It’s a pleasure having 30 Rock back. I grit my teeth until the premiere. My jaws hurt and I wade my way through the new episodes of other shows, hoping for something that will make my skin crawl with glee, like when I watch 30 Rock. Nothing does.

No show compares to the rollicking fun of 30 Rock. The oblivious-ness of the characters is like a a tasty treat. And how it’s craziness seems more life-like than the strange behavior of the Barbie type characters on other prime time network shows, I don’t know. But it does.

But the main thing is, it makes me smile, and it makes me happy all over.

In the episode with Oprah (thank you Oprah), the one liners come fast. I start to relish a line and try to commit it to memory, but then here comes another one, jerking my attention to that one. I’m like a cat at a beer ping pong game (if that IS a real game). No control whatsoever.

Kenneth has the most in common with Liz in this episode that I’ve seen. While his love for life is a natural high, Liz falls under the spell of “Oprah” with the help of Jack’s drugs and airline alcohol.

Kenneth confronts Jack when it appears his Olympics illusion begins to fall apart, “Was any of it real, Jack, Beer Pong, Jazzercise, Women’s Soccer?”

Kenneth maintains a mental strategy to hold it together “I don’t believe in hypothetical situations -  it’s like lying to your brain.”

Meanwhile Jenna argues with Tracy about who has been dealt a tougher hand in life, blacks or women or a beautiful woman, “it’s even harder being a beautiful woman — everyone assumes I don’t try in bed.”

Liz moves gracefully through a scene wearing some of “Oprah’s” favorite things: paisley, platform thongs, a lovely sweater cape, eats some saltwater taffy, and listens to Calypso.

To repair Jack and Kenneth’s falling out, Jack tries some flattery by calling Kenneth a hero. “You don’t mean like a sandwich, do you?” Jack says no, but really, come on. Jack comes back with more, “You’re like a Latina Fantastica.”  “Hola” is Kenneth’s comely response.

My favorite is the final, very real conversation between Jack and Liz, who doesn’t want to take credit for resolving the conflict between Tracy and Jenna. Liz says “good job Pam, really.” Jack suggests, “be a white man, take the credit.” And that’s what makes me love Alec Baldwin, in some strange parallel universe way.

In the episode with the cast of Night Court (“What, court at night? I’m already laughing! Tell me more!”), Jennifer Aniston’s body also makes an appearance. Whoever made the second-skin Emmy dress for the fantastic Helen Mirren in 2007 must have made Aniston’s shorter, tighter dress for the “Happy Birthday” scene. Come to think of it, I think all her outfits in this show were like that — but with hats.

Coincidentally, or perhaps an off beat cultural reference, the meaning of life – as revealed by Monty Python in the movie of the same name – tells us that people simply are not wearing enough hats. So, thanks writers, for making my life more meaningful in a delightful, fun and seemingly meaningless way. I love hats.

The other part of the Meaning of Life has to do with spiritual growth, being caused by personal reflection. In this episode, Jack rejects any kind of self reflection and reverts to his favorite knee jerk reaction pattern, has some serious personal failures as a result, and thereby proves the Monty Python hypothesis.

Aniston plays Claire, the old roommate friend of Jenna and Liz, who is “staunchly in favor of Cocoa Puffs.” Jack doesn’t believe her, or chooses not to care after not really thinking about it, and makes some choices about being with her that Liz doesn’t approve of. He gets serenaded by a nearly-nude Aniston, who poses as his life coach “Ezmirelda Fitzmonster,” and gets to have sex in a meat locker with her, because “that’s okay, isn’t it?”

Back to the Night Court premise, Jenna is dealing with what seems to be the rejection of her and her “were-lawyer” character, who has pointy ears, hairy sideburns, and, sometimes, an English accent. Jenna could care less that her werewolf “Sparky Monroe” lawyer episodes were the ones that caused the show to jump the shark into oblivion. All she cares about was that they paid for her hand reduction surgery.