I Have Some Questions About Sarah Palin's 30 Rock 'Spoof'

Sure, we all love Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin impressions, but come on, weren’t you hoping that one day the tables would turn? No?

Sure, we all love Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin impressions, but come on, weren’t you hoping that one day the tables would turn? No?

By the time the season finale of 30 Rock aired last night, there had been a lot of changes in Liz Lemon's life—she bought a second apartment, got married, adopted two children—but one thing remained the same through all seven years since the show started: eating. A huge part of the character was her relationship to…
If you've always wondered what Liz Lemon tastes like, and you would like to experience her flavor in frozen yogurt form, Ben and Jerry's has got you covered. To commemorate/mourn the final episode of 30 Rock, they're releasing "Liz Lemon Greek Frozen Yogurt with a Blueberry Lavender Swirl," which is adorable. And also…
Today marks the series finale of 30 Rock, which, over its past seven seasons, has become and continues to be one of the best and most unique sitcoms on television to date. 30 Rock is remarkable thanks in no small part to its brilliant and absurdist humor, but its real heart has always been Tina Fey's Liz Lemon.…
Alpha males Robert De Niro and Jay-Z's squabbling almost ruined Leonardo DiCaprio's birthday party for everyone. De Niro let Hova have it for mentioning that he'd be willing to record a song for the Tribeca Film Festival and then failing to return any of De Niro's calls to follow through. Jay-Z tried to joke about it…
Yes, the Shit [Everyone] Says trend has overstayed its welcome by about three weeks and is now beginning to smell like rotten fish (an observation which is loosely based on some Shit Ben Franklin Said). But now comes the important news that there is a Shit Liz Lemon Says; so an exception must be made. Here it is in…
Liz Lemon — full name: Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon — has revealed much about her inner-workings to the 30 Rock audience over the years, but even after five seasons has never explained why her middle name is what it is. Long story short: it comes from a friend of the show of Latvian descent named Katie Miervaldis.
As "gay episodes" of network TV go, the deftest handling I can think comes from the 2007 30 Rock episode "Cougars." Tina Fey's Liz Lemon finds herself dating a much younger man and her straight/disgusting colleague Frank Rossitano falls in love with him. It's rare to see a standard comedy show draw such a clear…
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Sex Offender Week on The Awl got me thinking, how long's it been since I wrote about gender politics? Twenty minutes? Everywhere in L.A. takes twenty minutes! Some thoughts on the preeminent intellectual sex symbol television characters of our time:
Amanda Marcotte's new piece on female nerds in television is perceptive — but it also shows how diluted the word "nerd" has become.
When we posted about Tina Fey's recent Esquire shoot last week, one of our commenters asked, "Am I the only person who finds Fey very traditionally attractive?" Chloe at Feministing has an answer:
Last night on 30 Rock, Devin Banks said Liz Lemon's talk show Dealbreakers was destined to fail because, "She's just a writer with zero performing experience." But, a certain writer-turned-actress gave the funniest performance since Jack and Tracy's therapy session.