Jack tries to squash the burgeoning relationship between Liz and Danny. Tracy asks Sue to be in his entourage. Jenna tries out for Gossip Girl.
Season 4's densest episode: 63 jokes in 22 minutes, led by character escalation.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Steve Hely
WAR
46.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Black Light Attack!” ranks #132 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 89.9 — Elite. The episode packs 32 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.4 on impact, with Liz Lemon landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Jack Donaghy: yes, i've had office relationships in the past, but always with people that i could transfer to another city or introduce to nicolas sarkozy.
Frank: um, i already turned it off.
Frank Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Jack Donaghy: 'cause you know what i always say, black light attack!
Tracy Jordan: from my treatment of the dancers here to my remarks about madeleine albright at the 1996 white house correspondents' dinner.
Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: that was a low blow last night, lemon. / what can i say, jack? i guess i'm getting a second wind here at the tail end of my dirty 30s.
All Jokes — 32 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Tracy Jordan · Kenneth: hey, kenneth, why aren't your teeth glowing in the black light? / you'll have to ask the fella who whittled 'em for me.
Danny: i want to be tgs' steve nash. come down from canada, work hard, make the black guy look good.
Danny Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Liz Lemon · Jack Donaghy: Good job tonight, danny. Robot lorenzo lamas was funny. as was robot ryan seacrest and david hasselbot.
Unknown male character: it's not what you think! it's something i need to wear to support my breasts!
Jack Donaghy: lemon, i have season tickets to every sports team in new york. so close to the action, you'll feel like you're sitting in front of an hd television. And they're wasted on you and your coworkers.
Liz Lemon: why won't they put me on the jumbotron? i've been doing cool stuff all game.
Liz Lemon: but my biggest problem with quiddich is, if the snitch is 150 points, why does anyone bother with the quaffle?
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Liz Lemon: hey, jeter! Are you jealous? i'm with my new boyfriend!
Jack Donaghy: Maybe it's that russian dancer with the tattoos, which is the crazy sex trifecta.
Liz Lemon: that girl has a name, jack. we call her 'skankovitch.'
Liz Lemon Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy: and you take your reward. [pause] you take your reward.
Jack Donaghy Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Liz Lemon · Danny: how drunk are you? / a lot to very.
Liz Lemon: boy, that robot body paint does not wash off. is it the body paint or is danny just glowing like a beacon of manly camaraderie?
Jenna: i play tartine gramercy, an heiress to a vermouth fortune and a freshman at nyu.
Jenna Character Comedy Absurdist Tracy Jordan: from my treatment of the dancers here to my remarks about madeleine albright at the 1996 white house correspondents' dinner.
Kenneth · Tracy Jordan: '10:00 a.m. dotcom shows up pictures from his trip to greece.' i think i'm gonna go ahead and cancel that. / okay, i'll reschedule... Again.
Danny: but she never takes off her shoes, which i kind of like. even though the reason is she's never let a man see her feet.
Danny Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jack Donaghy: 'cause you know what i always say, black light attack!
Jack Donaghy: yes, i've had office relationships in the past, but always with people that i could transfer to another city or introduce to nicolas sarkozy.
Tracy Jordan: first, i don't want to go to strip clubs, and then i get angry at the hilarious dude that says something awesome.
Jenna: would a mother be planning a sex tour of vietnam this spring?
Jenna Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Pete: you can be like Madonna and cling to youth with your gollum arms.
Pete Observational Setup/Punchline Danny: look, i know we're supposed to pretape that robot v.Wade cold open tonight.
Danny Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Liz Lemon · Danny: richard, would you excuse us please? / what's up? / meet me in my office in five minutes. / well, just let me change. / Mmm, no. That won't be necessary... officer.
Pete · Frank: what are you happy about? / did we get canceled?
Jenna · Liz Lemon: hang on. i'm just tweeting that i ran into you. this is so tandem. / 'random,' jenna. Those kids are saying the word 'random.'
Frank: um, i already turned it off.
Frank Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Jack Donaghy · Danny: this is from danny's chips costume. what is it doing here? / officer, what's going on up there? / it's an accident. a really bad one.
Liz Lemon: for four years i've had to make do with what passes for men in this place. with their untucked shirts, boneless faces, their stars, both wars and trek.
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy: and now i'm at the point where i love just kissing. we kiss for an hour, and it's totally enough for me.
Jack Donaghy: you know, my little cuddlebaby loves to watch figure skating, and i'm really starting to get into that.
Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: that was a low blow last night, lemon. / what can i say, jack? i guess i'm getting a second wind here at the tail end of my dirty 30s.
