Blerg! A 30 Rock Podcast

Jack finally gets the job he’s been waiting for - at least Don Geiss (Rip Torn) says he does. But a determinedly-not-gay Devon Banks (Will Arnett) and his flower-eating fiancée Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot) show up to thwart his plan. Meanwhile, Jack introduces Liz to the intoxicating GE corporate world and Tracy manifests a porn/video game legacy his children can be proud of. Original airdate: Ap...

Liz is surprised by an old flame when Jack tells her Dennis Duffy should be a guest on TGS and by the sodium content of her Sabor de Soledad snacks. Neither is enough to shock her out of eating, so she keeps munching the chips and takes Dennis out to dinner. Meanwhile, Jack is lost without a cool Republican celebrity to take to the McCain dinner and Jenna is the voice of morality.  Original a...

Everyone at 30 Rock is focused on one thing: the finale of MILF Island. Or they would be if someone hadn’t called Jack a moron on Page 6, launching a full investigation with the threat of termination. We’ll find out who did it, and who won MILF Island, but we’ll never find out why Pete wanted a SoyJoy bar that badly. Original airdate: April 10, 2008 Like and subscribe @blergpodcast and @takespod w...

Alternate title: “11:45 Train to Georgia” As the 2007 writer’s strike brings a hiatus to Season 2 of 30 Rock, our friends are on the move! Kenneth gets caffeinated, launching his manic energy around the studio until he decides to take a midnight train to Georgia. Jack and C.C. (Edie Falco) are spending time in Hockassin, Pennsylvania in an ultimately futile attempt to make their DC/NYC relationshi...

It’s the holiday season at 30 Rock and the crew is ready to celebrate Ludachristmas - until Kenneth decides they all need to learn the spirit of season and turns the party into a puppet lesson with Reverend Gary. But the real fun is at dinner with the Lemons where Jack’s mother Colleen is determined to prove that Liz’s loving and supportive family is an easily cracked illusion. Guest starring Buck...

Liz’s head is spinning as she tries to manage all the monsters she’s created - and no, she’s not happy. She’s focused on making both Jenna and Tracy feel acknowledged by the world but also has mediate Frank and Toofer’s growing rivalry and attend an awkward dinner with C.C. (Edie Falco) and Jack with Kenneth as her date and board game partner. Luckily, James Carville (the real one) sweeps through...

Despite trying to live out her meatball sub and reality tv fantasy, Liz finds herself being wooed by a cute and much younger man (Val Emmich). Jack’s very supportive, Liz is not so sure and Jenna and Frank are competitive and jealous. Tracy “volunteers” to help a youth baseball team from Knuckle Beach until Jack decides he and Kenneth have the more appropriately Churchillian chops and kick Tracy o...

Jack accidentally falls for a liberal congresswoman (Edie Falco) who just so happens to be trying destroy him, NBC and Sheinhardt Wig Company and Tracy becomes determined to help Jack pursue his star-crossed love. Meanwhile Kenneth goes to great lengths to earn enough money to buy Jack pants and Liz becomes obsessed with the idea that her neighbor (Fred Armisen) is a terrorist in a classic cringe-...

This episode is a lesson in friendship, humility, corporate responsibility and the dangers of lying to get out of something you don’t want to do. Jack tries to create a business-friendly environmental mascot but instead empowers a rude, arrogant eco-warrior out to destroy GE (both played by David Schwimmer). Liz doesn’t want to go to Kenneth’s party so she and Tracy accidentally make it his worst/...

Liz flirts with rebellion after receiving an award from GE for being such a brand-loyal follower; but just a few minutes in the home of her idol Rosemary Howard (Carrie Fisher) sets her back on the straight and narrow. Meanwhile, Tracy finds himself in the cutest dog fight ever and Jenna preps Kenneth for a gruesome “page off” against head page Donny (Paul Scheer).  Original airdate: October...

Jack prepares to be CEO of GE by hiring a private investigator (Steve Buscemi) to dig into his past and accidentally gets caught with his hand in several hundred cookie jars. Kenneth takes on the assignment to keep Jenna fat and Liz teams up with Angie (Sherri Shepherd) to try and keep Tracy in line. Original airdate: October 18, 2007 @blergpodcast on social  www.takespod.com/blerg  Subs...

Despite his heart and Devon Banks' best efforts, Jack gets in the game and tried to show himself as a viable successor to Don Geiss as CEO of GE. Tracy and Angie are still estranged and Kenneth does his best to bring them back together and Jenna is really leaning into the popularity from her weight gain.  Original airdate: October 11, 2007  www.takespod/blerg @blergpodcast 

Back from a productive summer, Jack and Liz have high hopes that crash quickly. Jack thinks digitally inserting Jerry Seinfeld into every NBC show is a great idea and Liz decides to invest in a $4000 ham napkin- I mean, wedding dress just weeks after she and Floyd have officially called it quits. Tracy and Kenneth strike up an office romance of sorts and Jenna plays with fat jokes that mostly don'...

