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Last night, the cast of 30 Rock followed in Saturday Night Live’s footsteps with a live show at the Upright Citizen???s Brigade, toeing the WGA picket line. Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracey Morgan, and, yes, Jack McBrayer staged their pre-announced performance in front of a small audience. “It wasn’t as funny as it will be on TV,” says one attendee of the already-taped episode they performed live, “but Baldwin was ridiculous as ever.” Cookie jar collecting ridiculous, even.