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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 4-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #793 in DVD
• Brand: FEY,TINA
• Released on: 2007-09-04
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 457 minutes

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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! --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

Much Love
Who knew Alec Baldwin is so funny? Great Show! It is so refreshing seeing a smart normal woman on T.V. Tina Fey is a genius. I stumbled upon this show and after just one episode I had to see more. I can not wait until season 2 comes out. You will not be sorry you purchased this item.

Made me literally LOL--and that's a good thing these days...
I'll keep it short and sweet: this Season One introduction to 30 Rock (I had managed to miss all of it on network broadcast TV) was, at times, laugh-out-loud funny for me. Some of the things that have happened so far in this series get me laughing so hard I can't stop--I actually get uncontrollable giggles at times--and that is such a welcome thing these days. I'm hooked.

Probably too smart to last
Some people call 30 Rock the heir apparent to Arrested Development and in some ways they're right. 30 Rock is literate, clever and irreverent all at once and Will Arnett, GOB on Arrested Development, has shown up in a number of episodes.

The frenetic pace of Arrested Development is missing, but that doesn't detract from the show, which has enough merit to stand on its own. The biggest of those merits is the skill of the writers who often employ literary tricks to elevate the show beyond merely what's on the screen (in one episode Tina Fey falls for her cousin and the natural balance of the universe is upset as Jack Donaghy becomes Kenneth's employee, Jenna becomes the head instead of the hair, air gets served as food, etc). This sort of thing happens in almost every episode and repeat viewing is often rewarded.

The other biggest reason to tune in is Alec Baldwin who hasn't been this much fun since Glenngary Glenn Ross and the rest of the cast who behave as though this is the best job they ever had.

I hope NBC gives 30 Rock more support than FOX gave Arrested Development and I hope the AD crowd seeks out 30 Rock and extends it its patronage.