off the wall, with the weird subtle shifting perspective framing her in it, was really quite a beautiful way to show her world crashing down around her.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:25 (twelve years ago)

Prez Keyes, "reference" is good enough

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:31 (twelve years ago)

Don't think it's specific enough.

― Gukbe, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:33 (twelve years ago)

2c, you upstart, and your conference room lingo not to be found

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/callback

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:35 (twelve years ago)

morbs truthbombing the fuck out of this

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:35 (twelve years ago)

Morbs should be on Homonym.

― Gukbe, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:36 (twelve years ago)

No, the other one.

― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:37 (twelve years ago)

one probably shouldn't bust out the dictionary defense without proper vetting since 2a is the definition being used here (ie, recall as a noun), particularly with the synonym list for recall containing "flash back (to)", "hark back (to)" and "harken back (to)"

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:40 (twelve years ago)

but it's just noxious in relation to tepid sitcoms

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:42 (twelve years ago)

Fuck off, sweetie.

― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:45 (twelve years ago)

done, sweatso

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:48 (twelve years ago)

Tepid? I thought you haven't seen it.

― Gukbe, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:50 (twelve years ago)

I have never seen this show and still the discourse surrounding it appalls me

― President Keyes, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:59 (twelve years ago)

I wrote a thing: http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/?p=34259

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Saturday, 2 February 2013 02:02 (twelve years ago)

"In all honesty, I'm going out for cigarettes now"

― s.clover, Saturday, 2 February 2013 02:51 (twelve years ago)

Leee otm

― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Saturday, 2 February 2013 03:19 (twelve years ago)

Yeah, great write-up!

― Gukbe, Saturday, 2 February 2013 03:24 (twelve years ago)

"Callback" is already an established term in computer programming, and it does not mean what you're using it to mean, you jerks!
Great ending -- surprised at how glad I am that it ended this well.
Jack's realization that he could've had a hot spank-giggling secretary instead of Jonathan made me laugh a bit too much.
Also, Tracy's "cut the bs" reply.

― Øystein, Saturday, 2 February 2013 20:49 (twelve years ago)

Why would you think we were trying to use it as a programming term rather than as a comedy term?

― President Keyes, Saturday, 2 February 2013 21:06 (twelve years ago)

Nerdy reasons, no doubt.

― Øystein, Saturday, 2 February 2013 21:24 (twelve years ago)

I really loved how Jenna only got sad when they were taking away her mirror.

i was shocked that kenneth's reflection appeared in the mirror, expected a white haze.

― keef qua keef (Jordan), Saturday, 2 February 2013 21:25 (twelve years ago)

... rural juror song makes me sad we will never experience rural juror 2: urban fervor

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:31 (twelve years ago)

(Belated) thanks, silby and Gukbe!

― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Monday, 4 February 2013 02:15 (twelve years ago)

three weeks pass...

I quit watching this during S2 because I could never remember to catch it on its broadcast night, so we're just now catching up with the whole thing in a walkathon, 3 episodes a night. Tonight included the S5 live episode.

― I Don't Wanna Be Dissed (By Anyone But You) (WilliamC), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 00:37 (twelve years ago)

ergo affleck finally got that Oscar

― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 00:40 (twelve years ago)

three months pass...

"a blaffair to rememblack"

― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Friday, 14 June 2013 03:25 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

"are rizzoli and isles friends in real life"

― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Saturday, 27 July 2013 02:57 (twelve years ago)

I quit watching this during S2 because I could never remember to catch it on its broadcast night, so we're just now catching up with the whole thing in a walkathon, 3 episodes a night. Tonight included the S5 live episode.

They did an east coast and a west coast version of the live show, with slightly different gags, FYI!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:21 (twelve years ago)

five months pass...

'i got rid of all my colin firth movies in case they consider them erotica'

'that man can wear a sweater'

― Lamp, Thursday, 9 January 2014 04:23 (twelve years ago)

seven months pass...

been watching this in syndication lately and god damn it's so fucking funny

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:23 (eleven years ago)

when liz gets honored at lifetime's "80 under 80" ceremony and she reads the invitation

"oh it's on lifetime! ... dot com ... backslash garbage file"

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:23 (eleven years ago)

i've been going back in reverse and season 7 is pure gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRZa0EJ5gNA

― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:35 (eleven years ago)

it's an inverse bell curve of quality for sure

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 21 August 2014 18:50 (eleven years ago)

I always thought it was pretty consistent, never got people who complain about certain seasons being worse than others.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 21 August 2014 18:53 (eleven years ago)

I feel like the quality of the show in later seasons roughly correlates with the competence of Jack's paramour du jour as a comic actress.

