A new 30 Rock thread because I can't find the old one

NEW SEASON TONITE OMG

I AM GOING TO MISS IT BECAUSE OF WORK

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I've sort of planned my night around it.

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

re-watching it is so rewarding. i am convinced this show is totally brilliant. tina fey is a comedy genius,.

Have you got FOUR MILLION DOLLARS just lying around?

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

the explanation of MILF Island slayed me.

NO I DONT WANT ALL THOSE GUEST STARS! That's the kind of thing that ruins tv shows.

So, Season 2. When the backlash begins.

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. :(

or the indication of a season premiere.

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

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

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!?

chocolate rain shoutout, i like it

25% funny

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

chocolate rain not nearly as funny as twofer.

come on, it's like the easy joke you've heard a million times, it's like a pantomime thing

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. :-(

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.

I'm not really worried about the celebrity cameos, considering that the first season featured dozens of them. And Will Arnett's coming back!

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.

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.

shaky start

i really did not laugh all that much :(

I liked it but AV Club is OTM.

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

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!

seinfeld seemed like he was trying hard to be not-funny. best part was jack's summer reality shows.

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

kenneth doing seinfeld them in elevator lol

theme

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"

The look on Kenneth's face as the elevator door closed with Seinfeld in it was 100% wonderful.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Uncle-Jemima-main.jpg

lol Kenneth's gargling laugh whenever he got starstruck by JS

this was... ok

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

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.

yeah if we could find the old thread there were tons of people going 'oh lordy i don't know about this show'

what about "she either needs to lose 30 pounds or gain 60, there's no room on television for what she is now"

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

um after doing due diligence you are RONG, are u now james REDD IN THE FACE GET IT

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.'

also "$4,000 ham napkin"

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?!'

"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!!!"

"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!"

That scene was funny on the commercials but kinda random and flat in the show (probably because I had seen so many commercials).

one-sided conversation...

"How old are you?

"Uh huh... how much do you weight>

"Oh. When was the last time you had intercourse...?"

"America's Next Top Pirate!"