By Jeff Powalisz

Tracy Morgan performed Monday night at Blackman Auditorium, but the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member did not appear as Brian Fellow, the Rev. Al Sharpton, or any other of the popular characters he portrayed on the weekly show. Instead Morgan treated an equally uproarious and surprised sold-out crowd for an hour plus of sexual comedy, often commenting that his life behind the scenes was one of the main reasons that he got into the business. The event sponsored by Council for University Programs (CUP) was the second former “Saturday Night Live” performer on campus this year, as Jim Breuer made his way into Blackman in October. Morgan, without any warm-up acts, came out to a roaring crowd, many of them familiar with his seven years on “Saturday Night Live” (1996-2003) and his NBC sitcom “The Tracy Morgan Show” which debuted in the fall. The 35-year-old Bronx native mentioned he “loved Boston,” where he had his first show at Fanueil Hall’s nationally-recognized Comedy Connect-ion 13 years ago. He began by joking about his fading microphone before getting into the topic of gay marriage, starting off with a consistent no-holds-barred routine. He then brought up superheroes, noting that Superman is a superhero because “he can fly and see through [expletive]. The Punisher isn’t a superhero; he’s like a half-drunk white dude in a bar.” Morgan talked directly to the crowd a few times, noting that he loved coming to colleges but then later cracking about the crowd laughing at the wrong jokes. “You all remind me of people on the ‘The Maury Povich Show.’ You’re clapping for the wrong [expletive]. They are some pathetic [expletive] on that show.” Re-enacting the talk show, he did an impression of an average participant coming out onto the stage, drawing one of the biggest laughs of the night. Then, he impersonated Povich. “When it comes to 27-year -old Gaipon, you are not the father,” he said. The comedian-actor kept bringing everything back to the topic of sex, emphasizing his love for the opposite sex and pornography, often making many in the crowd unsure of whether to laugh, clap, close their eyes, or all three. “You know, God’s first creature was man, but his finest creature was woman,” he said Morgan would often get physical as well, with the stream of sexual jokes not letting up, even at the very end. From the crowd’s reaction, it could be seen that many were surprised at Morgan’s act. “I liked it, I thought it was funny and over the top,” said Matt Vigeant, a freshman computer science major. “I loved him on ‘SNL’ but this was nothing like that.” Fabien Cruz, the entertainment chair for CUP, felt the show was a positive event for the student body. “It was the best we could offer,” he said. “It was a chance for the student body to enjoy themselves.”