Yes, Star Wars fans, that was indeed Carrie "Princess Leia" Fisher on this week's 30 Rock. And yes, that was an homage to your favourite movie near the end, when she looked into the camera and begged, "Help me, Liz Lemon! You're my only hope!" (Where's Obiwan when you need him?)
Fisher was good as Rosemary, an over-50 has-been from the Laugh-In era of comedy writers who Liz idolized as a girl ("It's funny.. because it's true!"). Of course, yet another idol turns out to have feet of clay, but not before Liz recognizes her own future staring her in the face if she doesn't make some changes, starting with "doing that thing that rich people do that turns money... into more money!"
"Never go with a hippie to a second location", "You make enough money, you can pay people to look at you naked" and "Are you an... immigrant?" were just a few of the Jack Donaghy gems this week. Liz revealed that her life savings currently amount to $12,000 in a chequing account, along with her intention to "get one of those" 401K plans someday. Oh, and the writers took merciless aim at Michael Vick's dog-fighting infamy.
30 Rock continues to bring tears of laughter to my eyes for one brief half hour every week. But at least I have that!
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I was worried about this show for the first half of last year, but the writing really picked up, and so did their confidence level (as evidenced by Tina Fey's improved performances). I thought they did a great job with Carrie Fisher, keeping the Star Wars gag to one bit and letting her be way crazy. Great review. I liked it much better than Cats. I'll read it again and again.
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