"Tracy Morgan, as a presence, as a persona, bends the rules of comedy spacetime around him. Give this guy a non-sequitur, the nonner the better, and he'll shout that sucker at the top of his fool lungs, and absolutely kill, every time."
"The jokes I'm talking about don't seem painstakingly wrought, though of course they were. No, they feel like they have always been there, beneath the earth, biding their time, just waiting to be found."
"As Rusty, Dinkins' devoted ex-teammate who lives in the basement, Moynihan could have easily contented himself to play Pathetic Guy™ and leave it at that. Instead, he invests Rusty with such depths of earnest, deeply felt, improbably sunny emotions that he solidifies his position as show MVP."
Tracy Morgan leads 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,' a new comedy series developed by Robert Carlock and Sam Means, veterans of 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Morgan plays Reggie Dinkins, a former athlete, while Daniel Radcliffe portrays Tobin, a film director experiencing public disgrace after an emotional breakdown on set. The show centers on these two damaged men discovering what they can learn from each other. Bobby Moynihan delivers standout performances as Rusty, Dinkins' devoted ex-teammate living in the basement, bringing unexpected emotional depth to the role. The series features jokes that feel naturally discovered rather than laboriously constructed, with humor that defies conventional comedy timing through Morgan's distinctive comedic presence.
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