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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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Make Dr. Spaceman a regular.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"where are my car keys?"

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

Lost cause at this point, I'm afraid.

x-post.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"I assumed it was Oral Germwhore."

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Eureko!"

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

Ha this was my favorite line

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

parnell is like the funniest dude on the planet

― and what (ooo), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

xpost

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 12 January 2007 21:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah i think him and grizz both had flowers

― max (maxreax), Friday, 12 January 2007 22:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

meat is the new bread

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 12 January 2007 23:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

i loved when baldwin said the rural juror perfectly

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

"I'm a huge Kevin Grisham fan."

― max (maxreax), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

...

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

ONE DELICIOUS FOODBALL

― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Saturday, 13 January 2007 02:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I think I shouted with laughter at that line.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 13 January 2007 03:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Cheese and crackers!"

― cws (cws), Saturday, 13 January 2007 04:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Saturday, 13 January 2007 05:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Here's the old thread.

― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Saturday, 13 January 2007 07:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

(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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Nathan P1p (hoyanathan), Saturday, 13 January 2007 20:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

Alec Baldwin's latest lover affair.

― Super Cub (Debito), Saturday, 13 January 2007 21:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

"cheese and crackers!"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 14 January 2007 01:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

And no, that's not Eugene Mirman.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

Bread is one of the worst things in the world.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Those shoes are definitely bi-curious."

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― max (maxreax), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oprah and Stedman are the same person

― A B C (sparklecock), Sunday, 14 January 2007 20:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I did not know that.

― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Monday, 15 January 2007 22:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Monday, 15 January 2007 23:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

the way tracy chews that meat and talks is great

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 15 January 2007 23:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

skinny as alterna-fallon, also check

― m@p (plosive), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 00:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

Hence the impersonations and overall annoyingness.

also they made him really dumb.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 00:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

i enjoy his ray romano

― m@p (plosive), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 00:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

(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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

ok, Baldwin is about to get the Golden Globe

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

fuck yeah i'm right

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 02:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Dean Winters (rogermexico), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 03:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 05:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah!

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 05:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 02:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

aw balls, I forgot this show was on

― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Friday, 19 January 2007 02:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

LMFAO at the "Goldcase" coda. Tears.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

and Kenneth remains unfazed

lol at Brian Williams' dressing room

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

The egg in the underwear + the look on Baldwins face

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

also, cleaning "Katie Couric Sucks" off the wall

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

We just watched episode 11. Give it 4 hours.

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― caek (caek), Friday, 19 January 2007 03:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Moonvest

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

Like the moon landing or the golden girls finale

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― more grease in the pianissimo. (tehresa), Friday, 19 January 2007 04:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

shooting LOVE

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

very very funny episode.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

Christmas love? Whatever, it's still funny.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

take a doodoo pie

― A B C (sparklecock), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

Johnny Mac???

― hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

Brian Fellow - not a troll

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

what coda? fucking DVR cut it off before the end

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― musically (musically), Friday, 19 January 2007 07:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

This show just keeps topping itself.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 2 February 2007 02:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

so funny

i love this show

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

he can have his rockettes, his shakiras...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

THAT WAS AWESOME

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Those evil kids from Footloose"

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

once again the side-plots are pretty amusing

also i love tina :/

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 2 February 2007 14:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

also the girl that tracy morgan leaves with

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

/kenan

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

dude, take her

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

gangbang night done right (TM)

― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

"i'm actually looking for the lobby"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahahaha yeah

― and what (ooo), Friday, 2 February 2007 19:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

that actress is my new favorite actress

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 2 February 2007 20:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

she's smooth.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Friday, 2 February 2007 20:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Tina is really dressing to accentuate the twins lately.

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Friday, 2 February 2007 21:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

"lick her face!"

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Friday, 2 February 2007 22:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

"think of god!"

― sydz (sydz), Saturday, 3 February 2007 02:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Even just typing it made me laugh again!

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

YOURE GONNA MAKE A BIG MISTAKE 2NITE!!!

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

;_;

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

as much as andy richter getting work pleases me, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

that is complete bush league, this show owns.

― m@p (plosive), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

And they had 3 seasons!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 5 February 2007 23:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW

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

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

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

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

You know I've always reminded myself of Grace Kelly

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

I miss Will Forte as Bush

AND AS ZELL MILLER

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

he's still on SNL.

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

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

That was him? Respect.

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

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

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

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

who does bush now?

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

Jason Sudeikis.

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

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"lately" = SINCE DAY ONE SON

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 8 February 2007 04:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

ahahhahahaha "this would work on ugly betty"

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Well, THAT just makes me perSPIRE"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

no sah

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 9 February 2007 06:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Hey flabby butt! You look weird.."

― ryan (ryan), Friday, 9 February 2007 16:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― So weit wie knock-kneed (kenan), Friday, 9 February 2007 18:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

boff marry kill

― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

It was discussed, though not actually played.

― So weit wie knock-kneed (kenan), Friday, 9 February 2007 19:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

tina is wonderful

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 9 February 2007 20:10 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

― A B C, Saturday, 24 February 2007 06:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― cutty, Saturday, 24 February 2007 07:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

'I DO need someone to harmonize with!'

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 24 February 2007 17:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

omg the wink

the everything

I LOVE THIS SHOW.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 24 February 2007 18:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

i want this show to be my boyfriend

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 24 February 2007 19:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― mizzell, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

jackee

― max, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― deej, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

we've been trying to tell you since it started

― s1ocki, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― ^@^, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 24 February 2007 22:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― jaymc, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

THE DEPARTED!!!!!

― David R., Monday, 26 February 2007 21:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― jh0shea, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also I want more Grizz and Dot Com!

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

^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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Tracy does an excellent Oprah.

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

this was one of the best episodes yet.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Ray, go get my nose back!"

― horseshoe, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― A B C, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― nickalicious, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

We should take a carriage ride around the financial district

― mizzell, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

The Ron Mexico joke was golden.

