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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
30 ROCK is a rip-off of THE MUPPET SHOW!
Tina Fey's 30 ROCK is currently the most acclaimed comedy series on television. It's won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes and I think Pulitzers. Critics and audiences alike love the show and its lovable zany characters, and consider it one of the most original comedies in years.
And I guess it is original...if you've never seen THE MUPPET SHOW. Because, my "friends" (in quotes because I don't know or trust you, please don't be offended), Tina Fey's 30 ROCK is quite obviously ripping off Jim Henson's beloved TV show.
"You're crazy", you say? "Wow, now with the insults. This is why I don't trust you", I respond. And the I hit you up with so many facts you HAVE to concede I'm absolutely right.
Each week, our smart yet neurotic lead character has to manage a group of wacky misfits and put on a weekly sketch comedy show. Which show am I talking about? 30 ROCK plays like NBC went to JJ Abrams and told him to reboot THE MUPPET SHOW. "Do what you did with STAR TREK. Make it hipper, more adult. Maybe lose the puppets to allow more time for product placement."
Both are the most normal characters on their respective shows. Both are unlucky at love. Both are neurotic worrywarts and type-a personalities who slow burn into a crazy breakdown once per episode. AND both have some kind of flirtation with the guest stars that ultimately goes nowhere. There is absolutely no difference between Liz Lemon and Kermit the Frog save for genitalia (Liz is a lady, Kermit has none).
Clearly Tina Fey has studied Kermit for hours preparing for her role. Remember the wacky voice Liz Lemon used to get out of Jury Duty? Oh man, that was funny. UNLESS you saw the part in THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN when Kermit got amnesia.
Blonde and beautiful...but possessing, to put it politely, questionable talent. Both characters' vanity and desire to be the star of the show leads them to conive and backstab...which usually winds up making them the butt of the joke. NBC got really lazy on this one, as Jane Krakowski looks like the human version of the beloved Muppet. I'm somewhat surprised that Krakowski hasn't busted out karate moves or awkward French phrases.
The insane cast member overflowing with eccentricities? Check. Is in a committed relationship but has a wandering eye? Check. Has to be watched closely or he will hurt himself? Check. Oh sure, there might be cursing and Tracy would probably be topless by the end of it, but other than that, Tracy and Gonzo act the exact same. And don't tell me you'd be surprised if Tracy started dating a chicken during sweeps. In fact, I am going to write that as a spec script.
In 30 ROCK's defense, the actual Tracy Morgan was ripping off Gonzo's completely ludicrous antics long before 30 ROCK was on the air.
I'm talking out my ass here, I guess. Kenneth is a naive, earnest page who runs around the set trying to put out fires and make everyone happy. Scooter, on the other hand, is a naive, earnest GO-FER who runs around the set trying to put out fires and make everyone happy. Totally different.
This is where 30 ROCK almost had me. Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy is without ANY direct Muppet parallels. Aw man, arguably the most beloved 30 ROCK character and he's not clearly based on any one Muppet. At first I thought he might fill the role of "Very Special Guest Star" every week (after all, before 30 ROCK Baldwin was known primarily for being a film actor and crazy).
But then I watched an episode of 30 ROCK and it hit me: Jack isn't just ONE Muppet. Jack is like Voltron: many Muppets combine to form a BIGGER, COOLER super muppet!
Jack's Republican leanings and stiff outward demeanor? Come on now.
Jack began as the cold, all business boss that only cared about the bottom line and profits.
But he slowly came around, hanging out with Liz Lemon and becoming all sorts of warm and fuzzy. Beneath that big, hirsute exterior was someone who just wanted to be loved.
And Jack/Fozzie's relationship with his old, decrepit mother? Why does she insist on constantly insulting him, doesn't she realize how insecure she's making him? I mean, who does she think she is?
I mean, think about it. Even Jack's VOICE is ripped off from the Muppets.
"Now you're grasping at straws" you say? Well CHECK OUT THESE STRAWS AND PREPARE TO GRASP SOME YOURSELF, I SAY! As I hit you with:
Don't forget
Hey what about
"Hey, Lynch, he's not from THE MUPPET SHOW, he's from SESAME STREET"
"Quiet, you, I'm almost done, let me end big..."
30 ROCK is famous for bringing in guest stars. Oprah. Al Gore. Jennifer Aniston. Steve Martin. Paul Reubens. That impossibly handsome man from MAD MEN. Week in, week out, people that would never do network television pop by for surprise guest appearances. DOES THIS SOUND AT ALL FAMILIAR? It happens with such regularity, I half-expect Tina Fey to pop out of the "0" in the 30 ROCK opening credits, announce who's stopping by, and then wave her arms manically in the air celebrating.
And finally:
Kenneth the Page sees the world as puppets.
Jane Krakowski has STARRED in a Muppet Christmas TV movie as penance (or so she could spy on the Muppets and take notes).
WERWOLF BARMITZVAH plays like a MUPPET SHOW sketch.
And then, there is THIS. They're getting sloppy, people. An actual still from an episode of 30 ROCK:
THE PROSECUTION RESTS. I'm glad I opened a few eyes. Tina Fey, you should be ASHAMED. But can we do? We can't just sit back and let NBC and Tina Fey get away with this. We have to bring this to light.
That's all for now. Stay tuned next week, when I blow the lid off of the entire "NBC's THE OFFICE is a rip-off of a British TV show of the same name" scandal. I'm almost too good, is the problem.
By the way, if you're not following me on TWITTER, you can do so here. Critics call my Twitter "pretty great" and "okay I guess". Catch the fever!
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- jacintha said...
That's fantastic! I've only just started watching this show but now i'm only gonna be able to see muppets!
- June 8, 2009 at 2:26 PM
You´re awesome! I don´t know the Show coz it´s not on German Screens, but i heard about and the way you wrote it, just maked me laugh!!
It´s too funny, coz the Guys look like the Puppets too!
Thanks for this entree, mr. Lynch.
By the Way: I follow you, since the Day i started on Twitter.
aaand.. I hope you will come back soon on the Angel comics, it´s boring without you doing the stuff!
- June 8, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- Ralph said...
That's great man, love it
- June 8, 2009 at 4:14 PM
- Mihai said...
Whoa... mind blown.
Great post!
- June 8, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Stephen Mooney said...
But how long before NBC realize that the boy Lynch knows too much? How long before the inevitable 'if you have a clean visual on the target, take the shot'?
This way madness lies, Brian.
- June 8, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Jennifer Roland said...
Very funny! I'm a huge fan of the Muppet Show (especially the curmdugeonly critics), so it makes perfect sense that I love the Muppets as real people.
- June 8, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- Scott Hanson said...
This is fantastic. You've done a better job at pointing out the connections than we have at Muppet Wiki
Well done!
- June 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- DGB said...
I'm not sure if you've ruined the Muppet Show or increased my love of 30 Rock. Either way, bravo. This is a brilliant post.
- June 8, 2009 at 10:32 PM
brilliant! love the muppet show, muppet movies, muppet music, seriously love 30 rock as well! so I hope tina offers u a job cause u sure have the funny!!!
- June 9, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Betsy said...
Fantastic post! You forgot to add that Jenna was once compared to Miss Piggy in a "Who Wore it Better?" contest in a magazine. (Miss Piggy won.)
- June 9, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- BlueDahlia77 said...
Don't forget: Liz Lemon actually walks like a Muppet. =D
- June 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM
- Jealous Bitch said...
