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I am now two weeks behind on 30 Rock. Great American tragedy! Just kidding, it is called “saving the best for last,” look it up on Alta Vista. That doesn’t mean you guys can’t talk about it. You can also talk about other things, like, uh, Jeff Winger’s 1997 Real World audition tape? Hi, good job, TV. (I was also very impressed with Community’s reference to FX2: The Art of Illusion last week, which is a movie that I saw in the theater and that my friend Max and I make jokes about on a pretty regular basis to the point where the being impressed with Community‘s reference is also mingled with being annoyed because they stole it from us?) Also, last night’s episode of The Office was written by FULL DISCLOSURE SPOILER a friend of mine, Amelie Gillette, formerly of The Onion‘s The Hater column. Good job, Amelie Gillette! (My favorite part of the episode was when Ryan said that they weren’t working for the United States government and Kelly asked him what that was supposed to mean and he got fuddled and just said “Everything.” I’m not sure if Amelie wrote that part or not. UH OH DON’T BE MAD.) Meanwhile, Parks and Recreation continues its Zamboni tour of the competition. Man, that show. Very very good show. Rob Lowe’s consistent social mirroring is one of the funniest things a character on television has done in a very long time. (“No, is your mom coming to visit?”)
But like I said, I’m two weeks behind on 30 Rock, so this is obviously a pretty incomplete analysis.
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Woo hoo! As soon as I saw this last night I said, instant GIF! And then I said, hey, I’m thinking about GIF’s, I’m like a real monster! And then I said, who am I talking to, I need to shut up, this is stupid and embarrassing. But I really was excited for this gif. #coolstorybro
TROY AND ABED IN THE MOOOOOOOOOOOORNING!
concert_addict, you are always my hero.
do you have one of the news scroll?
Professor Slater still missing
The scroll was awesome…there was something about the “air vent monster” and about how Greendale is still having a chicken finger shortage. I love how Dan Harmon throws us these great little ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ jokes.
sorry, no gif, but here’s the text:
Don’t forget to study for classes; Remember to add or drop classes; Band practice cancelled due to-; Star Burns: “My name is Alex;” Human Being mascot offensive to animals: more at 8; Chess club moves meeting unexpectedly. Refuses to reveal why; Basketball team loses ball; Chicken finger shortage continues; Professor Slater still missing; No paintball this spring, claims Dean: full story at 8; School dance rate down 200%; Reports continue of mysterious” air vent monster;” Dean suggests end of year picnic; implies “western theme;” Dr. Ian Duncan quits drinking again; Tickers: Do we watch them? Story at 12
Erik Charles Nielsen is really the best.
I am so happy about Classic Dwight and Jim.
Magnitude is 16. 16 YEARS OLD!!!
So, Community was great right?
Right?
RIGHT!
I always suspected it, but last night it was confirmed. I am Leslie Knope.
There can only be one Highlander…!
Yeah…this was beyond best.
“One time a guy forgot to tell me he moved to Tulsa: I went to Shark Tale alone that night.
“Another broke up with me at his new boyfriend’s play. It was Jekyll & Hyde and it was terrible.
“Then there was the guy who told me his meningitis really gave him time to reevaluate his future.
“Replace ‘meningitis’ with CPR class and that was the last I heard of Paul.
“OH! I let this OTHER guy break up with me 4 different times…before I MARRIED him!”
Oh. Wait.
“Just a kid.”
“the enforcer”
I wish Chloe Moretz was my little sister. But then I’d be jealous of her all the time for being the cooler sister. So never mind.
“The ocean’s awesome, and for winners. YOU’RE for tools!”
That face is every guy I’ve dated.
IS THIS A COMPLAINT??
April and Andy > Jim and Pam.
I’M JUST SAYING!
Give it two seasons, Jake.
Secret Service Agent: “Is there a specific reason you had to repeat the first grade?”
Abed: “From what I’m told, I didn’t know how to use scissors, I sat in the middle of the see-saw, and I always found the distinction between duck and goose to be arbitrary.”
