“Goodbye, My Friend” March 5th, 2009 Holy flashback, Harry Henderson. There’s a whole lot of familiarity in “Goodbye, My Friend,” an episode that cribs quite liberally from last season’s “Succession” and this season’s premiere, and it’s not...

Did Tracy make a reference to Mad Max:  Beyond Thunderdome?  That is so freaking hilarious, I can't stand it!  That movie is so horrible, but it's a horrible-enough-to-make-you-laugh-really-hard fun. Elisa is totally a Liz stand-in, complete with getting food at a hot dog st...

“Larry King” February 26th, 2009 What “Larry King” represents is an example of 30 Rock doing something that feels like it is happening less often: it takes one event, in this case a crises, and demonstrates its impact on various of the show’s characters. It reminds us t...

Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, American Idol, How I Met Your Mother, Judges, TV Squad Lists, Chuck, Reaper, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory, TV Squad Ten So what's a second banana? Well they're certainly not second best. No, in fact they're often the main reason to tune into a particular s...

  Jenna:  I am sleepy, but I'm also so excited! Colleen, is apparently, only pleasant when she is asleep.  HEE. Elisa pronounces it DonaHY.  Her relationship with Jack is going to fail on that alone because we all know (as Liz does via "The Fighting Irish"...

“Senor Macho Solo” January 8th, 2009 For 30 Rock, the comedy is often to be found in the details: it isn’t that the broader plots themselves are that comically complex, but rather that the way they are executed offers enough individual quirks to elevate the series above most other ...

“Christmas Special” December 11th, 2008 If there is a recipe for a good Christmas episode, it’s primarily comprised of two things: heart and musical numbers. This is all I really ask for: a Christmas episode, even for a comedy, where Christmas is just a punchline and where nobody b...

30 Rock S3 just keeps getting better!  That's such the mark of a good TV show...that they can add seasons and not lose quality. I may not do this kind of write-up for every episode, but I enjoyed this one so much and there were so many great visual gags, I figured I needed to pos...

If there’s one reason to watch 30 Rock, it’s Tracy Motherf**kin’ Morgan. The dude was on Saturday Night Live for seven years, and he’s still killing it as one of the funniest men in America. His slightly slurred speech, almost nonsensical sense of humor and don’t-give-a...

“Gavin Volure” November 20th, 2008 Of my three favourite comedies on television at the moment (The Office, How I Met Your Mother are the other two), 30 Rock is there primarily based on its quick wit. There is no other show that throws our rapid fire dialogue at this pace, and the show is...