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Episode Recap: "Sandwich Day"
Hey guys, Matt's off being sexy at our Sexy Stars party, so I'm (Erin Fox) filling in this week.
Poor, poor Jack! He's coming apart at the seams! Geiss' crazy mute daughter has filled his office with unicorns, stuffed animals and pictures of Mark Wahlberg, and Jack's been sent down to the lowly, and netherworld creepy "12th floor." He spends most of the episode in Geiss' hospital room reading him economics books or screaming at him (even whacking him in the junk) to wake up. But nothing works, and it looks like Jack might actually lose it.
Back on the Lemon front: She's freaked because Floyd called to see if he could crash at her place. (What does that mean? How weird will it be between them? Who was that bitch that answered his phone eight months ago!?) Ha! Good stuff. When Liz acts super-crazy around Floyd, he lies and says he can catch a flight back to Cleveland. However, she finds him outside eating an ice cream cone and they have a big blow out. Blurg! Is this the end of Floyd and Liz? Nah, in the end, Liz realizes she's crazy and makes up with Floyd.
And the minor story of the episode was probably the funniest: The teamsters bring in Italian sandwiches from a secret location once a year, and therefore control the office for a day. The sandwiches are so coveted, that when Liz doesn't eat her sammy right away, Frank, Tracy and Lutz attack it. Apparently, no sandwich makes Liz very angry and you don't want to see her angry. So, the writers have to win a drinking contest against the teamsters in order to secure Liz a new sandwich. I love teamsters. I love teamster jokes. If you work with them, you know the power they yield!
Bullet time!
Jack: (Trying to wake up Geiss) "Hillary Clinton is president! (When he doesnt respond...) Nothing? I thought I would just scare you out of it."
Liz on her treadmill, clearly eating a McDonald's caramel sundae.
Jenna: "No, that's Air Bike. They also have in-flight pornos and NBC news. Jet Fun is the one that hands out fresh popcorn."
Liz: "I want to be top dog for once instead of just... dog."
Liz: "For once I'm not going to be Jan Brady; I'm going to be Marcia! (A mini-football hits her in the nose) Ow! My nose!"
Jack: "I've been sleeping with the Cindy Crawford of corporations for the last 22 years, what am I supposed to do now? Lie down with some skank like 3M?"
Jack: "[Work for] Bush? Has it gotten that bad? Good God, I'd rather work for an American car company than jump on that sinking ship."
Jonathan's fan collage of Jack, and singing Sarah McLaughlin's "I Will Remember You," as Jack left his office.
Liz looking smoking hot and saying, "I'm pretty tired from playing as hard as I work."
Floyd: "Can I take you to dinner tonight? Maybe that barbeque place you puked at?" Liz: "You'll have to be more specific (insert maniacal laughter)."
Kenneth: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for a good man to stand by and do nothing." Tracy: "Please ask my permission before you quote me, Kenneth."
Liz: "I don't know how, but you're gonna get me another sandwich... or I'm gonna cut your face up so bad, you'll have a chin. You'll all have chins!"
Eye-patch receptionist lady on the 12th floor.
Liz's college flashback outfit
Jack: "I even stopped to catch a snowflake on my tongue, but evidently that's some sort of signal in Chelsea."
Brian Dennehey as the lead teamster trying to make Lutz and Frank kiss.
Jenna: "A drinking contest? What am I 12, and at my boyfriend's frat party?"
Tracy: "I can't drink... I still got my Hollywood sock on (pointing to his alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet)."
Jenna: "No one is drinking against the teamsters but me? I'll do it! But only for the attention."
Liz: (Re: Floyd lying to get away from her) Your cell phone was dead! You faked that e-mail! (Gasping in horror) Peter Venkman is from Ghostbusters. You used Ghostbusters for evil!
Kenneth: "Alcohol? It smells just like 'Hill People Milk.' I've been drinking this since I was a baby."
Liz shoving her whole sandwich in her mouth at airport security.
Jack being named homeland security's director of crisis and weather management.
Did the airport announcer guy say 'Flight 31 to Montreal is now Blurg?' That's what I thought I heard. That would be awesome.
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May 2, 2008 9:56 AM
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Power they WIELD. Power they yield would be power they gave up.
I want people to follow me around with a wind machine.
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May 2, 2008 11:33 AM
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No comments yet? Well Erin, all I can say it is seems like you're the hardest working blogger at TVG  Seems like you write or fill in for literally every show I watch. Love your recaps.
