Liz reevaluates her feelings for an old flame, Floyd, when he returns with big news, and Jack Donaghy teaches Danny Baker the finer points of pranks after the TGS writers play a trick on him. Jenna Maroney and Tracy Jordan see Kenneth Parcell in a disturbing new light after they spend a very long day listening to him tell stories about his childhood.
85-point absurdist sprint delivers 70 jokes in 24 minutes—peak density comedy.
Directed by Millicent Shelton · Written by Paula Pell
WAR
78.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Floyd” ranks #69 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.1 — Elite. The episode packs 70 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Liz landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Floyd: She's not like the badger With its glasses and its rules about weekday sex
Floyd Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Space, space, space, space, space, Space, my autobiography, space, space, Space, space, space, by Kenneth Ellen Parcell.
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Floyd: One, blonde. Two, she's alive... Like a deer. She runs and sniffs and jumps and stares.
Floyd Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: It looked like a close-up of a killer whale being born
Tracy Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Jack: They're boston irish catholic-- they mate for life, Like swans, like drunk... Angry swans.
Jack Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 70 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Liz: I met him on kdate, which is the personals section of the kraft foods website
Liz Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Liz: He owns a cockatiel named Arliss
Liz Character Comedy Observational Liz · Jack: A Mr. Debarber called. Seriously? A Mr. Debarber called.
Liz Jack Wordplay/Pun Misdirection ★ Rewatch Liz: Send me a white football player-- No kickers or linemen
Liz Character Comedy Observational Jack: Danny was nominated for a Juno, which is like a Canadian Grammy
Danny: ♪ the crowd's getting loud ♪ ♪ scotiabank place ♪ ♪ make a hockey-loving face ♪ ♪ at scotiabank place ♪
Danny Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lutz: Like, what if we trick him into kissing me? It'd be so funny because I'm not gay.
Lutz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Lutz: This is the most friends I've ever had
Lutz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Kenneth: You should come up with a shortcut word for it, Like, 'ivatrennapra.'
Kenneth Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pete: Well, Danny's interview with the New York Times comes out today, so 'ivatrennapra.'
Pete Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Kenneth: Silly Mr. Hornberger. Always saying hate when he means love.
Kenneth Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Floyd: Just chola eyebrows
Jack: That's why I get all my news from Dick Cheney's website-- dickviews.Com
Jack Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Danny: I never said that Liz banged her way to the middle
Danny Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Danny: Jenna kidnapped a Swedish au pair to use as a hair farm
Danny Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Danny: I never called Tracy clean and articulate. Why would I? He's not.
Danny Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jack: The New York Times doesn't have a staff writer named Seymour Nips
Jack Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Jack: My guess is this is the work of Frank, the black one, And... Lutz.
Jack Character Comedy Reaction Beat Jack: We snuck up to Dartmouth, Put their mascot in a box, And sent it to Mexico City. We didn't know until the next day That it was an actual indian.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: He didn't speak a word of english, Like all Dartmouth men.
Jack: The boob job recall center?
Jack Observational Character Comedy Jack: Oh, you mean that guy? And, of course, this is our other finalist couple For the today wedding contest, Floyd and Kaitlin.
Jack Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Liz Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick Kenneth: Legend has it, the only bait That'll catch old gus is a piece of old Gus himself. So everytime they catch him, they cut off a litlle piece of him so they can catch him again
Kenneth Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Now how did the very first person catch old Gus? Well, that's a story for another time-- Right now.
Jack: Floyd never told you? I mean, 'b's before 'h's, but that is low.
Jack Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Liz: ♪ all my days, I've been waiting ♪ ♪ for you to come back home ♪ ♪ in the moonlight ♪ ♪ of New York city ♪
Jack: They're boston irish catholic-- they mate for life, Like swans, like drunk... Angry swans.
