Now that major changes have occurred on the The Girlie Show, Liz struggles to bring everyone and everything together. However, despite his erratic behavior, Tracy manages to bring everything to order.
Early 30 Rock finds its rhythm: 55 jokes in 20 minutes, anchored by character-driven absurdism.
Directed by Adam Bernstein · Written by Tina Fey
WAR
52.5
Wins Above Replacement
“The Aftermath” ranks #114 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.5 — Elite. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Tracy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Jack: Then I'll do what my father did when I was two. Lure you to the edge of the pool with a puppy, and push you in.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna · Liz: He bit Dakota Fanning on the face! When you hear his version, she was kind of asking for it.
Tracy: I got a yacht. I got a solid gold jet-ski. Two Batmobiles. The AIDS monkey's bones...
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: A crowd once threw a motorcycle at me.
Jack: Jerry from set design. Wally, cue cards. Rupert Murdoch. Melinda Gates. Ziggy from the cartoon Ziggy.
Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 55 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jack · Liz: You hear about that chemical factory explosion outside of Colorado Springs? No. Good.
Jack Liz Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Liz: it's best to trlightly
Liz Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jack: That is what we in the show business like to call a 'cameo.'
Jack Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Tracy: 'Cause you look good, like a solid gold candy bar!
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Jenna: within his remunerative body of work
Jenna Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Tracy: Give up the butt, ladies. Give up the butt.
Tracy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jenna · Liz: He's an imbecile. Well, he's our imbecile now.
Jenna Liz Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Liz: I'm just surprised he's still got his shirt-- Oh, there it goes.
Tracy's entourage: Don't look at me! Do not look at me in the eyes. Do not look at Mr. Jordan!
Tracy · Pete: You smoke weed, right, Pete? Uh... No. Yeah, me neither. Me and you, Pete. Me and you.
Tracy: Relax your balls, Pete.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: Well if you ever want to piss off your parents, you come see me.
Tracy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Liz: Frank Rossitano has every copy of Black Tail magazine ever published.
Liz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Liz: James Spurlock, but we call him Toofer, because with him you get a 'Two for One,' he's a black guy and a Harvard guy.
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jack: Jerry from set design. Wally, cue cards. Rupert Murdoch. Melinda Gates. Ziggy from the cartoon Ziggy.
Jack Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: I got a character named Biscuit. Write that up. Got another character named Raylondo, who's a two-foot tall Spanish hustler.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: Got another character named Ching Chong, who loves to play Ping Pong. I just made that up right now. 'Cause that's how I flow.
Tracy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jenna: Do you know that he once got arrested for walking naked through LaGuardia? And that he once fell asleep on Ted Danson's roof?
Jenna · Liz: He bit Dakota Fanning on the face! When you hear his version, she was kind of asking for it.
Jenna: Stop falling in love with gay guys?
Jenna Character Comedy Callback Jack: Glaub mir. Diese 'Advantium Microwaves' sind die beste.
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist Liz: The Girlie Show is now T.G.S. with Tracy Jordan?
Liz Escalation Character Comedy Focus group leader: If you say you like it, you can have some pizza. You people like pizza?
Jack: Then we could sit around and braid each other's hair until we get our periods at the same time.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jack: Then I'll do what my father did when I was two. Lure you to the edge of the pool with a puppy, and push you in.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: Freaky deakies need love too. Freaky deakies need love too.
Toofer: Unh-unh. Superman does good. You're doing well. You need to study your grammar, son.
Toofer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Tracy: Wow. That was embarrassing for you.
Tracy Reaction Beat Character Comedy Tracy: And I'm proud as a peacork, baby.
Tracy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Tracy · Liz: Right, Jenna Mulvaney? Maroney. Rhymes with Baloney.
Tracy: And I'm proud as a peacock. Right, Mabaloney?
Tracy Running Gag Escalation Callback Tracy: Hi, I'm Tracy Jordan. I'm black, NBC. Very proud, like peacocks. Right, Janet?
Tracy Escalation Character Comedy Callback Tracy: Hi, I'm Tracy Jordan. I'm black, NBC. Very proud, like peacocks. Right, Janet? I think we got it.
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Liz: Frank also loves that video of the monkey smelling his own butt.
Jenna · Sound guy: Oh my God. I didn't use the N word, did I? Oh, no, no, no, Miss Maroney, you did not.
Liz · Jack: This is my office. Really? I see you bring a little feminine magic to everything you touch.
Jack: No, he's not your employee, he's your product.
Jack Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Jack: I don't know. I'm a non-genius.
Jack Callback Irony/Sarcasm Callback Tracy: A crowd once threw a motorcycle at me.
Liz · Tracy: And Toofer's just afraid of black people. Which one is Toofer? The black guy. Oh.
Liz Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Jenna: Paranoid? Well, that just confirms all my suspicions.
Jenna Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Nothing that plugs in, you guys! Nothing that could really hurt me!
Liz Escalation Physical/Slapstick Tracy: Let's crash my car to see if the air-bags go off.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: I got a yacht. I got a solid gold jet-ski. Two Batmobiles. The AIDS monkey's bones...
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: Miami, Tokyo, Denver.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy · Jenna: Oh, that's Spanish for 'remember your mother.' No, I don't think it is.
Tracy: Did you know that all the writers in that magazine are also conductors?
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Liz · Tracy: Grizz is driving the boat? Don't worry. He was in the Navy.
Liz Tracy Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Tracy: What's the deal with pudding? I'm Bill Cosby. Jell-o! Sweaters!
Tracy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Tracy: Like Batman and Robin. Like chicken and a chicken container.
Tracy: Like chicken and a chicken container.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Spanish woman: Por favor, no me dueles. Me llamo María.
Liz: It's Spanish for, 'Remember Your Mother.' I've taken this boat to Denver. You can have that scotch. Grizz was in the Navy!
Liz Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jenna: Look how thin I look. And look how many emails I've gotten. It's not even 8:00 AM in L.A.
Jenna Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm 