The Tracy Morgan Show (2003–2004)

Tracy Morgan plays an owner of an auto-repair shop who is married with two kids. Tamela Jones from "Head of State" plays his wife and rapper Heavy "D" plays one of the mechanics.

Creators:

David Israel, Jim O'Doherty

Stars:

Tracy Morgan, Tamala Jones, Marc John Jefferies

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tracy Morgan	...	Tracy Mitchell (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tamala Jones	...	Alicia Mitchell (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Marc John Jefferies	...	Derrick Mitchell (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Jimmy Mitchell (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
John Witherspoon	...	Spoon (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Heavy D	...	Bernard (17 episodes, 2003-2004)
Katt Williams	...	Freddie (15 episodes, 2003-2004)

Storyline

Tracy Morgan plays an owner of an auto-repair shop who is married with two kids. Tamela Jones from "Head of State" plays his wife and rapper Heavy "D" plays one of the mechanics.

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Plot Keywords:

auto repair | stand up comedian | african american | family relationships | sitcom | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

NBC [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions, Broadway Video, NBC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tracy's wife (Alicia), and youngest son (Jimmy) were named after Tracy Morgan's real-life parents.

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Quotes

[after their son Jimmy turns in an action figure for an Abraham Lincoln diarama]
Alicia Mitchell: Tracy, calm down.
Tracy Mitchell: No, I will not calm down.
Tracy Mitchell: Passing off Batman as the President?
Tracy Mitchell: Now that may score you some points with the Justice League, but not in the REAL WORLD.

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Connections

Referenced in Tavis Smiley: Episode #1.5 (2004)

User Reviews

Great! Except for...

I'm glad to see that Tracy Morgan has a show, because a lot of times when people leave Saturday Night Live, nothing happens after that, no matter how hard they try (have you heard from Cheri Oteri?). Anyway, Tracy is pretty good as the patriarch Tracy Mitchell, and Tamala Jones (ahhhhh.) is good too, and I really like the kids, but there's one character I can do without. Freddy (Katt Williams), the token angry black man or token scrub, I'm not sure which, just isn't funny. Also, sometimes it seems like the audience's laughter is forced. I hear a lot of funny jokes, but after I hear the audience I sometimes find myself saying, `It wasn't THAT funny.'

Other than that, I think the show is going to last. And isn't it amazing how much weight Heavy D lost?

Anthony Rupert