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* [[Acclaimed Flop]]: Especially in the early years, the show never had great ratings despite being a critic favorite.
* [[Acting for Two]]:
** In "Generalissimo", Alec Baldwin plays a Mexican soap opera star who looks just like Jack Donaghy. In "100" Jack hallucinates a couple of alternate universe Jack Donaghys.
** In "Governor Dunston" Tracy Morgan also plays the titular buffoonish politician.
** In "There's No 'I' in America" Scott Adsit plays Pete's confident, not-bald alter ego, Pete Horn.
** In "Aunt Phatso vs. Jack Donaghy" Baldwin is an actor who plays "Jack Donaghy" in Tracy's movie.
** Baldwin yet again plays a sandwich delivery guy who looks just like Jack, causing GE's Indian engineers to wonder if they're racist.
** In "Mazel Tov, Dummies!" Alec Baldwin yet again again plays Harriet Tubman in Tracy Jordan's mind.
** In "Fireworks," Alec Baldwin yet again again again plays Thomas Jefferson in Tracy Jordan's mind (... again).
** John Lutz plays both the writer JD Lutz and his mother.
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** [[Alec Baldwin]]
*** Jack, to a priest during confession: "I once declared 'I am God' during a deposition." ([[Aaron Sorkin|Aaron Sorkin's]] ''Malice''.)
*** In the Season Five episode "College" Jack mentions that [[wikipedia:Thomas and Friends#Storytellers|his voice was used]] for, among other things, ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.
*** "Always be talking, Jack!" (''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'')
*** In the 100th episode, Jack explains to Tracy what will happen to his movie star reputation once he begins doing TV again...
*** In the Live episode, someone suggests they cut out a sketch based on Capital One credit cards. Alec Baldwin turns to the camera and repeats his pitch from those same commercials.
*** Doubled with [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Jack mocks Jenna for wanting a producer's credit, claiming its a cheap handout to shut actors up. This just before "Producer: Alec Baldwin" ticks across the screen.
** Guest star Carrie Fisher: "[[Star Wars|Help me, Liz Lemon, you're my only hope!]]"
** Guest star Alan Alda parodies his own star-making role on ''[[MASH]]'' by asking, "A man crying about a chicken and a baby? [[Self-Deprecation|I thought this was a comedy show!]]"
** Guest star [[Matthew Broderick]]'s episode featured him and Jack searching government files for the worst plan ever, which was guaranteed to offend everyone, flop, and get them both fired. The [[Springtime for Hitler|plot]] and Broderick's mannerisms are very similar to his role in ''[[The Producers]]''.
** After dating [[Matt Damon]] for half a season, Liz tries to remember who played the white guy in ''[[Invictus]]''.
** Elizabeth Banks [[Scrubs|playing The Veronica in a love triangle, and unexpectedly getting pregnant, only to leave the show after giving birth?]]
* [[Fake American]]: Subverted, a British actress plays an American pretending to be a Brit and only has to do one line with an American accent.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Seeing [[Law and Order SVU|Alex Cabot]] as a sweet, bubbly lesbian was weird in the extreme.
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** [[Entourage|Vincent Chase]] appeared as a waiter in Season 1, something Comedy Central capitalized on in their advertising once they picked up the syndication rights.
*** Liz also had an on-again/off-again relationship with Drama.
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