Elvis to appear on 30 rock?

[sweetest punch]

http://www.examiner.com/x-4019-Baltimor ... on-30-Rock

This hasn't been confirmed and is swirling around as gossip in the New York Daily News that Clay Aiken will make a cameo appearance on 30 Rock, as well as Mary J. Blige and Elvis Costello. According to a spy, the trio was on the show's set Wednesday, hanging out with Tina Fey and company. They were psyched to meet Tina, but it was Alec Baldwin who had everyone cracking up.

[johnfoyle]

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx ... 90421nbc02

(extract)

UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. - April 21, 2009 - NBC has a super sweeps lineup in April and May with live season finale episodes of its hit reality series "The Biggest Loser: Couples" and "The Celebrity Apprentice" as well as a special season finale episode of "30 Rock" featuring Alan Alda along with marquee musical artists -- plus a celebration of the 100th episode of the Emmy Award-winning "The Office," the all-new "Saturday Night Live" special "Saturday Night Live Just Shorts" and a fistful of series guest stars.

The April-May guest stars include: Alan Alda, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, Adam Levine, Salma Hayek, Elaine Stritch, Sherri Shepherd and Steve Buscemi ("30 Rock"); Hilary Duff, Swoosie Kurtz and Gail O'Grady ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"); Edward Herrmann ("Law & Order"); Geraldo Rivera, Norm MacDonald and NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip ("My Name Is Earl"); Michael Dorn and Zeljko Ivanek ("Heroes"); Tom Sizemore and C. Thomas Howell ("Southland"); Macaulay Culkin and Leslie Bibb ("Kings"); Amy Ryan and Idris Elba ("The Office"); Morgan Fairchild, Bruce Boxleitner, Scott Bakula and Chevy Chase ("Chuck"); and Tracy Pollan, Anjelica Huston, David Morse, Jeffrey Tambor, Balthazar Getty and Rumer Willis ("Medium").


"30 Rock" concludes its third season on Thursday, May 14 (9:30-10 p.m. ET) with a special episode featuring Alan Alda and surprise musical guests.

[johnfoyle]

Numerous commentaries on next week's U.S. tv are mentioning Elvis' appearance in this .

[johnfoyle]

http://videogum.com/archives/sitcoms/a- ... 69042.html

May 12, 2009
A Two-Minute Preview Of Thursday's Season Finale Of 30 Rock

Today NBC put up several scenes from Thursday's star-studded (Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, and Alan Alda again) season premiere of 30 Rock. I supposed it contains "spoilers" if jokes count as spoilers ("The colon pushes out the--"):

[jmm]

International art thief - another new talent!

No wonder he keeps coming up with new pseudonyms

[johnfoyle]

30 Rock - Kidney Now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiF51Puv ... r_embedded

Benefit song from the season finale of 30 Rock. Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Adam Levine, Rachael Yamagata, Rhett Miller, Moby, Norah Jones, Sarah Bareilles, Cindy Lauper and others....

[MOJO]

It feels like a mockery of sham, of mockery of a.... mega overload of mainstream performers... tedium continues to exist. E.C. was cool though... for obvious reasons.

[johnfoyle]

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/T ... 17534.html

[johnfoyle]

http://idolator.com/5230822/5230822

[And No Coffee Table]

http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/americ ... oundation/

NBC’s ‘30 Rock’ Season Finale Music Video Clip Available on The iTunes Store to Benefit The National Kidney Foundation
May 15, 2009 by J!-ENT

Music Video Clip Features Special Message From Tina Fey and Superstar Artists Sheryl Crow, Adam Levine, Mary J Blige, Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, Norah Jones, Rhett Miller, Steve Earle, Rachael Yamagata, Moby, Michael McDonald, Wyclef Jean, Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Randolph, Ad-Rock, Mike D and Talib Kweli

These Artists Along with Series Star Jane Krakowski Perform Original Song “He Needs a Kidney” Featured in Last Night’s Season Finale Episode

NEW YORK – May 15, 2009 – NBC today released a special music video clip from NBC’s “30 Rock” season three finale featuring a video message from show executive producer/writer/star Tina Fey and a star-studded musical performance of the original song, “He Needs a Kidney” on the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com).

The music video clip is available on the iTunes Store in the US for $.99. NBC, Universal Media Studios and Apple will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of all sales to the National Kidney Foundation.