Season one leaves on a high note! Tracy manages to escape a miserable situation with Kenneth's cousin Jesse (Sean Hayes), Jack's mother Colleen (Elaine Stritch) makes her first fantastic appearance, and Jack ditches his delicate (and probably gold-digging) fiancé (Emily Mortimer).  Original airdate: April 26, 2007 @blergpodcast www.takespod.com/blerg Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review...

New York is getting overwhelming - Floyd doesn’t get the promotion he was hoping for, Liz is still very freaked out by Jack and Phoebe’s relationship, and Tracy is being targeted by the Cosby-led Black Crusaders. So where do they flee? To the Cleve, of course! Original airdate: April 19, 2007 @blergpodcast www.takespod.com/blerg  Please subscribe, rate and review! 

Jack’s gloomy post-fireworks demeanor begins to lighten when he takes up with the birdlike and breakable Phoebe from Christie’s (played exquisitely by Emily Mortimer) but not before first falling hard for Liz’s flower guy, now Floydster. Liz keeps Floyd in her bed with Uno and tissue-filled pajamas…which seems to somehow be working…and Tracy tries to make a Thomas Jefferson movie against all odds....

In this incendiary episode, Jack faces off against new nemesis Devon Banks (played by Will Arnett), Liz travels a bumpy and ethically dubious path to date flower guy Floyd (Jason Sudeikis) and Tracy gets shocking news about his presidential lineage. Original airdate: April 5, 2007  www.takespod.com/blerg @blergpodcast  Please rate, review and subscribe! 

Every iteration of the surname Donaghy is brought to life in this family-centric romp. Jack's brother Eddie (known Disney felon played by Nathan Lane) comes to town to "reconnect" with Jack because their dad has recently "died." The truth of Eddie's visit eventually comes to light, but not before the whole Donaghy clan comes to town with whiskey and fisticuffs in tow. Meanwhile, Tracy seeks religi...

The Source Awards are the source of a lot of discomfort and convoluted drama, but we’ll get to that in the podcast. The episode also features peak Kenneth sass and peak Kenneth manatee/mento wisdom, Tracy doing a stunning, scone-filled turn as Oprah and  handsome and hilarious guest stars: LL Cool J and Wayne Brady. Original airdate: March 1, 2007 *Zoolander may be better without swears and s...

Jack is eager to play hard ball with Josh over his new contract, but Liz has to get burnt a couple of times before she is really ready to crush her former friend. Meanwhile, Jenna accidentally expresses anti-troop sentiment in a Maxim interview only to make it exponentially worse in her subsequent televised apologies and Kenneth’s harmonious start as a member of Tracy’s entourage quickly takes a t...

In this episode we go on Liz's rollercoaster of reactions to being called "the worst thing you can call a woman" by Lutz. She seethes, she attempts to appease with cupcakes and super balls, and finally she projects her femininity and her power like the true Sugarbaker woman that she is. We also see Jack fawn over GE CEO Don Geiss, both in person and in the portrait of him he painted last night, an...

A long night in the city that never sleeps - and it's Valentine's day. Jack celebrates his divorce from Bianca (Isabella Rossellini), Tracy and Angie (Yay Sherri Shepherd!) keep the romance alive and Liz gets someone else's flowers and chocolate - doesn't mean she won't eat 'em. (Also, welcome to the stage Jason Sudeikis!).  Original airdate: February 8, 2007 www.takespod.com/blerg @blergpodc...

It’s after 6 and we’re not farmers so it is time to get formal. For the 25th birthday day of Prince Gerhardt (Paul Reubens) of the persistently incestuous Hapsburg line, Jack invites Liz to get dolled up. It’s definitely not a date, but that’s not what Liz tells Jack’s insanely beautiful and jealous ex-wife (Isabella Rossellini). If only she had, she may have kept her hair… And Jenna also sneaks h...

Liz is a Head! In the worst way, unfortunately. While Liz tackles complex and pretentious dating scenarios, Jenna attempts to be a Head, Jack attempts to be a page and Toofer and Frank attempt to write a Tracy Jordan autobiography in one day.   Original airdate: January 18, 2007 @blergpodcast @takespod www.takespod.com/blerg

It’s the Rural Juror! The perplexingly titled movie starring Jenna and based on the book by none other than John Grisham’s brother Kevin. The writers go to great lengths to learn the name of the movie and Liz barely tries to pretend she likes it. Also featuring the end of bread and the rise of the Tracy Jordan Meat Machine! Original airdate: January 11, 2007 @blergpodcast  @takespod  www...