Current Events > Man, why did nobody tell me 30 Rock was great

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Not like its been praised up and down for years since it released and I've just been putting off watching it, no not at all

Watching the last episode tonight been a good ride ;_;

This reminds me I need to find the episodes that were banned from streaming services online somewhere.

Smashingpmkns posted...

This reminds me I need to find the episodes that were banned from streaming services online somewhere.

Oh shit that's right I heard about this, so do I. I was able to pull up the banned Community episode, my wife hadn't seen it

Smashingpmkns posted...

This reminds me I need to find the episodes that were banned from streaming services online somewhere.

That happened to 30 Rock too?

Werewolf bar mitzvah spooky scary
boys becoming men
men becoming wolves

saspa posted...

That happened to 30 Rock too?

Tina Fey voluntarily pulled the episodes I believe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfRzd0aY-0c

Why were the episodes pulled? I saw the show a long time ago but don't remember too much.

Its such an underrated gem of a show and Im really disappointed in society for practically forgetting about it. Why does no one ever talk about it? Everyone goes on and on about The Office (rightfully so though tbh) and Parks and Rec (meh) but 30 Rock is like the forgotten stepchild.

One thing I really appreciated about the was that it was pretty damn consistent in quality for the entire run. No early season growing pains, no steep drop off at the end or anything.

Relient_K posted...

Why were the episodes pulled? I saw the show a long time ago but don't remember too much.

Blackface I think.

I used to get told I looked like Kenneth :(

I recommend 30 Rock all the time. I reference 30 Rock all the time. Liz Lemon is the closest thing I have ever had to a waifu.

Smashingpmkns posted...

This reminds me I need to find the episodes that were banned from streaming services online somewhere.

I hate when shows do that >_> Just show it all and let us decide if we want to watch that episode or not. This is why people pirate shit.

Compsognathus posted...

I recommend 30 Rock all the time. I reference 30 Rock all the time. Liz Lemon is the closest thing I have ever had to a waifu.

Lemon is legit pretty much my ideal woman tbh.

Relient_K posted...

Why were the episodes pulled? I saw the show a long time ago but don't remember too much.

There were episodes with blackface in a more meta-way of mocking it ironically.

But when issues like that were being brought up from past works, Tina Fey just decided to take them down instead.

Jenna and Tracy trading places was so fucking funny.

30 Rock was my go-to background noise for years. I've probably watched the entire thing 20+ times.

https://youtu.be/NpM1YTfzFeM

Workin on my night cheese.

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Such a good line up.

I still stand by my opinion that 30 Rock is the best out of the 4, but I could see an argument for The Office tho. But yeah it's better than Parks and Rec.

Make sure to find a way to watch the episodes with blackface that dumbass Tina Fey is trying to erase from history.

MarcoRubio posted...

Such a good line up.

I still stand by my opinion that 30 Rock is the best out of the 4, but I could see an argument for The Office tho. But yeah it's better than Parks and Rec.

>:(

but I did

It's great on rewatches too.

The joke density is absurdly high. You can tell how much work went into the writing. There's jokes and then jokes within jokes and then a surface level joke sprinkled on top that ties it all together. It's beautifully crafted

sabin017 posted...

Workin on my night cheese.

Great fuckin joke

Relient_K posted...

Why were the episodes pulled? I saw the show a long time ago but don't remember too much.

Blackface.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

It's great on rewatches too.

The joke density is absurdly high. You can tell how much work went into the writing. There's jokes and then jokes within jokes and then a surface level joke sprinkled on top that ties it all together. It's beautifully crafted

I think that's the best description of the show's brilliance I have ever read.

The joke density truly is impressive. Even shows like The Office and Parks and Rec have their calm moments between their jokes and quips to set the next one up, but 30 Rock fires on all cylinders the whole time. taking no breaks. It's one punchline after the other, but as you said, crafting it in such a way that it advances the plot and keeps the jokes from getting stale. That show has to have phenomenal writers to pull something like that off.

The episode they pulled was making fun of people doing blackface like Tropic Thunder. They had Tracy in whiteface too but that part always gets left out

not defending blackface or anything since its obviously bad

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/1/9/AACE4xAADg4f.jpg

I've literally been making topics about this show for years. So fricking amazing.

Seasons 1-3 are comedy gold and completely untouchable. Season 4 is still good. 5 and 6 have their moments, some miss but still overall a fun watch. Season 7 was already a short season and weirdly wasted a lot of time on the 2012 election (the 2016 election with trump would have made for better episode material) but still had a good finale overall.