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Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (2005)
Tracey: ONE NIGH AT THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE
IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, I DECIDED TO TELL MY LIFE STORY. I'M TRACEY ULLMAN, AND TONIGHT, I'M LIVE AND EXPOSED! ( audience cheering ) YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW OH, BABY, I COULD LEAVE YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW AND WHY SHOULD I BE LONELY EVERY NIGHT WHEN I CAN BE WITH YOU? OH YES, YOU MAKE IT RIGHT AND I DON'T LISTEN TO THE GUYS WHO SAY THAT YOU'RE BAD FOR ME AND I SHOULD TURN YOU AWAY 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF LOVE I GET A FEELING WHEN I LOOK AT YOU WHEREVER YOU GO NOW I WANT TO BE THERE TOO THEY SAY WE'RE CRAZY, BUT I JUST DON'T CARE AND IF THEY KEEP ON TALKING STILL THEY GET NOWHERE SO I DON'T MIND IF THEY DON' UNDERSTAND WHEN I LOOK AT YOU AND YOU HOLD MY HAND 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF LOVE WHY SHOULD IT MATTER TO US IF THEY DON'T APPROVE? WE SHOULD JUS TAKE OUR CHANCES WHILE WE'VE GO NOTHING TO LOSE... ( audience cheering ) BABY THERE'S NO NEED FOR LIVING IN THE PAST NOW I FOUND GOOD LOVE AND GONNA MAKE IT LAST I TELL THE OTHERS, "DON'T BOTHER ME" 'CAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU THEY DON'T SEE WHAT I SEE NO, I DON'T LISTEN TO THEIR WASTED LINES GOT MY EYES WIDE OPEN AND I SEE THE SIGNS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF LOVE NO, I DON'T LISTEN TO THEIR WASTED LINES GOT MY EYES WIDE OPEN AND I SEE THE SIGNS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF LOVE. ( chuckles ) THANK YOU VERY MUCH! THANK YOU. SO I GUESS THIS IS HOW AMERICA FIRST SAW ME, SINGING MY "HIT..." BUT MY TALENTS WERE FIRST REVEALED TO MY MOTHER IN HER BEDROOM, IN THE EARLY '60s, IN ENGLAND. NOW, MY DAD DIED IN 1966, AND IT WAS HORRIBLE, AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT. IT WASN'T LIKE AMERICA. THERE WAS NO GRIEF COUNSELING, THERE WAS NO THERAPY, YOU KNOW? NO, IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT. HERE'S ME THE YEAR IT HAPPENED. Audience: AWW. OH, I LOOK LIKE A TROLL! I DO. I LOOK LIKE A TROLL, LIKE A LITTLE TROLL IN MOURNING. YEAH. I REALLY WANTED TO CHEER EVERYBODY UP. SO AT NIGH I USED TO STAND ON THE WINDOWSILL IN MY MOTHER'S BEDROOM, AND PUT ON A SHOW. ( whispering ) ARE YOU READY, MOMMY? ARE YOU READY? HELLO, EVERYBODY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ME, AND THIS IS MY SHOW AND ON THE SHOW WE HAVE TONIGHT... EDITH PIAF! ( singing in French ) MY MOM WOULD GO, "WOW, IT'S AMAZING! SHE'S SINGING IN FRENCH. SHE'S NEVER HAD A LESSON." AND ALSO ON OUR SHOW TONIGHT, MOMMY, IS... OUR NEIGHBOR, MISS COX IN HER WELLINGTON BOOTS. ( smacks lips ) ZUZU, ZUZU. HAVE YOU SEEN MY CAT, MRS. ULLMAN? OH, MY FIANCE DIED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND I'M GOING TO DIE A VIRGIN. AND I ALWAYS HAVE A DEWDROP ON THE END OF MY NOSE WHICH I WIPE OFF WITH A GREY HANDKERCHIEF. SEE, THIS IS MISS COX, ONE OF MY FIRS CHARACTER STUDIES. WHY DID I WAN TO IMITATE HER? WHY DIDN'T I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY GLAMOROUS? OH, ALL RIGHT. YES, MOMMY. AND ALSO ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... DAME MARGO FONTAINE ( lisping ) WOULD LIKE TO DANCE TO "CAST YOUR--" I HAD A REALLY BAD LISP AT THIS TIME-- ( lisps ) "CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND." ( record crackles ) ( whimsical piano music plays ) ( grunts, pants ) ( rock music plays ) YAH, YAH! AM I TALENTED, MOMMY? AM I CHEERING YOU UP? MOMMY, MOMMY, LOOK, I CAN DO THE SPLITS! MOMMY, LOOK, I CAN DO THE SPLITS! - LOOK, MOMMY! - ( audience cheering, applauding ) - ( record skipping ) - OH, NO! OH, NO! OH... NO, MOM, NO. - OH, OH... - ( record stops ) NO, MOMMY, MOMMY, PLEASE, I DON'T WAN TO GO TO BED YET. DON'T MAKE ME GO TO BED. CAN I DO YOUR HAIR? CAN I DO YOUR HAIR? I KNOW, MOMMY, MOMMY, I'LL DO IMPERSONATIONS. HOW ABOUT, MOMMY, EVA GABOR FROM "GREEN ACRES" WHEN SHE GOES, "OH, DARLING, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS LAND?" OR MOMMY, MOMMY! ANNA MAGNANI! YOU KNOW, I WANT A HORSE. YOU KNOW? I WANT A HORSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW? MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY! JULIE ANDREWS. BUT CAPTAIN, THEY'RE JUST CHILDREN. MOM-- BED, GO TO BED. SO... I'D STAND IN FRON OF THE MIRROR AND TALK TO MYSELF UNTIL I FELL ASLEEP, YOU KNOW? I'D INTERVIEW MYSELF AS WOMEN WITH PROBLEMS, LIKE WOMEN-- ( chuckles ) WOMEN IN DOCUMENTARIES WHO HAD THREE KIDS, AND CHAIN-SMOKED, AND HUSBANDS IN PRISON THAT HIT THEM, YOU KNOW? I'LL BE LIKE IN FRON OF THE MIRROR GOING, ( in deep voice ) "YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW... IT'S NOT EASY SINCE DARREN WEN INTO PRISON. MY EYES AREN' BLACK ANYMORE, BUT THE TWINS, KELLY AND WAYNE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON' STOP CRYING. ( yells ) SHUT UP, KELLY! SHUT UP, KELLY! AND THERE'S FUNGUS IN THE BABY'S CRIB. YEAH YEAH, THE CAMERA CAN SEE IT. AND WE'VE GOT RATS IN THIS APARTMENT, THAT HAVE GIVEN US THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. NO, I'M NOT JO-- - AND THEN I'D HEAR... - Mother: TRACY, STOP TALKING TO YOURSELF! SHUT UP! GO TO BED! BUT I LOVE TALKING TO MYSELF! WHAT ELSE COULD I DO, YOU KNOW? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS, 'CAUSE I HATED BEING A KID, MY DAD HAD DIED, AND THEN MY MOM WENT AND MARRIED A REALLY HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE MAN WHO DROVE A TAXI AT NIGHT. HE HAD A STICKY-FINGERED SON, AND HE SMOKED CIGARS IN THE TOILET. OOH! THE SMELL WAS TERRIBLE! AGAIN, THERE'S NO THERAPY, THERE'S NO COUNSELING OVER THE WHOLE SITUATION. SHE JUST MARRIED THE MANIAC. THERE WAS A NEW PERSON IN HER BED NOW. AND I COULDN'T DO MY NIGHTLY PERFORMANCE ANYMORE. Audience: AWW-WW. I WAS NINE YEARS OLD, AND MY SHOW HAD BEEN CANCELED. ALL MY FAMILY DID WAS DRINK. YEAH. NOW IT'S ALL LIKE, "OOH... WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE KIDS THIS WEEKEND? HOW CAN WE SHOW THEM THEY'RE SPECIAL?" ALL WE EVER HEARD WAS THE WHACK OF THE ICE CUBE TRAY - ( ice crackling ) - AS THEY MIXED MORE VODKA AND ORANGE JUICE, AND US KIDS WERE TOLD TO GO OUT AND PLAY. "OH, GO OUT AND PLAY!" I WORE WHITE HOT PANTS AT THIS TIME. ( laughs ) IT'S A BIT OF AN EARLY CAMEL TOE HERE, LET'S FACE IT. ( laughs ) IT IS. IT'S POSITIVELY LABIAL, LET'S BE HONEST. AND I STILL LOOK LIKE A TROLL, BUT I WAS A TROLL WITH TRIANGULAR ADOLESCENT BREASTS. LOOK, THE