Emmy Award winner Tina Fey writes, executive produces, and stars as Liz Lemon the head writer of a live variety program
in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin in his Golden
Globe winning role) interferes with her show bringing the wildly unpredictable Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) into the cast.
Now it's up to Liz to manage the mayhem and still try and have a life. Join in the behind-the-scenes hilarity with the complete
first season (21 episodes) on DVD.
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Remember Arrested Development? Smartest, funniest show on television.
A critics' darling. An Emmy-winner for Best Comedy Series. But no one watched, and it was cancelled. Will history repeat itself
with 30 Rock? It's the smartest, funniest show on television. A critics' darling. An Emmy-winner for Best Comedy Series. And
it finished its inaugural season in 137th place! Hopefully, people will discover all that they missed with this Season 1 set
and 30 Rock will, better late than never, find the audience it so richly deserves. A behind-the-scenes workplace comedy in
the grand tradition of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show, 30 Rock stars comedy geek goddess Tina Fey as
Liz Lemmon, who juggles her hapless personal life with her chaotic career as the producer and head writer of an SNL-ish sketch
comedy show. She has a new boss, cunning and ruthless GE executive Jack Donaghy (Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner
Alec Baldwin), who insists on being her mentor, and a new star, medicated, loose-cannon comedian Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan),
who steals the spotlight from the show's flighty star, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski). Briskly paced and perfectly cast,
30 Rock rewards viewers with brilliant dialogue (when Liz asks Jack why he is dressed in a tuxedo with no formal event to
attend, he coolly responds, "It's after six; what am I, a farmer?") and fresh characters you haven't seen on a hundred other
sitcoms. Jack McBrayer is the series' scene-stealing breakout star as NBC page Kenneth, a sweet and innocent "rube." The ensemble's
seemingly spontaneous byplay invites repeat viewings to catch jokes and sly bits of business you might have missed (in "Tracy
Does Conan," listen for the initial confusion over how to pronounce Tracy's less-than-ethical physician, Dr. Spaceman, or,
in "The Hair and the Head," watch for the Katie Couric slur on the wall of what is purported to be NBC anchor Brian Williams'
trashed office). In a season full of gems (including "Black Tie," featuring Paul Reubens
as severely inbred royalty), there are only a couple of
comparative clunkers, but the pleasure of this ensemble's
company more than compensates. 30 Rock is highly recommended for
people like Kenneth who just love television so much. And by the
hammer of Thor, watch season 2!