― Two Scoops of Plump, Juicy Raisins (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 August 2014 19:01 (eleven years ago)

It felt like they lost their rhythm after the writers' strike (mid-season 3, iirc), and it took about two seasons to get it back.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 21 August 2014 19:03 (eleven years ago)

writers strike was mid season 2, thus it only having like 15 episodes, fwiw.

― Clay, Thursday, 21 August 2014 19:10 (eleven years ago)

I think the only weak season, by its own standards, was the last. All others are solid to Gold Case-level.

― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Thursday, 21 August 2014 19:13 (eleven years ago)

name gags are among my favorite aspects of this show because i missed most of them my first couple of viewings.

when i first realized Floyd's last name was "DeBarber" i stood up to applaud

― busted (art), Thursday, 21 August 2014 19:17 (eleven years ago)

it took watching the first few seasons and then the middle seasons in syndication to see that the problem just became a lack of spark among the writers as the same 4 characters interacting with each other became boring and all of jack's girlfriend escapades were also boring and all of lemon's boyfriend escapades were also boring, there was just a lot less breathing room for everything else and "everything else" is where the funny jokes were

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:16 (eleven years ago)

last two seasons sorta just said "fuck it" for the most part and branched out and went nuts and they were a lot funnier

oh i said this yrs ago lol

this show is 5000% better when they leave the basic format or leave the building or include interesting one-off characters (that aren't celebrity cameos) or theme eps. basically everything but the standard liz/jenna/tracy/kenneth/jack interacting with each other all episode. i wouldn't mind if all next season is holiday eps w/dennis and theme eps with very few multi-ep arcs, cause that's what's working for them at this point.

― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Friday, May 4, 2012 1:58 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:16 (eleven years ago)

parks and rec has had the same problem recently which is why i was really happy to learn the next season is a time jump and they have new opportunities to be funny

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:18 (eleven years ago)

wow zachlyon you've been on ilx two+ years already where does the time go

― heck (silby), Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:19 (eleven years ago)

i've literally been here for like 4 years and i'm as surprised and depressed about it as anyone

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 22 August 2014 01:43 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

http://fp-murphy-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DeputyAndy.png

25 years later...

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1620589652/Kenneth-Greenisuni-3_400x400.jpg

― Pleeesiosaur (Leee), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 02:20 (nine years ago)

ten months pass...

Is this not in syndication anymore? I miss back when I could see it on three different channels every night.

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 10:13 (eight years ago)

Yes I still watch TV on TV.

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 10:15 (eight years ago)

It disappeared from Netflix in Australia as well.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 10:44 (eight years ago)

I've never seen it in syndication, though i noticed one of my streaming services has it - crave tv in canada.

― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:01 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

season 4 of this show...man

― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 July 2017 05:53 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-donaghy-812928159

― Deontology Sanders (Leee), Monday, 8 October 2018 23:34 (seven years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/melissa-etheridge-score-for-mystic-pizza-musical_87574.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=22jan2019&fbclid=IwAR1luuC0mVum5ebJcRLo8NoeiTOvId8UE9ChfDyOvPEoH-RLoFWKhAqbC0s

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2D_xWauf_c/TyOtE4O0CWI/AAAAAAAAAIk/c8yIlp7AOCE/s1600/jenna.png

― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:56 (six years ago)

oh death

― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 18:57 (six years ago)

seven months pass...

On July 18, 2019, it was reported that NBC had given a 13-episode straight-to-series order to an untitled Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comedy starring Ted Danson, who is set to play a wealthy businessman running for mayor of Los Angeles. Originally meant to be a spin-off/continuation of Fey's series 30 Rock, the series was to star Alec Baldwin reprising his 30 Rock role of Jack Donaghy, following his political career in New York City. After around a year of negotiations, Baldwin dropped out of the project and was replaced with Danson. Danson was unwilling to move from his home of Los Angeles, and the series was rewritten to take place there.

― mizzell, Monday, 16 September 2019 15:11 (six years ago)

oh man, Jack Donaghy is an all-time great TV character but Danson is such a huge upgrade on Baldwin in 2019.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 16 September 2019 16:16 (six years ago)

as long as this thread is bumped I want to recommend the NYer profile of Tracy Morgan from earlier this year

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/13/tracy-morgan-turns-the-drama-of-his-life-into-comedy

“You know how to rest your soul?” he asked. I didn’t, and I told him so. “Take a breath,” he said. “You know how to relax? Or did you forget?” I had. “Sure you did. Relax. If you’re around me, relax.” Now he looked more deeply into my eyes, despite my effort to break the stare.