Holy crap. This is the best exposure of a cover-up I have seen since Oliver Stone took on the Kennedy Assasination. Also, I am laughing my ass off like a rabid jackal this morning. Great job!
- June 9, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- mulderjoe said...
Brilliant. Very nicely done.
- June 9, 2009 at 7:07 AM
- Jill Elswick said...
Where's Floyd?!?
- June 9, 2009 at 7:11 AM
- Mark Schoneveld said...
Holy crap. You're right!
- June 9, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- George Peterson said...
also, don't forget that kenneth sees everyone as a muppet
- June 9, 2009 at 8:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Jenna Maroney was compared in a "Who wore it better" with Miss Piggy... and lost.
I can't link it but here's the image url:
- June 9, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Unknown said...
Brilliant! I didn't think I could love 30 Rock more, but now I do.
Minor note -- Jane Krakowski's character is Jena Maroney not Jena Malone (star of Saved, Pride and Prejudice, Step Mom, etc).
Maybe now I'll have the guts to reveal that JAWS is really a total rip off of Henrik Ibsen's 'An Enemy of the People." Seriously. It is.
- June 9, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I knew there was a reason for that happy feeling of security and fond memories of Sunday nights whenever I hear the 30-Rock theme. I always felt-it was sooooo close and yet elusve like the lyrics for "Ma na ma na" -great post!!!
- June 9, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Steve D. said...
Awesome post, man, just awesome. Makes me feel a little awkward about having a crush on Liz Lemon now that I know she's based on a married, male frog...but that my issue to deal with.
Steve D.
- June 9, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- Unknown said...
How many joints did you smoke before you put this together!?
- June 9, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Robb said...
Thanks for exposing this for all the world to see. Do you run around telling kids Santa Claus doesn't exist, too? I hope so.
Great work.
My word verification was "fraicart."
- June 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Brian Lynch said...
Thanks guys! Jenna's name has been fixed, and I put in that Jenna-Miss Piggy US Magazine comparison.
I bet the people that make 30 ROCK are shaking in their hilarious boots.
- June 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Love this! I wondered why I thought everything suspiciously familiar! I wonder if it was intentional or it the writers were just flashing back on some Muppets!
- June 9, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Wow...This is SO true!!! ...well as Picasso once said ... "good artists borrow, while GREAT artists Steal!!"
- June 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- Jeremy said...
Wow. Pretty convincing.
- June 9, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Amy Nieto said...
*dying here*
- June 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Beckylooo said...
You say all this like it's a problem. I find that confusing.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- SJ said...
You have "ruined" 30 Rock for me but this is so funny I don't care.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Craigga said...
Absolutely awesome. Unfortunately half of the links seem to have been taken down. Probably from high volume.
Great job and continued success.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:14 AM
You're just NOW coming to this conclusion?
I posted about this 8 months ago when a friend of mine noticed the similarities and we chatted about it.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Bedlam said...
- June 9, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Wow, Brian, you really blew the lid off of this conspiracy. Crack reporting! ;P
Also, congrats on the attention your little blog is getting. Our little ATF writer is becoming big time... so proud.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- burtonkd said...
I feel so stupid now, the purpose of a work of truly great art. I've seen every episode of 30 Rock within the last 1 1/2 yrs and just went through the Muppet Show DVDs with my kids and didn't make the connection (maybe subliminally)
- June 9, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Matt Bradley said...
This is seriously genius. One of the most creative things I've read in a really long time. I'm subscribing.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Beth said...
Really funny stuff! It's good you're getting noticed because this is very original and creative. I linked to you from TVTattle.com.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:56 AM
The little things like Kenneth seeing everyone as muppets, and Jenna dressing like Miss Piggy, make me think that it is actually intentional and that the writers are making the same joke you're trying to'expose' here.
You write as if no tv show has ever copied another. This is not new or surprising: what about Honeymooners v. Flintstones, Project Runway v. Fashion Show... http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/tvs-biggest-ripoff-shows--303
- June 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Sean Ferrell said...
I'm confused. Which picture is of Jane Krakowski. Aren't they all Miss Piggy?
- June 9, 2009 at 12:09 PM
This is really excellent--you're right on the money with all of this stuff. But have you considered that maybe Pete Hornberger is Fozzie instead of Bunsen? Not sure where that leaves Jack, though.
Also, I can't even look at your comparison pictures of Cerie vs. Muppet Cerie. It's just too much. Well done, sir.
- June 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM
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- sleeper.awake said...
- June 9, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Polter-Cow said...
That was amazing.
- June 9, 2009 at 1:42 PM
No Fraggle Rock references?
- June 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- Brent said...
I think Tina Fey might be drawing comparisons on purpose. She probably the ideas are so similar she so she is making fun of her own show/paying tribute to the Muppets by comparing Jenna and Miss Piggy (I don't think they're "getting sloppy").
Besides, I don't think that borrowing old ideas detracts from the originality of the show. No one would have said James Joyce or the Coen Brother's were not being creative for borrowing ideas from the Odyssey.
- June 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Interesting. I'll have to watch a second episode.
- June 9, 2009 at 3:47 PM
I love that you took the time to do this. I LOVE THAT.
- June 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- Highly Groovy said...
Kermit did have luck in love -- with Miss Piggy. So if Jenna is Miss Piggy, then wouldn't she have to be in love with Liz (Kermit)?
- June 9, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Liz Lemon said...
- June 9, 2009 at 4:55 PM
One flaw in your theory is that Tina Fey wanted to cast Rachel Dratch in the role of Jenna Maroney instead of Jane Krakowski, but NBC overruled her because Dratch isn't glamorous enough. Maybe NBC had the Muppet Show in mind, but the creator of the show didn't seem to, at least with regard to the Miss Piggy angle.
- June 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're ruining my life, I love 30 Rock. Damn you, damn you, damn you!!!!!!!
- June 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Mordecai said...
maybe she's paying homage to the great muppet show?
- June 9, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- ncm said...
I peed a little!
- June 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- Josh, Molly, Lucy, Jasper and Oliver Gravholt said...
That blew my mind grapes.
- June 9, 2009 at 7:31 PM
I'm sorry, but I find this comparison completely off-base. I don't see how comparing a male frog to a female human is possible, regardless of their personalities and the one clip you showed as "proof." The only similarities I, personally, have noticed, have been the ones made by 30 Rock intentionally. Beyond that, the character comparisons, especially the one for Jack/Alec Baldwin, are terribly contrived, not to mention disagreeable (judging by how different the other person's comparisons were).
Truth of the matter is, there are only so many different personality types, but hundreds of different bits and pieces which make up a personality. It's fairly easy to compare any two characters so long as they're similar in a handful of ways. For example, let's compare 24 to 30 Rock using Jack Bauer and Chloe, and Jack Donaghy and Liz.
Jack Bauer: Hard-ass person who wants the best for who he works for (CTU, FBI, America). A middle-aged man who doesn't take crap from anybody, but also has a soft side, which we rarely see.
Jack Donaghy: Hard-ass person who wants the best for who he works for (GM). A middle-aged man who doesn't take crap from anybody, but has a soft side, which we rarely see.
Chloe: A smart, informed, socially-awkward geek who maintains oddball relationships with her cohorts.
Liz: A smart, informed, socially-awkward geek who maintains oddball relationships with her cohorts.
Oh my God! Mind = blown!
