Is Lieutenant Baker a comedy genius?

It was a kind of serious discussion pertaining to an attempted homicide, but Lieutenant Baker punctuated it in his own special way.

Charlie: Pops, we have a confession. A confession.
Lt. Baker: Yeah, it could be a confession. It could be something else.
Charlie: Like what?
Lt. Baker: A cover-up. [Close up of a pained Lt. Baker crushing a coke can with one hand. He's so tough.]

Soooooooo strong.

Moments before he'd just prepared himself a hawt dawg from his "Perfect Hotdog" machine, conveniently located in his office. I kid you not. Reminds me of the time he was investigating "Who Shot Stephanie?" and declared, "it smells like MOY-duh*!" before shoving a hot dog in his mouth.

* = murder