Episode 8: The Break-Up August 16, 2007

According to Wikipedia, the term discotheque was popular in the late 70s – early 80s.

Jack mentions “The Liberty”, referring to the New York Liberty WNBA team.

Jack calls Liz a “clintonista”.

Whoopi Goldberg is a woman.

The biggest mirror was actually this large (?)

When Toofer and Tracy are thinking of a skit, Frank is reading a magazine about butts.

Jenna and Liz go to Duvet.

Check out Urban Dictionary’s definition of izzle.

Havard really has an a capella group called the Krokodiloes.

Liz mentions the Carlyle Group, UNICOW pipeline, and assassination of Olof Palme.

Liz says you can put a long blond wig on a ferret and it would look like Jessica Simpson. What do you think?

In the bar, Liz sings “At Seventeen” (Janis Ian).

The 1986 World Series was between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets. The Mets won.

Dennis refers to women’s liberation as “new”. It’s really not that new.

Tony Blair was the prime minister of the UK. Bashar Al-Assad is the president of Syria.

Some of the pros on Liz’s list are “rarely wants to do it”, “is funny when he goofs on his friends”, “loyal”.

Some of the cons are “dental hygiene”, “catholic”, “I don’t like his mother”, “his mother doesn’t like me”, “loves Family Guy”.

Star Jones had gastric bypass surgery in 2003, according to Wikipedia.

Kandahar is in Afghanistan.

Abu Ghraib is a city in Iraq.

When Dennis comes over, Liz turns on Dateline NBC with Chris Hansen.

Episode 7. Tracy Does Conan July 30, 2007

Bode Miller is an American alpine skier.

The movie time stamp says C. Affleck (perhaps a reference to Casey Affleck) and Tom Houghton (was cinematographer for this episode of 30 Rock).

Stone Phillips is an anchor on “Dateline NBC”.

ShopRite is a supermarket chain.

David Hasselhoff is a judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

Conan calls Jack a “black Irish bastard”.

Bryn Mawr is a college in Pennsylvania.

Does giving blood burn calories? According to the Mayo Clinic, it does!

There is a GE toaster in back of Pete in Jack’s office.

Liz tells Kenneth to go to 46th and 8th. There doesn’t seem to be much there.

Jenna prettier than Debra Messing?

When Dennis is talking to Liz about buying concert tickets, he’s standing near Best Value Electronics – 6 W 14th St.

Tracy acts like Chewbacca – one of many Star Wars references in this series.

Episode 6. Jack Meets Dennis July 29, 2007

Natalie Morales is a National Correspondent for “Today” on MSNBC.

According to a quick search done on Google, there are still several stores that appear to sell beepers.

The song that Liz sings when Jack walks into her office is called “Maybe” and is from the musical Annie.

Stone restaurant doesn’t appear to exist…perhaps it’s just unlisted.

Jack Welch was the CEO of GE.

007, like Jack, often wore tuxedos.

Dennis’ tie is a clip-on.

There really are a lot of rats in New York City.

There are beauty products with shark chondroitin in them.

Rat kings might be real!

Liz Taylor scream “White diamonds!” This is her perfume line.

James Blunt doesn’t have a lot of hit songs to sing.

When Liz enters Tracy’s dressing room when he’s sleeping, a Who Dat Ninja poster is near the door (though “ninja” appears to be spelled wrong).

Wayne Brady has won Emmy’s for “The Wayne Brady Show” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway”.

August Wilson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright.

The New York Islanders don’t have a very good record.

Episode 5. Jack-Tor July 29, 2007

Tracy says he’s got to go to Damon Dash’s birthday party.

While Jack is speaking with the writers about product integration, Liz exclaims “We’re not your shills.” A shill is a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty.

Jack sarcastically says the writers are artists like James Joyce (one of the most influential writers of the 20th century) and August Strindberg (one of the fathers of modern theatre).

According to this, Holland’s national dog is the Keeshond.

Frank says he’s got a friend in accounting named Lando Calrissian. Lando is a fictional character from Star Wars.

In 1999, Sweden graduated about 41% of students from secondary schools. According to this, in 2001, Philadelphia graduated about 70%. Chicago, the study found, graduates 47 percent of its students; New York, 54 percent; and Los Angeles, 56 percent.

See a clip of Nixon’s “Sock it to me”!

When Jack says to Liz, “You’re such a Monica” he’s referring to Monica on Friends.

When Liz talks to Tracy, there’s a picture in his dressing room which looks like Tracy on Conan O’Brien.

General 30 Rock Trivia July 29, 2007

In the opening credits, there is a crest that reads “dieu et mon droit”. This translates to “God and my right”. This is at 620 5^th Ave on the British Empire Building.

There are lots of references to Star Wars and politics throughout the episodes.

Many names that are affiliated with NBC are mentioned in the show.

Episode 4. Jack the Writer July 29, 2007

During the 1-minute dance party, the writers dance to “Grown and Sexy” (Chamillionaire).

Learn more about six sigma!

Frank thinks that six sigma is a special type of GI JOE. Although there is no “six sigma” GI JOE, there are a bunch of special ones.

Jack’s story in the writer’s room mentions “Brokaw”. Tom Brokaw is a former NBC news anchor.

Yankee Stadium is about 8 miles away from 30 Rock. This is about 17 minutes if driving.

Jack says he was at a luncheon for Ann Coulter’s 60th birthday. Ann Coulter was born in 1961, making her about 46 years old.

