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hutman1987 · 07-23-2014, 01:08 PM

I am looking for The Tracey Ullman Show complete. I have the following to trade
Berenger's 8 1\2 episodes
Flamingo Road Complete
Growing Pains Complete minus one episode
Who's The Boss complete
Scarecrow And Mrs. King The first three seasons
Shannon 1957

wiseguy182 · 07-23-2014, 02:01 PM

I have a few episodes, but I've never known a complete set to be floating around. This show hasn't re-aired since the 90's.

Btw, how sad is that The Simpsons (which never would have existed had it not been for the Tracey Ullman Show) has ran for 20 some odd years and counting (far too long IMO), whereas if you asked most people on the street about the Tracey Ullman show they would go "Huh?"

hutman1987 · 07-23-2014, 04:20 PM

How many episodes do you have? And do you also have Women In Prison?

hutman1987 · 07-23-2014, 04:22 PM

And I encountered what you were talking about at work. People had no idea Tracey had a show back in the 80's

wiseguy182 · 07-23-2014, 11:54 PM

I'd have to check. She also had a top 10 hit in the U.S. with "They Don't Know" in the 80's, but I never hear it on the radio. It's on one of my new wave CD's. She had more success in her native England, so I would imagine she's more well known there.

I don't have Women In Prison.

Deaks · 07-24-2014, 07:25 PM

TU is well known here in the UK if you're the right age, she had a few pop hits here after a couple of tv shows but then dissapeared to the states. I don't think any of her US shows aired over here and no one under 40 is likely to know who she is.

DrunkenHeinz · 07-24-2014, 08:01 PM

I have the entire series, uncut, from the original broadcasts with all the 80s commercials. I also have the specials. It cost me an arm and a leg to buy. Sadly, I don't have anything to trade. The person I got it from disappeared.

knicksfan89 · 07-25-2014, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deaks

TU is well known here in the UK if you're the right age, she had a few pop hits here after a couple of tv shows but then dissapeared to the states. I don't think any of her US shows aired over here and no one under 40 is likely to know who she is.

but the TU show without the simpsons shorts sadly aired in britain accrding to the radio times guide to comedy

wiseguy182 · 07-25-2014, 06:25 AM

I think part of what doomed the Tracey Ullman show was that it was a skit show. Skit shows don't fare well in the U.S. and haven't for decades, unless its name is Saturday Night Live. Things aren't always fair.

Take for example Fridays. It came along during one of SNL's disasterous periods (when everyone left and it was in danger of cancellation). Fridays was more critically acclaimed, considered funnier and edgier, had better overall musical guests, and was getting better ratings. And then the tricks of fate and life in general intervened and Nightline with Ted Koppell muscled its way into Fridays time slot, bumping it to after midnight on most ABC stations. SNL got its groove back and Fridays was gone shortly thereafter. Nowadays, most people just have the vague knowledge it was a show which Michael Richards and Larry David were on, and that's it. I'm surprised Melanie Chartoff didn't go on to bigger things, she was wildly popular on that show.

Deaks · 07-25-2014, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knicksfan89

but the TU show without the simpsons shorts sadly aired in britain accrding to the radio times guide to comedy

I stand corrected. :-)

something · 07-25-2014, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DrunkenHeinz

I have the entire series, uncut, from the original broadcasts with all the 80s commercials. I also have the specials. It cost me an arm and a leg to buy. Sadly, I don't have anything to trade. The person I got it from disappeared.

I can trade for that if you can make any copies.

07-23-2014, 01:08 PM	#1
hutman1987 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 13, 2013 Posts: 7	Looking for The Tracey Ullman Show 1987 Complete I am looking for The Tracey Ullman Show complete. I have the following to trade Berenger's 8 1\2 episodes Flamingo Road Complete Growing Pains Complete minus one episode Who's The Boss complete Scarecrow And Mrs. King The first three seasons Shannon 1957

07-23-2014, 02:01 PM	#2
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I have a few episodes, but I've never known a complete set to be floating around. This show hasn't re-aired since the 90's. Btw, how sad is that The Simpsons (which never would have existed had it not been for the Tracey Ullman Show) has ran for 20 some odd years and counting (far too long IMO), whereas if you asked most people on the street about the Tracey Ullman show they would go "Huh?"
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07-23-2014, 04:20 PM	#3
hutman1987 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 13, 2013 Posts: 7	How many episodes do you have? And do you also have Women In Prison?

07-23-2014, 04:22 PM	#4
hutman1987 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 13, 2013 Posts: 7	And I encountered what you were talking about at work. People had no idea Tracey had a show back in the 80's

07-23-2014, 11:54 PM	#5
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I'd have to check. She also had a top 10 hit in the U.S. with "They Don't Know" in the 80's, but I never hear it on the radio. It's on one of my new wave CD's. She had more success in her native England, so I would imagine she's more well known there. I don't have Women In Prison.

07-24-2014, 07:25 PM	#6
Deaks Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 184	TU is well known here in the UK if you're the right age, she had a few pop hits here after a couple of tv shows but then dissapeared to the states. I don't think any of her US shows aired over here and no one under 40 is likely to know who she is.

07-24-2014, 08:01 PM	#7
DrunkenHeinz Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 07, 2005 Posts: 11	I have the entire series, uncut, from the original broadcasts with all the 80s commercials. I also have the specials. It cost me an arm and a leg to buy. Sadly, I don't have anything to trade. The person I got it from disappeared.

07-25-2014, 06:25 AM	#9
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I think part of what doomed the Tracey Ullman show was that it was a skit show. Skit shows don't fare well in the U.S. and haven't for decades, unless its name is Saturday Night Live. Things aren't always fair. Take for example Fridays. It came along during one of SNL's disasterous periods (when everyone left and it was in danger of cancellation). Fridays was more critically acclaimed, considered funnier and edgier, had better overall musical guests, and was getting better ratings. And then the tricks of fate and life in general intervened and Nightline with Ted Koppell muscled its way into Fridays time slot, bumping it to after midnight on most ABC stations. SNL got its groove back and Fridays was gone shortly thereafter. Nowadays, most people just have the vague knowledge it was a show which Michael Richards and Larry David were on, and that's it. I'm surprised Melanie Chartoff didn't go on to bigger things, she was wildly popular on that show.