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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/05/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Tying this thread together: Will Arnett (I Canadian?) is married to Amy (Poehler? I married her!) of Parks & Rec.
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    12/07/09

    @GlasgowRose: Yes. And the boss on Parks and Rec. (the guy with the moustache) is married to "Karen" from "Will and Grace" (forget her name at the moment) if you didn't know already.
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    12/07/09

    @A Message To Rudy: I did not know that about Megan "Hey Ya!" Mulally.
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    12/08/09

    @GlasgowRose: Yeah, she was actually on an episode of Parks a couple of weeks ago playing his ex-wife whom he couldn't resist sexually. Pretty funny.
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    12/08/09

    @A Message To Rudy: Must Hulu that. Have to admit I haven't cottoned onto P&R, sounds like it deserves a shot (in a "Give P's a Chance" kind of way).
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    12/05/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Well, Tina Fey was on the mainstage at Second City in Chicago before she was hired as a writer for SNL. Normally writers get hired because their performance experience is exceptional.
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    Image of JohanPaladin JohanPaladin
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Why on earth did he tell her to raise the roof?
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    Matt Cherette promoted this comment JohanPaladin was starred JohanPaladin was unstarred
    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    12/04/09

    @JohanPaladin: That part took a close second to, "Wave! ... Like a human!"
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    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Hey - Community is also really awesome.
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    12/05/09

    @mimigoliath: and Parks and Recreation. Nick Offerman is one funny mofo.
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    12/07/09

    @FriendlyFloyd: Oh my god, he is hysterical. I was dying when he was shot.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Anyone else catch shirtless Obama behind Devin's desk? Hilarious.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    12/04/09

    @A8boy: Yeah that made me chuckle. Kinda loving gay Will Arnett.
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    Image of kelsey.imean.dustin kelsey.imean.dustin
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    did no one else get the 'egot' joke? egot is a slang term in the tagalog language to mean 'dark-skinned man, generally of african decent'.

    that's why whoopie has the 'colored man' line when tracie tries to steal her awards.
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    12/04/09

    @kelsey.imean.dustin: 1) Good catch and 2) Nah, I don't think too many other people got it. Is "30 Rock" big in the Tagalog community or do they have one Tagalog write on their staff?

    But I like your slight amazement that no one else understand tagalog slang.
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    12/04/09

    @kelsey.imean.dustin: If that was intentional, it was a pretty outre joke, because according to a quick IM from my Tagalog-speaking cousin, 'egot' is not exactly a nice word for Af-Am men.
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    12/04/09

    @kelsey.imean.dustin: Ay nako . . . I can't ever imagine the 30 Rock writers even realizing that "egot" is a seriously God-awful, politically incorrect word in Tagalog. Tagalog isn't exactly a romance language, you know? I'm old and a Miami Vice fan and I remember Philip Michael Thomas in an Entertainment Tonight interview in the '80s showing off that crass E.G.O.T. necklace charm and looking like a complete dickweed explaining its meaning. The bottom line is that 30 Rock was simply making fun of Philip Michael Thomas and not at all using the Filipino language for evil.
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    12/04/09

    @kelsey.imean.dustin: Also make note that poking fun at Philip Michael Thomas is a good thing. I mean, hell, look it this . . . [www.youtube.com]
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    Edited by SuperBien at 12/04/09 4:43 PM SuperBien was starred SuperBien was unstarred
    Image of SuperBien SuperBien
    12/04/09

    @SuperBien: rats . . .
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    Image of sparklyharempants sparklyharempants
    12/05/09

    @SuperBien: Dear Lord. I don't remember this song, nor do I remember the EGOT incident.
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    SuperBien promoted this comment sparklyharempants was starred sparklyharempants was unstarred
    Image of SuperBien SuperBien
    12/06/09

    @sparklyharempants: That's 'coz you're either not an old like me, or you had more of a life in the 80's and Miami Vice and Entertainment Tonight dickweed interviews just didn't blip your radar . . . ;oD
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    Edited by SuperBien at 12/06/09 7:07 AM SuperBien was starred SuperBien was unstarred
    Image of sparklyharempants sparklyharempants
    12/06/09

    @SuperBien: Ha! I DO remember this one, though:
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    Image of SuperBien SuperBien
    12/07/09

