IS LOOKING SO GOOD!

HOW ARE YOU, TRACY?

ARE YOU WELL?

>> YES, I'M A SLICE IN THE COKE.

NO EXTRA CHEESE, NO PEPPERONI.

>> James: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE SAYING BEFORE THE SHOW,

WASN'T IT?

WE WERE SAYING THE THING WITH TRACY.

>> I WENT TO SAL'S PIZZERIA TO GET IT!

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: TRACY, HOW ARE YOU

DOING?

HOW'S EVERYTHING?

YOU LOOK SO WELL!

YOU'RE LOOKING SO GOOD!

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?

ARE WE ON A NEW REGIME?

>> NO, I GOT GOOD COLOGNE ON.

I GOT SOME HIGH KARATE ON!

>> James: OH, YOU GOT THE GOOD - ( LAUGHTER )

>> HIGH KARATE.

OLD SCHOOL!

YOU KNOW ME!

COLD DUCK, YOU KNOW MY STYLE!

I'M A REGULAR, BABY.

ASTI I SPU MANTI.

>> James: IF SOMEBODY SAID TO ME THE PANDEMIC IS OVER NEXT

FRIDAY, WHERE WOULD YOU YOU WANT TO BE IN I WOULD WANT TO BE TWO

FEET FROM TRACY MORGAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A GOOD TIME.

WHAT IS TRACY MORGAN GOING TO DO WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER AND

EVERYTHING IS SAFE AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING UP TO?

>> I'M PRETTY SURE MY NEIGHBORS ARE HAPPY THE PANDEMIC IS ENDING

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WANT A BLACK MAN WALKING AROUND WITH

A MASK ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.

>> James: TRACY, WE'VE GOT A PHOTO OF YOU HERE AT THE KNICKS

GAME, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON THE JumboTron.

WAS THIS A FUN NIGHT?

ARE YOU MISSING GOING TO THE KNICKS?

>> ABSOLUTELY I'M MISSING GOING TO THE KNICKS.

I'M TIRED OF WATCHING RERUNS OF THE 72 KNICKS.

FRAZIER GOING UP FOR A REBOUND AND HIS SCROTUM WAS ON ANOTHER

DUDE'S NECK BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SHORTS.

I WANTED TO SEE US WINNING SO I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO

72.

YOU KNOW HOW SHORT THOSE SHORTS WERE?

>> James: THEY WERE SHORT!

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW SHORT N.B.A. SHORTS WERE UNTIL I

WATCHED THE LAST DANCE!

>> THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE I'M TRAUMATIZED.

I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT ANOTHER MAN'S SCROTUM IN MY LIFE!

( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S A FUNNY WORD, SCROTUM.

>> James: IT'S A FUNNY WORD, AND IT'S A FUNNY THING TO HAVE

ON YOUR BODY, ISN'T IT?

>> YES, IT IS!

>> James: A SCROTUM.

WHO CAME UP WITH THAT?

A SCROTUM?

>> SAME DUDE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT CAME UP WITH THE WORD

TAINT.

>> James: TAINT.

A SCROTUM.

WE'VE HAD TO COME UP WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT NAMES BECAUSE WE

DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WORD SCROTUM.

>> ME AND YOU ON YOUR SHOW TALKING ABOUT THE WORD SCROTUM.

THIS IS GETTING SICK.

>> James: ABSOLUTELY.

TRACY, YOU HAVE BEEN DOING STANDUP NOW SINCE YOUR EARLY

20s.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR FIRST SETS ON STAGE.

WHAT WERE YOUR EARLIER COMEDY SETS ABOUT?

WHAT SORT OF STUFF WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT AND DO?

>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I HAD THREE KIDS, SO I WOULD TALK

ABOUT THAT.

I WOULD TALK ABOUT COLD CUTS.

I WOULD TALK ABOUT POOP.

I WOULD TALK ABOUT FARTS.

BASIC STUFF.

I WAS GOING FOR THE LAUGHTER.

>> James: SURE.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAD JUST RECENTLY DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

I LOVE DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND DROP OUT AGAIN!

( LAUGHTER ) THEY SAID, YOU AIN'T GONNA BE

NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR G.E.D.!

VOILA!

I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN WORKS!