“Look at me. Relax.”

Then, diagnostically, and a bit impatiently, he said, “The problem with you? You don’t know how to keep it simple.” We’d known each other for not quite half an hour. He wasn’t wrong. “You complicate your fucking life—with things.” He said the word “things” with ascetic disdain. “Stop doing that.”

― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Monday, 16 September 2019 16:20 (six years ago)

one month passes...

The worm is aroused.

SHUT IT DOWN

― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:26 (six years ago)

eight months pass...

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/30-rock-blackface-episodes-removed.html

Goodbye Jon Hamm shouting, "BANJO!".

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 00:30 (five years ago)

Was thinking about these eps when reading that Joni Mitchell thread about her blackface album cover in 1977... Tina Fey doing it on prime time television in 2012, 35 years later.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 04:11 (five years ago)

This "controversy" is dumb. The use of blackface in these sketches was specifically pointed AGAINST the people appearing in blackface; it was never held up as a good or funny thing in and of itself.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 13:57 (five years ago)

I'm not sure why we want to go down a road where you can't use obviously racist tropes to make fun of a racist character (see also the stupid controversy over the blackface episode of The Sarah Silverman Program)

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 14:00 (five years ago)

(Basically, I have issues if you are using blackface to dress up as Lebron James or Oprah but absolutely none if you're using it to dress up as Ralph Northram)

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 14:02 (five years ago)

Agree with DJP. Imo, there's a pretty significant difference between Joni Mitchell wearing blackface to dress like a pimp on an album cover or at parties, as part of some weird exotic fantasy, and an Amos & Andy parody showing Tracy Morgan reacting furiously to the clueless use of blackface in a failed show idea.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 14:30 (five years ago)

I dunno, I like 30 Rock but it still feels like a hack to keep doing the same old shit.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:03 (five years ago)

How is it the same old shit?

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:09 (five years ago)

"I feel like I have the soul of a Black man so I painted myself in blackface and strutted around with a pimp walk for Halloween and to fuck with a photographer" is decidedly NOT the same thing as "this ridiculous shit used to be played absolutely straight as legit entertainment, which is a massive indictment of the times and the foundation of shitty attitudes that are still prevalent today"

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:11 (five years ago)

I think 30 Rock often took comedy tropes that are now seen as insensitive and worked them into the show using a writing hack, namely "no, see, we are criticizing this, it's social commentary". And maybe it is, but they still get to have it both ways, don't they? Yeah, Jenna cluelessly dressing up like a black man during a fight with Tracy is funny social commentary since everyone on the show is appalled, but you still get to see Jenna in blackface. I don't know if the former balances out the latter.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:23 (five years ago)

"get to"?

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:26 (five years ago)

Yep, get to. Get to make that joke. Everything that implies.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:28 (five years ago)

To me, that joke implies that Jenna is a racist. What does it imply to you?

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:33 (five years ago)

The desired reaction was pretty obviously not "omg, how edgy!". It was a humorous scenario, not in that blackface is funny, but because Jenna is such a colossal, narcissistic moron, that she's too dumb to realize how racially insensitive it is to appear in Blackface. Which is why Toofer shows up moments later, horrified, to tell her exactly this.

Jenna also confused Obama with Osama Bin Laden on Fox News, so this is fairly in character with her.

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:41 (five years ago)

In other words, DJP otm

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:41 (five years ago)

It implies that there's a history in American entertainment of white people wearing blackface to make the audience laugh, and once you decide you're going to do that on your TV show in 2008, it might be good to interrogate your own motivations, and ask yourself "is this joke really operating solely on the social commentary about this being crass and racist, or does part of me still think a white lady in blackface remains a hilarious visual that I want to put in my show?" And then ask yourself as a writer or showrunner if you can really answer that question honestly. You can't cancel out the valence of actually showing a white person doing blackface on the screen in a sitcom by making the joke that it's wrong.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:42 (five years ago)

The key difference is the audience is laughing at her not with her.

― Evan, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:45 (five years ago)

There were 4 different blackface gags in 30 rock,only 2 were jenna.

Tina Fey was also head writer on snl when jimmy fallon impersonated chris rock in blackface.

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:48 (five years ago)

The Jimmy Fallon thing is inexcusable.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:50 (five years ago)

There were 4 different blackface gags in 30 rock,only 2 were jenna.

