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30 Rock: Believe in the Stars
I am always a bit leery with stunt casting. There is the part of me that knows stunt casting is done purely for ratings which is why I am always just a bit skeptical about it. I knew that Oprah was going to be on 30 Rock and yes I was a bit skeptical but I’ve got to admit, 30 Rock did a fantastic job and twisting the Oprah visit into a hysterical episode. Thought, highlights and observations to follow:
-- Only Liz Lemon (who hadn’t yet changed from her Chicago home address because it was swing state) would be Princess Leia to get out of jury duty – “I don't really think its fair for me to be on a jury, because I can read thoughts”, “Dismissed!”
-- That NBC faked several Summer Olympics events – Tetherball, Synchronized Running, Octuples Tennis, Beer Pong, Jazzercise and Women's Soccer, -- all for a ratings increased.
-- Jack giving Liz sleeping pills for her plane ride (“Why shouldn't you enjoy the same luxuries as a dog”) and that leading to Liz’s encounter with “Oprah”.
-- Liz’s entire life story being spilled to “Oprah” in less than 1 minute.
-- Liz listing off all of “Oprah’s” favorite things to the staff and them racing out to buy them.
-- “Oprah” really being 12 year old middle class President Pam but was able to mediate the Tracy-Jenna situation ("I need to stop being a frenemy and start being your BFF!"), whose switching roles really wasn’t as funny as it could have been.
-- Jack declaring that it was the white male that really had it hard in this world.
-- Jack doing his best to get Kenneth to lie and Kenneth telling Jack that he was no longer his hero. And in the end Jack telling Kenneth that Jack was a hero – but not like the sandwich.
-- Kenneth discovering that there was an entire channel out there devoted to listing everything on all the other channels.
Some of the best lines of the night:
"How can you defame someone who has been arrested in three different Chuck E Cheeses?"
"Did you know it's still illegal to be black in Arizona?!"
"I'd still be in Africa - gorgeous, politically stable Africa."
"Hypothetical situations are like lying to your brain."
"Socio-economically speaking, you are more like an inner-city Latina."
"I thought pure morality died with Chuck Heston."
“Is Spongebob Squarepants supposed to be terrifying?”
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Nov 7, 2008 8:23 AM
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I thought this was one of the funniest, best written 30 Rock episodes ever. This show keeps getting better and better; thanks for reminding me of some of my favorite parts from this week!
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Nov 9, 2008 10:30 PM
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