I Am the New Black
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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...
Hello, Welcome to My Introduction xi1 Roots 32 As Far as My Father Could Take Me, a.k.a. From a Boy to a Man 25Black Comedy Is: Redd Foxx 633 A Home Grows in Harlem 65Black Comedy Is: Richard Pryor 894 Ready for Prime Time? 91Black Comedy Is: Eddie Murphy 1215 The Tracy Morgan Show 123Black Comedy Is: Def Comedy Jam 1536 Top of the Rock 155Black Comedy Is: The Nineties Marriage of Hip-Hop and Comedy 1697 I'm a Full-Grown Man 171Black Comedy Is: The Word Motherfucker 1858 I'm Tracy Morgan. Thank You for Being Here with Me Tonight! Now Please Go Home. 187Acknowledgments 195List of Illustrations 197
