The Exercise lady on tv sounds like Rachel Dratch. Okay, these "Welcome to Season 4," "Jack will tell you what to do next" etc. is starting to get old. Hey, someone on the 30 Rock writing staff must've had a similar experience that I had in Italy! Kathy Geise's lawyer is Teddy Ruxpin? Awesome. Dr. Spaceman! Dr. Spaceman! Poor Bryan Astronaut Mike Dexter Overall, this episode was funny, but nothing special. Al Gore saving whales was a great in-joke. Tracey hallucinating on the set of the Cosby show made me smile. However, it was so-so.
Memorable Quotes:
"There are no rules. Like Check-in at an Italian Airport."--Jack "I love the earth. I have these rare blossoms flown in every day on a private jet. That's the definition of green"-Jack
"What have the children done for us? Well they make our shoes and wallets."--Kenneth and Jack
"There are no rules. Like Check-in at an Italian sex party."--Jenna
Last weekend I picked up this girl after practicing Jedi Moves at Prospect Park. Took her home on the handlebars of my bike, snuck her inside past my mom, she sees my mint condition Hell boy action figure and she starts quoting your damn book."--Frank
"I did Big Sister in College. That little girl taught me how to use tampons."--Liz
"Punish You? I've always wanted to film a student werewolf movie in Iceland where I'm filling in last minute for Victoria Beckham."
"It was a year ago that you kicked me to the curb. I began plotting my revenge that very day. I knew I needed to align myself with something bigger than GE and since American Idol's not on until January, that left the United States Government."--
"You probably don't know this, because you've never played a moonologist, but werewolves only come out at night.--Janna Yes I remember that from the Thriller Video.--Liz Too soon."--Tracy "Volunteers need to adopt a dog, it's like God backwards."--Sign
"All I need from you is one idea that's as good as the lightbulb."--Jack
"Since I have neither the time or the energy, to pretend your problem is a real problem, I will cut the baby in half."--Jack
Random Thoughts
Dr. Spaceman has a book?!? Oh, look at Chris Parnell's cute mug! :30 seconds in and this episode rocks.
Mr. Geiss is a Fonzie fan.
A bus to Washington? The JC Penney's lapel cover?
"Doin' the Microwave..jabba wabba wabba"
Pants for Zoo animals and Big Brother, huh?
Will Arnett! Will Arnett!
Will Arnett is BFF with Malia? Awesome.
"I will adopt all of them."
7 minutes in, and this episode is even more hectic than usual.
Laser shield, cold pizza, laser gun, Gay Ireland. I love when Will Arnett and Jack confront each other.
Seriously, Arnett and Baldwin confronting each other is awesome.
Wow, talk about a hilariously silly episode. Great episode!
I haven't "reviewed" an episode of 30 Rock since March 2. I've got a little case of bronchitis and I'm trying to fill a void that used to be filled by baseball (sad, but true)--- so here's my review of the season premiere. And yes, this may be the only episode I've watched so far.
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Memorable Quotes
"Hello everyone, I'm so happy to see all of you and welcome you to Season 4, which is the number one restaurant in New York," --Jack
"I can't eat these, I'm a foodie."--Tracy
"The best way for a female to get heat in this industry is to record a country album or have a lesbian relationship."--Jenna
"We'll trick those race car lovin' wide loads into watchin' your lefty homoerotic propoganda hour yet!-Jack Well, you don't just like anybody, do you?"-Liz "Well..." --Jack
"We're reaching out to the rest of the country. Our new mammogram machine is called Get 'er done 2000."--Jack
"Excuse me sir, do you want to hold hands with a black millionaire?"--Tracy?
