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30 Rock's Relentless Conservatism

Ryan Tate · 05/07/09 03:35AM

"This structure appears often on 30 Rock: Liz starts from a progressive perspective before coming around to Jack's way of seeing things... even as [Jack's] worldview is satirized, it's often presented as inevitable." [Slate, via]

Tracy Morgan's Real-Life Crazies Make It Onto 30 Rock

Richard Lawson · 04/08/09 01:08PM

Tracy Morgan can't lose! The gonzo 30 Rock star makes bizarre TV appearances and doesn't get in trouble. We just laugh and love him more, and then the incident becomes a joke on 30.

Glory Be: People Are Finally Watching 30 Rock

Richard Lawson · 04/03/09 04:19PM

Good news is rare in these worrisome times, but here among the rubble is a little ray of sunshine (mixed metaphors!) Critically-beloved 30 Rock is finally performing healthily in the ratings.

Bobby Jindal Channels Kenneth the Page in GOP Response

Ryan Tate · 02/24/09 11:49PM

Bobby Jindal's rebuttal to the president's Congressional address tonight sounded creepily like a monologue from Kenneth the Page, 30 Rock's bewildered hillbilly. Click for video of the Louisiana governor's most Kenneth-like moments.

Salma Hayek's Breasts Designated As New U.N. Ambassadors To Starving Children

Kyle Buchanan · 02/10/09 01:22PM

In Africa with Diane Sawyer for Nightline, Hayek met a one-year-old who'd been born on the same day as her own daughter Valentina and was so moved by the coincidental bond that she popped out a breast and offered it to the grateful, suckling child. Adults who were born on the same day as Valentina will probably not be as lucky. (Also: Hey, Salma Hayek actually does speak English in a clear and natural manner! If only she could take a tip from real-life Salma's diction instead of hopelessly enunciating her 30 Rock dialogue as though she were a Grammy-addled Whitney Houston.)