dolphinboy

Conan still has a show?

Letterman is a legend, like Carson, but Craig Ferguson is the best late night talk show host right now.

Loved the show. Watched it twice before I even noticed Tina's flub on the east coast version.

So, one of the Kardashians was the person that needed to use the toilet on the West coast version? How did that change the ending when Fey walked off with McCartney as her boyfriend? She didn't do that with a Kardashian, did she? It wouldn't make sense. Paul was definitely a great surprise guest, but I love Amy Poehler. I wish she could be on both 30 Rock and Parks and Rec.

"Banjo" will crack me up for the rest of my life.

Troy Stiffler

*snarl*

GuessWho

At the end, she came out and said she broke the toilet.

Paul's amnesia for Tina's benefit > Kardashians make big poops

movieking

Sorry, I don't feel the need to waste time looking up ruined old SNL sketches to justify myself to some random guy on the internet. If you are that desperate to find some, search some old SNL threads here and you'll find many comments over various episodes where he cracked up during sketches and ruined them. Or Google it. Or maybe someone else here can think of one offhand. Or maybe you should start a new thread since it definitely doesn't belong in a 30 Rock thread that is getting sidetracked by my offhand comment.

SpanishTechno

I actually enjoyed seeing Fallon crack up. I can't blame anyone for cracking up with Armisen doing that in the background and it's not like his impression was this big important joke that was ruined.

windom

At the very end of the East coast one, Jack and Pete started to make out with each other. Did this happen in the West too? I'm wondering if it was actually something planned for the show or not.

Coral

30 Rock isn't doing much for me this season... most episodes just get a couple laughs out of me, and it feels like it's time to bring it to an end. Live episode - merely a gimmick that doesn't often work well.

But I have to say, I really enjoyed this episode. I watched the West Coast feed and I laughed plenty of times. It's almost as if they were saving the best stuff for this episode. With the exception of Kardashian, I can't think of anything I didn't like.

majorjoe23

That, or her butt's so big it breaks toilets.

TheKing

On the West Coast Feed, Liz says "wow, 2.5 million people saw that" then Kim walks by with her phone pointed at it, and says "Now it's 14 million, you're welcome. Also, I broke your toilet."

Derrich

Hulu has both online.

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Charlie Goose

He cracked up in dozens of sketches, good & bad. When you break character that many times, it's not genuine laughter, but a phony put-on attempt to put himself over the material and the other actors. You can even tell that he's not laughing for real, but just to get a reaction from the audience. Genuine laughter from the cast, like the first Debbie Downer skit with Lindsay Lohan, can make a sketch funny and memorable, but fake laughing just to show how zany you are is the height of unprofessionalism.

Double_Oh_7

More like a big ass joke.

Charlie Goose

Paul McCartney's ANYTHING > The Kardashian family's existence

JTH182

Why would I go searching for something I don't believe exists? That's just dumb.

RoyalTea

Where does Jimmy Kimmel rank?

Jimmy James

I'm not sure I buy that during his time on SNL he was doing it as a gag. I do think he was absolutely doing it as a gag on 30 Rock, though. I think during his SNL days it was genuine. The saddest part about that would be that it means he found something about Horatio Sanz to be hilarious. He must be the only guy on the planet.

It is something that would happen at least once an episode during his time there.

I think Hader's Stefon crack up is a perfect example of a real pro getting cracked up and it making things funnier. I love Hader.

SpanishTechno

Yeah, Hader is terrible at staying straight but he's one of my favorites; Seeing him lose it makes the material even better.

DJariya

Very funny episode.

I loved how Cheyenne Jackson interrupted Jenna on this version and sang the West Coast theme song like he did last season.

I was really impressed with the quick costume changes they managed to accomplish is such a short amount of time.

I fucking loved the NBC Nightly News segment with Brian Williams and Alec. That was so sexist, yet LOL hysterical.

Amy Poehler wasn't as good as Julia Lous-Dreyfus playing Liz, but it was still kinda funny.

The Valeyard

I thought last year's Live episode was much better than this one. This year's just felt like an overlong SNL skit.

Draven

I couldn't disagree more. Last year's was mildly amusing at best to me. This one had me literally laughing out loud, and that rarely happens these days with 30 Rock.

The Bus

Brian Williams doing the reporter bit is one of the funniest jokes this season.

jjcool

You are completely incorrect.

whotony

I loved both versions .
Also both are up ondemand on cable.

Goat3001

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't want to watch it on my computer.

dhmac

I saw both East and West versions and thought the West was better (despite having a Kardashian instead of a Beatle). The overall performance of the episode just seemed better.