"Pete and I are intercoursing each other."--Liz
"I don't need this job. I can get a job tomorrow in the air force."--Josh
"Once I'm vested, I'm outta here." --Dot Com
"Tell me what to do.....Nixon."--Jack
Where's the bar?-Jack "There's a bar in the shower that was installed by the previous tenant. He still died in there though." --Kenneth When people look at you, they see who they want to be. When people look at me they see who they are. Sir, you look like the mall santas when they come back from lunch."--Jack
"Kiss my a$$ new york, it's tennis night!--Jenna
"Step into the light, Lemon, there's nothing wrong with being fun and popular and giving people what they want. Ladies and gentlemen-- Jay Leno."--Jack
Thoughts: Season 4! Season 4! Jack's intro was pretty much awesome. Why is Alec Baldwin so hilarious? Oh, Tracy's stand up? Awesome. Oh, Jenna. Tracy actually burning money? Nice. Oh, Jack just said Comrade Obama. Nice. Is Kenneth speaking Pig Latin? Oh, love the Payroll Department!! Hmm, Pete and Liz are "great" at lying. Moby is a dear friend of Tracy's? Josh! He was finally mentioned! Jack is Mr. America. Yes, he is. I always like when the Private Investigator shows up, or should we say, "The Chameleon." Pete and Liz are still great at lying. Awkward. The rubber chicken hanging on the wall of the writers room? Kind of cool. Pete's wife's proposition. Even more awkward. The lead-in to Josh? That was great. Everyone helping him with the table? Nice. I'm a tiny bit sad to see Josh go however. Mall Santas? Private Investigator guy in a wig? Silly fun. Poor Kenneth, but the scenes between Jack and Kenneth are some of the best on the show. Ah, Tennis night.
All in all this episode wasn't bad. Not one of my top ten, but still a lot of fun, and as always-a great mix of low and highbrow comedy. The last line by Jack? Awesome.
Memorable Quotes: "I'll definitely do that..on opposite day. "I'm new to this country, is that a real thing?"--Liz and the taxi cab driver
"I think tonight is going to be a special night if you know what I mean? "I think I do, don't forget your skateboard."--Jack and Elisa
"I was supposed to be in that movie Rush Hour, but 2 weeks into the shooting I was replaced by Jackie Chan."-Tracy
"Was it, the days are done my sweet for the lambs are are decapitated?"--Kenneth
"It smells like dude in here."--Elisa
"What happens to you? You all get poor like the rest of us. You eat cereal that's in the bag and you keep the free hand-wipes from the casino and you might have to spend time with your children."--Elisa
"Love is all that matters." Don Geiss
"I watched American Masters about Baryshnikov and I picked up a few things."--Jack
I was about to do the run to the airport thing like Ross did on Friends and Liz Lemon did in real life."--Jack
"Everything has gone Cocoa for Cocoa Poops, is that right?"--Elisa
Random Thoughts: Liz was a man? A hermaphrodite? True love is a picture of a caricature on a skateboard. Never mind, true love is a matching t-shirt with your names squished together. (Jalisa) What about Jaconathan? Adult pictures? Oh, Kenneth has a friend! Ax-men? Seriously? I'm glad I don't have cable tv. Ok, Tracy Jordan on CNN is kind of awesome. Poor Kenneth. Geise has a manstress? I really want to see Jack dunk a basketball. Oh, you go Elisa! Oh a riddle! Kenneth! Poor Kenneth Wow, that's one riddle I actually got. Jonathan playing a flute topless? AWESOME!!!
Jon Hamm doesn't quite look like the sex god he is with that tie and hair parted like that. Norts is the new blergh? The McFlurry bit would be cuter if they shared. Jack and Elisa must be in a higher income class than me. I always get the sundae with caramel at McDonalds. Yum. Kenneth has a blind twin? Oh, she's cute and he's in love. I like how a lot of 30 Rock revolves around food. I can relate. I'm not digging that scarf. Jack is cute when he tries to change the subject. Dot-Com and Grizz are in a love triangle? Awesome. Gallantry scares me. Hmm stew with cheddar cheese instead of water? Best prayer ever. Good job Jack. Selma Hayek is awesome when she speaks Spanish. Oh, most embarrassing date ever. Cute. Why is Jon Hamm so cute? Yes! the Gaybomb came up again!! Dot-Com's sweatshirt is awesome. Aw, Dot-Com is still in love. Oh, that was low of Jack. Nice phone-ring. Oh, Jenna. Is that the horrid Ann Heche? Poor Jack 30 Rock writers stole from Jack Nicholson's life! Awesome! Poor Kenneth Is blind girl that hot? She's cute, but I don't thinks she's hot, hot. Selma Hayek though, she's hot. I think it's hamburglar. Oh, Querida. Yes, Jack is such a romantic. Sigh, I heart Jon Hamm.