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WHEN YOU WERE

GROWING UP, HOW DID YOU -- BECAUSE THIS IS A BRAVE THING TO

GO INTO STANDUP COMEDY.

HOW DID YOU USED TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER IN

SCHOOL?

>> WELL, TO KEEP THE BULLIES OFF MY BACK, I MADE THEM LAUGH AND

WOULD INVITE THEM UP TO MY HOUSE TO MAKE HOT DOGS.

>> James: YOU WOULD INVITE THE BULLIES BACK TO YOUR HOUSE FOR

HOT DOGS?

>> YEAH, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T WEALTHY.

ON THE FIRST AND THE 15 15th WHICH IS A HOLIDAY IN THE

BLACK COMMUNITY, I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY, MY MOM JUST BOUGHT

TWO CASES OF RING DINGS AND TWINKIES!

THEY WOULD COME OVER AND EAT TWINKIES AND DING DONGS.

>> James: THAT IS A SMART WAY TO GET THE BULLIES OFF YOUR

BACK, THOUGH, INVITE THEM IN.

>> I HAD TO!

I HAD TO!

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: TRACY, LET'S

TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN YOUR NEW FILM

"COMING TO AMERICA."

HUGE DEBUT THIS WEEKEND.

YOU ARE SO FUNNY IN THIS FILM.

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW TELL THEM WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO YOU

PLAY.

>> IT'S ABOUT EDDIE MURPHY.

I THINK GREG CAPTURED THE SPIRIT AND THE EASE SINCE OF THE FIRST

FILM, ME PERSONALLY.

AND EDDIE MURPHY, HE HAS AN ILLEGITIMATE SON THAT HE

CONCEIVED FROM THE FIRST FILM 30 YEARS AGO, AND I'M THAT YOUNG

MAN'S UNCLE.

HIS SISTER IS MY MOM, AND WE HAVE A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY

IN QUEENS, BUT WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

SO I'M THAT UNCLE THAT RAISED HIM AND TOLD HIM NEVER FORGET

WHERE YOU COME FROM, AND NEVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE.

SO, WHEN HAKEEM COMES BACK TO GET HIM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE

YOU'RE FROM, MONEY.

SO I'M THE OVERPROTECTIVE UNCLE.

SO BEING THAT HE DOESN'T GET WHERE HE COMES FROM, HE'S GOT TO

GO BACK AND GET HIS UNCLE.

>> James: EDDIE MURPHY IS ON THE SHOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT, AND

I AM SO STAR STRUCK AT THE PROSPECT OF JUST SPEAKING TO

HIM.

WHAT WAS HE LIKE THE FIRST TIME YOU MET HIM?

>> WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, IT WAS MAYBE MY SECOND YEAR OR MY FIRST

YEAR ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."

ROSIE O'DONNELL HAD A TV SHOW ON THE SAME SHOW AS "SATURDAY NIGHT

LIVE," AND WORD SPREAD HE WAS COMING UP TO DO THE SHOW.

SO WE WERE ALL WAITING THERE -- WE WERE ALL WAITING THERE FOR

HOURS, AND THEN EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH DRIFTED OFF, AND I STAYED

RIGHT THERE.

AND HE CAME THROUGH THE ELEVATOR AND I SAW HIM.

AND HE WALKED TOWARDS ME, AND I AS JUST LIKE, EDDIE -- YOU

KNOW, THE FIRST THING I SAID TO HIM WAS THANK YOU FOR HOLDING

THE DOOR OPEN FOR ME AND OTHERS.

THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN.

HE GRABBED ME BY MY SHIRT AND WE STARTED WALKING.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME, THE FIRST DAY.

BUT EDDIE MURPHY HAS BEEN IN MY LIFE SINCE HE HAD THE RED PUMA'S

ON IN '80.

MY FATHER LOVED HIM.

IN '80 AND '85, WHO WASN'T IN FRONT OF THE TV WATCHING

"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"?

THERE WAS ALWAYS ONE BLACK KID LAYING IN THE FLOOR SAYING, HE'S

ON!

AND EVERYBODY WOULD COME BATCH EDDIE.

AND NOW I'M WORKING WITH HIM?

YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE.

>> James: YOU ARE SO FUNNY.