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Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:00 AM

I Like to Watch

It's official: "30 Rock" is the funniest new show on television. Plus: Tyra Banks' condescending clown routine reaches new heights of absurdity.

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  • Monday, December 11, 2006 09:17 AM

    Heather, I'm right there with you

    30 Rock is my favorite show. Great cast (don't forget Kenneth) and writing. One of the only shows whose episodes I keep to watch a second time.

    Actually, this show and "Sunset 60" (hmm, twice as serious? long? as 30 Rock?) are great bookends. The latter is just so earnest ("Do we *dare* to include this sketch?") and the former so perfectly dopey ("I said only one fighting bear, Frank!").

    My only quibble, and I'm surprised at ya Heather, because you normally leave no clothes on the emperor, is that Tina Fey is only schlumpy in the same way Bailey Quarters was compared to Loni. That is to say, Ms. Fey is a very attractive woman, but I do agree she plays the "lovable loser" to perfection.

    > I do agree with Rob Anderson, though, that the years Tina Fey was 9(co)head writer were probably the worst years in the show's history.

    Um, Anthony Michael Hall?

    >Is it just a coincidence that this year SNL is funnier than it's been since Will Ferrell left?

    Did you actually *see* the show Ludacris hosted? Granted the Alec Baldwin episode was just superb, but that had as much to do with him as the writing.

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