February 8, 2007: "Tell Your Gay Mom I Said Thanks"
It would be nearly impossible to measure up to last week's utterly manic introduction of Prince Gerhardt, so forgive
30 Rock if this week's outing was "merely" very amusing at times. Actually, returning guest star
Isabella Rossellini seemed to find it
extremely amusing at one particular point. Am I wrong, or did she barely make it through her line, "Damn it, Johnny, you know how much I love my big beef and cheddar"? On the FauxVo replay, she's almost chuckling the dialogue. Fun to see a pro recognize the
Rock's dialogue for being as wonderfully absurd as it is.
As for Jack's downward spiral coming out of said divorce-settlement talks... meh. So-so. I "got" that he was regressing from top-shelf bubbly to canned beer to miniature airplane spirits, but I think that sequence primarily demonstrated that Alec Baldwin is best playing opposite the regulars.
No, I actually wore more grins watching the microscopic B-story with the writers, playing Marry-Boff-Kill (often to Jenna's detriment), or cajoling Kenneth into making a play for Cerie. Did he lick her cheekbone?!
The bullets:
" Jack scoffing that his Cleveland pal's gift gave the staff food poisoning: "They were the finest fresh-water clams from... [
Reading card] the Cuyahoga River?"
" Jack waxing nostalgic for a keepsake of his and Bianca's house-trained dog: "I
want that box."
" Liz unsuccessfully crawling past Bianca and out of Jack's office: "This would work on
Ugly Betty."
" Judah's big Valentine's night plans, with a lotta Cialis and... himself.
" One of the night's best riffs, Jenna explaining Vagina Day, in which the few actors who have never been asked to do
The Vagina Monologues - with which her group is
not affiliated - appear on stage to talk about their hoo-has, for the homeless. But not to raise money for them, "just... for the homeless."
" Hey, it's
Rachel Dratch as Vlem, the sloppy-drunk prostitute! And it's
SNL's
Jason Sudeikis as a "law stylist"!
" Kenneth, learning that Cerie would "boff" him: "Well, that just makes me perspire."
" Later, Ken quoting "Dr." Laura Schlessinger to a credentials-questioning Cerie: "I think she's like Dr Pepper."
My DVR cut off the coda! Was there a coda?!
