30 Rock Is the Funniest Show on TV
By SteveLike many, I have an impossible crush on Tina Fey. And possibly a man-crush on Alec Baldwin, particularly after his “therapy” scene with Tracy Jordan a few weeks ago. (It has to be seen to be believed.)
But tonight’s episode contained the funniest, nastiest line. One that only a few people could possibly get.
Liz Lemon’s family visits her in NYC, and her father Dick actually says, “It wouldn’t be a Lemon party without old Dick.”
Now, to get this, you’d have to be familiar with “lemon party.” And if you’re not, you don’t want to type that into Google. Trust me. Some things can’t be un-seen.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Why didn’t I listen? Curse you, Encyclopedia Dramatica and your “image first” entries!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:30 am
My wife didn’t clue in to the lemon party stuff and I sure as hell wasn’t going to point it out to her.
We skipped 30 Rock most of last year because we didn’t really like the first few episodes. But we gave it another shot this year because of all the positive buzz.
This show has embraced its absurdism as much as Arrested Development ever did. Fey is showing a comic timing as an actress that we never saw on SNL and I don’t think Krakowski gets enough credit for being a loopy insane that’s every bit as funny as Morgan’s deranged character.
December 14th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Yeah, it did get off to a slow start. But it’s settled into a groove that’s made it the most consistently funny show on TV. And yeah, it definitely has that Arrested Development-style deadpan absurdism.
It’s all held together by Baldwin, but they need to be careful not to make him too… over-the-top.
But if they do, maybe they can bring in James Carville to fix it up, Cajun-style.
(The ending of that episode was an example of perfect editing; the “I donate to NPR, I vote Democrat. I’m black. … I killed my wife. (go to black).”
December 14th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I have no idea what’s going on, and I’m to follow your advice by not going to Google to find out.
Maybe if I watched TV filmed this decade a little more often…
December 14th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I apologize for double posting, but I’ll think of nothing else if I don’t do this:
*going to
I don’t know how it dodged the keyboard. I thought I typed it. I guess that was in the second “going to”. I should probably restructure the sentence to avoid repetition, but I’m not going to.