Alec Baldwin's performance and half a dozen funny lines save the otherwise lackluster first episode of the show from please-cancel status, but "30 Rock" has some distance to go to be "must-see." Let's hope it clears the "surprisingly funny" bar next week.
There's a skyscraper, accompanied by incredibly chipper music reminiscent of seventies sitcoms good and bad.
Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is waiting in line at a hot dog cart when a guy in a suit talking on a cell phone walks directly up to the vendor.
Liz: Whoa, excuse me, there's a line, buddy.
Insisting that there are two lines, and that he's just getting a hot dog, the man stands his ground as Liz protests.
