Entertainment Weekly has an interview with actress Deidre Goodwin, who played Deborah on MILF Island. From the sounds of things, you can expect to see a fair amount of deleted scenes from this episode on the DVD set.
Q: How was the shoot? A: There was so much they didn’t really show. After I finished, I was exhausted, but I was so happy because I never had that much fun working. I literally came home and washed sand and bananas out of my hair. We did ridiculous things. There was a girl who ate a cockroach.
Q: A real cockroach? A: Well, they used chocolate cockroaches. But during a close-up, they made her hold a real one up to her lips. And then they didn’t even show that part! Poor thing. For me — you probably saw glimpses of this — there was a ‘’stick dance.” On set they’d told us my adversary was a very sweet girl, and I was [directed to be] raunchy, slapping my ass and everything. Then they had me shoot it again by myself. And you know that video by Whitesnake? I did that.
Q: You did your best Tawny Kitaen? A: Crawling, cooter slam, flipping the hair, the whole thing. It was awesome.
When Don decides to promote Jack and make him his successor over Devon, Jack decides to give his old job to Liz because she always has his back. However, a turn of events concerning Don’s health compromises Jack’s promotion. Meanwhile, Tracy thinks that his son is embarrassed of his career because he did not invite him to fathers day at school. Will Arnett and Chris Parnell also guest star.
With three episodes left in the season, 30 Rock will be trading timeslots with Scrubs, and will now be airing after The Office at 9:30/8:30c.
I don’t claim to be any kind of expert on TV programming, but this time slot seems to make a lot more sense to me. It seems that they’d be able to pick up more viewers following The Office than leading in to it.
It’s been two weeks since the now-infamous episode featuring MILF Island’s season finale, and people are still talking about it. Did NBC go too far?
From the NT Times:
It was almost as if the NBC comedy writers had decided to test the limits of prime time taste just as the network unveiled a family-friendly philosophy of scheduling.
Thursday’s episodes of “30 Rock” and “The Office,” the first new installments to be broadcast since the end of the writers’ strike, each included coy references to a vulgarity: in one case it was bleeped out; in the other it was winked at in an acronym. While not unprecedented, the occurrences in the back-to-back prime-time shows were jarring. They also raise questions about the placement of “30 Rock” as an anchor of what an NBC executive, Ben Silverman, has designated the “family hour.”
From TV Squad:
I don’t think the networks are able to control or adhere to a family hour anymore, not with time-shifting and alternate technologies. But standards are something to consider. I don’t want to sound like an old-fart — although I probably do — but shouldn’t there be some things are are deemed adult fare?
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.
One of the hallmarks of 30 Rock has always been great guest stars, but it seems that the biggest may be yet to come.
E! Online is reporting that none other than Oprah Winfrey could be making an appearance as Liz Lemon’s best friend.
Just two weeks ago, while discussing some dream casting options for her NBC comedy 30 Rock, Tina Fey told reporters, “I still want Oprah to play my best friend…and I don’t know what I need to do to make that happen.”
Well, as of today, it might happen. Chicagoland sources who were at the taping of The Oprah Show starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for Baby Mama just wrote in to tell us this fantastic news:
According to members of the live audience, during a commercial break, Oprah said she had heard Tina wanted to be her best friend and asked whether Tina meant in real life or on the show. When Tina said “both!” Oprah said, “Have your people call my people.”
Jack hopes to book a hot hero who prevented a terrible subway accident. It turns out the man is none other than Liz’s ex-flame Dennis (Dean Winters), who tries to win back her heart. Meanwhile, Jack futilely searches for a hip Republican celebrity, with only aging 1940s TV star Bucky Bright (Tim Conway) emerging. Not to be outdone, Jack turns to Tracy to represent Republicans.
After a long hiatus, we’re back — and so is 30 Rock.
One of the things I love about 30 Rock is the fact that seemingly throw-away jokes can pop up again when you least expect them. Such was the case with tonight’s return of MILF Island — one of Jack’s summer replacement series mentioned alongside shows America’s Next Top Pirate, and Are You Stronger Than A Dog? in this season’s premiere.
I’ll get to a write-up of the episode later, but in the meantime, you can head over to the NBC/Universal store, and get yourself a brand new MILF Island t-shirt. If they can crank out merchandise like this so quickly, why are there still no Tracy Jordan movie posters? My office wall is screaming for a Who Dat Ninja? poster.
Don Geiss: As my old man always said, “If you try, you win.” And he was a hell of a garbage man.
Frank: Hey, what’s wrong with you? Liz: What? Frank: Your face. It’s like you’re happy or something.
Liz: Look at your life Jack, it’s like this skybox. It’s fancy, it’s empty and it smells like crab-cakes. Floyd: So, where’s Pete? Liz: He took his kids to that Russian cat circus.
Floyd: On a personal note, sir, in my mind, the Foo Fighter’s song “Best of You” is about your managerial skills. Jack: Lemon, I want to kiss your boyfriend on the mouth. Floyd: Chapter 12!
Liz: I hope this isn’t too boring for you. Floyd: Are you kidding? Jack Donaghy is a legend. I’ve read his book like 20 times. Liz: Jack wrote a book? Floyd: Yeah. ‘Jack Attack: The Art of Aggression in Business’.
Tracy: Liz Lemon, you are my Alexander Hamilton. Liz: I don’t know what that means.
Jack: I wish I were a horse. Strong, free. My chestnut haunches glistening in the sun. Liz: Are you okay? Jack: Hmm? Oh yeah, sure.