No, not really. You can do this with any show as long as you prey on the right personality traits. An added bonus to your argument is that each show has SO many characters to choose from, you wouldn't ever really be wrong, no matter what you said.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but this whole comparison is a bit contrived. Sorry.
- June 9, 2009 at 7:37 PM
i thought 30 rock was a simpsons ripoff. alec baldwin is mr burns, tracy morgan is homer, liz is lisa, ken is ralph, etc.
- June 9, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- Galileo said...
Excellent post. I always thought that Brian Williams looked like Johnny Fiama, the lounge singer from Muppets Tonight.
- June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
- PatShand said...
Anonymous from 7:37. Look over your shoulder, buddy, I just saw something fly right over your head.
- June 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM
- Lisa Page Rosenberg said...
You Sir, is a genius.
- June 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM
- Jay Finnigan said...
perhaps 30 rock is as original as this post is vs. the other guy from eight months ago (http://savingpeople.livejournal.com/221292.html).
or as original as any story is vs. the poetics.
i dunno. but the pictures look funny.
- June 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM
PatShand: No.
- June 10, 2009 at 12:23 AM
- elizabeth said...
This is absolutely amazing!
- June 10, 2009 at 5:57 AM
- Jamie said...
This was awesome. I did something similar a while back comparing "The Wrestler" to "Hot Rod." No, really!
- June 10, 2009 at 6:13 AM
Anyone who likes this is probably a 30 Rock hater already and looking for an excuse to take it down a notch.
You forgot the BIG difference, that 30 Rock is actually funny and watchable.
- June 10, 2009 at 6:25 AM
- Annie Berke said...
I take issue with your statement that Kermit is unlucky in love... he has Miss Piggy, after all, who loves her "Kermie" with all her heart! So. Think about changing that. Because my whole conception of romantic love is based off of Kermit and Miss Piggy's relationship. It knows not ego nor species, and neither of them commits suicide at the end, so suck it, Shakespeare.
I hope you don't mind that I posted this entry on my own blog, and that I'd like to link to yours. My blog is currentlyinpreproduction.wordpress.com -- please check it out sometime!
- June 10, 2009 at 6:25 AM
- LE said...
Aces! Now to parlay this into a book deal...
- June 10, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- Meaghan said...
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- June 10, 2009 at 6:50 AM
now i know! thanks for the (weekend) update!
- June 10, 2009 at 6:55 AM
- June 10, 2009 at 7:47 AM
Someone had to try and fill the void after Jim H. passed away. Guess this is as close as we'll get.
- June 10, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- kjv7782 said...
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- June 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- June 10, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- Nanette said...
- June 10, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Jeff Pulice said...
this blew my mind. Please, continue, Dear Leader!
- June 10, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- DH said...
I hunker down on Thurs. nights with my popcorn eagerly awaiting 30 Rock JUST as I did way back when on Sunday nights and NOW I know why!
Loved this analysis!
- June 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Nice little analysis, but strange that you use the word "rip-off", as if there is something sinister about it. These are fairly obvious stock characters that are designed to act as foils to each other. Like the ol' "Q Source" of the gospels of the Bible, there is a larger outside paradigm from which Jim and Tina are both drawing. Take any ensembles, and you'll probably be able to fit them all into the same basic boxes.
But of COURSE Tina Fey watched a lot of Muppets growing up. Didn't we all? Does that mean every rock songwriter is "ripping off" Zeppelin and the Beatles just because their influence is everywhere?
Like I said, nice analysis, but I don't think you discovered nuclear fusion here.
- June 10, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Tony said...
Technically Scooter is not a gopher, he's a go-fer, which is basically an intern. So, you know, you got that there.
- June 10, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- avb said...
And, don't forget, in that episode where Liz starts dating her doctor/neighbor (Jon Hamm) and opens his mail, he has MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN from NetFlix.
- June 10, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- BeTheBuddha said...
Jack is Sam the Eagle! LOVE IT!
- June 10, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Afton said...
- June 10, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- JonnyT1971 said...
Very funny in theory... but somehow I doubt Tiny Fey was actively lifting from the Muppet Show. But the comparisons made me smile just the same.
- June 10, 2009 at 11:25 AM
What a fuckin joke. Is this what you do with your free time, sit around and make shitty comparisons? Perhaps it's a Dark Side of the Rainbow type thing (feel free to Google that since you're old enough to know about it, but probably too ill informed.) Yet here you sit like your blog is something worthwhile and then insert shameless plugs so people can listen to more of your pointless babbling bullshit on twitter?
Get a life. A real one.
- June 10, 2009 at 11:29 AM
The ONLY difference...and this is actually a fairly sizable one...is that the Muppet Show actually prepared the sketches, and showed them all to the "audience." (of course I mean the theatre going muppets, and the tv viewers)
30 Rock does not do that. Occasionally we see something that might have been a plot point (a la the musical number from the finale) but for the most part the show is about them working on the show as opposed to them actually putting on the show.
- June 10, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- nicoolio said...
How did I not know until just now that you have a damned blog? What the CRAP?!
- June 10, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- frank1569 said...
BL - you are so totally wrong. 30 Rock is not a rip-off of The Muppet Show - it is simply a reimagining of a classic for the anti-aging boomers.
- June 10, 2009 at 11:46 AM
right on, this is great. my first time reading your blog. You should make your links open a new page, I kept losing you when I clicked on them.
- June 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM
- Foofa said...
To those of you who think Kermit and Miss Piggy are in love...TRY AGAIN. Sure, they were actually in love in The Great Muppet Caper, and she tricked him into marrying her in Muppets Take Manhattan but as for The Muppet Show??? NO WAY. She loved him, he ran away scared.
- June 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM
- Robbie Q. said...
i would argue that jack is jim henson, frank oz, richard hunt, et al., with his hand up the ass of the rest of the cast.
- June 10, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Unknown said...
this really just makes me want to watch 30 rock all the more.
- June 10, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Hey man,
You didn't really crack any cases here, or "expose" 30 rock. You simply just pointed out and described in detail the many comedic archetypes and how they are used in both shows. These comedic archetypes are used in a ton of different comedic shows and formats. As a comedy writer, that's great you recognize these archetypes but I don't know why you would claim that Tina Fey is ripping off the Muppet show. As a comedy writer you should know that these archetypes are used often and date back to the Greeks and Romans, man.
I feel sorry for you that you can't recognize this, and also you would call out a fellow comedy writer on stealing from a particular show. This blog post is purely sensational and done to get attention. You have pointed out nothing new or interesting.
I would gladly debate this with you at anytime. Feel free to email me. email@example.com
- June 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Why would any of this be a bad thing? They clearly did it on purpose. They've probably just been waiting to see who would pick up on it.
- June 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- AJP said...
The Muppet Show is CLEARLY one of the best comedies, EVER. I grew up watching that! I need to go find episodes online, stat.
The episode where Kenneth saw everyone as muppets was so my fave. I lol'd.
- June 10, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Simpsons did it! Simpsons did it!
- June 10, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Owen said...
30 Rock rips off Newsradio! But it is still a good show. I mean, Newsradio ripped off the Mary Tyler Moore Show, right?
- June 10, 2009 at 5:58 PM
There is essentially no more originality left in television any more and most of what you see is quite disappointing. This program 30 Rock is actually very funny, and who gives a toss if it's inspired by the muppet show (which by the way was 30 years ago, and only made American tv because it was rescued by UK broadcast first)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so - as per your example of "Miss Piggy Vs Jena" - well if you can't see that was tongue in cheek then you've got a more desperate sense of humour failure than some of the other respondents here
- June 10, 2009 at 7:34 PM
If you look close enough, you can see statler and waldorf in the background, heckling tina fey
- June 10, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- sigszilla said...
