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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Tracey Takes On... Season 1 Episode 8 - Death
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    #1 - Death

    S1:E8

    Trevor 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

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  2. Tracey Takes On... Season 1 Episode 10 - Fame
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    #2 - Fame

    S1:E10

    Chic 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. trial. And that lawyers are the only ones that can charge for their 15 minutes of fame. Kay says she once cashed a check for Pablo Escobar and regrets not taking advantage on his ""if you ever want anyone killed, look me up"" offer – better for Mother. Mrs. Nang says Linda Granger has been in her shop and shows an autographed picture. Linda is flying to LA for pilot season (""for me, everyday is pilot season"", says Trevor in the plane), but loses the part of John Stamos's mother to Marion Ross. She decides her career needs a shake and decides to hire a stalker. But a real stalker starts going after her and they go on a car race across town. When Linda's life is in danger, Rayleen steps in as a stunt for Tracey Ullman, who walks out of the set because ""she's done for the day"".

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  3. Tracey Takes On... Season 1 Episode 11 - The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season One
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    #3 - The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season One

    S1:E11

    From ""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"": Fern Rosenthal's fundraiser party Hope Finch's excessive charity From ""Royalty"": Fern Rosenthal's opinion on real royalty Her Royal Highness visits From ""Family"": Trevor Ayliss's future fatherhood From ""Health"": Ruby Romaine's mammogram From ""Fame"": Kay Clark's encounter with Pablo Escobar Sydney Kross's explanation on how lawyers are now famous Rayleen Gibson calls Tracey Ullman ""that stupid little Brit girl who takes all the parts so no one else gets a crack at 'em"".

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  4. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 1 - Sex
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    #4 - Sex

    S2:E1

    Sydney goes on about how the last men she's been with haven't really satisfied her. Hope imagines her future sex life (she's still a virgin) and worries about obsessing about the guy's penis. Birdie Godsen says sex should be taught at home and shares how she's handling her own her. Linda falls into temptation with the cable guy even though she shouldn't (she's a recovering sexaholic). Fern is tired after spending the night awaked with Harry. Kay says she doesn't know what sex is thanks to so much advice from her mother. That doesn't mean she isn't willing to give it a try sometime. Ruby is working on the set of a porn film and gives the solution for the star's ""wood"" problem. Chic remembers when he became a man and the casaba woman retired after him.

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  5. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 2 - Fantasy
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    #5 - Fantasy

    S2:E2

    Jobie and Fern talk about Jobie's sexual fantasies with the pool guy. Trevor says his fantasy is to be the steward on the space shuttle, where he can weightless with other men. Sydney fantasizes about killing a priest just to win a case and get underground parking. In her fantasy, she becomes a jail celebrity and convinces her mother to change places with her. Her Royal Highness meets Tracey Ullman, the ""expatriate mimic"" and asks if she can do her. Tracey replies with a very subtle answer. Ruby tries to explain to a police officer her first encounter with an alien. Mrs. Nang fantasizes about being a movie stars from the movies she saw as a child. Rayleen and Mitch try once again to make it to the Penthouse ""Forum"" column.

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  6. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 3 - Mothers
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    #6 - Mothers

    S2:E3

    Ruby thinks she raised her kids well – despite her son being mentally ill and her daughter a morgue thief. Mrs. Nang says it's easier being a grandmother than a mother. She had a tough time raising her daughter. Janie feels bad for treating her mother bad after she has a dream where she is old and her own children treat her the way she's treating her mother. Birdie thinks a shotgun and a rifle are better presents for her son than a minibike. Ruby insults a Hispanic clerk at a store after he wouldn't cash her check, and then uses her great granddaughter (whom she just met and happened to be half black) to benefit in the discussion with the black manager. Her Royal Highness meets Mother Theresa and remembers how funny it was when an Indian nanny of her was eaten by a tiger. Fern and Harry handle the birth of their grandson in their own ways. Chic says he's saving money to bring his mother to America, but emergencies like his brother's hair transplant keep him from raising the needed mone

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  7. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 5 - Secrets
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    #7 - Secrets

    S2:E5

    Kay confesses that she once kept a secret bird as a pet, until it learned how to speak and ordered Mother to take her medication 16 times, causing her to lose 22 pounds in 9 minutes. Linda's adopted daughter wants to find her birth parents, so Linda and her manager work on a scheme to hide the truth from her, but Marmalade ultimately finds out: Linda is her real birth mother! She gave her up to save her showbiz career but adopted her after a change of heart. Chic says he'll give away any secrets if the person doesn't tip him. HRH thinks Madonna is visiting and confesses adoring the blonde. Fern says her nosejob is a secret. Janie tells her shrink she'd like to be spanked, only her husband won't do it. After chickening out of a S&M club, she talks her psychologist into spanking her for a double fee. Rayleen says she was born with a small penis, which is now at exhibition at the ""Rupert Murdoch Museum of Exploitation"". She wonders if there's some of it left on her, since she feels an urg

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  8. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 6 - Childhood
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    #8 - Childhood

    S2:E6

    Main Sketches include: Rayleen tells how she was raised by a pack of wild dingoes, Mrs. Noh describes how important the circle has been in her life and Trevor reminisces about the day his family learned he was ""different"".

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  9. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 7 - 1976
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    #9 - 1976

    S2:E7

    Janie's magazine hosts a seventies retro-party at the famous Stage 24 disco. Janie and Hope, who is an intern at the magazine, arrive at the party via Chic's cab. In a flashback Chic tells Hope how be helped a young Janie sneak into the club in 1976, where she spied on Linda Granger's cocaine habit as well as her double dealings with the producers of her hit television show ""VIP LOUNGE."" Afterward Janie wrote an article, which launched her career and destroyed Linda's. Ruby caps off the show by claiming she was actually responsible for Linda's demise.

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  10. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 8 - Food
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    #10 - Food

    S2:E8

    Main Sketches include: Janie is upset over losing her favorite lunch table, Chic serves lunch to a busy businessman in his Cab Cafe and Trevor & Barry have a spat over a casserole with too much salt.

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  11. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 9 - Crime
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    #11 - Crime

    S2:E9

    Main Sketches include: Kay is suspected of robbery but gets close to the PI following her, Linda goes to prison to visit the man who once stalked her and Timmy & Virginia accidently switch bags with a Mafia Boss.

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  12. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 10 - Movies
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    #12 - Movies

    S2:E10

    Main Sketches include: Ruby goes to the ""Monsterplex"" and is thrown out for drinking and smoking, The Bugges rent their house to a film crew and Rayleen saves the day at a movie premiere.

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  13. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 12 - Race Relations
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    #13 - Race Relations

    S2:E12

    Main Sketches include: Linda's co-star in ""Driving Miss Daisy"" is mad at the world, Kay is the forewoman of a multi-racial jury that has a hard time finding common ground or coming to a verdictand and Harry Rosenthal appears in a rap music video.

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  14. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 13 - Supernatural
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    #14 - Supernatural

    S2:E13

    Main Sketches include: Chris sells her soul to the devil so that Midge can be a better golfer, Janie believes that she is a successful magazine editor because she can predict trends and The Rosenthal's maid curses them for taking taxes out of her check.

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  15. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 14 - Politics
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    #15 - Politics

    S2:E14

    Main Sketches include: Trevor as a decoy date for a senator's mistress and Fern runs for condo association president.

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  16. Tracey Takes On... Season 2 Episode 16 - The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season Two
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    #16 - The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season Two

    S2:E16

    Sketches include: Mrs. Noh on Food, Ruby on Mothers Chic on Crime, Trevor and Fern on Race Relations, Fern and Jobie on Sex, Birdie on Politics, Sydney on Sex, Kay on Movies, Janie on the Supernatural, Rayleen on Childhood, Trevor on Childhood, Linda on Sex, Fern on Money, Sydney on Music, Mrs. Noh on Fantasy, and Chic with Linda on 1976.

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  17. Tracey Takes On... Season 3 Episode 1 - Marriage
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    #17 - Marriage

    S3:E1

    Main Sketches include: Sydney presses Kay to marry her client who's on Death Row to save him from the chair, Ruby meets her son's mail order bride, Sheneesha gives some advice to some newlyweds.

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  18. Tracey Takes On... Season 3 Episode 5 - Agents
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    #18 - Agents

    S3:E5

    Main Sketches include: Fern finds out Harry faked his death from an insurance agent. Then tracks him down to a tropical island, only for him to actually die. Linda leaves her longtime agent Candy Casino and finds out how hard it is to be her agent.

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  19. Tracey Takes On... Season 3 Episode 6 - Age
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    #19 - Age

    S3:E6

    Main Sketches include: Hope falls for her older, physically challenged professor(think stephen hawking), Fern receives a marriage proposal and then he drops dead, and Trevor & Barry comment on how differently they've aged.

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  20. Tracey Takes On... Season 3 Episode 7 - Religion
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    #20 - Religion

    S3:E7

    Main Sketches include: Birdie kidnaps Chris and tries to ""cure"" her of her homosexuality and Linda rediscovers her relationship with God.

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  21. Tracey Takes On... Season 3 Episode 11 - The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season Three
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    #21 - The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season Three

    S3:E11

    Sketches: Chic on Sports, Ruby on Sports, Trevor on Loss, Janie on Loss, Kay on Smoking, Hope on Smoking, Janie on Sports, Sheneesha on Age, Sydney on Culture, Birdie on Man's Best Friend, Fern on Age, Linda on Smoking, HRH on Age, Kay and Sydney on Marriage, Ruby on Agents and Linda on Marriage

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  22. Tracey Takes On... Season 4 Episode 1 - Dating
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    #22 - Dating

    S4:E1

    Main Sketches include: Sydney tries a dating agency, Erin objects to Dusty's going on a date and Linda's limo driver turns out to be an old flame and they have a Titanicesque moment

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  23. Tracey Takes On... Season 4 Episode 2 - Drugs
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    #23 - Drugs

    S4:E2

    Main Sketches include: Erin's drug dealer contemplates his life, Sheneesha needs her blood-pressure medication, Midge develops a steriod problem while Chris has her own problems with pot and Kay talks to a co-worker about an addiction but gets hooked herself, on swing.

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  24. Tracey Takes On... Season 4 Episode 3 - Scandal
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    #24 - Scandal

    S4:E3

    Main Sketches include: Fern is touched inappropriately by her dentist, Sydney goes away on vacation and finds a p*bic hair in her bed and Janie is attracted to a young man -- a very young man

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  25. Tracey Takes On... Season 4 Episode 9 - America
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    #25 - America

    S4:E9

    Main Sketches include: Ruby was Sen. McCarthy's lover, Fern remembers her past with a jewish mobster

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Death" is the worst rated episode of "Tracey Takes On...". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/13/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Fame".