STARRING: Tina Fey (SNL,Baby Mama), Alec Baldwin (The Departed, Pearl Harbor, Glengarry Glen Ross), Tracy Morgan (SNL, First Sunday)CREATOR: Tina Fey (Mean Girls)
PLOT: Liz Lemon, head writer on a sketch comedy show has to deal with her arrogant boss, crazy new star and the rest of the wacky staff while trying to run the show.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 What this show excels at is fast paced comedy. The jokes are both high-brow and low-brow with quick cuts and great pay-offs. Tina Fey and Robert Carlock hand in some of the funniest scripts on television.
4 While the ensemble works well together, there are three pairings that can’t be beat. Fey is always funny on her own, but she also plays a great straight man to Alec Baldwin’s blustery Jack Donaghy. Tracy Morgan does some really funny work with both Jack McBrayer (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Jane Krakowski (Ally McBeal). They both push his ego to all new heights. It’s very fun to watch.
4 When a show is doing great stuff, famous people want to be a part of it. 30 Rock does a great job of using their guest stars. Oprah, Steven Martin, Jennifer Aniston. They fit into the 30 Rock world quite beautifully. I am a little worried though that they might become like Will & Grace with their guestapalooza shenanigans.
4 I love the way 30 Rock makes fun of NBC. They don’t even hide the branding. You see the logo everywhere and every episode is chock full of inside jokes. Love biting the hand that feeds them.
4 It’s too bad not enough people watch this show. It’s on it’s third year, it’s won multiple awards, Tina Fey was practically a household name with her Palin impression, and still 30 Rock doesn’t get enough love on Thursday nights. It looks like it’s going the Arrested Development route. It won’t be fully appreciated until it’s gone.
It’s sad really.
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