It's easy to get bored. Yawn. What's my point already? OK.
30 Rock is a show that can deftly mock reality television by pointing out nuances that have yet to be parodied, while simultaneously defend them within the context of their own reality serving as a parallel to our own reality. They can also set up a plot with their sad sack character by revealing he is wearing a thong.
The amount of timing and structure in the detail of this show is uncanny. Let's take, for example, the C-plot of last night's episode "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightening" which was the aforementioned Lutz storyline. With the thought of disaster on the minds of the TGS staff, they quickly make their emergency plans which culminates into Lutz having to choose only 3 of the staff because that's all his car can hold.
But before we find out Lutz has no car, and even before we find out Lutz is doing this because he just wants to feel wanted, we have to establish that this thought of disaster is taken seriously. They throw some pretty wild disasters at us (tidal waves taking over New York, tornado of guns, the 2nd biblical flood), but all these are taken seriously. We can tell why, by a subtle action of Pete acknowledging they need to write this down, and then just simply following through with writing it down:
It's not really a joke, but it's kind of funny in the long run (kind of). But the point being is that they didn't have to do that at all, but it effectly but the reality of the situation in the forefront. When reality is grounded , then sure- have Pete reference his Olympic past and Sue say she is willing to fuck cannibals. You've earned it now.
So thank you, innoocuous action of Cerie writing on the white board.
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