Tracey Takes On...
“One woman playing 20 characters taking on one topic a week.”
Tracey Takes On... is a sketch comedy series starring actress Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993). Each episode focuses on a specific subject which Ullman and her cast of characters take on through a series of sketches and monologues.
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Trailer
The Best Of Tracey Takes On Promo - CBC 1998
Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Romance
24-01-199630mRayleen says her height-challenged husband maybe a midget, but he's not all small. Mrs. Noh Nang Ning compares love to a donut. Virginia Bugge reveals the identity of her most exci...
- Ep 2
2.Charity
31-01-199630mJanie Pillsworth reveals she exchanges food for poems with the ATM homeless man because his poems are a sure hit on her magazine. Hope unfortunately can't talk at the moment becaus...
- Ep 3
3.Nostalgia
07-02-199630mJanie Pillsworth is too busy for nostalgia. Mrs. Noh Nang Ning is nostalgic about TV shows with talking objects/animals. Kay Clark misses the days when there was only one Metamucil...
- Ep 4
4.Royalty
14-02-199630mRayleen questions if numbers are the most precise way to identify a royalty. She defends using referable phrases such as ""Henry the Serial Killer"" instead of Henry IV. Fern think...
- Ep 5
5.Family
21-02-199630mFern says she'll never pressure her daughter to have children. She had and it ruined her life. Virginia Bugge still believes in corporal punishment. Kay is still following her moth...
- Ep 6
6.Law
28-02-199630mMrs. Noh Nang Ning says she once had a problem when a customer ate a finger donut. But it never went too far – no evidence left. Hope says some girls were caught shoplifting, but...
- Ep 7
7.Vanity
06-03-199630mChic says he likes to look good for the ladies. Harry buys license plates for Fern that say ""4N"" and she doesn't like it because they sound more like ‘foreign' than ‘Fern'. V...
- Ep 8
8.Death
13-03-199630mTrevor says what he does when a passenger dies in the air. Mrs. Noh Nang Ning says death is like a donut – you are born and die with the same characteristics. Virginia
- Ep 9
9.Health
20-03-199630mKay hasn't been sick in over 15 years due to all the potions her mother makes her take. Chic thinks it's better to pump chicks than iron. Sydney is forced by her partners to take a...
- Ep 10
10.Fame
27-03-199630mChic says he's the one that convinced Andrew Lloyd Webber into making ""The Phantom of the Opera"" but was never thanked for it. Sydney comments on how things changed since the O.J...
- Ep 11
11.The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season One
03-04-199630mFrom ""Romance"": Mrs. Noh Nang Ning's reflections Chris Warner, Midge Dexter lesbian life partner Hope Finch's fantasy about a man at the coffee shop From ""Charity"": F...
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