Tracey Takes On... (1996)
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Cast & Crew.
Tracey Ullman
Various / Creator / Second Unit Director / Executive Producer / Writer
Adele Givens
Hellura
George Segal
Harry Rosenthal
Danny Woodburn
Mitch Gibson
Michael McKean
Barry
Julie Kavner
Jodie Wolf / Midge Dexter
Seymour Cassel
Candy Casino
Michael Tucker
Harry Rosenthal
Allan McKeown
Creator / Executive Producer
Thomas Schlamme
Producer
Molly Newman
Producer / Writer
Jenji Kohan
Producer / Writer
Robert Klane
Writer / Producer
Jerry Belson
Writer / Producer
Carey Dietrich
Producer
Donna Kimball
Cynthia Hicks
Ian La Frenais
Producer / Writer
Dick Clement
Producer / Writer
Allen J. Zipper
Writer / Producer
Mo Gaffney
Dusty Roads
Kim Fuller
Producer / Writer
Mabel McKeown
Olivia
Tony Sheehan
Producer / Writer
Gail Parent
Writer / Producer
George McGrath
Producer
Stephanie Laing
Producer
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Paige Garland
Jeff Griggs
Jud Preston
Tony Longo
Alastair Duncan
Tobey Maguire
Danny Masterson
Kiki Melendez
Liz Torres
Hugh Laurie
Merrin Dungey
Julie Brown
Nicolas Coster
Bradley Whitford
Norman Alden
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Tracey Takes On... is an American sketch comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned following the success of the 1993 comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York. Each episode focuses on a specific subject, in which Ullman and her cast of characters comment or experience through a series of sketches and monologues.
Unlike her previous eponymous Fox show, Tracey Takes On... was filmed without a studio audience, on location, single-camera; instead of upwards of one hundred seldom reused characters, the show focused on a steady rotation of nearly 20. "I wanted to do a show where you could get familiar with the characters, where I could express a point of view, where we could get controversial [...] I also didn't want to do a series where I had to do 22 or 26 episodes a year. I have two children and have a husband, and there are other things I'd like to do during the year. Ten shows is a good number, and HBO gives me a great (artistic) freedom," said Ullman in 1996. The only character to return from the original Tracey Ullman Show was Kay Clark, as Ullman was the sole creator. Former cast member Julie Kavner became a recurring guest star in the series.
In 1998, a book based on the series, Tracey Takes On, was released. In 2003, the character Ruby Romaine was spun-off into the HBO television special, Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales.