Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I am at the wall with Blood Rose Rising: the workshop, and we haven't even started rehearsals yet. Next week is going to be something else, let me tell you.
In the meantime, I wanna talk about Tina Fey. I didn't watch Saturday Night Live in the early 2000s. I am one of those annoying old farts she refers to derisively in her book (yeah, I read her book), who "thinks the show hasn't been good since the seventies". And I totally missed 30 Rock until recently. It wasn't until I saw her do her Sarah Palin on SNL during the election that I even knew who she was. And I was impressed. And I thought she was kinda cute. Not as Sarah Palin, as herself. So when we breezed by Date Night on Netflix a few months back, with all-time fav Steve Carell, I was open. And she was fabulous. So the interest gets piqued a little more. So when I get my awesome little iPad for Christmas, and Kelli and I are looking for something light to watch on it while we are snuggling up in bed, I thought, "hey, Tina Fey, what's this 30 Rock I've heard so little about?" So we watch.
I am in love. I admit it. I am in love. I wanted to enter into a polygamous marriage with Tina Fey and her husband. I don't know him, but I'm sure he's great. First of all, the show is laugh out loud funny - every few lines. I don't remember laughing so hard at a sitcom in, probably ever. And it's wonderfully weird. It manages to pull off the silly weirdness of real people in a way that Arrested Development never quite did for me. Liz Lemon is lovable, horrible, selfish and idealistic all at the same time in a totally improbable and completely believable way. And of course Alec Baldwin is a genius. Who knew? The whole cast is hilarious, and Jane Krakowski as Jenna does such brilliant satire on a subject that you all know has caused me more than my fair share of pain and frustration. We're just starting season 4 now, and I can't get enough!
So I read her book, Bossypants. That woman is 1)hilarious; 2)smart; 3)so honest; 4)just adorable. It's a great read, you should get it.
So yeah, Tina, if you want to move to Utah with me and Kelli and Jeff and all the kids and animals, just say the word. I'm there.
You know, this kind of hurts my feelings. I feel like Chris and I have been working really hard the last year to make ourselves the kind of couple you and Kelli would want to go to Utah with. I have tried to be witty and clever and Chris has brought out his geek to help entice you guys. I'm just feeling like it's a money thing. Like, maybe if I had a television show and wrote a book we'd be asked over more...
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ReplyDeleteI might be able to hook you guys up. Jeff was at Kent State when I was there, and we worked on one show together. So, if he remembers me, maybe there will be some Big Love headed your way. (rachel)
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