Well played, sir. Well played.
- June 11, 2009 at 5:54 AM
It figures..every major network PASSED on "The Muppet Show" from the late 60s until Jim finally got it going in syndication (and by British production company ITC) in 1975. Within a year it was the biggest sydicated show in the WORLD. I'm guessing the execs who passed on the Muppets have never forgiven themselves...it was bound to come back at some point.
- June 11, 2009 at 5:58 AM
- JackiAnne said...
Hey, Anonymous 6/10 2:04 pm, check this out...
And as PatShand said,
Look over your shoulder, buddy, I just saw something fly right over your head.
- June 11, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- madeira said...
i'm from the UK and have never seen it but the case is strong and the resemblances uncanny!
- June 11, 2009 at 7:01 AM
- Alex Murfey said...
I never would have gotten that!
- June 11, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- popchik said...
The writers of 30 Rock must have known you were on to them because they did that show this past season where they flash back to the muppets. Could that be? Maybe that is where you got your idea?? Just a thought.
- June 11, 2009 at 7:27 AM
- Unknown said...
Clever. Very clever. Makes me enjoy 30 Rock all the more.
- June 11, 2009 at 7:57 AM
And "The Flintstones" was a complete rip-off of "The Honeymooners" -- but at least in this case, 30 Rock is just as good as The Muppet Show.
- June 11, 2009 at 8:36 AM
- meleah rebeccah said...
its still my favorite show EVER.
- June 11, 2009 at 8:42 AM
check out liz "lemon" and jack "the boss" on sesame street
- June 11, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Don't forget that Kenneth also sees muppets and hallucinates them singing
- June 11, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- bob said...
genius... true genius
- June 11, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Lincolnlogger said...
Hmmm. Interesting.
Next thing you know, you'll be saying that "Strange Brew" is just like "Hamlet".
- June 11, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Leah Franqui said...
I buy absolutely none of that. But nice effort.
- June 11, 2009 at 9:48 AM
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- Zak S said...
And Brian Lynch is a rip-off of whatever site this is:
Just kidding, yours is clearly more on point, but thought this was interesting.
- June 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Actually your a little off base here. 30 Rock is a rehash of The Mary Tyler Moore Show; ie- Liz=Mary, Jack=Lou, Tracy=Ted, Jenna=Rhoda+Sue Ann, Kenneth=Georgette, Pete=Murray.
Maybe the Muppet Show was a copy of The Mary Tyler Moore Show too, or may the old Our Gang - "Let's Put On a Show" concept.
- June 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM
I saw an excerpt from a Muppets comic earlier this week and thought "How funny! The Muppets are doing a parody of 30 Rock! Oh, wait... they're not."
The excerpt is here: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/06/muppet_show_comic.html#photo=3
- June 11, 2009 at 12:35 PM
This wouldn't be the first time Jim Henson was ripped off. Disney's Toy Story is a rip off of Jim Henson's "A Christmas Toy". It's now available in the US again, however Kermit is edited out (Kermit is dressed as Santa and provides an introduction). If you buy a copy from the UK you will see the original cut with original songs. I won't point out the similarities here, as they are endless.
I liked Toy Story a lot, but I love "A Christmas Toy". I highly recommend you try to rent or buy a copy for your kids. The US version was re-released in the US last year, and is incredibly cheap on Amazon. I personally recommend tracking down the UK release for the original cut (It can be found on Amazon's UK page or eBay). Jim Henson was the man.
As for 30 Rock and the Muppet Show, I love them both. I think it is awesome that 30 Rock sneaks in little references to its influences. Now if we could just get all of the above on Blu-ray.
- June 11, 2009 at 1:00 PM
In what way should Tina Fey be ashamed? Your examples of the show ripping off the muppets through "slip ups" is just the opposite of what you argue. If anything you point out that there is a possibility that 30 Rock was created with a structure similar to that of the muppets. If anything the close similarities you so "brilliantly" point out are if anything an homage to the show.
Tina Fey has nothing to be ashamed of. She has created one of the most entertaining and engaging comedies since Seinfeld done an incredible job at that. Whatever her force may be behind the show, then more power to her.
- June 11, 2009 at 9:05 PM
You are fucking stupid. Go fuck yourself.
- June 11, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- jamestobrien said...
This is fucking genius.
- June 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Okay, there are a lot of haters here... I think the comparison is hilarious and brilliant, and I think I'm right in assuming you aren't anti-3o Rock, just pointing out some interesting similarities. Even if it is a rip-off, it's a show with humans, not muppets, so there's not exactly a competition between them, right?
- June 12, 2009 at 5:51 AM
Don't you mean Tracy MORGAN???
- June 12, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Julie said...
Hysterical and seems dead on. You should share this link with Tina Fey on Twitter. I think she would find it very funny.
- June 12, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Some people are taking this way too seriously. I'm always amazed at the inability of some people to detect when things are tongue-in-cheek.
- June 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM
You are a funny man! Nice work!
- June 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Heh HeH:)
And ya re:the people who are giving Brian abuse: IT'S A JOKE!!!! Dear God!No need for the cursing and abuse - it's just a laugh people
- June 12, 2009 at 10:39 AM
That's scary!
Incredible post!
- June 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Chris Na Taraja said...
That's hysterical. Though i must argue one point. Kermit the Frog genitalia would be a cloaca, which in frogs is one opening that serves as urinary track, anus and genitalia....which would make his genitals closer to Tina Feys than you might have first suspected!
- June 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- Daniel Swinney said...
Let's not forget Jennifer Aniston telling Liz not to make "that angry Muppet face."
- June 12, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- June 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- Lourenço Bray said...
in literature, movies, tv, everything is a rip-off of the classics. Check out the Borat movie and Don Quijote by Cervantes and you will see that the characters fit 100%. By the way, I loved the post! And I love 30rock!
- June 13, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Curtis Ludlow said...
very funny!!!! :D
- June 13, 2009 at 6:12 PM
- Justin Ott said...
pretty funny brian. doesn't really change my opinion of 30 Rock though. you can "borrow" ideas or comedic situations from anywhere but without superb acting, directing, and editing it doesn't mean anything. i don't think it's a coincidence that there are similarities, but think about sitcoms in general. sitcom means situational comedy. how many comedic situations are there? oh no, i'm dating two girls and ran into both of them in the coffee shop! how many times has that happened in different sitcoms. anyway...i was on the fence until the picture of Suri and the blond muppett. hysterical. great investigative journalism! keep up the funny.
- June 14, 2009 at 10:51 AM
This is Cute. But not that insightful. I mean, the Muppets are just Template characters as well.
- June 15, 2009 at 6:58 AM
- Scott Mendelson said...
This is the funniest comparison piece since the 'Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes is Tyler Durden' essay from several years back.
- June 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- JakeFray said...
BRAVO!!! You'd fit in well down at our website. POPSENSE.com.
As an avid fan of 30 Rock, I enjoyed this very much.
- June 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM
- MsTypo said...
This is brilliant!! I haven't laughed this hard in ages.
- June 16, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Both shows were about making a show, go figure they have similarities. Do you honestly think they casted these people due to the fact that they share a couple mannerisms? This show is a comedy that uses the process of making a show like "Saturday Night Live" which many of the characters and writers come from. I recognize the comedic value to your post but if there is supposed to be any substance to it you failed miserably, stick to comedy not hack brain theories.