The Jon Hamm one is even more obviously critical imo.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:51 (five years ago)

The key difference is the audience is laughing at her not with her.

This isn't a good way to say this because back in the day, people were also laughing at the people in blackface because that's what White people thought Black people were like.

Jenna, as a character, is a horrible person. I'm not particularly offended by jokes built around horrible people doing horrible things that reflect horribly back on them; of the four blackface jokes in 30 Rock, which ones were value-neutral on the concept of blackface?

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:54 (five years ago)

I'm very interested in what people on this thread think of Bamboozled

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:55 (five years ago)

You don't know what the audience is laughing at, and if you're being honest with yourself, you know some proportion of the audience is in fact laughing with Jenna. But I'm thinking more about the writer honestly questioning their own motivations and unconscious biases. Of course Tina Fey doesn't affirmatively want to make racist jokes, but a lot of comedy tropes have through lines that are very racist/homophobic/antisemitic and if you make them today, even with some meta-commentary about it being wrong, you're also bringing along that history. If I were writing a sitcom and came up with sketch along these lines, yeah, I would as a white dude very much ask myself if there wasn't some part of me that wanted to "get to" make edgy jokes.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:57 (five years ago)

My conservative father watched this ep on air date. he didn't even laugh, but instead angrily asked "why is whiteface ok but Blackface isn't" moments later (at which point the Neanderthal children lectured him).

It plays well into Jenna's character of not caring who she offends or upsets as long as it benefits her, personally.

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 15:57 (five years ago)

here's my ultimate hot take on this stuff: not sure what the difference is between this and, say, the joke that got shane gillis pre-fir3d from snl (the punchline in both is 'a character being racist'), would love to hear anyone's justification for supporting one and not the other... trying to establish imaginary lines like this is why ppl should not complain about 'offensive' comedy (i.e. there's always a context), HOWEVER in this instance i don't think anyone is actually complaining, it's just a woke lady using BLM for ego/publicity/to get out ahead of a story she would have less control over

― lumen (esby), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:03 (five years ago)

speaking of Jon Hamm and blackface, are we going to have to spike a key episode of Mad Men as well?

― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:05 (five years ago)

i thought the problem with the gillis thing is that it didn't seem it was a bit/character but just him being a dick?

― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:05 (five years ago)

"This isn't a good way to say this because back in the day, people were also laughing at the people in blackface because that's what White people thought Black people were like."

Right, but isn't that "with"? In other words, the audience and the actor are laughing together at their portrayal of what black people are "like"? But yes I do feel like my summation was falling short either way.

The audience isn't meant to be entertained by Jenna for the reasons that the Jenna character wants/intends.

― Evan, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:06 (five years ago)

You don't know what the audience is laughing at, and if you're being honest with yourself, you know some proportion of the audience is in fact laughing with Jenna.

of all possible objections, "won't someone think of the dumbest fucking people on earth" is maybe one of the less effective ones

― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:08 (five years ago)

xp slight disagree but the context of comedy at the very least always works from the axiom of the person is 'doing comedy's.. I know that's reductive but it gets completely ignored and I don't think the only way to do a funny racial joke is to have another character lecture about the history of racism

― lumen (esby), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:08 (five years ago)

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― lumen (esby), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:08 (five years ago)

If we're going to fault humor for audiences misunderstanding the point of the joke, that will pretty much invalidate any politically-charged comedy ever.

I'm sure there were plenty of racist people who laughed at the Clayton Bigsby episode of Chappelle's show because a Black man hurled racial epithets against himself, but that fairly obviously wasn't the point of the piece and doesn't obfuscate its actual point. (Though I don't think today's climate would make it possible if his show was airing today).

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:12 (five years ago)

Right, but isn't that "with"? In other words, the audience and the actor are laughing together at their portrayal of what black people are "like"?

I am not convinced this is a reasonable description of black actors doing blackface and/or mammy/coon roles.

You don't know what the audience is laughing at, and if you're being honest with yourself, you know some proportion of the audience is in fact laughing with Jenna. But I'm thinking more about the writer honestly questioning their own motivations and unconscious biases. Of course Tina Fey doesn't affirmatively want to make racist jokes, but a lot of comedy tropes have through lines that are very racist/homophobic/antisemitic and if you make them today, even with some meta-commentary about it being wrong, you're also bringing along that history. If I were writing a sitcom and came up with sketch along these lines, yeah, I would as a white dude very much ask myself if there wasn't some part of me that wanted to "get to" make edgy jokes.

