Although the show has been off the air for a couple of years now, "30 Rock" was part of the hit NBC comedy lineup for eight fantastic seasons. As one of the funniest ladies starring in television and film for the past decade or so, Tina Fey took a basic character based on her own personality and created the fantastically awkward television writer, Liz Lemon. She plays this character as well as working as a writer for the show. Throughout her eight years of gracing the sitcom lineup with her presence, Liz Lemon gave the viewers tons of advice from life to love. She even went on to write a “Deal Breakers” book which even almost launched into a television show. So here are my favorite bits of Lemon-approved advice about your life life and love life.
*Spoiler: they’re mostly food related, as the best advice always should be.
Instead of buying you a drink, men should buy you mozzarella sticks at a bar instead. Hey, a girl’s gotta eat, right? Boys, take notes: If a girl already has a drink in her hand, or you really want to impress her, ask her if she’d like some mozzarella sticks instead. She will most likely fall in love with you (or at least I will, for sure).
If you don’t care about food, this date that we’re on right now will probably not result in another. Unless, that is, the guy accuses you of being racist, which you’re not, and then you go on a second pity date to prove that you’re not in fact a racist.
Just like on "House Hunters," where Liz gets mad at and yells at her television a lot of the time, people should look past the color of the house. Look past the color of someone’s skin. Deep.
Sometimes, everything is the worst.
Religion: I basically just do whatever Oprah tells me. Not as relevant as it once was when Oprah was on the air five days a week, but still, you can normally trust Oprah.
YOU CAN DO IT ALL. Yes, she can totally make her way through airport security to talk to her boyfriend before he gets on his flight as the pilot, while also eating her entire special sandwich with the amazing dipping sauce before she can even get through the security. Yes, you can do it all. Get it, girl.
“I don’t have a lot of personal life experience, but if I have learned anything from my 'Sims' family: when a child doesn’t see his father enough, he starts to jump up and down, then his mood level will drop until he pees himself.” So daddies out there, see your kid. Self-explanatory, I think.
When in doubt, dance it out. This is also key advice from "Grey's Anatomy," but I think Liz Lemon’s dance moves are just a bit better.
If your colleges’ theater program becomes discredited, you still have to pay your student loans. Unfortunate, but Liz learned the hard way.
“Yes to life! Yes to love! Yes to staying in more!” Basically, my life motto.
Do not use the word “lover” unless it is strategically placed in between the words “meat” and “pizza.” No, I do not have a lover. That’s for the fantastic type of pizza that I love to eat, alone on a Friday night, because I have no lover. And even if I “do,” don’t call it that. Ever.
When in doubt, talk to some food about your situation. The sad part of the situation is that in college, sometimes there aren’t a lot of people that you can trust or can actually confide in. But the wonderful thing is that you can always trust food, and food will always listen to your problems while also tasting delicious.
