It's time for Kenneth's annual house party, but he may be the only one excited about it. The soiree has only been attended by Liz in the past, so in order to get a better turnout Tracy spreads rumors that ultimately get out of hand. Meanwhile, Jack deals with NBC's new environmentally-friendly mascot, whose new-found stardom goes to his head.
Environmental satire escalates brilliantly—65 jokes in 22 minutes sustains absurdist pace throughout.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Jon Pollack
WAR
126.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Greenzo” ranks #58 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 98.1 — Elite. The episode packs 82 scored jokes at 4.2 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.5 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: I could make up some excuse, Kenneth, but I have too much respect for you. During your party, I'll be home listening to some Schubert. And, uh, ironically, viewing some Canadian pornography.
Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Hope you're ready to party like it's 1999. Which, according to my Bible, will be in seven years.
Kenneth Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Congratulations. You were all present at Kenneth Parcell's last party ever.
Kenneth Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Tracy · Unknown: Yeah, and he's gonna perform. / And Fall Out Boy will be there too. / And there's gonna be foxy boxing! / Foxy boxing? I love foxy boxing! It combines my two favorite things: Boxing and referees!
Jared: I just wish my mom were still alive so I could rub it in her fat face.
Jared Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 82 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Cerie: I wear tiger orgasm.
Cerie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Liz: The only reason men start taking care of themselves is if they're getting someone to have sex with them. If it wasn't for that, they'd just sit at home in their own filth.
Liz Observational Character Comedy Pete: We're out of string cheese, so I think I'm gonna take off.
Pete Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: We're going green, Lemon. And do you know why? To save the earth? So we can drain the remainder of its resources.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jack · Jared: Greenzo is America's first non-judgmental, business-friendly environmental advocate. The free market will solve global warming, if that even exists.
Liz: Greenzo? Is that the first name that came to your head?
Liz Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Jared: I'm just so excited about this gig, sir... I haven't worked in a while. My last real job was an ad for Rick Lazio's New York Senate campaign.
Jared Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Jared: Hillary Clinton wants an all-homosexual army. How will that affect my family?
Jared Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jared: I just wish my mom were still alive so I could rub it in her fat face.
Jared Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: I'm always the only person who shows up.
Liz Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Tracy: Happy halloween, baby.
Tracy Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: See, people are like lemmings. Harvey lemmings, my lawyer, who never misses a party.
Tracy Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Liz: That's not a real person. You made that up.
Liz Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Jared/Greenzo: Kids, you can tell your parents to buy a G.E. front-loading washing machine to save water.
Jared/Greenzo: 'Cause if the earth's not here, where else is Greenzo gonna dance?
Jared/Greenzo: Sorry everybody, that's Meredith Viera.
Jack: They love him in every demographic. Colored people, broads, fairies, commies. Gosh, we gotta update these forms.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Wow, if you licked the envelope, you could clone him, and then you'd have two Geisses.
Liz Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Jack: Yeah, right, Lemon. I'm gonna clone Geiss, then compete with a Geiss clone for the CEO position? Think it through.
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: I could make up some excuse, Kenneth, but I have too much respect for you. During your party, I'll be home listening to some Schubert. And, uh, ironically, viewing some Canadian pornography.
Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Hope you're ready to party like it's 1999. Which, according to my Bible, will be in seven years.
Kenneth Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Pete: That is the body spray that came with my new leather jacket.
Pete Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Liz: Because you're acting all happy and full of life.
Liz Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Liz: Yeah, and you're married, remember, Pete? Your beautiful wife Paula. And your sons, Robert and Jack. And that creepy little one who's always rubbing himself against the carpet.
Liz Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: Oh great, now I smell like midlife crisis!
Liz Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jared/Greenzo: Here's a tip, Cerie. Decide what you want before you open the refrigerator. You just released enough hydrofluorocarbons to kill a penguin. This penguin.
Liz · Jared/Greenzo: You ever take off that costume? / You ever take off yours?
Cerie: Did he just talk to me like I'm ugly?
Cerie Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Tracy: Hey fellas, I heard a secret about Kenneth's party. Ken went to high school in Georgia with the rapper T.I. And boys... T.I. might show up. But listen... we can't let anyone know. Anyone!
Tracy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Grizz · Dotcom · Various: The gossip-spreading montage — a rapid-fire sequence of bleeped phone calls, text messages, and conversations spreading the T.I. rumor across New York within seconds.
Unknown celebrity/public figure: Well, Kenneth is having this really, really big party.
Celebrity caller: Yes, that's right, you heard me! T.I. is gonna be at Kenneth's party! You're my publicist. Get me in! Oh, also, could you try to kill that story about my mom being meless?
Unknown: I love T.I. Please, respect celebrity privacy.
