Angie's reality show visits "TGS", resulting in a red-faced situation for Jack, Jenna pining for attention, and Liz leading a scheme to lure Tracy back from Africa. Meanwhile, Frank reconnects with a lost love.
Absurdist overload lands 58 jokes in 22 minutes despite middling craft execution.
Directed by Ken Whittingham
WAR
47.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Queen Of Jordan” ranks #130 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.5 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.6 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Angie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Liz · Jenna: Jennas-side... Genocide. / I'm not hearing it, Liz.
Angie: I'm contractually obligated to pull out some bitch's weave eight more times this season.
Angie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Angie: I just want to wake up in the morning and look over at my husband asleep... On our neighbor's roof.
Angie Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pete Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack: Switch-hitter. Pitcher. Catcher. Whatever the boys needed.
Jack Escalation Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Various: Previously, on 'Queen of Jordan...' (reality show parody opening)
Various Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch D'Fwan: D'Fwan forgot his catchphrase.
D'Fwan Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Angie: It has been my dream to be a singer ever since I was a little... drunk the other day and rented out a recording space.
Angie Misdirection Character Comedy Angie: My single 'My Single is Dropping' is dropping.
Angie Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Jack: Actually, legal says we can't use the word 'best.'
Jack Observational Character Comedy Angie: Is this the restaurant that I'm opening up with Dennis Rodman and Webster?
Angie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: John Francis Donaghy. Verbal signature.
Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jack: 'Yes, we can.' Obama '08, remember?
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Observational Jenna: I am a Christian illiterate, so that's not an option.
Jenna Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jenna: Am I trying to instigate fights by throwing wine at people just to get on camera and maybe also promote my new lifestyle web site: Jennas-side.com?
Jenna Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Liz · Jenna: Jennas-side... Genocide. / I'm not hearing it, Liz.
Lutz: I don't know. But I hope they didn't collect $200.
Lutz Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Toofer: If the teacher is male and the student is female. What happened to Frank is awesome.
Toofer Dark/Subversive Observational Frank: It was love! We were in love!
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Pete Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Angie: Don't do impressions of other races.
Angie Observational Character Comedy D'Fwan: I'm not just a gay hairdresser. I'm also a homosexual party planner.
D'Fwan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Kenneth: Mr. D'Fwan, Party City does not sell giant see-through clocks or strap-on Pegasus wings, so I got this paper pineapple instead
Kenneth · Unknown: Michael. Are you back on meth? / Mm-hmm. No. Why? You got some?
Jack: When I was at Princeton, I played baseball and football. And back then, football players went both ways.
Jack Setup/Punchline Misdirection D'Fwan · Jack: Really? So you went both ways? / Yeah. We all did. It was the '70s.
Jack: Switch-hitter. Pitcher. Catcher. Whatever the boys needed.
Jack Escalation Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Portia: Even though we just met, I can tell you're an alcoholic.
Portia Observational Cringe/Discomfort Jenna: Drunk actor brainstorm. I'm going to make Pete host an intervention for me.
Jenna Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Angie: That's some white nonsense.
Angie Observational Character Comedy Angie: I'm looking for dancers who can dance for 15 seconds 'cause that's how long my song is.
Angie Observational Character Comedy Tracy: Can my friend cheese come with us on our honeymoon?
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lynn: Oh, they kept remaking The Hulk and it kept getting worse.
Lynn · Frank: You live with your mother? / Yeah. Otherwise who would wake me up for work?
D'Fwan: I used to be in the military. But I was unfairly thrown out because I went berserk around all those dudes and tried to bang everybody.
D'Fwan Character Comedy Misdirection Jack: ♪ Oh, the merry men of Princeton are charging up the rear, holding all the balls... ♪ okay, I hear it now.
Jack Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: [Chair squeaks] That was the chair. [Silence] It was the chair
Jack Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Jack: [Chair squeaks] That was the chair.
Jack Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Jenna: Wait. You're seeing another psychic?
Jenna Character Comedy Absurdist Kenneth: I forgot to write the rest of this letter.
Kenneth Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Unknown: Webster, we need to talk. Your check didn't clear.
Unknown Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Angie: I'm asleep right now and I think that that's my computer.
Angie Absurdist Character Comedy Liz: For instance, doing it across the bed instead of up and down.
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angie: I'm contractually obligated to pull out some bitch's weave eight more times this season.
Angie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Jenna: And I can't back out now otherwise they can't use any of this.
Jenna Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Liz: Without Tracy or Jenna, we can file a claim against the show's insurance and keep getting paid without working.
Liz Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Frank: Skeletor's not my favorite. You are.
Frank Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Boss: The world has to be educated about blurry face syndrome
Boss Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Unknown: The world has to be educated about blurry face syndrome.
D'Fwan: D'Fwan is a queer-fectionist.
D'Fwan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Angie: Jack, I also suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Angie Absurdist Character Comedy Angie: You know why you're so tense? It's 'cause you have a man-sex secret.
Angie Character Comedy Callback Callback D'Fwan: Yeah, he's straight. That boy cannot dance.
Jack: At Princeton, I played Maria in an all-male production of West Side Story.
Jack Escalation Callback Callback Charles: In the lobby, she pulled a wrench out of her purse, hit me over the head.
Jenna: I explained to Charles that I was just pretending to be an alcoholic to get on camera. And we laughed. And he said I can drink as much as I want
Jenna Absurdist Dark/Subversive Angie: 'My Single is Dropping' is not just about a single dropping. It's about a woman learning to fly. A woman who doesn't need a man or anybody except Josh at Sidney Bernstein Management, Sidney at Josh Bernstein Accounting
Angie Setup/Punchline Escalation Liz: And my family is thick as thieves.
Kenneth: I found a glove in the elevator. If anyone is missing a glove, I may have found your glove.
Kenneth Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Angie: I just want to wake up in the morning and look over at my husband asleep... On our neighbor's roof.
Angie Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Wait. You know what, this is my glove.
Kenneth Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Kenneth: Wait. You know what, this is my glove. If anyone sees another glove, I've lost one of my gloves
