The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian.
Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious character Tracy Jordan on the award-winning hit sitcom 30 Rock, whose turbulent personal life often mirrors that of his fictional alter ego? Is he Chico Divine, the life of the party-any party, anytime, anywhere-getting ladies pregnant everywhere he goes? Or is he a soulful, tender family man who emerged from a hardscrabble ghetto upbringing and, against all odds, achieved superstardom, raised a solid family, prevailed over a collection of lethal bad habits, and is still ascending new heights and coming into his own? The answer is: Tracy Morgan is all that. And a bag of potato chips with a 50¢ soda.
When he was just a boy living in the Tompkins Projects in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, being funny was about survival. With the right snap, Tracy could shut down the playground bullies who picked on him and his physically disabled older brother. And with a wild enough prank, he could exact revenge on whoever stole his Pumas at the community pool. Later, being funny was about escape-from the untouchable sadness of his father's death, from the desperation of the drug dealer's trade, from the life-and-death battles waged on the streets of the South Bronx in the age of crack. But these days being funny is about living his dream-a dream born in the comedy clubs of Harlem and realized on shows like Martin and Saturday Night Live, where he was a cast member for seven years, and in movies like The Longest Yard and Half-Baked.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Listen; Read,
This review is from: I Am the New Black [Abridged 4-CD Set] (AUDIO CD/AUDIO BOOK)2
I like Tracy Morgan - his appearances on the Howard Stern radio show on Sirius constitute some of the funniest material I've heard in a long time; however, the man should not have done the audio recording of his book. There were times when it sounded like he was going off script and rambling. The problem here is that his 'offbook' remarks tend to sound repetitive and "spoken before they're thought out". I don't know if his book reads like this, but there were some pauses and 'um and uh's" that I had to do some skips on the recording just to get to the point of what he was trying to convey. Apart from 30 Rock and SNL, I don't know this man, and why he holds himself in such high regards is beyond me. He became a celebrity but no more or less of one than other comedians who have appeared on television. There is no catch to this book. I've heard the "rags-to-riches-to-down-times-to-up-times" story so many times by other celebrities, and there just doesn't seem to be anything fresh here. I liked his memories of his father and his comments that the story of his life happened years before his birth, but this book is short on funny, interesting moments and heavy on the "I deserve this success, Jesus complex" that he and other celebrity bios tend to have. He speaks about how he should be in a starring vehicle when it comes to movies, which makes me think he wrote this book long before that bomb he did with Bruce Willis. Enjoy your fame, Tracy. I have a feeling when 30 Rock goes to the Nick at Nite graveyard, your career will depend on the residual checks you get because a Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, you ain't.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not just a comedy audiobook,
By CS (NH) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Am the New Black [Abridged 4-CD Set] (AUDIO CD/AUDIO BOOK)2
Great stories about Tracy Morgan from birth to now. It's funny at times, sad at others, great to listen to
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5.0 out of 5 stars
YES,
This review is from: I Am the New Black [Abridged 4-CD Set] (AUDIO CD/AUDIO BOOK)2
This book is awesome! Tracy's on the cover, he reads it to you, he's a black person! Why not?! Great stuff! I actually haven't read it yet, but I mean... come on. It's Tracy!!!
HELLO?!!!
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