30 Rock

Today is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!

With temperatures predicted to crest 80 degrees today in St. Louis, Gut Check could use some ice cream -- but then, couldn't we always? Today is Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day, with area locations slinging free scoops of ice cream from Noon to 8 p.m. Find out where to get your free sugar fix af ... More >>

A Toast to Lena Dunham's Panties

Judah Friedlander Buys Firebird Crowd Imo's Pizza After Show, Jimmy Kimmel Still Hates It [Update]

On Friday, February 8, comedian Judah Friedlander visited the Firebird (2706 Olive Street; 314-535-0353) to make St. Louis laugh. The self-described "World Champion" did just that for nearly 90 minutes, including an interlude about St. Louis and his love-hate relationship with Imo's Pizza (multiple ... More >>

Here's a Photo of 30 Rock's Judah Friedlander Feeding Everyone at The Firebird Imo's Pizza

30 Rock's Judah Friedlander (you know, the guy with the hats) came to the Firebird on Friday, to -- as he put it -- answer questions about "my status as World Champion, karate, or my dick." His on-the-spot and off-the-cuff humor played well to the good-sized, seated crowd -- but if anyone had plans ... More >>

Life After 30 Rock: Judah Friedlander on being World Champion

Judah Friedlander Talks About Life After 30 Rock and Being the World Champion: Interview Outtakes

In this week's print edition we interviewed Judah Friedlander: standup comedian, "World Champion", and one of the stars of NBC's recently-wrapped sitcom 30 Rock. Friedlander is an exceptionally engaging and approachable interviewee, and as such we were unable to fit our whole conversation into the p ... More >>

8 Flavors Ben & Jerry's Should Consider For Its New 30 Rock Ice Cream

Yesterday Gut Check learned that ice cream chain Ben & Jerry's will release a new 30 Rock-themed ice cream tomorrow to coincide with the show's series' finale airing tomorrow night. Until its official unveiling tomorrow afternoon the 30 Rock flavor is being kept under wraps, which left us curious, ... More >>

Put Down The Night Cheese -- Ben & Jerry's Announces New 30 Rock Ice Cream

When Gut Check learned that season seven of 30 Rock would be the show's last, we were sad to say the least. This Thursday, January 31, we'll say goodbye to 30 Rock for good when it's season finale airs. Here's an excerpt from a memorial Gut Check penned this past spring when the show's final season ... More >>

Here Comes the Fun Cooker

Korean America's Sweetheart

Childish Gambino

7 p.m. Thursday, June 7. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Win Tickets to Childish Gambino

Update: And our winner is Tekoa Bolden, whose Wu-name is Budget Nudist. Thanks for playing to all but one of you. Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) is coming to the Pageant this Thursday, June 7, and we'd like to give you a pair of tickets. It is well-known that Glover came by his hip-hop m ... More >>

Saying Goodbye to Liz Lemon, Banisher of Food-Shame

NBC announced last week that 30 Rock will in fact return for a seventh -- and final -- season. The finale of a favorite show is always a tearful event, but 30 Rock has become much more than a 30-minute meta sitcom. Liz Lemon is herself a food institution, the likes of which didn't exist on televisi ... More >>

Pizza Hut UK Rolls Out Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza

Gimmicky fast food chain foodstuffs are usually mildly horrifying, so much so that we at Gut Check are often desensitized (read: curious but unfazed) by their absurdity. Then, every once in awhile, a fast food Frankenstein comes along that's too unholy not to marvel at. This week, when Gut Check l ... More >>

Who Wants to Win $80 to Sundecker's...Tonight Only [Updated with winner]!

Sometimes Gut Check is swamped with so many gift certificates to St. Louis eateries that one or two slip through the cracks, and, oops, expire. Today, $80 in gift certificates to Sundecker's St. Louis (900 North First Street, 314-241-5915) was found in the depths of the Gut Check gift certificate bi ... More >>

Controlled Chaos

The Voice with Cee-Lo, X-Tina and Two Other Dudes: Four Possible Spin-Offs

Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, and some white guys are the hosts of America's first communist TV talent show, "The Voice." ​The Voice, America's favorite socialist-realism-inspired TV talent show, has quickly and abruptly become NBC's first broadly accepted hit show since Friends, a sitcom ... More >>

Name That Cop Movie: Kevin Smith's latest is a cliché-filled movie-trivia comedy — so crazy it just might work!

Ten Situations to Avoid This Thanksgiving

If you're not going home for Thanksgiving tomorrow, you have a lot to be thankful for. Go find that perfect holiday dive bar and count your blessings. For the rest of you: Thanksgiving can be an extremely uncomfortable time spent with family and old friends. Here, in no specific order, are ten of th ... More >>

Nobody's Baby: Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler seem the least bit invested in Baby Mama

Seasons in the Sun

The Office: Season Three