Leap Day 2020 is upon us. And in case you, like Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), had no thought Leap Day was a “factor,” permit us to introduce you to the traditions that make Feb. 29 so particular. The 2012 Leap Day episode of 30 Rock, which you’ll be able to stream on Hulu, taught us every little thing we have to know to take advantage of out of this further day. Try all the ideas under!
Be sure you’re sporting yellow and blue.
For those who’re not sporting the signature Leap Day colours, put together to be subjected to 24-hour torment. Because the traditional rhyme goes, “Poke your eye / Pull your hair / You forgot what garments to put on.” (Or worse, Jack Donaghy’s [Alec Baldwin] much less melodic and extra aggressive Boston model: “Stomp in your foot / Kick you within the knee / Yankees suck, go Pats.”)
Cry like a baby for sweet.
Based on legend, vacation mascot Leap Day William solely provides up his treasured sweet for kids’s tears. Higher begin wanting forlorn and youthful if you wish to rating some sugar. For those who’re chopping down on sweets, you would all the time go for the choice Leap Day staple snack, rhubarb.
Take a leap. Do one thing loopy!
Leap Day is, as Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) put it, “a day to do the stuff you ordinarily would not do… a day to take possibilities.” For those who’re Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), which means you try to rack up a $50,000 tab at Benihana. For those who’re Toofer (Keith Powell), you hearken to rap music.
Watch Leap Dave William.*
All day lengthy, you possibly can catch the traditional vacation movie due to USA Community’s Leap Day marathon. Starring Jim Carrey as Dave Williams and Andie MacDowell as his loving spouse, Leap Dave William tells the story of an uptight lawyer who transforms into Leap Day William after an ice-fishing journey gone awry. Solely after Williams sprouts gills, a grey mustache, and a blue top-hat does he notice the true which means of Leap Day: Reside every single day as if it is Leap Day, and each Leap Day as if it is your final.”
*Leap Dave William shouldn’t be an actual film. Simply humorous as a result of it could possibly be.
So there you’ve gotten it: every little thing you want to benefit from this magical further day. Glad Leap Day!
30 Rock is accessible to stream on Hulu.