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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz and Jenna fixate on a pair of executives, who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". We learn that "The Head" is named Gray (and he only knew Liz as "Glasses"); we never get "The Hair"'s name.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz and Jenna fixate on a pair of executives, who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". We learn that "The Head" Hair" is named Gray (and he only knew Liz as "Glasses"); we never get "The Hair"'s Head"'s name.
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* {{Adorkable}}: This side of Liz gets a lot of focus in this episode. She can't even begin to imagine why a guy like Gray would want to date her, she's charmingly out of place at a trendy party, and she gives a friendly greeting to a guest's lapdog before she talks to any other people.
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* TheAlcoholic: Brian Williams apparently ducks out at lunchtime to buy liquor.

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* TheAlcoholic: Brian Williams Creator/BrianWilliams apparently ducks out at lunchtime to buy liquor.



* TheCameo: John McEnroe appears as himself, hosting ''Gold Case''.

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* TheCameo: John McEnroe [=McEnroe=] appears as himself, hosting ''Gold Case''.
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* TheAlcoholic: Chris Matthews apparently ducks out at lunchtime to buy liquor.

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* TheAlcoholic: Chris Matthews Brian Williams apparently ducks out at lunchtime to buy liquor.



* TheCameo: John McEnroe appears as himself, hosting ''Gold Bars''.
* CeilingCling: A pizza is stuck to the ceiling of Chris Matthews' dressing room, and falls down to interrupt a particularly dramatic moment.

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* TheCameo: John McEnroe appears as himself, hosting ''Gold Bars''.
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* CeilingCling: A pizza is stuck to the ceiling of Chris Matthews' Brian Williams' dressing room, and falls down to interrupt a particularly dramatic moment.



* DefacementInsult: Chris Matthews wrote "KATIE COURIC SUCKS" on the wall of his dressing room, which Jack and Kenneth have to wash off.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The concept of ''Gold Bars'' is similar to the real-life ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', with one of the cases carrying gold bars worth a million dollars. Of course, gold is ''heavy'', which made it trivially easy to guess which case held the gold (whichever model was struggling to carry it).

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* DefacementInsult: Chris Matthews Brian Williams wrote "KATIE COURIC SUCKS" on the wall of his dressing room, which Jack and Kenneth have to wash off.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The concept of ''Gold Bars'' Case'' is similar to the real-life ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', with one of the cases carrying gold bars worth a million dollars. Of course, gold is ''heavy'', which made it trivially easy to guess which case held the gold (whichever model was struggling to carry it).



* HiddenDepths: Kenneth turns out to be a natural at pitching television shows, although as we find out with ''Gold Bars'', he needs some practice with the execution.

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* HiddenDepths: Kenneth turns out to be a natural at pitching television shows, although as we find out with ''Gold Bars'', Case'', he needs some practice with the execution.



* TrashOfTheTitans: Chris Matthews' dressing room is an unholy mess, and Kenneth and Jack have to clean it.

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* TrashOfTheTitans: Chris Matthews' Brian Williams' dressing room is an unholy mess, and Kenneth and Jack have to clean it.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: The cast of ''TGS'' (and, it's implied, the rest of the NBC talent) is decidedly ''not'' nice to Kenneth in this episode, which makes Jack all the more confused about why Kenneth is content to stay where he is.

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* NiceToTheWaiter: The cast of ''TGS'' (and, it's implied, the rest of the NBC talent) is decidedly ''not'' nice to Kenneth the pages in this episode, which makes Jack all the more confused about why Kenneth is content to stay where he is.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: The cast of ''TGS'' (and, it's implied, the rest of the NBC talent) is decidedly ''not'' nice to Kenneth in this episode, which makes Jack all the more confused about why Kenneth is content to stay where he is.

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Liz and Jenna have their eyes on a pair of executives who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". Meanwhile, Jack becomes a page and works under Kenneth as a part of the "Bottoms Up" program.

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Liz and Jenna have their eyes on a pair of executives who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". Meanwhile, Tracy dictates his autobiography to Frank and Toofer, and Jack becomes a page and works under Kenneth as a part of the "Bottoms Up" program.



* AllForNothing: Tracy makes Frank and Toofer type out his entire autobiography in a day, only to remember at the end that he was rejected for the book deal, making all their effort pointless.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: The concept of ''Gold Bars'' is similar to the real-life Series/''DealOrNoDeal'', with one of the cases carrying gold bars worth a million dollars. Of course, gold is ''heavy'', which made it trivially easy to guess which case held the gold (whichever model was struggling to carry it).