    @sparklyharempants: That is excellent!
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    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    "Jack in HD" was great, though.
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    Image of tammanycall001 tammanycall001
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Brian, you're off your rocker. Yes, Lorne made Fey the first female head writer of SNL. On NBC. NBC greenlit "30 Rock". Both Kevin Reilly and Ben Silverman kept the show around, despite very poor ratings. NBC has made a lot of poor decisions, both strategically and artistically, but the one person who has no right to complain is Tina Fey. The network has stuck by her when it would have acceptable to jettison her low-performing show. Even "Arrested Development" didn't get this level of coddling before FOX gave it the heave-ho.
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    Image of cpjones cpjones
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    The Dealbreakers opening credit jokes and the HD jokes that followed was the funniest stuff the show has done all season. It also used all of the characters perfectly for once, except no-show Cheyenne Jackson. And we got Bo and Hope from Days of our Lives too? Perfect.
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    Nick Denton promoted this comment Edited by cpjones at 12/04/09 12:21 PM cpjones was starred cpjones was unstarred
    Image of terrible terrible
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    This is still the absolute lamest hook from which to hang a "30 Rock" recap. What's next, the gleefully forced, obvious-yet-ill-reasoned-observation that "30 Rock" seems to be having fun at the expense of -- egad!!! -- the very same televisual medium by which it is presented? SHUT IT DOWN.
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    daveyjonesisdead promoted this comment Edited by terrible at 12/04/09 12:19 PM terrible was starred terrible was unstarred
    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    12/04/09

    @terrible: I agree. It's too 'look at me' to be real - 'making fun of our conglomorate parent, how subversive.' If you were a conglomerate, this kind of over the top tweaking is what you would want to make yourself look more human.
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    Image of Aatom Aatom
    12/05/09

    @terrible: Thank you. This whole thread of posts seems to miss the entire point of this show. Shut it down, indeed.
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    Image of o-line o-line
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    This is how I cry now.
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    Image of She_of_the_Socks She_of_the_Socks
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    Even though the "zero performance experience" might not have been true in Tina's case, she's still kind of not that great of an actress. Writer, sure! I'm sure most people disagree, but I don't find her engaging onscreen at all. Her eyes are completely blank and her lines, while mostly funny, always seem a little flat in their delivery. At least she seems to be sharing more screen time with the other actors as the show progresses. Personally, I'm waiting for The Alec Baldwin Show, Starring Tracy Morgan.
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    Image of Mrs. Beeton Mrs. Beeton
    12/04/09

    @She_of_the_Socks: You don't think that green screen bit is pitch-perfect physical comedy?
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    12/04/09

    @Mrs. Beeton: I do think it COULD have been. I really do just find Tina's acting incredibly bad.
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    Image of PamBeesley PamBeesley
    12/04/09

    @She_of_the_Socks: The same was true of Jerry Seinfeld. He admitted to being a terrible actor, but he was the brilliance behind the show. (well, he and Larry David)
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    Image of SuperBien SuperBien
    12/04/09

    @She_of_the_Socks: Rachel? Rachel Dratch?
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    12/04/09

    @PamBeesley: I was thinking the same thing. I think both Tina and Jerry aren't necessarily good actors (and are mostly playing themselves), but there's something about both performances that bring a lot to their shows.
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    12/05/09

    @SuperBien:
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    I think "wave like a human being" is the new everything.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    This is the second "NBC Bashing" 30 Rock thread Brian has posted. And the second time where I'm just completely mystified. Are we watching the same show, Brian? Yeah, occasionally Tina takes a shot at NBC. But quite frankly, you're overreaching to interrupt these episodes as NBC bashing. In the last thread you posted, you didn't even get the Al Gore/recycling joke.
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    Nick Denton promoted this comment unfriended was starred unfriended was unstarred
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    12/04/09

    @unfriended: Word. It's a very laboured concept. Just do a 30 Rock recap instead without trying to shoehorn into this.
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    Image of SpicyMeatball SpicyMeatball
    12/04/09

    @unfriended: I couldn't agree more. This entire angle seemed completely contrived. I'm really not seeing it. Not trying to hate, just really dumbfounded as to where you are getting this. The entire show makes fun of network television...
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    Image of stacyart01 stacyart01
    12/04/09

    In reply to The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Tina Fey's Vendetta
    That cunt is not funny.
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    Nick Denton promoted this comment stacyart01 was starred stacyart01 was unstarred
    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    12/04/09

    @stacyart01: And you're out of here. You can use the word cunt on Gawker -- but you'd better have a very good argument to back up the insult. Bye!
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    12/05/09

    @stacyart01: Trying to get mentioned in Tina Fey's eventual Oscars acceptance speech?
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