LITTLE TRIANGULARS STARTING UP HERE, LOOK. YEAH. I THOUGHT, "OH, NOTHING WONDERFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME OR MY BREASTS. AND THEN... ( chuckles ) ONE DAY SOMETHING HAPPENED TO GIVE ME HOPE. WE WERE SELLING OUR HOUSE BY THE RIVER, AND THIS REALLY NICE MIDDLE-CLASS LADY AND HER HUSBAND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, AND SHE ASKED IF THEY COULD LOOK AROUND, AND I SAID, "OOH, WELL... I DON'T THINK IT'S CONVENIENT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE MY PARENTS ARE BUSY THROWING THEMSELVES UP AGAINST THE WALL IN A DRUNKEN RAGE. SO, ANYWAY, AS I'M SHUTTING THE DOOR, THE WOMAN GASPED AND SHE SAID, "OH, MY DEAR!" SHE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?" SHE SAID, "YOU HAVE A STAR ABOVE YOUR HEAD." WHAT?! AND SHE SAID, "FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME, I'M A PSYCHIC, AND I KNOW THESE THINGS," SHE SAID, "AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE VERY FAMOUS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA." ( chortles ) MY GOD! REALLY, IT WAS AMAZING. AND THEN MY STEPBROTHER SAID, "WHAT ABOUT ME?" SHE SAID, "OH, YOU'LL HAVE A MORE DIFFICULT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU, DEAR. YOU'LL GET A GIRL PREGNANT WHEN YOU'RE 15, LIVE IN A TRAILER PARK, AND PASS ON YOUR FLAT-FOOTEDNESS TO YOUR UNBORN CHILD, AND NO, IT'S THE GIRL WITH THE STAR ABOVE HER HEAD." ( chortles ) IT'S MY STAR! THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NICE CLAIRVOYANT LADY, WHOEVER YOU WERE, AND WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW, THANK YOU FOR GIVING A YOUNG ADOLESCENT TROLL WITH A GIF FOR MIMICRY... HOPE! AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED TO GIVE ME HOPE. I HAD THIS BRILLIAN HEADMASTER AT STEPGATE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL CALLED RONALD HARDING. AND HE THOUGH I WAS SUCH A STANDOU IN MY SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS THAT I SHOULD TRY OU FOR A SPECIAL SCHOOL. I THOUGHT HE MEANT A PLACE FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS BUT HE MEAN A PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY. OOH! I IMAGINED ALL THESE TALENTED KIDS SINGING, DANCING, ACTING, WEARING LEOTARDS, CARRYING THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, BREAKING INTO FABULOUS SPONTANEOUS DANCE ROUTINES IN THE HALLWAYS, A LA "FAME"... WHILE DOING "RICHARD III." THE ITALIA CONTI STAGE SCHOOL WAS NOT REALLY LIKE THAT. ( reggae music plays ) IT WAS IN A SOUTH LONDON HELLHOLE CALLED CLAPHAM NORTH. GANGS SHOT AT US FROM THE BALCONIES OF THEIR GOVERNMEN HOUSING BLOCKS. - HEY-- - ( gunshot ) ( gasping ) OH, NO, VIVIAN'S DOWN! ( gasps ) SHE'S BLEEDING THROUGH HER TUTU. VIVIAN, VIVIAN, PLEASE, TRY AND MAKE IT. - ( siren blaring ) - THE AMBULANCE IS COMING. AND THE CHILDREN WHO WENT TO ITALIA CONTI WEREN'T NECESSARILY TALENTED, BUT THEIR MOTHERS TOLD THEM THEY WERE. THAT'S MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE GANGS. THEY WERE ALL LIKE, "MY BENITA'S GOT LONGER LEGS THAN YOUR PETRINA. YES. SHE'S BEEN IN A BARBIE COMMERCIAL, THE JAMMY DODGER COOKIE CAMPAIGN, AND SHE DOUBLED FOR THE GIRL IN 'CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG,' WHEN THE CAR WEN OVER THE CLIFF." AND THE AUDITIONS THEY SENT US ON-- UGH! IT WAS LIKE CATTLE CALLS FOR KIDS. WE USED TO GET LINED UP ON LONDON'S WEST END STAGES, AND THEY'D DO REVIVALS ( chortles ) OF "FLOWER DRUM SONG" AND "SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS," AND, ETHNICALLY, I FIT INTO NOTHING. THERE'S NO MUSICALS ABOUT YOUNG TROLLS, ARE THERE? INSENSITIVE DIRECTORS PICKED US KIDS OU FROM THE LINEUP. "OKAY, YOU STEP FORWARD, YOU STEP FORWARD, AND YOU." ( pants ) HE POINTED RIGHT AT ME, THE DUSKY TROLL ALL IN BLACK. I TOOK HALF A STEP FORWARD, AND HE SAID, "NO NO NO NO! NOT YOU, NOT YOU! THE LITTLE BLONDE GIRL NEXT TO YOU." OH. UGH, IT WAS SO PAINFUL! I'LL NEVER FORGE THE HUMILIATION, YOU HORRIBLE '70s WITH YOUR CLIPBOARD AND YOUR BULGY STUFFED WILLY! AND I THOUGHT, IS THIS WHA IT'S ALL ABOUT? DO YOU HAVE TO BE BLONDE AND GIRLIE AND HAVE THE FRECKLES AND A SNUB NOSE AND ACT THE COQUETTE IN SHOW BUSINESS? ( screams ) WELL, YES! MY BEST FRIEND ROSEMARY WAS BLONDE. SHE GOT A LO MORE ATTENTION. YEAH, SHE HAD A LOVELY BEDROOM ALL FULL OF DESIGNER CLOTHES, AND HER LEOTARD NEVER GOT STUCK IN THE CRACK OF HER BUM WHEN SHE DID A PLIE. BUT MINE IS LIKE-- IS GOING IN AND OUT. IT-- ( gulps ) IT DIGESTED IT. YOU COULD HEAR IT! UGH. SO... I STAYED FOUR YEARS AT CONTI'S. I GREW REALLY ANTI-BLONDE, AND I SMOKED IN THE TOILETS, - ( billiard balls clack ) - AND I PLAYED POOL IN THE PUB NEXT DOOR. I JUST LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED. ( sniggers ) DO YOU SEE HER? SHE'S BLONDE. STUPID BITCH, STUPID BITCH. SHE'S GOT SPOTS, SHE'S GOT SPOTS. GIVE US A SWIG O' OF BEAR, MATE. SUDDENLY, ALL MY FRIENDS HAD LEFT SCHOOL, AND I WAS IN THE PUB ON ME OWN. BLOODY 'ELL. I'M 16. IT'S TIME TO GET A JOB. Man: TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO-- ( audience cheering ) OH, YEAH. ( laughs ) ME AT 16. LOOK-- OH, GOD. I COULD DANCE IN A SOR OF SEMI-PROFESSIONAL WAY BY THEN-- BALLET, JAZZ TAP, I GAVE IT PLENTY. I COULDN'T ROLLER-SKATE, I MUST ADMIT. ( laughs ) THEY WERE JUS A FUN YOUNG PROP. SO, MY RIGHT LEG'S STIFF-- WAS STIFF, BUT MY LEFT, WELL... ( audience cheering ) THAT COULD KNOCK ME OUT. SO I PULLED MY LEG WARMERS UP, I APPLIED A TON OF LIP GLOSS, AND I AUDITIONED DANCE SHOW. - OKAY. - ( slow piano music plays ) ( whispers ) HI. I'M SORRY. ( softly ) OH FUCK. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE HERE AS I THOUGHT. Man: FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT... - ( upbeat piano music plays ) - THE OTHER GIRLS AREN'T REALLY THAT GOOD LOOKING AND KICK ON THE LEFT, AND I MAKE UP FOR I IN PERSONALITY, SMILE, SHAKE, AND LEAP. ( giggles ) OH, HE'S TELLING ME TO STEP FORWARD, THE GOOD-LOOKING GERMAN GUY-- I WONDER WHY HE'S GERMAN. AND PULL YOUR LEOTARD OUT OF YOUR BUM. AND YES! IT'S JUST ME AND ANOTHER GIRL AND THE GAY GUY WHO'S GO MORE LIP GLOSS ON THAN ME! WHOO! OOH! YES, I'VE GOT IT, YES, I'VE GOT IT! YES, I'M OFF TO BERLIN! ( music stops ) BERLIN?! ( German anthem plays ) NO NO! I CAN'T GO TO WEST BERLIN WITH 20 HOMOSEXUALS AND PERFORM THE MUSICAL "GIGI" IN GERMAN. NO NO NO, I'M ONLY 16. WILL MY MOM LET ME GO? STEP, BALL CHANGE, SHUFFLE. OH, SHE'S LETTING ME GO! OH, CONTRACT, RELEASE. NO NO NO, DON'T LET ME GO! PUT DOWN YOUR DRINKS AND PROTECT ME! MOMMY, IT'S GERMANY. THEY ATTACKED US TWICE! MY