God damn. Now I'm mad I went out and drank with my friends last night instead of watching TV.

This was a truly brilliant moment, in a brilliant episode, in a brilliant series.

The thing is just brilliant.

God I love Alec Baldwin. The man is hilarious. Did anyone see his parallel parking thing on Letterman. He has completely absolved himself for chewing out his daughter in my.....nothin' but love for ya, A!

@LolCait: Are you a spokesman for Guinness?

He was brilliant. Brilliant! Leave as many of those messages as you care to, Alec. Just keep doing what you do!

This really was absolute genius. Huge verisimilitude points for "chiffarobe."

blergh.....my love of Alec got ahead of itself....read: "...Letterman?" and "in my eyes." It's Friday, dammit!

@Conbon: No, I'm a shill for the Sheinhardt Wig Corporation.

Tina, thank you for bringing Alec and Tracy together to create such beautiful, crazy music.

Alec Baldwin has not been this peel-me-off-the-floor funny since he played Frederick J. Fringer, Jr. in "Miami Blues."

@What it is: Also brilliant!

I don't know, LOLCAIT. Einstein was brilliant. 30 Rock's just a sitcom.


"Where are Alec Baldwin's mindgrapes???"

@LolCait: agreed. i love this show

@Greg Johnson: I would think a fellow BC grad could recognize true brilliance!

My friends and I had that exact conversation last night while watching this moment.

It needs Bill Cosby to walk in as John Houseman.

@LolCait: I'm in marketing for the Ahp Chanagi Party Meats Concern.

@flipper baby: Meat is the new bread!

My favorite line of the night was "Never follow a hippie to a second location". It's good advice, people!

He was on Lipton Monday evening. Alec's imitations were amazing: young and old pacino voices, Deniro, Brando acting and his "real" voice (from the Freshman where they acted together). Catch the rerun. 30 Rock is why I got a DVR today.

@Typo Positive: Mine favorite line had to be "New Jackée City."

@Conbon: Brilliant!

@LolCait: *My. Duh.

the play between him and tracy morgan over tracy's father issues was amazingly funny. he's a comedic genius.

Yeah, I was hoping Gawker would do something on this unbelievably fabulous bit. I never cared much about Alec Baldwin before, but I luuuurve him now. And frankly, he's gotten hotter with age.

I love 30 Rock so much I want to take behind a middle school and get it pregnant.

@LolCait: Oh Em Gee. I literally had to pause the teevee and cackle for, like, 5 minutes at that line. Best line of the night!

(And I said the same thing about Baldwin finally having earned an Emmy about this scene last night.)

@Typo Positive:
I texted that to a friend I knew was not watching!
It is brilliant advice and delivered as a throwaway line by Alec Baldwin, it does approach entertainment genius.
He is a scary, difficult National Treasure.

Holy Hell was that funny.

@tuffgirl:

30 Rock Baldwin is much hotter than Beetlejuice Baldwin.

@What it is:

I'm so blinded by my love for Alec that I didn't even notice those typos.

I forgive him. I also blame Kim "Why Did She Win An Oscar Again?" Basinger.

I want to have Alec Baldwin's babies. Wait, no, I want to adopt a puppy with him. Wait, no, not that either. Look, I just want to meet him in the lobby of the W and visit with him for a while. On a regular basis.

Eh...

Kinda corny.

"All the white Emmy voters are nervously looking around, and they're all, 'Is it okay to laugh at that'? And they're trying to see if the African-American Emmy voters are laughing, which would make it all right. But the joke's on them -- because there aren't any African-American Emmy voters! Am I right, people?"

I always knew Alec was an amazing talent when I saw him on Actor's Studio. I had no idea beforehand how serious of an actor he is. Not to mention he's on fire in my favorite film Glenn Gary-Glenn Ross.

He totally nailed Fred Sanford! He must get an Emmy next year. Alec may be a mean and tad crazy asshole, but he's an awesome actor. Kim Basinger sucks balls.

@chris m: Indeed, "chiffarobe" just made my week and I didn't even see the episode. (Still not on here overseas, and the online episodes are blocked.) And I think his kid's a brat who deserved the phone message.

Alec Baldwin is the best person in the world.

I walked in *just* as this scene started. I'm starting to believe in cosmic destiny.

I know he has anger issues, but damn, I just loves me my Alec.

I'm more than happy to jump on the I love Alec bandwagon, but an Emmy? Aren't those about as relevant as the Grammys? Besides, I thought Fraiser had the comedy Emmys locked up for the rest of the decade.

@Cheap Shot:

Yes, but did you see him as Charles Nelson Reilly on "Inside the Actor's Studio" with Will Ferrell as James Lipton? It was scrupmtrelescent.

am i the only one who thinks his kid deserved it?

@LOLCAIT:
They don't mention Sheinhardt as much this season, but I got yr joke.

Or when he says to Adam Sandler in the pervy Boy Scout leader skit, "You know what I hate, Canteen Boy?....UNDERpants."

@TedSez: There are, but they vote LIKE THIS.

carrie fisher was pretty brilliant too.

my favorite line from alec was "don't ever make me talk to a woman that old again"

@SylviaPlathWasFramed: I'm trying this new thing where I stay in and drink and watch TV alone.

@kathotdog @ tuffgirl:

Agreed, but Baldwin 30 rock is not as hot as Baldwin SNL in Canteen Boy.

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Wonder if Alec Baldwin celebrates Halloween....

@Hot Foot: Having a hub in a situation like that I totally understand Alec. It's extremely sad to be kept from your child by a vapid woman.

@CopyofBlueboy: Sad, fun, tragic, happy, glorious, sticky, horrible, neat and a little gassy.

@ellagood: Carrie should get the emmy they give for cameo perforances. Elaine Stritch won this year for her 30 Rock performance as Alec's mom.

Personally, the part I rewound and watched over and over was Tracy, inquiring to Jack whether it's a bad thing when you "desecrate" something: "Who bought stars and bright stars...to the party last night...for the rascals we fought..." I almost made peepee in my pants.

oh my god, it's like alec baldwin was possessed. this is so incredible.

I knew Baldwin had it in him after viewing his "Schwetty Balls" sketch on SNL 13 years ago. There is nothing funnier than picturing Baldwin getting it on with Condi Rice.

I suffer the same sort of dichotomy with Alec Baldwin as I do with flying foxes. One is hilarious, but an asshole. The other is extremely cute, but also creepy what with the membraneous wings and all.
Fucking hilarious flying foxes...

@SylviaPlathWasFramed: you can view the entire episode right here

Seriously that episode was fucking hilarious and is the reason I deal with DVR. When he says "Never follow a hippie to a second location.", I could have died.

And its awesome to know I live around the corner from "Little Chechnya".

Tina Fey has got to get some credit for writing all this amazing comedy. I mean, who thought up the idea for Mrs. Rodriquez? The Haldeman reference? The fact that she slipped in the Star Wars line "You're our only hope!"?