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Supposedly Dan Harmon's favorite 30 Rock gag. (lemmy.world)
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  • Kinda funny Billy Bob Thornton impression
  • Jenna thinks it's an Oprah impression.
  • Jenna does "No" in Improv, proving that she's either selfish or ignorant of her own artform.
  • Jenna thinks, or is willing to BS, that what she's doing will pass for Billy Bob
  • Jenna is delusional enough to think the audience will love this.

The show was great at packing multiple angles into a couple of lines. Any other examples?

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[–] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Yeah, Jenna is frequently off in her own little world.

Liz: "You've already made up your mind about this, haven't you?"

Jenna: "Oh, you're right, Liz! I should go for it!"

Liz: "You're not even listening, are you? Poop. Monkey butt."

Jenna: "No, you're a good friend and thank you."

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    The Meryl Streep/Madonna bit was also excellent.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I don't remember that one.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    "Okay, this buildup is making me nervous."

    "Just say who it is and I'll feel better."

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    And the fact that we all know which one she's going to say just turns it all into a compressed shaggy-dog story.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    That show might have had the best comedic writers in my lifetime. I love the connection with Don Glover as a writer and the references to Stone Mountain, Georgia. It's probably one of the reasons I liked Community so much. In my mind, Tbilisi and Stone Mountain are only a few miles apart.

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    • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago*

    The Joren Van Der Sloot joke had a few layers.

    S6E13 "Grandmentor"

    PETE: Liz, we have a show in four hours. Have you still not picked a contest winner?
    LIZ: Ugh! Fine, I'll just pick one at random. It's... Joren Van Der Sloot.
    PETE: We can't fly someone from Peru now! There's no time!

    On the surface, it just seems like a silly joke. But the more layers you peel back tells deeper jokes.

    • that name sounds silly to Americans, like a goofy name that was made up for the joke
    • that name is certainly not someone you would expect to be in Peru
    • that is actually a real person who was in the news recently for killing someone while on vacation or something. Pete recognizes that this is someone who is currently sitting in a Peruvian jail or whatever
    • Pete doesn't care about having a murderer on the show. All he cares about is the logistics of actually getting them onstage. If it were possible, he wouldn't mind doing it.
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