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30 Rock Jack the Writer (2006–2013) Online

30 Rock Jack the Writer (2006–2013) Online
Original Title :
Jack the Writer
Genre :
TV Episode / Comedy
Year :
2006–2013
Directror :
Gail Mancuso
Cast :
Tina Fey,Tracy Morgan,Jane Krakowski
Writer :
Tina Fey,Robert Carlock
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
22min
Rating :
7.7/10
30 Rock Jack the Writer (2006–2013) Online

Jack joins the writing staff during a meeting as an observer. He joins the group day after day and gets more and more involved in their work. The group gets annoyed by his weird, not so funny ideas and wants him to stop attending the meetings. It is up to Liz to tell Jack that he is no longer welcome at the meetings. After she does, Jack is more than just angry at her. Liz also has to deal with Cerie and the way she dresses, which distracts the male workers from their work. After Kenneth gets nachos for him from Yankee stadium, Tracy uses Kenneth for other "missions".
Episode complete credited cast:
Tina Fey Tina Fey - Liz Lemon
Tracy Morgan Tracy Morgan - Tracy Jordan
Jane Krakowski Jane Krakowski - Jenna Maroney (credit only)
Jack McBrayer Jack McBrayer - Kenneth Parcell
Scott Adsit Scott Adsit - Pete Hornberger
Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander - Frank Rossitano
Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin - Jack Donaghy
Keith Powell Keith Powell - Toofer
Maulik Pancholy Maulik Pancholy - Jonathan
Katrina Bowden Katrina Bowden - Cerie
Tom Broecker Tom Broecker - Lee
James Anderson James Anderson - James Anderson
John Lutz John Lutz - Lutz
Sharon Wilkins Sharon Wilkins - Angie

Tracy asks Kenneth, "What's the frequency, Ken?" as a greeting. "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" was a question asked repeatedly of Dan Rather. The CBS news anchor was walking down a street in Manhattan in 1986 when a man attacked him from behind. After throwing him to the ground, the man--while kicking Rather--kept asking him, "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" This bizarre crime was a much talked-about event, and was interpreted as a song by REM.

Frank's three trucker hats read "Ninja Expert," "Arcade Champ," and "Bigfoot Expert."

First episode to show Tracy Jordan's wife, but she is played by a different actress than is shown later in the series and has no speaking lines.

"There's No Business Like Show Business" was written by Irving Berlin. It first appeared in the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, and was also featured in the 1954 film of the same name. In this episode, it is sung by Kenneth; after singing it in the 1954 film, it is a song often associated with Ethel Merman.

The episode where the innocent and ever obliging NBC Page Kenneth goes for Nachos at Yankee Stadium.


User reviews

Danial

Danial

Jack the Writer sets another high standard for 30 Rock, by giving Alec Baldwin more juicy material to chew on and laying the path for hilarious interactions between other characters.

At first, the main problem appears to be nothing but the way Cerie (Katrina Bowden), Liz's young secretary, dresses at work, which results in most of the writing staff - Frank ahead of everyone else - being continuously distracted. Just as Liz thought everything was all right again, Jack starts showing up at every writers' meeting in order to better understand his employees and comes up with (weak) ideas for sketches, leading to a huge shortage of good material for TGS. Finally, the brilliant master/slave relationship between Tracy and Kenneth makes its debut here, as the naive page is ruthlessly exploited by the prickly movie star.