STEPDAD'S LIGHTING A CELEBRATORY CIGAR. ( music playing ) OH. ( singing in German ) BERLIN IS FANTASTIC. THE WALL IS UP. EVERYTHING IS SO DANGEROUS AND DECADENT. I'M EARNING LOTS OF MONEY. I GE MY EARS PIERCED. SCHEISSE! ( disco music playing ) AFTER THE SHOW, ME AND MY FRIEND, WE GO OUT TO THESE CLUBS, RIGHT? WE GO DANCING TILL 7:00 IN THE MORNING. HEY, WHOOP-WHOOP! WHOOP-WHOOP! ( giggles ) OH, GOD, OUR LANDLADY'S AN OLD NAZI. SIEG HEIL, MUTTER! YEAH, WELL, WHAT WAS YOUR HUSBAND DOING FROM 1939 TO 1945? ( mock German accent ) "HE WAS A SKI INSTRUCTOR. OH, JA, JA." WHAT, THE WHOLE WAR? "JA, JA, THE WHOLE WAR." OH, NO! SHE'S FOUND OU MY ROOMMATE'S JEWISH. "NEIN JUDEN!" WE'RE BEING THROWN OU ON THE STREET! ACHTUNG, ACHTUNG, RECHT-RECHT-LINKS! WE FIND A BETTER PLACE. WE MEE AMERICAN SOLDIERS. MMM, HELLO, HELLO. SCHEISSE! DARREN AND CHUCK ARE GAY TOO! EVERYBODY IN BERLIN IS GAY. ( disco music playing ) WHOOP-WHOOP! JA! DAS IS DAS DISKO-TANZEN, JA! DANKE SHON, BERLIN, MEIN LIEBLING, FANTASTISCH! WHOO! GIGI CLOSED, NATURLICH... SO BACK TO LONDON, BACK TO AUDITIONING. I NEED ANOTHER JOB. - Man: FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT. - TURN AND SMILE... ( upbeat piano music playing ) MOVE FORWARD AND COME TO THE FRONT. PUSH THE OTHER GIRLS OUT OF THE WAY, AND YES, HE'S POINTING-- I THINK HE'S POINTING-- OF COURSE, HE'S POINTING AT ME! YES! YES! OH, THIS TIME I REALLY AM OFF TO A BRITISH SEASIDE RESORT-- BLACKPOOL. ( audience applauds ) YOU KNOW THE TRAGEDY COMING UP. YOU KNOW! 16 WEEKS ON ENGLAND'S RIVIERA WITH TV STAR LES DAWSON. - WOW! - ( thunder rumbling ) ( rain pattering ) ( show music playing ) 16 WEEKS OF RAIN AND GREY SKIES. PEOPLE ON THEIR HOLIDAYS IN PLASTIC RAIN HATS HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. SUDDENLY, 14 WEEKS INTO THE RUN, IT HAPPENED. ( gasps ) THE SUN CAME OUT! SPIN, SPIN! LEAP, TWIRL, STRIP! OH, GOD, THE DANCERS RAN TO THE BEACH. WE PONIED TO THE BEACH. WE FLASH FRIED OURSELVES. BURN, BABY, BURN! WHOO, GOD, I TAN LIKE A PAKISTANI! WE STAYED ON THE BEACH AS LONG AS WE COULD, AND THEN I RAN BACK TO THE THEATER WITH FIVE MINUTES TO SPARE, JUMPED IN THE SHOWER, PUT ON MY FAKE EYELASHES, MY PINK CHIFFON OUTFIT, AND MY SHEER PANTYHOSE, AND THEN THE VOICE SAID, ( deep voice ) "DANCERS ON STAGE FOR THE OPENING NUMBER," AND I RAN OU TO MEET MY GAY GAY GAY PARTNER. ( show music playing ) OFF WE WENT, SUN-KISSED AND YOUNG. AS WE TWIRLED AND SNAPPED OUR FINGERS, I FELT LIGHT AND AIRY AND FANCY-FREE. OF COURSE I DID. I HAD NO BLOODY PANTIES ON! AND THE CARTWHEEL LIFT'S COMING UP, AND I'M A BRUNETTE! NO! YOU CAN'T TWIRL ME IN THE AIR 'CAUSE I'VE GOT ON NO UNDERWEAR I'VE GOT NO PANTIES ON - NO WHAT? - NO PANTIES! - GOT NO WHAT? - NO PANTIES! - WHAT? - NO PANTIES! - WHAT? - ARE YOU STUPID?! YOU CAN'T TWIRL ME IN THE AIR OR YOU WILL SEE MY PUBIC HAIR NO NO NO, YOU CAN'T TWIRL ME! NO NO NO, YOU CAN'T TWIRL ME! YOU CAN'T TWIRL ME! AHH-HH! ( saxophone plays wolf whistle ) THE GUY IN CHARGE WAS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT NIGHT. Audience: OOH. AND HE-- OOH. AND HE-- HE, ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDRED WITH FIRST-DEGREE SUNBURN, THEY GOT A RIGH BLOODY EYEFUL. ENDED MY DANCING YEARS-- FINISHED. THE NO-PANTY CLAUSE IS STRICTLY UPHELD IN THE DANCE WORLD. BUT YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY WAN TO DANCE ANYMORE ANYWAY. I WASN'T EARNING ANY MONEY, THERE WERE NO STRAIGHT GUYS, AND MY RIGHT LEG HAD NEVER REALLY WORKED. OH, NO, I'M NO DOING THAT. SO, I JUST WANTED TO GE A NICE 9:00-TO-5:00 JOB-- A RESPECTABLE JOB IN AN OFFICE, YEAH? AND I'D MEE A NICE YOUNG MAN IN MIDDLE MANAGEMENT, AND I'D GIVE HIM BABIES, AND I'D WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A STAR OVER MY HEAD. COME ON, STAR, COME ON. ( typewriter clacking, phone ringing ) HELLO, MISS ULLMAN, I'M KAY CLARK. I'M ASSISTAN SUPERVISOR... - ( audience cheering ) - IN PAPER DISTRIBUTION. ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR IN PAPER DISTRIBUTION FOR MY SINS. ( sniggers ) OH, YES. I THINK YOU'LL FIND THE WORK HERE VERY INTERESTING. PAPER COMES IN SO MANY SHAPES, SIZES AND DENSITIES. OH, YES, IT'S MARVELOUS. IT REALLY IS. WE VISITED THE MILL IN FELIXTOWE LAST YEAR... ( clears throat ) AND THE SMELL OF THE PULP-- VERY VERY INSPIRING, YES, OH, YES. - ( phone rings ) - OH, EXCUSE ME, DEAR, YES, THANK YOU. YES, KAY CLARK'S EXTENSION. OH, HELLO, MOTHER. YES, HOW ARE YOU, DEAR? YES YES YES. DID THE NURSING AIDE ARRIVE? YES. OH, YES, YOU LIKE WAYNE, DON'T YOU? IT'S INDIRA YOU THREW THE BEDPAN AT. OH, NO, MOTHER, NO NO, DEAR. YOU MUSTN'T TAKE THE CATHETER OUT YOURSELF. NO, BECAUSE IT WILL GE INFECTED AGAIN, MOMMY. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME-- A LO OF KERFUFFLE. NO, DEAR, THERE'S FRESH TUBING IN THE KIDNEY BOWL BY THE SHUNT. YES, THE-- ( yells ) THE SHUNT, DEAR. YES, THE SHUNT. YES, ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TO GO, MOMMY, 'CAUSE I HAVE SOMEBODY WITH ME. ( chuckles ) YES. NO. NO, NOT DEREK. WE BROKE UP, REMEMBER? YES. YES, HE WAS A DISGUSTING MAN WITH DESIGNS ON MY NETHER REGIONS, YES, HE WAS, YES. NO, YOU WERE RIGHT, MOTHER. I KNOW. I KNOW. ( quietly ) NO, I'D NEVER LEAVE YOU, DEAR. NO, DEAR. NO. NO, OF COURSE, YOU'RE MY LIFE. YOU ARE MY LIFE, DEAR. YES, I-I-- ( clears throat ) I'LL BE HOME AS SOON AS I CAN, MOTHER. THAT'S RIGHT, DEAR. ( chuckles ) IT'S MY DISABLED MOTHER, TRACEY. OH, SHE'S MARVELOUS, YOU KNOW? SHE'S REALLY-- SHE'S A FIGHTER. AND SHE'S AN INSPIRATION TO THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST-- ( screams ) AND I WANT HER TO DIE! UM... OH! OH, DEAR. OH, DEAR. OH, I MUSTN'T-- OH, DEAR. I DIDN'T MEAN THAT. - MUSTN'T CRUMBLE, EH? - ( rattling ) OOH. ( clears throat ) THERE'S ELSIE WITH THE TEA TROLLEY. BETTER GO. ALL THOSE CUSTARD CREAMS WILL GET SNAPPED UP. ( sniggers ) YES, THAT'S ANOTHER PERK HERE, TRACEY, THE TEA AND CUSTARD CREAMS. OH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH US, YES. IN ANOTHER 10-15 YEARS, YOU MIGHT GET MY JOB. ( sniggering ) OH, I COULDN'T STAY WITH KAY IN THE PAPER MARKETING FIRM. IT WAS THE MOST BORING JOB IN THE WHOLE WORLD. OH, I'D END UP LIKE KAY, WOULDN'T I? WITH A POLYESTER COVERED VAGINA. OH, UGH, NO. BUT I NEVER FORGOT KAY. I NEVER FORGOT KAY, AND LIKE MISS COX, SHE GOT STORED IN MY SPINSTER FILE, YEAH. BUT I THOUGHT, BLOODY HELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE SHOW BUSINESS ANOTHER GO, ACTING, THIS TIME. NOW, I'D HEARD THAT THEY WERE AUDITIONING AT LONDON'S ROYAL COUR THEATRE FOR AN IMPROVISED PLAY ABOUT CLUB ACTS, AND