Don Geiss, America and Hope

Season 4, Episode 15, Aired
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Jack needs to reestablish himself within the new corporate structure. Liz and Wesley continually run into each other, making them consider fate's role in their lives. Tracy's nanny writes an exposé.
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  • Finally, a good 30 Rock.

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    By thefanof, Apr 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    30 Rock has been pretty stagnant this season, but this episode single handedly restored my faith in this show and proved why this is the best comedy on TV. The "if you blink you miss it" jokes were there with too many to count (Jenna eating the pig from Babe, the LA representatives using LegoLand as proof their city is good) and Tracy was absolutely hilarious in a funny parody of the Tiger Woods situation (as opposed to what South Park did last night.)

    Even Wesley was pretty funny tonight. I'm glad he will be returning in May. Just a brilliant, hilarious episode tonight and probably my favorite episode of TV this week.moreless

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  • Part comedy gold, part lazy stereotypes.

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    By Spoontown, Apr 19, 2010 Report Abuse
    Video pod, foot cycle? Show me an English person that uses words like that and I'll eat my socks. Just the height of laziness, English people are often stereotyped as eccentric, let's make up some ridiculous sounding words and claim that's how they speak, after all no one will complain. We must be the last group of people that writers can be so lazy with and not be accused of racism.

    Michael Sheen is normally brilliant, but he sounded like an English person that has lived in Wales and started to pick up the accent, probably something that most viewers in America won't pick up on. The actor is Welsh and obviously thought 'no one will notice so I won't try to nail the accent'. Again, laziness and from a fine actor that actually knows the difference between a Welsh person and an English person.

    Aside from these gripes, the rest of the episode was great, but that is even sadder, they worked to make this episode work well but couldn't be bothered to portray us as we actually are.

    In summary, Don Geiss frozen like Han Solo/porn for women, both brilliant, claiming that I and 50 odd million other people would call a video camera a video pod just dumb.moreless

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    • The movie Hot Tub Time Machine, which Liz buys a ticket for, wasn't actually released until eight days after the episode aired. Edit
    • Frank's trucker hats read "Under the Bottom" and "All the Way". Edit

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    • The German episode title is "Die neue Geschäftsidee", meaning "New Business Concept". Edit
    • International Airdates: Australia: May 16, 2010 on Channel 7; Latin America: May 13, 2010 on Sony Entertainment Telelvision (a.k.a. Canal Sony); United Kingdom: June 7, 2010 on Comedy Central Edit
    • Though credited, Scott Adsit, Katrina Bowden, and Keith Powell do not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Jack: I thought I'd work at GE forever, but my future opportunities at the company died with Don Geiss. I have to accept that and move on to this exciting new challenge. Kenneth: A friend of mine has been worried they will be bringing in new page rules: like age limits... and age verification— Jack: (ignoring Kenneth) Truth be told, I haven't learned a lot about Kabletown. It's a whole different business model. Kenneth: (excitedly) My cousin in Atlanta is a business model. She holds up staplers in catalogs. Edit
    • Jack: [Don] built GE into the greatest company on Earth and the Earth into one of the top three planets in the universe! Edit
    • Liz: 'Settling soul mates'? That is grim... and I've played Monopoly alone! Edit

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    • Don Geiss' state of "cryogenic freezing" at his funeral is a mimicry of Han Solo's freezing in carbonite in Irvin Kershner's 1980 film, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Edit

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