30 Rock Season 1 Review

I was recently introduced to 30 Rock by a friend of mine, and was pleasantly surprised by this - until now - undiscovered (by me) comedy show.

The show (at least insofar as I have watched) centres on the writers and actors of a comedy show for NBC as they hire a new actor slash former movie star to re-energise their show as demanded by their new boss, played (well) by Alec Baldwin. 30 Rock features many familiar faces such as Tina Fey, the aforementioned Alec Baldwin, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit and a very familiar looking lady whose name I do not know at the moment, all of whom I have seen before but cannot recall from what without imdb; with the exceptions of Jack McBrayer from Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Alec Baldwin from Friends.

I half expected the comedy, whilst obviously being funny as the show is still on television, to nonetheless be quite similar to other comedies I have seen that appear similar at first glance. I was fortunately mistaken on the half that I half expected, as the unconventional (at least to me) humour provided by 30 Rock was both successful in its delivery and unique in its conception.

I have watched half of the first season so far and am simultaneously very glad I was introduced to this television show and slightly shocked that I have never seen it before now, as it began airing in October 2006. I am currently 2:33 into an episode featuring Wayne Brady from Whose Line is it Anyway? for those Foxtel-watchers and episode-downloaders and Don't Forget the Lyrics for those of you that watch regular TV, and thus I have a good feeling about the remainder of the epsiode, entitled The Source Awards.

I wish to thank Nicole for presenting the show to me, thank Tina Fey for writing (and starring in) it (and for turning up in funny things I watch every now and again) and thank you for reading. 30 Rock receives 10 Scrubs out of 10 for its good humour and original concepts.