― sous les paves, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

Wasn't it Juan Mexico?

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

― nickn, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also, the manatee has become the mentor.

I love this programme so much.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 11:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

Even better.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

ron mexico lolololololololololol

― jh0shea, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"And I love Dane Cook. Wonderful!"

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what, Friday, 2 March 2007 17:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Nicole, Friday, 2 March 2007 18:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

white guilt jokes still hilarious

― sanskrit, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― musically, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

i seriously can not get enough of kenneth

― tehresa, Friday, 2 March 2007 20:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

That's what she sai

wait

― nabisco, Friday, 2 March 2007 21:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

comedy is a motherfucker, innit nabs?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh come on, the aman-da thing was perfect

― cutty, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

Loved that guy.

― Øystein, Friday, 2 March 2007 23:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I started high school in 1988.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 March 2007 16:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― nabisco, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― ryan, Friday, 9 March 2007 00:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Disney jail

― A B C, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

now i dont gotta have my parties in international waters

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

i need a new religion and hers sounds expensive and gay

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 March 2007 09:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also, Decider Liz was HOTT.

― David R., Friday, 9 March 2007 15:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Thanks, Julia!

― Jenny, Friday, 9 March 2007 15:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

apparently, she still has her, um, fans:

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

― scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― chicago kevin, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― and what, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― will, Friday, 9 March 2007 17:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

Almost as good as Tracy Jordan on Conan.

― Nicole, Monday, 12 March 2007 19:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 March 2007 20:10 (6 years ago) Permalink

― nickalicious, Monday, 12 March 2007 20:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

OMG

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

holy shit @ nicole's clip!

― ^@^, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 01:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 01:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

take your hate elsewhere, kenan

― Wrinklepaws, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― kenan, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Wrinklepaws, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh, wrinklepaws but it is dotcom

― jhøshea, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― nabisco, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Sparkle Motion, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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!

― caek, Friday, 23 March 2007 02:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― caek, Friday, 23 March 2007 02:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"The Injury" is prob the best Office ever.

― Sparkle Motion, Monday, 26 March 2007 16:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

Mindy Kaling wrote it!

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 16:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yeah well I wrote Mindy Kaling.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

waht

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

i may have to renounce mindy kaling soon

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

WAHT

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh ok that's a dumb reason

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

also,

"Crossing Over with John Edward" (1999) TV Series (production assistant)

is a turn-off

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Never before has a sentiment been so shat on by its xpost. :(

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

He can speak TO the dead, at least.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

can we decide if this is more or less excusable than tina fey being a republican

― and what, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

id rather date a funny republican than a funny chick who believed in ghosts

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

actually upon reflection i take that back

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

altho i wouldnt mind hanging out with toby and creed

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

(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 (6 years ago) Permalink

So the wink after her hybrid-cars speech = for Newt and not for me?

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

if mindy actually knew bizzy bone --> mindy by a mile

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

waht she is not a republican. come on.

― s1ocki, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

xpost because who doesn't believe in the ghost of eazy e

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

i think ive moved on to rashida jones anyway

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― max, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

that was not a republican wink. it would make no sense if it was. come on people.

― s1ocki, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

I agree, but also my point was, adorable!

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

no way; Rashida Jones looks so much like Peggy Lipton!

― horseshoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

"No seriously, you were totally pregnant and gave birth, you must have just forgotten."

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― kenan, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

too young

― s1ocki, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ciara used to be a man!?!?

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

Don't worry, apparently she was a woman before that.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Biggest sailor suit EVAR

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2007 19:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

# 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 (6 years ago) Permalink

# Crossing Jordan

^^ stfu al

― and what, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

# 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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

# 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 (6 years ago) Permalink

# 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 (6 years ago) Permalink

youll notice crossing jordan was not on my wtf list :-[

― and what, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

Miguel Ferrer is on CJ? I love him! I might give it a watch.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

# 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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Is Jonathon Sarah Silverman's brother? I bet imdb knows.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

Apparently not.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 March 2007 20:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

http://nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20070404000000-nbcrenews03930.html

Hooray!

― Nicole, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

NADER!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

nader?

― kenan, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

"I think I voted for Nader! NADER!"

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh yeah. "I once tried to make mashed potatoes with laundry detergent!"

― kenan, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

Hooray indeed!

"...and NOT the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of!"

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also: Will Arnett & Alec Baldwin having a manly-man voice-off!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

THURSDAY!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

I know, I think I may faint.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh snap, 40 (er more like 30+ commercials, whatever) minute episode!

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Nick, they also neglected to mention Ghostface! What's that mean? Mind grapes!

― David R., Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

Aw, c'mon... Dratch as the lesbian cat wrangler is amazing!

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

WILL ARNETT

― musically, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 22:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 22:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

those shoes are def. bi curious

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 5 April 2007 00:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

i love all the quotes on this thread

what a show

― cutty, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

i love how this show torrents so fast. one sign that it's popular?

― jergïns, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

medical degree from the ho chi min school of medicine

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

Or whatever.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

well yeah but if thats the case 30 rock needs more syphilis

― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Carlton?

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

sherlock homo

― and what, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yes. "Sherlock Homo is here to solve the case of the gay sweater". ZINGED.

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

yes!

― cutty, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

― caek, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"He's not gay ... he's just stylish!"

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

xpost--Yeah, but in Marry Boff Kill the marriage is sexless.

― max, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

lololol

― and what, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

How would that quality as a "twofer," though?

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Bnad otm. Because he's black, and he went to harvard, yannow, like Conan.

― kenan, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'm sure you will be able to dl this in 15 min, like, tonight, xpost

― rrrobyn, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

i mean, that is my plan

― rrrobyn, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Friday Night Bits! LULZ

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 22:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I rode a horse here all the way from heaven.

