List of Tracey Takes On... episodes (original) (raw)
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The following is an episode guide for Tracey Takes On...
Each episode's long sketches are written in bold; those not in bold represent short character monologues.
"Cut sketches" are those sketches (or monologues) which were either filmed and ended up on the cutting room floor, or sketches or monologues which were written but ultimately discarded before filming commenced. These cut sketches (or monologues) have been confirmed by a variety of outlets: official web sites, press releases, series scripts, as well as the Library of Congress.
Additional notes: The following sketches were cut and are known to have been filmed: Hope is sold to a prince at an auction (sketch featured actress Pamela Adlon and was reworked for the book Tracey Takes On (1998) in the chapter "Royalty"); Linda sings (monologue restored in the "Linda" Character Comedies episode); Ruby hates working non-union films (outtake is featured as a bonus on Tracey Takes On... Romance, Sex, Fantasy VHS)
The first season's opening voice-over bed sequence is abandoned for this season. Tracey now opens the show with a story in relation to each episode's subject. Tracey and the show's characters lip sync to her 1983 song, "They Don't Know", which now serves as the show's new theme song and opening title sequence.
These "best of" character episodes, originally produced in 1999, were never aired on television. Two of them found themselves on home video in 1999, Fern & Kay. Others were released as bonus features on the show's DVD releases. All 15 were eventually released through the American subscription streaming media service Hulu in 2012. Each episode features Ullman talking about the character and introducing each sketch.
Each season of Tracey Takes On... includes a one-hour "Best of" special, with the exception of season 4.
- ^ "Acclaimed, Emmy(r)-Winning Comedy Series Tracey Takes On..., Starring Tracey Ullman, Continues its Third Season". Time Warner. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
"Official web site episode guide". Archived from the original on February 24, 1999. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Ullman, Tracey (1998). Tracey Takes On. Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-786-86340-2.