30 Rock - Season Three |  | Directors: Beth McCarthy-Miller, Constantine Makris, Don Scardino, Gail Mancuso, John Riggi
Actors: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit
Studio: Universal Studios
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Running Time: 486 Minutes
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Warning: The third season of 30 Rock may cause fits of "lizzing" (an elevated state of hilarity that involves laughter plus whizzing) with its brilliantly loopy word play, "what the what" situations, and deft turns by a stellar roster of A-list guest stars. Liz Lemon (Emmy-winning geek goddess Tina Fey) trying to avoid jury duty by dressing as Princess Leia? Jenna (Jane Krakowski) starring in a biopic about Janis Joplin (or Jackie Jomp-Jomp due to rights complications that forbid use of Joplin's name and music)? Steve Martin as a fabulously wealthy agoraphobe? I want to go to there! This season, Liz increasingly yearns for a normal life outside of the demands of her sanity-testing job as head writer of TGS, a Saturday Night Live-esque comedy show. Happiness will find Liz, but not before two hilariously doomed relationships, one with a little person (guest star Peter Dinklage), whom she initially mistakes for a child, and the other with a neighbor (Mad Men's Jon Hamm) who doesn't realize people have allowed him to skate through life because of his impossibly good looks. She also has a rude awakening when she joins a group of Ladies who Lunch while on forced administrative leave. Her friendship with Master of the Universe mentor Jack Donaghy (indispensable Emmy-winner Alec Baldwin) is the series' endearing sweet spot. 30 Rock is unlike any other workplace comedy on television. Dancing to its own comic rhythms, the series takes great delight in tweaking sitcom clichés and conventions. In "The Bubble," the scene is set for a montage of Id-driven Tracy Jordan's (Tracy Morgan) wackiest moments on the show. Instead, Liz dreamily reflects, "I'm thinking of some of them right now." Family Guy's got nothing on 30 Rock when it comes to the surreal arbitrary gag, as when naive NBC page Kenneth (Jack McBreyer) realizes he is being sexually harassed by a Miss Vierra (Meredith from The Today Show), or when sociopathic, narcissistic Jenna is taught a lesson by the writers who have banded together as the feathered Fedora-clad Pranksmen. 30 Rock makes truly inspired use of the actors, TV icons, and musicians who appear this season. In "Believe in the Stars," Oprah Winfrey, smelling of "rose water and warm laundry," hilariously appears as herself, kind of. In "The One with the Cast of Night Court," Jennifer Aniston is upstaged by Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles "Mac" Robinson. Salma Hayek makes for an exotic love interest for Jack in a multi-episode arc. The season finale features Sheryl Crow, Clay Aiken, Elvis Costello (a.k.a. Declan McManus, international art thief), Adam Levine, and others brought together for a benefit to find a kidney for Jack's long-lost father (Alan Alda). But the joy of 30 Rock is not the stars, but such brain-tickling lines as, "I watched Boston Legal nine times before I realized it wasn't a new Star Trek," and the charming character grace notes, like seeing the world as Kenneth does, populated by Muppets. In the season finale, Liz remarks that she figures TGS (30 Rock?) has two years left. Say it ain't so! --Donald Liebenson Stills from 30 Rock - Season Three (Click for larger image)
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 Great Show, great service February 6, 2010
AHC (Houston, TX)
What hasn't already been said about 30 Rock? It's a great show. Now I can watch it at will. Came in good condition. Will buy again.
WONDERFUL SHOW , STRANGE AMAZON COMMERCIAL POLICY February 4, 2010
Olivier Comte (Neuilly FRANCE)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It may be the best comedy television show ever produced.
I won't mourn the meagre commentary. The video transfer is excellent and I am satisfied.
But I have an axe to grind with Amazon.com self defeating-commercial policy.
I understand that the 1st SNL season ,that I had ordered years ago, has gone down in price.
But I had ordered 30 ROCK 3rd Season for 29,99 dollars on the 21th of January. I received it two days ago, having to pay 25% taxes,
and I see it to day on the Amazon.com site for 16,99 dollars!!!
That near halving of the price for a recent release is disturbing.
I should have waited for the British release.
From now on, to stay in a good mood, I should confine myself to serials and rare movies.
