30 Rock’s Alec Baldwin ponders a career change
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I don’t blog about 30 Rock much in the offseason. I’m not sure why. It’s easily my favorite show, 1B to The Office’s 1A.
But I’d rather recap episodes than post every blurb that crops up on the interwebs. That said, I found some prime Alec Baldwin morsels to share. I’ve got to do something, right? The show isn’t due back for another THREE MONTHS!!!.
Anyway, Baldwin is a wacky guy. I think even his closest friends and biggest fans (including me) would say that’s a fair statement. Let’s face it, you can’t portray Jack Donaghy and be an ordinary guy in your spare time.
But the approach of the big 5-0 might be taking its toll. After all, his recent musings about a career change have to be giving his agent pause, at least.
He told the L.A. Times he’d rather being singing on Broadway than doing another ditzy sit-com. (Can you imagine the flack a guy without his liberal cred would get if they seemed to call the Tina Fey creation ditzy?) He had to back-track off that comment, though, since 30 Rock is anything but ditzy.
“The fact that we have a smart show with nothing that caustic or harsh is a miracle. To talk about what I want to do to Condoleezza Rice sexually without saying something really, really anatomical — that takes a lot of doing.”
Well, if the Great White Way doesn’t come calling, Baldwin is prepared to feed his news jones and he has just the outlet in mind. It seems from a recent speech, he fancies himself 60 Minutes material. Broadcasting & Cable reports that he said as much to the 6,000 attendees at a recent luncheon where he spoke.
He did his best Andy Rooney, ranting about the difficulties of putting on socks and then proceeded to interview an audience member Mike Wallace-style, asking her if she was a member of the mile-high club.
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