THE ACTORS WERE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO MAKE UP THE LINES AND THE CHARACTERS THEMSELVES. WELL, THAT'S BRILLIANT FOR ME. ALL MY YEARS OF TALKING TO MYSELF IN FRON OF THE MIRROR WERE ABOUT TO PAY OFF. - ( jazz music plays ) - SO, I WENT ALONG AND I SANG THIS SONG, AND I IMPROVISED THE ROLE OF BEVERLY, A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN CHANTEUSE. MIKE, GIVE I TO ME, DOLL. NOTHING YOU CAN SAY CAN TEAR ME AWAY - FROM MY GUY - My guy NOTHING YOU CAN DO 'CAUSE I'M STUCK LIKE GLUE - TO MY GUY - My guy I'M STICKING TO MY GUY LIKE A STAMP TO A LETTER LIKE BIRDS OF A FEATHER, WE... STICK TOGETHER I'M TELLING YOU FROM THE START, I CAN' BE TORN APART FROM MY GUY... OH... OOH, I LOVE MOVING MY HANDS LIKE BEVERLY. PLAYING WITH THE MICROPHONE WIRE, WINKING AT FELLOWS IN THE AUDIENCE, SWAYING MY HIPS, FEELING INCREDIBLY DUMB AND LOVING JESUS. DO YOU LOVE JESUS? JESUS LOVES YOU; HE'S IN YOUR BEER. I GAVE MY GUY MY WORD OF HONOR TO BE FAITHFUL AND I'M GONNA YOU'D BEST BE BELIEVING I WON'T BE DECEIVING MY GUY WHAT'D YOU SAY? THERE'S NOT A MAN TODAY WHO CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY GUY. AND THAT GUY IS JESUS! IT'S JESUS! OH, THANK YOU, YOU'RE LOVELY. YOU'RE LOVELY, YOU REALLY ARE. OH, I WAS A BIG HI IN THAT PLAY. IT WAS MY BIG BREAK-- REALLY BIG BREAK. I GOT THE "BEST NEWCOMER" AWARD FROM THE LONDON THEATER CRITICS AND-- - ( audience cheers ) - YEAH, AND THE-- THE BBC OFFERED ME A TELEVISION VARIETY COMEDY SHOW-- - Woman: OH, YEAH? - CALLED "THREE OF A KIND." YEAH YEAH. WITH, UM, A BLACK GUY AND A WHITE GUY... - LENNY HENRY AND-- - Man in audience: YEAH! YEAH! AND DAVID COPPERFIELD. - ( audience cheering ) - NO, NOT THE MAGICIAN. I THINK PEOPLE GET CONFUSED. DAVID COPPERFIELD, - ( audience laughing ) - YEAH YEAH, OH YEAH. OH, YEAH! IT'S NICE TO BE OFFERED-- YOU KNOW, "OOH, A COMEDY SHOW," BUT AT THAT TIME WEREN'T REALLY ALLOWED TO BE FUNNY ON TELEVISION. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXAMPLES. I DIDN'T HAVE A GILDA RADNER, CAROL BURNETT, LILY TOMLIN. MY ONLY POINT OF REFERENCE QUITE HONESTLY WAS THE "BENNY HILL" GIRLS. LOOK AT THE CHARACTER STUDY THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. LOOK, THEY HAD TO WEAR BIKINIS, AND THEY HAD BIG BOOBS-- AND CHASE HIM AROUND, SO I THOUGHT, "I KNOW! WHY CAN'T I DO SKETCHES WHERE I AM... JENNY HILL... AND TOUCH MEN'S BUMS AT BUS STOPS?" ( "Benny Hill Show" music playing ) YEAH! YEAH, THAT SORT OF THING. SO I WASN'T THE BUT OF A SEXUAL JOKE, I'M THE CAUSE OF A SEXUAL JOKE. YEAH, IT'S GOOD. THE BRITISH PUBLIC DIDN'T SEEM TO WORRY ABOU MY LACK OF CLEAVAGE, AND I CAUGHT ON. I CAN'T SAY, "WOW, THEY LIKE ME," AND YOU HAVE TO BE SELF-DEPRECIATING. YOU HAVE TO SAY THINGS LIKE, "UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. I'M TERRIBLE." BUT ANYTHING I DID AT THAT TIME JUST-- IT WAS JUST BRILLIANT, I MEAN, LOOK AT MY STAR. OH, BLOODY HELL. OH OH. OH, MY GOD. OKAY, CALM DOWN. WE DON'T WANT TO BLOW ANY FUSES. ( sniggers ) KAY'D THINK THAT'S REALLY FUNNY. ( mimics ) I LOVE THA SORT OF HUMOR. SO, YEAH, I COULD JUS DO ANYTHING. SO THE MUSIC THING HAPPENED. NOW WHERE WAS I? I WAS AT THE HAIRDRESSER'S. I DECIDED I NEEDED A MORE '80s STYLE. IT'S A BIT '70s, THIS, ISN'T IT? YEAH YEAH, IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE, ISN'T IT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WANT SOMETHING I CAN PUT A BI OF GEL IN. YEAH, THAT'S IT. - WILL I-- - ( audience cheering ) SORT OF LIKE JOHN TAYLOR FROM DURAN DURAN, BUT THE FEMALE VERSION. NOW AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO SCRUNCH-DRY THIS? YOU'RE SURE? YEAH, GET ME A CUP OF TEA AND A "WOMAN'S WEEKLY." SO-- AND A DIGESTIVE BISCUIT! SO I'M AT THE HAIRDRESSER'S, RIGHT? AND I REMEMBER THIS WOMAN LEANT OVER AND SHE SAID, "MY HUSBAND'S GO A RECORD COMPANY CALLED 'STIFF.' DO YOU WAN TO MAKE A RECORD?" I'M LIKE, "YEAH, SURE, I'LL MAKE A RECORD. I CAN DO ANYTHING AT THIS MOMENT, DARLING. HAVE YOU SEEN MY STAR? YES, ABOVE THE SALON HERE, MY STAR. IT'S A BIG BASTARD, ISN'T IT? LOOK AT IT. SO, I WENT ALONG TO MEE THIS CHARISMATIC IRISH RECORD EXECUTIVE AT STIFF, AND HE GAVE ME THIS T-SHIRT. IT'S PRETTY-- IT'S A PRETTY FORWARD BI MERCHANDISING, YOU KNOW? STIFF WAS A REALLY COOL LABEL, ACTUALLY. THEY HAD PEOPLE LIKE ELVIS COSTELLO, DEVO, ROCKPILE, MADNESS, - NOW ME! - ( pop music playing ) THANK YOU, LOVE. IT'S MY FIRST RELEASE. NOW, WE HAD A THEORY AT STIFF RECORDS THAT FASTER WAS BETTER, SO TAKE IT UP A BIT, BOYS, TAKE IT UP A BIT. - ( tempo increases ) - YEAH. YEAH, SEE? YEAH. EVEN MORE, EASE IT UP A NOTCH, UP A NOTCH. - ( tempo increases further ) - YEAH, FASTER... BETTER, YEAH. THE MUSIC PRESS SAID I SOUNDED LIKE MINNIE MOUSE ON HELIUM. I MADE MY RESERVATION I'M LEAVING TOWN TOMORROW I FOUND SOMEBODY NEW AND THERE'LL BE NO MORE SORROW THAT'S WHAT I DO EACH TIME, BUT I CAN'T FOLLOW THROUGH I CAN'T BREAK AWAY THOUGH YOU MAKE ME CRY I CAN'T BREAK AWAY I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE NO, I'LL NEVER, NEVER BREAK AWAY FROM YOU NO NO NO NO-NO NO NO NO NO-NO NO NO NO NO-NO, NO NO... I LIP-SYNCHED MY WAY AROUND EUROPE-- SWEDEN, GERMANY-- STILL GAY, FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN. I WAS #1 IN NORWAY FOR EIGHT WEEKS, GODDAMN IT! EVEN THOUGH YOU TREAT ME BAD AND MANY CRUEL WORDS ARE SPOKEN YOU HAVE GOT A SPELL ON ME THAT JUST CAN'T BE BROKEN NO NO... THE FIRST TWO SINGLES WERE GREAT, THEN THEY GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND THE OUTFITS BECAME CRAZIER AND CRAZIER. NO NO NO NO-NO NO NO... WHAT-- WHA WAS I THINKING? NO NO NO-NO, PUT IT BACK ON! I WORE A LOT OF BOWS IN MY HAIR AT THIS TIME. I WAS DESCRIBED AS "WACKY, STEAMY, ZANY." I WAS GETTING A BIT FED UP WITH IT, ACTUALLY. I REALLY HI ROCK BOTTOM WHEN I WAS ON A TOP-POP TYPE SHOW IN HOLLAND, AND THE HOST-- HE WAS A GUY WITH A RA ON HIS SHOULDER AND A BIG POOFY HAIRSTYLE, SAID TO ME, "HEY, TRACY ULLMAN, HELLO." I SAID, "HELLO." HE SAID, "HA HA HA, CRAZY AS EVER!" ( tempo increases further ) NO NO. NO NO NO. - NO NO NO. NO NO NO! - ( music stops ) - ( music starts ) - NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! - ( music stops, starts ) - NO NO! - ( music starts, stops ) - NO NO! NO MORE! OH. I SORT OF SNAPPED THAT DAY. ( panting ) IT WAS SO BAD, I TOOK MY BOW OFF. TAKE THE BLOODY THING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKE IT OFF ME. GO ON. AND I TELL YOU SOMETHING, THAT BLOODY T-SHIR WAS ABOUT ALL THAT CHARISMATIC IRISH BASTARD GAVE ME. 