I have also received news of A WHOLE DOLLAR reimbursement for the pre-order of The Mary Tyler Moore Show 6th season.
I just hope that my bank will not sponge ten dollars out of that dollar.
30 Rock...a million laughs January 11, 2010
Steve Reina (Troy Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
30 Rock is a great show.
From the spot on acting to the laugh out dialogue this is a show with no wasted moments.
So as not to spoil this show for the three or four people who haven't seen it I'll just mention a couple of the gags which I thought were the funniest this season:
1) The get out of jury duty gag: It started funny when Liz Lemon dressed as Princess Leah to get out of jury duty in her hometown by saying "I don't think it's fair for me to be on the jury because I can read minds" and it got funnier when the same tactic FAILED in New York;
2) The Alec Baldwin dressed as an evil Mexican general gag: This is a sight humor one but for me it ranks right up there with Baldwin's Saturday Night Live stint as scout master to Adam Sandler's troubled scout. If you've seen the bit, you're probably already laughing because of being reminded by it and if you haven't seen the bit, trust me: when you see it, you'll laugh.
Sometimes people like to make these comparisons about the current season to every other season which kind of fails with a show like 30 Rock where every season is kind of its best season.
Just watch it and laugh for yourself.
Can't wat for Season 4 December 28, 2009
Aparries (Xenia, OH)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't impressed with the first 2 episodes I saw of 30 Rock. 3 seasons and hours of watching later, and I can't wait for the next season. It's simplistically comical and an altogether solid tv show.
Thank you Netflix helping me catch up on this December 15, 2009
Robert Flippo (Norman, OK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Netflix is pretty much my best friend. When I'm bored I say, "Hey, Netflix, wanna hang?" To which Netlfix promptly replies, "Fo sho, dawg! Sit yo ass down and pull up yo instant queue!"
What I'm trying to say is that me and Netflix spend a lot of time together. It might not be the healthiest relationship, I mean I am paying for it after all, but it relaxes me and helps me not go crazy. It also helps me catch up on TV shows I missed, like 30 Rock. I was a little busier last semester and was unable to catch episodes of season three when they aired live. Thanks to my loving mistress, Netflix, I got caught up on season three (watching the entire season in two days) just in time for season four to start.
For those who don't know, 30 Rock is an NBC comedy that depicts the behind the scenes shenanigans of a fictional sketch comedy show called TGS. It was nominated for 22 Emmys in 2009 so the idea of someone having not heard of it is kind of ridiculous. Anyway, I was a huge fan of the first two seasons and had great expectations for the third season. Not only were they met, but they were surpassed.
The main reason the show succeeds is the outstanding cast. Tina Fey basically plays herself as the character Liz Lemon, the head writer of TGS. She is so incredibly awkward and relationship-challenged it's adorable. I'm not ashamed to admit I have a crush on her even though she's almost 40. Tracy Morgan plays also plays a version of himself in the character Tracy Jordan, the erratic star of TGS. He's so hilarious in this role I always forget his name is actually Tracy Morgan, not Tracy Jordan. Alec Baldwin just makes me happy. I can't even keep a straight face when writing about his performance as Jack Donaghy, the Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. Baldwin is easily my favorite character. His portrayal of a suave, hardcore Republican, no-nonsense businessman is hilarious to the point of absurdity.
Numerous guest appearances add to the already star filled show. Steve Buscimi makes multiple appearances as Jack's private investigator. Salma Hayek has a fairly large role as Jack's fiancée. Other guest stars include Steve Martin, Jennifer Aniston, and Oprah.
The other thing that helps 30 Rock is its mixture of low brow and high brow comedy. When something like Two and a Half Men consistently gets labeled as one of the most watched comedies in America, I never cease to be amazed that something as magical as 30 Rock airs. Don't get me wrong, I love me some sex jokes here and there but I also like some more sophisticated wordplay type jokes. I even love jokes that make fun of sophisticated topical jokes. For instance, probably my favorite line from Season 3 is when Tracy Jordan says, "My video game is the most profitable thing since the war on terror." And then he follows it up with, "Yes, I am provocative."
This season has many great moments though. From Jack's courtship of his mom's Puerto Rican nurse (played by Salma Hayek) to the crew of TGS making Tracy Jordan's dream of being astronaut come true, it is all one hilarious ride.
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