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

Dr Spaceman!: That's the beautiful thing about science, it does whatever we want it to.

haqha

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

did that john mccain line send some of yall into a panic

― A B C, Friday, 6 April 2007 01:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

that john mccain line made me momentarily wonder if the writers have been reading ILX

― horseshoe, Friday, 6 April 2007 02:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

Things ARE looking up for Liz Lemon!

― David R., Friday, 6 April 2007 02:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

This might have been the best episode so far for me.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 April 2007 04:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

TOO SOON

No, wait, that was really really funny and even a little cathartic.

― rogermexico., Friday, 6 April 2007 04:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

best episode yet, which is saying a LOT.

― ^@^, Friday, 6 April 2007 10:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also: KENNETH DID HIS EYELASHES

― David R., Friday, 6 April 2007 13:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

I liked when Kenneth wanted to be like Sydney Bristow.

― Nicole, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

hadn't thought of that, but 8080

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Actually wait, was the first part "aim you pee-pee at the potty, not at your mom?"

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

i would love to see a show based around that dudes life

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

medieval madness rules!

― Mr. Que, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Jenna's response to that is great, too: "I KNOW!"

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

I loved that Pete and Liz showed up at work wearing the same thing.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

Especially since they looked like the Kingston Trio.

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 16:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

i am rofling hard at 'how is that elmo's fault?!'

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

The internet is like two steps away from people saying "I'm ROFLing balls," isn't it.

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

roffling my cock off

― kenan, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

Did I hallucinate it or did Jack-as_Jefferson called Maury "Maurence"?

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

"No sir, we just talked about Anderson Cooper mostly."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahhaha no you did not hallucinate that.
xpost

― maura, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

"YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"
"No. I don't do that."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

i could talk about this show all day

― and what, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

i could talk about this show all day

i kind of have to force myself not to

― rrrobyn, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"I leave particles of guys like you in my wind."

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

on the maury show jefferson said "may the force be with you"

hahahahah forgot all about this

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Or maybe "Senegalese guy" and "Gambian guy" -- Hutus / Tutsis = too soon :(

― nabisco, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

you should do that!

― Mr. Que, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

(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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Tracy's delivery of the word "drama" after explaining his Norbit-style Thomas Jefferson film was perfect.

― Gukbe, Friday, 6 April 2007 21:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

man on the street commercial for tarzan on ice

― rrrobyn, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

― A B C, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"what's that? mc lyte just murdered danny bonaduce?!? thanks PHONE."

― ^@^, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

kuuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuuuuuuuRATE

― nickalicious, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

I would pay good money to see MC Lyte murder Danny Bonaduce.

― Nicole, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

kuuuuuuuRATE
kuuuuuuRATE
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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 (6 years ago) Permalink

it's like the audience for a bobby mcferrin concert up in here!

― tehresa, Friday, 6 April 2007 23:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

MY you're friendly!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 7 April 2007 02:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

I feel as confused and betrayed as those people who worked with Tootsie.

― mizzell, Saturday, 7 April 2007 04:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

SUCH A GOOD SHOW!!!!!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 7 April 2007 08:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

kuuuuuuuRATE
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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 (6 years ago) Permalink

they won't, for another season at least

― impudent harlot, Saturday, 7 April 2007 20:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

MAKIN' IT HAPPEN

- "Honey, I'm home!"

- "Oh, great."

― Clay, Sunday, 8 April 2007 06:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

and then doesn't the song go
'it didn't haaapppennnn'
?
hahaha

― rrrobyn, Sunday, 8 April 2007 14:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

I think it goes, "We made it.... happen"

― max, Sunday, 8 April 2007 16:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

All the shows are available to watch in full at the nbc.com website.

― sous les paves, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

o.0

― river wolf, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

um... only 5 are...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

The high levels of WTF?!?!ness make me think of some Adult Swim shows, but better.

― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

Well not ALL of them, but like, the last 5 episodes

― sous les paves, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 01:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

If torrents are your thing: http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=30+rock+eztv

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 02:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

jungle-fever haver

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 01:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

ow... ow... ow... my bones...

― HI DERE, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

I missed the beginning! Why was the girl from "Match Point" so fragile?

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

"I have Avian Bone Syndrome"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 13 April 2007 02:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

AWAIT IT IN HIS DROPPINGS

― marmotwolof, Friday, 13 April 2007 04:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

ahahahahah

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 13 April 2007 04:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

haha I didn't even look before posting, sorry.

― nickalicious, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I want JEFFERSON to be real.

― nickalicious, Friday, 13 April 2007 13:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

you guys i dunno i love the wackiness of the Jefferson plot

― Mr. Que, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

wtf, lemon is the main character and she is amazing

― cutty, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"We're all gettin' Iphones!"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahaha Jeff busted by Jenny NEXT ON MAURENCE POVICH

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

baldwins expression when abs suffering chick came on to him

― deeznuts, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

oh man the iphone line

― cutty, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

baldwin was really great in the last episode--like when he touches the painting

― cutty, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

no end, people. i'm still pleased and i don't foresee it stopping anytime soon.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

you weren't pleased last week, asshole

― cutty, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

mmmm...Emily Mortimer. Her and Tina Fey on the same show make my world explode.

― Gukbe, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

am I on yr world, coz it just exploded?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

he is on our planet but trapped forever in the past

leave him alone

― deeznuts, Saturday, 14 April 2007 03:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

I really liked Tracy's what I think was a "French" accent while portraying King George.

― Clay, Saturday, 14 April 2007 03:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

HEY YOU THTUPID JERKTH I'M THOMATH JEFFERTHON

― impudent harlot, Saturday, 14 April 2007 05:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

the other movies on the marquee were "speaking of emily" and "the boy made of corn"

― ^@^, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

the implication of the unexplained chapter 12 joke is really funny!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 14 April 2007 15:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

AVIAN BONE SYNDROME

― akm, Saturday, 14 April 2007 16:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

‘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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh ok, sorry.

― 31g, Sunday, 15 April 2007 03:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

You must be having lemon problems yourself.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 15 April 2007 05:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

haha I would have a 3-way with 2 Jacks.