Jack Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: ♪ all my days, I've been waiting ♪ ♪ for you to come back home ♪ ♪ in the moonlight ♪ ♪ of New York city ♪
Liz Character Comedy Observational Liz: Hey, keep it down out there! This isn't Liz.
Liz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Liz: And now we can say whatever we want-- Douche bag, asswipe. Anal rot.
Liz Escalation Character Comedy Liz: Rejection from society is what created the x-men
Liz Reaction Beat Callback Callback Lutz: So much of my life Have I wasted putting things on hats!
Lutz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Writer: So much of my life Have I wasted putting things on hats!
Writer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch News Reporter: The monster cannot detect the smell of human skin. Anyone still inside should disrobe immediately.
Lutz: I'm keeping my hat on. I don't care, man.
Lutz Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: Now we're even, guys. As you were, nerds.
Jack Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Kenneth: Space, space, space, space, space, Space, my autobiography, space, space, Space, space, space, by Kenneth Ellen Parcell.
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: I had a very graphic dream about Kenneth
Jenna Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Jenna · Liz: Liz, last night I had a very graphic dream about Kenneth. What? Ugh! I know. It's disgusting.
Jenna Liz Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Tracy: It looked like a close-up of a killer whale being born
Tracy Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Frank: Twig and Plums is a Princeton secret society, And Jack is clearly a member
Frank Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jack: Excuse me, I have tickets to a Harry Connick Jr. Concert
Jack Callback Character Comedy Callback Jack: Excuse me, gentlemen. I have a, uh... Veterinary appointment
Jack Callback Character Comedy Callback Floyd: Look, Kaitlin is a yogaerobics instructor and an ab model. I was in a reenactment on America's Most Wanted once, playing a lady strangled on the toilet.
Floyd Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Floyd: The early show? What am I, in a hospital?
Floyd Character Comedy Observational Floyd: I was in a reenactment On America's Most Wanted once, Playing a lady strangled on the toilet
Floyd Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kenneth: What would you like for dinner, Mr. Jordan-- Barbecue or me?
Jenna: We had kids. What kind of sick mind dreams that? It was disgusting!
Jenna Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jenna: We have to Elm Street this
Jack: I have to go to an intervention For my... Travel agent
Jack Callback Character Comedy Callback Jack: I have to go to an intervention for my... travel agent.
Jack Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Floyd: ♪ shot through the heart ♪ whoa-oa! ♪ and you're to blame ♪ This is my jam right here. ♪ you give love a bad name ♪ ooh, my jam-a-lam.
Floyd Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Waitress: That would explain why we have so many drunk kids here
Floyd: Squeeze in one last ride at six Floyds Amusement Park? Well, we're closed. Sorry.
Floyd: One, blonde. Two, she's alive... Like a deer. She runs and sniffs and jumps and stares.
Floyd Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Floyd: She's not like the badger With its glasses and its rules about weekday sex
Floyd Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Liz: Those are good rules. People have work in the morning
Liz Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Floyd: There's so many guys out there That want to be poisoned and yelled at
Floyd Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jack: I just happened to run into your mom At a T.J. Maxx in Queens, And we came back here for some cannoli and red wine
Jack Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Danny: Hey, Frank. Your mom's a hugger
Danny Character Comedy Escalation Floyd: In this hour, spring cleaning-- Boring! Boring! Floyd, come on.
Floyd Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Floyd Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Liz: I hope That you'll accept these tgs mouse pads And a man's wallet with the Dateline logo on it.
Liz Absurdist Character Comedy Liz: Even drunk, he only had really nice things To say about you and your butt.
Liz Character Comedy Observational Liz: And if you go on a cruise for your honeymoon, May it be free of pirates.
Liz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: And if you go on a cruise for your honeymoon, May it be free of pirates
Liz Character Comedy Absurdist Kaitlin: I don't have any female friends Because, you know, my body.
Kaitlin Character Comedy Observational Liz: So instead of avoiding seeing Floyd getting married... I'm in the wedding party
Liz Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy 