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

I have a feeling he is older than that because doesn't he sometimes refer to jobs he had before NBC?

well in the south in the early part of the century he could've easily held jobs as a teenager. On the other hand, he did also graduate from Kentucky Mountain Bible College. So he could've started in the NBC page program a couple years later, at 22 say. The page program was founded in 1933 (according to the wikis) so Kenneth would have joined it in its third year. At any rate, Kenneth is at least 90 years old.

this isn't Lost, dude

lol

who says he has an age? he could be eternal

was that hannibal burress again as the homeless dude last night? it sounded like him.

loved twofer tagging "graffito"

also was the guest writer supposed to be kinda sarah silverman-y or am i reading too much into it? silverman isn't that overtly sexual iirc but she does that dirty/cutesy thing

this show has a weird relationship with Jew jokes btw, in that it clearly should be making more of them. there was some weird crack about the guest writer changing her last name from "Grossman" and I couldn't even hear if it was supposed to be a Jew joke or not.

given that Jenna said Grossman "sounds kind of bagel-y" it was obviously not a Jewish joke

ah, I thought that's what she said.

"your name sounds Jewish, you must be important" @ Pete from forever still pretty good.

it was weird because she was doing sarah silvermans baby voice but the joke was clearly about olivia munn? (to me at least)

yeah that was hannibal burress. and I think the guest writer was kind of silverman-y but inspired by olivia munn more than anything. i would link to jezebel posts marked with tag "olivia munn" if that site worked at all right now

I dunno the whole denoument with the crazy ex-husband just seemed like a joke from a lesser show.

"trying to sail an inflatable castle across the atlantic" cracked me up

I think the solution to all of this is for Kristen Schaal to get more work

This episode was great, even though I kind of figured where the confrontation with the teenager was going when she was introduced.

Jack's fantasy had me lolling hardcore.

Also Jezebel is like the real-life analogue of Liz Lemon's behavior in this episode.

kristen schaal talks with a baby voice but i like it because it seems like the voice of a baby whose lower face is all chapped because it's usually covered in snot

jezebel is the real-life analogue of joanofsnark.com!

ha well yes

it was weird because she was doing sarah silvermans baby voice but the joke was clearly about olivia munn? (to me at least)

― max, Friday, February 25, 2011 11:55 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

how is she like Munn? idgi

Yeah I was going to ask the same thing, don't get the Munn reference at all.

cause of this whole thing that a b c alludes to upthread?

http://jezebel.com/#!oliviamunn

sorry this thing: http://jezebel.com/#!5570545/comedy-of-errors-behind-the-scenes-of-the--daily-shows-lady-problem

in a nutshell, jezebel and other feminist-y blogs called out the daily show for sexism in part because it hired the criminally unfunny olivia munn; it came out later that tina fey had in fact recommended munn for perfect couples; munn said a number of impolite things about how bloggers just hate her b/c she looks good in a bikini

"criminally unfunny olivia munn"

I don't really see this as like some universal truth though, she has her moments. Her delivery on Daily Show has been pretty awful though.

http://grab.by/99Gc

comedienne uses ott sexuality

yeah its basically a universal truth, olivia munn is not that funny, she just has a personal brand of "being funny" that people mistake for actual funniness

She has been genuinely funny on Perfect Couples, but likely I'm the only person on the board who stayed with that show past the awful first two episodes.

xp: lol max

DJP OTM, she is probably one of the few bright spots on that show (though, tbh, I'm still about 3 episodes behind).

I dunno, around episode 3 all 6 leads started clicking for me.

Last week's episode was really, really funny

I liked her in the "man cave" episode.

maybe you guys should start a perfect couples thread so i can continue to pretend that it doesnt exist and nbc just goes dark between 8:30 and 9

yeah that's episode 3; the show improves (dramatically IMO) from that point on

wolves and west ham didn't draw 0-0, this show has lost all credibility.

yeah its basically a universal truth, olivia munn is not that funny, she just has a personal brand of "being funny" that people mistake for actual funniness

― max, Friday, February 25, 2011 11:11 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

good thing you can see through the veil

i don't really know anything about olivia munn

well now you know, thanks to me

First off, Sarah Silverman is way funnier and sexier than OM any day.

yeah its basically a universal truth, olivia munn is not that funny, she just has a personal brand of "being funny" that people mistake for actual funniness

First thing I ever saw of her was a compilation of "funniest moments" which included her jumping to eat a hot dog on a string and her jumping into a pool of whipped cream in a maid's costume. She definitely sells a personal brand of "being funny" but she's also basically a slutwaver for whom 'comedy' is a convenient excuse.

Her painful Daily Show segments are proof enough. She really looks like she's trying _so_ hard to be funny, or to be perceived as funny. But she's just not funny.

"slutwaver"?

DJP: I'm with you too, I realized last night that I genuinely like the show now!

loved twofer tagging "graffito"

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, February 25, 2011 11:49 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^ this is the joke I was trying to remember lol

compilation of "funniest moments" which included her jumping to eat a hot dog on a string and her jumping into a pool of whipped cream in a maid's costume

You do realize that these "compilations" are made by horny YouTube nerds, right? Its not exactly a scientific study of her punchline to actual laughter ratio or whatever.

in a nutshell, jezebel and other feminist-y blogs called out the daily show for sexism in part because it hired the criminally unfunny olivia munn; it came out later that tina fey had in fact recommended munn for perfect couples; munn said a number of impolite things about how bloggers just hate her b/c she looks good in a bikini

― max, Friday, February 25, 2011 12:08 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ok yeah the situation has parallels, i thought you were saying the character's behavior/looks were patterned after Munn which made less sense

LOL @ "I'm not gonna live forever, no matter how much gold i give Poseidon."

I know it was in the previews but Jenna walking up to Liz, slapping her and say "WHAT IS THAT?" still made me lol so hard

also Lutz is a neverending vortex of funny

lutz is married to sue in real life, i want to hang with them, i bet theyre fun

also Lutz is a neverending vortex of funny

― DJP, Friday, February 25, 2011 11:28 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

seriously can't tell if this is supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing

i mean it's lutz so i assume it's a compliment but ?

lutz rules forever

I am not sure how that was ambiguous, but what I meant was "Lutz is always hilarious"

hanging out with Lutz and Sue would be amazing

munn was funny enough as a cohost on attack of the show, tho it could just be good writing. i would prob trust her to deliver in a comic role in a decent sitcom (havent watched 1 second of perfect couples or seen her on daily show)