When Liz and Pete talk about going to apologize to Jack, Pete presses the down button on the elevator, but Liz says she hates going “up to Jack’s office.”

Much of Liz and Pete’s conversation before going to Jack’s office references Star Wars.

On his bike ride home, Kenneth sings “There’s No Business Like Show Business”.

Episode 3. Blind Date July 28, 2007

During the “Robot/Bear” practice, Frank says that bears have weak knees. There doesn’t appear to be any evidence to support this.

Jack mentions Reiki.

The TV in Jack’s office seen behind Liz looks like a fake.

According to this, there were 13 arrests for subway groping in New York in a week.

When Liz is choking in her apartment, she is watching Deal or No Deal.

Liz thinks she might be going out with Tom DeLay.

Tracy says he used to play crazy seven, Albuquerque freak-out, and one-card stud. These aren’t real games. However, there are such games as crazy eights, five-card stud, and seven-card stud.

Liz and Thomas go to Café des Artistes.

When Liz is in the elevator, it appears that she chokes on a peppermint-flavored Altoid.

Jack has “three cowboys” or three kings.

Liz orders Pinot grigio.

During the flashback to Liz’s school years, she wears a shirt that says “White Haven H.S.” There doesn’t appear to be a school with that name but there is a Whitehaven High School (no space in Whitehaven) in Tennessee.

Jack mentions Kenneth’s Myers-Briggs type. Find out what you are!

Jack says Kenneth is extraverted, intuitive, and aggressive. Aggressive isn’t one of the Myers-Briggs types but according to this, aggressive is ENTJ (Extraverted, iNtuitive, Thinking, and Judging). According to this, ENTJ’s are 3-5%.

Thomas thinks Liz looks like Jennifer Jason Leigh. Jack thought she meant to say Jason Lee.

The writers say Liz looks like present-day Linda Ronstadt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Tootsie.

Right after Liz talks with Thomas, the NBC Rainbow Room Observation Deck sign is shown. You can visit the observation deck!

Jack quotes the Italians for saying “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” although this website credits Sun-tzu (Chinese general). Apparently a similar quote was also said in the Godfather Pt.2.

Liz wants to go with Thomas to IKEA and see Margaret Cho at the Beacon.

Episode 2. The Aftermath July 27, 2007

Jack mentions a chemical plant explosion outside of Colorado Springs. In fact, there is a GE plant about 15 miles from Colorado Springs in Fountain, CO.

The band for Tracy is playing “Celebration” (Kool and the Gang)

Frank and others watch The Girlie Show – Cat Attack clip on YouTube. It isn’t actually posted.

Tracy’s bling include a necklace with his initials (TJ) and #1.

Tracy says he’s “easy like Sunday morning.” This is a reference to the song “Easy Like Sunday Morning”.

As Jenna and Liz are walking out of Jenna’s dressing room, there is a man carrying a cutout of Darth Vader.

Tracy calls Toofer “Theo Huxtable”. Theo Huxtable was Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s character on The Cosby Show.

Liz gets several things thrown at her in the writer’s room including Frank’s sandwich, an empty water bottle, an orange (or an orange ball), snacks, a sneaker, a plastic baseball bat (?), an computer tower (?), and a milky liquid with cereal.

Tracy’s playing a Xbox in his dressing room.

A poster of Black Cop White Cop can be seen in Tracy’s dressing room.

Tracy says he’s read Jenna’s interview in Amtrak Magazine. Although it does not appear that there is such a magazine, Amtrak does have a magazine called Arrive. The writer’s don’t appear to be conductors.

Toofer gets a bottle of “Dunwoody ’62”. This isn’t a real alcohol.

On the yacht, they dance to “Bossy” (Kelis).

In the yacht, Jenna sings “New York State of Mind” (Billy Joel).

When Liz surprises Maria, the maid on the yacht, Maria says “Por favor, no me duele, me llamo Maria.” This translates to “Please don’t hurt me. My name is Maria.”

Episode 1. Pilot July 25, 2007

Tina spends 150 bucks on hot dogs. This means the hot dogs are about $$$ each so she bought ## hot dogs.

Toofer mentions how he’d like a samovar – Samovar

NBC Studio tours are available! More info here!

Jack’s office is on th 50^th floor of 30 Rock.

Jack mentions that he is the new VP of Development for GE/Universal/K-Mart. GE doesn’t own K-mart.

The GE trivection oven is real!

Jack describes Liz as a 3^rd wave feminist.

Jenna uses hemorrhoid cream to keep puffiness from under her eyes. According to this website, it does not work.

Tracy is seen running around in his underpants on “the 405″ screaming “I am a Jedi!” The 405 is the San Diego Freeway.

When speaking of Tracy, Jack mentions that it is not a crime to fall asleep on neighbor’s roof.

Liz and Tracy meet at Alfredo’s restaurant.

Liz asks the Lee (the costume guy) for some clothes. Lee gives Liz a matronly dress suit and says “Laura Bush is your size.” Evidently, during the 2001 Inauguration, Laura Bush was a size 8.

Liz thinks she looks like the President of the Philippines. Maybe she has a point.

The diner where Tracy takes Liz for lunch is actually the M & G Diner, located at 383 125^th St. NY, NY.

Tracy sings Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benetar) in the topless bar, Dark Sensations.

Tracy was in Scottie Pippen’s wedding (former Chicago Bulls basketball player).