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

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

omg I had completely forgot Carville, best cameo of the series

Offshore Gentlemen's Barge

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!

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.

BANTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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?

hmmm...

"shut it down" has been in like 50 episodes!

name one other?

anyway it was called "GENTLEMAN'S LUNCH"!

It's actually a rape whistle but the whistle part fell off and... I just liked how it looked...

kenneth's game show (shut it down), liz lemon dating her cousin (shut it down), i seriously think they say it every show

Stage manager (Brendan Walsh) - shouts "shut it down!" at the end of each of the two episodes he appears in

Donaghy says it when the crab starts getting turned on by the worm.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/30_Rock = good times.

No mind grapes, no cred.

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.

samurai iamurai

No on Hula = :(

*not

I think it's "samurai I-am-awry," which is even better!

also, "well I gave up caffeine so I've been going to bed at 5:30." stop living all over my life, Lemon!

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

it's definitely samurai i-am-awry, wtf are you thinking

samurai iamaurai is a play on SAM I AM

Just watched. Amazing stuff.

uh, i meant its deifnitely NOT "awry"

are britishes watching this?

why cant it both be a play on sam i am AND be "samurai-i-am-awry"

because it's funnier if it's iamurai

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.

also jenna's entourage's attempts at burnage.

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.

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.

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.

i think it's become less and less "trad sitcom style" and more surreal lol-fest

funniest show on american TV for sure

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.

"... if there *were* money in the future, instead of hugs"

the schwimmer/party ep is amazing

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?

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-racoon-yes.jpg

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.

there's a new one this week, then that's it, i think

Yeah, the one this week is a Christmas episode, and then that's it for a while. :(

you guys know there is some 30 Rock merch?
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00043529-954043_400.jpg?

who dat ninja magnet!
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00034461-158393_400.jpg?

I've got 8 of the "who dat ninja" magnets backordered. Not available until after xmas ;_;

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

yes!!!

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

- ACTUAL TRACY JORDAN YOU CAN HIRE TO COME OVER TO YOUR PARTY AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR FRIENDS

Someone's friends are gonna get pregnant