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Season 1

13 Episodes

1987

4W02

E01

4W02

4/5/1987·30m

THE MAKEOVER: Virginia Hall (Tracey Ullman) undergoes cosmetic surgery to meet her pen pal boyfriend when he gets out of prison. DANIEL ROSEN does a juggling act with bowling ball pins. HIGH HOPES; A couple (Julie Kavner and Dan Castellaneta) decides to open up their own restaurant, until an angel named ""The Dreambuster"" pays a visit. THE AUDITION; Angela Tanner (Tracey Ullman) auditions for a singing position and must perform for a live audience to qualify. DR. N!GODATU; Dr. N!godatu wore her pink slippers to work; not to worry, since she keeps a pair of pumps in a drawer for just such an emergency - but the drawer is filled with pink slippers.

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E02

4W03

4/12/1987·30m

THE LETTER; Justine (Tracey Ullman), returning home from a failing marriage, pays a visit to Brian (Dan Castellaneta), her old high school boyfriend. JAMEY TURNER does an unusual recreation of ""Ode to Joy"" with the rims of drinking glasses filled with water. QUALITY TIME; Sara and Greg Downey, (Tracey Ullman and Dan Castellaneta) L.A. yuppies, try to squeeze in time with their 3-year-old son, Max, after a long day's work. DAVID MEETS THE FOLKS; Carla Cooper (Tracey Ullman) is reluctant to introduce David, her new American boyfriend, to her parents because he is a stripper. BLIND DATE; Dr. N!godatu has a dream date with Bill Wallhead who's also a surgeon; unfortunately, he's also someone who likes to talk about himself too much.

4W04

E03

4W04

4/19/1987·30m

LOTTERY; In 1967, Nancy Wickson (Tracey Ullman) is reluctant to share a winning $16 million lottery ticket with her college roommate Barbara (Julie Kavner). 20 years later, a wealthy Nancy returns to ask poor Barbara to reconciliate. AMBULANCE PICK UP; Lynette (Tracey Ullman), an English ambulance paramedic, tries to fend off the come-ons of Roger (Dan Castellaneta), a car crash victim. GIRL ON A LEDGE; Lt. Kelly (Joe Malone), a dancer/policeman, tries to get suicidal Mary (Tracey Ullman) off a ledge over Times Square. GOOD NIGHT; Homer and Marge say ""good night"" to their kids - but Bart wants to know how tangible the mind is, Lisa is afraid of being bitten by bedbugs, and Maggie takes ""Rock-A-Bye Baby"" too literally.

4W01

E04

4W01

4/26/1987·30m

LIKE MOTHER; Susan (Tracey Ullman) hates her nagging eccentric mother (Julie Kavner) until one night, she starts to physically turn into her. SPONTANEITY; A couple (Julie Kavner and Dan Castellaneta) argue over not being spontaneous because they sit every Sunday night in front of the TV. ANSWERING MACHINE; Soft-spoken Donna (Tracey Ullman) decides to improve her message on her answering machine with a little music flavor. FREEWAY; Dr. N!Godatu goes out for a drive with her friend Pat (voice of Nancy Cartwright), but they detour onto Pat's worst nightmare, the freeway.

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E05

4W06

5/3/1987·30m

COMEDIAN; Molly Reed (Tracey Ullman) is a Southern Belle who takes offense to her new boyfriend Rick Field, a comedian who uses offensive material regarding marriage in his nightclub act. KAY AND THE CO-WORKER; Kay Clark (Tracey Ullman), a frumpy, overweight English spinster with a dreary office job, meets a new co-worker (Joe Malone) whom she distrusts. THE RIGHT GUY; Songwriter Ira is reluctant to open his love to Bunny (Tracey Ullman), the unsure-of-herself girl of his dreams, when she comes into his apartment one night after being stood up by her boyfriend. WATCHING TELEVISION; Bart and Lisa Simpson fight over what to watch on the TV.

