It was only one other kidney.
[Paris Hilton]Hot![/Paris Hilton] Beautiful voice too. Watching it without knowing who he was I was wondering if he’s a Broadway star.
The Amadeus parody at the end of last season when he runs in wearing the cape [and of course Dr. Spaceman is wearing an 18th century cape] as Tracy is at death’s door creating his combo porno and video game was one of the great moments in recent history.
I loved her stealing the microphone from Michael Stipe. Too bad she wasn’t in her “Janet Joppelin” (or whatever the character’s name is) mode.
Originally Posted by Sampiro
Who was “please to meet” guy?
That was hillarious too. Mostly because you don’t expect a mumbling non-actor musician to pull something like that off.
And that other kidney was Sheryl Crow.
Damn, it doesn’t feel like that long ago. So it’s changed? Thinking back, maybe not “hit their stride” but I liked all my favorite shows right away. To this day I actually have no ass, because I laughed it off during the pilot of Arrested Development.
Janice Jormp Jomp. That episode nearly killed me. Probably my favorite half hour of television this year.
I agree that 30 Rock started a bit slow, but I would suggest you give it another shot Cisco. S1 and S2 are both available streaming on Netflix, if you have a subscription. When it hit its stride, it really got good. Of course, I might be biased because there was an episode that reunited the Night Court cast, and that was enough to make me love it forever.
It also has my all time favorite sitcom line. “Ignore the Detour sign. It’s a trap.”
The show is extraordinarily different than it was in the first several episodes. The humor isn’t the same as Arrested Development, but there’s some overlap in the worldview.
The last few eps are up on Hulu and NBC.com. I wouldn’t try the oldest of those (Jacki Jormp-Jomp), because it was a bit of a weak entry. But any of the others is a great exemplar of what the show is now.
–Cliffy
Favorite line of the night (because it’s true on so many levels):
Declan McManus: “Listen, when someone starts talking in the middle of a song, you know it’s serious.”
As true today as it was for Elvis and for Never Been to Me.
Kidney Now Video on YouTube until the copyright Nazis attack.
I dunno. I actually think that, if someone loathed the first two episodes, that’s a pretty good sign that it’s not the show for them. It’s definitely gotten better, but the characters and type of humor were pretty well established early on.
I was sort of underwhelmed by the charity song, though the episode was great (god bless you, Dr. Spaceman! And was that Molly Shannon attacking Jenna on the talk show?). I’m pretty sure I actually quote this thread’s title – ‘God, 30 Rock is good’ – after every episode. It really is a delight.
My wife and I saw Tina Fey on Letterman a week or few before the 30 Rock debut, and thought she was terribly unfunny, and did not expect much out of the show after that. The only reason we even started watching it was because we happened to leave NBC on after The Office. I loved it after the first episode, and it is generally the most consistently funny show on television.
I kind of agree. My favorite sitcoms of this decade have been Arrested Development and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with 30 Rock in a very close 3rd (it might have barely beat out IASIP, if there weren’t so many weak episodes mixed in with the great stuff). But while it didn’t start brilliantly, I do think the style of humor was there from the beginning. Personally, I think it’s the best comedy on network TV (and this comes from someone who absolutely hated Tracy Morgan on SNL), but it has stayed fairly consistent in tone.
Elvis! The line about being an international art thief was great. Clay Aiken being Kenneth’s cousin was cute as well.
I admit I didn’t get the MASH parody.
What I like most about 30 Rock is I never know what I’m going to laugh at in any given week. Whilst the characters are all pretty clear and set, how they will interact to create comedy is rarely cliche and predictable.
It’s the only sitcom I watch.
How the HELL did I miss that? I refer to that episode all the time. (I’ll remember something and say “Oh my god it wasn’t a chicken, it was a babbbby!”)
Brilliant.
Is it just me or does Elvis Costello as he ages resemble Phil Silvers (right)?
As in being homely, middle-aged men? Nah, Elvis is MUCH uglier.
Finally watched this episode. I think I laughed hardest at the incredibly awkward game of catch. I do love this show, and Alan Alda was great.
Me, too - it is really well done.
I had to re-watch it because one of my guests at the time had to leave, (we get together to watch The Office, but now Park’s [and especially] 30 Rock’s fan base has FINALLY come to include others in my circle), and I had to walk her to her car. I felt so stupid watching it over again because the first time I forced myself to laugh at parts that I could have only really understood if I had seen the beginning. It’s kind of a habit. If I don’t get it. Or just don’t hear a joke… I assume it was meant tio be funny and chuckle so as to not look stupid. Anyway great episode.
I don’t frequent 30 Rock threads as much, and I’m sure this had been mentioned at some point but; Katrina Bowden who plays Cerie is SO jaw-droppingly HOT! I may come off as a skeez… Of course Tina Fey is totally cute as well, and Jane Krakowski, they also get extra points for being able to play such goofy characters; but whenever Katrina gets screen time… I just can’t look away.
Just thinking about her makes my hand form into a fist, while my eyebrows are raised, and I just… bite my knuckles!! She Gives me the vapors.
Whenever I see her I do notice how hot she is, but I also think, man, how skinny must that chick be? She’s half the size of Tina and Jane, who are actress thin.
I also checked IMDb and found that she won’t turn 21 until September. That means she must have been 17 when the show first started shooting in 2006. No wonder she can still look so incredibly young and dewy. (And she’ll have serious issues turning 30.)
Because of my OCD tic to always credit the writer, I need to remind people that the smother the baby storyline is taken directly from Cynthia Ozick’s short story, “The Shawl,” which was published in 1980, three years before the MAS*H finale. It’s in every possible best collection, including Best American Short Stories of the Century and deservedly so. Simply one of the best and powerful short stories ever written.
Speaking of feeling old (was I? I don’t remember. We old people get like that. Like what?) I think I recognized only Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, Cindy Lauper, and Sheryl Crow out of all the Kidney Klan. Do the math. Now that Sheryl is established as a former classmate of Liz’s does this mean a Very Special Episode next season? And same for Clay and Kenneth.