Tracey Ullman On Arianna On "State Of The Union"

Tracey Ullman's new sketch comedy series on Showtime features repeated segments of Ullman portraying HuffPost founder and Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington. Watch the two clips from this week's episode, and one clip from the Series Premiere:

Earlier: Tracey Ullman Shows Off Arianna Impression

Comments

[WoodyCPM]

Ullman is a genius. Her wit and timing is so fast and so subtle and so compact, that too many people can't "hear" it. This is humor for the thinking classes! This isn't vulgar, hateful, foul-mouthed "humor". Her acts are in the Lilly Tomlin school of comedy. She's not skewering every "character" she mimics, she's actually showing how much she admires them by getting there personas down so incredibly accurate and then has a bit of fun with it.

She's had a devoted following here in the U.S. but never a huge hit as she has been in the U.K., Australia and Canada.

[JScott]

Tracey do Ann Coulter mentioned in the sketch, you can skewer her!!!!!

[Bulbul]

I am on a temporary setup, no speakers.
But what I know, Ulman is a very good friend of Aryaana,. who is Greek , and at least bilingual or may be more. That is what in Europians are, people speakes several languages and good in all. She also have a rather heavy accent (that is why she is the target), but, have an excellent command in her language skills.
Don`t we all know that...

And that is why America is called the melting pot.

[gluvox12]

Bad writing. Stupid puns. That was the opposite of funny. Was Tracy Ullman always so banal? I can't remember - the 80s were so long ago.

[presto]

Seriously? Life isn't working for you? Laugh a little.

[ArabianMonkey]

LMAO!!!!!!! :D

[LAcarlito]

Tracey Ullman has always been under-appreciated. What a talent. It was her show that gave the Simpsons their start. How sad is that? I wonder if Tracey gets any royalties from Matt Groening for giving him that start...oh well.

Arianna is a good sport for putting these spots on here. Her new show is very funny, but it is too critical of America. Rural America won't get it. Her show will only play well in Marin County and big cities (you know, the Obama voter). :-)

[presto]

You make Obama sound good. Class snobbery is not very attractive.

[WoodyCPM]

What rural America gets is tiresome, parochial, elitist commentary like yours. Obama has won primaries in rural states. Not everyone who lives in the country is a hayseed in the same measure that not everyone who lives in the city is smart or wealthy. Jeesh, grow up.

[flacon]

Tracey was the lowest rated show in TV! Week after week I watched and marveled at her enormous talent. I used to tell people to watch because she was Lucy and Carole Burnett all in one. One of the funniest shows Ever!

Sadly, these two clips stink! Tracey, you're trying too hard. Stick with what you know.

[presto]

C'mon flacon - she nailed Arianna.

[lenners]

hah! that was great.

[ginnypoo]

I wanted her to make fun of the time Bill Clinton turned her down for an affair...nothing else explains AH putting bad pics of Hillary up every day...it's the old woman-scorned story. Sorry AH if you weren't his type, get over it now. Your woman-scorned problem is ruining your website..I suggest therapy.

[presto]

I'm a Hillary fan, but this is embarassing.

[Bulbul]

agree..add Dowd to the list..

[Triangle1]

She should have done a routine that showed Arianna backstabbing Hillary and going ape-shoot over Obama.

[Bulbul]

would be good but Ulman is a friend of the Boss here.

[nellpost]

Couldn't have said it better myself! Such hate toward hillary!

[venicesurfer]

wow, she nailed it.

[bas1311]

Tracy Ullman has done some wonderful things, not the least of which is championing the Simpsons, albeit the scary looking ones. However, this is just not funny at all. The impression is ok, but if you're going to do sketches the words that are spoken also have to be funny. This just comes off as kind of lame and boring.

[Alvin4NY]

I agree. Tracy is one of the funniest women alive, but this clip is not funny. It's also a bad impression. She didn't capture the essence of Arianna at all.

[GoodbyeKitty]

I have been a huge fan of Tracey Ullman since the 80's, but even I have to admit that this stuff is a bit old. It comes across as mean spirited and not too terribly funny. I think she has been eclipsed by others like Catherine Tate.

Too bad, I really was excited that she was coming back with a new series

[gdkzen]

That line about the dress being worn by Ed Begley's wife is hilarious.

[ghostsofamerica]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-christine-miller/emwhats-my-logoem-arianna_b_95337.html



The Feminine mystiqueof Arianna Huffington

[palealien]

"A Wikipedia-scented candle, how original!"

[robbo24]

Not funny.

[RobertaWa]

But my favorite Tracey character of ALL time was..........Ruby Romaine!

She was really the best........

[rjlwis]

She is one talented lady. Her work is usually right on the mark. It seems a waste that she is not on network television on a regular basis...Oh by the way, Tracey is good too!

[transendentilist]

You should see her impression of Renee Zellweiger. Too funny. Tracey is quite talanted. She also brought us The Simpsons.

[Raymondf]

Very funny Tracy is better as Arianna than Arianna herself, loved it .

[RichDavid]

This is so funny......However no one does Arianna better than Arianna...
You go girl....We love you !

[JScott]

Watched the clip on youtube....so it does the same thing as the clip on the view she talks about Green Acres and is it ZsaZsa or Eva Gabor that was the smart one-it's brief but a hoot!!!!!

[Ariadne]

I love that Tracy.

[jimchap]

me too, I just wish she was......funny.

[transendentilist]

Call the morgue, your sense of humor is dead.

[plutorage]

Who is agape?? Maybe he indulged in the viagra in the goodie bag and walked off in a Huff!!

[piquet]

Tracy does a perfect Arianna ...Love it!