After seven seasons and 136 episodes, 30 Rock comes to an end with a two-part finale this Thursday, making Friday the first time in 16 years that Tina Fey won't be on TV. I'm not sure if I'm ready for this. We've dedicated dozens, if not hundreds, of posts to Liz Lemon, Jack Donaghy, Jenna Maroney, and the rest of the NBC/Kabletown crew over the years, and now that it's concluding, it's time to look back at what made the show so great.
This post collects a mere 20 of the thousands of things I'll miss the most about 30 Rock — amazing examples not mentioned include Grizz and Dot-Com, Lutz's homosexuality, Tracy's lizard, Liz's hoodies, learning more and more about Stone Mountain, Georgia, guessing where Danny was every episode — and now I'm emotional all over again, knowing that we'll never hear another business talk from Jack or Angie Jordan "HAM." DON'T LEAVE US, TINA.
#1. The many, many, many fake movies and TV shows.
#2. Liz Lemon encouraging my relationship with large amounts of food.
#3. The terrible Girlie Show sketches that I so wish were real.
#4. Jenna Maroney's egomania
#5. The lines it got away with.
#6. The forever-quotable Liz Lemon-isms.
#9. ...and Jack Donaghy's equally great girlfriends...
(Close enough.)
10. ...and the various guest stars over the years.
#11. Cerie Xerox's outfits (yes, her last name is Xerox; no, I don't remember why)
#12. Tracy's threats...
...and taunts...
...and wisdom...
...and feelings on race relations...
...and acting abilities.
Everything Tracy, really.
#13. The NBC burns.
#14. The natural, never forced Star Wars references.
#15. The terrible medical advice from Surgeon General Spaceman.
#16. Scenes like this, possibly my favorite from the entire show.
#17. Pete's life making me feel better about myself.
#18. The fact that we'll never hear Jack Donaghy's Tracy Jordan voice ever again.
#20. Jack and Liz's relationship, the core of the show since season one, episode one.
Thursday's gonna get emotional. (Via)
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Tina Fey looks like Dana Dearmond in slide #8 with the ice cream.
The Lemon Party joke(s) still slay me.
MORE WESLEY SNIPES.
NO: MORE DENNIS DUFFY.
THIS ^^^^
Wesley Snipes still the show’s most underrated side character.
Nope. Subbas is, obviously.
“I’ll be here, always, while the rain falls in Wales…Chums!”
Wesley Snipes forever.
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Agreed. They should have used him during Sweeps.
20? Just 20?
Will we find out what Kenneth actually is?
I just assumed he was a Highlander.
Also Kenneth’s apparent immortality.
/Agelessness
Sudeikis’ love of IKEA.
On the lines they got away with, you skipped the Tubgirl from a few weeks ago.
I hope they finally show Jacob
Tracy Morgan saying the word “soup” is never not funny to me.
Where are the french fries I did not ask for!!
#1 needs MILF Island which I still desperately want to watch.
This! I still randomly mention this being on TV as a joke!
I’m so ready. Fuck Tina Fey. Shes vastly overrated.
you are a terrible person.
Please go away.
You are the AT&T of people
Who are these new people and why do they not understand funny?
I would fuck Tina Fey in an instant……this was a great show…..and the editing was under-rated…..many times imitated…never duplicated….
It must be sad to be dead inside.
How bout I pound you like a boy?!? that didnt come out right.
I feel bad for peep, with a father like you.
lol, agree dude.
You are the opposite of Batman
shut up, Britta
No Rural Juror?
Isn’t Cerie’s last name Xerox because her family owns Xerox?
I already got teary-eyed when Liz met her kids last week. There will definitely be full-on crying this Thursday.
I thought she married the guy who owns Xerox but I can’t really remember.
Well, he wasn’t a Somali pirate.
I can’t imagine something making me laugh as hard as the Tracy Morgan/Jon Hamm Amos n Andy sketch.
I was a Tuskagee Airman!!
Agree 1000%.
BANJO!!!!
I can catch a rainbow in my hat!
Tracy Morgan always has, and will always remain in my mind, other worldly hilarious. Remember the SNL Astronaut Jones skits?
The best NBC burn was a couple weeks ago when devon banks made the joke about being the NBC director of marketing. “I’ll be on a beach somewhere. You’ll never see me again.”
