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IpsoFacto
11/20/09

In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Green Week Is a Stupid Idea
season 1 was amazing. season 2 was the shit (minus a couple post-writers strike stuff). season 3 had amazing highs and lows. and season 4 (for me anyway) has been absolutely brutal as a whole. i know my standards are ridiculously high but i feel really disappointed so far this year.
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homoviper
11/21/09

@IpsoFacto: I felt like this episode was the first time they've been in top form so far 4th season.
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VioletViolet
11/20/09

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Since Gawker already announced that the only NBC show they watch is 30 Rock, you missed the fact that The Office limited their "green" part to a Dwight joke at the very beginning of the episode, and Community satirized Green Week by having the dean of the community college start a Green Week that no one was interested in.
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Hiroine Protagonist
11/21/09

@VioletViolet: I feel the urge to reply because I enjoy Community so much. And a college named Greendale being renamed Envirodale and everyone rolling their eyes? Classic.
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VioletViolet
11/21/09

@Hiroine Protagonist: Thank you. I wish the people at Gawker watched that show.

#tips
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Aatom
11/20/09

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Also: The Office seems to be on a tear against middle management types recently.
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Conchie Birdie
11/20/09

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Imagine the possibilities if this Comcast deal goes through?
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SpicyMeatball
11/20/09

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Maybe I'm numb to it, but I'm not reading these jokes as snubs as put-downs in an actual sense.
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Tremonius
11/20/09

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I am quite sure that requiring little bits cheerleading for generic green is much cheaper than cleaning up the vast lakes of PCB spewed into the rivers by GE over decades. And why is it the corporations who whine about government interference always shuck off the results of their own enterprise onto taxpayers? Read all about it in this month's Harpers, and laugh at 30 Rock, and don't never ever fish in the Hudson, ever.
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A Pimp Named DaveR
11/20/09

@Tremonius: I'm sorry, "Debbie Downer" is an SNL sketch, not a 30 Rock sketch.
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Tremonius
11/20/09

@A Pimp Named DaveR: Oh. Then maybe it wasn't Harpers?

#tips
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TheUptightMidwesterner
11/20/09

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The green peacock was bugging the crap out of me, so Kenneth slyly eyeballing it was the best.
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BBooms
11/13/09

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That's a stretch. The Glad joke was certainly poking fun at "Top Chef" for its overt shilling, but in the process 30 Rock dedicated an entire scene to sandwich bags. I doubt Glad is too unhappy about that. #30rock
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hotpinklovesofa
11/13/09

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30 Rock is the only thing on NBC right now worth watching every week. I watched it on my DVR this morning and was laughing my butt off. It's probably the only thing that NBC doesn't completely sanitize before reaching the airwaves. I love that they take digs at the network and whether it's b/c the Lornes/Fey team is powerful enough to get away with it or the people at the network are too stupid to get it (it's definitely possible,) I'm all for it. I highly doubt it'll be the digs that get them canceled but the ratings should they fall low enough, not that NBC can afford to lose any more programming at this point.

I love Jack's reaction when Padma showed him that she was pregnant. It's a reminder of what all women experience when they announce their pregnancy to superiors, no matter their job or industry. Meanwhile, you could come to work and announce to everyone that you had herpes and the reaction wouldn't be any worse.

Side note: Padma needs to stick to presenting on Top Chef. Her monotone robotic delivery doesn't really work for anything else. Some girls (and also boys) need to accept that a pretty face can only take you so far. #30rock
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b4nt4
11/13/09

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Padma Lakshmi can't act her way out of a Glad bag. I cringed during that whole scene. Josh Fadem as Liz Lemon's agent on the other hand...brilliant. #30rock
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Aatom
11/13/09

@b4nt4: I cringed through most of Padma's horrid performance, until she started stealing food (in a Glad bag!) at the end. That deserved a chuckle, but only because she wasn't actually saying anything. #30rock
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Aatom
11/13/09

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I think this analysis is completely backwards. 30 Rock has made dissing the actual product and product placement itself a form of product placement. Like Jack says in the Jack-Tor episode in season 1, it's like "Letterman dissing the suits. Hippy humor." Look, NBC is in on the joke, they're cool! Seems odd that Gawker wouldn't be able to grasp this type of thing, since it built an online empire doing pretty much the same thing re: media.

The sandwich bag jokes are pretty clearly subtle product placement, not a "real kick in the shins". We all know she shills for Glad, and here she is taking credit for inventing the sandwich bag! Buy Glad!

That's the way I saw it last night, at least.
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RachelSklar
11/13/09

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Fave part of episode: Canada jokes. LOVE. #30rock
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Excusado
11/13/09

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The best joke was the scarf-continuity joke. #30rock
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A Message To Rudy
11/13/09

@Excusado: Or the constant switching of the t-shirts. Three little words split over two shirts but very funny. #30rock
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Excusado
11/13/09

@A Message To Rudy: Last night's ep was pretty funny all-around - I was beginning to really lose my love for this show. #30rock
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A Message To Rudy
11/13/09

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It's a LEETLE of a stretch to say these were both swipes at NBC. The Glad Bag connection took a bit of work, no? I just thought it was funny that she was claiming she invented something that's been around for years.

And I don't think Kenneth was saying that JUST NBC won't be a network, more like he was commenting on the great push to online content for all of media.

But the show was still funny... #30rock
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Z und Vielpunkt's chick
11/13/09

@A Message To Rudy: No, there's no way the Glad joke wasn't intentional. Every time they show saran wrap, tupperware, or plastic baggies, my partner and I take a big ol' drink. #30rock
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A Message To Rudy
11/13/09

@Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Really? Hmmm... I'm not a TCHead by any stretch but I know people who are. Hadn't heard that but ... point taken. #30rock
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TriedandTrue
11/13/09

@Z und Vielpunkt's chick: disagree only because Glad is certainly not the only maker of plastic baggies. #30rock
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tewkesbury
11/13/09

@A Message To Rudy: I don't know if they do that this season, but they used to show this huge table of Glad products while Padma's voiceover was explaining what the winner would receive. The Glad tie-in on that show is obtrusive in the same way that the Turtle Wax tie-in was obtrusive on Merv Griffin shows. #30rock
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candy
11/13/09

@A Message To Rudy: Totally agree on your interpretation of what Kenneth said. I thought it was a general reference to television networks. #30rock
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metoometoo
10/16/09

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I'm so tired of Kenneth. Yes, he's funny, but played out by now. There are other funny characters on the show who haven't done anything interesting in so long. #30rock
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