― nickalicious, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Sup flappy butt? You look weird today."

― Kerm, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

i don't want liz and floyd to break up :(
i really like floyd.

― tehresa, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

but i kind of admire that they would do that.

― tehresa, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

I MISSED IT BY DRINKING THROUGH IT

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

i drank through it & it still wasnt very funny :(

― deeznuts, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

:((((((

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

RIP Floyd u_u

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 03:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

worst episode ever

dimension 5 i agree completely about the song but floyd can suck my dick

― deeznuts, Friday, 20 April 2007 03:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"We'd all like to flee to the Cleve"

― sous les paves, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

THE SONG PEOPLE

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 11:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

THE ACCENT CHANGE TOO

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

ACTING!

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

ALSO THE RUN

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

the Run was brilliant

― Gukbe, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

GUYS ITS A JOKE COMMENTING ON OUR POST 9/11 WORLD

― sanskrit, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

AS IS THE SPITTING OF THE MOUTH

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

― sanskrit, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

I say Kim Basinger gets a thumbs down.

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

I was hoping for a Kosar cameo this episode.

― brownie, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

Lacrosse, Liz Lemon!

― Jenny, Friday, 20 April 2007 12:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I don't know why I last-named "Leroy" there.

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 12:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

- "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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I liked it! Although Cleveland hot dog vendors don't sell soft pretzels :(

― brownie, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

it wasn't bad, but it wasn't at funny as i am used to

― Mr. Que, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"wolflike... lupine."

― gff, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh! You like Wagner!

No, I like Elmer Fuddd!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

BY THE HAMMER OF THOR!

Tina Fey pushes all my geek buttons.

― Gukbe, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

That Caddyshack plot synopsis scene was hilarious. I literally LOL'd.

― brownie, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

Bless you, Ethan.

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 14:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

"BLEURGH"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

I love how this show brings ILX together (for the most part).

― David R., Friday, 20 April 2007 15:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

STACY GORDON

― cutty, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahaha

― nickalicious, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

"That's how I got a timeshare in Port Arthur, Texas."

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also: Jenna trying on panties over her pants WTF?

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 20 April 2007 16:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

It's heavy.

It's... made of gold.

― Kerm, Friday, 20 April 2007 23:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

most actors are like this.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 21 April 2007 10:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

He need to find Jebus, like his retarded brother has.

― M.V., Saturday, 21 April 2007 13:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

baldwin wants off this show to spend more time w/his family nnnnooooooooooooooooooooooo

― A B C, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 22:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

This is horrible news!

― Clay, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

megaroffles, akm

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 23:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

is the only unfunny thing on this show the trucker hats?

― jergïns, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

he claims he was directing the message (esp. the pig part) at Kim B.???

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Pigs are adorable!

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

wtf gis?

― kenan, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

I know what I'm wearing at Halloween this year!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I hope that picture made you think of that addendum, nabisco.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

Dr. Spaceman: "My techniques virtually guarantee male orgasm."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2007 01:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

i just can get past the fact that baldwin couldnt actually fuck that girl without killing her

― deeznuts, Friday, 27 April 2007 01:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Ride it all the way to hell!"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 27 April 2007 02:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

Kenneth is the best character on the show, sometimes.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 27 April 2007 02:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

Like when he's on screen.

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 03:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

How's the Dow?

― Clay, Friday, 27 April 2007 04:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

disappointing episode to end the season on, I thought

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 05:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

Really? I thought it was the most consistently funny episode in several weeks.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 April 2007 05:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

Elaine Stritch as the mom!

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 27 April 2007 06:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

"They got pretzels downstairs!"

― en i see kay, Friday, 27 April 2007 08:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

'can i play barack obama' 'no! its bad enough we had tracy playing him!'

― and what, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

GOD DAMN YOU GOLDEN GIRL PRODUCERS

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 13:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

I love Dr. Spaceman.

― Nicole, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

that was already announced earlier this week! and nbc said "no"

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah, maybe it was calculated so that he could look contrite and still stay on the show.

― kenan, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

something about petunias (flowers)

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah but wasn't she mispronouncing it?

― brownie, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

or am I insane

― brownie, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

I WILL CUT YOU OPEN LIKE A TAUN TAUN

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

she wasn't mispronouncing it

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

Kenneth's "By the Hammer of Thor!" was almost as genius as his self-sacrificial tumble.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

oooo good question

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

has to have been

― kenan, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

I don't think there were any in the 1st episode.

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

BTW, RIP Scrubs (about 2 seasons too late) :\

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

yes

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'M BUGGIN OUT

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

(not quoting, am bugging)

― David R., Friday, 27 April 2007 20:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

wau

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_11737.asp

― kenan, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Chewbacca, can I speak to Tracy?"

― The Yellow Kid, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

IT'S COWBOY HAY-HAY

― max, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

i am upset we didn't get to see cowboy hay hay

― cutty, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

Kenneth is the best character on the show, ~~sometimes~~most of the time.

― tehresa, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

scrubs got cancelled? i thought it was moving to abc or something

― akm, Friday, 27 April 2007 23:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

but how many of us were alive to remember that 1-2 punch?

― cutty, Saturday, 28 April 2007 09:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

watched some of this. not v funny

― RJG, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

RJG = WRONG

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

and stupid

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

HONKEY RJG BE TRIPPIN'!

― Gukbe, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

I like chris parnell, too

― RJG, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

stritch said "i heard you, i just wanted to make sure you heard you."

zzzzing!

― s1ocki, Sunday, 29 April 2007 06:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

rjg is wrong

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

there are a lot of bum notes and predictable bum notes

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

<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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

it is slightly funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

alec baldwin is funny, though

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 10:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"superman does good"

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 11:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

'you're such a monica'

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 12:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

it isn't all that funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 13:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

don't mind rjg, he will continue to download and watch this show

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

ooga-chaka ooga-ooga

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah, but what was it in response to again?

