There’s Lucy and the chocolates, Felix at the I.R.S. and Rosemary and her thermos.
I’ve always wanted to write a piece about my TV top fifty comedy episodes. 30 Rock’s “Rosemary’s Baby”, where Carrie Fisher plays Liz Lemon’s aging comedy writer idol would land in my top five.
There’s so much going on here – three insane plot lines – that I could not begin to do it justice. You simply have to see it to believe it. And when you do, you’ll recognize great writing, acting, and directing. Not surprisingly, Alec Baldwin received a Primetime Emmy award and writer Jack Burditt and director Michael Engler both received Emmy nominations for the episode.
As much as I love “Rosemary’s Baby”, watching it is a bittersweet experience. The real-life mother and daughter story ended tragically in late 2016, when Fisher, who had multiple health issues, suffered a cardiac arrest at age 60, and Reynolds had a stroke and died the next day.