--- description: The comedian tweeted triumphantly that he is "picking up the pieces" title: Tracy Morgan Performs Stand-Up for First Time Since Accident image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7614276788909a5d/698867fba988ca174c6b4c52/tracy-morgan.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tracy Morgan Does Stand-Up at Comedy Cellar for First Time Since Accident by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2015 12:43 AM CUT  Tracy Morgan on Sept. 20, 2015 in Los Angeles. Tracy Morgan on Sept. 20, 2015 in Los Angeles.Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2015 12:43 AM CUT For the first time since the serious car crash that temporarily put him in a coma in 2014, Tracy Morgan appeared at the Comedy Cellar on Monday to perform stand-up. “My first time on stage in 16 Months at the #ComedyCellar!” he tweeted, along with a picture from the appearance. “Picking up the pieces!” Morgan recently appeared on stage at the Emmys, thanking his doctors and family for their support and [joking](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tracy-morgan-back-stage-emmys-time-accident/story?id=33910393 "undefined") that he recently “started to feel like myself, which means a whole lot of women are going to get pregnant at the after party.” He will return to his old stomping grounds to host _Saturday Night Live_ on Sunday. > [](https://twitter.com/RealTracyMorgan/status/653726140847247360) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4070887/tracy-morgan-comedy-cellar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4070887/tracy-morgan-comedy-cellar/"},"headline":"Tracy Morgan Does Stand-Up at Comedy Cellar for First Time Since Accident","datePublished":"2015-10-13T00:43:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:43:58.213Z","description":"The comedian tweeted triumphantly that he is \"picking up the pieces\"","url":"https://time.com/4070887/tracy-morgan-comedy-cellar/","keywords":["celebrities","Comedy","Tracy Morgan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7614276788909a5d/698867fba988ca174c6b4c52/tracy-morgan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7614276788909a5d/698867fba988ca174c6b4c52/tracy-morgan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tracy Morgan","caption":"Tracy Morgan","creditText":"Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4070887/tracy-morgan-comedy-cellar/","name":"Tracy Morgan Does Stand-Up at Comedy Cellar for First Time Since Accident"}}]}] ```