Tracey Takes On... — Season 4
One woman playing 20 characters taking on one topic a week.
About this season
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.
Episodes (12)
1. Dating
Aired 13 January 1999 • 30 min
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
2. Drugs
Aired 13 January 1999 • 30 min
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.
3. Scandal
Aired 20 January 1999 • 30 min
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
4. Hair
Aired 20 January 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Linda is upset she doesnt have a nude scene in ""Hair"", Trevor recalls getting a Beatle haircut as a youth, Fern's hairdresser dies and Erin has a problem with a cactus
5. Lies
Aired 27 January 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Fern and Phyllis discuss their late husbands' infidelities, Sheneesha and Hellura discuss how to respond to deal with cheating boyfriends and Chic tells a lie to get out of a ticket and suffers the consequences
6. Erotica
Aired 3 February 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Janie brings home an arousing sculpture, Chic has an idea for Taxicab Confessions, Linda Granger and Victoria Principal are held against their will by a sultan
7. Books
Aired 10 February 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Linda reads Chekhov, Kay finds love at the library and Fern trys to retrieve her signed ""Valley Of The Dolls"" from a friend who died
8. Road Rage
Aired 17 February 1999 • 30 min
All sketches coincide with one another.. Sydney enjoys her new Hummer, Linda flies with Chopper Tim, Ruby is carjacked and becomes a hero, Hope retrieves her first car that had been stolen, Fern and Jobie visit L.A., Midge and Chris are mad at a driver that cut them off Everyone almost collide with one another at the end.
9. America
Aired 24 February 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Ruby was Sen. McCarthy's lover, Fern remembers her past with a jewish mobster
10. Hype
Aired 3 March 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Madame Nadja wonders about America, Fern has an unexpected surplus of caskets and Sheneesha hates the conditions in the new airport terminal
11. Obsession
Aired 10 March 1999 • 30 min
Main Sketches include: Sydney gives an impromptu slide show at her high school reunion for revenge, Trevor and Barry take up Latin dancing, and Sheneesha on Steven Spielberg's stalker
12. End of the World
Aired 17 March 1999 • 30 min
All the sketches coincide with each other as a meteor shower heads toward Earth and everyone reacts differently: Hope may lose her virginity, Ruby has an unexpected visitation, Trevor & Barry consider a Thelma & Louise situation, Linda gives a farewell concert, Fern and Jobie eat everything in site, Birdie lets her hair down, Sydney gets away from everything, Sheneesha restores order, Chic and Janie have sex