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* DefacementInsult: Chris Matthews wrote "KATIE COURIC SUCKS" on the wall of his dressing room, which Jack and Kenneth have to wash off.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The concept of ''Gold Bars'' is similar to the real-life Series/''DealOrNoDeal'', ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', with one of the cases carrying gold bars worth a million dollars. Of course, gold is ''heavy'', which made it trivially easy to guess which case held the gold (whichever model was struggling to carry it).


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* HauteCuisineIsWeird: The party Liz attends with Gray serves ''flavored oxygen'' as hors d'oeuvres.


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* StylisticSuck: Tracy Jordan's Christmas music.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Jack drops this gem when talking to Kenneth about the "Bottoms Up" program, where a high-level executive works on the lowest rung of the ladder for a day.
-->'''Jack''': I'm gonna be your bottom, Kenneth, and I want you to ride me as hard as you can.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Jack drops {{Adorkable}}: This side of Liz gets a lot of focus in this gem when talking episode. She can't even begin to Kenneth about the "Bottoms Up" program, where imagine why a high-level executive works on the lowest rung of the ladder for a day.
-->'''Jack''': I'm gonna be your bottom, Kenneth, and I
guy like Gray would want you to ride me as hard as you can.date her, she's charmingly out of place at a trendy party, and she gives a friendly greeting to a guest's lapdog before she talks to any other people.



* BadBoss: Josh (and by extension the rest of the talent at NBC) is implied to be this to Kenneth.
* TheBeard: Liz initially suspects that Gray might be looking for one, and says that she "[[NoodleIncident doesn't do that anymore]]".
* TheCameo: John McEnroe appears as himself, hosting ''Gold Bars''.
* CeilingCling: A pizza is stuck to the ceiling of Chris Matthews' dressing room, and falls down to interrupt a particularly dramatic moment.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: The concept of ''Gold Bars'' is similar to the real-life Series/''DealOrNoDeal'', with one of the cases carrying gold bars worth a million dollars. Of course, gold is ''heavy'', which made it trivially easy to guess which case held the gold (whichever model was struggling to carry it).
* DoubleEntendre: Jack drops this gem when talking to Kenneth about the "Bottoms Up" program, where a high-level executive works on the lowest rung of the ladder for a day.
-->'''Jack''': I'm gonna be your bottom, Kenneth, and I want you to ride me as hard as you can.



* HumbleHero: Kenneth works a menial job with a smile, and has no ambitions to move up; so long as he's working in television, he's happy. Even when he's pitching his idea for a show to network executives, all he asks in return is to become the head of the page program and a new clock radio. After some advice from Jack, he rattles off [[HiddenDepths a sophisticated list of demands]]...and a new clock radio.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz and Jenna fixate on a pair of executives, who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". We learn that "The Head" is named Gray (and he only knew Liz as "Glasses"); we never get "The Hair"'s name.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz and Jenna fixate on a pair of executives, who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". We learn that "The Head" is named Gray (and he only knew Liz as "Glasses"); we never get "The Hair"'s name.name.
* PlayingSick: Gray convinces Liz to do this so they can go watch a movie together. Liz calls in and [[BadBadActing pretends to be sick on the phone]], only to see Jack standing near her...[[PetTheDog before he gives her the rest of the day off anyway]].
* TrashOfTheTitans: Chris Matthews' dressing room is an unholy mess, and Kenneth and Jack have to clean it.
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Liz and Jenna have their eyes on a pair of executives who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". Meanwhile, Jack becomes a page and works under Kenneth as a part of the "Bottoms Up" program.

!!This episode contains the following tropes:

* AccidentalInnuendo: Jack drops this gem when talking to Kenneth about the "Bottoms Up" program, where a high-level executive works on the lowest rung of the ladder for a day.
-->'''Jack''': I'm gonna be your bottom, Kenneth, and I want you to ride me as hard as you can.
* TheAlcoholic: Chris Matthews apparently ducks out at lunchtime to buy liquor.
* ChekhovsGun: Liz laments early in the episode that she won't be able to buy anything with a hundred dollar bill, as no store would be willing to break down the change. Indeed, when she goes to a bodega with Gray later, the cashier refuses her hundred-dollar bill, and Liz and Gray's shared anger over the situation brings them closer together.
* HiddenDepths: Kenneth turns out to be a natural at pitching television shows, although as we find out with ''Gold Bars'', he needs some practice with the execution.
* KissingCousins: Gray seems like the perfect guy for Liz, until she sees a picture of her great aunt at his penthouse and finds out that she was ''his'' great aunt, too.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz and Jenna fixate on a pair of executives, who they nickname "The Head" and "The Hair". We learn that "The Head" is named Gray (and he only knew Liz as "Glasses"); we never get "The Hair"'s name.

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