30 Rock, The Office and….Direct TV
So Direct TV screwed some viewers last night by some technical glitch that had NBC HD not available for awhile. If it wasn’t for a friendly call from my friend Scott to alert me, we’d have totally missed 30 Rock. I was in the middle of Smallville when he called, so I had no idea.
Luckily I have an Over the Air Antenna so we switched to that and all was well.
Needless to say, we missed the first eight minutes of 30 Rock, but the rest of the episode was awesome. Tina Fey doing a Jerry Seinfeld impression right in front of him was hilarious. I can’t tell you how much funnier I thought that episode was compared to the next show on the agenda today: The Office.
Egh. There were good moments. Creed was funny. The whole Toby thing was great. But the rest of the episode was blah. Driving into a lake? That seemed like a stunt that shows do when their ratings are low. It was over the top.
I think the hour-long format is hurting the show. They aren’t tight and they have things in it that just aren’t as funny. The Ryan thing is playing out weird to me. Maybe it’s his beard that just makes him look ridiculous.
One of the best moments was Pam and Jim’s little fake conversation where she said he repulsed her now. That was a nice little scene.
The episode was just average for me. They are trying to do too much. Focused on too many things. It used to be less about “relationship-y” plots and more about mundane office things. Now it’s Ryan-Kelly, Pam-Jim, Dwight-Angela, etc. Those things used to be more of an underlying plot than the main stories, which I think works better.
What did you guys think? And I totally off base?
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