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E06

4W07

5/10/1987·30m

KAY ON VACATION; Kay goes away for a week to a Caribbean resort and meets lots of eccentric people that include her oversexed roommate Cindy (Julie Kavner), and a loser tourist friend Barry (Dan Castellaneta). THE SESSION; Psychiatrist Dr. Alexander Gibson (Dan Castellaneta) has a heart attack in his office during a session with Brenda King (Tracey Ullman), an incredibly dumb, nymphomaniac woman. CLOSE TO YOU; A schmaltzy nightclub singer (Tracey Ullman) opens up her rage about her departed boyfriend to the audience during a show. BART JUMPS; Homer tries to persuade Bart to jump off a table and into his arms. But Bart ends up falling onto the floor, several times.

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E07

4W26

5/17/1987·30m

FRANCESCA - A Girl's Life; Francesca McDowell (Tracey Ullman), a giggly-gangly New York teen living with her gay father, Dave (Dan Castellaneta), and his lover, William (Sam McMurry), goes out on her first date with Martin, a boy. HAPPY LADY; A cheerful British hospital patient (Tracey Ullman) causes misery for another lady (Julie Kavner) in pain from a car wreck. VIVE LA DIFFERENT; Carmel Pinkum (Tracey Ullman), a prissy Southern booster for ""People With Positivity,"" auditions for the lead singer with a punk rock band, despite the differences between them. FISH TANK; A cold-stricken Dr. N!Godatu's fish are doing strange things, which is nothing compared to what the two repairmen (voice of Dan Castellaneta) are doing trying to fix it.

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E08

4W08

5/31/1987·30m

TRAPEZE; Two Russian trapeze performers called ""The Flying Asternovishes,"" the oversexed Maja (Tracey Ullman) and the plain Anika (Julie Kavner), try to put aside their personal conflicts during a circus performance. SMALLS' TALK; Cynical radio talk show psychiatrist, Dr. Jillian Smalls (Tracey Ullman), ignores all serious calls on her show leaving her call screener Marcy (Julie Kavner), to deal with all of them. LAST CHANCE COMMERCIAL; Sandra Decker (Tracey Ullman), a 70-ish, bitter, over-the-hill Hollywood movie actress that doesn't own a car, gets a chance to come back into the spotlight with a frozen soup commercial. BABYSITTING MAGGIE; Left alone to babysit Maggie, Bart and Lisa watch TV while Maggie chases a butterfly on the roof.

4W09

E09

4W09

6/14/1987·30m

MEG AND TINA IN AUGUST; Meg and Tina (Julie Kavner and Tracey Ullman), two U.S. postal workers in Queens, New York City, grow hostile to each other when the tarty Tina seems to have all the luck with the guys. PRE-SCHOOL; Sara and Greg try to get their son Max accepted in a certain pre-school. KIKI HOWARD-SMITH SINGS; Kiki Howard-Smith (Tracey Ullman), a perky Australian golf player, does a music video singing her version of ""Golf"". THE DREAM; Dr. N!Godatu tells about a strange dream she had about meeting the man of her dreams: Bill Wallhead.

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E10

4W10

6/21/1987·30m

ARIEL'S COMEBACK; Ariel Faber (Tracey Ullman), an anorexic, formerly bisexual folk singer and ex-junkie, tries a comeback into the public eye and captures the attention of Duane Mason (Sam McMurray), a fireman who proposes marriage in exchange for her to give up her singing career. DANCE CHALLENGE; On a sing-and-dance contest show, the flashy Latino dancer Blanca Valaday (Tracey Ullman), faces a real challenge when she tries to do her dance routine knowing that she is not wearing underwear under her dress. SIR; A callous Englishwoman (Tracey Ullman) tries to become friendly with her long-time restaurant waiter (Dan Castellaneta) during his last day on the job. THE PACIFIER; Bart and Lisa try to make Maggie stop sucking her pacifier, but they can't take it away (she has a drawer full of them), can't play ""keep away"" with it (she bites Bart), and can't even put hot sauce on it (Maggie just adds more).

