30 Rock - Stone Mountain, or All God's Children are Terrible

It's road trip time on 30 Rock! Still trying to find that perfect new cast member, Jack again bemoans the lack of "real America" talent on TGS, so they head to Kenneth's home town of Stone Mountain, Georgia, to find the perfect, mid-America comic.

Back in New York, Jenna works on befriending the writers to ensure that, when the new cast member finally does materialize, she'll be taken care of with good sketches. She got the idea from Florence Henderson, who Kenneth says used to bake cookies for the writers (my internet research has neither confirmed nor denied this claim). In exchange, they wrote her one of the greatest characters of all time. The guys think Jenna is a drag, and are plotting to throw her out of the gang when they learn that they can ingratiate themselves into her circle of cool gay dudes and attend one of the greatest Halloween parties in New York. However, Jenna figures out that, in addition to her using them, they are now using her, but they reach a truce of mutual benefit for all parties, with her getting good skits, and them getting to come to the party.

In Stone Mountain, Liz ate a carp po boy sandwich with extra chuckle (you don't want to know) that didn't agree with her. In her absence, Jack went to the local Laugh Factory without her and hired a ventriloquist to be the newest part of TGS. Liz goes back to the comedy club with Jack, determined to heckle the ventriloquist and make him renege on the deal. However, when they arrive, it turns out that the ventriloquist is as nasty and brutal a comic as any found in New York, and the comedy club-goers are just as foul and mean as any in Gotham.

So, we learned that all God's children are terrible, and gay dudes throw the best Halloween parties. All in all, a fair episode, featuring a cameo by Jimmy Fallon in a "rule of three" subplot featuring Tracy Jordan. Tracy is concerned that, because two famous people have died, he'll be the third to go, since celebrity deaths always happen in three (apparently). Jimmy poked fun at his own show's failings, and once again proved that, although a good-looking guy and a fairly good joke-reader, not the best actor on the block. Oh well, we all have our talents.

But seriously, 30 Rock, show me a new cast member or abandon the plot. This is getting ridiculous.