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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    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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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    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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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    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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    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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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    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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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock

    Cheyenne was so foine and the only reason I watched an otherwise lame ass episode. "We're the problem solvers!" Gag. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @missdelite: i thought the episode was better than all the rest of them, but that foine looking gentleman might have something to do with it. Dayum! #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @Helio: okay, i just checked out his imdb page and he guest judged on Top Chef? What the what? #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @missdelite: Cheyenne lives in my neighborhood and I see him walking his dog all the time. Every time I spot him I stop in my tracks and pee myself. He is really that hot. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @Brian Moylan: Lol..you lucky hombre.
    If I were in NY I'd totally check him out on Broadway. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @Brian Moylan: I need toast for my jelly! #30rock
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    Fave part of episode: Canada jokes. LOVE. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    I'm finding the cutaways on this show to be suspiciously more and more like Family Guy: "This is was like that time..."
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    11/13/09

    @tim.lemire: Pretty sure that's because it's a long-standing improv device, and Tina Fey has a long history in improv. Family Guy did not in any way, shape, or form invent or pioneer the cutaway. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    Hey, why are you only watching 30 Rock? Give Community and Parks and Rec a try! #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @MartaD: I did. Thanks for making me relive those memories. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @Brian Moylan: Give Community another try, then. Especially episode 6. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @MartaD: The Office is still funny. Last night was one of the best episodes ever. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @Brian Moylan: Aw I love Community. You should give it another shot. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @MartaD: Parks & Rec is the best show on the teevee machine (or Hulu or wevs). Period. But Lesbian Sour-Fruit's show still has its moments. (And I can still pretend Jack and Liz are more than just a fauxmantic couple.) #30rock
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    The best joke was the scarf-continuity joke. #30rock
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    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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    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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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    Jack did this last week when he said that in the future, "this entire place will be the size of a microchip." #30rock
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Image of GracieAteMyChild GracieAteMyChild
    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    I can't be the only one who isn't following this line of reasoning. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
    Yeah....I didn't see this as repeated swipes at NBC or a doomsday prediction. The whole premise of the show is to mock the TV industry. I think you may be reading way too much into it, and placing too much stock in how crucial the success of the Jay Leno show is to the network overall. #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @pooks:

    I agree. See also Gawker 30 Rock Wrap Up of Last Week (shot of gay fans outside Hugh Jackman show equals outing of Hugh Jackman by 30 Rock). #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @pooks: I thought the sandwich baggie bit was absolutely a dig at the network by commenting that its players are vacuously unaware of the most basic connections between their position and the products they are being used to hawk.
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    11/13/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: my friend was an extra in that scene! XD #30rock
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    11/13/09

    @sharesuz2009005: Yes, but I don't see that as being a jab at NBC per se. That happens on the other networks as well. #30rock
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    11/14/09

    @sharesuz2009005:
    That's an interesting take. Though I don't know that the show's writers are quite that smart.
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    11/12/09

    In reply to And Now We Know How Padma Likes Her Eggs in the Morning
    I'm in the minority here, but this show is so bad! These 'chefs', while they can certainly cook better than me, are just short order cooks with their own restaurants. I mean, chicken wings? Steak and cheese? A rueben eggs benedict? A piece of meat with a stick in it?

    Check out Next Iron Chef for some people that can really cook with imagination, knowledge, and skill.

    And I guess Padma L was pretty hot in those Carl Jr. commercials, but neither she nor any of the judges seem that engaged by the food. #topchef
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    11/12/09

    @abettertomorrow: Have you watched the show more than once? #topchef
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    11/12/09

    @abettertomorrow: In full disclosure, I am an unabashed fan of this show. And though I risk the banhammer falling upon me for this statement, you are horribly, horribly misinformed about the quality of the chefs chosen for these two programs, my starred friend.

    Top Chef literally cherry picks the best chefs from around the country (i.e. my future girlfriend, Ms. Carroll, sous chef at Le Benardin, aka, Mr. Eric Ripert's restaurant, also known far and wide as one of the best seafood restaurants in the world.) It's okay to dislike the show, but do it for the format not the quality.

    The Next Iron Chef is interesting, but mostly as hey, the remote is too far away, I can settle, kind of way. #topchef
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    11/14/09

    @lionel-mandrake: I've watched the last 4-5 episodes of both shows. Top Chef is a better classic reality show in terms of personalities, conflicts, and so on. It seems to me that the chefs on Next Iron Chef have a much broader skill set. Top Chef - 30 minutes to cook an american-style breakfast. vs. Next Iron Chef - go to some random hole-in-the wall asian restuarant, eat their signature dish, then go into the kitchen and recreate it with no recipe or guidance.

    And their ability to come up with inventive dishes is great.

    And you've got to love a contestant that confidently admits to lying to the judges faces. #topchef
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    11/14/09

    @abettertomorrow: I guess my problem with Next Iron Chef is that, they might as well call it Next Bobby Flay or Next Guy Fiore, as the Food Network's primary goal these days is to seek out and market middle-of-the-road populist food "personalities". I suspect the winner of that show was picked before they even started the cameras rolling.

    Top Chef, as much as it's scripted out, like most reality programming, does seem to be more of a genuine competition. Once the winner is selected, they are not a property to be further marketed by Bravo. They're just someone who won a game show. #topchef
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    11/12/09

    In reply to And Now We Know How Padma Likes Her Eggs in the Morning
    So. In last night's live blog post, I wished for the completion of the awesome food porn hinted at by the "breakfast in bed" scene. And Josh, I thought you had seen my plea and were about to answer it here.

    But you glossed over the actual "sex" part. It's like watching the movie "Personal Best," but then finding out you're watching it on USA Network and all sex scenes have been edited out.
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    11/12/09

    @MisterHippity: in sadness and workiness, i had to miss the liveblog last night. In any case, I thought that recap was pretty hot. #topchef
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