But he wants you to tune into his Comedy Central special on Sunday night. View All Comments () Tracy Morgan spent seven seasons on 30 Rock playing Tracy Jordan, an amplified, caricatured version of himself. On the show, the Saturday Night Live alum riffed on his extravagant public persona, one that has gotten him in trouble over the years. But for Morgan, the best venue for unabashed self-expression is the stage. Last fall, after 30 Rock wrapped, the comedian shot a new stand-up special, Bona Fide, which will premiere on Comedy Central on April 20. In the hour-long special, Morgan offers sincere insight into his own life and the world around him—with, of course, hilarious, R-rated enthusiasm. The comedian called to discuss the special while grocery shopping, which may seem oddly mundane for a guy with a reputation like Morgan’s. Morgan has a lot of thoughts about the world and the purpose of comedy today, and, mostly, just wants everything he does to be an apt reflection of himself. Right now I’m shopping at Whole Foods with my fiancée. We’re getting some healthy foods right now. I love your outfit in your new special. No, I just like red! Red it my favorite color so I wanted to wear it. I just thought that was my style—red and white. I just like red. It wasn’t about any of that stuff. I just wanted to wear it because it was my vision. I’m good with clothes so I just followed my vision. It looked good, though. You’re rocking a lot of bling, too. Yes, thank you! That’s a bracelet. And I have a $500,000 necklace on. I thought it went well with the lights and everything. It was fun to wear. I own them. I don’t walk around wearing that. That stuff is just for special occasions. Other than that it’s in my safe. I taped it September 7th at the Brooklyn Academy for Music. I just wanted to go back my roots. I hadn’t done anything serious in Brooklyn and I was born and raised not far from there. I wanted to touch base with my roots and give something back to the place where I was born that gave me my start and made me who I am. So that’s what that was. That area of Brooklyn must be so different now than when you were growing up there. Oh, yes it is. It’s very different. And it’s for the better. It’s nice to go back there. It’s live entertainment and there’s nothing like live entertainment because the audience let’s you know. For me, as far as my career milestones, it’s something that really solidifies me as an artist. I’ve been involved in TV and now to do stand-up, it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do in a big way. And I finally got to do it. That’s what it was about. You just envision it. I have an idea of what I want to discuss. And you know a lot of it has to do with what’s going on in the world and what’s going on in your life and your experiences. That’s how you decide. Maybe some of it is your imagination. But it’s not like you sit around and go, “Well, I’m going to talk about this.” It just comes out. In the special, you reference how dark the world is a few times. Is that something I really feel? In some aspects, yeah, it’s getting kind of dark. I think as you grow older in life the things that you see and read in the news [affect you]. But I’m here. I’m alive. So it’s not that bad. But it’s part of the comedy. Uh, no. Come on, no. I don’t live my life that way. But it sounds funny and it’s something me and my friends talk about. And in some aspects, things are getting a little dark out here. Absolutely. Yeah, the children. The young people. It’s important for us to guide them better and give them better guidance, knowledge, wisdom and understanding. It’s important. Like the president said, computers and TV can’t be your child’s best friend. You have to be involved. It all starts at home. That’s what I believe. I’ve been a parent for a very long time. My oldest son is 30 years old. I’ve been around the block for a long time. It’s very important to be in your child’s life and know what’s going on and be there with them. I don’t think a lot of it does. I think a lot of it doesn’t have to do with race. A lot of it has to do with me and my family and my upbringing. Some of it has to do with race because race exists. Yeah, race exists. Racism is still here and it’s doing well. Turn on the news. I don’t think me and my comedy can really change that. Maybe I reach the people I want to reach, you know what I’m saying? But I think yeah, racism is still here. You can’t hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I’m just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker. We make fun it. That’s all I do. I make fun of it like Archie Bunker and George Jefferson. That’s all I’m doing. That’s an interesting way to look at it. We made fun of it back in the day and now we don’t. Everybody’s so