In 2365, Data attempted to located a comedian to help him better understand the concept of "what is funny?". Baskin was among the holodeck program files that were contained aboard the USS Enterprise-D. The program list code for this comedian was TP-43234. (TNG: "The Outrageous Okona" , okudagram) This character was only mentioned in writing. This character was named for editorial department member Daryl Baskin. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)