WELCOME, THE LEGENDARY TRACY MORGAN IS HERE TONIGHT, THERE HE
IS LOOKING SO GOOD!
HOW ARE YOU, TRACY?
ARE YOU WELL?
>> YES, I'M A SLICE IN THE COKE.
NO EXTRA CHEESE, NO PEPPERONI.
>> James: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE SAYING BEFORE THE SHOW,
WASN'T IT?
WE WERE SAYING THE THING WITH TRACY.
>> I WENT TO SAL'S PIZZERIA TO GET IT!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: TRACY, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
HOW'S EVERYTHING?
YOU LOOK SO WELL!
YOU'RE LOOKING SO GOOD!
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
ARE WE ON A NEW REGIME?
>> NO, I GOT GOOD COLOGNE ON.
I GOT SOME HIGH KARATE ON!
>> James: OH, YOU GOT THE GOOD - ( LAUGHTER )
>> HIGH KARATE.
OLD SCHOOL!
YOU KNOW ME!
COLD DUCK, YOU KNOW MY STYLE!
I'M A REGULAR, BABY.
ASTI I SPU MANTI.
>> James: IF SOMEBODY SAID TO ME THE PANDEMIC IS OVER NEXT
FRIDAY, WHERE WOULD YOU YOU WANT TO BE IN I WOULD WANT TO BE TWO
FEET FROM TRACY MORGAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A GOOD TIME.
WHAT IS TRACY MORGAN GOING TO DO WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER AND
EVERYTHING IS SAFE AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING UP TO?
>> I'M PRETTY SURE MY NEIGHBORS ARE HAPPY THE PANDEMIC IS ENDING
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WANT A BLACK MAN WALKING AROUND WITH
A MASK ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.
>> James: TRACY, WE'VE GOT A PHOTO OF YOU HERE AT THE KNICKS
GAME, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON THE JumboTron.
WAS THIS A FUN NIGHT?
ARE YOU MISSING GOING TO THE KNICKS?
>> ABSOLUTELY I'M MISSING GOING TO THE KNICKS.
I'M TIRED OF WATCHING RERUNS OF THE 72 KNICKS.
FRAZIER GOING UP FOR A REBOUND AND HIS SCROTUM WAS ON ANOTHER
DUDE'S NECK BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SHORTS.
I WANTED TO SEE US WINNING SO I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO
72.
YOU KNOW HOW SHORT THOSE SHORTS WERE?
>> James: THEY WERE SHORT!
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW SHORT N.B.A. SHORTS WERE UNTIL I
WATCHED THE LAST DANCE!
>> THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE I'M TRAUMATIZED.
I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT ANOTHER MAN'S SCROTUM IN MY LIFE!
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S A FUNNY WORD, SCROTUM.
>> James: IT'S A FUNNY WORD, AND IT'S A FUNNY THING TO HAVE
ON YOUR BODY, ISN'T IT?
>> YES, IT IS!
>> James: A SCROTUM.
WHO CAME UP WITH THAT?
A SCROTUM?
>> SAME DUDE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT CAME UP WITH THE WORD
TAINT.
>> James: TAINT.
A SCROTUM.
WE'VE HAD TO COME UP WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT NAMES BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WORD SCROTUM.
>> ME AND YOU ON YOUR SHOW TALKING ABOUT THE WORD SCROTUM.
THIS IS GETTING SICK.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY.
TRACY, YOU HAVE BEEN DOING STANDUP NOW SINCE YOUR EARLY
20s.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR FIRST SETS ON STAGE.
WHAT WERE YOUR EARLIER COMEDY SETS ABOUT?
WHAT SORT OF STUFF WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT AND DO?
>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I HAD THREE KIDS, SO I WOULD TALK
ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT COLD CUTS.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT POOP.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT FARTS.
BASIC STUFF.
I WAS GOING FOR THE LAUGHTER.
>> James: SURE.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAD JUST RECENTLY DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
I LOVE DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND DROP OUT AGAIN!
( LAUGHTER ) THEY SAID, YOU AIN'T GONNA BE
NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR G.E.D.!
VOILA!
