Guest stars in this episode include Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, Val Emmich, John Lutz, Maulik Pancholy, and Greg Scarnici.
[2] In this episode, Liz Lemon (played by Tina Fey) goes on a date with a young, twenty-year-old coffee delivery man named Jamie (Val Emmich).
Liz develops a crush on Jamie, the new twenty-year-old coffee delivery man, and after some initial hesitation, she agrees to go on a date with him.
Scenes for this episodes were primarily filmed on October 5, 2007[3][4] at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, New York.
While speaking about his appearance on 30 Rock, Val Emmich, who played Jamie in this episode, said that he was initially "intimidated by [Tina Fey] more than anyone else [he'd] acted alongside."
[13] Bob Sassone of TV Squad felt that the best storyline was the one featuring Tracy and Jack because of the "Bush/Iraq metaphors and the sight of Alec Baldwin dressed as General MacArthur, standing beneath a 'Fun Accomplished' sign.
[14] Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Guide wrote that this episode "had so many fun lines", and found himself "giggling, chuckling and LOLing like a fool".
"[9] Jeff Labrecque of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Jenna's Amber Alert affair with the soda-drinking, Heelys-gliding teenager" was "priceless".
He also compared the interplay between Frank and Jamie to the relationship between Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) of The Office.