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

can't remember what was printed on to his hat on that day

crosspost

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

joke is partly frank makes arse of himself, no?

now I'm laughing

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

hardly the same

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

isn't "twofer" the character's name?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

fuck political correctness in my comedy, go watch the news

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'm sorry, cutty, this is not about political correctness

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

ha, i was talking to cathy

i know better than to argue with you about tv shows

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"urkel" joke probably one of the low points of the entire season--not many

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

OK LET'S MAKE OUR RACISM MORE CLEVER

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'M ALL FOR IT

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

in a later episode tracy calls a black extra 'carlton'.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

is the guy w/ the hats in the episode?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

i don't think 30 rock really is trying to tackle any issues besides the roffle issue

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

^ 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 (6 years ago) Permalink

scottish, sorry :/

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

we're not all rob roys, you know

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

are you bald?

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

I dunno, RJG. Are you a douche?

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'M A NINJA EXPERT

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

alternartively,

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

lets do a 30 rock hat poll

― ☪, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

HAND HELD

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

JOYSTICK MASTER

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

see these are funny, rjg.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

You're making me like the trucker hat slogans more.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

ARCADE CHAMP

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

PROFESSIONAL COMEDIAN

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

I CAN READ SCREENCAPS AND THEN WRITE DOWN THE THINGS THAT I READ

― Deric W. Haircare, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

I managed to trick you

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 16:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

"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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

were you in mcdonalds?

― cutty, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

Toofer vs. Tracy on the n-word episode

this episode was amazing.

― horseshoe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

it was funny

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

You know who would love this thread? My racist grandfather.

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 29 April 2007 19:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also, the whole "black comedians wearing dresses is demeaning" plot was good.

― Gukbe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

not a plot

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'll show you a plot

― Mr. Que, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

thanks :)

― RJG, Sunday, 29 April 2007 22:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

thread?

― Gukbe, Sunday, 29 April 2007 23:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ugh.

― Nicole, Monday, 30 April 2007 00:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

I should go into a Francis Gay thread.

― Nicole, Monday, 30 April 2007 00:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

the ep w/ paul reubens was v funny

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:18 (6 years ago) Permalink

you must like little britain too

(kidding)

― cutty, Monday, 30 April 2007 11:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

you know ;)

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ugh.

-- Nicole, Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:40 PM (Yesterday)

OTM

― s1ocki, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

well done guys :)

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

"it's not bianca, like sanka; it's bianca, like willy wonka!"

― edb, Monday, 30 April 2007 14:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

fyi: the entire season is now available for free viewing on NBC.com

― Michael F Gill, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

shit, I may never get work done again.

― horseshoe, Monday, 30 April 2007 18:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

― That one guy that quit, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

hahaha

Moonquest: Quest for the Moon

― kenan, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

very Seinfeld-ian.

"Blimp: The Hindenburg Story"

― kenan, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

all this movies WOULD play @ cinema village

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

(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 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

'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 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

no no, let's have this discussion

― ^@^, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

MC Lyte, otoh...

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

fyi it's still pretty funny if you've never heard of either.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

haven't watched this since last time

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 17:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

i'm gon get an iphone / everybody gon be jealous

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 19:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

on the hat?

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

as funny as if it were on the hat

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:17 (5 years ago) Permalink

i lolled

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

that's your decision

― RJG, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

2 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 (5 years ago) Permalink

I see how this can be funny already.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

"nothing to do with neurotic, dysfunctional New York characters"

^^^this was on purpose, right?

― tehresa, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

^^^ 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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i r smart, ok?

haha rural juror still gets me.

― tehresa, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 02:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

lol @ old wrink p: "btw douche, it's Grizz and Darquan, not Dotcom"

― David R., Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

xpost

haha awesome.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 08:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

Rewatched a couple of episodes last night. SO GREAT.

― caek, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i hope the next season starts stronger than the first one ended. kinda tapered off there.

― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

xxpost

http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/16/free-footballs-and-scoops-from-nbcsthursday-night-sitcoms-tca/

― Gukbe, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

"this is untoward! this is NOT TOWARD!"

― get bent, Friday, 20 July 2007 03:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

are many people called ladonica, in the usa?

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 28 July 2007 09:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

I've never met one.

― marmotwolof, Saturday, 28 July 2007 10:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

the mccain reference is going to date/has already.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 30 July 2007 16:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

Wasn't there a joke about Jimmy Carter dying too?

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 16:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

Nabisco I thought the joke was that the New Yorker was "under" him.

― Will M., Monday, 30 July 2007 18:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Kinda cute after making out with Ceres:

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

Not so much here:

― caek, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:47 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE EXCEPT DINOSAURS

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

tina fey in the commentary: "that girl's got some sweet jugs" looool

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

O IS IT OUT ON DVD!?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

you better believe it is.

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://www.amazon.com/30-Rock-Season-Tina-Fey/dp/B000RBA6CO/

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

what are the extras like?

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

SO WAHT IS TRACY MORGANS COMMENTARY LIKE FFS

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:16 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

SO BASICALLY
U CAN'T SEE ME
AND U DEFINITELY CAN'T BE ME

― sanskrit, Thursday, 6 September 2007 02:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

YAH

― jhøshea, Thursday, 6 September 2007 13:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

Emmy upset! Hooray!

― kenan, Monday, 17 September 2007 14:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

Got disc 1 on these dvds finally, I am so in.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

i watched jack-tor last night. so funny.

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

xpost October 4 here. Another reason October is teh best.

― kenan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

when does s01 start here caek?

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

It's begins October 4 in the US.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

suite

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

"New Zealand TV3 July 15, 2007 No longer being broadcast due to poor rating." : (

― caek, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

lol/;_;

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh man... as if he couldn't get any better

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh it gets so much better

― kenan, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/arts/television/23stei.html

― caek, Sunday, 23 September 2007 10:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"troll the Internet"

BAN TINA FEY

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 23 September 2007 12:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

MIND GRAPES

― jhøshea, Sunday, 23 September 2007 13:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

SHUT IT DOWN

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 23 September 2007 15:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Ice Cream C0hen"

Oh man, if only we could still change user names. :(

― Jordan, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

Will Arnett killed it in his cameo too.

