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When TGS is faced with budget cuts on 30 Rock, Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon did the only thing she knew to do: appeal to her superiors with a full-on Steve Jobs impression, mock turtleneck and all. Of course, if she was really Steve Jobs, that turtleneck would've fired three writers on the spot and introduced the Tracey Jordan Nano. Check out the three pillars key to her show's success in the gallery and video after the break.
Yeah? Well your post is proof again that even with the prevalence of spell check (built into every firefox 3.x build) that the rate of grammar and spelling errors made online remains stupid high.
Everyone on this show already has an EDGE iPhone, why was this a surprise, the almost word-for-word copy of the iPhone keynote is pretty lame though. I expect better from 30 Rock.
What was weird about this was that it seems to be the second Steve Jobs imitation this week from NBC. When they had chuck stop the unveiling to a free OS from a company called Roark Industries, it seemed to be a lot like a jobs keynote. But not as obviously as the Tina Fey presentation. I found them both amusing.
"I'm looking for a pair of quality headphones that aren't seemingly made of glass. I'm an avid BMXer which causes me to frequently bash on any type of technology that joins me for my daily riding. I've been through the higher quality headsets in the Skullcandy line as these are supposed to be built for "abuse," which is laughable. I cant wear earbuds or canal buds, as my large ears seem to have a repelling property upon anything that sits in them. Wired or Bluetooth doesn't really matter, but I need something that can hold up to taking a few hits every now and again. I'm trying to keep 'em under $150. Thanks!"
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more proof once again,even hollywood cant ignore movement n desirabilty of the iphone.
Wow...you phail at life
Yeah? Well your post is proof again that even with the prevalence of spell check (built into every firefox 3.x build) that the rate of grammar and spelling errors made online remains stupid high.
Wow....you phail at life
Not to mention grammar. A comma is NOT a semicolon.
More proof, once again, even 30 Rock posts can't avoid the lameness n determination of a fanboy.
more proof once again that iPhone = no life.
Wow...you phail at life
Everyone on this show already has an EDGE iPhone, why was this a surprise, the almost word-for-word copy of the iPhone keynote is pretty lame though. I expect better from 30 Rock.
How dare them not have 3G!
actually, proof once again that this poor hag is not funny.
If you noticed at the end there was promotional consideration provided by Apple.
Interesting.
This was so much win. That is why I love this TV show.
Too bad the screen capper can't afford an HD tuner, want me to screen cap it for you guys? ;D
if this was *really* steve jobs, she would be 50 pounds lighter...
too soon?
but it was a great impression, and i thought of steve immediately once i saw the black turtle-neck and jeans.
i love 30 rock. the product placement ads that they put in there is usually just hilarious.
sabor de soledad anyone?
NBC has no shame. The product placement has gone beyond the realm of acceptable.
if you have ever watched the show, you would see how far the writers of 30 rock take it.
in one episode they talk about verizon. and how they have great coverage. Tina Fey looks at the camera directly and says, "Can we have our money now?"
NBC has no shame? Dude, check out the #$% they pulled here:
http://www.imdb.com/news/ns0000003/#ni0740863
is that really a real chip brand in america? i love the snapple episode though, hilarious.
The Snapple one was my favorite....
they just need to bring salma hayek back... she can save the budget.
i want to marry tina fey
ditto
i want to go to there.
what the WHAT?!
Her husband may object.
I watched this and started laughing insanely. Sadly, no body else in the room got the joke.
Well done Tina Fey.
If only these actors were half as smart as we imagine them to be...
Hopefully, this will do for Steve Jobs, what it did for Sarah Palin's Career
But, he's already disappeared.
Awesome! so funny
Saw it when I watched the episode. Laughed very loudly. 30 Rock continually proves to be one of the funniest shows on television.
By the way, Parks and Recreation was kind of AWFUL.
I didn't watch the whole thing but the whole premise seems odd. A show about the local head of the park system. Yeah...OK. Amy Poehler is no Tina Fey.
Yeah, don't know if I'll bother with Parks and Recreation again. I think I may have laughed once in the whole show.
30 Rock died last year. This wasn't funny but, that is nothing new. Nothing on the show has been funny this year. Parks and Recreation was even worse.
I'll stick to Red Eye.
Dude, is grammar really the best you could do? At least give us something like:
"more proof once again,even hollywood cant ignore the apple trend of hyping unrevolutionary products with flashy marketing"
Don't get me wrong, I love my iPhone, but if you're going to troll, at least make the most of it.
@nerdtalker @shank
shit, I'm way to drunk for this shit right now :S
I'd hit it
WTH is TGS?
The Girlie Show.
@Le Big Mac: now known as "TGS with Tracy Jordan"
I think its supposed to be TJS, but anyways, thats the one I missed last night and recorded. I'll have to watch it at lunch.
Yea parks and recreation was fairly terrible, other than karen from the office is pretty attractive.
The double episode of the office was great though, loved it. I thought southland was pretty good too.
Those New Balance shoes were a great touch.
Yeah- but she forgot to suck on a luxury water bottle.
actually this is not the first time liz lemon wear new balance 991/992 sneaker, she wear it in season 2, episode sandwich day.
What was weird about this was that it seems to be the second Steve Jobs imitation this week from NBC. When they had chuck stop the unveiling to a free OS from a company called Roark Industries, it seemed to be a lot like a jobs keynote. But not as obviously as the Tina Fey presentation. I found them both amusing.
BE MORE FUNNY.
steve jobs and apple can deralick my balls.