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Have A Great Summer And Stay Sweet, You Guys!

Dear You Guys, So for the past 15 months I've gotten to help plan and launch a totally unique new website, working with a team made up entirely of people who were already my friends on an idea so crazy...  CONTINUE READING HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND STAY SWEET, YOU GUYS!»

Posted on June 26, 2009 in (221 comments)
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Forget Gatorade, Judah Friedlander Drinks Shark Tears

Judah Friedlander was on last night's highly-watched episode of Letterman, talking about 30 Rock, his hats (of course, but somehow it never gets old), and his upcoming book, Self-Offense (because he doesn't believe in self-defense). The highlight came when Judah...  CONTINUE READING FORGET GATORADE, JUDAH FRIEDLANDER DRINKS SHARK TEARS»

Posted on June 17, 2009 in (35 comments)
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Alec Baldwin Has Some Bad News For 30 Rock Fans

Alec Baldwin has an interview in the new Playboy that will be fully online (and on newsstands) on Friday, but they posted a bunch of highlights today. Highlights of the highlights: Alec was suicidal after the voicemail incident (:(), he...  CONTINUE READING ALEC BALDWIN HAS SOME BAD NEWS FOR 30 ROCK FANS»

Posted on June 16, 2009 in (30 comments)
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Alan Alda's Adorable Atari Ads

Last week, after his guest-stint as Jack's father on 30 Rock rekindled my Alan Alda obsession, I did some YouTube searches and found these charming Atari ads that Alan did for the gaming system's more practical features back in the...  CONTINUE READING ALAN ALDA'S ADORABLE ATARI ADS»

Posted on May 21, 2009 in , , (18 comments)
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Oh, Twist!: NBC Will Make Us Wait Forever For New 30 Rocks

You know how NBC is going to air special SNL Weekend Updates in prime time again next fall? Well, it's going to be at the expense of 30 Rock, which won't premiere until the Weekend Updates are over. Blerg!...  CONTINUE READING OH, TWIST!: NBC WILL MAKE US WAIT FOREVER FOR NEW 30 ROCKS»

Posted on May 20, 2009 in (2 comments)
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Explaining The M.A.S.H. Joke On Last Night's 30 Rock

Tipster Kevan wrote in about the classic TV origins of one of Alan Alda's lines on 30 Rock last night: When Alda comes to the TGS stage looking for Jack and finds Tracy crying to Kenneth about not being chicken...  CONTINUE READING EXPLAINING THE M.A.S.H. JOKE ON LAST NIGHT'S 30 ROCK»

Posted on May 15, 2009 in (11 comments)
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Beasties, Talib Kweli In 30 Rock's Kidney Song

Steve Earle, Moby, Norah Jones, Michael McDonald, and Tina Fey's fave Elvis Costello also lent their voices to help Milton Green get a kidney. Watch the "We Are The World" parody here....  CONTINUE READING BEASTIES, TALIB KWELI IN 30 ROCK'S KIDNEY SONG»

Posted on May 15, 2009 in (0 comments)
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Last Night's Star-Studded 30 Rock Kidney Benefit Song

Even if you don't watch 30 Rock (?!), you can almost definitely find a recording artist to be excited about in this clip from the end of last night's season finale. It's more fun if I don't name names (and...  CONTINUE READING LAST NIGHT'S STAR-STUDDED 30 ROCK KIDNEY BENEFIT SONG»

Posted on May 15, 2009 in , (41 comments)
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Alec Baldwin Bought Sex Toys For David Letterman.

Alec Baldwin Promise time! Alec was on Letterman last night to promote tomorrow's finale of 30 Rock, and in addition to playfully making fun of his daughter (we're finally there now!), he described in detail the items he bought David...  CONTINUE READING ALEC BALDWIN BOUGHT SEX TOYS FOR DAVID LETTERMAN.»

Posted on May 13, 2009 in , (9 comments)
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A Two-Minute Preview Of Thursday's Season Finale Of 30 Rock

Today NBC put up several scenes from Thursday's star-studded (Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, and Alan Alda again) season finale of 30 Rock. I supposed it contains "spoilers" if jokes count as spoilers ("The colon pushes out the--"):...  CONTINUE READING A TWO-MINUTE PREVIEW OF THURSDAY'S SEASON FINALE OF 30 ROCK»

Posted on May 12, 2009 in (5 comments)
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Can 30 Rock Save The Republican Party?

Here is an essay from Slate called "I Want To GOP To There" about 30 Rock's conservative politics. Sure. Although, the counterpoint is that somebody put too many farts in this engine, it's about to EXPLODE....  CONTINUE READING CAN 30 ROCK SAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?»

