He was also the absurdly young age of 23 at the time.

This and Wiggum's "Um, I'm fine" from last week's episode may just be the most naturalistic lines in the history of the series, give or take a James Woods appearance.

That was the second to last episode written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (who had been there as a team since season 2), and — from what I think I half-remember from a podcast interview with them or something? — they had grown a little restless with the show and wanted to see what the audience's limit for…

One of the reasons "The Trial of Leslie Knope" is among my favourite episodes is because, for seemingly the only time in the series' run, the show actually found a formidable appointment for Leslie in Chris' high-energy, unwavering devotion to eliminate corruption. Since his core beliefs matched Leslie's so closely it…

There's also S05E09 - Ron and Diane, which is sort of the Ron and Tammy episode of that season.

I sometimes wonder how many people as a result of this episode have had the presence of mind to say "All right! Popcorn's ready!" when they hear a fire alarm.

I love how that scene is shot like their interactions together on The Mupppet Show.

Yeah, I love how Gonzo and Rizzo basically have a parallel comedy-narrative running through the film wherein they're just trying to keep up with Scrooge and the Ghosts' actions. It blew my mind as a kid that they were basically omniscient narrators, largely ignored by the denizens of the film, yet still susceptible to…

I sometimes wonder, had Richard Hunt been around, whether Sweetums would've filled the role of Present. It seems fundamentally wrong, but I can't help but be intrigued by a Muppet movie in which Sweetums would be more prominent than Fozzie or Miss Piggy.

The memory of Hiphopketball II: The Rejazzebration: Remix '06 occurring to me apropos of nothing may be the #1 cause of me breaking into spontaneous laughter on public transit.

Juice Bar Genie deserves a far bigger audience than whatever he has.

That's kind of a grey area though, since those are from the same production run as this episode and Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D’oh-cious. The start of their production cycles overlapped with part of season 7.

I know they've got a lot on their plate for next week, but if they could keep the examination of this cultural crisis going while also making room for a certain talking Christmas poo… well, I'd be ecstatic.

Tracy: I'm gonna make you a mixtape. You like Phil Collins?
Jack: I have two ears and a heart, don't I?

Alright, folks. Since this may just be the last piece written on 30 Rock for this site until who knows when, obviously we're going to need a final quote thread. I'll start us off:

I already did. A few weeks into these reviews I started playing catch-up and, once I realized how many great episodes were ahead of me, I just kept going. I've engaged in many a discussion about season x being better than season y, but really the whole series is pretty remarkably consistent.

Oh, man. Only one more week of these. Since there probably won't be another article on this site for a long, long time that brings so many 30 Rock fans together, I think we owe it to ourselves to make the biggest 30 Rock quote-fest this site has ever seen. I feel with our collective efforts we could really make…

As I got older I began to watch the classic years with a greater critical eye (a process which only made my appreciation for the show deepen, incidentally). Discovering Oakley/Weinstein's obsession with perfect boring names became one of my favourite defining characteristics of their era.

Someone — I think it was Matt Groening — once described Phil Hartman as being able to squeeze the maximum amount of humour out of every line. This is exactly how I feel about Scott Adsit on 30 Rock.

Two things I love about the animation on this show: