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Episode Recap: "Subway Hero"
Now wasn't that a proper 30 Rock ? I just rewatched it for recapping purposes, and it was filled not with just great laughs, but also some heart. Damn the roller coaster that is the crazy Dennis-and-Liz on-again/off-again thing! Poor Liz, she wants "easy" romance where she doesn't have to shave or bathe, yet took a while to realize that's as bad for her as the Sabor De Soledad (translation: "the flavor of loneliness") off-brand Cheetos she was stuffing her face with all episode.
This week also had some really solid and entertaining B stories, with Jack wooing Tracy to be the (black) celebrity face of the Republican Party and Tim Conway's "Bucky Bright" regaling/utterly frightening Kenneth with stories from TV's good ol' days.
I think that between Bucky, Dennis and Jack, most every race, religion and sexuality found something to be affronted by in this episode.
OK, now I say "Bullets," you say, "Hero!":
The Committee to Re-invade Vietnam
"Food Network doesn't have a news show."
Dennis interrupting his own press conference with Mayor Bloomberg to shout, "Stern rules! Baba Booey!" What an idiot.
Jack explaining that Dennis' To Catch a Predator thing "was one big misunderstanding like the Giuliani campaign."
"We're like Ross and Rachel, but just not gay."
"She told me her last boyfriend was Asian, and that crap doesn't start until college ."
Bucky being a big TV star in "the '40s, '50s and the fall of 1972."
Kenneth exclaiming, "Son of a married couple!"
Kenneth's voting strategy: "Choosing is a sin so I just write in the Lord's name" and Jack then saying, "That's Republican. We count those."
Bucky's first "wrong turn," detailing the "inside monogrammed pocket for your opium pipe and switchblade."
"Me and it, we're teaming up to fight illiteracy!"
Dot Com expounding upon how "today's Republican party would be unrecognizable to Lincoln."
Intermission.
OK, some more:
"We used to call this the Jew room."
Bucky's interrupted description of what a "sandwich girl" was.
Liz making the newspaper... As Sally Field.
Bucky on the giant lesbian he met in the halls of NBC: "Who is Conan O'Brien and why is she so sad?"
Dead Tracy lamenting the many different kinds of buckets he didn't get to own.
"I can't help McCain. He's a Navy man, and I almost joined the Marines once."
"My cologne is distilled from the bilge water of Rupert Murdoch's yacht."
Jenna explaining that "Love is hiding who you are at all times" by "going downstairs to the Burger King to poop... and hiding alcohol in perfume bottles."
Dennis boasting, "A stripper offered to give me a squeezer last night. A white stripper."
Hero bird "Winston dialed 911 and said 'fire,' but only because he didn't know word for rape."
Dennis claiming that the firefighter exam is "totally biased against the Irish."
And last but not least, Liz saying, "If reality TV has taught anything it's that you can't keep people with no shame down."
When is the new season of "MILF Island," anyway?
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Apr 18, 2008 6:11 AM
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That wasn't off-brand Doritos that Liz was munching on...it was a Mexican version of Cheetos (or Cheesy Poofs, for South Park fans).
Did anyone catch the credits at the end? One of the guest star listings said:
Introducing
Lord Stanley Cup
as Himself
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Apr 18, 2008 8:43 AM
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Now THIS is the 30 Rock I love!
Loved when Jenna was telling Liz that she needed a balanced diet (or something like that, referring to her dating life), and Liz opened the door where everyone was chanting "Subway Hero". Yeah, I'm a sucker for funny product placements.
Also loved Tracy's "Don't Vote" PSA at the end.
It was just so great, after last week's waste of my time, to see the gang back and in rare form. Plus, how can a revisit from the beeper king NOT put a smile on anyone's face?
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Apr 18, 2008 9:03 AM
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That wasn't off-brand Doritos that Liz was munching on...it was a Mexican version of Cheetos
Corrected! - MWM
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Apr 18, 2008 9:25 AM
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And during that press conference with Mayor Bloomberg, I'm pretty sure Dennis called him "Mayor BloombergER"...
Just a small thing--but that's how this show works! There are jokes/misunderstandings/proofs of idiocy in all sizes!
Definitely a better episode than last week--as is true of most of NBC's comedies last night. But I'll take an off episode of these shows any day as long as they are back on TV.
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Apr 18, 2008 9:31 AM
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"My fellow Blackmericans..."
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Apr 18, 2008 9:41 AM
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The news ticker at the bottom of the screen for Dennis' press conference was genius. the ones i could make out were:
"..excited about upcoming depression"
"NORAD puts cyborgs in charge of Skynet"
"Zombie spokesman wel..."
"Complicated things happening in Africa"
"Baby bottle found on Mars"
gotta love 30 Rock!
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Apr 18, 2008 9:51 AM
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Who was the guy who played Dennis? I'm too lazy to IMDB him but he was so familiar looking!
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Apr 18, 2008 10:47 AM
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The news ticker at the bottom of the screen for Dennis' press conference was genius.
I so did not catch that! Thanks!
Who was the guy who played Dennis?
Dean Winters.
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Apr 18, 2008 10:52 AM
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I'm pretty sure the Irish Firefighter comment was a shout-out to Rescue Me, where Dean Winters played the cop brother to Irish fire-fighter Dennis Leary.
I have only recently discovered this show - and it's genius!
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Apr 18, 2008 11:11 AM
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I too immediately thought of Rescue Me with the Irish firefighter comment - (can't wait for that show to come back too!)
Anyway, loved seeing Tim Conway last night - he gets better with age!
I think everybody has covered the best lines - there were so many.
What song was Tracy was dancing to when he "died" - anybody?
Tracy's PSA and Jack's "Nixon" were my favorite. I love all Alec's impressions - this guy is so underrated!
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Apr 18, 2008 11:24 AM
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I think it was Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Apr 18, 2008 12:06 PM
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Best line of the episode:
"We're like Ross and Rachel, but just not gay."
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Apr 18, 2008 12:28 PM
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Don't forget Toofer as Sammy Davis, Jr. And Frank admitting to Liz that he'd watched 7 people die on subway tracks in the past. And Mayor Bloomburger!
I hope NBC starts selling some Sabor de Soledad cheese puffs, I'd buy a whole case.
Yay, the 30 Rock I love is back! I knew any episode featuring Dean Winters' Dennis would be a homerun.
So many great lines to choose from but my favorite would have to be "Who is Conan O'Brien and why is she so sad?" I'm cracking up right now just writing it. Followed by the bird that dialed 911 and said "fire" because it didn't know how to say "rape". Oh, 30 Rock, how I've missed you!
I kind of want Dennis and Liz to end up together. He seems to somewhat really care about her in his own twisted way.
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Apr 18, 2008 12:41 PM
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I'm pretty sure the Irish Firefighter comment was a shout-out to Rescue Me, where Dean Winters played the cop brother to Irish fire-fighter Dennis Leary.
That comment could have been a shout-out to Rescue Me or it could've been just another lame Dennis excuse considering that the Irish have been well represented as firefighters since right after the discovery of fire.
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Apr 18, 2008 2:05 PM
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