- June 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Ha, I've been saying this for months. but never, did the investigative research to back it up! Well done.
Oh, And Jack Donagie could be - Clifford, the host from Muppets Tonight. In charge...and funny at large.
- June 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- crone51 said...
well this is simply splendid. I guess I am now following you.
- June 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM
30 Rock is in no way "ripping off" the muppets. The writers obviously appreciate the genius that was "The Muppet Show" and by adding the idiosyncrasies of the muppet characters to human characters makes the humor more outrageous and offbeat. Good for you for picking up on it; it's interesting to see just how many muppet-references they've made over the years. Might want to work on your grammar/writing, though...
- June 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Sean Coleman said...
Fantastic post. Henson was a rare talent and I'm sure he would be laughing pretty hard at this if he was still around to read it.
- June 23, 2009 at 7:28 AM
maybe it was done on purpose.... ever think about that. i think it's even more hysterical now that i've read the connection.
- June 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Great article. A little more help (I don't think you mentioned these):
- When Jack asks Liz what animal best describes him, she says 'an eagle with the head of a bear' (The Collection).
- When Jack tells Kenneth to help Jena get fat, Kenneth says 'It'll be just like back home on the pig farm. I'm gonna fatten you up, grow to love you and then my uncles will slit your throat' (also from The Collection).
- June 24, 2009 at 3:48 AM
- Unknown said...
Yes, that's what I want to know...
How many joints did you smoke before writing this JD? Very funny!
- June 25, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Private said...
Good Shit!
- June 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Ok, I'm sorry but I don't like you at all! Although it is a good point, do you have to make it sound like Tina Faye is a bad person? She is still a more successful writer than you! I mean, if you are a screanwriter (So you say!) and you don't understand the importance of inspiration, there is a reason you don't have those Golden Globes. In art, you take examples from other peoples work and make them your own. Seriously! Plus...you have too many typos for a writer. You suck!
- June 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM
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- July 6, 2009 at 8:26 PM
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- July 6, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Good work, very true, BUT you only JUST found out about the American the office being a rip off the WAY WAY WAY funnier British one.
WAIT here is another idea for you Brian, Life on Mars - another rip off of a british show
- July 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
- Beat Sleep Apnea said...
I think maybe you missed the Alec Baldwin/Jack Donaghy Muppet relation: Link Hogthrob.
Pigs In Space forever, man!
I'd like to see 30 Rock bring on a guest as classy as Beverly Sills.
- July 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM
30 rock is till the best! LOL
- July 17, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- Uwe Bilger said...
That's awesome, thanks. I'm glad we can eventually see the spirit of the Muppet Show again. I loved that show, it was genius.
- July 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM
you make some good points, but i think you stretched some things a little too far near the end. i think that you could compare jack to kermit as well. also, as far as the bad puppeteering for jack's muppet, you do know that an actual muppeteer did that, right? seems to me that as for all the muppet references on 30 rock, it seems like the show is more embracing it thn denying it.
- July 25, 2009 at 5:26 PM
- Samantha Page said...
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- July 27, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Very good information you shared. I will spread the news. LOL. You have made very nice comparisons. Puppets and the real people. exbi chao!
- July 28, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Outstanding post. I never would have linked those two together. This is extremely creative and and insightful. Well done.
- July 29, 2009 at 1:36 AM
- Shaun said...
Two words for you sir, confirmation bias...
- July 29, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- Sputnik said...
Hilarious, great great post!
- August 12, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- Julia @ Hooked on Houses said...
Brilliant! I can't believe I never noticed the connection before.
- August 17, 2009 at 6:40 AM
- GearingUpForGettingDown said...
Great post.
- August 17, 2009 at 6:41 AM
No sh*t
- August 17, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Phoenix said...
PETE IS FOZZY! You had everything else right and then lost it right at the end.
- August 25, 2009 at 2:19 AM
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- August 26, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Even if 30 Rock "copies" the Muppets, who cares. To follow your own writing style I will explain my use of quotes. I put quotes around the word copies because I do not believe it is so. I agree that there are some major connections, but at some points you just start splitting hairs. Also, what is wrong in taking an extremely successful show and modernizing it. You claim you are a comedy writer, don't you get inspiration from other things you fined funny? Also your in depth analysis of each character leads me to think that you yourself have watch the show many times. If this is true, which it should be because if it is not that means you got your information else where and is then no longer credible. However if my assumption is correct and you do watch 30 Rock then you know how hilarious it is and you should stop wasting your time blogging and more time, laughing. That is something, as a "comedy writer" you should know how to do.
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- bruce said...
Superb. We should compare notes on how CSI is Star Trek.
- September 27, 2009 at 11:17 PM
just to let you know, the american version of 'the office' is an adaptation of the british one created by ricky gervais. and ricky gervais is still a writer for the american version of 'the office.' so the office isn't a rip off of the original british office at all. it was just more successful on american television, that's why it's still airing.
- September 28, 2009 at 11:36 PM
- Josh Holland said...
Good stuff!
But we all know that Tracy Jordan is a non-acting Tracy Morgan, who modeled his whole life after Kool Keith:)
- September 30, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Unknown said...
I'd venture a guess that Tina is actually perfectly aware of this, having watched The Muppet Show as a child, and has purposefully modeled her show after it. Why else would she even include Tracy Morgan and that crap at all?
It's like Shakespeare doin' the ol' tragic love story with simultaneous, mistaken suicides. No he didn't make that outline up, but it's his take on it, his script that makes Romeo and Juliet what it is. 30 Rock is probably the most hilarious, post modern, wonderfully written TV show that ever has been. But I'm sure you know that and really agree and only wrote this post as if it were criticism because you think it plays better... What was I even looking up in the first place that brought me to your blog...?
Goddam I wish Fey were as gay as she seems.
- October 2, 2009 at 9:49 PM
- Clarity said...
Interesting. Being a Brit and not a TV watcher (strong words for a Filmmaker) I must admit to not finding 30 Rock that funny, except for Baldwin - who is hilarious (I watched one episode where he channeled Tracy's mom, family and her next door neighbour!) Then again I did not find the Muppets funny except for Miss Piggy... wait a minute, IS it the same show? .... It's not that easy being green/original.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:17 PM
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- December 8, 2009 at 6:11 PM
really surface level comparisons, i hope you didn't spend more than 5 minutes thinking this one up
- December 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Tom Croom said...
Just stumbled onto your 30 Rock/Muppet Show blog post. Showed my wife. She is in tears from the agony of being faced with the truth.
Genius, sir... and LOLZ.
- February 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- mma pound for pound said...
Fascinating! Really love the Muppet Show! Seriously this is great! Thanks!
- February 16, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- Term paper said...
This is fantastic. You've done a better job at pointing out the connections than we have at Muppet Wiki
- February 17, 2010 at 1:44 AM
- out of order said...
this is amazingly funny and accurate, reposting!
- February 21, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- webthesurfi said...
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- March 20, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Anna Turner said...
The show is really great and I like it very much, though my friends don't. I believe that it's possible to discuss this show in a term paper on different expressions of humor in media and culture in the United States.
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- mellysa said...
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- May 11, 2010 at 12:29 AM
- renan said...
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- May 12, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Sport Supplement said...
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- May 23, 2010 at 4:26 AM
- luxury villas mauritius said...
