Jack bumps Jenna's scheduled appearance on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' by booking new star Tracy. Jenna, still irate over watching the show change to "TGS with Tracy Jordan," lashes out at Liz. To make matters worse, Tracy's gone off his medication and he's about to go on national television.
Tracy's chaos sustains 65 jokes across 22 minutes without losing comedic momentum.
Directed by Juan José Campanella, Adam Bernstein · Written by Jack Burditt, Tina Fey
WAR
69.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Tracy Does Conan” ranks #71 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 84.9 — Elite. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Liz landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dr. Spaceman: But what can you do? Medicine's not a science.
Pete · Jenna: No, that's not true. What about that movie you did last summer? "The Rural Juror"? Yeah, The Rur-- That one.
Jack · Conan: You do a live Christmas Eve special from Kabul every year until the war on terror is won. Tell Tracy I'll see him tonight. You, black Irish bastard. Back at you, man.
Jack: It's after 6:00. What am I, a farmer?
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: I could talk about how the moon is a spy satellite put there by Oprah and minister Farrakhan. And not the minister Farrakhan you're thinking of.
All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Liz · Dennis: Why is there hair everywhere? Did you shave in the kitchen? The water in here is softer.
Dennis: Look at this ski-jumping idiot, Bode Miller. What kind of a fruity name is Bode?
Dennis Character Comedy Observational Dennis: That cereal has the Olympics on it? It must be eight months old.
Dennis · Liz: When you and me have kids, we're gonna give them good names, like Shannon or Rick. When we what?
Dennis Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Look at this maze. It's so easy. You have to go in here, and out there.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Liz · Dennis: Oh, Dennis. I just did my hair. Oh, that's my girl.
Liz · Doctor: I'm breaking up with my boyfriend tonight. I can't take it anymore. Hmm, 35, single, no children. Three sexual partners in the last ten years. I don't know, doll. Maybe it's time to settle.
Liz Doctor Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Doctor: Hmm, 35, single, no children. Three sexual partners in the last ten years. I don't know, doll. Maybe it's time to settle.
Doctor Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Doctor: Chocolate chip, or butter crunch?
Pete · Jenna: No, that's not true. What about that movie you did last summer? "The Rural Juror"? Yeah, The Rur-- That one.
Director: Rural Juror, apple three, take one. Mark! A terrible title. Action!
Director Meta/Self-Referential Callback Callback Pete: I will tell him that you are in a feature film called The Rrr Jrr.
Pete Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Frank · Pete: What the hell's her movie called? I don't know. She's been talking about it for a year. I can't ask her now.
Tracy · Conan: I am a stabbing robot. I will stab you. Oh, jeez. All right, no, okay.
Tracy · Stylist: You know, I used to be very rich. Handsome? Yes. You find me handsome? Yes, very much.
Liz · Pete: I know you're wearing that as a joke, but it makes you look younger, and more confident, and I think you should consider it.
Jack · Liz: Because if I have a choice between an international movie star, and a woman who does commercials for ShopRite-- No, no, no. Jenna doesn't do those commercials anymore. She got fired.
Jack Liz Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: That's why my job is way better than yours. Way better.
Jack Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Conan: That's what they said about Hasselhoff, then he tried to make out with me during a commercial break.
Conan Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack · Conan: You do a live Christmas Eve special from Kabul every year until the war on terror is won. Tell Tracy I'll see him tonight. You, black Irish bastard. Back at you, man.
Conan: Tell Tracy I'll see him tonight. You, black Irish bastard.
Conan Character Comedy Callback Tracy · Writers: Me and my wife like to play "rape." She go in the bathroom and do her hair. Then I put on a ski mask... Okay, not that.
Tracy: I like to walk around my house naked, to remind my oldest son who's still got the biggest ding dong.
Tracy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy · Writers: I can tell the story of how I met Sharon Stone. Oh, what was that? I was pooping in the ladies' room at the Ivy... No.
Tracy: My hair hurts. Anybody gonna answer the phone? What phone? Is anybody gonna answer the phone? The phone! It's ringing! Ring! Ring!
