For the past 24 hours I’ve been reading the "Who got snubbed?" stories about the Emmys, and I can’t figure out why more people aren’t sad that Tracy Morgan (pictured) didn’t get a supporting-actor nod for 30 Rock. Mandi’s PopWatch post yesterday on "the biggest Emmy snubs" has elicited about 300 comments from you so far, but only, like, two posters mentioned Morgan by name. There’s gotta be more of you out there than that who love this guy, right?
Morgan kills on that show. Some weeks he’s funnier than Alec Baldwin — even just the way he says "Liz Lemon" is great. Morgan won me over in the very first episode, when he’s sitting down to lunch at a fancy restaurant with his crew, and the waiter asks him what he’d like to drink, and Tracy says apple juice, and the waiter says they don’t have apple juice, and then Tracy pauses a sec and says, "Okay I’ll take a vodka tonic!" I’ve been in love with the show ever since. Somebody put together 10 great Morgan moments here (the best: "It only looks like I’m walking out of a Starbucks, when actually I’m doing the Robot going backwards into a Starbucks!"), and a minute ago my friend Karen was in my office, and she showed me this old clip of Morgan acting nuts during a live TV interview; I haven’t laughed so hard since 30 Rock finished its season a few months ago.
So what do you think about Tracy Morgan? And after the jump, we have two more curious little Emmy oddities for you.
These come courtesy of columnist Mark Harris.
• Did you notice that Justin Timberlake is an Emmy nominee, for co-writing the song "D— in a Box"? Did you even know that the Emmys had a "Best Original Song" category? And if it wins, will someone get to say "D— in a Box" on the air?
• In the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special" (I know, who cares, but anyway…), one of the nominees is an episode of Drive, which was actually a series that Fox canceled before its run was complete and burned off on its website. I noticed that the network that’s credited with the nomination in the Emmy press release is not Fox, but Fox.com. That must be a first, right?
i love tracey morgan on 30 rock but honestly, sometimes it feels like hes mugging the camera instead of just acting- even though he is absolutely hysterical on the show, i think ken the page was more deserving of a nomination… also- i need more jane krakowski on the show– she’s brilliant but just not enough is shown. p.s. so glad tina fey was nominated twice!
I love Tracy Morgan so much, I want to take him behind the middle school and get him pregnant!
Too much? Can only Tracy pull off that line?!
He’s amazing and shoulda been nominated.
Re: user before me…I respectfully disagree. “Jenna” (Jane) is perhaps the most grating and annoying character to ever “live”. She’s barely tolerable, at best. Though, I guess she does make Liz appear that much more wonderful!
Tracy Morgan’s spot on impersonation of Martin Lawrence is inspired, but it’s a character not too hard for him to play. Come now, Morgan built a career on eccentric characters. For him to portray himself as a controversy seeking and insecure black comic actor’s not enough of a stretch for him. Kind of like when Courtney Love played a heroin addict in that Larry Flynt movie.
That said, 30 Rock’s a brilliant series and it would not be the same without Tracy Jordan.
I’m Black NBC and Proud, like Peacocks! Ain’t that right my maroney?
PS agreed with Melissa about the Office. I love Jenna, but can’t stand her as Pam. Liz on the other hand? Let’s just say Mrs. Sato’d have to drag me back into the house by my leash if Liz walked into the room.
Jenna’s just fine. She’s in her own little me-me-me world, which is why I (we?) love the show – because it’s populated by characters that are pure id or ego (for the most part).
I mean, when she went to lunch with Liz and Phoebe, and she compared herself to Carrie and Charlotte of SATC and Liz to the woman at home who watches – that was hilarious!
The reason Tracy Morgan was not nominated has to do with the fact that he submitted himself in the Lead Actor category, not supporting like he should have been. He easily would have been nominated had he gone Supporting. I also agree that Jack McBrayer should have been nominated.
Isn’t it obvious why Tracy didn’t get a nomination? The Black Crusaders! After all, they cancelled Eddie Murphy’s Oscar for running out on Scary Spice.
Interesting point about Morgan idiotically putting himself in the leading category, but that actually speaks to why he still would not have been nominated. He is so much using Martin Lawrence as his inspiration, but a toned down version of himself. He is really that way in real life, so why nominate him for acting like himself?
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His lack of a nomination is obviously the continued work of the Black Crusaders.
Maybe Tracy will get nominated next year. Afterall, nothing is impossible, except for dinosaurs. In the mean time, he can call Dr. Spaceman for some medicinal supplement to deal with his grief over not being nominated. Does anyone else love how he pronounces Spaceman’s name phonetically? Cracks me up every time…
Maybe Tracy will get nominated next year. Afterall, nothing is impossible, except for dinosaurs. In the mean time, he can call Dr. Spaceman for some medicinal supplement to deal with his grief over not being nominated. Does anyone else love how he pronounces Spaceman’s name phonetically? Cracks me up every time…
I don’t see any more range from Tracey on 30Rock than his years on SNL. Kudos to the writing staff on keeping his only character, himself, fresh.
Maybe because nobody watched 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan? Seriously? He’s so annoying. And the only reason why he’s “good” on the show it’s because of the superb writing.
And if you actually have seen any of this talk show interviews, you will see not much ‘acting’ is involved.