As a Black man, I already know that virtually any depiction of Black people in media will be deemed "hilarious" regardless of whether there is any comedy involved or not (see The Hero Who Rescued Three Kidnapped Women in Cleveland Is Hilarious) and have taken that into account when processing my reactions to entertainment for at least the past 30 years, if not longer.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:12 (five years ago)

I'm sure there were plenty of racist people who laughed at the Clayton Bigsby episode of Chappelle's show

and ppl who identified & agreed with Archie Bunker

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:14 (five years ago)

chappelle specifically spoke about hearing the wrong kind of laughter to his skits and that being one of the reasons he quit the show

― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:15 (five years ago)

iirc it was specifically the stereotype pixies sketch but it might've been a few different ones

― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:16 (five years ago)

i think mcgruder has spoken about the same thing

― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:17 (five years ago)

IIRC Chris Rock also has talked about people not understanding the "black people vs n*****s" routine the way he intended it

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:21 (five years ago)

Yeah, my conservative white roommate and neighbour in grad school def used that 'distinction' to give themselves licence to use the n-word.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:24 (five years ago)

Going to double-check that I have a stable copy of the D&D Community episode, though.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:24 (five years ago)

I just remembered one of the instances of black face in 30 rock is Jenna and her partner dressing up for halloween, him as Natalie Portman in black swan and her as former Pittsburgh steeler Lynn Swann. there's no "Jenna is being racist" "commentary" or whatnot going on. it's just a blackface gag

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:28 (five years ago)

That's the only instance I remember, the "Black Swann" costume thing. Not defending it since I can't recall the full context, but I thought that was followed pretty quickly by a horrified Toofer telling her why that wasn't okay.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:33 (five years ago)

It was. And it was nixed pretty quickly afterward

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:36 (five years ago)

Were there many 70s/80s sitcoms about awful people where the jokes centered on what terrible people they were? When did that trend start? Seinfeld?

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:36 (five years ago)

All in the Family, referenced above, seems like the obvious example.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:37 (five years ago)

That's the only instance I remember, the "Black Swann" costume thing. Not defending it since I can't recall the full context, but I thought that was followed pretty quickly by a horrified Toofer telling her why that wasn't okay.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, June 23, 2020 9:33 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It was. And it was nixed pretty quickly afterward

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, June 23, 2020 9:36 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

nope, incorrect.

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:38 (five years ago)

I don't remember that one but, even if you're right, I don't see why they should scrub the other ones that were clearly critical.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:40 (five years ago)

Maybe All in the Family, but I'm thinking along the lines of stuff like "Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23" where they're unapologetically self-centered assholes and that's like the fusion engine for every joke on the show.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:41 (five years ago)

I think a case that extreme is pretty rare even today. Archie Bunker surely no less terrible/unsympathetic than the characters in Seinfeld.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:42 (five years ago)

"I am not convinced this is a reasonable description of black actors doing blackface and/or mammy/coon roles."

To be clear I'm definitely asking and not trying to convince or challenge. But yeah I realized the at vs. with distinction doesn't make as much sense if we're talking about a real person doing blackface for an audience they're aware of.

xps

― Evan, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:43 (five years ago)

I'm very interested in what people on this thread think of Bamboozled

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, June 23, 2020 10:55 AM (forty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

great movie

― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:45 (five years ago)

It was. And it was nixed pretty quickly afterward

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, June 23, 2020 9:36 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

nope, incorrect.

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, June 23, 2020 12:38 PM bookmarkflaglink

My mistake, I was talking about the scenario DJP was. I don't remember the Lynn Swann ep

― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:46 (five years ago)

Sometimes I wonder if that show-about-jerks pretext arose as a response to comedy writers being told there were some jokes that weren't funny anymore... I watch and love a lot of those shows, but at some point (especially when the showrunners continue to be mostly white, mostly men) it starts to feel like a hack so they don't have to make more of an effort.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:48 (five years ago)

(although there were moments in the director's commentary that made me wonder for a split second if I was overestimating Lee. e.g. "one of the main reasons I did this scene was the name, 'Tommy Hilfiger'") xxp

― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:50 (five years ago)

The weird thing is there WERE things I found possibly offensive about 30 Rock that this does nothing about. The recurring joke about Toofer being a "two-fer: black and a Harvard grad" seemed more questionable to me, or iirc an affirmative action joke about a djsabled minority early on.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:51 (five years ago)

I think a case that extreme is pretty rare even today

It's Always Sunny?