Posted on May 7, 2009 in (7 comments)
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NBC's Fall Promo Tries To Position 30 Rock As "Uplifting"

My first reaction to this overly sentimental promo for NBC's returning fall shows (they showed it to advertisers at the Upfronts yesterday) was "Goddammit, why do these things always make me cry when I don't even watch half of these...  CONTINUE READING NBC'S FALL PROMO TRIES TO POSITION 30 ROCK AS "UPLIFTING"»

Posted on May 5, 2009 in (12 comments)
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The "Nutsack Promise": Will Arnett In Sit Down, Shut Up

On Friday, I posted the video of Kenneth The Page saying "nutsack" on Thursday's 30 Rock, along with a promise to call out all future instances of this word occurring on regular television. And that's when the emails with the...  Sit Down, Shut Up'">CONTINUE READING THE "NUTSACK PROMISE": WILL ARNETT IN SIT DOWN, SHUT UP»

Posted on May 4, 2009 in (14 comments)
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30 Rock Breaks The Nutsack Barrier

This is the funniest line/clip from last night's 30 Rock: Videogum is already the #1 Google result for "can you say nutsack on TV" because of that "extraordinary nuts(n)ack" nut commercial last summer, so we may as well go ahead...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK BREAKS THE NUTSACK BARRIER»

Posted on May 1, 2009 in (8 comments)
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Sherri Shepherd On WWE's Smackdown

Sherri Shepherd, the mystery famous person who's somehow brilliant on 30 Rock but dumb as a rock on The View (I guess it's called "acting"), is going to be on WWE's Smackdown for some reason, and NY Mag got ahold...  CONTINUE READING SHERRI SHEPHERD ON WWE'S SMACKDOWN»

Posted on April 30, 2009 in (4 comments)
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Even NBC Gets Tina Fey And Liz Lemon Mixed Up

The new promos running for Thursday's NBC lineup contains an odd moment in its 30 Rock tease: "Tina gets played...": While this could have been a boneheaded decision by NBC executives ("Call her "Tina"! Tina has more name recognition!") it's...  CONTINUE READING EVEN NBC GETS TINA FEY AND LIZ LEMON MIXED UP»

Posted on April 27, 2009 in , (6 comments)
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30 Rock: "The Black Widow Is Very Tuna"

On last night's excellent 30 Rock, Jack learned that Elisa, Salma Hayek's character and "The One," had a dark secret: she killed her husband and earned the nickname "La Viuda Negra," or The Black Widow. Also, everyone wore a Slanket,...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: "THE BLACK WIDOW IS VERY TUNA"»

Posted on April 24, 2009 in (24 comments)
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"The Creepy Old Man" Sings "Pretty Woman"

If I had a friend who was feeling under the weather today, this is what I would send them (it's by the guy who "just loves 30 Rock" from last month): This guy needs an agent! JK, I'm sure this...  CONTINUE READING "THE CREEPY OLD MAN" SINGS "PRETTY WOMAN"»

Posted on April 21, 2009 in (23 comments)
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30 Rock: Rich Lady Fight Club

Last night's episode of 30 Rock wasn't just funny but sort of a philosophical exploration of How We Live Now or whatever! After Liz got temporarily suspended last week for sexual harassment, a chance encounter with a wealthy neighbor introduces...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: RICH LADY FIGHT CLUB»

Posted on April 17, 2009 in (14 comments)
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30 Rock Is Using Tracy Morgan's Real-Life Crazy Local News Clip

Remember when Tracy Morgan acted strangely on a Chicago morning show a few years ago? It was huge: Haha, ugh, I cannot STAND the anchor-guy egging him on in that clip. Anyway, 30 Rock is going to incorporate this video...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK IS USING TRACY MORGAN'S REAL-LIFE CRAZY LOCAL NEWS CLIP »

Posted on April 8, 2009 in , (6 comments)
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30 Rock: The Full 1-900-OK-FACE Commercial

NBC has put up the full version of Liz's embarrassing first commercial for a phone sex line, seen on last week's 30 Rock, so no more pausing/rewinding/replaying (everyone's been doing that, right?) It's funnier than what we saw on TV,...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: THE FULL 1-900-OK-FACE COMMERCIAL»

Posted on March 31, 2009 in (7 comments)
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30 Rock: Muppets, Lemon's Secret Past, And YouTube

As Barack Obama might say: "Look, it's hard to write about 30 Rock. It's just the best show. Just watch it." So in the spirit of our new-ish President, just go watch 30 Rock already. There are muppets, and an...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: MUPPETS, LEMON'S SECRET PAST, AND YOUTUBE»

Posted on March 27, 2009 (46 comments)
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30 Rock: Scrabulous

Last night's 30 Rock revolved around Liz's efforts to organize her life and get out of jury duty by dressing up as Princess Leia, her staff's (and the arsonist for whom she was a juror's) attempts to drive her to...  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: SCRABULOUS»

Posted on March 13, 2009 in (19 comments)
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Tina Fey Explains Where Grizz And Dot Com Came From

I think the secret of from whence Tracy Jordan's two-man entourage Grizz and Dot Com came has been out for a while, but it's funnier when Tina tells it. (Also, "mayonaises"): Now, we just need to know if they're going...  CONTINUE READING TINA FEY EXPLAINS WHERE GRIZZ AND DOT COM CAME FROM»

Posted on March 9, 2009 in (9 comments)
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30 Rock Respects Our Childhoods With An Entire Show Based On Harry And The Hendersons

Last night's 30 Rock came a little too close to having the exact plot of Baby Mama (I understand that Liz needs to want something for the show to work, but does it have to be a baby? So boring....  CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK RESPECTS OUR CHILDHOODS WITH AN ENTIRE SHOW BASED ON HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS»

Posted on March 6, 2009 in (18 comments)
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