'CAUSE WHERE WERE MY SODDING ROYALTIES? NOT A PFENNIG, NOT A SOU, NOT A DEUTSCHMARK, NOT A GUILDER. ( yells ) BLOODY RECORD BUSINESS ARE THIEVES! YEAH! SO... IF I COULDN'T GE ANY EUROPEAN DOUGH, I THOUGHT I'D TAKE MY "HIT" OVER THE POND, SO I FLEW TO NEW YORK. ( airplane engine whirrs ) Announcer over P.A.: Last call, British Airways flight 291 to New York, JFK, now boarding at gate 14. Last call for British Airways flight to New York. ON THE WAY OVER, THE CABIN CREW TREATED ME LIKE ROYALTY. AIRLINE STEWARDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO ME. YEAH. I LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF OLDER, AND THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO SERVE. YOU SEE THEM-- ( laughing ) YEAH. ( deep voice ) YOU SEE THEM IN THE CABIN. THEY'RE LIKE, "GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE A COCKTAIL? OF COURSE. ICE WITH THAT? MARVELOUS, SIR. YES, JUST POP YOUR SEATBELT ON? JUST CLICK THE-- OH, THANK YOU." AND THEN THEY GO BACK INTO THE GALLEY AND THEY SAY, ( effeminate voice ) "WELL, I'VE GOT A RIGH BITCH IN 3B." THEY'RE ONLY GAY IN THE GALLEY-- THE GALLEY GAYS. WHEN THEY HAVE A BIT OF A GOSSIP. THEY SAY, "OOH, YOU KNOW SHELLY, ON THE SAN FRAN ROUTE? SHE'S TRYING TO HAVE A BABY, BUT HER OVARIES ARE ALL DEHYDRATED FROM THE ALTITUDE. SHE SHOULD ADOPT A CHINESE BABY LIKE ME AND BARRY-- XIAN SHAO LING FROM THE JIANGSU PROVINCE. IF WE HADN'T ADOPTED HER, THOSE VILLAGERS WERE GOING TO STIR-FRY HER WITH NOODLES AND GINGER. PREPARE THE CABIN FOR LANDING. ( deep voice ) PREPARE THE CABIN FOR LANDING." ( upbeat jazz music playing ) AH. YEAH! - NEW YORK! - ( car horns honking ) WHEN YOU SEE THAT SKYLINE! ( grunts ) I ARRIVED IN NEW YORK. IT WAS BRILLIANT. AND I WAS MET. A GIRL FROM THE RECORD COMPANY MET ME, AND IT WAS MY VERY FIRS NEW YORK JEW. THIS GIRL WAS UNBELIEVABLE. NEVER STOPPED TALKING. "HI, YOU WANT EAT VIETNAMESE? THAI? CHINESE? ITALIAN? THIS IS NEW YORK, I CAN GET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT. FOR $60,000, I CAN GET YOU A WHITE JEWISH BABY BOY." PERSONALLY, I'D RATHER HAVE A CAR, YOU KNOW. SO MY NEW BEST FRIEND DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE ME TO A REAL NEW YORK HOME-- DINNER WITH HER PARENTS ON LONG ISLAND. LONG ISLAND, SO... - ( audience cheering ) - IN THE LIMO-- IN THE LIMO, ON THE WAY OUT THERE, SHE SAID, "MY MOTHER FERN'S FIRST WORDS ARE GOING TO BE, ( New York accent ) 'WELCOME TO BALDWIN.'" SHE WAS RIGHT. EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT. ( chuckles ) HOLD ON, IT'S WORTH IT. ( doorbell chimes "Hava Nagila" ) OH... ( New York accent ) WELCOME TO BALDWIN! TRACEY, TRACEY, COME IN, COME IN, COME IN. OH, YOU'RE FROM EUROPE. HARRY AND I, WE LOVE EUROPE. WE WENT TO SCOTLAND. HARRY GOT THIS ADORABLE LITTLE TAM O' SHANTER, AH! BUT, TRACEY, THE WATER PRESSURE-- NOT GOOD. IT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S A DRIBBLE, YOU KNOW? AND THE TOILETS-- THE TOILETS, THEY DON'T FLUSH WITH ENOUGH FORCE, YOU KNOW? AND WE EA A LOT OF FIBER. YEAH, WE-- ARE YOU HUNGRY? YOU LIKE EGGPLANT? A LATKE? BOILED CANDY? WHAT DO YOU WANT? TAKE, TAKE, PLEASE. KATIE, HELP, COME ON. HARRY, HARRY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE SIT-- DARLING, YOU WANT TO SEE ANY SHOWS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE CITY? OH, YOU WANT TO SEE "DREAMGIRLS"? HARRY! ( chuckles ) HE SAYS, "WHO WANTS TO SEE A SHOW WITH A LO OF SHVATZERS?" NO. BUT TRACEY, DARLING, LET'S FACE IT, THE JEWS WERE SLAVES IN EGYPT FOR 300 YEARS, AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING? WE GOT OVER IT. TRACEY, ARE YOU JEWISH? WELL YOU'RE SO CLEVER, YOU MUST BE. AND ISN'T THA THE STAR OF DAVID OVER YOUR HEAD, DARLING? WE WENT TO ISRAEL LAST YEAR. OY! "EL AL"-- THE BEST. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN MRI MACHINE TO GET THROUGH SECURITY. UNBELIE-- KATIE! EAT YOUR VEGETABLES OR YOU'LL GET CANCER! THEY JUST TOOK FELICE INTO SINAI MEMORIAL, OY, CHRIST! THEY CUT HER OPEN, THEY TOOK ONE LOOK INSIDE, THEY JUST SEWED HER RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN. WHAT A SHANDA! BUT TRACEY-- HAPPIER THOUGHTS, HAPPIER THOUGHTS. MY DAUGHTER SHEILA, SHE GOT MARRIED LAST MONTH. YOU GOTTA SEE THE VIDEO. HARRY, GET THE THING WITH THE-- GET THE THING WITH THE THING-- WE HAD CHOPPED LIVER SWANS, - YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS. - ( "Hava Nagila" plays ) THAT WAS MY IDEA! YOU KNOW THIS, TRACEY? THEY DO THIS IN ENGLAND, RIGHT? YEAH, THIS IS THE WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT, I TELL YOU. WHEN I'M IN BOCA, I AQUACIZE WITH THE GIRLS. STOP MY THIGHS FROM GOING CONDO. ( laughs ) OH, BEAUTIFUL! LOOK, SO BEAU-- ( sniffs ) OY! OY, HARRY, THE RUGELAGH'S BURNING! HARRY, THE RUGELAGH'S BURNING! GET THE CARROTS! OY... AS THEY WERE ARGUING, DANCING, AND LOVING EACH OTHER, I GOT A CAB BACK INTO THE CITY. GOD, NEW YORK CAB DRIVERS ARE SO DIFFEREN YOU KNOW? THEY WERE FROM REALLY STRANGE COUNTRIES I'D JUST NEVER HEARD OF. YOU KNOW, THE STAN COUNTIES, AND THEY-- YEAH, THEY LOOK LIKE THIS GUY. I REMEMBER-- I REMEMBER GETTING IN THIS GUY'S CAB, OH, HE WAS SO ANGRY, YOU KNOW? AND THE SMELL-- THE SMELL OF THE AFTERSHAVE AND HE LOOKED AROUND AT ME AND SAID ( in deep voice ) "HEY, BABY, YOU LIKE SEX? HUH HUH?" YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP FRON LIKE THAT, AND I'M, "WELL, I DON'T KNOW," JUST SITTING IN BACK OF THE CAB. AND HE SAID, "YEAH, CHICKS REALLY LIKE ME, I'M A CHICK MAGNET, HUH?" AND IF HE HADN'T BEEN BEHIND THE WHEEL, I IMAGINE THA HE WOULD SORT OF DANCE LIKE THIS-- THIS MUSIC IN HIS CAB. - ( Middle Eastern music plays ) - YEAH. LIKE, "UH-UH-UH." YOU KNOW? LIKE, "PELVIC THRUSTING, YOU KNOW?" COME UP TO YOU IN A CLUB AND "UH-UH-UH." AND I'M SITTING THERE, LOOKING AT THIS FELLOW, AND ALL I'M THINKING IS, "OOH, HOW CAN I LOOK LIKE HIM? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO LOOK LIKE THIS BLOKE?" HAIR! LOTS OF HAIR! YEAH AND A LEATHER JACKET, AND A MEDALLION, AND, CONDOMS. AND EVEN MORE... HAIR HAIR HAIR. "OOH, HUH, HUH... THIS IS JUS THE GROIN REGION, MY FRIEND, EH? HUH, BABY, YEAH!" AND THEN-- OOH, I NEED A... PENIS PENIS PENIS, LIKE I'VE GOT A PENIS-- YOU WANT A PENIS, FUCKING CRAZY BITCH? YES! ( giggles ) I REALLY DO. I WANT A PENIS. OH, YOU FUCKING LET ME SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PENISES-- IF I WORE A PENIS LIKE-- WHAT, YOU FUCKING INSULT ME? FUCKING INSULT ME WITH THIS, YOU PIECE OF SHIT? I PUSH YOU INTO THE SEA! FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU! OH, NO, DON'T WORRY, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE-- "HEY-Y! THAT'S MORE LIKE IT, MY FRIEND! THIS IS MORE LIKE IT, MY FRIEND, MY FRIEND! HEY, NOW YOU'RE TALKING PENIS, MY FRIEND!" EH, BABY! CATCH! YOU KNOW? YOU'RE GOING TO GE VERY LUCKY TONIGHT. ( trills ) WHOO! YEAH! SO I LOVED AMERICA. THERE WERE SO MANY NEW PEOPLE FOR ME TO IMITATE! BRILLIANT! I COULD IMITATE ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE. I WANTED TO STAY, AND LUCKILY, I COULD, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME I MET AND MARRIED A BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT MAN, CALLED ALLAN McKEOWN. AND... NOT ONLY IS HE A COCKNEY FELLOW IN THE STYLE OF MICHAEL CAINE, BUT HE ALSO HAPPENED TO BE A BIG TV TYCOON. AND HE HAD STEVEN SPIELBERG'S OLD HOUSE IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS, AND HERE WE ARE, GETTING MARRIED IN OUR GARDEN. LOOK AT HIM! HE'S ALL NERVOUS, 'CAUSE I MADE HIM-- I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SHOUTING. I'M ALWAYS SHOUTING-- I MADE HIM GIVE UP DRINK, DRUGS AND PLAYBOY BUNNY GIRLS. SO, HE'S LIKE-- YEAH, OUR BEST MAN SAID, "BASICALLY, TRACEY HAS RUINED ALAN'S LIFE." I'M ALL RIGHT, THOUGH, AIN'T I, AL? HE ALWAYS SAYS, "SHE'S A NICE LITTLE EARNER, MY TRACE. NICE LITTLE EARNER." HE WAS GREAT. SO I GOT MARRIED AND I GOT AN AGENT, ALL IN THE SAME WEEK. IT'S HOLLYWOOD, ISN'T IT? AND THEN I DID WHAT A LOT OF ACTRESSES DO WHEN THEY FIRST GET TO L.A., AND THERE'S A CHANCE THEY MIGHT MAKE IT-- I GOT PREGNANT. MY AGENT WAS NO AS THRILLED AS I WAS. SO I'M PREGNANT, I'M SITTING AROUND THE HOUSE, AND OH, I DIDN'T FEEL GOOD I FELT LIKE A BIG BLOB. I LAY ON THE BED AND I ATE A LOT, AND I WATCHED A LO OF MORNING TELEVISION. NOT MORNING-- EVEN WORSE, MID-MORNING TELEVISION. I WATCHED RERUNS OF REALLY BAD '70s TV SHOWS, - LIKE THIS ONE. - ( theme music playing ) THIS SORT OF SHOWS, THEY'RE ALWAYS ON AT 11:30 IN THE MORNING. LOOK, THE ACTRESSES, THEY'VE ALL GO THESE BIG ACRYLIC NAILS, THEY ALL LOOK-- OH, GOD GOD GOD! AND SHE'S GOT-- OH, GOD, LOOK! OH, LOOK AT THE COLLAGEN. LOOK, SOME COLLAGEN. LOOK, I HAVE COLLAGEN IN MY LIPS. MY SURGEON'S AN ARTIST, HE PUTS JUST JUS THE RIGHT AMOUNT IN TO LOOK NATURAL. AND I HAVE BOTOX, TOO. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW-- TELL ME MY DOG IS DEAD. MY DOG IS-- MY DOG IS DEAD! MY DOG IS DEAD! OH, MY DOG IS DEAD! YOU SEE, I CAN-- I HAVE ALL THE EXPRESSIONS. THEY'RE ALL THERE. MY SURGEON'S SO WONDERFUL. SO... I WATCHED SO MUCH OF THIS CRAP AS I GOT FATTER AND FATTER... AND THE BIG BOOBS START GOING ON. OH, BLIMEY, LOOK AT MY TRIANGULARS NOW. OH, BLIMEY, I FELT WEIRD. I'D JUST WANDERED AROUND THE BEVERLY CENTER. YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STRETCH PANTS WHEN YOU'RE IN THIS SITUATION. AND I WAS REALLY BORED, ACTUALLY, AND I MISSED WORKING, 'CAUSE I'D ALWAYS BEEN BUSY, AND SO IN MY EIGHTH MONTH OF MY PREGNANCY-- IT WAS GREAT, PENNY MARSHALL CALLED ME. OKAY? IT'S THE ONLY PENNY MARSHALL THING I CAN DO-- "OKAY? I'VE GOT A BIT "L" HERE, LOOK, I'M LAVERNE, LAVERNE." AND SHE SAID WOULD I LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BI ON A MOVIE SHE WAS DOING CALLED "JUMPIN' JACK FLASH" WITH WHOOPI GOLDBERG. "YEAH, GREAT! I LIKE HER." SHE SAID, "YOU CAN PLAY A PREGNANT BRITISH DIPLOMAT'S WIFE." BRILLIANT. SUITS ME, DOESN'T IT? I SAID, "RIGHT, WHAT TIME IS MY MAKEUP CALL?" "5:00 A.M." OY... COME ON, BABY. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET UP TOMORROW. SO, OFF YOU GO. OFF TO WORK WE GO. TAKE A SEAT, HONEY, I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YA. JEEZ, GODDAMN PORTA-POTTY'S BACKING UP AGAIN IN THIS TRAILER. YEAH. WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONIN'. I TELL YA SOMETHING, HONEY, WHEN THE CHOCKS AREN'T DOWN, WE'RE ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' HERE. OKAY, HONEY, TAKE A SEAT, I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YA. I GOTTA LOOK BEAUTIFUL TOO. OH YEAH. OH, MMM. THIS IS FOR MY ALLERGIES. IT'S LIKE AN ANTIHISTAMINE. THAT'S LOS ANGELES FOR YA. - HI. YEAH. - ( audience cheering ) I'M RUBY ROMAINE. I'M A MAKEUP ARTISTE. ( slurs ) I'M NOT A STAR, I'M A STAR-MAKER, YEAH. OKAY, HONEY. OH, NOW IS THAT A COSTUME OR ARE YOU REALLY KNOCKED UP? JEEZ, YOU ACTRESSES-- HEY HEY, OH, DON'T-- NO NO NO, DON'T STEP INTO TRAILER LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A C-SECTION. OH, YEAH. I SEE IT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, I WAS... ON THE "BEACH BLANKE BINGO" PICTURE WITH A YOUNG GO-GO DANCER, AND SHE SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, HER BABY WAS BORN WITH SCALES. YEAH. SHE-- ( stammers ) SHE COULDN' BREAST-FEED I ON ACCOUNT OF IT ONLY BEING PART MAMMAL. YEAH. SO THIS LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S LUCKY. SHE'S A LITTLE SLU AND MARRIED THE PRODUCER, AND THEY KEP THAT KID IN A TANK ON THEIR LANAI FOR 27 YEARS. NEVER PUT I IN A HOME. HEY, HONEY, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF YOU NEED A WET NURSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE BABY, LET ME KNOW, 'CAUSE WHEN I HAD MY BUDDY, I BREAST-FED THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. OH YEAH! I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. I HAD BOSOMAS OUT HERE, I HAD HAIR IN ALL THREE LOCATIONS, YEAH. YEAH. I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, HONEY, I STILL LACTATE. I DO! I STILL LACTATE. HERE. HOLD ON, I'LL GET SOME OUT FOR YOU NOW. OH, WE'VE GOT A MINUTE. I GOTTA SHOW YOU, THIS IS INCREDIBLE. LOOK. MAKE A CRY LIKE A BABY-- ( raspy cry ) OOH, I'M TINGLIN'. OH HELL, I'M LETTIN' DOWN NOW. IT'S LIKE A MASS-- NO, I MASSAGE THIS AREA HERE. ( mumbles ) ...LIMPHAS. I'M NOT DRUNK. AND WHAT COMES OUT NOW IS KIND OF LIKE HALF AND HALF. - BUT-- - Man: MISS GOLDBERG NEEDS YOU ON THE SET, MISS ROMAINE. OH OH, I GOTTA GO, HONEY. A STAR NEEDS ME. YOU'RE JUST A BIT PLAYER. I'M GONNA NEED MY COCOA POWDER AND THE CARIBBEAN SUNSE BASE, YEAH. SO JEEZ, THOSE BLACK ARTISTES, THEY SWEAT UP A LOT, YEAH. THEY DO. I TELL YOU, WORST I HAD I WAS WITH THA MR. SIDNEY POITIER. OY, JEEZ. I TELL YOU SOMETHING, HONEY, THAT MAN, HE SPRUNG A LEAK. OH GOD, HORRIBLE WOMAN. UGH, SHE SMELLS OF ALCOHOL AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING. THIS LIPSTICK SHE'S PUT ON ME, LIKE I'M HEDY LAMARR IN A SWORD-AND-SANDALS MOVIE OR SOMETHING. UGH, GOD. I HATE THOSE OLD WOMEN THAT KEEP SAYING WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT, "OH, DON'T DO THIS. THAT'LL HURT THE BABY." I HATE THAT. I'LL DO WHAT I WANT. I'VE STAYED VERY FI IN MY PREGNANCY. I COULD TOUCH MY TOES. ( grunting ) OH! OH! OH, MY GOD! OH, LOOK, MY WATERS HAVE EXPLODED. OH, NO, IT'S ALL RUNNING DOWN THE TRAILER. - OH, NO. OHH! - Man: QUIET, PLEASE! WE'RE SHOOTING. ( screams ) I CAN'T HELP IT, I'M ABOUT TO HAVE A TRUCK DRIVEN THROUGH MY VAGINA! AH! OH, GOD, IT'S REALLY PAINFUL. WHAT DID THE LAMAZE TEACHER SAY? SH-SH-SH-SH. THAT DOESN'T HELP. IT BLOODY HURTS! ( screams ) OW! ( baby crying ) MABEL ELLEN McKEOWN. SHE WAS BORN ON THE 2nd OF APRIL, 1986. SHE WEIGHED 8 LBS., 14 OZ. ( giggles ) YEAH, AND MY EPISIOTOMY WENT FROM HERE... TO HERE, AND I HAD A BUMPER STICKER MADE THAT SAID, "I LOVE EPIDURALS!" ( giggles ) YES. BABIES ARE WONDERFUL, BUT THEY KEEP YOU BUSY. OOH, YES, REMEMBER THIS? YOU SWAY, YOU BUY A LOT OF CRAP TO KEEP THEM HAPPY-- SWINGS AND BOUNCY CHAIRS, AND ALL THE BUGGIES. I TELL YOU WHAT, THE ULTIMATE ACCESSORY FOR ANY NEW MOM, HERE SHE IS-- A NANNY. OH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK. COME ON. NOW WHAT SHE LIKES TO DO IS-- - ( theme music plays ) - M.C.: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE GIRL YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF... ON FOX, THE NEW NETWORK THAT BARELY EXISTS, TRACEY ULLMAN! THANK YOU! THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING TO THE SHOW. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY CAST-- DAN CASTALLANETA, SAM McMURRAY, JOE MALONE, AND THE... ( mimics ) INIMITABLE JULIE KAVNER. ( blows kisses ) YOU KNOW, I SHOULDN' REALLY DO THIS, 'CAUSE SHE HATES ME IMITATING HER. ( mimicking ) TRACEY! WHOA, MAN, WHOA, MAN, I DON'T TALK LIKE THAT. AND SHE DOES AN IMPERSONATION OF ME. SHE GOES, ( mimics with British accent ) HELLO, I'M TRACY. I'M FROM ENGLAND. WOW, JULIE, THAT'S UNCANNY, BUT-- AWW. BUT HER VOICE IS HER FORTUNE, AND SHE IS NOW FOREVER IMMORTALIZED AS THE VOICE OF MARGE SIMPSON. - ( audience cheers ) - YEAH YEAH YEAH! YES YES, "THE SIMPSONS." THEY HAVE THE LITTLE THREE-MINUTE CARTOON SEGMENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SHOW. YEAH, SO I BREAST-FED THE YELLOW PEOPLE. YEAH, THEY'RE-- OH, I HEAR THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR OWN SHOW. YES, THAT'S GREAT. I WISH I COULD GET THREE MINUTES IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MERCHAND-- THERE'S GOING TO BE DVDs AND BOOKS, AND CEREALS, AND CANDY BARS, AND SUPPOSITORIES, AND BARBEQUES, AND BATH FOAM, AND TAMPONS-- BUT I'M NOT BITTER. I'M NOT BITTER, YOU KNOW, THAT BART SIMPSON MAKES MORE MONEY THAN ME. WHAT CAN HE BUY? HE'S A CARTOON, ISN'T HE? YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN HERE? A 4'11" PERUVIAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. OH, YES, THEY USE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THESE OUTFITS, YOU KNOW. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THEM. LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT'S PURE TRACEY ULLMAN. - GO HOME. - ( audience cheers ) GO HOME! - ( upbeat music playing ) - GO HOME, GO HOME, GO HOME! GO HOME, GO HOME, GO HOME, GO HOME, GO HOME! YEAH, "NOT BITTER"? PLEASE! I REPRESENTED FOX IN THE LAWSUI WHEN TRACY ULLMAN TRIED TO SUE FOR 10% OF THE LITTLE YELLOW PEOPLE. SHE DIDN'T GET IT. LIKE SOME SCHIZOPHRENIC LIMEY'S GONNA GET BIG DOUGH OUT OF RUPERT MURDOCH, PLEASE! JORDAN, ARE YOU ENJOYING THE SHOW? YEAH, SURE, YOU'RE GAY. YOU LIKE THE DANCING. ( exhales ) I GOTTA PEE. GET ME A REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP, OR SOMETHING. - EXCUSE ME. - OW! WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? BITCH. ( grunts ) GOD... OKAY, THERE'S A HOMELAND SECURITY ALERT. YOU'VE GOT TO CLEAR THE THEATER. PULL YOUR PANTYHOSE UP IN THE STREET. WHAT'S THE MATTER, YOU WANT TO DIE? GET OUT OF HERE! GOD, UGH! I HATE THEATER. YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. YOU GET THERE, YOU HAVE THE CAR VALETED. ( grunts ) YOU GET A BLACK RUSSIAN AND A BROWNIE... ( grunts ) AND IT'S SHIT! I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SECOND HALF OF ANYTHING IN OVER 15 YEARS... ( grunts ) UNTIL LAST WEEK. I SAW A PLAY. IT'S NOT REALLY A PLAY, IT'S MORE LIKE A THEATRICAL EVENT. OH! IT WAS SOMETHING I COULD REALLY GE MY TEETH INTO. - ( Irish dance music plays ) - OH! "RIVERDANCE," TAKE ME AWAY! AH! OH, THEY DO THIS THING WHERE THEIR FEET ARE LIKE LITTLE PONIES. IT'S WHAT THE IRISH DID TO STOP THEMSELVES FROM STARVIN' TO DEATH. ( laughs ) AH! OH! OH, BEGORRAH, TOP O' THE MORNIN' TO YA. ( squawking ) HUH? ( squawks ) AHH! AHH! - ( music ends ) - YEAH! DON'T FUCK WITH THE LORD OF THE DANCE! - ( Irish music plays ) - ( squawking ) HA! DID YOU GET ME A REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP? WHAT'S THIS? AN ORGANIC SOY SLICE? UGH! TAKE IT! OH, GOD. I HOPE THE SECOND HALF IS SHORTER THAN THE FIRST. HOW OLD IS TRACY ULLMAN? DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH MENOPAUSE WITH HER? ( audience cheering ) THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AFTER "THE TRACY ULLMAN SHOW," RIGHT, I TOOK A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OFF TO HAVE MY SECOND CHILD, AN EDIBLE INFAN WHO ROCKED MABEL'S WORLD. - HERE'S JOHNNY! - Mr. Johnny Johntini. - Hello. - AHH! HE'S EDIBLE! OH, MY JOHNNY, JOHNNY, JOHNNY! BUT HE WAS THE BLOODY GERALD FORD OF TODDLERS. HE FELL OVER, HE PUT BANANAS IN THE VCR, ONE OF THOSE KIND OF KIDS, BUT THROUGHOUT, HE WAS SO APOLOGETIC. HE'D GO, ( mimics ) "OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT." YOU GO, "OH, JOHNNY, DARLING, YOU'VE JUS CUT ALL THE WIRES TO THE NINTENDO." "SORRY ABOUT THAT." "YOU WON'T DO IT AGAIN, WILL YOU?" "NO." "YOU JUST DID IT AGAIN!" "SORRY ABOUT THAT." OH, GOD, IT WAS-- I LOVE BEING A FULL-TIME MOM, BUT IT WAS GETTING A BIT TOUGH. IT WAS FIVE YEARS WITH A DRUNK MIDGET. AND I FOUND MYSELF IN STORES, IMITATING PEOPLE, AND LOOKING AT PEOPLE, AND LISTENING TO THEIR VOICES. LIKE, WE'D GO TO THIS DOUGHNUT STORE, ( mimics ) THE YANKEE DOODLE DOUGHNUT STORE, YAY! MISS NOH NANG NING, SHE'D GO, "OH, DON'T CHOKE ON THAT DOUGHNUT, YEAH. CHOKE ON THAT DOUGHNUT. YOU WANT DOUGHNUT? OH, LITTLE BOY THROW DOUGHNUT ON FLOOR!" "SORRY ABOUT THAT!" AND THEN I BECAME FASCINATED BY THE BLACK WOMEN THAT WORKED - THE AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKS. - ( audience cheering ) YEAH, WHOO, YEAH. ( mimics ) BODY SEARCH! YOU ARE IN THE BODY SEARCH ZONE! THEY HOLD COMPLETE POWER OVER THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR THAT MOMEN AS YOU GO THROUGH. THEY WOULD LOOK AT ME AS I WENT THROUGH, AND THERE'D BE THA FAINT RECOGNITION. THEY'D GO, ( mimics ) "YOU ON TV? IT'S HER! IT'S HER! IT'S THAT CRAZY IT'S-- IT'S TRACEY ULLMAN, TRACEY ULLMAN. OH, YOU'RE CRAZY, GIRL! YOU THE BOMB-BIGGITY. