That was a really interesting episode for Jim, I thought. Turns out he can't just step in and be Competent Guy after all.
30 Rock almost has too much funny for me to handle it all in one watching.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
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Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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-t - Apr 25, 2008 8:01:29 am PDT #725 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2008 8:07:56 am PDT #726 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Re. 30 Rock: I really admired their commitment to the Amadeus homage. Not sure whether it completely worked, but it was worth it for the shots of Dr. Spaceman with his cape running slo-mo to Confutatis from the Requiem. If I recall, every single piece of music used was from Amadeus soundtrack.
I need to see Amadeus now. Except I will be laughing at the parts that were parodied, which will make it weird.
That was a really interesting episode for Jim, I thought. Turns out he can't just step in and be Competent Guy after all.
The scene with Ryan was interesting, especially in light of his Talking Head later on about the office listening to good ideas. It's almost like he cares about his job or something.
Kate P. - Apr 25, 2008 9:26:49 am PDT #727 of 8624
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
OMG TOBY NO. Poor Toby!
I know!! Ack, ack, that was just too painful to watch -- everyone's reactions to his hand on her knee, and then his sudden outburst, and *jumping the fence* and running away, oh god!
Jim's phone call to the security guard was also painful, although funnier. Love that his name turned out to be Hank after all. Why wouldn't Jim call him again, though, to let him know that they finally got out? I suppose he could have been on his way already.
I think my favorite moment of the night, though, was Michael's bewildered reaction to Ryan's hugs at the bar: "It's... it's Michael and Dwight." "I know!!"
Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2008 9:31:30 am PDT #728 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Love that his name turned out to be Hank after all.
Of course CREED would know; the dude frickin' lives in the office.
-t - Apr 25, 2008 10:05:39 am PDT #729 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Why wouldn't Jim call him again, though, to let him know that they finally got out?
Because he had convinced himself that Hank was not ever going to come and also forgot? Poor Hank. He should get one hell of a tip this year.
lisah - Apr 25, 2008 10:12:22 am PDT #730 of 8624
Punishingly Intricate
Because he had convinced himself that Hank was not ever going to come and also forgot?
I think the whole thing about that storyline was that Pam & Jim not such the golden couple of the office as one might assume. Remember Pam hitting Meredith in the face with the football?
-t - Apr 25, 2008 10:23:15 am PDT #731 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yup. That "who thinks we're a better couple?" made that pretty clear.
JenP - Apr 25, 2008 1:53:06 pm PDT #732 of 8624
Also, wasn't Jim using Toby's, who had since fled to Costa Rica (poor Toby), cell phone to call Hank?
Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2008 2:16:03 pm PDT #733 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yes, he was. Did he give him his phone back? Heh.
-t - Apr 25, 2008 2:35:10 pm PDT #734 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, right!