S3E19 “The Ones”

  • SatyrSack@lemmy.oneOP
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    I first watched 30 Rock on a blurry old CRT, and I did not second guess whether or not they would hire someone like Zach Braff for just a quick 3-second cutaway gag. It took until my 8266394th full HD rewatch for me to look close enough to see that is absolutely not him lol

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      Yeah I didn’t know either, assumed it was Braff.

      On the other hand I think there are probably still some cameos where I don’t know the famous person so it goes right over my head.

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        I grew up watching American TV, so I do catch a lot of the cameos. But yeah, I definitely miss a lot of jokes and references because I am not too familiar with American celebrities outside of the TV shows that I watched.

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      That is a neat image! There are a number of things I did not recognize:

      1. Top left, between Paul and Moonvest: Who is that? The hat makes me think of Tracy dressed all pretentiously while going for the O in his EGOT, but that does not look like him
      2. Top center, between Jackie Jormp Jomp and the pager: Who is that? It looks a bit like Rachel Dratch, but there are no obvious features to suggest that
      3. Top center, between Oprah and Thomas Jefferson: Is that Jack on the morning after Kenneth’s party?
      4. Center left, between the Tracy Jordan Meat Machine and the Tampa Royal Academy of Dramatic Tricks degree: Who is that?
      5. Center center, between Conan and Lance Drake Mandrell: Whose eyes are those? It makes me think of the closeup of Liz Taylor’s eyes, but it doesn’t really resemble Dratch
      6. Center right, between Muffin Top and Hey Beantown!: Is that suppossed to be a pair of tweezers holding the troll doll that Dr. Spaceman put in Tracy’s nose? It looks like an olympic torch with a flaming baby head
      7. Bottom left, the blue F logo: That remimds me of the Facebook logo, but 30 Rock’s version of that was YouFace, which I assume does not use an F as its logo
      8. Bottom center, beneath the text “Gangway for foot cycle!”: Is that supposed to be Wesley Snipes’s British teeth?
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        1. Tracy when he was trying to EGOT and got all serious and refused to do comedy

        2. Def looks like one of the characters Dratch played, but I can’t place her. Barbara Walters maybe?

        3. I think so?

        4. Josh I think.

        5. Liz’s epic eye roll eyes

        6. Yes, and I thought the same thing lol

        7. Not sure, but I feel like it’s a reference we’re both missing.

        8. I believe so

        @meatcat@dubvee.org Any idea on #7?