I’m ridiculously giddy. Unbelievable though it may seem, I never watched 30 Rock — until last spring, when I started watching it on Netflix during my lunch hour at work. Pacing myself, I finished up the very last episode of Season 5 on Tuesday.
I am ready! Bring on the ridiculousness! Bring on the Alec Baldwin! Bring on more jokes than I can process in 22 minutes!
I’m looking forward to the Kim Jung Il / Un jokes - I hope they had enough lead time to work his death into the season premiere.
I was watching those programs right about the time he died. It was surreal!
30 Rock used to be one of my favorite shows, but the drop-off in quality the past couple seasons has left me pretty indifferent to its return. I’ll still watch, but I’m not excited.
Oh no! Did a Korean person die?
Jack’s wife (or girlfriend? baby-momma) was kidnapped last season by the leader of North Korea, who subsequently (in real life) has died, as a bride for his son who is the new leader. If you’re joking I don’t get it.
It’s from the episode where Liz buys a wedding dress. When people are harassing her, she says something to the effect of “Who says this is a wedding dress? In Korea, they wear white to funerals.” Later she walks by Tracy while wearing the dress and he says “Oh no, did a Korean person die?”
Sorry I forgot about that joke. Hee!
They could easily change it but I don’t think it was a marriage to one of his sons–just a general. They showed the ceremony and it was just a guy in a uniform.
I just watched it, in preparation for tonight’s premiere. She married Kim Jong-Un.
And that was the first time Margaret Cho has made me laugh. She was a hoot as Kim Jong-il!
That was Kim Jong-Un. Just in case there were any doubts they managed to slip in a gag with Supereme Leader & Mrs Kim sending Jack a Christmas card.
CRAP - I missed it! Anyone know where I can watch it online? It’s not on Hulu, on Amazon, on the NBC website… Anyways, how was it?
I felt that way through season 4, but thought season 5 was pretty much a return to form - no?
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Haven’t watched the new one yet, but a rerun of “The Live Show” is currently airing and they’ve ‘filmlooked’ it! I remember watching it when it first aired (live) and it was most definitely 30fps videotape looking. Now it has that smooth 24fps film, ah, look. I know its all done on HD video so they could have had it look like this originally, but I guess they deliberately wanted it to look like video (i.e. like SNL) to emphasize the ‘live-ness’ of it (but what, the freakin’ live audience laughing in the background wasn’t enough?!)
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Well, the season six opener seemed a little lackluster. The last three episodes of season 5 I watched today were very good. This one paled by comparison.
Any thoughts on who the mystery man is?
Liz is looking a little, well, cushier. Was Tina pregnant when they shot this?
It’s up now.
It was snowing here last night and the affiliate had the video squeezed back for school closing crawls, so everyone looked fat to me! But she definitely looked plumper than she did on Jimmy Fallon.
I suppose this is what I get for nearly completely ignoring network television, but I saw two 30 Rock people during and after this show. One was Dennis on a commercial, and the other was Jack’s gay evil nemesis, appearing on the show which followed (I think). Anyway, I had no idea there was such extensive cross-pollination going on. [/living under a rock]
There was one joke early on that really cracked me up, but now I can’t remember it. I did like Frank and Toofer climbing out of the dumpster dressed like Santa with an assault weapon and black Jesus. And Jack being wrong at the end – who is that guy??
Up All Night is a first-season show that is actually pretty good, about a successful couple who have a baby and the dad stays home while the wife produces a daytime talk show. If you’re in the married-with-children demographic, the show hits really close to home. I like it because the couple is actually nice to each other and it’s not always the husband who’s being the stupid one (unlike Home Improvement or Everybody Loves Raymond or King of Queens). Plus its funnier than those other shows, if not quite as surreal as 30 Rock or off-the-wall as Parks and Rec.
Thanks, Skammer!
I just had a wacky thought. Didn’t Murphy Brown name her baby Avery? Was it a boy or a girl? Was that show on long enough ago for that Avery to be this Avery? Is it an in-joke?