Liz discovers that the TGS staff have been excluding her from their weekly hangouts, and strives to prove that she can be fun. Jack must choose between janitors and the shift time they both want, and Kenneth aids Tracy Jordan in being a good husband.
Escalation comedy hits peak density with 2.89 jokes per minute across absurdist character bits.
Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller · Written by Vali Chandrasekaran
WAR
76.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Khonani” ranks #64 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.5 — Elite. The episode packs 70 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Tracy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tracy: I trained him to hate white people, because, not to profile, but most ghosts are white.
Tracy Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack: Every April 22nd, I honor Richard Nixon's death by getting drunk and making some unpopular decisions.
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: Well, I yelled 'baba booey' at Walter Cronkite's funeral, so I actually have no idea of what's rude or not.
Tracy Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack: Oh, Nan... Na. What? I was saying, 'oh, Nana.' Have I not told you about my grandmother fetish?
Jack Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection ★ Rewatch Tracy: But parties are like frisbees. If you throw them the wrong way, they'll veer off in a bad direction, and then your kid will fall into a quarry.
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 70 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Liz: Hey! Did you know that everybody here went out last night without us? Oh, nerds!
Liz Observational Character Comedy Tracy: Well, I yelled 'baba booey' at Walter Cronkite's funeral, so I actually have no idea of what's rude or not.
Tracy Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Tracy: Could you take care of Angie like a husband until this whole ass-ache blows over?
Tracy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Liz: I haven't seen your brow that furrowed since you saw that picture of Helen Mirren in a bikini. How is it possible? Is she a wizard?
Liz Observational Absurdist Jack: Oh, Nan... Na. What? I was saying, 'oh, Nana.' Have I not told you about my grandmother fetish?
Jack Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection ★ Rewatch Jack: Avery actually tried to get on board. Later that night, she put some mothballs behind her ears and fed me peppermints.
Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jack: I've had to make some tough calls over the years, switching Sheinhardt's wig production to 100% Chinese cadaver hair, turning down Dick Cheney's offer to become king of Iraq
Jack Absurdist Dark/Subversive Jack: [NBC chime plays] it's fresh.
Jack Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement Liz: Although, sometimes when you try so hard to find love, you can't see that it's been standing in front of you the whole time. Oh, good God.
Liz Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat Jack: No! I don't care if you're safe! I love you!
Jack Misdirection Character Comedy Liz: Oh, I dropped my glass! [crash]
Liz Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Jack · Liz: Is that supposed to be a broom? Anchor the handle.
Tracy: To be honest, I couldn't really understand anything Rick James was saying.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: And once I'm there, I'll determine how much to charge you.
Tracy Character Comedy Escalation Frank: Oh, God, it looks like the underside of an octopus!
Frank Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Cerie: Hey, Liz, can I talk to you and Jenna in... The office where everyone clips their toenails? Not cool, guys.
Cerie Observational Cringe/Discomfort Cerie: Well, it was off for a while, because my fiancé was on his dad's yacht and got captured by pirates, but now, thanks to the A-Team, he's back.
Cerie Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Cerie: The bridesmaids are you guys, Andy Roddick's wife, my Dutch cousins, and Penelope Cruz's hotter sister Monica.
Cerie Absurdist Character Comedy Jenna: You're gonna be so out of place, Liz.
Jenna Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Cerie: Now that Aris is finally getting over his Stockholm syndrome.
Cerie Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Cerie: You guys may have to walk down the aisle with some pirates.
Cerie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jenna: I'm doing a juice fast, and it's making me really grouchy. Aah!
Jenna Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Liz: [rapping] * and they're ain't no party * like a Liz Lemon party * 'cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory *
Liz Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jonathan: I apologize for letting a Kashmiri into your office.
Jack: Every April 22nd, I honor Richard Nixon's death by getting drunk and making some unpopular decisions.
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Khonani: Ever since I am a little boy, I am dreaming of hosing the tonight shift.
Khonani Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jack: [NBC chime plays] the biggest loser network.
Jack Meta/Self-Referential Callback Jack: No, I am not. I am 'innoventing.' A word that I just innovented.
Jack Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Tracy: I trained him to hate white people, because, not to profile, but most ghosts are white.