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SHOW? YOU GOTTA MEET TYRONE, YOU GOTTA MEET TYRONE AT CONFISCATED FOOD AND GUNS 'CAUSE HE LOVES TV. HE LOVES TV. WE HAD BARBARA STREISAND THROUGH HERE LAST WEEK-- BABY, THE MIRROR GO TWO FACES AND FOUR CHINS." ( chortles ) OH, I-- WHOO! ALL THIS. AND I WANTED TO BECOME THESE PEOPLE AGAIN, NOT JUST IMITATE THEM WHEN I READ THE CHILDREN BEDTIME STORIES. THEY'D GO, "MOM, STOP DOING THE VOICES, JUST READ THE STORY!" "OH, ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY." AND I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK, WHEN I NEED TO DO IT AGAIN-- WHEN I FIND MYSELF GOING TO THE BEDROOM WHERE I KEEP MY BOX OF WIGS. AND I TAKE THEM OUT OF THE OLD HAMPER, AND I STROKE THEM LIKE CATS AND I TALK TO THEM. SO IT'S LIKE, OH, HELLO, KAY. ( mimicking various ) "HELLO, MISS ULLMAN. I'D LIKE TO SING AND DANCE AND ACT AGAIN, AND GET SOME ATTENTION." WOULD YOU, DARLING? WOULD YOU? WHAT I REALLY WAN IS FOR ME TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU, HUH? HUH? A REAL MERCY HUMP, HUH HUH HUH? OH, MY GOODNESS, MOTHER WOULD THINK YOU WERE DISGUSTING, BUT YOU DO GYRATE BEAUTIFULLY. ( sniggers ) EH, BABY, BABY. YOU KNOW, I REALLY FIND MIDDLE EASTERN MEN VERY ATTRACTIVE. OH, THE MEN-- MEN AT MY ARCO STATION ARE WONDERFUL. THEY SAW MY SHOWS DUBBED IN THE YEMEN. CAN YOU IMAGINE YEMENESE COMING OU OF MY MOUTH? ( chuckles ) YEAH, WE GO A FAMILY LIKE THA LIVING ON OUR STREET. THEY GOT A CAMEL IN THE BACKYARD... TILL THAT DONALD RUMSFELD CAME AND PUT 'EM IN ONE OF THOSE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. YEAH. OH, GOD, YOU'RE ALL SO RACIS AND ANGRY AND HORRIBLE. WE'VE GOT TO UNITE, AND FIND PEACE IN THE WORLD! DO YOU KNOW THA THERE ARE AFRICAN WOMEN EVERY DAY LOSING THEIR CLITORISES? HEY, I COULD FIND THEM, HUH HUH? YOU KNOW, A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A CLITORECTOMY FOR AN ARAB PRINCE, BUT HE MADE IT UP TO HER. HE GAVE HER A MASERATI AND A MINK COAT, ( chuckles ) SO IT WAS OKAY. OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T MIX MUCH WITH THE MIDDLE EASTERN CREWS. NO, THEY KEEP VERY MUCH TO THEMSELVES. NO, I LIKE TO PARTY WITH THE "VIRGIN" STEWARDESSES, - DON'T YOU? - YES, OH, NEVER WAS AN AIRLINE SO INAPPROPRIATELY NAMED. ( laughs ) OY, OY! GOD, I'VE BEEN IN HERE A LONG TIME! HEY HEY, TRACEY, PLEASE, I HATE TO FLY. I KNOW YOU HATE TO FLY. I HATE IT! OY, CHRIST, I GET SO NERVOUS. IF A PLANE DOESN'T EXPLODE IN MID-AIR AND PLUMME TO THE GROUND, THAT'S A GOOD FLIGHT, RIGHT? YES, I KNOW. FUCK YOU! AMERICANS ARE SO NEUROTIC, CRAZY CRAZY! BABY, I LIKE YOUR NIPPLES THROUGH YOUR VEST! OH, MY GOD, WOMEN ARE SO SUBJUGATED! MALE MACHISMO IS SO OUT OF CONTROL! I DON'T THINK SHE LIKES THA VERY MUCH, SIR. WHAT? YOU'RE EMBARRASSING THE YOUNG LADY. FUCK YOU, MY FRIEND! FUCK YOU, MY FRIEND! OH, THAT'S NOT-- FUCKING FRUITY FACE, FUCKING FRUITY FAGGOT-- HEY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT, SIR. BODY SEARCH! YOU GOTTA CLEAR THE BODY SEARCH ZONE! EVERYBODY OUT OF THIS BODY SEARCH ZONE RIGHT NOW! YOU! NAPPY HAIR! NAPPY HAIR! DO NOT-- DO NOT MAKE ME USE THIS WAND! DO NOT-- OY, CHRIST, IT'S THE WOMAN WHO GAVE ME SUCH A THOROUGH BODY SEARCH, I GOT A FREE PAP SMEAR. OY! OY! DON'T SAY, "OY," SAY, "HO." YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT, LADY? I GOT A FORM FOR THAT. BEND OVER. UGH! I REMEMBER WHEN L.A.X. WAS TWO GATES AND AN ORANGE TREE. NOW IT'S TURNED INTO BOOM-SHAKALAKA TOWN. OH, THAT'S NAUGHTY. THAT'S HORRIBLE. YOU HORRIBLE OLD WOMAN. GET BACK IN THERE. STOP IT. STOP IT. I'M COMING, I'M COMING. I'M SORRY, KIDS. SORRY ABOUT THAT, JOHNNY. GET BACK IN THERE. OY, CHRIST, HELP ME! SHUT UP. SHUT UP, FERN! STOP COMPLAINING! OY, IT'S SO HOT IN HERE! SHUT UP! HELP ME! - ( audience cheering ) - SHUT UP! NO! NO, SHUT UP. NOT YET! THE VOICES, THE VOICES! I'M A HAPPY SCHIZOPHRENIC. YES, THE BLOODY VOICES START, AND I KNOW IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK, SO I CREATED "TRACEY TAKES ON..." FOR HBO. HBO! COOL! LET ME DO WHAT I WANT TO DO! AND ALL THE PEOPLE I'D MET, THEY ALL WEN INTO THIS SHOW. I'VE GOT TREVOR AND RUBY AND SYDNEY AND KAY AND NOH NAN NING, AND SO, YEAH-- WHAT I'VE REALIZED IN DOING THIS SHOW, ACTUALLY, - WHAT I'VE REALIZED IS THAT... - ( soft piano music plays ) WHAT I DO TODAY IS REALLY NO THAT DIFFEREN THAN THE SHOW I DID IN MOMMY'S BEDROOM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. ( chuckles ) I MEAN, IT'S A FEW MORE PROPS AND LIGHTS, AND MONEY AND THINGS, BUT... GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY LOVE THIS, AMERICA. WHAT I'VE REALIZED IS, AS WELL, IT OBVIOUSLY IS MY OWN PERSONAL FORM OF COUNSELING AND THERAPY THAT I DIDN'T GE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND MY DAD DIED. RIGHT? OH, GOSH, NOW IT'S ALL TINGLING AND-- OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT. - COME ON, NO NO NO NO. - ( music stops ) IT'S THAT SORT OF JOHN-TESH-AT-THE-OLYMPICS MUSIC. NO, AND HOPEFULLY, I'M ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH ALL THIS, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS, 'CAUSE I LOVE DOING IT! ( audience cheering ) I LOVE IT! AND I'VE GOT USED TO HAVING MY STAR. IT'S BEEN WITH ME OVER 30 YEARS, AND AS YOU GET TO BE AN OLDER TROLL, THIS LIGHT HELPS THE EXPRESSION FOLDS AND WRINKLES. SO YEAH, I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS, - BECAUSE... - ( pop music plays ) I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW OH, BABY, I COULD LEAVE YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW AND WHY SHOULD I BE LONELY EVERY NIGHT WHEN I CAN BE WITH YOU? OH, YES, YOU MAKE IT RIGHT AND I DON'T LISTEN TO THE GUYS WHO SAY THAT YOU'RE BAD FOR ME AND I SHOULD TURN YOU AWAY 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF LOVE WHY SHOULD I MATTER TO US IF THEY DON' APPROVE? WE SHOULD JUST TAKE OUR CHANCES WHILE WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE BABY THERE'S NO NEED FOR LIVING IN THE PAST NOW I'VE FOUND GOOD LOVE AND GONNA MAKE IT LAST I TELL THE OTHERS, DON'T BOTHER ME 'CAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU THEY DON'T SEE WHAT I SEE NO, I DON'T LISTEN TO THEIR WASTED LINES GOT MY EYES WIDE OPEN AND I SEE THE SIGNS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF LOVE ( audience cheering ) THANK YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GO HOME. I LOVE YOU. GO HOME. GO HOME. |
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