DJariya

By djariya at 2010-09-06

Synopsis:



Episode 12 of 22

MrX

"Every crazed A-lister has their own island; Nicolas Cage, Celine Dion, Charles Widmore"

dino88

I absolutely loved this episode. I've been very unimpressed with 30 Rock lately, but this was the funniest episode in years. I wonder if it had something to do with very little Jenna and just enough Jack. It even made up for Community not being aired here tonight.

riley_dude

Loved the DeNiro bit and the UptownGirl song thing.

JeffTheAlpaca

Surprised they did not announce De Niro's cameo in any of the promos.

MJG87

That made it all the more better. Fantastic episode

Bandoman

DeNiro's cameo was brilliant, listing the potential disasters.

"Horrible flood"
"Devastating fire"
"Wonderful flood that put out the devastating fire"
"Super intelligent sharks"

Grandmaster C

‎"When the birds first started attacking us, we all thought it was pretty funny and made Hitchcock jokes. But we're not laughing now, because our laughter excites the birds sexually."

Bandoman

"Yesterday when we heard 'mudslide' we all thought it meant getting hammered at Appleby's, but now we know it as the thing that destroyed Denver."

RichC2

*cough* Applebee's *cough* get your subpar food franchises right

Gunde

Liz' "snart" right before the credits

Nth Power

Tracy hugging Liz to get the boob press.
"I'll get there."

cornflakeguy

What *is* Lutz this ep?

My first guess is trying to look the part in a "Jersey Shore' kind of way?

Orbi-Wan Techno

Billy Joel song fight!

Drav3n

^ This, the DeNiro cameo, Liz "snarting" and Tracy saying "I got there" at the end

JTH182

I wasn't sure, but now that you mention that, maybe he was going for Jersey Shore, but ended up looking gay?


On an unrelated note, why does 30 Rock's picture look so drab compared to the other Thursday night comedies? It's like their contrast is turned way down. Especially compared to Outsourced which has bright colors out the ass.

dino88

I just assumed he was just dressing in a fashion he thought looked good. Probably the way he dresses away from work.

He is gay.

JTH182

Well that would explain it then.

Maybe he wanted to "look gay" (a stereotypical look to pander to the cameras)?

SpanishTechno

I assumed he just wanted a look to draw more attention to himself and make him more of a 'character' for the reality show

Cusm

The character is gay? I don't remember this.

riley_dude

I don't remember this either. The Receptionist guy is gay but that's all I can recollect.

SpanishTechno

From Wikipedia:

In "Stone Mountain", it is implied that Lutz's sexual interests may include men; when Frank suggests that the male members of the writing staff attend "Gay Halloween" so that they can meet women, Lutz asks the group why they always shoot down his ideas involving gay men, later stating that his interest in going to the party is to hang out with gay guys, and in "Verna", it appears he's a fan of sexy fireman calendars. When describing the fictitious religion "Verdukianism", Lutz said that one of the customs is that a "man may have up to nine wives if two of them are male".
...
Several recent episodes suggest that Lutz is in fact a closeted homosexual, or at least bisexual, and has shown an attraction to the newest cast member on TGS, Danny Baker.

dino88

There have been plenty of suggestions of him being either gay or bi in the past. Even if this was the first episode you ever watched, you should have come to that conclusion. He was talking about Chris Evans' hot body and how he couldn't wait for his Men's Health cover. And not that it automatically suggests that he makes out with guys, but he does like to wear women's thongs (and bras).

Come on guys. Did you think Elton John was straight up until the day he came out?

Merkin Muffley

This has always bugged me. It's like 30 Rock is filmed through a sheet of wax paper.

DeputyDave

The Tracy story line was "meh" for me but the rest was fried gold.