I watched last week's "30 Rock" this weekend and it was another great episode that interestingly had a mention of one of the Milwaukee area's best-known bands, the BoDeans.
In what was essentially a big inside joke comparing the sitcom to another sitcom, "Night Court," while using a title worded like a "Friends" episode "The One with the Cast of "Night Court," the show laughed at itself while running with a gag character, Claire, played by Jennifer Aniston.
In one scene, Tina Fey's character, Liz, says to Jack (Alec Baldwin) that her friend Claire has brought down many powerful men in Chicago, "including Scottie Pippen and the drummer for the BoDeans."
You can watch the entire episode at the link below.
In other BoDeans news, the band has just released a new acoustic compilation called ""Live Acoustic." It features 13 songs recorded in Schamburg and Arlington Heights, Ill. in November 2008.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