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:51 (five years ago)

I'm very interested in what people on this thread think of Bamboozled

oh man I just rewatched a couple weeks back. extremely rough around the edges and badly in need of an edit but undeniably powerful

― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:53 (five years ago)

This "controversy" is dumb. The use of blackface in these sketches was specifically pointed AGAINST the people appearing in blackface; it was never held up as a good or funny thing in and of itself.

Same goes for the With Bob & David sketch that Netflix pulled last week (in that case, Cross and Odenkirk objected, rather than instigating). One can see a case for, say, the Black Swan joke being trimmed, but pulling the entire live episode when the explicit text of those segments is that the Tracy Morgan character is demeaned and dehumanised to his face by this aspect of the entertainment industry is bonkers.

If I were writing a sitcom and came up with sketch along these lines, yeah, I would as a white dude very much ask myself

tbf it's more than possible that these jokes and sketches were generated by or developed with staff writers like Hannibal Buress, Donald Glover, Nina Pedra or Vali Chandrasekaran.

not sure what the difference is between this and, say, the joke that got shane gillis pre-fir3d from snl (the punchline in both is 'a character being racist')

no it isn't. HTH!

― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 21:13 (five years ago)

tbf it's more than possible that these jokes and sketches were generated by or developed with staff writers like Hannibal Buress, Donald Glover, Nina Pedra or Vali Chandrasekaran.

hannibal buress (1 "written by" credit) wrote for 30 rock for 6 months, Donald glover (2 "written by" credits) didn't write on the 5th or 6th seasons of 30 rock as he was starring on community (3 of the 4 blackface jokes are in those seasons), Nina pedrad (2 "written by" credits) didn't write on 30 rock when 2 of the 4 blackface episodes were written, neither did vali chandrakesan (6 "written by" credits).

the episodes with blackface jokes were either co-written by Tina fey (29 "written by" credits) with other white writers or "written by" white writers. all of these writers have more "written by" credits than all of the POC writers you mentioned, 2 of them have more "written by" credits than the POC writers you mentioned put together.

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 21:37 (five years ago)

Thanks for checking the timelines (seriously), but I was just going off the obviously non-white names I remembered as being on the show (okay, I had to google to get Chandrakesan's name right), and my wording referred specifically to the fact that it was a heavily room-written series - just saying that I wouldn't automatically assume that no writers of melanin contributed to any given 30 Rock joke or premise.

(On the other hand, I have a vague memory that Buress may have been clued into the extent of Bill Cosby's crimes from Tina Fey when he worked on the show, rather than bringing the jokes about it in himself? Either way, as real-actual-idea-and-typing-writer or boss, her intentions were clearly to say "blackface is racist and bad.")

― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 21:55 (five years ago)

except there's one blackface gag where there is no reference to it being racist and bad, it's just a punchline

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 21:59 (five years ago)

One can see a case for, say, the Black Swan joke being trimmed, but pulling the entire live episode when the explicit text of those segments is that the Tracy Morgan character is demeaned and dehumanised to his face by this aspect of the entertainment industry is bonkers.

I'd guess it's more a question of spending the money to re-edit the episodes to take out the questionable material (leaving in most of them at best a weird, disjointed episode) vs just removing them entirely.

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

xp. she was also head writer on snl for the aforementioned jimmy Fallon Chris rock blackface skit

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

when are they going to cancel this show?

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:04 (five years ago)

Right, the easiest thing is to just pull the episode. No streaming service is going to pony up to pay someone for even the laziest editing, when they can just yank the whole thing.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:07 (five years ago)

is there a reason the "Jimmy Fallon as Chris Rock" bit is being brought up and not the multiple "Darrell Hammond as Jesse Jackson" ones?

― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:10 (five years ago)

did Tina Fey write the Darrell Hammond sketches?

― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:29 (five years ago)

she was also head writer on snl for the aforementioned jimmy Fallon Chris rock blackface skit

I have no desire to see this, but "approved Jimmy Fallon in blackface sketch" -> "wrote several jokes that were explicitly about blackface being shitty" -> "pulled entire episodes rather than have those jokes be misinterpreted" seems like the progression to note, rather than stopping at the step that happened two decades ago.


when are they going to cancel this show?

There's a new episode next month tbh, which could be part of her reason for getting the eps out of rotation right now.

― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:36 (five years ago)

When I heard about that journalist who got fired recently when it came out that she went to a party in blackface a few years ago as some kind of anti-Megyn Kelly joke, I thought that 30 Rock could done some good Jenna as resistance lib material.

