Is Tina Fey stealing from Kermit the Frog?

Inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational, this is what we call... 30 Rock.

Hm.  Doesn't have the same ring to it.

haha I read that article last night before going to bed. Tina Fey is one of my google alerts.. and that came up last night. Other than iraq war, darfur & gay marriage.. tina fey news is very, very important to me lol. I'm still waiting for the day I get an article link that says "Tina Fey comes out as lesbian."

But yea i read that and laughed. It does fit the characters, but you can really fit those characters with a lot of shows. And even if the show was dirivitive of the muppets... I tip my hat off to creating 30 rock over a freaking muppet show!

After watching those clips, I have to watch some 30 Rock now.  

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 Hmmm never thought of 30 Rock and The Muppets being related, or similar.

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I don’t think that Tina Fey would disagree with Lynch’s argument. She and the other “30 Rock” writers have been influenced by the Muppets, as have many contemporary writers and performers (see “Smile Time,” a fifth season episode of Joss Whedon’s “Angel,” or the 2003 Broadway musical “Avenue Q”).

I wouldn’t necessarily call “30 Rock” a rip-off, though. An homage, perhaps. And I think that saying Fey is simply ripping off “The Muppet Show” discounts her nine year stint with “Saturday Night Live,” which clearly informed the setting and characters of her sitcom.

Besides, since Lynch’s profile states that he is a screenwriter and comic writer, I think we can all agree that he’s making a joke when he suggests that “30 Rock” is a 100% rip-off of “The Muppet Show” and that Fey should be ashamed of herself. Maybe he’s even trying to catch Fey’s attention in hopes of getting a job.

the article did make me laugh but seriously, arent all shows similiar in one way or another by having the same personality combinations that all the characters share.

dont you notice the prescense of  distinct molded characters that almost appear in every movie, can we call them all a rip-off of each other.

but if 30 Rock was really being done in immitation of The Muppet Show then my hat's off for them, both shows are great and its good to revive The Muppet Show somehow.

the word 'rip-off' was a little too much, but then again he probably did it to get readers which he is already getting by now.

Kermit is the shidd! :P

i think they may use a storyline every now and again, but not the entire show.

plus, the muppets were ok. avenue q? wayyy betterr.

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Bryan Lynch was being tongue in cheek.  No one truly believes Tina Fey is literally ripping off The Muppets.  

Clearly, though, I take my Muppets far too seriously.  All the Muppet disrespect!  I can't take it.  lol..

The Muppet Show was a variety show that was supposed to be run by muppets for humans.  TGS is also a variety show.  There aren't a lot of archetypes besides writer, producer or actor in these kinds of shows, and its pretty neat that there are any parallels whatsoever.  

What really justifies my opinion that its not a copy is that Brian Lynch had to pick three or four characters for Jack Donaghy. At that point, even if Tina Fey was copying, she'd have to work her ass off to write a composite character.  And writing composite characters is what a lot of writers do (oh, fanfiction, like the latest Star Trek movie) legally.