I have to agree with Abed. I mean, do geese eat ducks or do ducks eat geese or something? Since when are geese or ducks avid hunters? I never got that one.
WHOA I JUST GOT IT! Ducks are nice but geese, man, geese are EVIL. They chase you everywhere and attack you for no good reason!
I have never put these two things together!
I didn’t really love last night’s 30 Rock, but this line was gold.
I agree. It was a little heavy-handed.
It’s still streets ahead of the dribble found on CBS
I rewatched it over the weekend and decided that it’s a great episode overall. I just didn’t like how the plot with Abby Flynn was resolved. Sort of a cop out.
Does anyone read the ticker? Story at 12.
Just give me all of the bacon and eggs you have. Wait, wait, I worry what you just heard was, ?Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.? What I said was, ?Give me ALL the bacon and eggs you have.? Do you understand?
Oh my Thursday night boyfriend. Who is not my boyfriend and is married in real life.
I love him so….
He is my Thursday night boyfriend too! Even my actual boyfriend knows this. We watch the show together and whenever the Adam Scott character is sad and pathetic (so, like, all the time) he says, “Your poor boyfriend.”
So does this mean we have to fight?
So dreamy.
Due to my heinous lack of a tv, I don’t get to watch Thursday night TV until Friday afternoon. But I still look at this thread every week, and I base the order in which I watch the shows on whether the gifs made me smile, laugh, or full on chortle.
There are no Outsourced gifs, that makes me smile.
Human being mascot: Offensive to animals? More at 8.
I’ll compare penises with you, Troy! Call me.
Anyone else miss Tracey Jordan and all his shenanigans?
Is Tracy Morgan filming a movie or something?
Kidney surgery
He got a Kidney Transplant IRL. But he has resumed filming and should be back soon.
“I’m a very sexy baby.”
Don’t tell Liz.
I spy Hannibal Buress in 30 Rock!
“I can’t help it if men are attracted to me, like that homeless guy. He likes what he sees.”
“Ok, that could be for me”
“IT’S NOT, it’s for her.”
No, that’s Frank Lloyd Wrong (it’s hard to tell from far away, but he’s drunk again)
THIS was my favorite part of the night.
for the superfans!
Love them both, but lately Community has better .gifs, while Parks & Rec has better jokes.
I gotta tell you, though. It’s a tough call between “POP POP!” and “PBBPPPPTTTT”.
If Magnitude as a recurring character is going to stop being funny, I don’t see how.
Chloe Moretz killed it on 30 Rock.
I’m not the worker bee type. I’m more of a silver backed gorilla with the claws of a lion, the teeth of a shark, and the quiet dignity of a tortoise.
- Jeff Winger
I may be hopelessly out of touch here, but I was confused by 30 Rock last night. The baby hooker lady- who was that? What were they parodying there? I didn’t get it and I ended up feeling just annoyed. Is this just the first sign of me being a mean old lady?
Sarah Silverman and something else, she was supposed to be annoying I think
Sarah Silverman is the opposite of that chick. She wears long-sleeve baseball T’s, bell-bottom jeans and sneakers everywhere. For the red carpet, she swaps the T-shirt for a plaid button-up.
I’m thinking a combo of Sarah Silverman, Olivia Munn and Jezebel.com. BTW, embrace your mean old lady ways.
Nope. Comedians like Sarah Silverman because she is funny and nice (and I don’t think she’s trying to be sexy with the pigtails). And Tina Fey likes Olivia Munn because she recommended her for Perfect Couples after working with her in Date Night (and after she also auditioned for Avery).
They’re both kind of nice, funny people. Jezebel, though. Totally.
I assumed she was sort of the Lady Gaga of comedy
Lady Gaga. It was Lady Gaga. Check her old pathetic solo musical numbers in NYC.
Lady Gaga is a slutty comedian…? You’ve lost me.
