Tracey Ullman’s Dislike Of The Simpsons Nearly Led It To An Early Grave
Now on its 34th season (or 734th episode), “The Simpsons” owes a lot to Tracey Ullman, whose show got the soon-to-be iconic family on TV for the first time. It’s why it’s a little surprising to learn that Tracey herself wasn’t that big of a fan of their original shorts. “Tracey was not fond of The Simpsons,” said Ken Estin, a TV producer who co-created “The Tracey Ullman Show.” “She was not fond of any of the bumpers, because she didn’t think they were the quality of her show.”
To be fair…
Although the characters in these original shorts had the same names and the same general character design, they weren’t really the Simpsons we’ve all gotten to know over the past thirty years. There are not even any of the hundreds of memorable side characters throughout Springfield that helped make “The Simpsons” so long-lasting. (The first recurring secondary character is Krusty the Clown, who shows up in the thirty-fifth short.) Even after it became its own show, most fans agree that it wasn’t until around season 3 that it was firmly in its golden era.
‘I breast-fed those little devils’
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More recently, Ullman hosted the comedy shows “Tracey Ullman’s Show” and “Tracey Breaks the News” on British TV, and guest-starred in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” season 11 as politician Irma Kostroski.
