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

I did not realize that Ken Howard plays Hank Hooper!

"i'm sorry liz, but my hands are tied ... is the only show on TWINKS that's doing well" <- they REALLY love this joke construction

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Transformers 5: Planet of the Earth

I didn't love this episode actually but bravo to Sorkin for having a sense of humor. Always loved this old line from Tina:

The gossipers over at New York Daily News have a great tidbit about Tina Fey dissing Aaron Sorkin at a recent event. She reportedly told the crowd at the Writers Guild Awards, "I hear Aaron Sorkin is in Los Angeles wearing the same dress- but longer, and not funny."

holy shit @ gay sportscenter!

Yeah, that was perfecto!

loved the joke that was banks saying something like "now my life is only wet wipes and rectal thermometers... and babies"

or maybe it was "and then came the babies" or something idk

also another hannibal burress cameo

"Remember when a movie was just a fella in a hat running away from a fella with no hair?"

Brilliantly delivered, but I don't get it. Does anyone?

hahaha! that was funny!

man, this show is funny.

i think jack is having his funniest season ever.

*power wagging*

Rizzoli & Isles joke was great.

"i'm sorry liz, but my hands are tied ... is the only show on TWINKS that's doing well" <- they REALLY love this joke construction

I was thinking the exact same thing. I call it the deflected assumption.

it has a real name -- they're called garden path sentences

I guess I was thinking more broadly, like Kenneth's line from a couple weeks ago: "When I have problems I like to talk to the man upstairs. Unfortunately Mr. Gazalean got put in jail for attacking his father."

my favorite joke like that was another one of Kenneth's: "That reminds me of a story about my neighbor's cat. His name was Mr. Wiggles and his cat's name was Norman..."

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i watched this for the second time today, and i laughed even harder than i did the first time? i hadn't forgotten about TWINKS, but some of the jokes i'd forgotten just destroyed me. in fact, the one i'd forgotten about entirely was the whole "Jenna-Babies" bit, with the Vietnamese baby offering comfort to a GI then saying, "I'm good at math," then Jenna saying "That's so it's not racist." classic.

this last episode, sorry. duh.

Holy crap, between this and Community...

Both shows are new this week right?

he's on *linkedin*, lemon

so many jenna, tracey, or jack lines kill, even if they aren't 'in themselves' gold

New Community 4/14, dunno about 30 Rock, though.

Also 14th, according to this thing I'm looking at.

has anyone read Bossypants?

This title will be released on April 18, 2011.
Pre-order now!

You can download it as of today. Got an email from Apple. May just have to for vacation reading.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/05/fey-defends-palin-impersonation/

just posting this for the incredibly lol Palin quote; you really get the distinct sense that this woman does not actually understand her native language

someone really should put Palin on a word ration, tighten that shit right up.

oxygen ration morelike

lol

Yeah but once you introduce word rationing, death panels can't be far behind, socialism.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/alec_baldwin_30_rock_ending.html

"I will tell you one thing," he said. "And that is our show next year is our last year of the show." Though Baldwin has made no secret of the fact that he plans to leave 30 Rock in 2012, this was the first time we've heard that the show itself would close up shop, too. But Baldwin says it's a done deal that Fey will be leaving. "Our contracts are expired [in 2012], and Tina is gonna have a big career directing films and writing. She's going to be the next Elaine May. She'll be great." Reps for Fey and the show declined to comment.

If true, this doesn't make me sad. I think six seasons of 30 Rock sounds about right.

would be impossible to continue without baldwin anyway

yeah, i kinda hope it ends, but would like to see fey do another tv show maybe.

'the should hire steve carell' - an entertainment news blogger

tbh I would watch a relationship comedy starring Tina Fey and Matt Damon

'the should hire steve carell' - an entertainment news blogger

I suggested (to no one in particular, but I think my dog was in the room when I said it out loud) that Baldwin/Donaghy should go to the Office: fish-out-of-water, down-on-his-luck big-city CEO in a small town, hilarity ensuing, etc. And Carrell could take over for Donaghy! Small-town middle-manager in over his head, etc. etc.

My Season 4 DVD just arrived so it's helping me through these two weeks of no new episodes. I'm not surprised they're gonna wrap it up, I'm amazed the show has remained so high quality for this long.
BTW I didn't notice it at the time but in Season 4, Alec Baldwin does this weird pouty Zoolander lip thing at the end of scenes like ALL THE TIME! And now I've noticed it I can't not-see it.

oh yeah, that's called "his face"

lol
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This show needs to end. Also, Baldwin's comments reek of contractual negotiations – threaten the network with impending doom, the network stumps up more money. He's helping his mates.

That's nonsense.

i thought you'd want it to carry on now that tracy morgan is away? xp

Baldwin's had one foot out the door for the show's entire run, talking about leaving when the daughter voicemail happened and at other points -- i think he enjoys 30 Rock and knows he's got a good thing but probably justifiably doesn't want to hang on forever like a lot of TV stars. and i can see why Fey would want to move onto other projects, 6 seasons is a good run, not too short and not too long.