I don’t think she was supposed to be a parody of anyone in particular. Seemed like the joke of the episode was supposed to be on Liz, in that she’s just as concerned with trying to control the way women represent themselves as the rest of society. But she manages not to see it since she assumes that her demands regarding female behaviour are in their best interest. The funny is supposed to come from the inversion of that “best interest” when we realize that she’s actually going to get this woman killed and that women are individuals who should get to decide what for themselves what their best interests are.
Yes, I took some women’s study classes in college. Why do you ask? Shut up now? Sure, I can do that!
I kinda thought it was a response to the Liz Lemon feminist backlash and also the rumors of Tina Fey being not very woman-friendly as a writer that were flying around a while back, but if so the timing is odd because it seems like no one’s really talking about that anymore, so…?
I don’t know if that was the point, but it made me wonder how much Liz’s determination to reveal her act was out of genuine feminist concern and how much was it because she was upset that other people bought her act and she was manipulating them. The scene in the park sounded more like the result of a personal grudge to expose someone as a fraud, with the homeless guy serving to imply envy. So i think the point was how blurry the motives behind feminism can become in practice.
Totally reminded me of Paz de la (Yikes) Huerta
My dad owns this place. I’m Janet. Janet Snakehole.
“How’d I get on this trampoline?”
So the Dean’s “sister” texted Jeff to ask if he that the Dean was cute? What? And where was Chang? It was a great episode, but it could have used more Chang.
Everything is always pretty much great on NBC comedy night except (outsourced and perfect couples) but Parks and Rec has been KILLING it this season. Last night’s ep make me LOL so much.
” it smells like someone spilled chinese food in a bird cage”
I don’t hate Perfect Couples, but I also don’t love it. If it was on at 10 and everything moved up an hour, I wouldn’t watch it, but I don’t mind it.
I think Olivia Munn is the perfect example how wanting to be a smart woman can be a result of societal/anykindof pressure as much as being a pretty face. When i look at her struggling i just think “What horrible person made you feel so bad about yourself that you’re trying so hard to be smart? It’s okay to be just a pretty face.” It also shows how confusing it can be to decide what’s empowering and what isn’t, and what’s self-realization and what playing into insecurities.
Thank you for explaining why last night’s was the best episode of the Office all season. Now can we have a show where Amelie just makes fun of Tyra Banks for half an hour?
I’ve decided Perfect Couples isn’t terrible, it just tries too hard. It’s not unwatchable like Outsourced though.
EVERYONE WANTS YOU TO SHUT UP!!!! – (I’ll be using that one for life!)
I can’t watch Perfect Couples for more than a few minutes before I get angry and switch to something one channel up or down. The writing and acting is just too obvious and dumb and sitcom-y. Total waste of the Waitress.
I put it on mute and it gives me time to wash the dishes and get my apartment cleaned up. Things that never used to happen on Thursday nights.
I don’t think Perfect Couples is offensively bad; it’s not good either. I usually just leave it on for background noise and get other things done (like sota said).
Also, Topher’s graffiti was the singular of “graffiti”.
Maybe my favorite thing all night.
All I have to say JASON MANTZOUKAS!!!
He makes everything better. Also, “He changed his name to Dennis Feinstein because it’s exotic for Pawnee.”
El Cuñado!
no sweets! sweeeets!
Oh man, I hate coming late to the Thursday Night TV Recap Thread party
YEAH GUYS! SOME OF US ARE STUFFING ENVELOPES! TRY AND NOT HAVE ALL THE FUN BETWEEN 12:45 AND 1:30, YOU’RE BLOWING MY COMEDY LOAD!
“He’s a mess. It’s like God spilled a person.”
My new burn!
I want to treat April like a queen, and queens deserve flowers… and massages. Chocolate. Booze. Diamonds, rubies, emeralds. Them treasure chests, full of scarves. Different kinds of lubes that warm up when you rub ‘em on stuff!
Andy is the funniest character on TV right now, right?
The Office Andy’s Connect 4 reference had me snorteling one second and feeling older than Gabe’s grandma the next.
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