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Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan - “That’s a metaphor!”

by Lori

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Saturday Night Live alumnus and frequent chest-exposer Tracy Morgan plays Tracy Jordan, a successful comedian and movie star brought in as the new star of the fictional The Girlie Show, renamed as TGS with Tracy Jordan on 30 Rock. While Tracy Jordan got his start after an appearance on Showtime at the Apollo that he claims he doesn’t remember, Tracy Morgan got his start after an appearance on, uh, Showtime at the Apollo that he apparently does remember. (Wow, where to the 30 Rock writers get their ideas?) Morgan then became a regular on Martin. He joined the SNL cast in 1996 and remained as a regular performer until 2003. Among his regular characters on SNL was Brian Fellow, host of Brian Fellow’s Safari Planet. (That’s crazy!) Some of his more memorable impressions include Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Venus Williams, Puff Daddy, and my favorite, Star Jones. (An impression he repeats in a famously gross bit on 30 Rock.)

Here’s a bit more about Morgan: He is married to Sabina Morgan (although they are separated) and has three kids. He had his own show The Tracy Morgan Show which an NBC sitcom which aired one season in 2003. He also was a victim of The Kutch in a 2003 episode of Punk’d when his car was towed from a valet parking lot. In more serious news, he has been arrested twice for DUI and was even fitted with a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) ankle bracelet, which tests him for alcohol consumption. Damn, Liz Lemon! I also discovered this evening that he had a role in Little Man which would drive anyone to drink.

Some generous soul on YouTube put together clips of some of Morgan’s great moments on 30 Rock:



Now these are definitely 10 great Tracy moments, but I don’t think you can call them the top ten when they don’t include his appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien or the chicken nugget speech. Metaphor!

We love Tracy Morgan so much we want to take him out behind the middle school and get him pregnant!

Stay tuned for a future entry about Tracy Jordan, Tracy Morgan’s character on 30 Rock.

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Posted in 30 Rock, Tracy Morgan on October 9th, 2007

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