Friday, October 19, 2012

30 Rock: Stride of Pride

So I know it’s stupid to make bold, extreme judgments of anything immediately after you experience it, but I think “Stride of Pride” is going to end up being one my favorite episodes of 30 Rock. So much so that I’m going to have to retreat a little from the statement I made last week about how I was glad 30 Rock was going out on a high note, because I am so not ready for it to end.

We got a very meta story in tonight’s episode about the debate of whether or not women are funny. This stupid argument got a lot of steam over the summer when Adam Corrola declared that women just aren't as funny as men, and I have no idea why. Give it rest people. Women are just as funny, and in some cases funnier, than men. I won’t even give you the satisfaction of making a list of hilarious women or Asians that drive well.

Great story-line about how Jack was “Great Escaping” a group of women and one of those women, Zarina, was doing our generations version of it called “Pokémoning.” As much as we all rightfully hate Ryan Lochte, it was really funny having him in this episode. His delayed, idiotic fear that he was the guy Zarina was using as a replacement to her father figure was spot on.

Lots of fantastic quotes and funny moments from this episode but here are a few of my favorites:
  • “Bradley was only sexually gay.” – Liz Lemon on justifying her former “boyfriend.”
  • “She’s actually not that hot. She’s got a gut and British legs.” –Jenna describing Helen Mirren.
  • Ryan Lochte misspelled his own name for his email address.
  • One of the guys Zarina had in her group email was named Ken Tremendous, which is also the Twitter handle of Mike Schur, also known as the genius who created Parks and Recreation and plays Dwight’s crazy brother Mose on The Office. Nice little shout out to him.
  • “Now this is how people danced before Chubby Checkers ruined everything.” – Jack embracing being an old man.
  • “There are no bad ideas, Lemon. Only great ideas that have gone horribly wrong.” -Jack. I plan on using this quote for quite some time.

Comments are certainly welcome, whether they are for agreement, disagreement, or indifference.

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