![]() But outside of this, the episode falls back into the cardinal sin of 30 Rock: being forgettable. And let’s be real, with our penchant for BuzzFeed lists for the most heart clogging foods of State Fairs, you goddamn better believe that a restaurant like Season 4, a fusion of all the most popular cuisines of the flyover states, would make a killing thanks to ironic hipster who’d wait in 5 hour lines for a donut. If someone handed me a Cheesy Blaster, you god damn well better believe I will try it while high fiving Meat Cat, the too cool for school mascot for the brand of quasi-Hot Pockets filled with cheese and hot dogs. It makes sense for Jenna, who can’t fathom irony, to play into destructive stereotypes. I’ll highlight more as they come up, but in this episode it’s her first big catchphrase of season 2: “ME WANT FOOD!”. And sometimes the jokes are so mean, so over the line, so dark that the only choice is to funnel that through the egoic lunacy of Jenna Maroney. What made 30 Rock funny was it’s dark cynicism that we were holding on to coming out of the Bush administration and into the (relatively) stable Obama era. Sure, we do get one of the greatest new Halloween jams of our time, ‘Werewolf Bar Mitzvah’, in this episode (written by Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond, and most importantly Donald Glover). Jack Gets in the Game (Season 2, Episode 2)ģ0 Rock, as wholesome as it is sometimes, is far from Nicecore. ![]() The saving grace of this episode? Tracy Jordan, as Oprah, hosting The Source Awards.ġ17. But when she attempts to end the date she’s denounced as a racist, only causing her to dig deeper into the hole that is called white guilt. ![]() An early attempt to diffuse some of the problematics surrounding Liz and her thinly veiled uncomfortableness involving race, the B plot of this episode focuses on her date with a characteristically funny Wayne Brady who is everything Liz is not. The Source Awards (Season 1, Episode 16)Ĭan one person trust another who doesn’t find LL Cool J to be endlessly endearing? I do not know, nor do I wish to find out that answer, but for his role on 30 Rock playing fictional hip-hop producer Ridikolous he, unfortunately, doesn’t get to be his typical charming self-playing a rather to-the-chest cooler-than-cool character, except for when he’s actually slipping the facts about the whereabouts of Tupac. But that’s ok because we still have six more seasons and three and a half more boyfriends to get through!ġ18. With Floyd being the relationship Liz holds on to through Season 4 you would expect just a modicum of more gravity given to their separation. And while I love the prolonged Misery reference with Kenneth’s cousin Jesse Parcell (Sean Hayes), it feels lazy that Floyd and Liz’s breakup happens off screen. But don’t take my word for it, ask the 2007 Primetime Emmy’s which awarded Stritch Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy. Equipped with the frame of a bird and the leathery voice of, well, herself Stritch effortlessly plays Colleen as if the role was written specifically with her in mind. BUT what we do get is our first appearance of probably the best guest star the show ever had: Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy, Jack’s mom. Where audiences expected things to get wrapped up into a nice little bow because, hey! That’s what TV is supposed to do right? Not quite. But back to my fan theory! Is it just a coincidence that the actor who plays The Hair’s last name is Hermann in an episode with “The Head” in the title or is it actually a thinly veiled reference to the short lived FOX television show Herman’s Head starring William “Charley Brewster” Ragsdale? Coincidence? I THINK NOT!Īh, the end of the first season. Thinking she’s destined for The Head, Liz finds herself falling for The Hair after connecting over a bodega cashiers refusal of a $100 bill. Peter Hermann (the disgustingly attractive Charles Brooks from Younger, not to mention husband of Mariska “Dun Dun!” Hargitay) was cast as “The Hair”, one of two men that Jenna and Liz are vying for (the other being Brian McCann, most notable for his characters on Conan including Pimpbot 5000 as well as playing Freddy Spaghetti, notable Pawnee childrens entertainer in the Season 2 finale of Parks & Rec). ![]() The Head and the Hair (Season 1, Episode 11)
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