-Hey, chief. -[ Gasps ]
-You got a sec? -Yeah. What's up?
-Look, man, I'm tired of being just the guy
who points at stuff.
-Right. Uh, well, look, hey,
I wouldn't underestimate the pointing.
I mean, the way you do it, it's chilling.
Hit me with it again.
-Boom! -Aaah! Oh!
You're very good at it. -Yeah.
I appreciate that, but I've got some catchphrases
I want to try out.
Check these out.
Welcome to the bone zone. [ Laughs ]
Bone appétit. Ha!
Or my favorite -- you've been Christmas Caroled, bitch.
-Welcome back to "Late Night." We're here with Tracy Morgan.
That was a clip from the new movie "Spirited."
Very fun take on the "Christmas Carol" classic.
-Thank you. -You play a ghost.
Do you believe in ghosts, Tracy?
-Do I believe in ghosts? -Yeah.
-Only if they got hit by Walmart trucks.
-Okay, gotcha.
That's Will Ferrell, your friend Will Ferrell.
-I love Will. Will is my chief.
-You've got a really special other co-star in the film --
your daughter, Maven.
-Yeah, that's my baby. That's my stinka-mama.
-That's great. And did you --
-I love you, Maven. I love you, Tracy.
Matter of fact, my daughter and my son
are in the dressing room right now, man.
-This is Maven right there.
-Yeah, she's doing a backflip on the red carpet.
-Backflip on the red carpet. Pretty impressive.
-Yeah.
-Did you teach her how to backflip, Tracy?
-Absolutely not. -Okay.
-I keep telling you, I got hit by a Walmart truck.
-What's Thanksgiving like at the Morgan house?
-Well, I really don't want to --
My grandmother usually hosts Thanksgiving.
And she's gonna have my uncle, who just came home from prison.
He did 38 years in prison.
-Well, that's lovely to have him back.
-No, it's not.
He's institutionalized.
You know how he says grace? -How?
-"Yo, thank you, G, for giving us this life, G.
Yo, thank you for giving us food, my dude.
Yo, good lookin', G. Peace, I'm out."
I told my grandmother "I'm not eating that food.
If y'all eat that food, somebody going to pass away."
-Do you feel like the holiday season
has been lost a little bit, the spirit?
-Yeah, man.
If you look around, man, people don't put lights up no more.
The only lights in New York City
are the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.
-Yeah, it's true.
-Nobody puts lights up anymore, man.
-What do you think happened? -Santa Claus, man.
He wigged out because Mrs. Claus was cheating on him.
-No.
-Yeah, everybody knows she was running around with Krampus.
-Oh, no.
-Jack Frost -- she dealt with Jack Frost.
-You have a very --
-No, but Santa Claus moved to Florida now.
He left the North Pole. He moved to Florida.
He's dealing with a lady out there named Carol.
So he's getting happy again. -Carol?
-Yeah, he's getting back on his feet.
And Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- his nose is red?
-Yeah. -That's cocaine.
-No.
-He don't got no cartilage, no nothing in his nose no more.
-No cart-- The cartilage is gone.
-The cartilage is gone. -Oh, my God.
-The membrane -- No membrane.
You sneeze, and the coke boogers came out.
-Hey, you're going the New York Comedy Festival.
That's very exciting. This Saturday.
-Yes, I am. [ Cheers and applause ]
-And, Tracy, even more exciting, it's your birthday -- today!
[ Cheers and applause ]
And we've got a cake for you, Trace.
Here you go. Happy birthday to you right there.
And I wanted to get some --
I wanted to get you some cake toppers.
Now, Tracy, you've long said you are related to Jacques Cousteau.
-Yes.
-So we got you, you know, an octopus there and a shark.
You love Shark Week, right? -Yes, I do.
-Have you seen the "Star Wars" films, Tracy?
-Yes, and everybody knows Chewbacca's a bum.
-Okay, why is Chewbacca a bum?
-Everybody knows he's behind in his child-support payments.
-He is?
-Got 16 puppies out there he ain't taking care of.
-The Knicks. You love the Knicks.
-I love my Knicks, baby. -Fancy sports car.
-Oh, yeah. I got a couple of those.
-Alright, so, just for time,
I'm gonna light one of these candles,
and why don't you burn it out -- blow it out, excuse me,
and make a wish for us, Tracy.
-Okay.
My two kids to have good health and joy and love in their life.
And for all the fans and all you guys out there in the world,
may God bless you, and I love you.
-Alright, there we go. [ Cheers and applause ]
Tracy Morgan, everybody.
"Spirited" is in theaters tomorrow
and available November 18th on Apple TV+
We'll be right back with James Acaster.