And Jimmy being aware that his guests are not that great was kind of funny — and kind of sad.

At first I thought that she was going to be the person who teaches Jeff how to not be such a cynical, sarcastic jerk. Then I thought she was going to be the fun, manipulative foil for the main character, always one step ahead. Then I thought she was going to be the pathological liar with emotional problems who learns…

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Something Different
Meh, I'm not going to argue with the grade, but still: There aren't many shows that make me laugh as reliably and consistently as 30 Rock does. And maybe that's the problem. It's a laugh machine—there's no pathos, sentiment, moral, or uplifting message.

I may have to keep an eye on this thread.

Now that I think of it, if you're near a star they still have things like the solar wind—not sure if that counts as weather, exactly but maybe. Also, they were orbiting Jupiter in 2001, so I guess the host could do something about the Great Red Spot.

Just about every movie that takes place on a planet with an atmosphere, technically, has weather.

Oddly enough, her orgasm acting was her most subtle, understated performance of the night.

Well, mixtapes might be out of style for most people, but there's still the art of making the perfect playlist. It's a little too easy though, maybe.

Three in the morning is also a great time to listen to Joe Frank.

Josh is going to quit and do his own talk show. In the Air Force!

Their skills are more valuable than ours.

I have to admit, I laughed all the way through this episode. But at the end, I still felt like it was only average at best. There… may be something wrong with my brain.

In the alternate version of reality that is 30 Rock, NBC is somehow doing even worse than they are in real life.

Actually, I think it's the largest hub-city in lower 48. So it's more of a "fly-to, race desperately to the gate for your connecting flight, only to find out it's 40 minutes behind" country.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the producers knew that this was a weak episode; given that shows can get canceled after only one or two poor showings, I'm willing to bet that they tried to front-load this first season as much as they could, so the initial numbers would be better.

Guided By Voices
Motor Away. Or, maybe that's a little too on the nose.

He also showed up pretty often in Hulk Hogan's Rock n' Wrestling:

You can't make a war movie that doesn't glorify war. And you can't protest media saturation without — well, you know.

This kind of stuff happens in individual sports. With baseball you can always send the coach or manager out there to get in the ump's face; when he gets ejected, the rest of the team still gets to finish the game.