I have gotten more milage out of “I want to go to there” then any line ever
No Grizz and Dot Com or Mizz and Dot Gov?
Seconded.
Don’t forget Petes greatest triumph “Run, Kenneth!!” after shooting Donny
Two biggest gripes with an otherwise flawless show:
1) Misuse of guest actors in Kenneth B-plots (see: Cranston, Bryan)
2) Portraying Stone Mountain, GA to be in Deliverance country when it’s actually in the same county as Atlanta and the hometown of Donald Glover.
Meh, there’s some serious folks red in the neck all over Fulton county.
On your first point, you are correct sir.
I love how they still use Confederate dollars.
It’s actually in DeKalb, and sure it’s still plenty red, but 30 Rock (especially the episode in S4 when they went there) has always portrayed it like it’s absolute backwoods and hillbilly. Always just came across as lazy to me.
True, but it also has a massive lightshow on the images of Lee and Jackson.
I think anyplace with Laser Confederacy can handle the mockery.
@OM: I don’t think they can handle it but they’re certainly deserving of it. My gripe is much more about me being a geography/consistency nerd than defending Stone Mountain.
That’s a fair point. It’s right there in the suburbs, but they make it look like it’s Bloody Ferlin.
Isn’t that the joke, since Glover was a writer on the show for the first few seasons?
I didn’t think he was a writer there earlier enough but I choose to believe this going forward.
Corrected, I forgot about Dekalb, that taint between Fulton and Gwinett. To be fair, as someone who lived in ATL for a decade or so, Atlanta’s pretty much in Fulton. I would have gone with “The same county as Decatur, which will go toe to toe with any northeastern town on per capita flannel, subarus, and lesbians”
Great collection. This was awesome. You could pretty much run through every episode and include gifs from all of them but this got it right.
Agreed, this was an impressive greatest hits.
John Hamm. Amazing.
I was just going to share a few, but dammit…
The one thing this list is missing is Michael Keaton in the cameo page. He fucking killed it as the janitor about to retire showing a bunch of perverts pictures of his kids.
If there’s one moment I’d add, it would be Jack’s voice-activated TV.
Carrie Fisher: Are you hungry?
Liz Lemon: All the time.
I’ve never been able to find a gif or clip of that part where Tracy walks into his dressing room while Jack and Queen Latifah are in there, grabs his samurai sword, and says, “I’m gonna cut that fat cracker’s head off.”
That was my favorite part of the series, and it doesn’t exist on the internet…
Retro Liz with bangs, a long ponytail and cat eye glasses?
More please.
Hey guys, what’s this show “30 Rock” I keep hearing about? Any good?
It’s no Modern Family.
Great list, but the lack of Dennis Duffy is a huge oversight.
“Ergo? Affleck’s finally gonna get that Oscar.”
“I failed the fire fighter’s exam. It’s totally biased against the Irish”
Definitely the biggest oversight here.
agreed. he’s top 5 material
The Black Crusaders>>>>>
The fact that there were no .gifs of Jack running was a little disappointing.
Also, this.
I’m going to add that Alec Baldwin is incredible. He is pretty hit and miss as a person, but he is an unbelievable actor. The counseling session blew me away when I saw it the first time.
He loves Wegmans and is from upstate NY – he’s the best!
My #1 favorite line I can think of:
“Liz Lemon, you boogerface, I’m going to shoot you in the face with a bazooka!”
Also, didn’t Kenneth’s mother tell him a story about the day he was born, and HE was talking to her. About how this is just his earthly flesh-vessel for his immortal soul? Something really creepy like that.
I yell “Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate ACK” an unhealthy amount
they had a good run thats for sure….i remember nearly crying from laughing so much at Tracy sometimes.
Great list. But needs more Dennis Duffy.
Every single character in this show deserves there own spin off show. Especially Cerie. I mean, if Joey was a thing, why can’t I have this??
S. That. D. Shut it down.
Some of my favorite moments were with guest star Kim Jong Il.
What’s the matter Ken? You’ve got wife eyes.
Jack as Tracy’s dad might be the funniest thing on tv this century–and I mean that in the least racist way possible
I don’t which I like better: his black guy voice or his white guy voice.
No MILF Island? Otherwise, great list.