sensitive. Everybody’s so damn sensitive about everything. We need to learn to laugh at ourselves because when you don’t laugh you cry. And I don’t feel like crying. We need to make fun of it. Archie Bunker made fun of it. Back in the day we made fun of our bigotry and our sexism and all of these things. Now you can’t say anything about anything. When I say it’s getting dark, to me, that’s what I mean. It is dark when you can’t speak on anything without being punished. I don’t think that’s cool. You can’t hold a comedian to the same standards as the president or a school teacher. We’re comedians—we’re supposed to make fun! It seems like our sense of humor is fading. No. Because as long as I’m doing it in the spirit of Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason and George Carlin and Richard Pryor and Flip Wilson and all the other comedy gods that came before me, I’m okay. I know my spirit is not mean and I have a very good spirit and a funny spirit. As long as I’m doing what I’m doing onstage in the spirit of those who came before me so that I may do this, I’m good. I have no idea. I just know that it’s not easy now. You’re mentioned the president a few times. I don’t have any opinion on that because I’m not into politics. I’m just not. I love everybody. To me, politics is a pile of tricks. That’s a pretty good saying. I’ve never been into politics. Just because he’s black I’m not going to get into it. I’m going to stick to what I believe in and I just don’t believe in politics. I’m not for that. God bless those who are. Look, I’d vote for common sense if I thought anybody had any. I don’t want to speak on that right now because it’s still in concept mode and all that. I don’t want to jinx it. I’m on tour right now. I’m doing a tour for Live Nation starting next month. It’s called Tracy Morgan: Turn It Funny. Because we gotta turn all of this stuff funny. I’m seeing a theme here. You know, when people have one perspective and you bring them another perspective that’s pretty funny people go, “Oh, that’s another perspective. That’s another way of looking at it.” When you say something to somebody in a straight way they might not take it like that. When you make them laugh about it, they lighten up a little. And that’s the point. Every night is different because my spirit is different. My energy may be different. But every day I get onstage is different so every performance is different. I can feel them. I have my finger on the pulse. So I can feel it if it’s a weak pulse. If the crowd is low energy, I’ll just bring the energy up. I’ll raise my energy. I get them involved! For me, once I’m onstage I just want the audience to identify and relate to me. I humanize myself. I make me one of them so we’re all doing the dance together. I let them know, “Listen, if you get in my cab I’m not going to be shaky. I’m going to get you to your destination. You paid for a ticket to laugh and that’s what you’re going to do. But not only are you going to laugh, but I want to inform you. I want to enlighten you.” That’s what Richard did to me. When they’re sitting there I want to bless them with that insight and enlightenment, you know what I’m saying? Not only are you going to have fun but I’m going to show you some facts too. Some facts about me. Stand-up is all about my perspective. It’s personal. It’s about me. When I’m onstage I’m going to show you who I am. I’m going to give you some facts about me and where I’m from and how I see life. I gotta talk about life how I see it. A couple months. Until I’m satisfied. It’s like making good love! You know when you’ve had enough and you’re ready for a cigarette. When I need a cigarette then I know I’m done. Yeah, I’m with my fiancée and my daughter. She’s asleep. We’re getting some healthy food and then we’re gonna go home and eat lunch and then relax. My daughter is nine months now. She just came home from her nine-month check-up so she’s sleeping and cranky. Absolutely. Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. You have to see how you’re carrying yourself because there’s a little girl. There’s not a little boy, there’s a little girl. I think I’m a little more overprotective. I guess so! I can’t call it yet but absolutely. This is my only girl. So I don’t care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don’t mind. I don’t want to hold you up while you’re finishing shopping. I like this interview! I like this interview. I just think that the questions were awesome and engaging and they allow me to be me. Thank you! I didn’t really have an agenda. I just was curious to talk to you. Well, that’s what it is. That’s how the best stuff comes out. When I get onstage I don’t really have an agenda. I’m just doing me onstage. 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