There were lots of great laffs and memorable moments last night, not to mention plenty of casual jokes about the environment because in order to save something you must tease it (Hobbes*), but the one thing that people were talking... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on November 20, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Al Gore | Community | Fool's Gold | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
I really can't deal with the Rashida Jones aspect of Parks and Recreation. Don't get me wrong, Rashida Jones is very good at having a really pretty face, and I don't mind that she is on TV, or even... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on November 13, 2009 in ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
Last night's Park and Recreation really took it to the next level. Between last night's episode and Duke Silver, they have clearly been sitting on a powder keg with Nick Offerman, but instead of gunpowder, it's powdered gold. And... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD, SPONSORED BY DICK TOWEL»
Posted on November 6, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
For the ladies! For the fellas!... CONTINUE READING IMPORTANT 30 ROCK NEWS FOR BOTH GENDERS»
Posted on November 4, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | James Franco | Padma Lakshmi
Who is in charge of the math over in the TV Scheduling Department? Because this is getting ridiculous. Why is most of the week an empty wasteland with almost no laffs at all, and then Thursday night it's a... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 30, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
Last night was a classic textbook case of the Thursday Night Difficulty. That is to say, I got home late and knew that I would only have time to watch one show. But which show to watch? There are... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 23, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The Office
RT @alexbalk: "Um, is the London Review of Books doing 30 Rock recaps?" Apparently?!... CONTINUE READING IN ENGLAND, THEY CALL "SITCOMS" "LORRIES"»
Posted on October 20, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alec Baldwin | Jack McBrayer | Jane Krakowski | London Review Of Books | Tina Fey | Tracy Morgan
30 Rock is back! What a great show. I enjoy watching it with my eyes! Last night's episode was...very good. Plenty of strong laffs. "Have you ever noticed how people in St. Bart's eat their lobster like this?" Although... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 16, 2009 in ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The Office
From the new Harper's Bazaar. You love Tina Fey.... CONTINUE READING OH LOOK, AN ARTICLE ABOUT TINA FEY»
Posted on October 9, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Harper's Bazaar | Tina Fey
High five, 30 Rock! You've got your own porno already? It took the Cosby Show 20 years to get a parodic adult feature. From the New Sensations website: New Sensations, the studio that brought you THE OFFICE - A XXX... CONTINUE READING NSFW: 30 ROCK PORNO? 30 ROCK PORNO»
Posted on August 21, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Porno
The summer is a time for lots of things. It is the time for beaches, and barbecues, and camping, and swimming, and sunscreen, and for making boring lists of obvious things that everyone already knows. But it is not... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM SUMMER SCHOOL NOW IN SESSION»
Posted on July 16, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Friday Night Lights | Lost | Mad Men | Summertime | The Office | The Wire
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alan Alda | Alec Baldwin | Amy Poehler | Andy Rooney | Babies | Bunnies | Cats | Christians | Dogs | Intervention | Jason Segel | Jesus | Jon Hamm | Judd Apatow | Kal Penn | Kids | Kittens | Mad Men | Mark Gormley | Obsessed | Party Down | Paul Rudd | Puppies | Sarah Silverman | The Room | Tina Fey | Tiptoes | Toilets | Vaginas
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | David Letterman | Judah Friedlander
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alec Baldwin | Matt Lauer | Playboy | The Today Show
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 , ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alan Alda | Atari | Julian Casablancas | The Strokes
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Saturday Night Live | Weekend Update
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alan Alda | Alec Baldwin | Jack McBrayer | Jane Krakowski | M.A.S.H. | Tina Fey | Tracy Morgan | Vampire Weekend
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 ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Adam Levine | Alec Baldwin | Beastie Boys | Clay Aiken | Cyndi Lauper | Elvis Costello | Jack McBrayer | Jane Krakowski | Mary J. Blige | Michael McDonald | Moby | Norah Jones | Rachael Yamagata | Robert Randolph | Sarah Bareilles | Sheryl Crow | Tina Fey | Tom Hanks | Tracy Morgan | Wyclef Jean
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)
Tags: 30 Rock | Alec Baldwin | David Letterman
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alan Alda | Alec Baldwin | Clay Aiken | Elvis Costello | Jack Donaghy | Liz Lemon | Mary J. Blige | Tina Fey | Tracy Morgan
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Politics
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | Tina Fey | Tracy Jordan | Tracy Morgan
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Jack McBrayer | Mitch Hurwitz | nutsack | Sit Down, Shut Up | Will Arnett
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alec Baldwin | Jack McBrayer | Jane Krakowski | Nutsack | Tina Fey | Tracy Morgan
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
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Tags: 30 Rock | Sherri Shepherd | The View | Wrestling | WWE
