30 Rock
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30 Rock is half-hour comedy program about the backstage workings of the fictional sketch comedy show, The Girlie Show. Inspired by Saturday Night Live, the show premiered on NBC in the fall of 2006 and stars Tina Fey as Liz Lemon. Other regular cast members include Jane Krakowski, Judah Friedlander and Alec Baldwin.
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Appearances
- "Apollo, Apollo" (March 26, 2009): Sesame Street-style Anything Muppet caricatures of various characters appear, as it's revealed that Kenneth the page perceives his coworkers as puppets. Joey Mazzarino, Carmen Osbahr and Matt Vogel are credited as puppeteers; the characters' voices were performed by Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey.
 Jack and his tailor |
 Tracy Jordan |
 Liz Lemon |
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Muppet Mentions
- Black Tie: Pete, the producer, tries to comfort his young son over the phone by talking in his Elmo voice.
- "Cleveland": The Girlie Show star Tracy Jordan fears that he is being targeted for elimination by "The Black Crusaders" because he is an embarrassment to African-Americans. Jordan lists Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, and Gordon from Sesame Street as members of the elite, albeit fictional, organization.
- In a promo spot for the second season premiere, Tina has Alec guess who she's imitating. His first guess is the Muppets.
- "Sandwich Day": Liz Lemon gets mad that her special Sandwich Day sandwich is missing. Upon noticing this, she throws something out of her office and into the writers' room. The object (on pause, it can be seen as a lamp) smashes into a dry erase board that has ideas for characters and/or sketches written on it. A close-up of the board is shown very briefly, and one of the ideas is for "pervert Elmo."
- "The One with the Cast from Night Court": When Liz learns that Jack has been once again seduced by her "friend" Claire Harper (Jennifer Aniston), Claire says to her, "Oh, please stop. Don't make that angry Muppet face at him."
- "Generalissimo": While going through some mail that was accidentally delivered to Liz, Jenna discovers some Netflix rental DVDs, including The Muppets Take Manhattan.
- "The Bubble": A "Who Wore it Better?" magazine spread is shown, featuring Jenna and Miss Piggy in the same outfit. According to 84% of respondents, Miss Piggy wore it better.
- "Stone Mountain": Jack and Liz search for new talent at a comedy bar with a ventriloquist played by Jeff Dunham. Liz attempts to heckle him, but he kicks back with insults.
- Jack: I'm sorry, but that's enough. Sir, you're out of line.
- Puppet: I'll tell you what's out of line. Your old lady's knockers. Good lord, woman. I wouldn't **** you with Elmo's ****.
References
- Sesame Street Episode 4168 features a parody called "30 Rocks" in which Liz Lemon convinces Jack the Boss that she has ordered the correct amount of rocks for a sketch. The opening sequence was created by Mike Pantuso.[1]
Connections
- Alan Alda played Milton Green in two episodes
- Will Arnett played Devon Banks in four episodes
- Alec Baldwin plays Jack Donaghy
- Michael Bloomberg played himself in "Subway Hero"
- Wayne Brady played Steven Black in "The Source Awards"
- Matthew Broderick played Cooter Burger in "Cooter"
- Sheryl Crow played herself in "Kidney Now!"
- Edie Falco played Celeste Cunningham in four episodes
- Tina Fey plays Liz Lemon
- Judah Friedlander plays Frank Rossitano
- Whoopi Goldberg played herself in "The Rural Juror"
- Al Gore played himself in "Greenzo"
- Sean Hayes played Jesse Parcell in "Hiatus"
- Toby Huss played a German voice ("Deutsche Stimmer") in "Episode 210"
- Wyclef Jean played himself in "Kidney Now!"
- Norah Jones played herself in "Kidney Now!"
- Larry King played himself in "Larry King"
- Gladys Knight played herself in "Episode 210"
- Jane Krakowski plays Jenna Maroney
- Nathan Lane played Eddie Donaghy in "The Fighting Irish"
- Matt Lauer played himself in "Generalissimo"
- John Lithgow has a brief cameo as himself in "Goodbye, My Friend"
- Megan Mullally played Bev in "Do-Over"
- Alan Muraoka played Stephen Lee (listed in the credits as Paul) in "Cutbacks"
- Conan O'Brien played himself in "Tracy Does Conan"
- Nancy O'Dell played herself in multiple episodes
- Markie Post played herself in "The One with the Cast of 'Night Court'"
- Paul Reubens played Gerhardt in "Black Tie"
- Andy Richter played Mitch Lemon in "Ludachristmas"
- Al Roker played himself in "Fireworks"
- Isabella Rossellini played Bianca Donnelly in "Black Tie" and "Up All Night"
- Molly Shannon played Katherine Catherine in the episode "The Fighting Irish"
- Meredith Vieira played herself in "Greenzo" and "Larry King"
- Brian Williams played himself in "The Ones"
- Oprah Winfrey played herself in "Believe in the Stars"
