" Tina Fey, Morgan's boss both in fiction and in real life, said, " I'm glad to hear that Tracy apologized .... but the violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the LGBT community ... the Tracy Morgan I know, ... is not a hateful man and never hurt another person.

All of Tracy's scenes and shots were filmed between 9: 00AM and noon of each day in order to give him adequate time to rest.

Tammy " confesses " to Tracy's crime and is then transferred to a private parochial school for girls, which was the original objective of her false confession.

* Georgeanne Darby: Tracy's " ugly sidekick " in middle school.

It was Tracy's involvement that ensured that Cagney accepted a supporting role, although in the end, Tracy did not take part.

Several reports have incorrectly suggested that he took his name in tribute to actor Spencer Tracy, combining Tracy's first and last names.

One of the would-be collectors rigged Tracy's car to explode, but inadvertently killed Moon Maid instead of Tracy in the explosion.

In the 1990s, Tracy's own son, Joseph Flintheart Tracy, took on a role similar to Junior's in the earlier strips.

This was named after a short-lived youth group seen in the strip during the late 1940s, led by Junior Tracy, called " Dick Tracy's Crimestoppers.

After Gould's retirement, Collins initially replaced the Textbook with " Dick Tracy's Rogues Gallery ," a salute to memorable Tracy villains of the past.

John Tracy's desire to see one of his sons gain a college degree drove Tracy back to High School to finish his diploma.

The details on how Tracy's relationship with Fox ended are unclear: later in life Tracy maintained that he was fired for his drunken behavior, but the Fox records do not support this account.

" By this point, Tracy entered a period of self-imposed sobriety and MGM expressed pleasure with Tracy's professionalism.

Inherit the Wind began an enduring collaboration between Stanley Kramer and Tracy — Kramer directed Tracy's three final films.

Offers continued to come, but Tracy did not work again until Kramer's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ( 1967 ), Tracy's ninth and final film with Hepburn.

" Katharine Hepburn, in an interview six years after Tracy's death, suggested that Tracy wished he had held a different profession.

The film is notable for being the ninth and final on-screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn ( filming ended just 17 days before Tracy's death ).

" It was during the filming of Woman of the Year that Hepburn and Tracy became romantically involved-a relationship that lasted until Tracy's death in 1967.

Tracy is located inside a triangle formed by Interstate 205 on the north side of the city, Interstate 5 to the east, and Interstate 580 to the southwest, This has given rise to Tracy's motto, now recorded on the city's website: " Think Inside the Triangle ".

Tracy's daily newspaper is the Tracy Press, a once-weekly newspaper owned since the 19th century by the Matthews family.

( Lee Tracy was originally to appear in the film until he drunkenly urinated off the balcony into a crowd of Mexicans standing below ; Tracy's career never recovered from the incident.

Michele Ammons later divorced Tracy Ammons, leading to Tracy's departure.

This republicanism, as well as his advocacy of reason in philosophy and laissez-faire for economic policy, lost him favor with Napoleon, who turned Tracy's coinage of " ideology " into a term of abuse ; Karl Marx followed this vein of invective to refer to Tracy as a " fischblütige Bourgeoisdoktrinär "— a " fish-blooded bourgeois doctrinaire.

Also, Stendhal was much influenced by de Tracy's enlightenment ideals, and attended the De Tracy salon regularly, in the 1820s

Following Tracy's 9th place finish in his return to the Indy 500, AJ Foyt Enterprises signed Tracy to replace the injured Vitor Meira in the # 14 car, but only for the Milwaukee race.

Bourdais demanded that Tracy be suspended, since he felt that Tracy had cost him several points that he could have used to widen his now-slim lead in the points standings over A. J. Allmendinger, Tracy's teammate, who won the Denver race.

After publishing a blind item on Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's relationship, Tracy confronted her at Ciro's and kicked her in the bottom.

* Trisha: One of Tracy's former friends with a supposed bad reputation.

It was Tracy's film debut.

The first time race played a major part in Tracy's life was at the age of 7, when he became aware of the racism leveled by his white friends toward dark-skinned children, and that he escaped similar treatment because they thought that Marrow was white because of his lighter skin.

Tracy's first experience with an illegal activity occurred after a bicycle that Solomon " bought " him for Christmas was stolen.

Earl was a fan of rock music and listened to only the local rock stations ; sharing a room with him spurred Tracy's interest in heavy metal music.

Tracy's world is decidedly black and white.

However, he gradually grew into his career until he became a detective of considerable skill and courage — enough to satisfy Tracy's needs.

Chief Brandon, Dick Tracy's superior on the police force and a presence in the strip since 1931, voluntarily resigned in shame.

Pat Patton, heretofore Tracy's rather buffoonish partner, was promoted to police chief in Brandon's place.

To take Patton's place as Tracy's sidekick, a new character, Sam Catchem ( based on Gould's old friend, Al Lowenthal ), was introduced.

Nevertheless, the controversy eventually faded, and the cartoonist reduced exposure to Tracy's home life.

With the exception of The Big Boy, the strip's first villain, a fictionalized version of Al Capone, and a few others, Tracy's cases tended to involve independent operators rather than organized crime figures.

As Tess faded into the background as a major character, the changing face of law enforcement in real life was also reflected in Tracy's taking on a female assistant, rookie policewoman Lizz Worthington, who joined the police force in 1956 and immediately was assigned to help in the investigation of her long-lost sister's murder by juvenile delinquent Joe Period.

After an eventual sharing of technological information, Moon technology became standard issue on Tracy's police force, including air cars, flying cylindrical vehicles.

Big Boy, still seeking revenge on the plainclothesman who sent him up the river, wanted to live just long enough to see Tracy's death.

He put out an open contract on Tracy's head worth one million dollars, knowing that every small-time hood in the City would take a crack at the famous cop for that amount of money.

The family provided a humorous counterpoint to Tracy's adventures.

Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood.

It was for Kramer that he made his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ( 1967 ), completed 17 days before Tracy's death.

At Marquette Academy he met future actor Pat O ' Brien, and the pair began attending plays together, awakening Tracy's interest in the theatre.