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- May 23, 2010 at 4:28 AM
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- May 23, 2010 at 4:32 AM
- Hamza said...
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is largely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC Studios is located, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. This series is produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger, Inc., in association with NBC Universal.
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Saturday, April 01, 2006
Happy Engagement Day!
Yes, I know it's April Fool's Day but particular days can have different meaning for different people and today is no different.
My husband and I dated for awhile before becoming engaged. After a day of trout fishing (he fished/I watched) he finally popped the question every girl wants to hear, "Well, ya wanna get married or what?"
Being my father's daughter it definitely wasn't going to be "the what", so I told him it looked like we would get married. My mom thought it was an April Fool's joke when we told her. She was more than flabbergasted when we expressed our desire to have a large church wedding as soon as possible. Dad simply kept watching television and never said a word.
Well, this is our special day and falling on April Fool's we aren't likely to forget it. We finally decided to marry on July 28th. The date fell on a Saturday that year and it was my husband's parent's anniversary as well. I can truthfully say that my husband has never forgotten the date we were engaged or married.
Depending on which resource you use it is possible to find numerous reasons why some days have particular meaning over other days in different cultures. It is amazing how many different cultures have a similar day to April Fool's around the beginning of spring. Wikipedia advises the Romans had a festival name Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim. Perhaps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.
Prior to 1582 the new year was not celebrated from December 31 to January 1st. Coinciding with the vernal equinox the celebration began on March 25th and continued for eight days with April 1st being the final day. Once the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, New Year's day was moved to January 1. Not everyone heard the news immediately and there were many who simply didn't want to change. The folks who refused to change to the new calendar were labeled fools and were made fun of. It reminds me of the 1970s when Americans were introduced to the metric system. Not exactly a match made in heaven except in academic communities.
Well….my husband and I are a match made in heaven so go ahead and play jokes on one another. As for us we will celebrate our great choice we made in each other and bask in the fact that on that fateful day in 1984 we decided to get married and then partake of the "or what".
Posted by EHT at Saturday, April 01, 2006
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2 comments:
- Amerloc said...
Sweet tale.
I'm thinking we ended up (in the calendar switch) with the best end of the deal: a terrific reason to party in the middle of winter's gloom, and then right along about now, when things are starting to look up again, another chance to relax, have some fun, and maybe celebrate a bit.
- EHT said...
Well said Amerloc. I agree.
Polski3 commented on my post titled "Do You Know This Woman?" and asked some pointed questions about the trout fishing issue. No, I didn't fish. I just gazed adoringly at my man as he fished. He was in the Navy and spent many weeks at time away from home. He was home on leave and had just landed a shore duty assignment. After having dated about six years it was the right time.
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Was there any point to Gemma's latest one night stand? Bring in a character for a couple episodes, have a chase scene, a beat down... and then he's gone. I guess maybe this was supposed to lead to Jax reconciling with her? Kinda weak.
Have to wonder if Clay is really working on his own w the Nomads and the home invasions... but if he isn't... who is responsible? Pope? The Irish? Who would want to see Jax dead/out of the picture?
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Luke 12:49-53 Jesus: a cause of division
Posted by Erineus in Choice, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Jesus, Love of God and Neighbor, Loyalty, Luke, Obedience, Peace, Priorities, Sunday Gospels, Unity, Values, Violence, Year C on August 13, 2016
The new millennium has witnessed and continues to witness various and different faces of violence, division and situations of unpeace. Hardly any day passes that we do not hear the sad news of violent aggression and brutality unleashed against innocent people somewhere around the world. To make matters worse, perpetrators of these acts of violence often try to justify these atrocities by claiming that they are fighting a holy war in God's name. Think of the crusades, the Taliban in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. And the latest is the ISIS or ISIL.
Today's readings are indeed a call to war: not a war against other people but a war against sin and evil; not a war against people we perceive as evil, but a war against the evil one, the devil.
Jesus shocked his disciples when he declared that he would cast fire and cause division rather than peace upon the earth. This is a disturbing word knowing Jesus as the Prince of Peace who has come "to guide our feet into the way of peace" (Lk 1:79) and to dispense peace "among those whom he favors" (Lk 2:14) Here he makes it clear that he cast fire and brings division rather than peace. In Matthew's parallel verse (10:34), Jesus brings a sword.
Is Jesus contradicting himself on his teachings about love peace and unity? Is Jesus contradicting himself the fourth precept of the Decalogue or Ten Commandment which is, "Honor your father and mother!" Certainly not. Jesus, in saying those paradoxical words, did not intend to destroy family and other human relations, ties and institutions. Rather he was only telling his disciples, in a forceful language, the following:
First, to choose and to follow Jesus is a matter of personal choice. No can one can make decision for us. Not even the Church or the State. Not even our family. And when we choose, either we choose and follow Jesus or reject him. There is no middle way. There is no half-way. There is no other alternative. There is no other option. Please bear in mind that our sanctification and salvation depend on the kind of choice we make. Choose God and you choose life, happiness and peace.
Second, if we opted to choose and follow Jesus then our loyalty, obedience and faithfulness to him must be urgent, exclusive and unparalleled. When it comes to hierarchy of values and priorities in life, God always takes precedence over possessions and relations. To choose and follow Jesus only and always may sometimes bring division and conflict. This is the necessary consequence and cost of following Jesus. This substantially explains the paradoxical words of Jesus in today's Gospel.
Third, Jesus' message of love, peace and unity does not necessarily mean that we compromise with evil and tolerates injustices and wrong-doings. Peace and unity that we rightly desire can be achieved not by compromise, force and violence but by doing the will of God for us and through us. Let this Christian moral principles always guide us: Do good and hate sin! Love sinner and hate evil!
In today's Mass, Jesus invites all of us to examine who we love first and foremost. Does the love of Jesus Christ compel you to put God first in all you do (2 Corinthians 5:14)? A true disciple loves God above all else and is willing to forsake all for Jesus Christ. Jesus insists that his disciples give him the loyalty which is only due to God, a loyalty which is higher than spouse or kin because it is possible that family and friends can become our enemies when they prevent and hinder us from following and serving the Lord.
Let our "faith in God leads us to turn to him alone as our first origin and our ultimate goal, and neither to prefer anything to him nor to substitute anything for him" (CCC 229).


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With its newest resort opening its doors in early 2010, the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa wanted to ensure that its new flagship property maintained and even exceeded its already high standards for guest satisfaction. Choosing MOTOTRBO over cellular push-to-talk technology, the hotel saved $14,000 per month in service fees, significantly improved response time to guest requests, and expects to achieve full return on investment within
18 months.
Situation: New flagship hotel property wanted to raise the bar in guest service
Located in the beautiful rolling countryside of Cibolo Canyons in south Texas, the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa is one of Marriott International's newest properties. Celebrating its grand opening in March 2010,
the resort offers over 1,000 rooms, a conference center with 140,000 square feet of meeting space, a six-acre water park, 700-acre preserve, and a 36-hole TPC golf course.
Maintaining the Marriott's legendary high standards for guest satisfaction requires tools that increase efficiency and enable the resort's service employees to respond quickly to guest requests. So when Brian Sherman, vice president of S&P Communications, a local Motorola channel partner, called on the resort to learn of their communications needs, Steve McGuire, director of engineering for the resort, was ready to listen.
"We were looking for new technology that would increase the efficiency of the hotel's staff," says McGuire. "We wanted the ability to call all employees with the push of a button, as well as the security of having our own system without having to rely on cell phones or paying monthly service fees. And we wanted radios that would integrate with the software and technology we are using."
