Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union is an American sketch-comedy series starring comedian Tracey Ullman. The series was written by Ullman along with Hollywood satirist Bruce Wagner. Gail Parent and Craig DiGregorio acted as contributing writers to the series' first season. On May 17, 2010, it was announced that State of the Union would not be returning for a fourth season. Producers stated that they felt that the show had "run its course."
In the third season premiere, Tracey plays Ruth Madoff, who has recently downsized to a 700 square foot apartment on the edge of Harlem.
In this episode, Tracey plays the Octomom, a single woman on a date, a woman who lost her job and house, a special agent looking for work, and movie star Matthew McConaughey.
In this episode, Tracey plays an architectural commission representative, a vocal coach, an angry driver, an environmental activist, and actress Kate Winslet.
In this episode, Tracey plays a gun seller attending a gun show, a woman on a job interview, an antiques appraiser, and a neo-hippie.
Season 2 opens with Tracey playing former first lady, Laura Bush and Paul McCartney's ex-wife, Heather Mills. She also plays Bollywood pharmacist Padma Perkesh and airport security screener Chanel Monticello.
Once again, Tracey includes political pundit Arianna Huffington in her repertoire and adds to that fashion designer Miuccia Prada, actor Tony Sirico, as well as the portrayal of a woman living in a polygamist compound and a hog-calling champion.
This week Tracey's impersonations include TV newswoman Campbell Brown, celebrity mom Dina Lohan, author J.K. Rowling, and actress Renee Zellweger.
Tracey's characters include a game-show hostess, a Puerto Rican dancer, a plus-sized air traveler, and a publicist for the Dalai Lama in this episode.
This week Tracey takes on the roles of a soldier on leave, a natural food store worker, an overzealous "soccer mom," and network news anchor Tom Brokaw.
Tracey portrays a dog walker, a piano bar performer, an illegal immigrant who owns an iPod, actors Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill, as well as the sun-damaged daughter of a former television star in this episode.
In the second season finale, Tracey appears as a fifty-year-old teacher who takes advantage of her students, an over-prescribing doctor, an Olympic trainer, and actress Jodie Foster.
Debut: Tracey Ullman portrays a host of characters in day-in-the-life sketches about various U.S. residents that includes Arianna Huffington, Tony "Paulie Walnuts" Sirico, Rita Cosby and David Beckham. She also plays Lindsay Lohan's mother, the wife of a death-row inmate and an "undocumented worker from Bangladesh" who's employed by an elderly racist. Scott Bakula costars and Peter Strauss is the narrator.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2008-03-30 |
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