Chris Parnell Reveals His Favorite 30 Rock Moments

When asked about his favorite Dr. Spaceman scenes, Parnell takes a moment to remember. Two specific moments come from the second season episode "Succession," which acted as an Amadeus parody. Parnell points to Spaceman running down the hall while Mozart's Requiem plays as a highlight. "I was in a cape, that was pretty ridiculous." The other line that sticks with him from that episode — a bit he's cited as a favorite in prior interviews — is when Spaceman is charged with reviving Don Geiss (Rip Torn) from a diabetic coma. When Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) asks why they can't inject something directly into Geiss' heart, Dr. Spaceman replies that "we have no way of knowing where the heart is. See, every human is different."

Another scene that Parnell counts as a favorite happened in "Hiatus," the first season finale. After checking on Jack post-heart attack, Dr. Spaceman bursts out of the room in a white coat covered in blood. He reacts to everyone's shock by explaining he's been at a costume party, where "the hostess' dog attacked me so... I had to stab it." Parnell doesn't recall all the specifics, but he does "remember doing that scene and reading it, and then seeing it and being like, 'Oh, that's a pretty clever bit of writing there.'" With the writing on 30 Rock, Parnell says, "That was the case with it all the time, and I just tried to serve the lines well."

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