Date Night Of A Thousand Stars

What is this, new movie trailer day? (It is basically new movie trailer day.) Date Night trailer, you guys: Sure. I mean, whatever. It's basically our generation's True Lies but with fewer hermaphrodites. But have you seen the cast for... CONTINUE READING DATE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STARS»

Tina Fey On The Jay Leno Show

Tina Fey is great, but this show is just a misery! Easily one of the worst shows. It is funny though, when Jay asks her one of the hardest-hitting questions in journalism: "what annoys you most about Jay Leno?"... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY ON THE JAY LENO SHOW»

Posted on October 30, 2009 in Late Night (10 comments)
Tags: Jay Leno | The Jay Leno Show | Tina Fey

In England, They Call "Sitcoms" "Lorries"

RT @alexbalk: "Um, is the London Review of Books doing 30 Rock recaps?" Apparently?!... CONTINUE READING IN ENGLAND, THEY CALL "SITCOMS" "LORRIES"»

Tina Fey On The Late Show With David Letterman

You crazy for this one, Fey! (Get it? You get it. Yesterday.) I know that it's a cliche at this point to watch celebrities give an interview and think that you would be friends with them, because obviously you wouldn't... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN»

Posted on October 15, 2009 in Late Night (36 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | The Late Show | Tina Fey

Oh Look, An Article About Tina Fey

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 Interviews (4 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Harper's Bazaar | Tina Fey

Ricky Gervais Makes Liar Liar But For Comedy Nerds

The Invention of Lying trailer, you guys: I bet Ricky Gervais has had this conversation a lot: "So, it's Liar Liar." "No, it's not Liar Liar." "How is it it different from Liar Liar?" "Well, instead of Jim Carrey's phoned... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS MAKES LIAR LIAR BUT FOR COMEDY NERDS»

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!»

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»

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»

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»

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 Sitcoms (12 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | Tina Fey | Tracy Jordan | Tracy Morgan

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»

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 Bloopers, Sitcoms (6 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | Parks And Recreation | The Office | Tina Fey

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"»

The Best Of Amy Poehler On Weekend Update

This past weekend's SNL was "The Best Of Amy Poehler," and it was soooo good. I almost didn't watch it because, you know, rerun, but I was curious about how Amy's manic, childlike characters had stood the test of time,... CONTINUE READING THE BEST OF AMY POEHLER ON WEEKEND UPDATE»

Posted on April 21, 2009 in Sketch Comedy (17 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Hillary Clinton | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey

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»

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 Local News, Sitcoms (6 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Tina Fey | Tracy Jordan | Tracy Morgan

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»

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»

30 Rock: What Does BFF Stand For?

I'm going to try a new thing with 30 Rock. Since we're all watching it either on TV or Hulu (I assume), and since it's impossible to even try to point out all of the average of 187 hilarious moments... CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: WHAT DOES BFF STAND FOR?»

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»

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»

Tina Fey Performed A Private Dance For Bon Jovi And Me Last Night

So this is not an objective blog post about Tina Fey's appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night. Tina was objectively GREAT, but last night will forever live in my heart since, in what turned out to be... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY PERFORMED A PRIVATE DANCE FOR BON JOVI AND ME LAST NIGHT»

30 Rock: Liz Lemon Has An Adult Boobies Picture

I know a lot of people hate the "heartwarming" episodes of 30 Rock, like last night's and the Christmas episode, but they have to balance out the (for lack of a better word) snark from time to time, and you... CONTINUE READING 30 ROCK: LIZ LEMON HAS AN ADULT BOOBIES PICTURE»

The Hot Chick From 30 Rock Is In A Music Video

Not that Katrina Bowden is the only "hot chick" on 30 Rock, but that is her character's job. The actress who plays Cerie the bra-eschewing receptionist is in a new music video by singer/songwriter/guy-I've-never-heard-of-but-that-doesn't-mean-anything Joshua Radin called "I'd Rather Be... CONTINUE READING THE HOT CHICK FROM 30 ROCK IS IN A MUSIC VIDEO»