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 23:12 (five years ago)

The weird thing is there WERE things I found possibly offensive about 30 Rock that this does nothing about. The recurring joke about Toofer being a "two-fer: black and a Harvard grad" seemed more questionable to me, or iirc an affirmative action joke about a djsabled minority early on.

Found it: https://youtu.be/_K_gBjKqBLg

Unless there's a wrinkle I'm missing?

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 29 June 2020 15:43 (five years ago)

I receive that joke as a) a critique of the Old Boy network that elevates mediocre White men at the expense of others, b) a critique of how niche you need to be to advance to even be granted an interview for certain positions if you aren't a mediocre White man with connections, and c) lampooning the perceptions mediocre White men with connections have of their competition. I don't see the Black man in the wheelchair as the target of the joke.

Re: Toofer, that is explicit mocking of a real phenomenon I've experienced and I didn't find the joke offensive.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2020 15:52 (five years ago)

The joke is on Donaghy’s attitude, expectations and bubble of privilege

Luckily this was the only example of 30 Rock creating humorous bathos from the generation of audience sympathy for shitty people, and every episode for the remaining six and a half seasons just had Kenneth doing nice things for old ladies while the rest of the cast smiled gently at him

― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 29 June 2020 15:55 (five years ago)

xp

― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 29 June 2020 15:55 (five years ago)

Hm, OK, so there's a second level where the joke is actually on the person making the offensive comment. I'll try to watch from that pov. xp to DJP, whatever to sic

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 29 June 2020 15:58 (five years ago)

damn, the white man gets overlooked again!

― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 29 June 2020 16:02 (five years ago)

really thought the joke was p straightforwardly 'that man meets two corporate diversity check marks and will definitely be the hire' but interesting to hear other perspectives

i loved 30 rock. prolly still do tho I haven't seen it in a while now. but I remember thinking 'wow they really want to have their cake and eat it too, huh' w/the blackface parts. also I remember thinking that almost every joke regarding black ppl played off white ppls inability to comprehend blackness or some other similar woke trickiness... while literally every joke about fat ppl was just 'lol, fat ppl (bad/gross)'

― lumen (esby), Monday, 29 June 2020 16:06 (five years ago)

I also want to come back to the Lynn Swann/Black Swan joke because everyone else is processing that as "lol isn't it funny that the White woman is in blackface" and I'm processing it as "it isn't funny that these two deranged idiots are so in sync that they independently came up with this grossly inappropriate idea and are blithely following through on it as if it was normal"

Like, to me the entire thrust of the joke is that Jenna and Paul are both fucking insane, not that blackface is in and of itself funny.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2020 16:18 (five years ago)

totally agree w that.. but intent can excuse an awful lot in comedy, no? let's look again at Tina feys 'apology'


"As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in race-changing make-up are best taken out of circulation," wrote Fey.

"I understand now that 'intent' is not a free pass for white people to use these images. I apologise for pain they have caused. Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness.

what is the intent of comedy? there are a whole lot of things one can say and do with the undeniable intention of making somebody laugh, and clearly there is a line that gets set. I think of the newsworthy 'jokes'/ugly outbursts from tosh + Michael richards, etc... the intention is to use ugly shocking imagery to create laughter... if you're on stage at a comedy club there is at least some obvious establishment of your intent. those 'jokes' may have been massively unsuccessful, and/ or their context may have been stripped by encountering them from a headline rather than in the environment of a comedy club... so really, what's the difference here? we assume that someone on the writers room knows better, so it's ok?

― lumen (esby), Monday, 29 June 2020 16:37 (five years ago)

This is wholly disingenuous.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:24 (five years ago)

If you legitimately can’t tell the difference between “I am using an offensive practice to showcase my character’s depravity” and “I am going to threaten to rape a heckler because they heckled me” I don’t really know what to tell you.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:26 (five years ago)

this has been a bizarre conversation and I don't feel compelled to give my white guy opinion apart from noting that there are plenty of black people who have brought their own experiences to bear on the topic and thought this through and have come to different conclusions than those given on this thread, and they should be respected

― k3vin k., Monday, 29 June 2020 17:27 (five years ago)

I think having been an extremely online person on twitter and seeing so much "Tina fey is problematic" Tina fey is the encapsulation of everything that is wrong with white liberal feminism etc." content over and over throughout the last 10 years or so it's quite odd to see virtually no-one on this thread think that having 4 blackface jokes in your sitcom in the 21st century is sus. I suppose it's a generational thing.