In the May 14 finale titled, “Kidney Now,” Grammy award-winning artists Sheryl Crow, Adam Levine, Mary J Blige, Elvis Costello, Clay Aiken, Norah Jones, Rhett Miller, Steve Earle, Rachael Yamagata, Moby, Michael McDonald, Wyclef Jean, Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Randolph, Ad-Rock, Mike D and Talib Kweli team up with Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) for a celebrity benefit concert in honor of Jack’s father, Milton (guest star Alan Alda) who needs a new kidney. “30 Rock” music supervisor, Jeff Richmond, wrote and composed the song.

“The National Kidney Foundation is thrilled to partner with NBC, ‘30 Rock’ and iTunes to raise awareness of the life-saving power of organ donation and funds to support key programs. The national transplant waiting list hit 100,000 this year for the first time, with 80,000 of those on the list waiting for kidneys. Most of these people will wait too long and too many will die while waiting,” says John Davis, National Kidney Foundation CEO. “When a primetime, Emmy award-winning show tackles this issue, millions of potential organ donors will pay attention. The National Kidney Foundation looks forward to the opportunity to educate viewers about organ donation and to raise funds through the music video sales for our new END THE WAIT! initiative that will find solutions to the nationwide organ shortage and end the wait for kidney transplants within 10 years,” continues Davis.

Separately, fans of the multiple Emmy Award-winning comedy, one of the most popular shows on iTunes, can purchase full-length episodes of “30 Rock” on the iTunes Store.

About “30 Rock:”

Multiple award-winning comedy series “30 Rock” is told through the comedic voice of Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner Tina Fey (”SNL”) as variety show producer “Liz Lemon” and features Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner Alec Baldwin (”The Departed”) as top network executive “Jack Donaghy” and Tracy Morgan (”The Tracy Morgan Show”) as “Tracy Jordan,” the unpredictable star of Lemon’s hit variety show, “TGS with Tracy Jordan.” Lemon constantly has her hands full, juggling corporate interference from Donaghy and off-the-handle star antics from Jordan, all while attempting to salvage her own personal life.

Also rounding out the cast are Jane Krakowski as “Jenna Maroney,” the co-star of “TGS;” Scott Adsit as the variety show’s producer “Pete Hornberger”; Jack McBrayer as “Kenneth,” the over-eager and effortlessly endearing NBC page; Judah Friedlander as “Frank,” the sardonic slacker on the writing staff; Katrina Bowden as Lemon’s young, flighty assistant, “Cerie”; and Keith Powell as “Toofer,” the sophisticated yet sarcastic, Harvard-alum writer.

“30 Rock” is from Broadway Video & Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studios. The executive producers are Lorne Michaels (”Saturday Night Live”), Fey, Marci Klein (”Saturday Night Live”), David Miner (”Human Giant”) and Robert Carlock (”Friends”).

[johnfoyle]

http://ashes-clay-theman.blogspot.com/2 ... oster.html


Clay Aiken and Elvis Costello


" Listen, when someone starts talking in the middle of a song, you know it's serious." deadpans Elvis in the middle of this epic. A dig, perhaps , at the 'talking' in the middle of the original version, by Brinsley Schwarz (featuring Nick Lowe on vocals) of (What's So Funnny 'bout) Peace Love And Understanding?.

[And No Coffee Table]

If you watch until the very end, you'll see this card for Tina Fey's production company. Is that Tina's Elvis fan brother Peter on the left?

[BlueChair]

I'm pretty sure that's a very young Tina on the right, actually.

[johnfoyle]

http://www.amazon.com/30-Rock-Season-Ti ... 455&sr=1-1

30 Rock - Season Three
This title will be released on September 22, 2009.

http://www.sohood.com/crib/2009/08/28/c ... -season-3/

BONUS FEATURES:
· Deleted Scenes
· Commentary: Features audio commentary by Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Alan Alda, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski and more.
· Behind-The-Scenes With The Muppets
· 1-900-OKFACE
· Season Finale Table Read
· Making Of: “He Needs A Kidney”
· Photo Gallery

[And No Coffee Table]

There's a 30 Rock soundtrack CD coming out next week. Amazon's product description says "He Needs a Kidney" is included, but it's missing from Amazon's track listing. So maybe it's not included after all?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041NPKR0