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Blind Date

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Wednesday October 25, 2006    Prod Code: 104
Jack sets Liz up on a blind date with his friend, Thomas. While Liz is busy preparing for the date, Jack infiltrates the writers' weekly poker game.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: John Riggi
Director: Adam Bernstein
Star: Tina Fey (Liz Lemon),  Judah Friedlander (Frank Rossitano),  Tracy Morgan (Tracy Jordan),  Scott Adsit (Pete Hornberger),  Jack McBrayer (Kenneth Parcell),  Alec Baldwin (Jack Donaghy)
Recurring Role: John Lutz (J.D. Lutz),  Kevin Brown (Dotcom),  Katrina Bowden (Cerie Xerox),  Keith Powell (James "Toofer" Spurlock),  Lonny Ross (Josh Girard),  Maulik Pancholy (Jonathan),  Teddy Coluca (Stage Manager),  Grizz Chapman (Grizz)
Guest Star: Stephanie March (Gretchen Thomas),  Mark Konrad (Dentist),  David Rankin (Young Dave),  Sondra James (Woman),  Elisabeth Furtado (Gym Teacher),  Brett Baer (Guy at Bar),  Rich Brevard (Big Rich)

Notes

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Though credited, Jane Krakowski does not appear in this episode. (edit)
This episode aired on Tuesday, October 24th in Canada on CTV. (edit)

Quotes

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Liz: Who's gonna go with me to cooking class next weekend?
Guy At Bar: Well, if by "cooking class" you mean 'your bed,' and by "next weekend" you mean 'tonight'...
Liz: Oh, shut up. I can see your wedding ring. (sotto voce) Idiot. (edit)
Liz: Even though I am... not into the sex stuff, if it helps you, I would let you... do stuff to me.
Gretchen: I can't be around you anymore. Bye, Liz.
Liz: That's funny. That's what the guys always say. (edit)
Liz: If I'm gonna be with someone, it has to be a guy.
Gretchen: You sound pretty sure about that.
Liz: What can I say, I love a bald spot and a hairy back.
Gretchen: You're alone there. (edit)
Frank: (about Kenneth) He's awesome. You can't read his thoughts because he doesn't have any. (edit)
Liz: So what are you saying, Pete? I should just be a lesbian?
Pete: Well, I'm not saying it'll be easy. You know, get drunk first. (edit)

Trivia

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It is revealed in this episode that Kenneth's middle name is Ellen. (edit)
Jack says that Kenneth's "Myers-Briggs psychological testing shows a rare combination of extroverted, intuitive and aggressive." The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality questionnaire designed to assign the test-taker one of 16 personality types. However, "aggressive" is not a category in the test. (edit)
Frank wears three different trucker hats that read "Extra Sausage," "Joystick Master," and "Double Cheese." (edit)

Allusions

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Jack: Little Kenneth Ellen Parcell from Stone Mountain, Georgia. Growing up in your mama's tract house, dreaming of working on a TV show, dreaming of making it all the way to the N-B-C. You come a long way, haven't you, Kenneth Ellen, with your cheap loafers and your page jacket. But you'll always be a pig farmer's son, boy, cuz I smell fried baloney all over you.

Jack's speech is a parody of Anthony Hopkins' monologue as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs, in which Lecter coldly dissects the humble beginnings of Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster). (edit)
Tracy: Okay, Rain Man. Tell me what I got.

Rain Man is a 1988 film about the relationship between a man and his idiot-savant brother, who at one point uses his amazing memory to count cards and win money at a Las Vegas blackjack table. (edit)
Pete: There was the tall, gangly, red haired guy who played guitar all the time.
Liz: Conan
This is reference to Conan O'Brien who hosts the NBC show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The description fits Conan's physical appearance and he is seen playing the guitar many times on his show. (edit)
Liz: We're just friends, like Oprah and Gail.

Liz compares her friendship with Gretchen to talk-show host Oprah Winfrey's friendship with her best friend Gail. Recently rumors have been spread that Oprah and Gail might be lesbians, but both women shot them down. (edit)
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Community Reviews (12)

 
8.7
Great
Blind Date
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Great episode, Liz on a date, Jack in a poker game
Continue » Posted Nov 28, 2007 9:42 pm PST
9.0
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Blind Date
"Another great installment"
Really funny LMAO
Continue » Posted Oct 31, 2007 12:54 pm PST
8.5
Great
Blind Date
"Exactly why I watch this series"
This was the best episode of 30 Rock today, as it brings constant laughs at the expense of Lemon and Kennith.
Continue » Posted Jun 10, 2007 10:44 pm PST
9.5
Superb
Blind Date
"Well written"
Why I keep watching to this? Because of this episode!
Continue » Posted Mar 16, 2007 9:21 pm PST

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Blind Date
"Another great installment"
This episode was so freakin' hilarious!
Continue » Posted Jan 8, 2007 5:35 pm PST
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