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:32 (five years ago)

Netflix just needs a filter that turns actors in blackface into gun sounds

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:37 (five years ago)

on a lighter note I rewatched some of the first couple of seasons the other day and it was v good. show holds up. best sitcom of recent times imo

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:41 (five years ago)

I think having been an extremely online person on twitter and seeing so much "Tina fey is problematic" Tina fey is the encapsulation of everything that is wrong with white liberal feminism etc." content

lol yeah I was scrolling the thread waiting for someone to bring up Jane Krakowski playing a "Lakota" woman in Kimmy Schmidt

― rob, Monday, 29 June 2020 17:58 (five years ago)

YES.

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:59 (five years ago)

The synchronicity of the first season of Kimmy Schmidt with the reveal of Rachel Dolezal still amazes me

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2020 18:00 (five years ago)

If you legitimately can’t tell the difference between “I am using an offensive practice to showcase my character’s depravity” and “I am going to threaten to rape a heckler because they heckled me” I don’t really know what to tell you.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, June 29, 2020 11:26 AM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

well no you don't know what to tell me because you elided or ignored my point about context and intent. tosh was clearly by intent not 'threatening' anyone, he was standing on stage at a comedy club performing comedy. characterizing what he said that way is more disingenuous than anything i said.

i get that in the mind of ilxors comedy clubs are places where men go to talk about how rape is sweet and lets go do some raping, but in reality they are places where people voluntarily go to hear outrageous things with the intention of being made to laugh. it's actually a very similar context to making a joke on a tv show, only there's not another character to appear on screen and recite morality to the audience - the context is more implied from the act of comeding in the first place.

so yeah, i think defending 30 rock is easy because there is constant woke messaging throughout the show, they literally say 'we are making a joke! blackface is wrong!'... where in the examples i cited they are harder to defend because that context isn't said, only implied. BUT, regardless of the success of each 'joke', it really is the same context, and i think a defense of one warrants a defense of the other.

― lumen (esby), Monday, 29 June 2020 18:02 (five years ago)

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― j., Monday, 29 June 2020 18:03 (five years ago)

esby: ilxors are woke hive-mind
nearly every ilxor on this thread: actually the blackface in 30 rock is cool
real woke people: tina fey must be killed

― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 June 2020 18:07 (five years ago)

The context of the Tosh outburst wasn't "this statement is wrong", it was "stfu and stop interrupting my show", which is why comedians engage hecklers.

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2020 18:09 (five years ago)

Esby is more like, "if you defend 30 rock, you must also defend my right to laugh at blackface, regardless of context."

― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Monday, 29 June 2020 18:10 (five years ago)

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/peep-show-blackface-netflix-scene-removed-dance-class-a9591021.html

Was joking about this being removed and now it is.
It's a punchline as to how batshit Nancy is as she gets Jez to 'break more and more taboos' and iirc the reveal is he's in blackface going 'Are you sure this isn’t racist?' and she says 'f*** me and pretend I'm your mother'. So obviously meant to be all kinds of wrong.

― kinder, Monday, 29 June 2020 18:11 (five years ago)

People's taste for shock humor over the years seems to come in and out like the tide... it's either all the rage or causing it.

― Evan, Monday, 29 June 2020 18:17 (five years ago)

really thought the joke was p straightforwardly 'that man meets two corporate diversity check marks and will definitely be the hire' but interesting to hear other perspectives

This is what I and my partner got originally as well - it's not that we missed the lampooning of the old boys' club but it also seemed to be making this joke at the same time. I'm not sure it did critique the idea of the 'advantages' someone gains by 'ticking these boxes', esp since it is implied that Garkel might be faking his disability (whereas the irl response of the old boys' network would probably be closer to "ah, but then we'd have to install push buttons at the doors, which goes far beyond reasonable accommodations; sorry, guess my boy Floyd is the only practical choice" than "no way Floyd can compete with that"). And I'm not sure Tina Fey would have made this joke with a middle-aged white woman as the prop, in a wheelchair or otherwise.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 29 June 2020 19:20 (five years ago)

And I mean, Garkel got the job. I don't recall any suggestion that it was because of his qualifications - if anything, the larger joke was that merit doesn't enter into it one way or the other.

― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 29 June 2020 19:26 (five years ago)

one month passes...

https://i.chzbgr.com/original/6991674880/hB5A468F0/fake-criterion-the-rural-juror

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 August 2020 18:36 (five years ago)


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