Aside from the limelight being temporarily granted to the good-looking Bowden (never a bad choice), the main pleasure of Jack the Writer is once again the flow of quotable dialogue. Best lines: Tracy's attitude towards life ("live every week like it's a shark week!"), his advice for maintaining your marriage solid ("Work that va-jay-jay!"), and, most of all, the dreadful catchphrase Jack insists someone write a skit around: "Beep beep, ribby ribby!". How could anyone doubt the show's status as one of the funniest things on American TV?
Axebourne

Axebourne

As Liz tries to rally her staff on material, the receptionist keeps distracting the mostly male members with her clothing and various positions so Liz tries to get her to do something else but her staff keeps looking at her so Liz tells her to leave before one of her staff tells Liz that her last suggestion sucked. Boss Jack manages to get himself invited to these meetings to the consternation of Liz and the rest of her staff. Meanwhile, Tracy gets the page Kenneth to do various chores for him such as getting a nacho from Yankee Stadium. After Liz gets Jack off her staffs' back, Jack doesn't speak to her for awhile. They make up when Jack gets tickets for a music act Liz enjoys but goes back to boss-employee after Liz asks to eat pizza on the roof in front of Jack's superiors...Another funny episode with highlights being Liz's talk with receptionist on her clothing and receptionist's dress gift to Liz which gets laughs from her crew. Funniest episodes yet.
komandante

komandante

The fourth episode in the first season of 30 Rock is a really funny one. This show has enough juicy material so that everyone can enjoy the wealth. There are some really funny quotes especially those from Tracy Morgan. Alec Baldwin has some more great scenes and I just loved when he joined the writing team and saw everyone's reaction. This episode is sharply written and I see some more good things on the horizon.

This episode, "Jack the Writer," has Jack joining the writing team as an observer, but then tries to take control of the writing. It's to Liz to tell him he is not welcome. Meanwhile, Liz has issues about how her assistant dresses. Also, Tracy has Kenneth running weird errands for him such as getting him nachos from Yankee Stadium.

Overall, this is a really good episode. I enjoyed it for many reasons but especially for the fact of how entertaining it was. I love the character interaction between Baldwin and Fey and I see some really funny things happening between the in the future. I rate this episode 9/10.
Natety

Natety

In this episode Jack gets interested in participating in writing meetings, but he is horrible at the jokes so Liz asks him to stop. HE is upset and his secretary tells Liz to apologize, when she does Jack acts more like a friend with her.

And Cerie keeps on wearing inappropriate clothes to work so Liz talks to her about it.

I liked in this episode to see Jack's character to get more "human" qualities. He is so perfect and everything, now he finally has something he sucks at: writing jokes. And the way he handled it was pretty funny as well. I also loved the scene where he yells at Liz while quietly apologizing to her and saying that he doesn't mean it. Beautifully done and a great way of developing the character relationship!

I just don't get why the crew didn't like her dress. Besides it being ridiculous I thought Tina fey looked hot in it, really not provoking any gagging!
Khiceog

Khiceog

30 Rock

With a sensational triumph of six Golden GLobes, 30 Rock is undeniably critics' choice and the buzz pays off with Fey; the creator, at the heart of it, whose vision is crystal clear and on the mark.

It is a single camera sitcom about a writer of a TV Show and the behind-the-camera chaos it goes through before it goes on air. The somewhat distorted concept isn't what the series relies upon, its ideal vacation is to reach for a mature audience with wise and not funny writing.

It is rich on technical aspects like the production design but fails completely on cinematography and background score. As mentioned earlier, the humor isn't forcibly imputed which allows the makers to visit unknown places without any restraints and communicate fluently with the viewers.

The soul of the series is certainly its huge cast who can easily charm their way out of anything but Baldwin and Fey does invest a lot in it and are flat out hilarious in it.

Layered, satirical and thought-provoking writing, ironical humor and injected with enough content to run for its twenty minutes are the high points of this brilliant sitcom. Few cameos and a knack of taking bold moves factors a lot on keeping the audience tangled in its exhilarating world.

Season 01

Even though it takes around 21 acts to attain its adequate closure, the writers haven kept plenty on cards under their sleeve, as in it does offer an intriguing insight on each character's perspective but doesn't give away the equation of theirs with one another; a slick move.

Jack The Writer

Jack The Writer is just like its writers sharp, funny, on the mark and smarter than one's usual typical sitcom offers and as far as Baldwin is concerned, he is in his A game, his comic timing is off the roof.