I loved Liz on the treadmill, and sexy Liz playing Floyd. Seemed like they didnt have enough for Alec to do this ep, but I liked his new job title.
Maybe Im just emotionally unstable right now, but watching Liz shove the sandwich in her mouth while screaming "I can have it all!" and looking desperately sad almost made me cry. I usually enjoy Tina Fey's eating disorder jokes (memorably, when she was a judge on "Iron Chef" she criticized a dish for being too loud and therefore wouldnt work for her because "I do most of my eating in secret") but this was a little too realistic. Or maybe Im just too much of a mess.
I was hoping Liz and Floyd would get back together. Its surprising how likable and cute Jason Sudekis (sp?) is in this. I was never a huge fan of his on SNL, but this character is great. I wish Liz could be happy for a while.
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May 2, 2008 11:42 AM
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My favorite line was Liz saying to Jack "I got an email from the new CEO- but it was just a link to pictures of cats wearing bowties"
I was actually happy to see Jenna back. She had some good lines last night!
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May 2, 2008 11:46 AM
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I loved Keneth's crazy eyed looks as he started gulping shots.
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May 2, 2008 12:01 PM
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Jack needs to bring in Dr. Spaceman for a consult on Geiss.
Floyd (as Liz opens her door to grab her newspaper): Crone! <cut to commercial break>
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May 2, 2008 12:33 PM
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I wasn't as amused by the Teamsters storyline as you, Erin, though it did give Jenna some good lines and my favorite line of the night, which was Tracy getting mad at Kenneth for quoting him without permission. I don't know why but the delivery of that was hilarious. Also, isn't that a quote from MLK?
I thought the first half of the episode was better than the second. All in all, there were a lot of great one-liners (the tornado in Detroit putting out all those fire, Michael Clayton of Cleveland, etc.) and I like how they are moving the arc of Jack at GE along. Loved the orderly that was struck by lightning and now talks like an old man.
So I wonder who got Liz pregnant (if she is pregnant)? I'm hoping it's Dennis.
I suspected that Lutz got gastric bypass surgery because he lost so much weight and it was confirmed when he couldn't eat his sandwich too quickly because of his stomach.
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May 2, 2008 1:11 PM
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Oh sadness.... due to tornados of my own, I missed the last ten minutes. How I would have enjoyed seeing Kenneth drink. Was there some revelation that Liz was pregnant? Maybe I can catch it again on i-tunes
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May 2, 2008 2:17 PM
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I thought it was a great episode with many laugh out loud moments. I know a lot of fans don't like Jenna but I think she is fantastic. She can deliver a line like nobody else on the show. "A drinking contest? What am I 12 and at my boyfriends Frat Party"? Or "OK, I'll do it but only for the attention". She is great. Loved Liz in front of the fan and when she ate the whole sandwich in seconds at airport security. Or Jack telling Kathy Giess that Mark Walhberg hates unicorns. Great show!
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May 2, 2008 3:09 PM
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Great episode as always! I just watched it online with my headphones on and every time I laughed out loud (that happened alot!) my husband kept giving me these funny looks. This is really the only show that I laugh throughout. Love it!
About the Kenneth quote - Wikipedia (I know, I know, a questionable source!) suggests the earliest variation of that quote is from the 18th century Irish philospher Edmund Burke, but the variation that was on the show was probably from the Soviet film version of the classic novel "War and Peace" by Tolstoy. (seems more likely they were quoting "War and Peace" than an Irish philosopher most of us have never heard of) Just my opinion, anyway.
Can't wait til next week!
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May 2, 2008 3:55 PM
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As a proud member of Teamsters Local 817, I will let you in on a secret: a membership meeting is even funnier than the scenes with Brian Dennehy.
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May 2, 2008 6:59 PM
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I think this was one of the best episodes of 30 Rock yet! It was hilarious from beginning to end.
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May 3, 2008 12:10 AM
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Hey sj2260: If you are a Teamster, can you tell us where to get those sandwiches? 
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May 3, 2008 5:10 PM
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I loved the bad weather jokes. Floyd talks about the tornado in Cleveland and later on there is one that put out fires in Detroit. When Lizs' alarm clock goes off it says "After last night's freak snowfall, it's 98 humid." Then an airline closes after one storm (apparently a bad one, I guess), and to top it off Jack is named Homeland Security Dir. of Crisis and Weather Mgmt.
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May 3, 2008 11:35 PM
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