30 Rock on Marital Settlements
Last year The Office had my vote for best comedy on TV. This year it's a toss-up between How I Met Your Mother (particularly for this), and 30 Rock. If you haven't tuned in to 30 Rock, you're missing great performances by Tracy Morgan (channeling Martin Lawrence) and Alec Baldwin, who plays Jack Donaghy, "G.E. Vice-President of East Coast Television and Microwave Programming." In last week's episode ("Up All Night," available at iTunes), Jack and his wife, Bianca (played by Isabella Rossellini), were attempting to finalize their divorce, and Jack decided to play hardball:
Bianca: I want our divorce to be final.
Jack: All right. I want back all the jewelry I ever bought you.
Bianca: Fine.
Jack: I want the art supplies that I gave you on your 40th birthday, and any subsequent art projects you made with them.
Bianca: Fine.
Jack: I want all of our love letters.
Bianca: (chuckling and waving her hand) Oh, fine.
Jack: I want all of your parents' love letters.
Bianca: Fine.
Jack: I want full stake in the Arby's franchises we bought outside of Telluride.
Bianca: Oh, damnit Johnny, you know I love my Big Beef n' Cheddar!
Bianca eventually relents and gives Jack everything, even though she has a lawyer present (and Jack doesn't). Maybe microwave programming executives really are skilled negotiators!
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