As the cast and crew of TGS with Tracy Jordan returns for a new season, Liz is excited to see Jack again. However, her excitement quickly fades as Jack insists that Liz is still not over Floyd. Meanwhile, Jerry Seinfeld shows up at Jack's office in an upset mood after Jack announces his newest plan. Finally, Kenneth becomes Tracy's office wife when Tracy separates from his wife and Jenna returns to set a whole lot heavier now that she has been involved in Mystic Pizza: The Musical!.
64 jokes in 23 minutes: 30 Rock hits velocity peak with absurdist escalations.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Tina Fey
WAR
78.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Seinfeldvision” ranks #43 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.5 — Elite. The episode packs 64 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 7.4 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
Jack: Lemon, women your age are more likely to be mauled at the zoo than get married.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy · Jerry: Remember that night we had a three-way with elayne boosler? I don't think that was me. Oh, yeah. You know what? I think that was a mirror.
Liz: I'm gonna get the wedding dress, and then I'm gonna have a baby, and then I'm gonna die, and then I'm gonna meet a super-cute guy in heaven.
Liz Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack: Number one--kill seinfeld. Number two--kill seinfeld, then kill myself. Number three--kill seinfeld, flee to svenborgia, then kill myself.
Jack Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy · Liz: So you know I like to minister to transvestite prostitutes. I don't think I did know that, no.
All Jokes — 64 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jack: 25 super-hot moms, 50 eighth grade boys, no rules.
Jack Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack: That doesn't mean she's not a wonderful, caring milf.
Jack Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack: So my old tech guys were able to digitally capture seinfeld, and now we can basically make him do or say whatever we want.
Jack Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jerry (digital): Seinfeldvision montage with Jerry saying 'Yah! That's what I said' and 'I'll take that deal!'
Jack: Jerry's in europe with his family right now. But by the time he gets back, seinfeldvision will be a monster hit, and his kids'll go to school, and their friends'll say i really loved your dad in that episode of medium last night, and he'S... he's gonna love it.
Liz: I started a quilt. I did yoga twice a week. I wore flip-flops in public.
Liz Character Comedy Escalation Jack: If there's two things i'm certain of, one is you will never finish that quilt
Jack Callback Character Comedy Callback Jack: Lemon, women your age are more likely to be mauled at the zoo than get married.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: Put floyd's name on that quilt.
Jack Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: Yo, ken, I'm gon use this whole kitchen area as my bathroom. Spread the word.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: She froze my credit and she got custody of grizz.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy · Liz: So you know I like to minister to transvestite prostitutes. I don't think I did know that, no.
Kenneth: He doesn't mess with 'em. He just tries to get 'em into computer school.
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: You can be a freaky deeky and do data entry. What about court reporting? Believe in yourself.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: they confused 'shim' with mrs. Jordan, yes, ma'am. And they think she looks better here than she did at the 2004 grammys.
Tracy: And they think she looks better here than she did at the 2004 grammys.
Tracy Character Comedy Escalation Kenneth · Liz: So he's, like, my office wife? Sure. Let's go with that.
Tracy · Kenneth: Kenneth parcell, will you take this ring... and sell it in the jewish part of midtown, and use the money to get us a nintendo wii? Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes!
Jenna: when life keeps handing you anchovies just cover them up with some extra cheese and make a pizza
Jenna Absurdist Character Comedy Jenna: 'cause my play was amazing. There is nothing like the thrill of doing a live show on broadway.
Jenna Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jenna · Liz: Liz, I had to eat four slices of pizza on stage, each performance... jenna, that's 32 pieces of pizza a week! No, that can't be right.
Jenna: it's like I flipped the eating switch, and I can't flip it back.
Jenna Character Comedy Absurdist Jenna: oh it's worse from behind
Jenna Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Jack: She need to lose thirty pounds or gain sixty. anything between it, not place in television
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pete: Yowza!! Oh! hey Mrs Michelin, I love your ty
Pete Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Liz · Writers: Floyd the black guy. okay, you don't care. i don't care either... so great
Tracy: Angie kept my sharp image white noise aroma therapy machine
Tracy Character Comedy Absurdist Kenneth: I went with you to your black vampire movie. But I guess I'll just tell my friends that you have a migraine.