― Jordan, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

ive been rewatching season 1 all day.

totes holds up.

― s1ocki, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

previews on the NBC site

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

thanks PHONE

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 1 October 2007 09:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

OH IT'S WORSE FROM BEHIND! 8[

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 1 October 2007 15:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

"You guys should have a talking like this contest."

― Jordan, Monday, 1 October 2007 15:14 (5 years ago) Permalink

"You're even more powerful than I thought"

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 1 October 2007 15:17 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

I've sort of planned my night around it.

― Jordan, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

"i don't want my kids to have to go to college"

― s1ocki, Thursday, 4 October 2007 19:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Have you got FOUR MILLION DOLLARS just lying around?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2007 00:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

I want "MILF Island" to be real. ;_;

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 5 October 2007 00:47 (5 years ago) Permalink

the explanation of MILF Island slayed me.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 00:59 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

So, Season 2. When the backlash begins.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

or the indication of a season premiere.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

Wasn't there also a Tina quote about "making the plots less complex" this year?

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

chocolate rain shoutout, i like it

― gff, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

25% funny

― Jeff, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh "Chocolate Rain" is way less than 25% funny.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 5 October 2007 02:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

chocolate rain not nearly as funny as twofer.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 03:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

shaky start

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 5 October 2007 12:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

i really did not laugh all that much :(

― tehresa, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

I liked it but AV Club is OTM.

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/67647

― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:51 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

country in europe only rich people know about=very very funny

― Mr. Que, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

kenneth doing seinfeld them in elevator lol

― jhøshea, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

theme

― jhøshea, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

― and what, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

this was... ok

loved 'you have four million dollars?' and tracys wife getting custody of grizz

― and what, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

also "$4,000 ham napkin"

― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"America's Next Top Pirate!"

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Art Director credit for this show = Peter Baran

― nabisco, Saturday, 6 October 2007 00:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

"you can be freaky-deaky and do data entry."

― jergïns, Saturday, 6 October 2007 07:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

― jergïns, Saturday, 6 October 2007 08:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

liz is single and old subplots = not funny anymore

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

i still laughed hard in this episode tho

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

guys, Tracy had all the funniest moments this episode, right?

― horseshoe, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i dunno jack was pretty lol too, esp him smelling the picture

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

liz was kind of a dud this ep tho

― max, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

Tracy has the funniest moments every episode.

― caek, Saturday, 6 October 2007 20:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

still laughing at "oh no, did a korean person die?"

― smash your phonograph in half, Saturday, 6 October 2007 20:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

WEREWOLF BAR MITZVA

BOYS: BECOME MEN

MEN: BECOME WOLVES!

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 00:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh you fucking beat me!

I've NEVER laughed that hard.

Seriously I almost passed out.

― dan selzer, Friday, 12 October 2007 00:58 (5 years ago) Permalink

You Do the Meth! == best

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 12 October 2007 01:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

much better 2nd episode!

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 12 October 2007 01:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

Blürg desk

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 01:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

and Will Arnet responding to Jack introducing the young wrestler...

"like, with other guys?

― dan selzer, Friday, 12 October 2007 03:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

dr. spaceman is one of my favorite television characters of the past three or four years.

― Jordan Sargent, Friday, 12 October 2007 05:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

MIND GRAPES

― jergïns, Friday, 12 October 2007 05:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

started yesterday in england, ch5. some great lines, none of which i can remember. oh um.

― koogs, Friday, 12 October 2007 08:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh god JAPANESE PORN STAR DIET

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 12 October 2007 12:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

loved the mind grapes callback.

― s1ocki, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

"she called my vanity license plate 'inscrutable'!!!"

― s1ocki, Friday, 12 October 2007 17:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

my favuorite character is grrrrrriz

― a puppy, Friday, 12 October 2007 19:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

that tracy jealousy medley, ending in the three-way shoulder massage, was pretty spectacular

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 12 October 2007 19:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

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

― nickalicious, Friday, 12 October 2007 22:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

ICU81MI

― mizzell, Friday, 12 October 2007 22:30 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"don geis likes quitters if i understood his autobiography correctly... OH WAIT I DIDN'T"

― Jordan Sargent, Saturday, 13 October 2007 02:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Your back is like a barrel of snakes!"

― m bison, Saturday, 13 October 2007 03:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

"how gay is this?"

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 13 October 2007 09:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

this season has flat-out sucked so far, i think :(

― remy bean, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:17 (5 years ago) Permalink

"How do you feel about teeth retention?"

― schwantz, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

RONG XP

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

not to mention there's only been 2 episodes!

― s1ocki, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

Patiently awaiting Pete / Twofer action.

― nabisco, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

No homo

― nabisco, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

someone's been reading too much fanfic

― ^@^, Saturday, 13 October 2007 17:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

That was the least funny episode ever. Still pretty good.

― caek, Saturday, 13 October 2007 18:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

Will Arnet wearing AS Roma jersey at the football game lols.

― sous les paves, Saturday, 13 October 2007 18:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

No star wars refs so far this year? If so, I've missed them.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

still fucking five hundred times funnier than pretty much most 'comedy' things

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 13 October 2007 23:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7dXjLrQZ3E

"i think dr funk has been doin the pot!"

― deeznuts, Monday, 15 October 2007 18:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

WTF

― mizzell, Monday, 15 October 2007 19:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Evening with Kenneth = serious lolz

― caek, Monday, 15 October 2007 20:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

yahh, ok, mindgrapes gripe is nitpicking. episode was still v.v. good.

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 01:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

LOL @ $199 starting bid on that ICU81MI domain.

