Review
Idiot Vox: The TV Blog / Nov. 2, 2009 at 9:36 pm

30 Rock: “Stone Mountain”

Liz Lemon may never learn that hygiene matters. This week’s episode opened with her curiously sniffing her pits, lifting up her shirt and nonchalantly attempting to use a scented candle as deodorant. But her complete disregard for personal upkeep is more than okay; after all it is one of the reasons people watch week after week.

After being interrupted mid-candle swipe by Jack, she gives him an update on the continuing new cast member search and he suggests she look in more “American” cities for someone with whom the masses can relate. He winds up deciding they’ll visit Kenneth’s hometown of Stone Mountain, Georgia where he hopes to find a wholesome comedian to add to the “TGS” lineup.

Jenna is still feeling threatened by the prospect of a new cast member and is looking to get on the writers’ good sides. It doesn’t take Lutz, Toofer and Frank long to figure out what she’s up to and fill her wigs with raw shrimp to get back at her. But they quickly change their plan of action once they realize Jenna can get them into a sweet Halloween party with tons of Cerie-esque chicks. Jenna’s friend Sasha lets her know what the writers’ are doing and she gets them to promise her their allegiance in return for invites to the party.

Mirroring the celebrity deaths of the summer, two remotely famous people die and Tracey fears that he will be the next to go in the “rule of threes.” So he calls up Betty White, who you probably know as Rose from The Golden Girls, tries to scare her into an early death (with a “Boo!”) and then asks about her health. White may be your grandmother’s age, but she catches on and threatens Tracey. He also tries to get Jimmy Fallon with a hammer in the studio.

Down in Stone Mountain, Liz gets sick after having a bad sandwich at the Fatty Fat’s Sandwich Ranch, so Jack picks out a ventriloquist who he thinks should be the new, all-American cast member. But Liz is not having any of that and goes down to the Laugh Factory with Jack to check out this Rick Wayne, played by comedian Jeff Dunham, and heckle him. After one less-than-offensive comment from Liz, Wayne and his puppet Pumpkin fire back with some raunchy jokes that get the crowd going. Wayne keeps up the jokes even after Jack protests about this treatment of a lady, at which point Jack realizes that everyone is “terrible” and beats up the dummy.

Quote of the evening:

Liz: “God, are you doing this to me because I took that blind guy’s hot dog?”

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