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Liz arrives at TGS to a big package that has been sent to her. Excited she opens it to find her previous agent Simon, who was banned from TGS, had himself delivered to the TGS offices to show Liz he’s received her new contract. Liz wants to throw Simon out but is outraged by the same deal Jack gave her six years ago. Liz confronts Jack, who refuses to give Liz a raise or meet her other contract demands.

Kenneth comes back from his one day away from work when the Pages were fired and finds that no one at TGS realized he was gone. Kenneth feels hurt and unappreciated and decides to switch places with another Page, Hazel Wassername (Guest star Kristen Schaal), so the writers and staff of TGS will miss him.

Tracy talks Jenna into a lucrative appearance for their shared accountant, Marty Goldstein, who wants them to entertain at his son Adam’s bar mitzvah. Tracy and Jenna arrive to find that Marty’s son was being sarcastic when he said he wanted TGS stars to entertain at his party, and demands they play transformers instead. Tracy and Jenna piece together cardboard robots and perform so badly Adam and the crowd throw food at them.

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In the second episode of 30 Rock the same night Jenna pulls rank on Liz, going behind her back to Jack so her new movie Martin Luther King Day (a parody of the fluffy romantic holiday movies stuffed with movie stars) gets some promo time on TGS. Liz confronts Jack only to find he has to bend to Jenna’s will because she’s become a famous B actress since becoming a judge on America’s Kidz Got Singing! Jack suggests Liz use her friendship with her best friend to talk her out of the promo.

Jack decides he needs to cut costs and informs Kenneth and the Pages that he is ending the Page program and replacing them with robots. Jack shows the Pages the new robot that will replace them and they are horrified. Kenneth is devastated by the news the Pages are being eliminated and tries to encourage Jack to change his mind by singing a few of his old folk tunes. In the meantime Jack and the rest of the Pages ignore him and argue amongst themselves.

Liz meets up with Jenna and they agree to go to Outback Steakhouse for a girls night out together. Liz and Jenna polish off another blooming onion and decide its time to leave the restaurant but Jenna is being hounded by the papparazzi and PETA. Jenna convinces Liz it would be fun if Liz was able to act famous by dressing in Jenna’s trenchcoat and sunglasses as they leave the restaurant. Liz strolls out of the restaurant to an onslaught of papparazzi taking photos. PETA protestors think she is Jenna and throw a bucket of red paint on Liz, who realizes Jenna set her up to get Liz clobbered with paint while Jenna gets to leave unscathed but well photographed. Liz has had it with Jenna’s selfishness and Jenna blames Liz for being upset with her over her success. Liz and Jenna proclaim they will each find a new best friend instead of being friends with each other.

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Liz walks to 30 Rock and finds that TGS is being picketed by the Gay community. Tracy finds himself in deep trouble after a homophobic rant (a scripted comment on the real life Tracy Morgan incident) and Liz has to fix things like usual. Tracy decides to hold a protest of idiots like himself in front of 30 Rock to get back at the original protesters and draws a large crowd, including celebrity Denise Richards, to support his protest. Jack tells Liz he’s “in her head” when it comes to what he thinks is a bad choice in boyfriends. Jack considers Criss yet another loser that Liz always seems to attract to her. Liz tells Jack he won’t be meeting her new live-in boyfriend Criss, knowing Jack will do everything he can to ruin her relationship. Jack derides Liz over the fact that Criss is jobless and trying to get funding for his new business, an Organic Hot Dog stand.

Jenna is desperate for the fluorescent lights to be changed in her dressing room, she has to have perfect pink lighting so anyone who takes photos of her gets her at her best. The Gay TGS janitor is protesting against Tracy so Jenna convinces Kenneth to help her sneak into the janitor’s closet and get the pink fluorescent lights to replace the burnt out lights in her dressing room. Kenneth picks up a box of light bulbs and the bottom falls open, breaking the bulbs on the floor. Kenneth starts to freak since he knows fluorescent bulbs have mercury in them. Jenna is mostly concerned about cleaning up the mess and not getting caught.

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In 30 Rock’s Season 6 episode Liz is walking, no practically dancing her way to 30 Rock and meets up with Jack. He can’t get over how cheery Liz is acting, not herself at all. Jack goes on about how predictable Lemon’s Christmas holiday must have been. Liz keeps smiling and Jack admits he is confused by her uncharacteristic perkiness.

At TGS Liz runs into Kenneth who tells Liz and Pete he is prepared for the Rapture that is happening the next day. Kenneth is ready to give away his earthly goods and shows Pete his bucket list to complete. Pete looks at the bucket list and derides Kenneth on his need to finish odd-jobs at TGS instead of doing something he’s never done, like going to the ocean.

Liz meets up with Tracy in the hallway. Tracy is ready to ruin TGS because he is very jealous of Jenna, who has a prime judge job on the new hit America’s Kidz Got Singing! Tracy threatens Liz who tells him to go ahead with his plans, she’s staying out of the drama. Tracy doesn’t know how to take this happy-go-lucky version of Liz.

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In Community’s Christmas episode spoofing the show Glee, the study group is hanging with each other in the cafeteria enjoying the Christmas season when the Glee club members pile into the cafeteria, announce their all important annual Christmas pageant, then sing extremely peppy and cheery renditions of Christmas carols followed by what they think is smoking rap music. Dean Pelton is thrilled while the study group wants to gag listening to their elevator style music. Britta wonders why Jeff just sits there and smiles knowingly. Suddenly the Glee club is confronted by Chang and his minions who present them with a cease and desist order to stop the pageant. Jeff explains to the study group someone reported their use of artist’s unlicensed songs without permission. The study group nods approvingly at Jeff while the Glee club screams in horror as they have a group mental breakdown.

