Sick of New York and frustrated with his career, Floyd contemplates a move to the Midwest and asks Liz if she's consider leaving TGS behind. Jack rushes to Paris (and soon, the altar) with Christie's auctioneer Phoebe while Tracy works furiously on financing his latest career move, dubbed the "Tracy Jordan Comeback."
Absurdist wordplay fuels 82-point finale with 44 jokes in relentless 22-minute sprint.
Directed by Paul Feig · Written by Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock
WAR
49.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Cleveland” ranks #100 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.6 — Elite. The episode packs 44 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Jack landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tracy: Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey are the chief majors. But Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, and Gordon from Sesame Street, they're members too.
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: It's gonna be at least $30 million with all the Claymation sex scenes in it.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: And they meet four times a year in the skull of the Statue of Liberty.
Tracy: I'm gonna have so much money, my grandkids are gonna play lacrosse.
Tracy Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jack: For God sakes, Lemon, we'd all like to flee to the Cleve.
Jack Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 44 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Floyd: Like 'get away with murdering my first wife' kind of dough.
Floyd Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: You could get that third humidifier you always dreamed about.
Liz Character Comedy Observational Landlord: My son Ahmed will keep his motorcycles here.
Phoebe: I have hollow bones. Like a bird.
Phoebe Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Phoebe: We've just won the auction rights to a fantastic collection of Chinese erotica.
Phoebe Character Comedy Absurdist Jack: And now he's a post-op transgender.
Jack: It's...made of gold.
Jack Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Tracy: It's gonna be at least $30 million with all the Claymation sex scenes in it.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: I'm gonna have so much money, my grandkids are gonna play lacrosse.
Tracy Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Kenneth: You're never gonna lose a job to a guy named Garkel.
Garkel: Did someone say my name?
Floyd: Well-played, Garkel.
Floyd Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Liz: No, I like Elmer Fudd. Kill da wabbit
Liz: Just a...whirl of wind.
Liz Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Liz: I would have a three-way with two Jacks.
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Jenna: I'm Samantha, you're Charlotte, and you're the lady at home who watches it.
Jenna Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Oh, Tracy, you can't use any of my songs.
Tracy: The Black Crusaders.
Liz: If I was gonna spend $600 to have my boobs pinched, I would have gone to that fundraiser at the Clintons' house.
Floyd: Yeah, you gotta talk to your landlord about that rat race.
Floyd: That is also a place.
Floyd Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Liz: That is also a place.
Liz Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Woman: Oh, there is nothing like New York in the spring! It's--oh!
Woman Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm Liz Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Tracy: Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey are the chief majors. But Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, and Gordon from Sesame Street, they're members too.
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: And they meet four times a year in the skull of the Statue of Liberty.
Tracy: They tanked 50 Cent's movie. They blew out Terrell Owens' ankle. And they canceled Eddie Murphy's Oscar, 'cause he, uh, ran out on Scary Spice.
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch TV: Tracy Jordan, the Black Crusaders are coming for you.
Jack: I haven't been above 72nd Street in over a decade.
Jack Character Comedy Observational Jack Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Tracy: It's an anagram for 'Outlaw Sour Tray.'
Tracy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy · Floyd: They want me to disappear like Coolio. Coolio is around!
Background singers: Cleveland tourism jingle
Cleveland woman: Oh, you are so skinny. You really should eat something.
Cleveland singers: Tracy Jordan, you've gotta get away
Cleveland TV Executive: We need a host for a new cooking show on WKYC.
Jack: For God sakes, Lemon, we'd all like to flee to the Cleve.
Jack Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Jack: For God sakes, Lemon, we'd all like to flee to the Cleve. And club up down at the Flats and have lunch with Little Richard.
Jack Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: Yeah, we're all models west of the Allegheny.
Jack Observational ★ Rewatch Phoebe: Well, I'm Jack's Yoko.
Phoebe · Liz: What happened to your accent? Um... I don't know what you're on about. You...daft wanker.
Floyd: Liz... I took that job.
Jack: Lemon, Phoebe was right. You are infatuated with me.
Jack Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 