View Full Version : How ‘30 Rock’ Made Tracy Morgan’s Fake Award Into a Real-Life Goal


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02-21-2019, 08:26 PM
https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/2/21/18233226/egot-necklace-30-rock-tracy-morgan-whoopi-goldberg

The EGOT—that’s an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, for the uninitiated—was conceptualized by actor Philip Michael Thomas in 1984. But it was a ‘30 Rock’ story line, featuring a Tracy Morgan one-man play, a fake necklace, and a Whoopi Goldberg cameo, that made the EGOT a cultural touchstone. Here’s how that all came together.

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