"30 Rock" Stone Mountain (2009)

Director:

Don Scardino

Writers:

Tina Fey (creator)
John Riggi (written by)

TV Series:

"30 Rock" (2006)

Original Air Date:

29 October 2009 (Season 4, Episode 3)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Jack forces Liz to travel to Georgia with him so that they can find new talent that represents the "real" America, Tracy is scared that he will be a victim of the celebrity "rule of threes," and Jenna makes friends with the writers.

Plot Keywords:

Boss | Sketch | Writer | New York | Executive

Cast

Tina Fey	...	Liz Lemon
Tracy Morgan	...	Tracy Jordan
Jane Krakowski	...	Jenna Maroney
Jack McBrayer	...	Kenneth Parcell
Scott Adsit	...	Pete Hornberger
Judah Friedlander	...	Frank Rossitano
Alec Baldwin	...	Jack Donaghy
Katrina Bowden	...	Cerie
Keith Powell	...	Toofer
Jeff Dunham	...	Rick Wayne
Jimmy Fallon	...	Himself
Betty White	...	Herself
John Lutz	...	J.D. Lutz
Sue Galloway	...	Sue
Blaine Horton	...	Sacha

Runtime:

30 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Silvercup Studios East, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Broadway Video

Trivia:

During a campaign rally in North Carolina on October 16, 2008, Republican then-Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin said, "We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working, very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans. Those who are running our factories and teaching our kids and growing our food and are fighting our wars for us. Those who are protecting us in uniform. Those who are protecting the virtues of freedom." Some, including the Obama/Biden campaign, took her statement to mean that she thought that urban areas of the country were less "pro-America" and patriotic. Jack's misguided assertions in this episode that people outside of cities represent "the real America" are spoofs of Palin's statements. "30 Rock" showrunner Tina Fey won a 2009 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for parodying Palin on "Saturday Night Live" (1975).

Quotes:

Jack Donaghy: We're going to find the perfect person for the show down here
[in Georgia]
Jack Donaghy: . Someone who represents the *Real America*.
Liz Lemon: Jack, for the 80th time, no part of America is more American than any other part.
Jack Donaghy: You are wrong. Small towns are where you see the kindness and goodness and courage of everyday Americans. The folks who are teaching our kids, running our prisons, growing our cigarettes. People who are still living by core American values.
Liz Lemon: There are plenty of core American values in New York. But there are not restaurants called "Fatty Fat Sandwich Ranch." Turn here! Turn here!

Movie Connections:

References "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)