Improving the productivity benefits of CRM
The resort uses Guestware®, a Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) software solution designed specifically for the hospitality industry. But while the software improved the productivity of its maintenance and housekeeping staff, it was still dependent on manual data input via a computer.
For example, whenever a guest called with a request, the Front Desk logged into the application, opened a work ticket, then picked up the radio or telephone and called Housekeeping, Engineering or Maintenance. Upon reaching the right person they would assign the job, open the application and update the record. Once the job was complete the Front Desk then had to rely upon the individual to call back and report (which didn't always happen) in order for the ticket to be closed out. McGuire wanted a two-way radio that would allow them not only to continue using Guestware, but to make that software even more efficient.
Solution: MOTOTRBO digital radio system with Capacity Plus
Sherman recommended MOTOTRBO digital portable radios with a six-channel Capacity Plus system.
The MOTOTRBO radios offer enhanced features, increased capacity, integrated data applications, exceptional voice quality and extended battery performance. With the addition of Capacity Plus, a scalable, single-site digital trunking solution, MOTOTRBO capacity would be expanded even further, enabling over a thousand radio users to share voice and data communication quickly and
efficiently on the same system without adding new frequencies.
Four voice repeaters and two data repeaters dedicated to the Guestware application were also installed, as well as the Teldio Radio Branch Exchange™ (RBX) application, a telephone-to-radio interface that would enable employees or guests
to use land-line telephones to connect directly with radio users. The system was deployed in stages beginning in November, 2009, with two digital
MOTOTRBO repeaters. Two more MOTOTRBO voice repeaters, two MOTOTRBO data revert repeaters and 10 application dependent control stations were installed in early January, 2010, utilizing CapacityPlus. The final implementation for Guestware and Teldio RBX radio-to-telephone interface was completed in April, 2010.
Results: The bottom line – flawless customer service
It takes more than good intentions to provide guests with the level of excellence expected from a high-end resort that has built its reputation on flawless customer service. The right processes must be in place to react quickly to guest requests and speed response to the issue. And the right tools must be available to allow employees to collaborate easily and get the job done unobtrusively and well.
Today all operations, including guest services, housekeeping, convention services, audio visual, food and beverage, recreation, engineering, and security communicate seamlessly via the MOTOTRBO
radio system. Nearly 100 percent of the hotel and grounds have full two-way radio coverage, including the convention center, which is located on a hillside where three of its floors are below ground level.
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Fellowships Office
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Many scholarships or fellowships include an interview or two as part of the application process. Typically, selection committees make preliminary decisions based solely on the written application and invite only the most promising candidates to be interviewed. The interview is your opportunity to demonstrate your ability to think on your feet, show your grasp of current events and the latest developments in your field, and impress the committee with your warm personality. Generally, the interview will be scheduled to take place within a week or two of notification, so it is important to begin preparing even before you know that you are a finalist.
Before the Interview
- If you are invited to an interview, look into transportation and housing arrangements. This information is often in the application materials or in the letter inviting you to the interview. Are you responsible for all costs, or will the fellowship sponsors reimburse you for any of your travel expenses? Do you stay with all other candidates at a specific site, or do you need to make arrangements for a place to stay?
- When making travel arrangements, allow yourself plenty of time. Planes are delayed, trains run late and there are traffic jams. If you will be crossing time zones, do what you can to avoid the problems of jet lag. Make sure that you have accurate directions to the interview site, or know who will pick you up from the airport or train station.
- Ask the fellowship sponsors for an itinerary of the interview day or weekend. Some fellowships have all the candidates attend a small social event before the interviews begin, or after they have all concluded. It is nice to know what to expect.
- Contact the Director of Fellowships (276-5869 or firstname.lastname@example.com) if you want to have a mock interview arranged for you. Provide a list of possible times for the mock interview. Also contact the Career Center (275-2366) to find out what services they offer to help prepare you for interviews.
- Look over your interview clothes carefully. Do you need to get them cleaned or pressed? Remember to shine your shoes.
- Think of the most likely questions and prepare answers to them.
- Get enough rest in the days immediately preceding the interview.
During the Interview
- Be confident. You are among the few invited to be there.
- Look at the interviewers. Be sure to offer a firm handshake at the appropriate time.
- Listen to the question carefully. Do not be afraid to let a few seconds go by to collect your thoughts before beginning to answer.
- Keep your answers concise and to the point. Do not be rattled or offended if an interviewer interrupts you; they are often looking for specific responses and once they have that, will want to move on to the next topic — this allows them to cover the most ground in the limited time available.
- If the question can be answered "yes" or "no", begin your answer with that word and then give the reasons for your answer. The structure will force you to give a clear answer.
- If you do not know something, or have not thought about it, admit that. Your candor will be more impressive than a poor or incorrect response.
- If you indicated that you speak a language other than English on the application, be prepared to hold a conversation in that language.
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PLEASE NOTE that the Tennessee State Library and Archives does not hold copies of all of the items listed in this bibliography. Please check the Tennessee State Library and Archives Online Catalog or visit the Ask Us a Question! web page to contact the Library and Archives and verify we have an item in our collection. We will respond to e-mail requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of research required to answer your question and the unique nature of your request. If you need immediate assistance you may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit us in person.
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Allen, Billy R. Robertson countians of the Civil War.
Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Robertson County, Preliminary # 1). Nashville, TSLA, 1968. 47 pp.
Carl, Coley T. A survey of parent opinions regarding Robertson County Schools. Austin Peay St. U. thesis, 1970. 41 pp.
Conn, Hardin H. Robercrest in the snow. Springfield, n.p., 1940. 26 pp.
DeWitt, John H., Jr. "Early radio broadcasting in middle TN." THQ 31 (1972), pp. 80-94.
Dorsey, A. L. Miscellaneous collection of pamphlets & materials relating to Robertson County & Springfield, 1908-1940. (unpub. typescript)
Doss, Vertistine T. Characteristics, position, & prospects of black farmers in Robertson County, TN.TSU thesis, 1984. 61 pp.
Durrett, Jean. Churches of Robertson County, TN, 1786-1900. Springfield, Charlotte Reeves Robertson Chapter, DAR, 1977. 57 pp.
Flood insurance study: Robertson County, TN, unincorporated areas. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1983. 30 pp.
Fyke, Ruth C. History of Mt Zion UMC: established 1798. Springfield, the author, 1984. 254 pp.
Garrett, William R., ed. "Sketches of Sevier & Robertson counties." AHM 5 (1900), pp. 310-325.
Gaston, Ray B. "Robertson County distilleries, 1796-1909." THQ 43 (1984), pp. 49-67.
Goodspeed's history of TN (Robertson County, pp. 827-867, 1124-1205). Goodspeed, 1886.
Gregory, Rick. "Robertson County & the Black Patch War, 1904-1909." THQ 39 (1980), pp. 341-358.
Gunn, Lovie M. Childhood memories of Oak Lawn. Springfield, n.p., 1967. 10 pp.
Gunn, Lovie M. The house with open doors. Springfield, n.p., 1967. 7 pp.
Henderson, Deborah K. Robertson County's heritage of homes. Springfield, Robertson County Antiquities Foundation, 1979. 96 pp.
Historical quarterly, eastern Robertson County. Vol. 1, 1994-. (quarterly) Cross Plains Heritage Commission.
