agreed that 30 rock is very "writerly" but it doesn't bother me.
or if an Arrested Development joke missed the mark (because there'd be another joke or absurd scenario three seconds later).
i dunno, 30 rock has to be at least as rapid-fire as AD (if not moreso).
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)
J, I think you're only half-right there. When Tracy says there are various parallels between the Jordans and the Menendi, and the last one is "both families are staples of Court TV," that really announces itself as a joke -- it's even a traditional list of three with the third one as the punch line. But the funniest part of the statement is that he says "Menendi" in the middle of it!
I am not going to rep for the Bruce Willis joke, because I don't think it was that funny, and didn't think the episode as a whole was a great one. But every time I use my new microphone, I will think that somewhere out there, underneath the same big sky, wishing on the same stars, Bruce Willis is playing harmonica into a microphone from the same stack, and a tear will roll down my cheek.
xpost - J, I would dispute that the pace of jokes on Arrested Development is any faster than 30 Rock. The editing and story move faster (to an extent that actually irritates me), but I don't think the pace of jokes is all that different.
― nabisco, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)
you don't have to rep for the joke, but you at least admit it was IN CHARACTER, which is really how this started.
― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:30 (seventeen years ago)
man i miss when this thread was just FUNNY QUOTE IN ALL CAPS city
― Dumb Assantino (some dude), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:33 (seventeen years ago)
― Dumb Assantino (some dude)
is this a ref to elli$'s classic "tron assantino"
― Ron Polarik, PhD (and what), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:34 (seventeen years ago)
we need a new episode to have funny quotes in all caps, duhr
― cutty, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)
six hourssssszzzz...
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:41 (seventeen years ago)
you know what's fun and entertaining? microanalyzing jokes.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)
I'm glad you told us this 2 hours after everyone decided this conversation sucked, we needed the validation.
― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:46 (seventeen years ago)
imagining writer patting himself on the back for constructed a cleverly written joke>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>watching Steve Carrell try to squeeze laughs out of a humorless turnip
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 4 December 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)
i didn't realize there was an expiration date on pointing out your lameness, duly noted
― miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 4 December 2008 23:16 (seventeen years ago)
oh boy!
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)
:D
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)
LOOK AT THIS NECKLACE!
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:35 (seventeen years ago)
guys like live blog
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)
lolpilladdiction
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:45 (seventeen years ago)
UGH, EVEN ____ HATED ME? HE WAS THE FIRST GAY GUY I EVER KISSED
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:46 (seventeen years ago)
The birthmark girl (god pooped on me) is Casey from L&O: SVU!!!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 December 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)
ugh this is so hard because my reception is so bad! was so psyched to watch in real time (woohoo class got canceled!) but i can't really see it.
― very quotatious (tehresa), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)
MAKING UP WORDS WON'T HELP YOU
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:48 (seventeen years ago)
I think I'm gonna have to have an "angry chair" now.
― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)
rich 50 is middle-class 38
― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)
you're too quick!
― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)
omg donna moss
― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:51 (seventeen years ago)
omg their dancing!
― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:52 (seventeen years ago)
FREAKS AND GEEKS REFERENCE FREAKS AND GEEKS REFERENCE
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:55 (seventeen years ago)
We all have ways of coping. I use sex and awesomeness.
― Mordy, Friday, 5 December 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)
jenna killin it this season
― Bomb Sackantino (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)
I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 December 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)
LEMON OUT
― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)
LOL XP
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)
LEMON OUT XXP
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)
A+
― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Friday, 5 December 2008 02:59 (seventeen years ago)
C'mon everybody! Do the Diane!
yeah this one was on point
― Bomb Sackantino (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:00 (seventeen years ago)
good ep, but i didnt lol at anything in that as hard as i just loled at that bizarre snl promo w/ malkovich and tip
― :) Mrs Edward Cullen XD (max), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:00 (seventeen years ago)
y'all gonna watch tina on bubba wubba's show now?
― very quotatious (tehresa), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)
No! Keep crying. I don't want you to make this mistake again.
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:03 (seventeen years ago)
^^
when does this go online???
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:04 (seventeen years ago)
was i the only one who just about freaked out during the 7 minutes in heaven part due to the obv. F&G parallels?
How about the obvious REAL FUCKING LIFE parallels?
― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:07 (seventeen years ago)
^^^ grumpy old man; just wallflowered his 15 year reunion
7 minutes in heaven is present in many high school memories, kevin keller
― cutty, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:08 (seventeen years ago)
best episode yet this season on the LOLmeter
for real
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:09 (seventeen years ago)
What was Tracy's second joke, when he was rubbing his belly?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:10 (seventeen years ago)
ghetto mating call
― David R., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)
xxxxpi'm aware, but the dialog, esp in the fist part of it, was almost exactly the same as the F&G scene
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)
looooooooooooool
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)
Why does ANYONE go to Miami? ASS. And the burgeoning art scene.
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 03:12 (seventeen years ago)