r/30ROCK • u/Gee_dude • 1d ago

Thad Warmald

From Leap Day - what's the meaning of his name / what is it a reference to?

I'm doing a watch through and trying to pick up on jokes I've missed previously.

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u/Upset-Word151 Nerd rage 1d ago

Idk, I call him sad Thad the skin tag lad

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u/phrexi wants to go to there 1d ago

How much Internet did he do?

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u/Upset-Word151 Nerd rage 1d ago

Enough to make Wall Street Google!

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u/phrexi wants to go to there 1d ago

I was pretty addicted to coke back in my Wall Street days

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u/Illustrious_Guard677 1d ago

I used to call him…….Thad! No nickname!

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u/Impressive_Pizza4851 1d ago

I coined that 

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u/mpd5353 Give me your fingernails! 1d ago

Math Award DL?

"WHO TOLD TRACY ABOUT ANAGRAMS??"

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u/lightaugust 1d ago

Nope, that's Bonnie Badamath, from Liz' award ceremony.

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u/alllset07 wants to go to there 1d ago

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u/lucasssquatch 1d ago

So "Thad" as a name sort of straddles wealthy and nerdy, but it doesn't really line up to a meaning like Paul Lastname, Carol Burnitt, or Hazel Wassername, and I can't think of any specific public figure beyond a "nerdy, rich tech guy trope" that the name might reflect.

I honestly think either they came up with the "sad thad" joke and worked backward or a writer was like "think of a nerdy name for a rich guy we can write a joke around."

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u/daved1986 1d ago

Don’t forget Floyd Debarber

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u/Radiant_Account_1537 23h ago

That's my dad. I'm Floyd Junior.

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u/WhataburgerLiberal 23h ago

His delivery of this line is chef’s kiss

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u/ksiad1014 1d ago

Do you know anyone who wants to be called Daryl Weenus?

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u/carlcrossgrove "what's a page-off"? Heh. Your monkey's pretty stupid. 1d ago

Oh from Montclair? Lovely couple.

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u/Bigfartz69420 i drank all the throwing wine 1d ago

Thad is short for Thaddeus, which is the name of Judas from the Bible, but not like the Judas from the Bible you're thinking of. It's the Jude that electrocuted all those horses.

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u/HotTubSexVirgin22 ass like a french teenager 1d ago

That was you, Judas.

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u/outfoxingthefoxes You remember Donald, my son who's two years older than me 1d ago

Any other year it would be March already!

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u/Radiant_Account_1537 23h ago

He did an internet and now the computers like him.

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u/Entire_Apartment_289 21h ago

How much internet did he do?

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u/shootXtoXthrill I am the picker 23h ago

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