#126
Posted: 10/17/15 at 5:41pm
I was thinking about this thread with Tracy hosting SNL tonight.
What would have happened if Joan Rivers made that joke?
"Why I No Longer 'LIKE' Tracy Morgan" — Page 6
#127
Posted: 10/17/15 at 9:13pm
Never been a fan of either's work.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
#128
Posted: 10/17/15 at 10:26pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "What would have happened if Joan Rivers made that joke?"
Since she used to joke she hopes her grandson is gay onstage, so it is hard to swap anyone else's joke into her act and make much sense of how it would fit in with the rest, let alone the reaction.
#129
Posted: 10/17/15 at 11:55pm
Well, no, the reaction to Joan Rivers was, "Oh, she's just making jokes. That's what comedians do."
#130
Posted: 10/18/15 at 1:17am
And the difference is, when I saw Tracy Morgan live, I waited for him to tell jokes... it never happened, and then the show ended.
#131
Posted: 10/18/15 at 1:36am
Were you the only one that didn't laugh?
#132
Posted: 10/18/15 at 3:51pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "Were you the only one that didn't laugh? "
He did a week of shows in SF, and a few co-workers attended different shows, and we all said that would be the last time we would go see him live. It just seemed like an hour of crowd work trying to hook up with every girl near the stage...
#133
Posted: 10/18/15 at 4:07pm
So no one laughed.
#134
Posted: 10/18/15 at 4:31pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "So no one laughed. "
I'm sure we laughed, but that's hardly the metric of a good comedian. I've laughed for many comedians I never wanted to see live again.
#135
Posted: 10/18/15 at 4:46pm
"I can't see, camel!"
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#136
Posted: 10/18/15 at 4:52pm
I love live TV!
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#137
Posted: 10/18/15 at 4:59pm
They had to know they were pushing their luck with a camel... 
#138
Posted: 10/18/15 at 5:10pm
The camel was perfect during run through and dress.
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#139
Posted: 10/19/15 at 10:16am
I hope he gets well. He bores the hell outta me.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
#140
Posted: 10/19/15 at 10:24am
The camel appearance was hilarious. Tracy was NOT funny. And, very fat!
#141
Posted: 10/19/15 at 10:49am
He should be shot in the face for being fat. Talk about a bow wow. The doctors who performed his liver transplant took one look at him and slapped his mother.
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#142
Posted: 10/19/15 at 10:52am
I think my favorite thing was how he still didn't know Jane Krakowski's last name.
#143
Posted: 10/19/15 at 12:30pm
Yes.. it's such a shame that once svelt, sporty, paragon of fitness Morgan gained weight.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#144
Posted: 10/19/15 at 1:29pm
I still don't understand why he didn't get the same pass other comedians get.
#145
Posted: 10/19/15 at 2:07pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "I still don't understand why he didn't get the same pass other comedians get. "
Racism
#146
Posted: 10/19/15 at 2:24pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "I still don't understand why he didn't get the same pass other comedians get."
Because he wasn't known as a stand-up before appearing on TV. People who went to see him live liked him on Saturday Night Live and on 30 Rock went to his shows not knowing him as a stand-up comic. This is an issue many people primarily known for being on TV face in comedy clubs, since they clean up their act for TV or are on scripted shows. I'm sure some people who liked Sanford and Son were surprised when they went to a Redd Foxx show. So, they don't have a stand-up persona established at that point, unlike Joan Rivers, Louis CK, or anyone else.
Louis CK could have done Tracy's routine and Michael Richard's routine (another person not known as a stand-up who got in trouble), and he would have been able to get away with them, because we know his deal is to push boundaries and say outlandish things. Tracy wasn't known to do that by many when he started selling out clubs based on being on 30 Rock.
Whether any of these people did stand-up before becoming famous for being on TV is somewhat irrelevant if they weren't known for it. The majority of people never knew Tracy as a standup before he was on SNL or 30 Rock, so when you go see him in person, you are finally seeing "the real person" not scripted, so when they start in about killing their son if he were gay, there is no context on how to receive that information. Just like if any unknown comic went up and started doing a Louis CK bit on the n-word, he would get booed off the stage and Louis would get cheers.
Updated On: 10/19/15 at 02:24 PM
#147
Posted: 10/19/15 at 2:28pm
Come on, really?
That makes no sense.Updated On: 10/19/15 at 02:28 PM