As the study group meets in their study room Dean Pelton shows up with choir director Cory Radison in tow. Dean Pelton knows the study group stepped in the last time the Glee club did not perform due to a fatal bus crash, and saved the day at the Christmas pageant. Dean Pelton and choir director Radison are there to convince the study group to step in once again so the Glee club can go to the regionals. Choir director Radison seems a little too cheery and intense, making the study group members uncomfortable at best as they insist they aren’t interested in performing.

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The study group is hanging in the cafeteria. Troy and Abed tell the study group they are estatic that they finally received their expensive limited edition Dark Knight DVD with an autograph and special commentary by Christian Bale. Troy and Abed tell the gang they plan to watch their special movie that night. Jeff becomes annoyed by the three noisy international students playing foosball. Jeff has a thing about foosball, he thinks only losers play it. When Jeff storms over to the foosball players Shirley begs him to stop. Jeff talks down to the foosball players who promptly kick his ass playing foosball and laugh as they leave him defeated and embarrassed.

Shirley finds Jeff at the foosball table after hours and asks him why he cares so much about beating the international students. Jeff tells Shirley he used to play foosball all the time as a kid because it was a sport a lonely kid could play alone since his dad wasn’t around. Shirley lets Jeff in on a secret: she was a rabid foosball player as a kid. When Shirley starts playing Jeff she demolishes him with amazing moves and Jeff begs Shirley to help him get better at the game so he can beat the international students. The international students stroll into the room and find Jeff and Shirley at the foosball table and demand to use it. Jeff tells them they can’t have it and he challenges them to an all out game the next morning.

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In Man v. Food’s 4th season finale Adam visits the island of Oahu in Hawaii to help coach fifth-grade teacher Lauren Takao face the Moose McGillycuddy’s Moose Omelet Challenge. Lauren is set to take on the 5 pound Moose Omelet Challenge which must be finished in under one hour and has crushed 95% of its challengers.

First Adam heads to Haute Dog in Honolulu where they are famous for what else? Hot dogs. Adam is interested in their Italian beef sandwich, the Big Hawaiian. Adam watches as the chef puts together this beefy sandwich. The Big Hawaiian starts with a bun and a foot-long hot dog, topped with slow-roasted Kalua pork, then slathered in pickled onions, poi, barbecue sauce, and pineapple relish. Adam chomps into the Big Hawaiian and smiles over the porky combinations with tasty condiments.

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The camera opens on a courtroom where a lawyer is questioning a witness about his alibi for the night of a crime. Although the witness is caught in the lie, the lawyer has little time to celebrate because he begins to feel short of breath and collapses to the floor.
When presented with the case, House suspects toxins. He tells Adams to search the home and Chase to run some tests and tells them to choose who they will take with them. At the same time, they both say “Taub.” House is intrigued as to why neither doctor wanted to take Park. But Adams quickly recants and says she’ll take Park and that it’s no big deal.

On the way over, Adams reassures Park that she likes her and that they work well together, even as they start arguing over the patient’s diagnosis. At the house, they can’t find any toxic chemicals, but they do find a hidden room containing a stockpile of guns and ammo to supply a small army.

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Dean Pelton shows the study group the old television commercial that promotes Greendale college and lets them know he has received $2,000 to make a new commercial. The dean tells the gang he has chosen them to star in the commercial with him as the director. Abed refuses to be in the commercial, instead choosing to make a documentary of the making of the commercial and making Dean Pelton uncomfortable in the process.

Dean Pelton begins with a stripped down script that seems almost as hokey as the original. Pierce wants star treatment, demanding that he get a trailer and unless his demands are met he will not play the insignificant role he has been assigned in the commercial. Annie is the script girl who doesn’t totally appreciate her working title, preferring to be referred to as an assistant. Shirley is the single mother giving advice to new students, while Troy and Britta are sharing a hug showing how new students can make friends.

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This hour long special of Man v. Food Nation is all about Thanksgiving-style feasts and the preparation for this national holiday. Adam is traveling across the country to join in Thanksgiving feasts before heading to Big Earl’s BBQ in Scottsdale, Arizona for their Leg of the Beast Feast Challenge. Adam coaches three members each of the Scottsdale Police and Fire Departments for this undefeated challenge. The Police and Fire Department members must take down a 17-pound barbecue feast featuring roast pork and sides in 30 minutes to win the challenge.

Adam’s first stop is at Plymouth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts to partake in a 17th Century-style Thanksgiving feast. The meal consists of turkey, stewed pompion (a stewed butternut squash), seething mussels, mashed potatoes and gravy, beets and stuffing. Adam proclaims the mussels some of the best he’s had, and calls this meal a “Delicous taste of history.”

Adam’s second feast stop is at Side Street Inn in Oahu, Hawaii for a Hawaiian feast, consisting of seared ahi tuna, boneless Kalbi short ribs, pan-fried island pork chops, meaty Hawaiian fried rice, and a steamed and fried local red snapper called Opakapaka. Adam tells the audience that unquestionably this is his favorite fried rice in the world.

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