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: Is anybody gonna answer the phone? The phone! It's ringing! Ring! Ring!
Jack: Lemon, this is not open mike night at the Bryn Mawr student union.
Jack Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Liz: For that kind of money this stuffed chicken breast better paint my house.
Jack: Jack Welch has such unparalleled management skills, they named Welch's grape juice after him. Because he squeezes the sweetest juice out of his workers' mind grapes.
Jack Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Liz · Jack: That doesn't even make sense. No, it doesn't, does it? I wrote it down in the middle of the night.
Liz Jack Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Jack · Liz: Cookie in the middle of the day? I gave blood. Does that burn calories?
Jack Liz Character Comedy Observational Tracy: I could talk about how the moon is a spy satellite put there by Oprah and minister Farrakhan. And not the minister Farrakhan you're thinking of.
Tracy · Writers: Who's that dude? Uh, what dude? The blue dude. Tell him to stop staring at me.
Liz · Frank: Oh, that's not good. Frank, that was my blood cookie.
Liz Frank Callback Character Comedy Callback Pete: Hey, Jack Attack. Sorry, I should have kept that one in the old brain box.
Pete Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Jack: Pete, did you know that men with full heads of hair on average earn 17% more than their bald counterparts?
Jack Character Comedy Observational Jack: Perhaps it's because bald men are generally less informed than men with full heads of hair.
Jack Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: I'm just kidding. It's real. I'm not like you.
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jenna: Well, you tell him that those commercials paid for my vacation home. So, unless he would like to buy me a condo in Clearwater, Florida...
Jenna Character Comedy Escalation Tracy: I'm bugging out! I'm bugging out. I'm bugging out!
Tracy Physical/Slapstick Escalation Liz: This is Dr. Leo Spa-che-men.
Liz Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dr. Spaceman: But what can you do? Medicine's not a science.
Dr. Spaceman: There's not really a name for what Tracy has. Basically it's erratic tendencies, and delusions, brought on by excessive notoriety. And certainly not helped by my wildly experimental treatments.
Dr. Spaceman: No, he should be fine, so long as you keep him away from bright lights, loud music and crowds.
Dr. Spaceman: Uh...do you need anything for yourself?
Jack: When I first met Jack Welch, I thought he was such a great golfer, he made Bob Darnell look like Randy Barnes.
Jack Absurdist Character Comedy Liz · Jack: 'The Rrr Jrr.' The what?
Liz Jack Running Gag Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: Leo's an excellent physician. And a pretty good dentist.
Jack Absurdist Character Comedy Frank: Who is this leader of men? What can I do for you, handsome?
Frank Visual Gag Character Comedy Callback Liz · Jenna: You're prettier than Deborah Messing. Please don't quit. Well, if that's the way you feel, I'll stay.
Dennis: Call Ticketmaster right away. Nickleback just added another date, right? I would do it on your computer, but I'm downloading a game right now.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Tracy · Kenneth: Blue man! That blue dude keeps following me! Meek, eep.
Tracy Absurdist Callback Callback Conan · Liz: You still going out with that guy from the pager store? Who, Dennis? Yeah. You still, um... How's your wife? Let's not do this, Elizabeth.
Conan Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Unknown: Whoa, he licked all of those.
Tracy · Liz: No! Past Pete is here to kill Future Pete! It's going great.
Jack Observational Character Comedy Jack: It's after 6:00. What am I, a farmer?
Jack Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: You're gonna tell me my feet stink? You don't even have feet. Blue man! Blue man, where your feet at?
Tracy Callback Absurdist Callback Tracy: Blue man, where your feet at?
Tracy Absurdist Running Gag Callback Conan: Which...is okay, 'cause at least he didn't murder me.
Conan Deadpan/Understatement Callback Callback Liz · Dennis: So what did you want to talk to me about, huh? Nothing. I forget. I just want to listen to you play Halo 'til I fall asleep.
Kenneth: Well, I got started in the NBC page program. And before you know it, I'm making hit movies with my good friend, and roommate, Zach Braff.
Kenneth: Well, I got started in the NBC page program. And before you know it, I'm making hit movies with my good friend, and roommate, Zach Braff.
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 