Neighborbee Blog has posted a great interview with Judah Friedlander, in which he they discuss his stand up act, making his hats for 30 Rock, how you can buy them, and his artwork.

And you come up with all your own hats for 30 Rock, right?
Yeah, I come up with all my stuff and I make them. It’s just something I bring to the show.

Has one ever been rejected by the show?
My hats sometimes have to be run through the censors. I wore one hat that said, “Balls.” It ended up being no problem, but they had to run that through. I’m like, “Why? It could just be basketballs or footballs.” Carrie Fisher was on that episode, and she said, “I just thought you liked going to balls. You know, to dance.”

Clearly you’re world famous now considering you’re on both the critically acclaimed 30 Rock and the cultural juggernaut Best Week Ever. What’s the weirdest fan interaction you’ve had?
As I was walking into the SAG Awards, one of the security guys kind of freaked out and was like, “Oh dude, I’m a huge fan of yours. I just wanted to say that. I love Lord of the Rings.” And I’m like, “Um, I wasn’t in Lord of the Rings.” And he’s like, “Oh, I thought you directed that.” And I’m like, “No, I’m not Peter Jackson, but thanks, dude.”

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Tina Fey was recently interviewed by AJ Jacobs of Esquire Magazine.  Here are a few sample questions for your reading pleasure:

AJJ: The funniest number?

TF: 58,008, right? On a 1970s calculator, upside down.

AJJ: The funniest beverage?

TF: Buttermilk, as in “I’ll have a venti buttermilk, please.”

AJJ: Animals in people’s clothing: Funny or not?

TF: Always funny!

AJJ: The word douchebag?

TF: I prefer jagweed.

AJJ: Bugaboo strollers?

TF: How dare you.

AJJ: Are puns funny?

TF: Only in porn titles.

AJJ: The funniest word?

TF: Can it be two words?

AJJ: Sure.

TF: Hamburger sandwich. [The phone rings.] It’s probably a fake call from my assistant to end the interview.

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You can find a great interview of Tina Fey in the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine.  Tina is interviewed by none other than her friend Amy Poehler, and the result is, as expected, hilarious.  You can find the first part of the interview on their website, but will have to pick up the magazine for the whole thing.

Topics include learning a bit about Tina’s beauty rituals, and a possible upcoming project. Or Not.

Amy Poehler: What are your beauty rituals?
Tina Fey: Some people work with a trainer, some people work with a stylist. I work with a celebrity fecalist. A fecalist is basically a person who comes and collects my stools, and then examines them to see if I’m eating right and if I should be drinking more water and what my moods should be.

Amy Poehler: And you’re producing your fecalist’s reality show, right?
Tina Fey: Yes. It’s called Eric Gurian: The Turd Whisperer.

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I was rummaging around the 30 Rock board over on IMDB, and came across a compiled list of 30 Rock’s Emmy Submissions for this year (Thanks Pudster!). For those of you that don’t have access to the board, here are this year’s submissions:

Best Comedy Series
“Hard Ball” (air date 2/22/07)
Jack sees an opportunity for budget cuts when Josh’s contract is up, forcing Liz to go out of her way to motivate Josh into staying with ‘TGS’ and not moving on to a rival show. Meanwhile, Kenneth earns a coveted spot in Tracy’s entourage and Jenna gets in trouble over a misquote in a popular magazine.

Best Actor
ALEC BALDWIN - “The Baby Show” (air date 1/4/07)
When ditzy receptionist Cerie spreads news of her engagement to a filthy rich Greek heir, Liz confronts her own marital and maternal status. Meanwhile, emotionally hardened Jack (Alec Baldwin) softens due to “mommy issues”.

TRACY MORGAN - “Pilot” (air date 10/11/06)
Liz Lemon is the head writer on a demanding, live TV program in New York City. However, things begin to get complicated when her new boss insists that a wild and unpredictable movie star (Tracy Morgan) joins the cast.

Best Actress
TINA FEY - “Up All Night” (air date 2/8/07)
It’s Valentine’s Day, and the TGS crew is celebrating by pulling an all nighter to put together a new episode. While Pete completely forgets the holiday, Kenneth and Cerie may be starting an office romance. Meanwhile, Liz (Tina Fey) wonders if Dennis is back in her life after she receives flowers from a secret admirer and newly divorced Jack wants to party with Tracy, who for once wants to spend a night alone with his wife instead.

Best Supporting Actor
JACK McBRAYER - “Hard Ball” (air date 2/22/07)
Jack sees an opportunity for budget cuts when Josh’s contract is up, forcing Liz to go out of her way to motivate Josh into staying with ‘TGS’ and not moving on to a rival show. Meanwhile, Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) earns a coveted spot in Tracy’s entourage and Jenna gets in trouble over a misquote in a popular magazine.

Best Supporting Actress
JANE KRAKOWSKI - “Hardball” (air date 2/22/07)
Jack sees an opportunity for budget cuts when Josh’s contract is up, forcing Liz to go out of her way to motivate Josh into staying with ‘TGS’ and not moving on to a rival show. Meanwhile, Kenneth earns a coveted spot in Tracy’s entourage and Jenna (Jane Krakowski) gets in trouble over a misquote in a popular magazine.

What do you think?

Tracy Morgan has been chosen to host Spike TV’s first annual Guy’s Choice awards show.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan will host Spike TV’s inaugural Guys Choice awards show, set to air June 13.

The awards, decided on by viewers of the male-skewing cable channel, honor “the things guys love most” in the worlds of sports, music, film, TV and the Internet.

The two-hour show also will feature tributes to veteran entertainers and rockers and include stand-up comedy and musical performances. It will tape June 9 at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, Calif.

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Congratulations Tina! Our favorite comedienne has been featured in this year’s Time 100 - a list, compiled by Time Magazine, of “people who shape our world.”

Fey, 36, has a few things in common with Mary Tyler Moore and Marlo Thomas, whose liberated-gal-in-the-city sitcoms the scene spoofs. It’s not just that she’s a funny, good-looking brunet or that 30 Rock may be on the way to becoming a TV classic. Fey is also a rising player in what has been a man’s game. In the ’90s, she became the first female head writer for Saturday Night Live, revitalizing the Weekend Update segment by delivering demurely cutting barbs, then wrote the 2004 movie Mean Girls, a sharply observed comedy about the teen pecking order.

With 30 Rock, which she also writes and produces, Fey combines an insider’s send-up of TV with subtle, self-effacing feminism, as Liz wrangles difficult stars and leads a mostly male writers’ room. Liz is funny but flawed, successful but insecure, political but not infallible—a woman we see a lot in our offices but too little in our pop culture. The show has won over critics, and though it hasn’t yet become a monster hit, NBC was impressed enough to pick it up for next season. Looks like she’s gonna make it after all.

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