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I'm a Sorkin fan and this show has quietly emerged as a confident winner. I'm also a Radner, Belushi, Aykroyd snob who has little to do with later SNL. I never knew much of Tina Fey, so I never came into 30 Rock with any personal attachments. But I have to say I adore her, even though I'm several years late.

You're right about its treatment of television. It doesn't treat it as something precious. But still it celebrates it and makes you want to enjoy it with them in the same way. Kind of what Sorkin tries to do.

This is a damn funny, charming show. For quirky, non sequitor, life observational stuff at the workplace, it easily beats out US Office in my opinion. And Baldwin isn't the only one carrying it.

But enough philosophical blah blah blah. The one liners at the next day water cooler are worth the price of admission.

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I am really liking the show. Tracy Morgan's craziness has been toned down making him a much better character, and Alec Baldwin is perfect.

I also liked the fact that they brought on John McEnroe as the host of the crappiest game show ever.

I don't get one thing though...why does Tina Fey always try to portray herself as "ugly" in a way? She was on Letterman recently and she looked gorgeous.

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Thursday is officially the best night of comedy ever! all four of the shows are hilarious.
I wasn't sure about this one until a few eps back, The Break-Up, and now it's a must-see.
The only thing that bothered me about this episode was the "cousin" thing, because just when you think she finally got somethin good, she's related to him. I liked that plot better on "the Nanny"
Love Alec Baldwin and the crazy Tracy Jordan, and what a crappy game show that was.

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Best line for me: "A talk show with out a host, just the voice of the dead lady from Desperate Housewives. . . "

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#2 SJ, my guess as to why the very attractive Tina Fey tries to portray herself as "ugly" or at least, nerdy, is that she's thinking along the lines that Ricky Gervais does when he creates characters. Loveable losers are funny. I think she's pretty cute on the show though, even if not as hot as in real life.

But whatever, I agree it's a funny show. I really loves it for its good-natured goofiness and lack of pretensions. Jack, Kenneth, Tracy, Liz Lemmon, they all kill me.

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God I love Thursday nights. I have a question you astute commenters might like pondering: Does Kenneth know he's gay? I imagine _not_ because he seems to have such little self-awareness. [Still chuckling over Michael saying Andy had no self-awareness]. I imagine he's "straight" because that's what his mother said. Or something. He's not stupid. I think he'd be aware of other queers around him but I just imagine the idea would never occur to him.

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Best line from Liz: "I just want to go home, eat cheese and watch that show about midgets"

referring to that TLC show Little People, Big World.

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I know the show is "30 Rock" and all, but could they cut back on all of the "NBC/Universal" and "MSNBC" inside jokes? the show has become one big extended product placement for what ever show the network wants to pimp. I much prefer Studio 60's thinly veiled but fictional network

can you imagine how much this is going to limit 30's options for syndication? (should the show last that long) who's going to want a show that references so many of the "competition's" shows?

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I love me some of the Tina Fey boobs show. She seriously sports her rack like a Peyton Manning ad blitz. But its ok, because the show is awesome without it (well, aside from Jane Krakowski...).

I don't think Kenneth is gay, I think he grew up in a modern 40's family. I think he is a person of the 21st century raised by a family of the 40's. His discomfort and sweetness is part of his introversion to relationships, or what we think it is. I'll let the writers have the final say, but in a way I would be very disappointed if they went this route with the character. It's too cliche and I don't feel it would fit his character.

Also, Goldcase was supposed to be a mix of Deal or no Deal and Millionaire right(or am I remembering wrong)? To me it looked like a cross between Deal or No Deal and a cheap ripoff of Deal or No Deal. McEnroe made up for it though.

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My favorite line was from "Moonvest" the bum to Kenneth: "Give me your fingernails". This show is full of quick, funny lines.

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Tracy Morgan's hilarity continues to impress me. His biography storyline was hilarious. Especially when he streched his arm way out to mimic his mother holding her breast.

When Tina Fey went to the party, I had to do a double-take. Didn't she look like Rachel Dratch? Are they related?

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@ Steve, I'd accept a non-gay Kenneth [though he pings my gaydar every time he's on-screen] as long as he'd still be astonished at anyone thinking he was gay. Oddly, I personally don't find him stereotypical at all. Sure, he's a momma's boy with an obsession for pop culture but there's something ridiculously wonderful about him that reminds me of Eb from Green Acres, almost. Minus the behind the scenes religious fanaticism I imagine Tom Lester bringing with him.

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SJ - I think Tina perceives herself (or at least LizLemon does) as not being up to par with the tall, leggy, haute-couture, dead-eyed model types featured at the party, and I think that a lot of women feel that way from time to time. Especially those of us who are only 5'4", a little round in the bum and who sometimes wear food on their shirts!

Oh, and in my mind, Kenneth is asexual!

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Man, this show is so great, I love it. The ending had me laughing so much, they're related!

Anyone notice that they said the date on the show was the 17th January 2007, more than once Tracy Morgan/Jordan asked, but in reality it was January 18th, 2007. Mix up? I find it cool when TV shows do stuff like this is all, mention the date, or reference things in real life, like "Katy Couric Sucks" had me rolling. Cold Case does this well, at the end of new episodes, they write the date the show airs on the boxes.

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Excellent show, though I'm still waiting for something to top the funniest line of 2006: "Those shoes are definitely bi-curious."

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Evan: The show started on 1/17/07, but Tracey's book wasn't due until the next day. They worked all day & night and all the next day, and the show ended on the evening of the 18th. And Liz and the Hair went to the party on the 17th, Liz ditched work on the 18th, and they discovered they were related on the evening of the 18th. So it wasn't a goof.

And Studio 60 is not even a little comparable to 30 Rock, both are excellent shows but have nothing in common other than subject matter.

Oh, and I think that the NBC references are intentional on Tina Fey's part, and not so much NBC product placements. She wanted to steep the show in the real world atmosphere of NBC/Universal.

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HAHAHA... awesome. Check out Tracy Jordan from 30 Rock

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Does anyone remember the lyrics to Tracy's xmas song?

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