Customer Reviews

Tracey Takes On... Complete Seasons 3 & 4

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Unless my set is defective, Vivendi seems to have taken the 21 Season 3-4 episodes and butchered them literally beyond recognition. Maybe this should have been obvious in advance, because if you do the math, 366 minutes of runtime leaves only 14 minutes per episode after the 72 minutes of bonuses are subtracted.

And indeed, some episodes are as short as 5 minutes, and it looks as if every one has been edited to some degree. Why bother to issue such a hack job? I couldn't be more disappointed.

It's been a number of years since I've seen this show in reruns (on HBO), but it is not hard to see that these shows have been EDITED. There are two episodes (two of my favorites) that I remember well and they are missing at least 3 or 4 minutes each. This set is advertised as the "COMPLETE Season 3 & 4". IT'S NOT. It even says "complete" right on the front cover.
I would think that such false advertising is illegal.

I would rather have paid a few dollars more and had these shows unedited. Perhaps if this were a 4 disk set (again, as advertised) instead of 3, there would be room for each episode in it's entirety.

The cover of this DVD says "As Seen On HBO." That is a BLATENT LIE!
There are OBVIOUSLY huge sections of the episodes that are missing.
Language is SO CLEARLY censored. In some episodes, she says things like "I don't give a fig" and anyone can easily see that is NOT the word that came out of her mouth. I can understand network T.V. editing language, but NOT a DVD. If they're going to advertise "As Seen On HBO", then that is what they should deliver. Fans deserve better than this crappy, heavily censored, hatchet job. Why censor a DVD? Don't waste your money.

They've edited this set within and inch of it's life. Removed some of the best classic skits like when Ruby and Buddy win the Truck in Hype....gone completely. I'm VERY VERY VERY sorry I wasted money on this. Don't make the same mistake I did.

First off the set is only 3 discs and not 4 as described. I was hoping I had a defective set or not the right one. I am still watching the first disc and one show was cut down to a little over 3 minutes. Once I found out my set is not defective I have started watching it again. I love the show and the scenes that are on the set. I just wish they advertised that it is a compilation of the last 2 seasons and not complete. I hate how the music industry controls the rights and makes it impossible to release tv shows the original way they were made and broadcast.

This product is states it is the Complete Seasons 3 & 4. But these are severly edited episodes. Original episodes are 24-27 minutes long. These are 10-24 minutes long. So most episodes are missing at least 10 minutes.

Tracey Ullman continues the great tradition of the variety series and this was a great show. What a shameful treatment.

As other reviewers have stated: the third and fourth seasons of Tracy Ullman's classic HBO series have been edited down to what could and should be called "Highlights of Tracy's Third & Fourth Season." It's unfortunate (not to mention extremely disappointing) that the powers that be felt the need to edit down the last two seasons of this wonderful show.

So this time i was suprise because i love Tracey but this time this dvd is litle bla bla bla , i have her old dvd and is great even i saw the new one in tv this year and i love it . But i love her so i can watch her again and again .

Tracey Takes On... was ahead of its time. Thankfully the Emmy Awards took notice and presented it with a ton of awards. Who could forget Ruby, Fern, Chic, or Linda? Kay, from "The Tracey Ullman Show", also joined the roster. It was hilarious to see Kay's home life with her invalid mummy. The best episodes in this set, in my humble opinion, are: Hollywood, The End of the World, Smoking, and Man's Best Friend, but they're all excellent.

The bonus bits, dedicated character episodes, are hilarious as well. I love having an entire episode dedicated to Ruby Romaine (like the lettuce)!

Get this set! You won't be disappointed!