Cooter
- Episode aired May 8, 2008
- TV-14
- 24m
Liz has a positive pregnancy test, and thinks that Dennis is the father. Meanwhile, Jack regrets taking the Homeland Security position, Tracy finishes his pornographic video game, and Kennet... Read allLiz has a positive pregnancy test, and thinks that Dennis is the father. Meanwhile, Jack regrets taking the Homeland Security position, Tracy finishes his pornographic video game, and Kenneth tries to get a job at The Olympics.Liz has a positive pregnancy test, and thinks that Dennis is the father. Meanwhile, Jack regrets taking the Homeland Security position, Tracy finishes his pornographic video game, and Kenneth tries to get a job at The Olympics.
- Toofer
- (credit only)
- Josh Girard
- (credit only)
- Dot Com
- (as Kevin Brown)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJack's plot in this episode involves his and Cooter's discovery that "in 1994, the Pentagon explored the possibility of a nonlethal chemical weapon that would 'reduce enemy soldiers' combat posture by making them totally gaybones for each other.'" This is not an invention of the episode's writers; in 2005, various news outlets reported that in 1994, the US Defense Department had indeed researched the feasibility of a so-called "gay-bomb," meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale by making them chemically attracted to each other. The idea never left the theoretical stage, and the project was never pursued.
- GoofsWhen Donny walks away from Kennth and Jenna after they speak Mandarin, he knocks over some paint cans sitting on a cart. In the very next shot, the paint cans are shown completely unaltered.
- Quotes
Jack Donaghy: The ceiling appears to be leaking.
Cooter Burger: No, it's not. We've looked into it and it's not.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)
The immediate thing one notices about season 2 is the presence of big names guests such as Al Gore, Jerry Seinfeld and others. This is usually the indication of a dying sitcom, one that is struggling with ratings and is wheeling in the big names to try and get publicity and encourage viewers to tune in. It rarely works and you can see it fail in things like My Name is Earl (Paris Hilton I'm looking at you). Here though it doesn't seem to be the case because rather the stars seem more than happy to be involved and it is clear that 30 Rock is in no need of them to be funny or an attraction. It does make great use of them though the Seinfeld episode being particularly funny and it shows that 30 Rock is able to get these names because of the quality of the comedy.
Although the season is far too short due to the writer's strike, it is still very funny and the plots do more or less work. OK none of it is narrative driven but the laughs keep coming and thus, to me, the plots do their job. The cast continue to be roundly excellent. Fey's geeky single woman is great fun (favourite line "a dog took it, came out of nowhere") but yet she doesn't dominate the show in the way she easily could as it creator. Instead we get lots of good material for the others, all of whom turn in funny turns. My favourites continue to be Morgan and McBrayer with their fun oddness delivered really well but Krakowski, Adsit, Friedlander and others all do well. Baldwin yet again impresses with his comedy chops and his gruff delivery is perfect for his sharp lines.
Season 2 continues the strengths of season 1, with the added benefit of big name guests cancelling out the tragically short run of the season. Very fresh, very funny and well worth seeing if, like me, you originally missed the boat on this. Cannot wait for season 3.
- bob the moo
- Mar 28, 2009