Fiction Friday: 3 Jokes in 30 Rock that Just Aren't Funny Anymore

30 Rock is one of our favorite TV shows. It is zany and fun, but also one of those "it's-funny-because-it's-true" shows. Except there are now three jokes in particular that are no longer funny because they are too true.

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1. "We're all getting hot dogs!" Since NBC sucks and won't let me have a clip, you should just go right over to Netflix and watch the very first scene of the pilot of 30 Rock. It's relevant.
    Last summer, David and I went to a Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert. We got there early and everything so that we could stand in the front and really see that wonderful hot mess that is Karen O. It was awesome. Until some smelly, hippie douchbags came up and started shoving us out of the way. I yelled at one of them and he said "Hey, I'm jut trying to get closer so I can see." I said "We're all getting hot dogs!" because every single person at that concert just wanted to get closer so they could see. I ended up having a panic attack because of the smelly hippie smell and all the shoving so we ended up getting out of the fray.
    I find this principle to be true in construction zones too. I always get right over when I see there are going to be lane closure because I love America. Some jerkwad just cruises on by and then, when he is nose to nose with orange cones, says "I just want in; I'm just trying to get through construction!" "WE'RE ALL GETTING HOT DOGS!"  And then I have to yell "There's one line! You think we are all in line over here and you are the only genius who figured out there's two lines? DON'T LINE UP BEHIND HIM!!"
   This joke is too true. Everyone is the worst and everyone "just" wants their hotdog.
2. Dr. Spaceman is one of my favorite characters on the show. He's ridiculous and amazing. His most oft quoted line here in the Payne home is "Medicine is not a science." Which is a ridiculous line. Medicine is totally science right? Well, no. I have multiple blood clots in my lungs and they are tremendously painful making life pretty difficult with a tiny Hakon and an impending move. For the past two months, I have gone to my doctor's office at least twice a week to get my finger poked to get my rate of clotting checked. It makes no sense; on 20 mg of medicine I have a normal rate, but on 10, it's too high. At the emergency room, the doctors told me to take ibuprofen for the pain; at my doctor's office, my doc said "No, that will kill you." Because medicine is not a science. 
3. Okay. Here's the situation.
   Liz Lemon: You want the truth, Kenneth, you want the truth?
   Kenneth Parcell: I can't handle the truth!
   Liz Lemon: There is an adult picture of me on that phone.
   Kenneth Parcell: Adult? You mean like you're driving a car or wearing a suit?
   Liz Lemon: It's a boobies picture, Kenneth, and I only kept it because for once they were both pointing in the same direction. (emphasis added)
   Two words: Nursing. Nipples. Not funny, Tina Fey, not funny. In case you don't know who Liz and Kenneth are, please enjoy this gif.