# 30 Rock landmark episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2011, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339 "2011-04-22T09:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/1 "2011-04-22T09:13:09Z")
They had Adam West on last season and Michael Keaton on this one! Maybe if they get Clooney to do an on-air cameo next year, this can be the first truly Bat-centric sitcom ever! ---
**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/2 "2011-04-22T09:47:05Z")
Has Val Kilmer been on yet? ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/3 "2011-04-22T10:06:37Z")
Good bits… but it ran too long for me. I liked the past, present, future Jacks. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/4 "2011-04-22T10:31:22Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > I liked the past, present, future Jacks. “It’s after six. What are we, farmers?” And don’t forget Tom Hanks and his red phone of the Actors League, or whatever the heck it was. As he knits while humming the _Bosom Buddies_ theme song. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/5 "2011-04-22T11:49:10Z")
Nice milestone for a show that everybody thought was gonna get killed by Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip when it was first announced… Somehow I doubt they would ever let Val Kilmer near the show. I’m on a huge backlog of 30 Rock episodes. I might just have to do a season 5 marathon this weekend. Bossypants is amazing, btw. Just sucked I had to work the night Tina did her Barnes & Noble signing/baby announcement. At least I still have my personally autographed copy of Mean Girls… ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/6 "2011-04-22T12:46:08Z")
Every time they’ve hinted at Kenneth’s advanced age, I always assumed they meant that he was like 80 or 90. But according to his tombstone at the end, he’s 230! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/7 "2011-04-22T13:32:07Z")
I don’t normally watch this show, I’ve seen a handful of episodes before, but I managed to catch this last night and I was laughing my ass off. “I know, a man named Iilya. That’s a giraffe’s name!” ---
**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:** [April 22, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/8 "2011-04-22T13:53:17Z")
I loved that the beginning when Michael Keaton announced it was a last day and showed everyone a picture of “his girl” was finally paid off with him getting shot at the end of the day. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/9 "2011-04-22T14:12:22Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I loved that the beginning when Michael Keaton announced it was a last day and showed everyone a picture of “his girl” was finally paid off with him getting shot at the end of the day. “I’m getting too old for this sh… sound that the leaking gas makes.” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/10 "2011-04-22T21:47:16Z")
Jack’s speech on the roof about doing television was brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/11 "2011-04-22T21:49:36Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Every time they’ve hinted at Kenneth’s advanced age, I always assumed they meant that he was like 80 or 90. But according to his tombstone at the end, he’s 230! I didn’t get a close look at the tombstones, they all died on the same day, right? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/12 "2011-04-22T22:08:37Z")
Michael Keaton? Oh, swoon! I can’t wait to get home to the DVR now! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/13 "2011-04-22T22:09:48Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Every time they’ve hinted at Kenneth’s advanced age, I always assumed they meant that he was like 80 or 90. But according to his tombstone at the end, he’s 230! I thought the year was partly covered by a plant. You could only see the decade, not the century. And after they started showing clips I was worried the whole thing would be a clip show, which would come off really badly after Community’s episode. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/14 "2011-04-22T22:14:37Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I didn’t get a close look at the tombstones, they all died on the same day, right? Jenna and Tracy both died on March 17th, Kenneth “died” on the 31st. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/15 "2011-04-22T22:22:10Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I thought the year was partly covered by a plant. You could only see the decade, not the century. I paused it, and it was pretty obviously in the 1700s. ---
**Author:** ![alfabex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@alfabex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfabex)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/16 "2011-04-23T17:34:54Z")
Liz’s spit take was my favourite part. “I wasn’t even drinking anything”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/17 "2011-04-24T03:28:12Z")
How about, “It’s not rape if neither one of you wants to do it.” I was shocked to realize that 2016 is only five years from now! Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/18 "2011-04-24T04:20:24Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Jack’s speech on the roof about doing television was brilliant. Correction - Alec Baldwin’s speech on the roof about doing television was brilliant! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/19 "2011-04-25T11:22:20Z")
“I’m trained to fight four guys.” “There are three more of me upstairs.” ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339/20 "2011-04-27T17:05:01Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Jack’s speech on the roof about doing television was brilliant. The whole time he was saying it I kept going “I can’t believe he’s really saying it…” because Alec Baldwin is not typically self-aware. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-landmark-episode/579339.md?page=2)