Wonder if my 30 Rock review got it right? Watch the episode yourself here

Tina Fey couldn't have timed this year better if she could jump through time like that guy from Heroes.

Just as TV audiences seem to be tiring of SNL's lampooning of the election -- even a pitch-perfect Sarah Palin impression can feel a bit worn after three straight weeks of skits -- along comes Fey with the perfect follow-up. Namely, a batch of 30 Rock episodes funny enough to make us forget her amazing take on Caribou Barbie -- at least, for a moment.

I wrote on Sunday about how cool these first two 30 Rock episodes are, with Will & Grace alum Megan Mullally on this week as an unlucky adoption worker checking out Fey's Liz Lemon for possible placement. Next week, the queen of all media, Oprah Winfrey, appears in an inspired cameo that involves an airplane flight, lots of Vicodin and mistaken identity.

Check out the first full episode here, days before it debuts on NBC. And let me know if I got it right. 

(By the way, when I watched the episode, it was sponsored by Obama's campaign. Which made me wonder: Is it ironic that Obama would be sponsoring a Webcast of the show starring the woman who made headlines playing his nemesis? Or is it just good politics to reward the woman who has done as much to cement Sarah Palin's image as a lightweight ex-beauty queen as anyone besides the candidate herself?)

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Comments

[David]

RagsTTIger,

While I agree that most Americans have an innate sense of fairness, the MSM does not. They have an agenda, and forwarding that agenda is top of mind for them.

It is an interesting election -- a tired, old white guy with a shaky VP running against a corrupt black guy with a tired old white guy as VP. None of these buffoons will be good for the country. Tired old white guy would most likely be ineffective due to dumb young white guy's last 8 years. And corrupt black guy's Chicago politics background is not good for ANYONE.

Criticize the tired old white guy, and nobody really reacts. But criticize the corrupt black guy and suffer the consequences. I LOVE Tina Fey, and think she was truly one of the bright spots for a show produced by another tired old white guy. But IMAGINE the outcry from the MSM (and others) if Tina mocked the corrupt black guy!

It is unlikely -- very unlikely -- that corrupt black guy will make a good president. Sure, the MSM wants you to believe he is the second coming of JFK (corrupt young white guy), because corrupt black guy fits their agenda.

I have visions of corrupt black guy reprising the role of another famous Democrat -- Jimmy Carter, ironically, a tired old white guy.

Anyone remember the Carter years? Yeah, that's what I thought.

[RagsTTIger]

When 30 Rock first started the show didn't do too well. Last season they improved a lot, developing the characters. The Dick Van Dyke Show started off the same way, going on to become part of TV history. Any show has a certain degree of character transference. Good shows overcome this, Richard Boone, Andy Giffin, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby and others have all had successful shows more than once. The automatic Liz Lemon character association is not a given.

The all out media assault upon Gov. Palin is a disgrace to journalism. Further they have gone beyond the pale attacking her family. How low can the system get? Why is it that Obama, the Invisible Man, gets a pass on everything. Why is any challenge automatically met with charges of racism. In truth the only person to raise race during this entire campaign was Obama, not McCain. Now the Los Angles Times admits to hiding a videotape of Obama's and his Chicago "friends" that he hardly knows. This media blind spot, is going to cause a problem, as Americans have an innate sense of fairness and this isn't it.