Memorable Quotes
"Please Jack, don't tell me you're one of those convenient Catholics who only go to church every Sunday."-Elisa
"All I want to do for Valentines Day is go to Plunder and eat the Lover's Delight."-Jack
"Ken, you need to snap out of it and ask out that sexy Miss Magoo."-Tracy
"It's not the good one either."-Liz
"I once proclaimed I am God during a deposition and I may have sodomized our former vice president while under the influence of some weapon-grade narcotics." Jack
"I have photos with a lot of people. The Dalai Lama, Rabbi Yosef, Toby Keith."-Jack
"How dare you say that so close to the statue of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of judgmental statues."-Elisa
Yesterday morning I had a couple of e-mails and conversations with people about this episode of 30 Rock. I finally watched it yesterday afternoon, and yeah. Best episode this season.
Quotes: "Me Odio" "Yo soy Jack"-Jack and Elisa's Abuelita In Puerto Rico, they hold elderly women in high When I quote lines from your movie, that doesn't sound racist, right? My roles transcend race."--Tracy and the intern "I want to go to there"-Liz
Thoughts: The Interns are former investment bankers that were laid off by the economic crash Nancy Pelosi caused. A Doctor who has recently been divorced? Selma Hayek can totally hold her own with Alec Baldwin. Very nice. Generalissimo.....is Alec Baldwin? Alec Baldwin with those glasses..awesome. Generalissimo is butchering "digame" and sounds exactly like a gringo speaking spanish, but not bad. Michael J Fox!! (in commercial) Is Oswald Kevin Nealon?
(TBC) it's gorgeous outside, and I need to go there.
Last night's 30 Rock? Best episode to date this season.
Memorable Quotes and Random Thoughts:
"First of all, never badmouth synergy." -Jack
"Fine, I'll go, as long as this has a spa where you are allowed to eat in the sauna, because some places, they get mad." -Liz
"Did you know Janis Joplin speedwalked everywhere and was afraid of toilets?" Spaceman!!! "Dee-A-Bees? Diabetes? Yes, now we know what we're dealing with!" Tracy and Dr. Spaceman
"If left untreated you could possibly lose a foot Could I replace it with a wheel like Rosie from the Jettsons? I suppose, but then you'd have to register as a motor vehicle."- Dr. Spaceman and Tracy
"Each of them embodies a pillar of the six sigma business philosophy: teamwork, insight, brutality, male enhancement, handshakefullness and play hard." -Jack
"There's no link between diabetes and diet. That's a white myth Ken, like Larry Bird or Colorado." -Tracy
"There's a conspiracy theory that after the Civil War, the US Army spread false information about diabetes to keep the newly freed slaves sluggish and docile, and that's why to this day most African Americans know that diabetes is caused by sleeping on your back. I don't think that's right." -Harvard and Kenneth
"According to my Wikipedia page, I'm gonna need some cherry juice, buttermilk and tequila to make my signature Janis Joplin Cocktail, the Frankschlongg."-Jenna
"Mr. Jordan, I've seen too many people back home die of diabetes and go-kart accidents to stand idly by while you ruin your health.."-Kenneth
"Noe" N-O-E."-Tracy
"You can't say a-doy to me in mixed company."-Jack
"I give you a simple managerial problem and I get back the second half of a Judy Blume novel." -Jack
"That's what friends do, uh-duh." Liz
Random Thoughts during the episode:
Jenna doing improv is awesome.
Love the Washington reference (maybe we WILL find out what happened)
Reeling up the thumbs at 1:50? Totally cute.
Yeah! More Janis Joplin, or in this case Janet Jompler or Janey Jimplin
I like Jenna's hair, and I totally could do that with mine.
I (still) love Chris Parnell. I'm glad he's back as Spaceman, or anyone really.
The diabetes plotline is kind of awesome.
The hill witch is just too silly.
No celebrity guest spots??
(Robot Penis made me laugh)
Frank and Jenna hooking up? That's been brewing since the first season. I was hoping that wouldn't happen, but I like how they spun it. The next Ross and Rachel that we actually care about? I hope so.
Wait, Jenna is kind of wearing my usual hairstyle (when I actually do it).
Frank's love square? Kind of awesome. Go Frank!
Jenna's monster bit? Best acting she's done yet!
Oh no, Stuart Smalley backfired!
If Liz Lemon can wear boots and skirts together, so can I.
Liz and Jack are sweet together, and the ending is kind of awesome. No, I don't think they'll ever hook up.
I hate Smoky Bear. That's one govment program I don't support (Not you, Smokey, you're name-sake).
Finally, no guest spots! My fave episode so far, and I love the plotlines they seem to be going with. Are they tantalizing us with the gay bomb? Will we see more with that? I can't believe I spent time writing down my thoughts and quotes. I hate being a little under the weather. Again.
