Tina Fey Movie:

		List Price: $39.98		Label: Universal Studios Salesrank: 1701 Released: October 7, 2008
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Relive the second season of the Primetime Emmy® Award-winning comedy 30 Rock, the show that the guy who writes stuff on DVD boxes calls “my current assignment” and that Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly has named “simply the best TV.” Created by Golden Globe® and SAG Award winner Tina Fey, 30 Rock features Fey (as TV writer Liz Lemon), Golden Globe® and SAG Award winner Alec Baldwin (as corporate executive Jack Donaghy), Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski (as Lemon’s unpredictable stars, Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney) and Jack McBrayer (as the naive NBC page Kenneth Parcell). Co-workers and friends, they are all trying to balance work and life, with the inevitable result of failed relationships, disastrous parties, at-work drunkenness, hard-core coffee addiction, world-class sandwich eating and occasional attempts to chop down Christmas trees. Join in the behind-the-scenes fun with lots of exclusive content and all fifteen episodes of the acclaimed second season of 30 Rock from executive producer Lorne Michaels.

Description of 30 Rock: Season 2:
"I really feel like this is going to be my year," an uncharacteristically optimistic Liz Lemmon proclaims in 30 Rock's season two opener. Reality quickly intrudes on the hapless Liz, but for Tina Fey and 30 Rock, the year couldn't be better. Nominated for 17 Emmys, the series repeated for Outstanding Comedy Series and earned Outstanding Actress and Actor honors for Fey and co-star Alec Baldwin as GM CEO-in-waiting Jack Donaghy. TV icon Tim Conway was also honored as Outstanding Guest Actor as Bucky Bright in "Subway Hero"--just one of the strike-shortened season's benchmark episodes--as a faded TV star from the 1940s and '50s who shatters the illusions of television-loving NBC page Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) with appalling (and unprintable) stories about "the good old days." If you're going to make a television show, Bucky tells him, "things are going to get weird." And from one of Kenneth's lame parties that turns dark and twisted to the "Page Off" between Kenneth and his nemesis (Human Giant's Paul Scheer) things get really weird behind the scenes of TGS, the SNL-ish sketch show where Liz oversees a motley crew of writers and her tempermental, demanding stars, insecure diva Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) and all kinds of crazy Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan). 30 Rock is rarefied television, each episode brimming with quotable dialogue ("Never go with a hippie to a second location"), brilliantly absurd bits (Tracy Jordan's novelty hit, "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah," the TV series "MILF Island," Liz's Cathy moment), and edge of the frame silliness that rewards close attention ("Anne Heche Leaves Husband for Pony," reads a network news scroll in the episode, "Somebody to Love"). Stellar guest stars rise to the occasion. Edie Falco was an Emmy nominee for her recurring role as "C.C.", the liberal Democratic Congresswoman who becomes conservative Republican Jack's "hippie dippy mama," as was Carrie Fisher as former Laugh-In writer Rosemary in the instant classic episode, "Rosemary's Baby." It's this episode which features Tracy's therapy session during which Jack channels Fred Sanford and J.J. from Good Times. Making welcome returns this season are Will Arnett as Jack's corporate rival, Devon Banks, Chris Parnell as unethical Dr. Spaceman, Elaine Stritch as Jack's castrating mother, and Dean Winters as Dennis Duffy, Liz's sleazy former boyfriend and New York's unlikeliest hero. But the real muffin top on this two disc set are the awesome bonus features, including a revelatory table read of the season finale, "Cooter," the benefit live performance of the episode "Secrets and Lies" (complete with an improvised commercial), a 30 Rock panel discussion with cast and creators moderated by Brian Williams, and a backstage look at Fey's Saturday Night Live homecoming last season. Most sitcoms are as bad for you as the offbrand Mexican Cheetos that Liz gorges herself on, and as Jenna tells Liz at one point, employing "a weak metaphor," you deserve a good meal. 30 Rock is a feast. --Donald Liebenson

Stills from Season Two of 30 Rock (click for larger image)

30 Rock: Season 2 Reviews:
Really Bad Audio On One Of The Special Features
2009-09-05 - I love 30 Rock and I can't praise the show enough. Being the huge fan that I am, I wanted to watch every minute of bonus material included on this DVD. When I did, I was shocked to discover a very serious problem.

The special features section of this disc included a panel discussion at the TV Academy hosted by Brian Williams that had HORRIBLE audio quality. Brian Williams' mike was WAY louder that the rest of the cast and very distorted. What puzzles me is why the company that authored this DVD did nothing to correct this. Some of the distortion was no doubt present on the original recording but they could have at least fixed the gross level variations. Did anybody at NBC/Universal do any quality control on this disc? I can't imagine that anybody could allow audio this bad to be released on a commercial DVD. This may have been a great panel discussion at the TV Academy but I'll never know because the bad audio quality made it impossible to listen to.

Best Comedy Currently Airing
2009-08-24 - "30 Rock" is a fast paced, funny and smart comedy that keeps your attention from start to finish. Tina Fey has created a unique and charming comedy series that has enough oomph to last several more years.

Television Perfection!!!
2009-07-28 - Let me just start out by saying that 30 Rock is one of the funniest shows I have ever seen, Tina Fey is a comedic goddess in my eyes. This is one of those shows that I just connot aford to miss every week. This show is one of the reasons I said that I could not work on Thursday nights. And the best part is that Season 2 has somehow managed to be funnier than season 1 which to me is a huge feat because everything this show does is pure perfection. I can even say without hesitation that this show is definately becoming way funnier than "The Office" which i also watch religiously on thurs. nights. I can't wait for season 3 to come out!!! I know Tina has another amazing season waiting for us ^_^

great!
2009-07-05 - This is a really fun show! Tracy is totally random and I am a little in love with Jack!

Great writing, wonderful cameos -- Bound to be a Classic
2009-05-27 - I stumbled on "30 Rock" quite by accident one Thursday night when there was nothing much to watch. I don't know why I wasn't attracted to it when it first came out ... but I can only guess some sort of other distraction.

"30 Rock" has grown to become my FAVORITE comedy series of all time. I don't say that lightly either. I love Tina Fey and with her Sarah Palin imitations she gained new notoriety and I think more and more people began to give "30 Rock" a try.

One try (the 3rd season) and I was ABSOLUTELY hooked. I received seasons 1 and 2 for Christmas and have just eaten them up over and over. Any time I need to pull myself out of the dumps, I put on some "30 Rock" and enjoy several episodes at a time. I love Kenneth and Tracey ... aww heck, I love them all.

I am a late bloomer for this show but a definite junkie., I, too, am startled to discover how many people really don't know the show or have not watched it?? Like me I guess. One or two episodes and you are hooked.

It's the best. :)