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Anatomy of a Great Performance: 30 Rock
In the Oct. 25 episode of 30 Rock, pompous network VP Jack Donaghy (Baldwin) accompanied freaky star Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) to a therapy session in hopes of ridding Tracy of his dogfighting dreams. We deconstruct what happened next: an 85-second role-play to remember, as Jack resolves Tracy's daddy issues with a most impressive — if thoroughly inappropriate — one-man performance.
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Channeling Tracy's dad via Redd Foxx, Jack explains why he left Tracy:
''I was young and confused, and your moms didn't want me around no more.
Now, pass me them damn collard greens!''
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Jack bickers with himself as Tracy's mom and dad (''He gambled away my
welfare check'') before imitating Tracy: ''I only act out because I want
your looove! DYNO-MITE!''
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Per Tracy's request, Jack takes on the white man Tracy's mom left his dad for, then throws in a cameo from their upstairs neighbor Mrs. Rodriguez. (''Oye papi cállate! People are sleeping!'')
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Jack, as Dad, makes an emotional speech before taking a fatal bullet (''They got me — da honkies shot me!''). Tracy cries out in a breakthrough. And we have just witnessed the right amount of wrong. — Dan Snierson
