Tracey Ullman Takes On New York

Tracey Ullman Takes On New York

Created by	Tracey Ullman Allan McKeown
Starring	Tracey Ullman Dan Castellaneta Blythe Danner Jill Eikenberry Michael Tucker Dan Futterman Jim Fyfe Todd Oldham Parker Posey Michael York
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	October 9, 1993
Chronology
Related shows	Tracey Ullman: A Class Act Tracey Takes On... Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

Tracey Ullman Takes On New York is a comedy special starring actress-comedian Tracey Ullman. "New York" was Ullman's first project for HBO. The special helped launch the series Tracey Takes On....

Plot

The Johnsons

Couple, Penny and Gordon Johnson, travel to New York to attend a Broadway show, which happens to be starring Linda Granger. Penny and Gordon get separated from each other in the city, and both experience two different sides of New York: Penny, the good. Gordon, the bad. Penny is even chosen to model for a fashion photographer. After Linda Granger gets hit by a bus, Penny is chosen to replace her in the show.

Family Reunion

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act character, Janie Pillsworth, now an adult, works as a magazine fashion editor. Pillsworth, who disowned her parents as a young girl, is reunited with them during an interview. Janie, although mortified at first, reconciles with them and decides to put them on the cover of her magazine's next issue.

The Rosenthal Affair

Harry and Fern Rosenthal welcome their daughter's future in-laws to the city. Fern becomes jealous of her future son-in-law's mother, and begins to suspect that she is trying to steal her daughter away from her.

Awards

Takes On New York was nominated for a total of seven Emmy Awards, winning two; nominated for and winning one American Comedy Award; nominated for three CableAce Awards, winning one; nominated for one Directors Guild of America Award; nominated for and winning one Writers Guild of America Award.

Wins

American Comedy Awards

1994–Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication

CableACE Awards

1995–Performance in a Comedy Special

Primetime Emmy Awards

1994–Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1994–Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program

Writers Guild of America Award

1995–Variety - Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event

Commercial release

The special acts as a bonus feature on the DVD set Tracey Takes On... Complete Season 1. It became available on Hulu in the United States in 2012.

External links

Tracey Ullman Takes On New York at the Internet Movie Database

Tracey Ullman

Television series	Three of a Kind (1981–83) A Kick Up The Eighties (1981–84) Girls on Top (1985) The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–90) Tracey Takes On... (1996–99) Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001–02) Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (2008–2010) Tracey Ullman's Show (2016–present)

Television specials	Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1993) Tracey Ullman Takes On New York (1993) Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003) Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (2005)

Characters	Kay Clark Ruby Romaine

Studio albums	You Broke My Heart in 17 Places (1983) You Caught Me Out (1984)

Singles	"Breakaway" (1983) "They Don't Know" (1983) "Move Over Darling" (1983) "My Guy" (1984) "Sunglasses" (1984) "Terry" (1984)

Books	Tracey Takes On

See also	Awards and nominations Allan McKeown Purple Skirt The Simpsons

Category

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