"This domain name will hit bigtime."

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 04:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

JACKIE MASON

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Businesswoman."
"I don't think that's a real word."

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Ohhhh, you guys start with that?!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

'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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

YES, that was the best part. Kenneth is incredible.

― nickalicious, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:14 (5 years ago) Permalink

Also YOU SMELL LIKE ENORME AND BRASS POLISH.

Enorme: make him chase the chunk.

― nickalicious, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"did you tell her you like her nails?"

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 19 October 2007 03:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

"they're ALIVE!"

― s1ocki, Friday, 19 October 2007 04:59 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"You can't ask a tiger not to turn back into a Chinese dude at midnight."

― jergïns, Monday, 22 October 2007 08:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

OH. MY. GOD.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

never go with a hippie to a second location

― johnny crunch, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

that therapy session was the single greatest thing I've ever seen on television

― bernard snowy, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

breathtaking

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:29 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

New Jackee City

― johnny crunch, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

I didn't know it had so many words. It's like a Mos Def cd.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"little chechnya"!

― get bent, Friday, 26 October 2007 03:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

Well that was more than I could have ever hoped for.

― Clay, Friday, 26 October 2007 04:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

C'mon now, the mailbox fell down!

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 26 October 2007 14:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

If you DESECRATE something... is that BAD?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 15:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

Lol young Tracy in a dress

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 15:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

This is not a quoting, just a pointing out:

ADVERLINGUS

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

It's funny because it's TRUE

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

omg the whole werewolf bar mitzvah
roffle!
http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/video/#cat=new

― mizzell, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Baldwin's Tracy's-dad voice is just Fred Sanford, isn't it.

― nabisco, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

I'm playing Werewolf Bar Mitzvah at my halloween party tomorrow, no doubt.

― dan selzer, Friday, 26 October 2007 21:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

"This whole premise is sweaty!"

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 October 2007 21:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh my god

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 26 October 2007 22:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

...Supercomputer!

― Leee, Friday, 26 October 2007 23:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i really identified with carrie fisher's apartment

― get bent, Saturday, 27 October 2007 00:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

Cerie's Halloween Dilemma
Kenneth tries to help Cerie pick a sexy costume.

all i'm saying.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 27 October 2007 02:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

"I'm sexy Liz Lemon...hmm, when's lunch?"

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 27 October 2007 04:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

full-length Werewolf Bar Mitzvah: http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/video/werewolf_bar_mitzvah.shtml

lolololol

― Jordan, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 14:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

warning: schwimmer's the guest this week

― jergïns, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

as my coworker just said 'this is so going to be an episode'

― jergïns, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

leftists are so hot.

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

i'll bet the writers guild can come up with some pretty snappy picket line chants.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

haha!

― s1ocki, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

hotter pic:

― mizzell, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

gotta have the rat!

― mizzell, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

surely there's a difference between writing and thinking?

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i am a little afraid of tonight's episode

― Jordan, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

if our shows are 20 minutes without commercials, how could they possibly edit it further?

― cutty, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

Really long commercial breaks.

― G00blar, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"the free market will solve global warming, IF IT REALLY EXISTS"

― get bent, Friday, 9 November 2007 04:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

"can you FIRE the wind, jack? can you FIRE a hurricane??"

― get bent, Friday, 9 November 2007 04:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

omg Kenneth's party.

― Clay, Friday, 9 November 2007 04:58 (5 years ago) Permalink

schwimmer wasn't horrible. this must be a good show

― jergïns, Friday, 9 November 2007 07:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

POOR GRIZZ. LIZ LEMON, HOW COULD YOU!?

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 14:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Just like Colonial Williamsburg."

― n/a, Friday, 9 November 2007 14:14 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

best episode of the season so far!!

― max, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

(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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"she was pregnant 20 minutes into our first date!"

― Jordan, Friday, 9 November 2007 17:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

That party scene. I pissed myself.

― Mr. Goodman, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:30 (5 years ago) Permalink

Grizz has been getting a lot of action this season.

― nabisco, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Schwimmer, Lesser Duke of Must See TV and Surrounding Territories

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

haha almost forgot "no this is sunset blush, I wear TIGER ORGASM"

― nickalicious, Friday, 9 November 2007 18:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

no more celebrity guests, plz!!!

― tehresa, Saturday, 10 November 2007 01:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"harlem globetrotter...does that name mean ANYTHING to you?"

― impudent harlot, Saturday, 10 November 2007 04:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

Holy Shit

― mizzell, Thursday, 15 November 2007 19:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oh man! Wish I was even close to NYC right now.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

I hope someone videotapes this for inclusion on the inevitable DVD set.

― nickn, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

― s1ocki, Thursday, 15 November 2007 20:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

yes

― tehresa, Thursday, 15 November 2007 21:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

are you practicing your Re-Run dance?

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

jesus this show

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

(presumably)

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"he's got MAPS all over his walls... MAPS!!"

― get bent, Friday, 16 November 2007 04:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

liz way out of character and not funny

― jergïns, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:14 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Agreed. Liz's liberal achilles heel is zenophobic paranoia.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

z=x

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

cf. the source awards episode xp

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 16 November 2007 12:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

That was a pretty awful episode.

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 12:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

The Source Awards one, I mean. Not seen last night's.

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 12:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

lol they included the syrup smell <3 <3 <3

damn u striking writers

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

if you suspect something, do everything

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Honey, where's my hunting rifle?"
"Last I saw, the dog had it."

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

the last 3 episodes have been the best ever now its gonna be over ;_; ;_; ;_;

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

somewhere there is a thread of us talking abt the syrup smell when it happened

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"APE ATTACK!!! APE ATTACK!!!"

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i think you might be underselling it a little cause ITS THE GREATEST LOCAL NEWS STORY EVER

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

like I said...

http://gothamist.com/2007/11/16/as_seen_on_tv_t.php

― dan selzer, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:27 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i work by a hostess factory and sometimes after work i can smell twinkees wafting.

