Behind Tina Fey's "The Rural Juror"

CNN has an article about 30 Rock that does something comedy nerds often believe only we do; it thinks about comedy. Specifically, the writer asks how the brilliant Rural Juror bit originated:

"It came out of a discussion in the writers' room last June," explained Tina Fey, auteur and star of this NBC comedy. "I said, 'You know what two words I cannot pronounce properly?' "

After a few abortive efforts by Fey's co-writers (who, like her, made "rural juror" sound akin to "ruhhr-juhhrr"), everyone was so pleased "we wanted to hurry up and get it on the air before someone else did. As if someone else would stumble on such a random joke."

The whole article is worth a quick read, but if you're anything like me, it'll probably just make you wish you wrote for a funny hit sitcom and could while away the days frenching Tina Fey, leading to your fifth cry of the day.

[Link via goldenfiddle]