Liz finds a secret weapon to help in her contract negotiations with Jack, Kenneth leaves his job because he feels under-appreciated, and Tracy and Jenna perform at their accountant's ungrateful son's Bar Mitzvah.
Bar mitzvah subplot drives 72 jokes across 30 minutes with escalating absurdist chaos.
Directed by Jeff Richmond · Written by Ron Weiner
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“Today You Are A Man” ranks #117 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.9 — Elite. The episode packs 72 scored jokes at 3.0 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Jack landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tracy: your 'charity' is just a front that has done nothing to make this country safer from Godzilla attacks. If anything, I've increased the likelihood
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: when a dog goes missing, everyone's upset 'cause there's no dog milk for the babies
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Simon: I represent the turtle that Tuck is based on
Simon Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: Not Napoleon, not Hitler, not even Balki in the unaired ninth season of Perfect strangers
Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Kenneth: I am using my once-in-a-lifetime interruption
Kenneth Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 72 analyzed
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Simon: I dropped my cell phone into the penguin exhibit... I had my birthday at the Aquarium
Simon Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Simon: I represent the turtle that Tuck is based on
Simon Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Didn't you notice your food wasn't pre-chewed?
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: I bet he's going to tell me I can't write off all my shoplifting
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Jenna: Getting paid to help a boy become a man is kind of my wheelhouse
Jenna Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: morale-boosting T-shirts indicating everyone 'survived' a certain barbecue
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: when was the last time I said, 'no, senator, you're out of order'?
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist Liz: I would like a hospital bed in my office. A real one. I don't care if it's against the law to resell them
Liz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: And by your 'assistant,' you mean you with a British accent?
Jack Callback Character Comedy Callback Liz: She's a cool college student from... South Africa. Yeah, she'll be British
Liz Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy · Kenneth: You were in the kitchen all day. Right over... Oh, that's a broom
Kenneth: I am using my once-in-a-lifetime interruption
Kenneth Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kenneth: when a dog goes missing, everyone's upset 'cause there's no dog milk for the babies
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: when 20 cult members jump off a bridge together wearing 'this smells' T-shirts, I should get a cut of that sale
Liz Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jenna: Yes, many of our viewers are obese
Jenna Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jenna: Don't you represent Gina Gershon? My Nemesis? My Nemesis?
Jenna Character Comedy Escalation Adam: I was being sarcastic. God, I told mom I wanted Transformer's theme for Bar Mitzvah
Adam Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Marty: maybe the IRS finds out that your nine dependents are just vibrators
Marty Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: your 'charity' is just a front that has done nothing to make this country safer from Godzilla attacks. If anything, I've increased the likelihood
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hazel: you may recognize me from one of my two background acting gigs
Hazel: Just like my hero, Ivan Drago, from Rocky IV
Hazel Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jack: when your kid throws a tantrum and holds his breath, you hold your breath too. When you regain consciousness, believe me, he's ready to leave the toy store
Jack Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: gross means income before expenses and not gross like apples on a sandwich
Liz Character Comedy Observational Liz Irony/Sarcasm Observational Liz: tatertotfreak@hotmail.Com
Liz Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Jack: Tell him the funmeister says, 'hi.' He'll know what that means
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Suze Orman: Do you vacation together on nonjudgmental cruise lines?
Kenneth: My church requires a 110% tithe
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Are you talking about saving squirrels from hawks?
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: Hair movement... Is a sign of weakness
Jack Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: 90% of negotiations are lost by the person who speaks first
Jack Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Jack · Random person: Because what is speaking a sign of? Weakness? You, out. Fired
Liz: Yes, may I please speak to pizza?
Liz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz · Jack: Jack Donaghy... Playing with himself. It's a Jack-off
Tracy: That's the phrase I couldn't remember
Tracy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Jenna: We make other people wait. Forcing people to wait, throwing things, making crazy demands and never being satisfied
Jenna Character Comedy Observational Tracy: Why is the government allowing this?
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Tracy: my house isn't a church, although I do let children drink wine there
Tracy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: Like all actors, I'm not emotionally mature enough to deal with my feelings, you fart-face
Jenna Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Tracy: I know you are, but what am I?
Tracy Escalation Character Comedy Adam: This is the men's room, Jenna. Not the C-list skank's room
Adam Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jack: Not Napoleon, not Hitler, not even Balki in the unaired ninth season of Perfect strangers
Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Adam: I've played this Japanese video game where you slap prostitutes to death, but you only ever dance with this penguin named Yamagiku.
Adam Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jenna: You're rich. And you're fat, so you'll die young. Women love that
Jenna Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: Put money in the girl's mouth. Also, my friend, Darryl, is your real father
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toofer · Hazel: Did you put peanuts on this? Yeah, it's delicious, hat guy. Ah... I'm allergic!
Toofer: I wish I was dead!
Toofer Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Tracy: When is that party you throw that we never go to 'cause we don't know what to get the man who has nothing
Tracy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Tracy: Like the polio vaccine. Or a no-bottom strip club near a Wendy's
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: I'm not wearing stockings. That's a vein
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: you have to say, 'go for Liz,' when you answer your phone
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jack: I'm just doing the sorcerer's apprentice. You respond with a pirate holiday, and I have no choice but to play the hillbilly auction
Jack Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jack: It'll be back to submitting topical menopause jokes to joy behar by fax
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Liz: You'd have more lawyers on you than a midtown hooker
Liz Character Comedy Absurdist Jack: Then an elegante, parry with an elegante primo, 5%, I demand three years... No, that can't be right. Elegante, elegante primo, carry the one...
Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jack · Liz: Good God. You won. I did? You got everything you wanted. Kabletown Jack made a mistake, and Lemon Jack pounced on it. I-me lost
Jack Liz Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Nobody beats the Liz!
Liz Character Comedy Callback Tracy: we're going to be more 'haw-naist'
Tracy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Tracy: Because I was raised in foster care
Tracy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Boy, you are dumb sometimes
Kenneth Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Jack: Men wanted to be me, women wanted to sleep with me, bisexuals wanted to watch
Jack Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Jack: Maybe I'll just quit and... Go work for a not-for-profit. Somewhere where there's less pressure and the people are nice. And I can wear sneakers and jeans on Friday
Jack Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Jack: I want to be somebody else! I want to be a baby again!
Jack Escalation Character Comedy Liz: No, no, no. Look, you won. Just don't cry. Daddy doesn't cry
Liz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jack: Have you not read the poetry of jewel?
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Liz · Jack: So that means that my me-I taught your you-you a negotiation trick. Yes, I suppose you did
Liz Jack Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Jack: He's a white male with hair, Lemon. The sky's the limit
Jack Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Tracy: Those players have some crazy names. Like Derek and Alex
Tracy Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy · Jenna: His wife's name is don't. What's the guy's name on first base? Know what died in Vietnam