― jergïns, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

candy factories in cambridge mass etc

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

kind of like the rockefeller center salute to fireworks

― mizzell, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

So is there no episode next week?

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oh really? That's the best news I've heard this week!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

rad. thanks.

― caek, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

CAN WE HAVE OUR MONEY NOW?

― tehresa, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

plz lets all be cool ok? guys?

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

― I DIED, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

dont worry que the can is being preserved by cloistered religious adepts

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Mr. Que, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

JUST 4 U U UNGRATEFUL JERK

― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

um, sweeps is not every single week! it's may and november, right?
xpost

― tehresa, Saturday, 17 November 2007 12:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"For men, it's called a Hardy Boy."

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, 17 November 2007 16:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Anne Heche leaves husband for Pony"

― dan selzer, Saturday, 17 November 2007 22:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

was this the end of 30 rock until next year, or are there more in the can?

― akm, Sunday, 18 November 2007 16:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i still LOL whenever i think of the phrase "oral germwhore"

― s1ocki, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

TV Guide says no, Dodgeball instead :(

― Jordan, Monday, 19 November 2007 20:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Last night's was pretty funny!

― Jordan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

all the conversation must be on the cougar thread?

― Jordan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i liked the subtle iraq war allegory

― ryan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

haha. okay...i mean they could have made it MORE obvious i guess.

― ryan, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"What? Sexy? You are. Shut up."

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

"ughh.... shut it down."

― tehresa, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

Frank was great in this episode. Turns out he can like totally act a little.

― caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 14:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock = good times.

― caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 14:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Plz writers come back to work! Show is peaking so hard right now!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 December 2007 01:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

oh man, this episode is awesome.

"Would you call what we did last night 'sex'?"

― bernard snowy, Friday, 7 December 2007 01:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

I'll be seeing this later this evening. Gotta love DVR!

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 7 December 2007 02:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

"That word makes me uncomfortable unless it's between 'meat' and 'pizza.'"

― n/a, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

I'M BLACK

― nickalicious, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

"I made Jack set it up as a punishment because he farted in my chair"

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

captain beefheart reference?

i seriously LOL'd at the IM BLACK

― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 13:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

also when tracy goes... "BANTER!!"

― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 13:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

"World's #4 Dad"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 7 December 2007 14:16 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"This company has a very strict bros over hoes policy."

― petey_carnum, Friday, 7 December 2007 14:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Not in front of the gays!"

― Jordan, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

wait, did everyone know that Jane Krakowski was Cousin Vicki in Vacation?

― mizzell, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

this is not up on nbc.com yet and it brings me down.

meeee tooooo u_u

― tehresa, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"I call the movie Risky Business Risky It, cause 'It' means 'Business.'"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Cajun-style"

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

you tryin to steal candy from a vending machine?

let me show how it's done.

― mizzell, Friday, 7 December 2007 19:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"here's your john legend cd" is the winner

― r|t|c, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:16 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

omg I had completely forgot Carville, best cameo of the series

― nickalicious, Friday, 7 December 2007 20:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

Offshore Gentlemen's Barge

― Kerm, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

BANTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― max, Saturday, 8 December 2007 03:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

hmmm...

― tehresa, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

"shut it down" has been in like 50 episodes!

― Jordan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

name one other?

― cutty, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

anyway it was called "GENTLEMAN'S LUNCH"!

― cutty, Saturday, 8 December 2007 04:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Donaghy says it when the crab starts getting turned on by the worm.

― Nathan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 06:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock = good times.

No mind grapes, no cred.

― rogermexico., Saturday, 8 December 2007 08:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

samurai iamurai

― s1ocki, Saturday, 8 December 2007 22:48 (5 years ago) Permalink

No on Hula = :(

― Mr. Goodman, Saturday, 8 December 2007 23:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

*not

― Mr. Goodman, Saturday, 8 December 2007 23:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

I think it's "samurai I-am-awry," which is even better!

― horseshoe, Sunday, 9 December 2007 00:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Just watched. Amazing stuff.

― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 9 December 2007 02:47 (5 years ago) Permalink

uh, i meant its deifnitely NOT "awry"

are britishes watching this?

― cutty, Sunday, 9 December 2007 03:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

why cant it both be a play on sam i am AND be "samurai-i-am-awry"

― max, Sunday, 9 December 2007 03:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

because it's funnier if it's iamurai

― s1ocki, Sunday, 9 December 2007 04:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

also jenna's entourage's attempts at burnage.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 9 December 2007 11:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"... 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 (5 years ago) Permalink

the schwimmer/party ep is amazing

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 December 2007 09:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 10 December 2007 11:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

there's a new one this week, then that's it, i think

― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 19:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

you guys know there is some 30 Rock merch?

― mizzell, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

who dat ninja magnet!

― mizzell, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

I've got 8 of the "who dat ninja" magnets backordered. Not available until after xmas ;_;

― I DIED, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:17 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

yes!!!

― s1ocki, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

- 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 (5 years ago) Permalink

Someone's friends are gonna get pregnant

― nabisco, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

Sheinhardt's use of Zapfino looks bad-ass on little league shirts.

― caek, Monday, 10 December 2007 22:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

"It wouldn't be a Lemon Party without old Dick' !!?!?!?!?!!!!!!

― sous les paves, Friday, 14 December 2007 06:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

I KNOW RITE

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 14 December 2007 14:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

"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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i was hoping for a ludacris cameo :(

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:29 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

i lolled at alec baldwin hissing "because your life seems ENDLESS" at his mom

― Jordan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

I did do a wonderful job finishing my muffin

― mizzell, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

that was my favorite line.

― dan selzer, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

Mitch was totally wasted. We need to see Mitch again.

― kenan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:51 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

and what otm

― HI DERE, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:27 (5 years ago) Permalink

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 (5 years ago) Permalink

"We didn't make the playoffs that year, but I like to think that we led the league in bravery."