x-post Sorry, guess it had to be Nancy Pelosi asking for Tracy's head on HuffPo or something rather than the fans of the show.
― President Keyes, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
i'm just saying the call would be louder to get him off TV if he were still the star of "The Tracy Morgan Show"
― some dude, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
just making a point about the relative size of furors, pk.
― da croupier, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'll totally admit this thing could have blown up if tracy had announced we don't understand his artistry or took his homophobic case to fox news
― da croupier, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
by blown up you mean he'd be a GOP presidential nominee
― iatee, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
or if, like Michael Richards, he'd said he said all of that stuff not because he was bigoted but because he was angry
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Friday, 17 June 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
didn't he have a gay persona called "Chico Divine"? Maybe he had a Papa Divine persona, too.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
I'm with dylannn waay upthread in that I enjoy Tracy Morgan's standup more than his (IMO) watered down 30 Rock shtick. Also, and probably for another thread, I still don't get the Cult Of Tina Fey.
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 17 June 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
It's the scar
― President Keyes, Friday, 17 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
scarfaces with a cult following: tony montana, brad jordan, tina fey
― some dude, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
'mr. brad jordan is back'
― am0n, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
'balls and my word, liz lemon'
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
seems like motherfuckers forgot about omar little
― it seems i am the larry (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
croupier otm itt
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 June 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljpkhuqnWh1qzyufx.gif
― jeff, Saturday, 18 June 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
He's actually doing something.http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/17/tracy-morgan-glaad-homophobic-slur-comedy-show-gay-criticized/Altohugh I'm not so sure this is his serious face, looks more like his "hard to watch" face.
Better than just fucking off to Cambodia or whatever it was Michael Richards did though.
― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Monday, 20 June 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
So, yo: Anyone can see Tracy Morgan has layers on layers, like a pregnant onion. Let's grab some three-ply with Aloe and let our eyes feel the burn as we decode the Marshall McLuhan of mixed emotions.1 Behold: The Nine Circles of Tracy Morgan, in ascending order of entertainment value.
http://espn.go.com/espn/grantland/story/_/id/6678023/the-nine-circles-tracy-morgan
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 20 June 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
TOP STORIES Gay Teens Meet With Tracy Morgan
― little dieter wants to FUCK (Princess TamTam), Monday, 20 June 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
as far as one can tell from outside, the guy seems genuinely trying to make amends.
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 June 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
tracy morgan is doing this right & bringing positive stuff out of his shitty behavior imo xp
― censored my own brad whitford joke (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 20 June 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
sublimation yall
― all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Monday, 20 June 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
may be trying to learn something, no sin in that.
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 June 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah gotta say going above and beyond a boilerplate "I'm sorry" press-release is awesome, and shows that he genuinely cares.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, even if it's straight-up cynical damage control, imagine a world where every time someone cracked a slur they put in a shitload of charity time to the offended party as well.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
what i'd really like to see, when a public figure "repents" like this, is actually owning their original statements, in the sense of speaking publicly about where those homophobic statements came from, about why they held those opinions.
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
no one who operates on tracy morgan's level of fame is handler-free enough to speak openly about his feelings AFTER something like this happens
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
also while it's nice to see this kind of atonement, i think, if i were one of those gay teens, i would be more minded to punch this dude in the face than to smile inanely at his photo op
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
speaking publicly about where those homophobic statements came from, about why they held those opinions.
I mean, they come from, like, society, man. It would be nice for someone to say "This one time when blah blah happened is where I learned homophobic behavior" but more likely it's an atmosphere he was raised it. Be it schoolyard slurs, family prejudices, culture wars on TV, etc.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, June 20, 2011 1:42 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
i think this kinda nails why im unimpressed, no matter how many gay teens he apologizes to
― little dieter wants to FUCK (Princess TamTam), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
jeez
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/07/showbiz/tracy-morgan-hospitalized/index.html
(CNN) - Actor Tracy Morgan was in critical condition after he was injured in a six-car accident early Saturday in New Jersey, authorities said.
The wreck killed at least one person, said Sgt. Gregory William of New Jersey State Police.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 7 June 2014 10:29 (nine years ago) link
NJSP says the driver of the tractor-trailer failed to observe slow-moving traffic ahead," Williams said. "At the last minute, he swerved to try and avoid the Mercedes limo bus but struck it from behind, forcing the limo to rotate and overturn."
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Apparently the person killed was Tracy's writer.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Update - he'll live but may lose a leg.
http://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/updates-on-crash-that-seriously-injures-tracy-morgan-kills-jimmy-mack-19157/
― StanM, Monday, 9 June 2014 05:54 (nine years ago) link
Man, talk about the best with the worst.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 9 June 2014 06:26 (nine years ago) link
According to the criminal complaint, Roper was operating the truck “without having slept for a period in excess of 24 hours resulting in a motor vehicle accident.” It doesn’t specify the basis for that assertion
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 June 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/walmart-faults-tracy-morgan-not-736398
"By failing to exercise ordinary care in making use of available seatbelts, upon information and belief, plaintiffs acted unreasonably and in disregard of plaintiffs' own best interests," states Walmart's answer.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
can someone involved in law confirm/deny if it's standard to take into account whether or not a plaintiff in a case of vehicular negligence was wearing a seatbelt when awarding damages?
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
I've seen a lawyer from North Carolina say the seatbelt argument is a non-starter in that state. Don't know about New Jersey, but it's pretty fucking thin just on the face of it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
If I were on a jury, I might knock a bit off the award based on the contributory negligence of the plaintiff, but not fucking much.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/tracy-morgans-first-tv-interview-car-accident-air-today
Doing an interview tomorrow with Matt Lauer. Kinda scared to see what shape he's in now.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 31 May 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
yipes, yeah
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 May 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
http://www.today.com/popculture/tracy-morgan-speaks-today-show-matt-lauer-first-interview-crash-t23521
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
I had hoped—no cynicism intended—that settling the lawsuit would speed up his recovery and maybe begin to return him to the spotlight a bit. Still hoping that's the case, but looks like it's going to be a long process.
― Evan R, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
is Top Five the last thing he did pre-accident?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
Well, shit. That was both encouraging and heartbreaking.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Reflecting on his life...“Can’t complain...besides, who would give a f”
― calstars, Thursday, 6 June 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link
would be curious to see thishttps://consequenceofsound.net/2021/03/tracy-morgan-playing-louis-armstrong-biopic/
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link