Tracy Morgan

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This week on the program we welcome our friend Deremy Dove into the hallowed halls to discuss the career of funny man Tracy Morgan. Join us won't you? • • Transcript: • • [0:41] Thank you so much, Doug and Nance. It is fantastic to be here with you all. • • And there are quite a few of you. I can see you queued up outside the SNL Hall of Fame. • • My name is J.D., and it is just a thrill to be with you here on this lovely Monday. • • We have got a fantastic show for you. • • But before we go any further, I feel it necessary to tell you to wipe your feet • • before coming into the hall. all. • • Now, back when I was a wee lad, my mother scolded me once for making a mess • • of the floor, and ever since then I feel compelled to tell people to wipe their feet. • • There. I've said it. It's finally out in the public, and I feel great. • • Thanks for being my therapist by proxy. The check is in the mail. • • The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair fair where each episode we take • • a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, • • or writer and add them to the ballot for your consideration. • • Once the nominees have been announced, we turn to you, the listener, • • to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall. • • And that's how we play the game. It's just that That simple. You listen. • • You vote. We tabulate. We announce. • • Track 2 • • [2:06] Repeat after me. You listen. You vote. • • We tabulate. And we announce. Speaking of announcements, our good friend Matt • • Ardill is standing around loafing. • • It looks like, hey, if you've got time enough to lean, you've got time enough to clean, young man. • • Track 3 • • [2:25] Hey, JD, I saw the new exhibits on the way in. I really like the Norm Macdonald • • hat collection that we've got going on. • • Turd Ferguson, that Turd Ferguson hat and that big hat. It's funny. • • Yeah, you can't go wrong with a funny hat. That's right. • • How are you doing? I'm excellent right now. Yeah, I'm pretty good. • • What have you got for us this week? I have got an awesome player of Tracy Morgan. • • So I'm really looking forward to sharing some facts about him. Well, let's do it. • • Great. Well, Tracy's 5'9 , born November 10th, 1968. • • He has 67 acting credits, five producer credits, and eight writing credits. • • Born in Brooklyn and raised in Marlborough Houses and Tompkins Houses in Bedford. • • He was actually named after a platoon mate of his father who shipped off with • • his dad to Vietnam, but was killed in an action within days of deployment. • • Track 3 • • [3:31] So his dad was very close to this guy, and so that's why he got that name. • • Um yeah he went on to • • marry his high school sweetheart and began his • • comedy career at the age of 17 by performing stand-up • • on street corners in new york he had his date • • first debut as hustle man • • on the television show martin so • • he's been working hard since he was a • • kid um and it shows i mean • • he lists his influences as carol burnett lucille ball • • jackie gleason which i actually see the most • • in a lot of what he does uh martin lawrence • • eddie murphy and richard prior uh but • • he learned about that is a great pedigree huh yeah that's a • • that's a really good good lineup but yeah the thing • • is he he says he learned his comedy first from • • his dad who taught him about jonesing which • • is basically roasting people he put put him • • on his lap and they would roast people on the the street • • and he also drew from his uncles who he said were also very funny so you know • • it runs in the family um you can actually see his first stand-up gig which is • • an apollo theater amateur night on youtube so if you want to go out and see • • his first big break it's there for you to find. • • Track 3 • • [4:52] I'm going to have to watch that. Yeah. Yeah. You don't get that. • • See that with a lot of comedians. No. Yeah. • • He nicknamed all the talk show hosts that he's appeared with. • • So David Letterman is D rock. • • Jimmy Fallon is Jimbo and Conan O'Brien is C black. • • Track 3 • • [5:08] The line between Tracy Morgan and Tracy Jordan is remarkably thin. That's right. • • Yeah. So he has lobster for dinner every day. • • He does in fact own sharks. He has, at this point, 15, and he has a backyard tank. • • And now, to be fair, he has a very close relationship with his daughter, • • who wants to be a marine biologist. • • So at least partially he's doing this for her. Oh, it's a shark pony. • • Track 3 • • [5:40] Yeah, it's a shark pony. Yeah, some people get pony ponies. • • She got a shark pony. um yeah to • • entertain his daughter uh and her friends he turns • • his basement into a haunted house and he goes all • • out to the point he every halloween • • he actually won't go into the basement because he's afraid of • • the haunted house that he sets up in his own house um • • that's spectacular now he when • • drinking he does have a alter ego uh named • • chico divine that he describes as the • • the coolest dude who would never hurt anybody but ...

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