30 Rock Live, and on Ice!
We wish. We would so see 30 Rock on Ice. Especially if there were bigheaded mascots of Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy skating around with Dorothy Hamill and Brian Boitano inside. That would so rock out nuts. We’d get to our seats early, thumbing excitedly through our big glossy program that featured highlights from the show. Who knew there’d be a number about how Frank comes up with the sayings on his hats? (Pennywise flyer ads). At intermission we’d order cotton candy and hold it because we wouldn’t want to miss a thing waiting in that bathroom line…But I digress.
There is no such thing as 30 Rock on Ice but a lucky 150 or so got to see a live version of 30 Rock on Monday at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. I myself had an uncomfortable experience at UCB a few years back. I was in New York with my dad and grandma for a matinee of Wicked. We were in the mood for some more live entertainment and I suggested UCB. I’d attended some mighty fine improv shows in New York before and didn’t take into account the 27 and 50 year age difference of my travel partners. Opps.
During the show a pre-Daily Show Rob Riggle ran around mimicking Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights with his arm between his legs and there was something about a who’d win a fight between Jack Black and Jack White. I could hear my dad breathing through his nose the whole time looking annoyed as jokes flew over his head and my grandma said something about how it must have been funny because everyone was laughing but she didn’t get it. So yeah, I learned that dads and grandmas may not always enjoy cutting edge humor even if there’s two dollar Pabst Blue Ribbons involved.
So thanks for listening to me. Here are a couple accounts of 30 Rock live at UBC.
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