Liz heads to Chicago to get out of jury duty and on her flight back to New York she is assigned a seat next to Oprah. Liz seizes the opportunity to ask Oprah for advice with some of the problems she's been having. Back in New York, the feud continues between Tracy and Jenna, and Jack's morals are tested by Kenneth after an Olympics snafu.
Observational comedy drives 78-point episode with 1.75 jokes per minute across 46 gags.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Robert Carlock
WAR
72.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Rocky Sucks” ranks #136 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.6 — Elite. The episode packs 60 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.1 on impact, with Dwayne Johnson landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dany · Dwayne Johnson · Detective · Police officer: Criminology minor from Miami cutaway: Rocky contemplates his options, his criminology minor is mentioned, then immediate cut to: 'Detective Johnson, here's the victim.' / 'Oh, God. Another child.' / 'Actually, sir, victim was full-grown adult male.' / pause / 'You're just really big.'
Pat: Pat's cat metaphor: 'Interesting isn't always necessarily good. You know? My cat throws up a human thumb. Is it interesting? Sure. But is it good? No.'
Pat Absurdist Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwayne Johnson · Ron Simmons/Farooq: 'Be honest. I get a pop at all out there? It felt quiet.' / 'I'ma always shoot you straight. You ain't pop worth a damn.' / 'Straight out the gate, huh?' / 'Snap, crackle, no pop.' / 'And you're still going.' / 'Orville Redenbacher you are not.'
Dwayne Johnson · President: 'I'm honored, Mr. President. Thank you. But no.' / 'Fantastic. Wait...'
Dwayne Johnson · President: Dwayne responds to 'Are you familiar with Gjelgjiughm?' with: 'Took home gold, silver, and bronze in skeet shooting during the 2028 Olympics.' / '...No.' / 'Then no.'
All Jokes — 60 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ President · Dwayne Johnson · Randall: The President interrupts a national emergency briefing to take a call about covering a baby seal birth at the zoo
Dwayne Johnson · Unknown: Dwayne throws the key away with prompting — a brief physical beat suggesting they're locking someone out or disposing of something awkwardly
President: The country of 'Gjelgjiughm' — a clearly unpronounceable nonsense country name delivered with straight-faced gravitas
President Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwayne Johnson · President: Dwayne responds to 'Are you familiar with Gjelgjiughm?' with: 'Took home gold, silver, and bronze in skeet shooting during the 2028 Olympics.' / '...No.' / 'Then no.'
President: 'You throw one bean in the air, two come back in your face.'
President · Prime Minister Honig (in recording): The hot mic incident: Prime Minister Honig says the President's 'hands are soft as marshmallows, pillowy as a duchess' — then the President defensively adds 'My hands are out of frame on purpose. My hands are my best feature.'
Dwayne Johnson · Other wrestler: Dwayne asks if there's a wrestler code for a real injury, and the answer is just: 'Ugh, my knee. Augh, I hurt my knee.'
Bruno (father figure): 'You put your body on the line, it's good to know they appreciate it.' — delivered while the crowd chants 'Rocky sucks!'
Dwayne Johnson · Bruno: Dwayne says the origin of 'add insult to injury' is probably from this exact situation — crowd chanting 'Rocky sucks' while he's injured
Dwayne Johnson · Bruno: While trying to smile and endure the 'Rocky sucks' chants, Rocky's knee buckles — but it turns out a popcorn kernel fell in his boot
Bruno: 'Lord ain't grantin' you no dignity today.'
Bruno Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Rocky's father (Ata/Rocky Sr.): Rocky's father says 'That's terrible news, son' about the no-surgery diagnosis — which is actually good news
Rocky's father · Dwayne Johnson: Father: 'Babe, don't sugarcoat it. When a wrestler isn't over with the fans, which you are not...' / Rocky: 'Yes, I know. Thank you.'