Tracy Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Tracy: He gets shocked if he tries to leave the property, just because he'd run away and cause car accidents and impregnate neighbors' horses.
Tracy: No, we're not supposed to do any sex stuff while she's on bed rest. Oh! Like a real one! I'm on it!
Tracy Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Tracy: Nope! I'm in a strip club! My bad!
Tracy Escalation Character Comedy Jenna: Oh, you mean frozen water? I don't know.
Jenna Misdirection Character Comedy Liz: And that Black Eyed Peas song they wrote for bar mitzvahs.
Liz Observational Absurdist Liz: No, it's not that. We're dating.
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jack: Honestly, these immigrants have a tough life, no health care, and I kind of just thought he'd die before it became a thing.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Khonani: He collects classic car... [coughing] Cardboard. Classic cardboard.
Tracy: I'm like a chameleon, always a lizard!
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: First of all, the secret service never gave me back my t-shirt cannon
Tracy: People don't say that anymore. They say 'surf party, usa.'
Tracy Absurdist Observational Tracy: But parties are like frisbees. If you throw them the wrong way, they'll veer off in a bad direction, and then your kid will fall into a quarry.
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: It will turn on you, like your wife after your kid has fallen into a quarry.
Tracy Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: It will turn on you, like your wife after your kid has fallen into a quarry.
Tracy Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: But my body's gonna take me to Liz Lemon's.
Tracy Character Comedy Absurdist Tracy · Kenneth: Put the electric dog collar on me. It would be my honor.
Jack: No, I am not. I am 'innoventing.' A word that I just innovented.
Jack Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun Callback Jack: [NBC chime plays] It's fresh.
Jack Meta/Self-Referential Running Gag Callback Tracy: That's how my kids keep me out of the liquor cabinet.
Tracy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Tracy: Unfortunately, there's only one Tracy Jordan, but sometimes he's needed in two places.
Tracy Character Comedy Absurdist Kenneth: Wait. I don't walk that well.
Kenneth Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Khonani: There's no trash, Jack. Ever since you moved Subhas to 10:00, he takes all the trash. No trash left for Khonani.
Khonani Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jack: And with Nancy and Avery, I'm the trash shift.
Jack Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Khonani: I have a job for me at fox... [coughing] Woods. Foxwoods casino. My cousin is head janitor there.
Khonani Misdirection Character Comedy Tracy: I suggest you cut off a finger and throw it in the river.
Jenna: This looks like the post-coital suite at the NBA All-Star game.
Jenna Observational Character Comedy Jenna: Juice fast delirium, Liz.
Jenna Character Comedy Escalation Callback Liz: I deserve to be loved! [...] I am a proud, single woman!
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Liz: You think when I was a kid, I dreamed of someday paying $1,200 for a karaoke machine to impress a bunch of pasty losers? And a professional singer, who's beautiful, but doesn't know it.
Liz Character Comedy Escalation Kenneth · Everyone: [whimpering] I had nowhere else to go! [dog barking] Dog! Dog attack! [screaming]
Tracy: Maybe this doesn't work on people. Aah! Aah! Oh, my neck! My swan-like neck!
Tracy Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Tracy: I'm free. I can go anywhere I want... Like Liz's party or one of those places where you skydive over a huge fan.
Frank: That's just a cardboard cutout of her.
Frank Visual Gag Character Comedy Frank: Yes, that's exactly why we like you. We love you. You solve our problems. That's what you're good at.
Frank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lutz: Yeah. You know who's fun at parties? Paris Hilton, Andy Dick, Tracy, and they're all gonna burn in hell.
Lutz Character Comedy Escalation Lutz: You know who's fun at parties? Paris Hilton, Andy Dick, Tracy, and they're all gonna burn in hell.
Lutz Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: If you deliver me from this, I promise every Sunday for the rest of my life, I'll go to... Huh? I'm through it. Pizza Hut. I'll go to Pizza Hut.
Liz Character Comedy Misdirection Frank: You want mommy to make the monsters go away.
Frank Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Subhas: No! You're not book! Wanting to be book is not book.
Subhas Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Callback Liz · Jack: Top gun high-five for courage? Only because you look like you need it so badly.
Liz Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback 