Greenzo

Season 2, Episode 5, Aired
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Jack deals with NBC's new environmentally-friendly mascot, whose newfound stardom goes to his head. Meanwhile, it's time for Kenneth's annual house party—it's only been attended by Liz in the past, so in order to get a better turnout Tracy spreads rumors that ultimately get out of hand.moreless
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  • "Greenzo out!" funniest line ever!

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    By colten97, Mar 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    In honor of NBC's Green Week, this episode was both environmentally conscious and a scathing satire of liberal environmentalist self-righteousness.

    In a desperate bid to suck up to Earth-huggers in a pro-capitalist, free-market friendly way, Jack Donaghy hired a struggling actor played by David Schwimmer to portray "Greenzo," a tree-hugging do-gooder in green designed to win hearts and minds while fattening NBC's pockets. Best of all, Donaghy breathlessly announces that Greenzo scores well with "colored people, broads, and fairies!". But it isn't long before Greenzo and the clueless thespian portraying him go mad with a very modest amount of power. I'll probably never write this ever again, but Schwimmer was hilarious in a role that simultaneously spoofed both do-gooder excess and actorly hubris.

    In the b-story, Kenneth the Page's party plans begin to spiral out of control once rumors begin to spread that T.I., Fall Out Boy, and foxy boxing will all be involved. The C-story, as usual, was less inspired, but brief and finally gave Pete something to do this season. Also, I could be mistaken but I think that was Paula Pell, veteran SNL writer, as Pete's wife, who apparently does some sinful, sinful things with a pop tart.

    The climax of this show was an elliptical flashback to Kenneth's party, which apparently found Gris and Liz Lemon finally hooking up. Also, Gris or Dot.com cried. All in all it was a classic 30 Rock episode, studded with great lines and wall-to-wall hilarity.moreless

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  • Greenzo

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    By thefanof, May 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    I may not have been a fan of a fan of David Schwimmer on Friends, but his work on Curb Your Enthusiasm and his guest appearance on 30 Rock here was excellent (although I was not crazy about his serious turn on Band of Brothers.)

    30 Rock may have overused the guest star aspect, almost to the point that one would call it stuntcasting, but the Al Gore cameo here was nothing short of genius, and it was so brilliant that he would later return to play same exaggerated version of himself that could hear whale cries. Who else, but maybe Family Guy, could make Gore so funny?moreless

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  • Schwimmer guest umm 'stars' as what is supposed to be a 'green' corporate symbol and Kenneth throws an unfunny party. Only slighly clever bit was the pop-tart joke at the beginning.moreless

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    By jeffneffplastic, Apr 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    I don't normally write reviews, but I trudged through the sign up procedure just to make my point. This episode is a show-wrecker. So far, 30 rock has been pretty consistent - but this time they pandered for the low IQ laughs through the whole show - so now I know the depths they'll go to when they run out of material.

    Schwimmer was awful. He was worse than awful but I can't think of a word to describe it. His timing was terrible, the character was unfunny - and the whole Al Gore thing seemed forced and I'm sure everyone involved wondered why they bothered at the end of it. The 'b' storyline about Kenneth's party was not quite as painful but you could tell they wrote the lines for the show the night before.

    The whole thing was a poor effort and the fact that the show has been great recently made it all the more painful to watch. Shame on you - the writers, the actors, the producers - you >know< you messed up with this one.moreless

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  • NBC's Green Week continues with a funny, but informative, 30 ROCK.

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    By tvownsLEXIE, Feb 04, 2008 Report Abuse
    Funny, but informative. How else could you describe it? I knew I would love this episode before the first five minutes were over, and that's because of Kenneth's lame parties. Kenneth is soooo funny, and Greenzo fit right it. But why would he have a picture of a penguin to whip out for people to see when they're at the frig. Plus I loved when Jenna was barefoot because she thought that it was in. That's one of the reasons why 30ROCK is so amazing, the subtle little bits of humor that are thrown in, most of them I didn't catch the first time I saw it. Overall, Greenzo is a great episode of this great show. GO EARTH!moreless

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  • A bit late but still NBC lost it with "GreenWeek"

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    By Water78, Dec 06, 2007 Report Abuse
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    Sorry for writing this review almost weeks after it aired. But school came a knocking. Ok in this episode. Jack hires a guy{David} to worn about global warming. So he can kill in the ratings.The character is soon called Greenzo. After getting to much into the whole save the earth thing Greenzo goes crazy and starts to make things worse by insulting people. In the end Jack gets Al Gore to come on to replace Greenzo but he refuses and runs off to save a whale... Other....Kenneth is having is annual party. Which usually are so horrible only Liz will show up. So liz gets Tracy to tell people the party will be exciting. But soon after Tracy tells and lies about the party the thing gets out of hand in the party which was the funnniest thing i had seen since Jack did his Tracy father thing. All in all the party and the green gone mad thing totally made this a great episode. One thing the brought points off was David SWimmers carrer is probably finished.moreless

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    • The trucker hats Frank wears in this episode read "And" and "Half Centaur." Edit

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    • The German episode title is "Greenzo, der Erdenretter", meaning "Greenzo, Savior of the Earth". The French title is "Tous au vert", meaning "Everything in Green". The Italian title is "Mia moglie per amante", meaning "My Wife for a Lover". The Spanish title is "Verdizo", meaning "Greenish". Edit
    • Meredith Vieira also worked with Alec Baldwin in the 2008 movie, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Edit
    • David Schwimmer also worked with Alec Baldwin in the movie Madagascar, and the episodes "The One With The Tea Leaves" and "The One In Massapequa" of Friends. Edit

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    • Greenzo: Hey, did you leave your computer on all night? Liz: Yeah, it just takes a really long time to reboot in the morning. Greenzo: Huh. Hey, you know what else takes a long time? Building a new Earth! Edit
    • Liz: (the smiling Earth prop falls and bursts into flames) Oh, boy. Okay, this Earth is ruined. We gotta get a new one. Edit
    • Greenzo: I've always been Greenzo. Jack: No, you're crazy. And you're fired. Greenzo: Oh, really. Can you fire the wind, Jack? Can you fire a hurricane? Jack: We're developing that technology. Edit

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    • Al Gore: If your network is so committed about the environment, why don't you start by having an entire week with nothing but environmental themes on all your programs. Al Gore is referring to Green Week, which occurred from November 4 to November 10, 2007. Every NBC show had a green message during this week. Edit

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