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Sun Tea

Season 4, Episode 6, Aired Nov 19, 2009

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- Al Gore says "Recycle everything, including jokes" then says "Quiet... a whale is in trouble, I have to go!" He made exactly the same whale joke in season two's Green is Universal 30 Rock installment, "Greenzo".
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- On Tracy, Jr.'s acrostic poem for his dad, the Y says "Y is for Yakuza the Japanese mob. When he shot a movie there, from them he did rob."
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- Frank's trucker hats read "Sdrawkcab", "Shark Cop", and "First Class".
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- Dr. Spaceman: For the procedure, you can choose local or general anesthesia. I should warn you, the general anesthesia can cause powerful hallucinations, so I highly recommend it.
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- Jenna: Drama is like gay-man Gatorade. It replenishes their electrolytes.
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- Al Gore: (on reversing climate change) You know, there's an old African proverb that I made up: "If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." We need to go far, quickly.
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- Jenna: Do you remember that horrible roommate you had back in Chicago? Liz: You mean you?
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- Jack: What have children ever done for us? Kenneth: Well, they make our shoes and wallets.
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- Jack: I know this sounds ugly, but with Manhattan real estate there are no rules. It's like check-in at an Italian airport.
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- The German episode title is "Wie werde ich meinen Nachbarn los?", meaning "How Do I Get Rid of My Neighbors?".
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- Kenneth's task of reducing TGS' energy consumption by five percent was in support of NBC's latest "Green is Universal" campaign, November 15–22, 2009.
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- Just like their characters Don & Bertram Geiss, Rip & Tony Torn are father and son.
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- International Airdates: Australia: March 8, 2010 on Channel 7; Latin America: March 11, 2010 on Sony Entertainment Television (a.k.a. Canal Sony); United Kingdom: May 3, 2010 on Comedy Central; Czech Republic: May 9, 2012 on Prima COOL
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- Though credited, Scott Adsit does not appear in this episode.
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- Tina Fey and Nathan Corddry also worked together in the 2009 movie The Invention Of Lying. Alec Baldwin and Nathan also worked together in the 2007 movie Suburban Girl.
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- Kenneth quotes Masi Oka from an energy conservation pamphlet: "Conserve electricity. Don't be a zero, be a good guy." He then ponders, "Hmm, why didn't they say 'hero?' Seems like a real missed opportunity there," referring to Masi Oka's playing Hiro on Heroes.
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