Wednesday, May 20, 2009

30 Rock Awards

After a little bit of a lull early this season, 30 Rock finished off strong and if you ask me, is back to it's badass self. With that in mind, a few 30 Rock awards for the end of season 3:

Most underrated character: Cerie. Liz's hot assistant isn't given a lot to do, but she always delivers. She is never off. And underneath her flighty, vapid immaturity is a sweet self awareness. My favorite line is from the David Schwimmer Greenzo episode, "Did he just talk to me like I'm ugly?"

Funniest side character: Dr. Spaceman (Spu-CHE-men). This guy makes me laugh out loud every time he's in the show. He's got like a 90% laughing efficiency quotient.

Most overused joke: Various forms of Kenneth being a hick.

Most overused joke that is still funny: Jenna's insistence on singing at any opportunity.

Best Griz or Dot Com Line: "I guess that's why I'm still single."

Best Cameo: Paul Reubens as the final heir to the Hapsburg Empire (although the musical collective at the end of this season was pretty awesome)

Worst Cameo: Tie - Jerry Seinfeld, because he should be better or Al Gore, who turns out to be a really bad actor.

Best Element of the Show Rarely Given Notice: The music. 30 Rock's original score is incredible and the songs incorporated into the show excellent.

Best Jack/Liz Moment: I still harbor a soft spot for earlier in the series where there were questionable moments of Liz and Jack getting together and Jack's admonishing Lemon, "I date models and actresses..." and line "If you were any other women in the world, I'd be attracted to you right now."

Best New Term Added to the Lexicon: Fruit Blind

Best Foil: Will Arnet's gay executive rival to Jack

Best Tracy Jordan Moment: Hmmmm. Still thinking. Tracy is like Ben Wallace of the show. At first you think he sucks, then you think he's amazing, and then you realize he isn't that good, but you don't want to get rid of him.

TBC.

1 comment:

robyn said...

The problem with the cameos is when the entire episode gets anchored by their presence and they are not really that funny. See: Jennifer Aniston. Paul Ruebens was, yes, amazing.

The funniest thing about Cerie is that she's the hot girl of the show, but she never has any lines really and the camera hardly ever spends any time on her. She's sort of funny, I guess, but it's more in the writing than the delivery. As a whole, the way her character is treated by the show is funnier than her character is.