Angie brings "Queen of Jordan'' back to TGS. News about Avery forces Jack to confront his feelings for her mother, and Liz finds herself in a feud.
Absurdist escalation sustains 67 jokes across tight 22 minutes—a 3.0/min density peak.
Directed by Ken Whittingham · Written by Tracey Wigfield, Luke Del Tredici
WAR
74.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Queen Of Jordan Ii: Mystery Of The Phant” ranks #57 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.1 — Elite. The episode packs 67 scored jokes at 3.0 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.9 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
Jenna: If a beautiful woman cries and no one hears it, did she waste $700 on crying lessons at Adrian Brody's unaccredited acting school?
Jenna Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: Now you sound like the cops outside of Jackie o's funeral. But I got in there and sang almost all of hey big spender
Jenna Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: Contractually, I can only hold beautiful black babies in Benetton ads
Jenna Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch D'Fwan: Because Virginia loves her little giraffe so much, the show is sending us on a girls' getaway to Somalia!
D'Fwan Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Everything I know about fashion, I learned from my old college roommate, John Mark Karr
Kenneth Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 67 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Randi: All my children were taken away.
Randi Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Angie: It's pronounced 'chic'. It's French.
Angie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Angie: Reality star, actress, singer/songreader, perfumist, IBS survivor, best-selling author of a book I didn't write, catchphrase coiner
Angie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Angie: Well they don't all work.
Angie Deadpan/Understatement Angie: Cheek is stretchable formal wear for elegant plus-sized women and huskier gays
Angie Absurdist Character Comedy Angie: I find that my target customer sweats a lot and often gets thrown into a public pool
Angie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jack: a crate of Hollister sweatshirts and a signed headshot of Don Johnson
Jack: They just got Nash Bridges
Jack Observational Deadpan/Understatement Jack: Excuse me, 'gays' at bravo
Jack Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy D'Fwan: It's my way till pay day
Unknown: Not to be racist, but white guys are typically punctual
Unknown: I'm sorry I got so real, but nothing's gonna change unless there's a dialogue
Unknown Meta/Self-Referential Observational Angie: And I've gone to and worked at the post office
Angie Escalation Observational Angie: That man is about to get some cheese with that
Angie Running Gag Character Comedy Callback Unknown: That catchphrase is improving, baby!
Unknown Irony/Sarcasm Callback Callback Unknown: Her name is Raven-Symone senior
Liz: I will be on the show a lot
Liz Meta/Self-Referential Escalation Angie: I know they're not married. I just like them to know I don't give a about their lives
Angie Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Angie: Do you know what a surprise is? Now you do
Angie Absurdist Character Comedy Angie: Don't learn to talk. A woman's power comes from her silence
Angie Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm Liz: I thought it was very brave of you to pose for playboy against playboy's wishes
Liz Irony/Sarcasm Observational Randi: Tracy tells me that you're, you know, the village bicycle
Randi Setup/Punchline Observational Tracy: Doctor guy, pilot guy, Cleveland dude, British guy, rich dude, James Franco. I've been with the same woman for 22 years. No judgments, but to me, Liz Lemon is a sex maniac
Tracy Escalation Irony/Sarcasm Jenna: Contractually, I can only hold beautiful black babies in Benetton ads
Jenna Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: I might bite these fat little legs. I might eat them up, they're so fat and juicy
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Jack: Don't even let Clinton know about this. He and Steve bing will break out their sex plane. It is a sex plane. There aren't even any seats. It's just futons and jacuzzis
Jack Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Diana: like Ken burns's jazz? Disgusting
Diana Absurdist Observational D'Fwan: D'Fwine. Please d'fwink responsibly
D'Fwan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jenna: Now you sound like the cops outside of Jackie o's funeral. But I got in there and sang almost all of hey big spender
Jenna Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: thank you for looking up on Wikipedia that I was conceived on a toilet
Jenna Escalation Character Comedy Jenna: If a beautiful woman cries and no one hears it, did she waste $700 on crying lessons at Adrian Brody's unaccredited acting school?
Jenna Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: Gus is someone I've gone into business with and Avery wouldn't approve of him. Why would she disapprove? Uh, well, uh, because they dated... At Yale. Gus was a professor
Jack Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Tracy: It's at 8:00, which is 9:00 am Tokyo time. That's when takashi's parents leave for work and we play mass effect 3 online. Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka think he's at school, but he's playing video games with a drunk adult
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: Oh, my god. Ned stark is dead?
Tracy Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat Tracy: I love my wife. I want her to be happy. But more than that, I'm gonna do nothing. It's hard trying to have it all
Tracy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Gus: We're higher up here, so the sun's electricity is stronger
Gus Absurdist Character Comedy Gus: She was nasty. She loved pee
Gus Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Diana: In slavic myth, Rus is the founder of Russia
Diana: Who doesn't love cold, purple soup?
Diana Irony/Sarcasm Observational Angie: Oh, that is a bridge too far. That's right. I read world war ll history, mother-
Angie Escalation Character Comedy D'Fwan: This is very, very easy for me to say to you, but you can't come in here right now
D'Fwan Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy D'Fwan: You never talk about a black woman's leg size. Not on babies, not on the Williams sisters, not on a mannequin at Avenue. We have come too far
D'Fwan: Lisa, D'Fwan doesn't talk about people behind their backs, so I'm just gonna tell you straight to your face that what you're saying right now is very boring
D'Fwan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Gus: You people are savages!
Gus Escalation Character Comedy Jack: I still have to get the menus from the printer, go to the cony island beet market. I've gotta pick up Yakov Smirnov at the airport
Gus: You're talking about electricity
Jenna: Do you act? Because we should do a movie together where we're on a road trip just being sluts
Jenna Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: I see. I think I just solved the mystery of the phantom pooper
Tracy Setup/Punchline Observational Tracy: I wouldn't know. I really don't watch TV. I'm more of a masturbator
Tracy Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement Kenneth: Everything I know about fashion, I learned from my old college roommate, John Mark Karr
Kenneth Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: You have no class, you prostitution whore
Jenna Escalation Character Comedy Jenna: Like when I sang at that children's hospital. Get away from me, I'm revoking my waiver. Now blur my face. Blur it more. More. Now disguise my voice
Jenna Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: There's the feud between Ms. Lemon and baby Virginia, the drama between me and that cord I tripped on. Hey, watch it. I'm sorry, sir. I shouldn't have lost my temper
Kenneth Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Gus: Oh, I was my grandmother's favorite so I got all her old hand-me-downs
Gus Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Unknown: What's cocaine like?
Portia: Portia reads the papers. I hate that that's my catchphrase
Portia Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Callback Jack: If you don't kiss someone, they're offended
Jack Setup/Punchline Observational D'Fwan: She misjudged you, and she would like a hug
D'Fwan Absurdist Character Comedy D'Fwan: Because Virginia loves her little giraffe so much, the show is sending us on a girls' getaway to Somalia!
D'Fwan Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Angie: I gave you a kidney, a kneecap and a bladder
Daphne: I handle conflict appropriately, and I'm up to date on my mortgage payments
Daphne Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Tracy: We're a train wreck you cannot look away from!
Tracy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Tracy · Angie: Both: I'm cheating on you!
Kenneth: You again? I am so sorry. Different cord
