'30 Rock': Jim Carrey Stars In The Holiday Classic Movie 'Leap Dave Williams' (VIDEO)

It was a Leap Day celebration on "30 Rock" (Thu., 8 p.m. EST on NBC) honoring the famous Leap Day William, who trades tears for candy. If none of this sounds familiar, it's because everyone's favorite madcap Thursday night comedy just made up an entire holiday tradition. But viewers weren't the only ones in the dark. No one could believe that Liz Lemon had never heard of this holiday before.

There was even a movie starring Jim Carrey turning into the fabled Leap Day Williams. "Leap Dave Williams" had a lot in common with "The Santa Clause" in that Carrey's character accidentally began to transform into the Leap Day phenomenon. "Rock" used clips from this film, which also starred Andie McDowell as Carrey's wife who had no idea what was happening to him, to help progress the plotlines of the main character, while also offering a spot-on parody of this tried-and-true type of family holiday film.

In the spirit of the Leap Day holiday, Liz considered taking a leap with an old college mate. He'd apparently harbored a crush on her since those days, and now offered her $20 million to take his virginity. But it was a battle Liz could not win, as the young hot women somehow could smell his horniness and got there before she could go through with it.

Meanwhile, Jack was experiencing a movie of a different sort, as he got his own "Christmas Carol" treatment for Leap Day, with Kenneth showing him that all work and no play makes Jack a pretty crappy father. Jack got the message loud and clear and raced home to spend time with his daughter. Tracy used a Benihana gift card to feed the poor, making his leap the most generous ... even if he nearly overshot the idea with his stream of consciousness thought process.

As unpredictable as ever, "30 Rock" continues on Thursdays at 8 p.m. EST on NBC.

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[thebirdstheword]

06:38 PM on 02/24/2012

I liked last night's episode. I can't stand Carrey but he was perfect for that part. Sure, it was a goofy episode, but that is not a bad thing, from time to time

[provgrays1]

12:41 PM on 02/24/2012

30 Rock is way too out there in Season 6.

[windyindie41]

03:33 PM on 02/25/2012

Agreed, but the last two episodes have been incredible! The Liz as Joker vs. Jack as Batman storyline was funny and worked because they stayed true to the characters, and the Leap Day show was a spot on parody of everything it took aim at.

[LzyStormtrooper]

11:31 AM on 02/24/2012

please don't ever shorten 30 rock to "Rock" every again. its two characters, stop being a lazy POS

[NotaDrone]

11:27 AM on 02/24/2012

That was the most obvious drug addled storyline I have every seen. It was awful.

[pjmqone05]

11:23 AM on 02/24/2012

Hey Jim the routine gets old. On a scale of one to ten you are a nine and Robin Williams is off the charts.

[pjmqone05]

11:25 AM on 02/24/2012

The annoying scale sorry

[Odyssey51]

11:17 AM on 02/24/2012

Mr. Carrey? You're a little old to still be trying to do your comic routines especially about immature stuff. And Mr. Carrey? Have you even once ever considered doing a serious role (besides that stupid movie 13 or whatever it was) in a movie? I take one look at your face and...in spite of years in your comedic roles, you're just not a funny person. You never were.

[hhkh kjhjhk]

01:39 PM on 02/24/2012

Wow. Well, that's an opinion if I've ever seen one.

And you're entitled to it. But, you're just factually wrong about Jim's dramatic work. Before he hit it big he was in the Dirty Harry film The Dead Pool and played an alcoholic in the TV drama Doing Time on Maple Drive.

After Ace Ventura he made The Truman Show (a dramedy, sure, but unlike anything he had made as a "star" at that point), played Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (giving a performance better than Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, in my opinion), starred in the Frank Darabount (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile) directed The Majestic, wowed pretty much everyone in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, made the thriller The Number 23 (which I guess you were talking about when you said "13"), and, lastly, played 1/2 of a gay couple in I Love You Phillip Morris-- another dramedy but, again, unlike his roles in The Mask or Dumb and Dumber.

Have a nice day.

[windyindie41]

03:34 PM on 02/25/2012

There you go, Odyssey51.

[gorgol]

11:14 AM on 02/24/2012

Is it just me?? I used to love 30 rock...last night I turned it off before it was over. I feel they are just
going way over the line about being "goofey". It wasn't needed. Tina, you don't have to "out do" yourself each week. It's a great ensemble.

[windyindie41]

03:40 PM on 02/25/2012

It's mostly you. Yes, the show has gone totally goofballs this season, but I thought those episodes, especially the last two, have been some of the strongest of the whole series. I think the first two shows of the season were fairly weak, and the Valentines Day ep is probably the worst of the entire series, but the show is still the funniest on tv, both past and present.

[Chimoch]

11:11 AM on 02/24/2012

Very funny.

[YouDontWantMeHere]

09:20 AM on 02/24/2012

guess i'll wait ta see IF
they post THAT one first

[nanobot5000]

08:41 AM on 02/24/2012

I can't view Hulu videos. I guess I'll leave the HP website to go see it on a number of other more reasonable sites, that easily could have been embedded here instead of Hulu.