I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN WORKS!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WHEN YOU WERE
GROWING UP, HOW DID YOU -- BECAUSE THIS IS A BRAVE THING TO
GO INTO STANDUP COMEDY.
HOW DID YOU USED TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER IN
SCHOOL?
>> WELL, TO KEEP THE BULLIES OFF MY BACK, I MADE THEM LAUGH AND
WOULD INVITE THEM UP TO MY HOUSE TO MAKE HOT DOGS.
>> James: YOU WOULD INVITE THE BULLIES BACK TO YOUR HOUSE FOR
HOT DOGS?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T WEALTHY.
ON THE FIRST AND THE 15 15th WHICH IS A HOLIDAY IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY, I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY, MY MOM JUST BOUGHT
TWO CASES OF RING DINGS AND TWINKIES!
THEY WOULD COME OVER AND EAT TWINKIES AND DING DONGS.
>> James: THAT IS A SMART WAY TO GET THE BULLIES OFF YOUR
BACK, THOUGH, INVITE THEM IN.
>> I HAD TO!
I HAD TO!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: TRACY, LET'S
TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN YOUR NEW FILM
"COMING TO AMERICA."
HUGE DEBUT THIS WEEKEND.
YOU ARE SO FUNNY IN THIS FILM.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW TELL THEM WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO YOU
PLAY.
>> IT'S ABOUT EDDIE MURPHY.
I THINK GREG CAPTURED THE SPIRIT AND THE EASE SINCE OF THE FIRST
FILM, ME PERSONALLY.
AND EDDIE MURPHY, HE HAS AN ILLEGITIMATE SON THAT HE
CONCEIVED FROM THE FIRST FILM 30 YEARS AGO, AND I'M THAT YOUNG
MAN'S UNCLE.
HIS SISTER IS MY MOM, AND WE HAVE A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
IN QUEENS, BUT WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
SO I'M THAT UNCLE THAT RAISED HIM AND TOLD HIM NEVER FORGET
WHERE YOU COME FROM, AND NEVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE.
SO, WHEN HAKEEM COMES BACK TO GET HIM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE FROM, MONEY.
SO I'M THE OVERPROTECTIVE UNCLE.
SO BEING THAT HE DOESN'T GET WHERE HE COMES FROM, HE'S GOT TO
GO BACK AND GET HIS UNCLE.
>> James: EDDIE MURPHY IS ON THE SHOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT, AND
I AM SO STAR STRUCK AT THE PROSPECT OF JUST SPEAKING TO
HIM.
WHAT WAS HE LIKE THE FIRST TIME YOU MET HIM?
>> WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, IT WAS MAYBE MY SECOND YEAR OR MY FIRST
YEAR ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
ROSIE O'DONNELL HAD A TV SHOW ON THE SAME SHOW AS "SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE," AND WORD SPREAD HE WAS COMING UP TO DO THE SHOW.
SO WE WERE ALL WAITING THERE -- WE WERE ALL WAITING THERE FOR
HOURS, AND THEN EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH DRIFTED OFF, AND I STAYED
RIGHT THERE.
AND HE CAME THROUGH THE ELEVATOR AND I SAW HIM.
AND HE WALKED TOWARDS ME, AND I AS JUST LIKE, EDDIE -- YOU
KNOW, THE FIRST THING I SAID TO HIM WAS THANK YOU FOR HOLDING
THE DOOR OPEN FOR ME AND OTHERS.
THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN.
HE GRABBED ME BY MY SHIRT AND WE STARTED WALKING.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME, THE FIRST DAY.
BUT EDDIE MURPHY HAS BEEN IN MY LIFE SINCE HE HAD THE RED PUMA'S
ON IN '80.
MY FATHER LOVED HIM.
IN '80 AND '85, WHO WASN'T IN FRONT OF THE TV WATCHING
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"?
THERE WAS ALWAYS ONE BLACK KID LAYING IN THE FLOOR SAYING, HE'S
ON!
AND EVERYBODY WOULD COME BATCH EDDIE.
AND NOW I'M WORKING WITH HIM?
YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
>> James: YOU ARE SO FUNNY.