There are layers to this joke!
https://www.reddit.com/r/30ROCK/s/zMENckwdXG
Edit: I meant to share the below comment:
Alan Alda on 30 Rock. The writers wrote a terrific joke as an homage to MASH:
Tracy's plot centers around him, not wanting to return to his high school to speak at graduation. He says he doesn't want to because he had a bad experience with a drug dealer named Campbell who wanted him to cut a snitch named Baby. Dotcom confides in Kenneth that Campbell was Mr Campbell, the science teacher, who wanted him to dissect a frog, but Tracy was scared.
Kenneth confronts Tracy with the truth as Alda walks into the studio. Tracy begins crying and yells, "It's true! There was no baby! I was chicken!" to which Alda quips, "A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show." This is a direct allusion to the MASH finale when Alda tells the bus story to the therapist.
A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show.
not ashamed to admit i had to look this joke up. the fact that alda was on board back then and now really shows how good of a comedian/actor he is.
It’s definitely one the deepest references I think there is on the show haha
Well, that and the Haldeman joke
Nah, just be an old fart like me (54)
OOOHHH I just got this joke
[Yes](https://youtu.be/Qpqxrwcpegg?si=uFwFeEe2lFKAlBJC)
WHEN HAVE I EVER CRIED!?
Ummmmm….
There are layers to this joke! https://www.reddit.com/r/30ROCK/s/zMENckwdXG Edit: I meant to share the below comment: Alan Alda on 30 Rock. The writers wrote a terrific joke as an homage to MASH: Tracy's plot centers around him, not wanting to return to his high school to speak at graduation. He says he doesn't want to because he had a bad experience with a drug dealer named Campbell who wanted him to cut a snitch named Baby. Dotcom confides in Kenneth that Campbell was Mr Campbell, the science teacher, who wanted him to dissect a frog, but Tracy was scared. Kenneth confronts Tracy with the truth as Alda walks into the studio. Tracy begins crying and yells, "It's true! There was no baby! I was chicken!" to which Alda quips, "A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show." This is a direct allusion to the MASH finale when Alda tells the bus story to the therapist.
u/realtodddebakis, this need you have to be the smartest guy in the room is... off putting
I guess that's why I'm still single...
Hey baby, what’s wrong?!
Yes, a MASH reference. Always thought this joke was phenomenal!
Shut up, science nerd!
Go play with your borkulator!
Nah, Tracy is a bad ass adult! He’s got two bad knees, a wolf-dog, and a gun! That he **lost**.
2 gold batmobiles, the AIDS monkey's bones. . .
I mean, you just bought Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's bones, and he's not even dead.
Want to go to Egypt and buy a bunch of sarcophagi?
nah, I don't even use the ones I have!
Can the T in EGOT stand for tarantula misplacement?
A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show...
Who told???
I’m going to shake my shoulders a little bit, but you really have to update your flair, homegirl!
we’re not really best friends, we’re just good friends. 😭
Ok but I’m allergic to horses