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

where is a british whiney to point out how racially weird the jamaican accent stuff is?

― caek, Friday, March 12, 2010 6:51 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its all part of the ongoing liz lemons racial weirdness theme

yeah i know. comedy jamaican and indian accents are basically racial slurs in the uk regardless of the laughing with/laughing at stuff. but i think we can all agree that britain is generally pretty racist, so i'm not sweating it.

comedy indian accents are pretty slur-ish here. most non- west indian americans outside of nyc have never actually heard a jamaican accent.

except in like a red stripe commercial

LIVING THEATRICALLY IN NORMAL LIFE

most non- west indian americans outside of nyc have never actually heard a jamaican accent.

um Bob Marley

or are we talking "heard in real life" kinda accents

yeah, the latter

God help us if the pervert community gets wind of morning jogging.

Practically every line in this week's was quotable.

RHUBARB RHUBARB GOLF PROSTATE

This was one of the funnier episodes this season. I loved the bobsled part

However, I think Liz has gotten worse since the earlier seasons. Just this season I've started to dislike some of Liz's antics instead of brushing off the unfunny stuff as whatever. Liz is sort of like Michael Scott (The Office) - he has become more horrendous in his buffoonyness the past couple seasons; Liz has become more gross and more of a dork lately and some of it actually irritates me. I dunno, do any of you agree?

yeah they are playing up the liz is a loser stuff too much IMO

The one funny thing about the Jamaican accent bit was when she started accidentally slipping into that awful butchered Irish accent.

i loved that pamphlpet gag cuz they used to make pamphlet gags all the time when dr spaceman was on more often

btw the dr spaceman dr pepper commercial was super dope

However, I think Liz has gotten worse since the earlier seasons. Just this season I've started to dislike some of Liz's antics instead of brushing off the unfunny stuff as whatever. Liz is sort of like Michael Scott (The Office) - he has become more horrendous in his buffoonyness the past couple seasons; Liz has become more gross and more of a dork lately and some of it actually irritates me. I dunno, do any of you agree?

― CaptainLorax, Friday, March 12, 2010 8:09 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

i could see that line of thinking but she is far, far away from michasel scott levels of embarrassing self-parody

I agree except for the being irritated part.

also the thing about liz vs michael scott is that they actually write jokes for liz's character... for instance the cheese brochure thing and the amazing paranormal activity sleep walking thing -- with michael scott on the otherhand the character now boils down to "LOL I AM STILL A RACIST EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW IT"

i dont really want to indulge in comparative sitcom studies here so ill just say liz has become uncomfortably schticky

but the cheese brochure! so good.

i dont really want to indulge in comparative sitcom studies here so ill just say liz has become uncomfortably schticky

I'll bet she has!

i feel like Tina Fey is just still generally ill at ease with being kind of worshipped as a sex symbol and does everything she can to subvert that in her comedy

hay those are 2 somewhat different words!

No mention of the first lol yet? "Too late, I already killed her." (Liz to the craigslist responder at her door.)

where is a british whiney to point out how racially weird the jamaican accent stuff is?

― caek, Friday, 12 March 2010 23:51 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Is this a thing now Jim Davidson not allowed on the television?

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object3/470/105/n30880743840_5705.jpg

Of course, back then we were laughing AT Lenny, not WITH Lenny...no, wait it was the other way around.

oi, so wattehfuck am i not gettin' about 30 rock, every episode i've seen i've been all like 'well fok wot the hell just happened' and then hobble off to the kitchen for some bourbon and brie, mebbe some skittles....

you are british

ya so what just cos someone looks like homey the clown doesn't mean he yells at the screen during movies....

what sort of weird racial thing is going on w/ lenny henry that i didn't know?

Being a black man on UK TV in the 1980s.

1970s! On New Faces, and then Tiswas, which was where he did Algernon Razzmatazz (pictured above). Speciality - eating condensed milk sandwiches.

no av club but i was watching the 1st season the other week and it was a lot less schticky and a lot, i dunno, deeper. not necc better/worse, just the diff. between season 1 of the simpsons and season 6 or whatever

basically yeah

idk... couldn't generalize. in some ways it's LESS shticky imo (except for kenneth but he's always been my least favourite character). like there are fewer fake catchphrases now, i think. it's all good though. <3 elizabeth banks.

sux that geiss is dead. not more rip torn. guess he could have a long-lost brother [via jeffrey tambor in AD]

eh there are a lot fewer lazy jokes but thats also a function of it being the first season

there was a joke that i forgot but just googled. when that canadian dude learns how to do sarcasm and says "that went well!". genius. n e way, what im saying is, 30 rock hasn't got into "that went well!" territory, lazy jokes-wise.

piercing blue eyes of a siberian husky

<3 elizabeth banks SO MUCH on this show

i'd rock her 30

sux that geiss is dead. not more rip torn. guess he could have a long-lost brother [via jeffrey tambor in AD]

― gfunkboy (history mayne), Saturday, 13 March 2010 07:53 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm hoping they bring in Portia di Rossi as Jacks new Comcast Boss/Love interest now that better off Ted is dead.

RIP rip

guys we NEVER ACTUALLY SAW HIM DIE. cd be a hoax and they bring him back from the "dead"!!!

^^ True words.

No mention of the first lol yet? "Too late, I already killed her." (Liz to the craigslist responder at her door.)

― nickn, Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:00 AM (17 hours ago)

haaaaaa just got this

you've been cast on broad way?

TRACY'S CLAPS-GIVING YAY HA-RADE

i think they're gonna wait and see how Rip's bank robbery court date goes before they decide his character's really dead or not

I expect a cryogenics angle if he does come back.