Product Details

• Actors: Tracey Ullman
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Unknown)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: HBO Home Video
• DVD Release Date: December 26, 2005
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ARXF8M
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,001 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Woman-of-a-thousand-faces Tracey Ullman spins out a dozen crazed characters in her HBO series Tracey Takes On..., ranging from rampaging Jewish matron Fern Rosenthal to gay airline steward Trevor Ayliss to self-conscious/self-deluded college student Hope Finch. Each of ten episodes is dedicated to a different topic--among them Romance, Vanity, Death, and Family--and comprised of monologues, vignettes, and multi-part stories starring Ullman's wildly varying personae. Though comedy abounds, what makes Ullman's work special is her commitment to her characters as fully-rounded human beings; these are not one-joke Saturday Night Live-style gimmicks. Given the choice between a quick gag or a story turn that will make a character richer and more multi-dimensional, Ullman goes for the latter. The more time you spend with these characters, the more nuanced, vivid, and funny they become. The scenarios are delicious: Linda Granger, over-the-hill sexpot, hires a stalker to get herself some publicity; Fern Rosenthal puts on a fundraiser for a disease, then becomes furious when a cure is found just before the performance; lifestyle magazine editor Janie Pillsworth, who claims her parents are dead so they won't embarrass her, likens the genocide in Bosnia to a fight over a rent-controlled apartment in order to make it understandable to a supermodel. Guest appearances abound, including Cheech Marin, Hugh Laurie (House), Tobey Maguire (Spiderman), Michael Palin (Monty Python's Flying Circus), and Udo Kier (Blade, Blood for Dracula, among many, many more. Tracey Takes On... is a smorgasbord of Ullman's madcap charm. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Emmy Award-winning actress/comedienne Tracey Ullman stars in an all-new auto biographical show that traces her childhood, early career in dancing, acting and music, and rise to stardom on television and films. Featuring Ullman portraying both herself through the years as well as several of the memorable characters she invented on her acclaimed HBO series Tracey Takes On, the special was taped before a live audience at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles -- a rare onstage performance for this talented and beloved comedic chameleon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally Tracy is Here on DVD !, October 10, 2005

By	Tv & Cd Reviewer (USA) - See all my reviews

Tracy Ullman was a absolute pleasure in her one women show Tracy Takes on , every character she played was hillariously funny.Every episode of the first season were great when they firsted aired in the mid 90's on HBO , too bad their isnt more the 10 but who cares because Tracy Ullman is a hilarious woman and so is this show , Defenitly buy this if you like comedy tv or Tracy Ullman
The Boxset Features These Ten Hillarious Episodes
Ep 01 Tracy Takes on ... Romance
Ep 02 ...Family
Ep 03 ... Charity
Ep 04 ... Fame
Ep 05 ... Nostalgia
Ep 06 ... Death
Ep 07 ... Health
Ep 08 ... Royalty
Ep 09 ... Vanity
Ep 10 ... Law
These are sure going to be great to have in your DVD Collection !
Ep 06

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Amazing!, January 1, 2006

A Kid's Review

One of the funniest comedies ever on television. Launched HBO original series! You've never seen a show until you've seen this! Tracey is a genius and needs to do more original programming in the future.

I wish the DVDs contained more missing sketches that never aired and more audio commentaries from Tracey.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You've been away for such a long time now..., September 15, 2005

By	D. James (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This mid-90's, one-woman sketch comedy was very funny and original. Ullman's characters were a riot and very likeable while the format is a five-minute monologue from each one with no real interaction with any other characters. Ning Nong Nang, the Vietnamese donut-store owner delivers hers at the end of a long day in the kitchen with her bare feet resting in the next days' donut batter! The crude but sincere Aussie stunt-woman is a treat as is the even more vulgar Middle-Eastern taxi driver.