Rocky's mother · Dwayne Johnson: Mother: 'He is delicate.' / Rocky: 'I'm not delicate.' / Mother: 'I say you are delicate; You are delicate, Dewey.'
Rocky's mother · Dany · Dwayne Johnson: Dany doesn't believe in throw pillows — 'She says they just take up space.' / 'They just take up... what?'
Rocky's father: 'Popped pecks pay rent checks.'
Dwayne Johnson · Dany: 'She's supposed to be a silent partner.' / 'You said that, not me.'
Rocky's mother · Dany · Dwayne Johnson: 'Have everything in writing.' / 'We don't need that. We are family.' / 'I'm gonna stay out of it. But-but...'
Dwayne Johnson: Rocky's complaint about rehab: 'My only complaint is my physical therapist keeps referring to it as "our knee."'
WWF Executive · Dwayne Johnson: WWF executive gives completely vague non-answer about when Rocky returns: 'When we make a decision, we'll give you a call.' / Rocky: 'Cool. Cool. So, like, uh, when?'
Dany · Dwayne Johnson · Detective · Police officer: Criminology minor from Miami cutaway: Rocky contemplates his options, his criminology minor is mentioned, then immediate cut to: 'Detective Johnson, here's the victim.' / 'Oh, God. Another child.' / 'Actually, sir, victim was full-grown adult male.' / pause / 'You're just really big.'
Dany: 'If wrestling doesn't work out, you'll always have that criminology minor from Miami.'
Dany Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Rocky's father: 'She ain't pregnant, is she?' at the wedding
Rocky's father: 'Cause she drinkin' a lot for a pregnant woman.'
Rocky's mother · Dwayne Johnson: The wedding gift: a microwave that's also a radio — with presets of 'defrost, popcorn, and Cool 101.5'
Rocky's mother: 'Maybe keep it under your kitchen sink.'
Dwayne Johnson · Rocky's mother: The microwave-radio is from Vince — who RSVP'd yes to the wedding but didn't show up
Unidentified wedding guest: Wedding guest who is disappointed about the absence of roasted pig: 'Look, I'm not gonna say I'm disappointed, but, uh, I was really expecting a roasted pig for this occasion.'
Macho Man Randy Savage · Wedding guest: Macho Man Randy Savage interrupts a financial conversation about Dany's work at Merrill Lynch: 'I believe in an unbalanced portfolio. Yeah. Risk and aggression... Now that is what the Macho Man is all about, baby. Yeah, dig it.'
Macho Man Randy Savage: Macho Man: 'Sorry, I think I'm drinking out of your glass. Can't keep it straight.'
Fa'amalo: Pig-obsessed guest's extended lament: 'I purposely didn't eat pig yesterday 'cause I thought for sure that we were gonna have pig today... And there-there-there's no pig.'
Fa'amalo Character Comedy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Callback Unnamed guest · Bruno: Salt-N-Pepa's 'Push It' plays at the wedding; guests speculate: 'So how long do we think until one of these guys splits their pants?' / 'That's why ol' Bruno always travels with a sewing kit.'
Bruno · Unnamed guest: 'Vince doesn't send a gold-plated microwave that's also a radio to wrestlers he doesn't believe in.' / 'Oh, that's what you always say, huh?'
Unnamed guest (wrestler): 'That boy's got 10,000 lives. And I don't think we've even seen three of them yet.'
Ata: 'Oh, that's what you always say, huh?' — Ata's dry response to Bruno's fake aphorism.
Ata Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Unnamed wrestling veteran: 'Come to think of it, I owe the kid a headband.'
Dwayne Johnson · Hulk Hogan: Hulk Hogan arrives and Rocky says he forgot to mention 'black tie' didn't mean 'black mustache'
Hulk Hogan · Dwayne Johnson: Hogan: 'The bleach job is hell on my nostrils.' / Rocky: 'It's hell on my eyes, too.'
Hulk Hogan · Dwayne Johnson: Hogan on Rocky Maivia's persona: 'You've got more personality than what you're showing.' / 'He's so...' / 'Earnest?' / 'I was gonna say punchable.'
Hulk Hogan: Hogan's stomach can't handle dairy at the wedding; 'I'll hit the dance floor and blame Macho.'
Vince McMahon · Dwayne Johnson: Vince calls to congratulate on the wedding and says: 'Don't use it [the microwave]. It's been recalled. Cancer stuff. Terrible product. I'm sending you a blender instead.'
Dwayne Johnson: 'That's so weird. Biloxi was my second choice for honeymoon destinations.'
Dwayne Johnson: 'Yeah, I was a big Hart Foundation fan. I like a guy with the confidence to wear pink pants.'
Dwayne Johnson · Ron Simmons/Farooq: Rocky joins the Nation wearing denim shorts — 'Booyah!' / 'Wait, that was your bad dude look? Are those denim shorts?'
Dwayne Johnson · Ron Simmons/Farooq: 'Be honest. I get a pop at all out there? It felt quiet.' / 'I'ma always shoot you straight. You ain't pop worth a damn.' / 'Straight out the gate, huh?' / 'Snap, crackle, no pop.' / 'And you're still going.' / 'Orville Redenbacher you are not.'
Dwayne Johnson · Ron Simmons / Farooq: 'Hey, uh, be honest. I get a pop at all out there? It felt quiet.' / 'I'ma always shoot you straight. You ain't pop worth a damn.'
Ron Simmons/Farooq: 'You're the fourth man in a four-man crew. I don't think Vince is thinking about your angles.'
Pat · Rocky: Pat interrupts the creative meeting by reading his time card: 'I worked one hour on Monday. Two hours on Tuesday. Wednesday was a bank holiday. Four hours on...' / 'Pat, you think I could get a few minutes with the boss?'
Dwayne Johnson · Vince McMahon: Rocky negotiates mic time: 'If you gave me, like, 12 minutes...' / '2.' / 'I'll take it.' / '...2 1/2 would give me some time to work in some back story...' / '2 is fine.'
Rocky's mother · Rocky Sr. · Dwayne Johnson: Rocky's mother at the Raw broadcast: 'Rocky, pull up your tank. Your son's wife can see your chi-chis.' / Rocky Sr.: 'Everybody can see 'em.' / Rocky: 'I worked hard on these babies. Ba-boom!'
Dwayne Johnson (as Rocky Maivia): 'Rocky Maivia's a lot of things, but sucks isn't one of them.'
Dwayne Johnson (as Rocky Maivia): Rocky's heel promo closer: 'Rocky Maivia and the new Nation of Domination lives, breathes, and dies respect.' delivered as villain speech — which is not how villainy usually works
Dwayne Johnson · Interviewer/President: 'Kind of like when I played Kim Jong Un, except no one saw it.' / 'I saw it.' / 'Yeah?' / 'Yeah. You were great.' / 'Thanks.' / 'You're welcome.'
Pat · Dwayne Johnson: Pat's feedback: 'You were more interesting in the last two minutes than you've been in the last six months.' / Rocky: 'Wow, okay. Everybody just out the gate with the honesty.'
Pat: Pat's cat metaphor: 'Interesting isn't always necessarily good. You know? My cat throws up a human thumb. Is it interesting? Sure. But is it good? No.'
Pat Absurdist Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwayne Johnson · Pat: Rocky: 'Did that really happen?' / Pat: 'Hey, stay focused.'
President · Dwayne Johnson: Prime Minister Honig has seen all of Dwayne's movies 'with the exception of Huskies' / President: 'Is she not an animation fan or something? Because Huskies was good.'
Dwayne Johnson: 'Is she not an animation fan or something? Because Huskies was good.'
Dwayne Johnson · President: 'I'm honored, Mr. President. Thank you. But no.' / 'Fantastic. Wait...'
President: President's final line: 'Wait, I didn't hear that last bit.'
President Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback