30 Rock

Kanye West Tweets Converted into Tracy Jordan’s Words of Wisdom

by Robert Quigley | 9:17 am, September 27th

Ever since he joined Twitter in late July, Kanye West‘s Tweets have been a trove of creative inspiration for many: Shortly after he joined, someone made the remarkable discovery that his 140-character musings made swell captions for New Yorker cartoons. Then, this past Friday, graphic artist and game designer John Harper contributed to the growing field of Kanyeology when he made the observation that putting “Liz Lemon” in front of Kanye West’s Tweets makes him into Tracy Jordan, Tracy Morgan‘s brilliant absurdity-spouting self-portrait on 30 Rock.

This weekend, the Internet had fun with this game and discovered that Harper’s observation was eerily accurate. A few examples:

Liz Lemon, Why don’t they make Macbooks that get online like the Ipad… that’s some bullshit man
Liz Lemon, I wish I had a fashion week time machine… Now I gotta learn to live with regrets
Liz Lemon, I want to edit the film on a boat… where are the good editing boats?
Liz Lemon, I think girls be trying to impress other girls with all them weird ass lip colors lol
Liz Lemon, ninjas are kind of cool … I just don’t know any personally. Get on that.

(Bet you just read those in Tracy Morgan’s voice.)

Now, there’s a Twitter bot that cuts out the middleman, morphing Kanye West Tweets into Tracy Jordanisms. Presenting: @kanyejordan.

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The TV Critics Association Awards Nominees Are In: How’d They Do?

by Jamie Block | 11:29 am, June 4th

Pretty well, actually. In an awards show that gives out so few awards (11, including career achievement), you have to stand out as a show to earn enough nominations to make people notice. Sensational new comedy Modern Family leads with five nominations across the four categories for which it even could have been nominated (two of the five comedy acting nominations went to the show). The show deserves these accolades, but that isn’t necessarily the most exciting bit of news to come out of the nomination announcement. And neither is the troubling fact that Treme saw not a single nomination.

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A Pocket Guide to Fictional Social Networks

by Andrew Cedotal | 4:13 pm, February 5th

Yesterday, we wrote about an entire social network dedicated to fictional personas, which made us think: what are some social networks that, while aimed at real human beings, are themselves totally made up to fill a void in pop culture?

Join us below for a Campbellian hero’s journey into the world of what TV writers, popular authors, and late-night comics think about when they think about social networking!

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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