Unknown Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Jack: Bob Logan from Texas Instruments is gonna be there? Logan must be in contention for the CEO spot as well.
Jack Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Liz · Unknown: I, uh, haven't had a chance to get to that Greenzo stuff yet. Hey, did you leave your computer on all night? Yeah, it just takes a really long time to reboot in the morning.
Jared/Greenzo: Hey, you know what else takes a long time? Building a new earth.
Jared/Greenzo: You people make me sick. You act like you care, but you do nothing. Do you even bother to compost your own feces?
Jared/Greenzo: Are you saying actors can't change the world? I guess nobody bothered to tell Sharon Stone.
Jared/Greenzo: So let's have a little less yappity yap and a little more kity clack.
Liz: You jag! I just got this, like, eight years ago.
Liz Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jared/Greenzo: Good job. Leave all the lights on for the invisible people.
Liz · Paula · Pete: Liz! / Paula? / You're cheating with your wife! Why didn't you tell me about this!
Paula: That's my fault. I get off on the sneaking around. Who knew, right?
Paula Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Paula: Why is there a pop-tart in the bed? What do you do with the pop-tart?
Paula Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy · Unknown: Yeah, and he's gonna perform. / And Fall Out Boy will be there too. / And there's gonna be foxy boxing! / Foxy boxing? I love foxy boxing! It combines my two favorite things: Boxing and referees!
Liz: You dummy, first of all, you didn't dial that cell phone. Second of all, that is your own rumor.
Liz Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Liz: Just like colonial Williamsburg.
Liz Deadpan/Understatement Observational Tracy: Kenneth, thanks for letting my cousins come to your party.
Tracy Character Comedy Visual Gag Tracy's cousin: I'm just horny to be in New York.
Jack: Well, before, when I told you I didn't wanna come to your party, I was just kidding! Isn't that a fantastic joke?
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Jack: So that's the way you wanna play this?
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jack: Sold by our company. [Jack's quiet response to Greenzo's pitch about green technology]
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Jared/Greenzo: Meredith just taught us a very important lesson, kids. It's rude to interrupt people.
Liz · Jack: Wow, is that true? / It doesn't matter if it's true. He works for that money.
Liz Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jack: I knew we should have gone with Angie Harmon.
Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Liz · Pete: So much hair. / Sorry, she likes me natural.
Liz Pete Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pete: Look, Paula and I got married our sophomore year. She was pregnant 20 minutes into the first date.
Pete Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Pete: We did it on your kitchen table. I shouldn't have told you that.
Pete Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Pete: Oh hey, could you come home early tonight? Paula wants to get caught again.
Pete Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jared/Greenzo: While you're out there destroying the earth, I'll be saving it. And history will remember me. When I die, they'll wanna put my face on money. If there were money in the future instead of just hugs.
Jack: You either get on board, or you're gonna wake up on that island with Phil Donahue and the electric car.
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jared/Greenzo: No, I've always been Greenzo. You're crazy.
Jared/Greenzo: Can you fire the wind, Jack? Can you fire a hurricane?
Jack: We're developing that technology!
Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Liz: The Harlem Globetrotters are gonna be there. The girl from Heroes is gonna take a shower. Now Jack is going to this party? This is nuts.
Liz Escalation Character Comedy Kenneth: I've called this meeting to discuss what happened last night at Kenneth's party.
Kenneth Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Kenneth: Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves. Mr. Lutz, you ate all my parakeet's medication.
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Kenneth: And thanks to you, Sonny Crockett has been having seizures all morning.
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Mr. Hornberger, I would thank you to come pick up your wife at some point.
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation Callback Kenneth: Mr. Jordan, I saw you steal my sink.
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Harlem Globetrotter... does that name mean nothing to you?
Kenneth Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Kenneth: And Ms. Lemon — I will have you know that before last night, I had never, ever seen Grizz or Dotcom cry.
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Kenneth: And Ms. Lemon. I will have you know that before last night, I had never, ever seen Grizz or Dotcom cry.
Kenneth: Congratulations. You were all present at Kenneth Parcell's last party ever.
Kenneth Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack · Al Gore: I may have gotten him here under false pretenses. / So I'm excited to see this trash-powered car of yours.
Al Gore · Jack: We met when Jack was an intern for Senator Ted Kennedy. Let me tell ya, Jack was the most liberal guy—
Jack: Al, we're with you on this whole planet thing. I mean, look at the set we built with the smiley-face earth and some green things.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jack: Yes, or... you could put on a silly hat and tell the kids how outsourcing means cheaper toys at Christmas.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jared/Greenzo: Back off, Jack! Or you'll be Greenzoed! You'll all be Greenzoed!
Al Gore: A whale is in trouble. I have to go.
Al Gore Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Al Gore Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: Oh boy, okay. This earth is ruined! We gotta get a new one.
Jack Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback 