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Episode #281 · Tracy MorganFebruary 2011 · 00:09:00
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0:03Hey Tracy. Hey, how you doing? I'm good man. How are you feeling? You feeling all better after the kidney transplant? Yeah, everything is fine man. Things are working very well and you know I just thank God that I had someone there to throw it to me and Things are well. I'm just sitting here with my fan my family and they're shooting around in the driveway and We having a good time Nice. I was just I was actually just reading your brother talking about it and saying you didn't even tell them you want to keep the family out I don't want any white worrying about me. That doesn't anything good. That doesn't do anything good Fair enough so People take things and then they run with it. Yeah, I know my family loved me and all of that But keep them out of that said no comment. So but you're back on 30 rock right your episodes
0:49You've been back a few weeks now. Yeah, man. At least on the air We've we are we are ended this I mean the show is on hiatus right now for like a month now Oh, wow. Yeah, do you know what episode airs this week so you can give people a little sneak preview of it? So what's life on 30 Rock Lake what is the best is awesome is my family away from my family And I've been with Tina Fey for over 15 years So we met on Saturday now live and Alec has been there since my first year and before So it was like being home and I know Judah from being on the circuit for 20 years. So it was being home I got the work with the people that I love you're here May 21st the Jubilee doing stand up What is your women's lesson? We did stand up like on the road full-out tour kind of thing maybe a month ago
1:38Oh, oh so recently yeah crazy. What do you stand up? I've never left stand up stand up is my foundation to everything What are you talking about in your act cuz I watched an act from a few years ago a lot of eating pussy masturbation jokes Yeah, cool stuff. Yeah, good stuff. Yeah people want to hear that. What what are you talking about? I'm talking about all kind of things Politics all kind of things, you know, I I keep my mind open I have an idea what I want to talk about but who knows what can happen from now to then, you know, right? Talk about the fight me and Donald Trump just recently had Scuffle too old dudes out on the sidewalk scuffling he lost a shoe and it got ran over by the beef 54 bucks Me talk about that I would assume you certificate, you know the birth certificate is in my garage
2:25Want to see it tell him to come see it People of town and Harlem checking him out So I'm assuming not much of the act is written like you might have ideas But you don't you you're not one of these guys that writes out the entire mind open man Anything could happen for now until the time I touch the microphone So I keep my mind open talk about what I've known been having sex since I was 10 So they I know about women. I know about that. So I just that's what inspires me Why do you think men do what they do in this world a good woman to make a do go back and get his Gd? He'd be 42 years old. She'd be like you need to go back and get your Gd And this stupid dude to get up and be sitting in the class with a bunch of kids Behind what she said how many girls are gonna get pregnant while you're here in Edmonton?
3:14They are lining up I've seen them outside the theater a few eggs, you know, you know now's different I'm getting older. So now I'm old school. I'll be pulling up. I don't pull out and I don't wear no Trojan If you ain't willing to die for it, you really didn't want it. Are you ever like I feel like you're on right now Are you ever off do you I feel like you're I'm the why you gotta come chill with me. I'm doing an interview. I'm supposed to be on no I know but you but like I don't know I know if I'm on all the time. Yeah I don't have to be when I'm around my friends and my family up. I'm good They love me regardless if I'm not funny. I don't think I can you be not funny. I feel like you're always funny I mean, that's what you say cuz you're wearing devil You're not around me on the day-to-day basis. You don't really know the phone calls that I get and you know the World, you know, I go through things just like everybody else. Oh, yeah for sure
4:02I'm normal, but when it's time to be professional I'm professional and I love doing what I do. I don't I don't see it as being a bad thing we need more humor in this world I can't stop being funny because the devil don't take no time out That's like Bob Molly say, you know, I gotta make music every day Satan ain't taking no time out. So I got to bring love and happiness and joy to this world while I can while I'm here On that same topic. What about what about what happened with TNT and the Sarah Palin comments? I don't know you got XT and T that I'm just doing Tracy. Do you think people are too strict? I Don't think what you said was that bad. I didn't care. They didn't strict with me my father died in 87 Can't nobody tell me what to do They should be mad at the people to ask me the question. You're mad at Charles come at me. He's easy to come at me
4:49I'm a comedian you are asking me a question like Sarah Palin and my boys. Come on. I'm gonna give you a dumb afternoon What do you think is gonna happen on you mentioned Trump you we've talked about Palin now. What do you think's gonna happen? Well as far as what as far as the Republican nomination, I don't care. I'm a Democrat I don't even know but don't you think it'll be easier for Obama if he's running against while someone like as stupid as Donald Trump kind of thing I don't know I'm paying Donald Trump no tension man. This is Obama man He we low-bomber this year is just cleaning up with pushing Reagan on all them dead man Next week next next next term Obama's gonna do a thing. Yeah, you think he's just waiting it out waiting till a reelection doesn't matter He's cleaning up. He'll be paying stuff man The man looking up the two bushes man with a lot of damage done man. They just coming out barot
5:37Cuz he in office, but he's really preparing elite this whole country was hemorrhaging money now much that a rat will all that stuff Caught this man. Wait before Barack man is easy to do that man. What the man do it stays well We all knew was gonna take more than eight for four years, man You guys got yourself in a big mess down there, hey Change don't come around the whole country's in a big mess man. It's ain't a recession. This is a depression You're doing okay. I'm okay, but I ain't okay because everybody else ain't okay, right? That's why I'll be funny Forget about that stimulus package for our He was still waiting on a stimulus package my package ain't come yet. I need my 98 $98 yes, you gotta get a sandwich you don't mess with me NBC no that number couple years ago with Universal City
6:29Burnt down who you take did it Give my hundred and fifty two hours He called exhibit gone back to the future exhibit gone What? Movies got me thinking are we gonna ever see a Brian Fellows movie? Saturday night life yeah, fair other things in my life other characters. I mean of them. What about an astronaut Jones movie then? I did that already you that okay. We got a way for other stuff to come out who write the characters of me I got a million people inside of me man. I'm sure you do Me and people inside of me, dude who writes best for you who's your favorite writer to work with me? Right for me no no no no on the show or on SNL who was your favorite writer you wrote all your skits
7:19Really I collaborated with writers, but that was all me man. You can't write fucking woodrow You can't write Brian Fellows man come on man. I don't know I know well a lot of the skits are written aren't they? Yeah, but that's all those ideas of mine. That's a man. I didn't know that's amazing Yeah, I'm letting you know you're hitting from the horses mouth man. I let it roll get boy I just can't hold back before cuz I'm a man with effect with that protect rock the disco tech Who flat top rules in 89 warming up tray warming up tray warming up tray? We do something on the show called five questions five quick questions one word answers right prior Carlin Lenin or McCartney Biggie or Pock Bit or roll your most proud of
8:08Good movie and in one word Tracy Morgan Number one I like it. So what are you coming up next? What after we see you in town? I know you got a few movies going on I'm still celebrating real. Well, you're working with Pacino. Aren't you? Yeah, but I'm still I'm still wrapped up in Rio right now Man, it's the number one movie in the world. You play a bulldog Later when it comes I was just thinking you worked with Pacino. Do you do a Pacino? No, I don't do that stuff man I'm Tracy, but you do impressions Who does the best Tracy Morgan me? No besides you You would officially right now All right, Morgan is officially then we'll leave it with that official tissue
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