Kenneth Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jerry: I got a bone to pick with that guy. I don't know which bone i'm gonna pick, but he's got some bones, and I'm gonna pick one.
Jerry Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz · Cerie: This veil costs more than my couch. Is that comedy, or do you really have a $300 couch? Both.
Store clerk: This is my husband, saul rosenbear, and this is his son richard from a previous marriage. And then he cheated on me with a lamb.
Liz: This is my husnd, saul rosenbear, and this is his son richard from a previous marriage. And then he cheated on me with a lamb.
Liz Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jonathan: He looks the way you did when I tried to hold your hand on the jet.
Jonathan Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Store clerk: If I cover my good eye, you look just like courtney cox.
Cerie: Oh, no. Aris would kill me if I ever bought a dress on sale. I can'T.
Cerie Character Comedy Absurdist Liz · Jerry: Still talking? oh, no, no, no, no. I haven't talked to him since--whew! August...9th? 4:17 P.M.? It's not over.
Jerry: No, it's not over till you pick up the phone, you say, 'I don't love you anymore, ' they say, 'I don't love you anymore either.' You go, 'great, I'll pick you up in 20. Let's grab a scone.'
Jerry Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: I need you to go to my house and pretend you're doing a survey for the ranford group. And then ask my wife if she's sleeping with D.L. Hughley!
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy · Jerry: Remember that night we had a three-way with elayne boosler? I don't think that was me. Oh, yeah. You know what? I think that was a mirror.
Liz · Woman · Tracy: I am conducting a survey for the ranford group. And, uh...how old are you? And your weight? And when was the last time you had intercourse? Who is this? Who are you? I'm your worst nightmare, is who I is!
Jerry · Jack: Svenborgia? No. Better. But I can't tell you.
Jack: Jerry, don't be difficult. The fact of the matter is that seinfeldvision is perfectly legal, and there's nothing you can do to stop us.
Jack Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jerry: How 'bout I buy nbc and turn it into the biggest lane bryant in midtown?
Jerry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: You're gonna buy nbc, like you've got $4 million just laying around...
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack · Jerry: Remember, st. Barts, I saved your life from that shark? All right, jack. I'll come back. But I still think you shot a dolphin.
Store clerk: a lot of women buy their perfect dress when they see it, and then just trust the fact that the husband will come.
Liz: I'm gonna get the wedding dress, and then I'm gonna have a baby, and then I'm gonna die, and then I'm gonna meet a super-cute guy in heaven.
Liz Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack: Number one--kill seinfeld. Number two--kill seinfeld, then kill myself. Number three--kill seinfeld, flee to svenborgia, then kill myself.
Jack Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: you seduce seinfeld. Now, why is me seducing seinfeld all the way at 70?
Jack Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: I picked out all these throw pillows for in here, and you didn't even notice!
Kenneth Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Jenna: How did I lose 25 pounds in one day? I didn'T. It's visual trickery. Drawing the eye up.
Jenna Character Comedy Visual Gag Liz: I just bought a dress. Because, you know, I don't need society's permission to buy a white dress. In korea, they wear white to funerals.
Liz Character Comedy Escalation Liz: That, if need be, I will marry myself.
Liz Character Comedy Absurdist Liz: Yeah, chocolate rain, maybe I am.
Liz · Jerry: What is the deal with my life? Are you imitating me? No! This is what i sound like when I cry!
Liz Jerry Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jerry · Liz: I think I'm a little insulted! You're insulted?!
Jerry Liz Escalation Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jack: God--oh, god, jerry! I got nothing! You've got to do this for me, please! Oh, god, I've already sold the ad time!
Jack Character Comedy Escalation Jerry · Jack: Roker in a bee costume. Grenyarnia.
Jerry Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: Oh, no! Did a korean person die?
Tracy Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: I know what me and kenneth have looks perfect on the outside, but it's work, damn it. It's work.
Tracy Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: Lemon, don't ever say you're just you. Because you are better than you.
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Liz · Jack: I look pretty, though, right? Don't push it, lemon.
Liz Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement 