Tracey Ullman in Tracey Takes On.



Tracey Ullman opens the show by recounting how her dog stole Mabel's umbilical cord. Chic appreciates the things people leave in his cab. Hope plans to lose her virginity. Trevor loses some hair but improves his sex life. Fern is enjoying being a grandmother when she finds out that Harry has been eaten by an alligator. Janie tells us how anti-depressants gave her a sexual root canal. Ruby loses the clicker but can still change the channels. Rayleen attends Mitch's funeral and loses more than a husband. Mrs. Noh Nang Ning has a novel weight loss program. Sydney loses her first case. Sheneesha doesn't lose her fertility.

Guest stars: Julie Kavner, Kevin Cooney, Maddie Corman, Nada Despotovich

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Sydney in court

Tracey Ullman opens the show by telling us about her experiences with agents. Ruby tells us how she was a secret agent in the McCarthy era. Fern gets a visit from agent La Salle, finds her husband and then loses him again - but this time to a shark. Her Royal Highness meets the new 007. Linda decides to get rid of her agent Candy and go it alone... only to discover it's a manager that she really needs. Birdie talks about being an agent for 'Militia M'Lady' products. Trevor shares his experiences as a travel agent.

Guest stars: Seymour Cassel, Julie Kavner, Jack Kehler, Michael Tucker, Kristin Datillo, and Stanley DeSantis

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Fern & Harry

Tracey Ullman opens the show by telling us how she used to smoke as a teenager. Hope's smoking is a "monkey on her back." Mrs. Noh Nang Ning invents the nicotine donut. Kay smokes her Mother's dope and then goes south of the border. Linda blames that first cigarette for the dysfunction and excesses that have plagued her life... her audience is not amused. Chic says, "No cigars!" with no exceptions. Ruby can't find a place to smoke.

Guest stars: Cheech Marin, Marissa Ribisi, Nick Scotti

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Linda dances

Tracey Ullman opens the show by letting us know what it's like for a woman to get older. Mrs. Noh Nang Ning explains how the donut is appreciated by all ages. Fern receives a fatal marriage proposal. Sheneesha tells us how a black woman ages better than a white woman does. Birdie relates her theory of thirty-three. Trevor and Barry notice how they've aged differently. Her Royal Highness is introduced to the now 'uninteresting' McCauley Culkin. Hope elopes to her dormitory with her quadriplegic professor, only to find it's too much. Sydney contemplates motherhood in her sixties. Ruby talks about Buddy's aging pig. Rayleen doesn't care about age.

Guest stars: Judy Geeson, Joanna Gleason, Michael McKean, Austin Pendleton, Al Ruscio, Adele Givens

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Sheneesha & Hellura

Tracey Ullman opens the show by telling us about her impressions of Hollywood. Chic finds a script in the back of his cab (accidentally left by Penny Marshall), and decides to go to Hollywood. Meanwhile Fern is on the set of 'Medicine Woman' as the 'Loving Care' guest; Ruby is being interviewed by Huell Howser; and Linda is preparing to speak at the Lady Legend Awards. Chic wanders through Hollywood and discovers Mrs. Noh Nang Ning's donut shop where they trade racial insults. All the characters converge at the award show, which Sydney sabotages. It ends up with Chic being thrown out as a suspected terrorist.

Guest stars: Seymour Cassel, Erik Estrada, Huell Howser, Joseph Lando, Kelly Lange, Penny Marshall, Melissa Rivers, Joan van Ark, Adam Biesk

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Chic & Penny Marshall

Tracey Ullman opens the show by telling us how she misses the English culture. Ruby recounts taking her son Buddy to see Miss Saigon. Birdie teaches her children the three R's at home. Hope throws herself at a washed up Scottish poet to no avail. Sydney reveals an surprising passion for 'Riverdancing'. Chic shows himself to be a very cultural guy. Linda does her bit for the Arts. Sheneesha harangues a publisher into publishing 'The Body Search Zone - My Story' - by Sheneesha Turner, of course. Trevor gossips about the other international airline crews. Rayleen is pissed off that no-one knows a thing about Australian culture... Kay talks about her Mother's various cultures.

Guest stars: Rene Auberjonois, Billy Connolly, Helen Mirren, Adele Givens

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Sydney riverdances

Tracey Ullman opens the show by recounting how she asked her husband to marry her. Chic seems unenthusiastic about sex with the same person for the rest of his life. Sydney convinces Kay to marry a client of hers on death row, so that she can plead leniency... It doesn't work. Erin would never marry a musician. Ruby gets a surprise in the mail... Buddy's wife to be. Sheneesha's advises some newlyweds to "play them love games". Hope envisages the perfect wedding. Linda talks about marriage(s) but only gets up to her husbands pre-1981. Trevor recounts his wedding to Barry. Fern, understandably, does not want to talk about marriage.

Guest stars: Maury Chaykin, Paul Dooley, Mo Gaffney, Adele Givens, Hiep Thi Le

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Ruby

Tracey Ullman opens the show by exercising in Hyde Park. Linda complains about foul play in the TV special Celebrity Battle of the Sexes. Fern admits to never being much of an athlete. Ruby gets involved with an old flame... but this time he's the one that gets burnt. Erin kind of remembers her nightmare experience with the San Diego Capon. Chic discusses his national sport - bladder ball. Janie is up against her childhood nemesis, and this time she's gonna win. Her Royal Highness meets the 'dull' Pete Sampras. Trevor remembers that as a child, he cheated in the potato and spoon race - he still feels the guilt.

Guest stars: Mo Gaffney, Jennifer Jason Leigh, M. Emmet Walsh, Jack Conley, Todd Oldham

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Virginia & her nemesis

Tracey Ullman opens the show by talking about her adopted dog 'Heidi'. Birdie 'loses' the family dog for letting loose a stream of 'Satan's lemonade' one too many times. Linda, asked to sing in England, convinces Trevor to let her smuggle her dog through customs - they end up stuck in Canada but Linda still finds a 'captive' audience. Fern tells us that Jews and pets don't mix. Ruby gets into a compromising position with a 'Raging Bull'... but Dean helps her kill two balls with one stone. Kay would like to adopt the lost dog but Mother's allergic. Erin serenades the 'Big Yellow Dog'. Mrs. Noh Nang Ning wants to cook the wandering dog. Tracey, Mabel and Johnny take the stray dog home.

Guest stars: Mo Gaffney, Bruce Kirby

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Erin

Tracey Ullman opens the show by saying how she loves religious television. Hope gets deep - thinking about 'A' God. Ruby relates a religious experience. Sydney talks about her biblical role model. Birdie organizes the kidnapping of niece Chris, so she can sexually de-contaminate her... Midge however has other plans. Linda gets passed over again... but finds an appreciative audience in the priests. Fern welcomes Madeleine Albright into Judaism. Kay recounts a miracle she saw at a Benny Hinn rally. Her Royal Highness meets the Pope.

Guest stars: Dan Butler, Seymour Cassel, Julie Kavner, Scott Thompson, George McGrath, Brent Briscoe

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Hope

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