BIG UPS: Tina Fey will receive the Mark Twain Prize

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BIG UPS: Tina Fey will receive the Mark Twain Prize

POSTED: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 5:04 PM

Filed Under: Big Ups | TV

Hell yeah, Tina Fey! Yesterday, the Kennedy Center announced that the current 30 Rock star/former SNL-er and erstwhile Upper Darby-ian will receive the Mark Twain Prize for Humor. From the Times:

On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that it would present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Ms. Fey, the "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and occasional cribber of punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the 13-year history of the prize, Ms. Fey will be the third woman to receive it: it was previously presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and Whoopi Goldberg in 2001.

What did you think of 30 Rock this season? I thought it was up and down; some episodes felt like the writers were stuck in a rut and some guest stars felt completely flat (JULIANNE MOORE), while other episodes were spot-on (like last week's season finale, above) and felt like earlier seasons. NBC is moving 30 Rock out of it's cushy post-Office timeslot next season and it will now follow Community at 8:30 p.m., and I'm honestly a little worried about it's future. It's had four years to establish an audience and, despite critical acclaim, ratings are low. So how do you think it will fare without a powerhouse lead-in (although, Community was stronger than The Office this year on the whole). No matter, though, without Tina, I wouldn't have an unnatural infatuation with Jack McBrayer or the ability to make Kabletown jokes. Therefore, I salute you. RELATED >> INTERVIEW with 30 Rock's Scott Adsit: "So now in bars across the world, you can spend 50 cents and hear Liz Lemon and Pete Hornberger yelling at you to 'shoot it up the ramp!'" RELATED >> I wouldn't bitch about my cable bill so much if I had Kabletown RELATED >> 30 Rock takes on the Comcast buy-out

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