# 30 Rock (5/20) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215 "2010-05-21T03:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/1 "2010-05-21T03:55:28Z")
Question about tonight’s episode: In the credits an actor was listed as playing “Astronaut Mike Dexter” but I cannot remember any scene involving a character called that. 😕 Did I miss something? My DVR cut off during the end bit with Kenneth. Did Liz finally meet him or something? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/2 "2010-05-21T12:08:29Z")
My guess is that we didn’t hear him speak or even referred to, but “Astronaut Mike Dexter” was just there and Liz missed her shot at him. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/3 "2010-05-21T12:19:40Z")
I believe it was the guy from the previous week’s episode who said he was a “plushy”. My wife was astounded at how old Matt Damon looked. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/4 "2010-05-21T12:23:47Z")
Was Matt Damon in it? I thought he was going to be Mike Dexter. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/5 "2010-05-21T12:38:30Z")
“It’s too bad you can’t make one perfect woman out of the two of them, like a s’more you can bring into the shower.” ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/6 "2010-05-21T13:38:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Was Matt Damon in it? I thought he was going to be Mike Dexter. Matt Damon was Carol, doorman to the sky. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/7 "2010-05-21T14:12:13Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Matt Damon was Carol, doorman to the sky. “Carol? That’s a woman’s name.” - said dismissively by Paul in his half Cher, half Jenna outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/8 "2010-05-21T14:16:53Z")
The thing that actually made me laugh aloud was Avery’s [Overstock.com](http://Overstock.com) parody ad with the Maryland accent. O! Funniest vowel ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/9 "2010-05-21T14:20:15Z")
Damon did look old, but I thought he did well. ‘Walk briskly, wear a pilot’s uniform, you can go practically anywhere. Wandered around the second floor of the White House while the Obamas were sleeping.’ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/10 "2010-05-21T15:00:40Z")
> [@Lunar\_Saltlick](#): > > Damon did look old, but I thought he did well. ‘Walk briskly, wear a pilot’s uniform, you can go practically anywhere. Wandered around the second floor of the White House while the Obamas were sleeping.’ I think it didn’t help that we watch “The Bourne Identity”, “The Bourne Ultimatum” and this show in fairly rapid succession. It looked like he was aging in fast motion, like that dude in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. Also, my wife is Chinese and grey hair makes someone look disproportionately old to her. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/11 "2010-05-21T16:58:03Z")
Did anyone notice Carol’s “Catch Me if You Can” reference? There is no way he is a real pilot. Liz gave up her hateful fiance of destiny for a fraud. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/12 "2010-05-21T16:59:14Z")
> [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](#): > > Did anyone notice Carol’s “Catch Me if You Can” reference? There is no way he is a real pilot. Liz gave up her hateful fiance of destiny for a fraud. Wasn’t he filling out a worker’s comp claim for an injury he got on the job though? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/13 "2010-05-21T17:14:35Z")
> [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](#): > > Did anyone notice Carol’s “Catch Me if You Can” reference? There is no way he is a real pilot. Liz gave up her hateful fiance of destiny for a fraud. I didn’t catch the reference (what was it?) but I suspected from the beginning that he wasn’t a real pilot. I think it was his conversation with Jack in which he snarked on Capt. Sully that made me suspect he was an imposter. Plus, they can’t have Matt Damon joining the cast, so something’s gotta be wrong with him. I wish Liz would get back with Wesley Snipes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/14 "2010-05-21T17:25:04Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > The thing that actually made me laugh aloud was Avery’s [Overstock.com](http://Overstock.com) parody ad with the Maryland accent. O! Funniest vowel ever. A co-worker, originally from Baltimore, pronounces her long O’s in this extraordinarily fingernails-on-chalkboard manner. I used to think it was pretentiousness; now I know it’s just her Maryland accent. I’ll have to ask her to say something like “bowl of water” and see if she pronounces it “boule of wudder.” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/15 "2010-05-21T17:31:29Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I didn’t catch the reference (what was it?) but I suspected from the beginning that he wasn’t a real pilot. I think it was his conversation with Jack in which he snarked on Capt. Sully that made me suspect he was an imposter. > > Plus, they can’t have Matt Damon joining the cast, so something’s gotta be wrong with him. I wish Liz would get back with Wesley Snipes. 🙂 Argh, I can’t stand Wesley Snipes and his mouth words! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/16 "2010-05-21T17:36:13Z")
Liz asked Carol how he got through security at 30 Rock, and he said something like “If you are wearing a pilot’s uniform and look like you know where you are going, you can go just about anywhere.” As for worker’s comp, his story was just about as likely as any of the lies Liz has told. Isn’t worker’s comp for injuries that prevent you from doing your job? His was a bitten middle finger. He probably recognized her from Deal Breakers and threw out the TGS reference. He figures if she runs a show, she must have money and connections. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/17 "2010-05-21T17:38:36Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I didn’t catch the reference (what was it?) but I suspected from the beginning that he wasn’t a real pilot. I think it was his conversation with Jack in which he snarked on Capt. Sully that made me suspect he was an imposter. You know what a good pilot does? He doesn’t hit the birds in the first place! Poor Kenny and the Kabletown execs. Though when pulled out the handgun and put it on the desk, I burst out laughing. Then laughed harder when Pete gave him that odd look. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/18 "2010-05-21T17:50:01Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I think it was his conversation with Jack in which he snarked on Capt. Sully that made me suspect he was an imposter. They did the exact same bit on an episode of SNL, with Jason Sudekis IIRC playing another pilot who flew that same route and was ticked off that he wasn’t getting any credit for not hitting any brids. I don’t this is meant to lead you to think Carol isn’t the real deal. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/19 "2010-05-21T17:55:20Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > You know what a good pilot does? He doesn’t hit the birds in the first place! I would have liked those Sully jokes better if they hadn’t already been done by Jason Sudekis as a pilot on SNL’s Weekend Update. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215/20 "2010-05-21T17:57:23Z")
He’s an imposter! Mark my words! 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-5-20/540215.md?page=2)