Holman, Catherine & Jean Durette. Historic Robertson County, places & personalities. Photographs by Dennis Noon. Springfield, 1970. 40 pp.
Kilgore, Sherry J. "A brief survey of frontier architectural characteristics in Robertson & Sevier counties." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 44 (1978), pp. 116-126.
Miller, Harriet P. Pioneer colored Christians. Clarksville, W.P. Titus, 1911. 103 pp. (reprinted 1972 by Black Heritage Library Collection)
Moore, Lee A. Utilization of sources of information as related to socioeconomic characteristics of farmers in Robertson County. TSU thesis, 1984. 119 pp.
Morton, Jacob C. Robertson County Negro yearbook, 1938. Compiled by Jacob C. Morton & Virdner D. Moore, Jr. Springfield, 1938. 16 pp.
Mulloy, James S. Reminiscences of Robertson County. Springfield, n.p., n.d. 23 pp.
Nashville MSA, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 55 pp.
Owsley, Danny R. A comparison of land utilization in Robertson County to the state of TN. TSU thesis, 1979. 58 pp.
Red River Baptist Church (Adams, TN). Records of Red River Church at the mouth of Sulpher Fork of Red River in TN County (now Robertson County) Mero District, 1791. N.p., 1936. 251 pp.
Sanders, Thelma S. Attitudes, societal influences & agency impacts on the quality of life among the poor of rural Robertson County, TN. TSU thesis, 1980. 42 pp.
Soil survey, Robertson County, TN. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1914, 1968.
Stewart, Montgomery, Robertson County solid waste management plan. Clarksville, SMR Regional Planning Board, 1994. var. pp.
Stroud, Hubert B. Land use in Robertson County, TN. Memphis State U. thesis, 1968. 113 pp.
Survey of achievement in Robertson County Public Schools. Nashville, Division of Surveys & Field Services, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1961. 20 pp.
Swann, Earl. History of Mt Carmel Baptist Church.
TN Dept. Education. School plant survey report of selected schools in Robertson County. Nashville, n.p., 1959. 10 pp.
TN Dept. Emp. Sec. A look into available manpower, Robertson County, TN. Nashville, n.p., 1964. 22 pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
TN Taxpayers Assn. A report with recommendations covering a survey of the finances & administrative methods of the government of Robertson County, TN. Nashville, the association, 1943. 124 pp.
Thomas, Mrs. Archie, comp. Chronicles of Robertson County, as appears in Springfield Record, August, 1902. Springfield, n.p., 1922. 56 pp.
US Army Corps of Engineers. Flood plain information, Sulphur Fork, Springfield, TN. Prepared for the city of Springfield by the Dept. of the Army, Nashville, August 1972. Nashville, Army Corps of Engineers, 1972. 29 pp.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Guthrie, Millersville, Dot, Adairsville, Prices Mill, Franklin, Sango, Adams, Springfield North, Youngville, Orlinda, Portland, Henrietta, Pleasant View, Springfield South, Greenbrier, White House, Forest Grove, Whites Creek.
US Soil Conservation Service. Soils interpretations, Robertson County, TN.
Nashville, Mid-Cumberland Council of Governments, 1977. 31 pp.
Walker, Theron J., comp. The first hundred years of the Catholic Church in Robertson County, TN: memorial booklet published on the occasion of the celebration of the centennial of St. Michael's Church, Friday, May 8, 1942. N.p., 1942. 24 pp.
White, Lex. Occupational opportunities available for women in the field of agriculture in Robertson County, TN. TSU thesis, 1982. 41 pp.
Willett, Charles. Bygone days in TN. Springfield, the author, 1961. 7 pp. (reproduced from Robertson County Times, Feb.-Mar.-1961)
Williams, Louise & Myralynn Pope. Adams & community.
Winters, Ralph L. Historical sketches of Adams, Robertson County, TN & Port Royal, Montgomery County, TN, 1779-1968. Clarksville, 1968. 280 pp. (reprinted 1978 by S.J. Winters)
Winters, Ralph L. Hospitality homes & historic sites in western Robertson County, TN. Clarksville, the author, 1971. 126 pp.
Barr, Gladys H. The Bell Witch at Adams. Nashville, D. Hutchinson, 1969. 107 pp.
Bell, Charles B. The Bell Witch: a mysterious spirit. Nashville, Lark, 1934. 228 pp. (reprinted 1972 by Charles Elder)
Bell, Charles B. & Harriet P. Miller. A mysterious spirit & the Bell Witch of TN. (a reprint of The Bell Witch: a mysterious spirit, 1934)
Brehm, H.C. Echoes of the Bell Witch in the twentieth century. Nashville, the author, 1979. 65 pp.
Ingram, M.V. Bell Witch: most gruesome of ghost stories, to be run as a serial in the Sun. Charleston, MS, the Sun, 1937. 48 pp.
Ingram, Martin Van Buren. An authenticated story of the famous Bell Witch, the mysterious talking goblin that terrorized the west end of Robertson County, TN, tormenting John Bell to his death; the story of Betsy Bell, her lover & the haunting sphinx. Clarksville, W.P. Titus, 1894. (various reprints available)
Lockhart, Teresa A. "20th century aspects of the Bell Witch." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 50 (1984), pp. 18-24.
Lombardo, Josephine. Bell Witch legends. Bloomington, Indiana Univ., Archives of Traditional Music, 1972. 8 sound cassettes + documentation. (various named informants interviewed by Lombardo; recorded June-July 1972 by Lombardo in Clarksville, Adams, & Cedar Hills, TN)
Miller, Harriet P. The Bell Witch of middle TN. Clarksville, Leaf-Chronicle, 1930. 72 pp.
Price, Charles E. The infamous Bell Witch of TN. Johnson City, Overmountain Press, 1994. 120 pp.
Scenes of the Bell Witch legend. Adams, K.R.J. Russell, 1972. 6 pp.
Shebar, Sharon S. & Judith Schoder. The Bell Witch. NY, J. Messner, 1983. 63 pp. (juvenile literature)
Head, Mary S. A circle of memories - Cedar Hill & surrounding area.
History of St. Michael's Catholic Church, 1842-1982. Rev. & partially rewritten by Marie English Hall. (1st. ed.) Springfield, Clemons Print. Co., 1982. 60 pp.
Read, Rita A. Across the plains: a history of Cross Plains, TN, 1778-1986. Cross Plains, Cross Plains Heritage Commission, 1986. 120 pp.
Hill, Doris M. & Marjorie S. Pike. The village green, Greenbrier, TN, 1858- 1920. Greenbrier, D.M. Hill, 1983. 151 pp.
Rigsby, Maggie. Orlinda, TN.
Walker, Mary E. Pleasant View & environs: Cheatham & Robertson County, TN, 1787-1981.Pleasant View, the author, 1982. 164 pp.
Ridgetop Hist. Soc. Ridgetop, a unique TN community. Ridgetop, the society, 1985. 28 pp.
Beasley, Phyllis H. History of Martin's Chapel United Methodist Church, 1845-1984. Springfield, the church, 1984. 47 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Springfield, TN, Robertson County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1983. 16 pp.
Love, Charles H. The Springfield I have known. Springfield, Robertson County Times, n.d. 19 pp. (a reproduction of articles published in the Robertson County Times, beginning with its issue of Feb. 4, 1943)
US Army Corps of Engineers. Flood plain information, Sulpher Fork, Springfield, TN. Nashville, the corps, 1972. 29 pp.