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E11

4W25

6/28/1987·30m

BREAKFAST; A middle aged couple (Julie Kavner and Mort Parker) comes face-to-face with the facts about their long lost love for each other during a usual breakfast morning. CRISIS ON ELM DRIVE; After the nanny phones to say she's not available, Sara and Greg reluctantly decide to spend the whole weekend with Max. MEG AND TINA GET PIZZA; While Meg goes into a restaurant to pick up a pizza, Tina waits outside and has a dance fling with a stranger while his friend robs the convenience store next door. BURP CONTEST; Marge tries to tell Bart and Lisa to stop a burp contest they are having.

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E12

4W11

7/12/1987·30m

FRANCESCA'S CHOICE; Francesca must decide whether or not to mention her father's homosexually in a paper about her life story for her school. GOTTA DANCE; Dr. Gibson tires to make Don (Joe Malone), a professional dancer, open up his feelings by playing music to make him dance. SCANDAL; A senior parliament member (Dan Castellaneta) tries to persuade the press and his disbelieving wife (Tracey Ullman) that his alleged affair with a hooker is not true. EATING DINNER; The Simpsons have dinner where their sloppy eating habits are revealed.

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E13

4W12

7/19/1987·30m

KAY'S HAPPY HOUR; Kay, fed up with the office staff constantly playing practical jokes on her, quits her job and spends time in a bar listing to the facts of life from the barman (Joe Malone) and a fellow patron (Julie Kavner). CLICK; A couch potato (Sam McMurray) does not care about the boy his teenage daughter is going out with. WHAT I DID FOR LOVE; A mother and daughter singing duo (Maureen McGovern and Tracey Ullman) sings about the times they had together during a ride home from another failed audition. SCANNER; Dr. N!Godtau displays a brain scanner that shows what her patients have on their minds. (Last Dr. N!Godtau short)

Season 4

24 Episodes

1989

E01

7W01

9/10/1989·30m

...AND GOD CREATED TILLMAN; Ginny becomes jealous when she finds out that her ex-husband Lawrence is seeing a younger, more attractive Italian woman named Mae (Isabella Rossellini). A RARE TALENT; Jinx Haber (Tracey Ullman) auditions for the lead part in the Broadway show of Peter Pan for she has the real gift of flying.

E02

7W02

10/1/1989·30m

MY DATE WITH IL DUCE; An elderly Italian lady (Isabella Rossellini) tells her about-to-be-married granddaughter (Tracey Ullman) about a time in 1920 Italy when she had a fling with future dictator Benito Mussolini (Dan Castellaneta). THE WRONG MESSAGE; Nervous Faith Dunn (Tracey Ullman) leaves an outrageously silly message on the answering machine of a man she just met. THE THRILL IS GONE; Brenda and her new boyfriend, Brock (Dan Castellaneta), are bungee jumping off a bridge when Brock reveals his decision to break up with her.

E03

7W03

10/8/1989·30m

DA ME LA MANO; At a New York beauty shop, a customer (Tracey Ullman) tells the manicurist (Julie Kavner) about her boyfriend and the manicurist reveals that she had the same boyfriend that jilted her weeks earlier. NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK; Doc (special guest star Martin Short), a die-hard Elvis Presley fan, is on a diner date with his girl (Tracey Ullman) when he shows off his singing talents as Elvis Presley to impress her.

E04

7W04

10/22/1989·30m

THE FINAL POLKA; At a traditional Slavic wedding reception, Staush (Dan Castellaneta) thinks about getting an annulment, until his new eccentric wife Maja (Tracey Ullman), shows him that she can be fun. SERMON ON THE MOUND; During a major league baseball game, catcher Louise (Dan Castellaneta) and pitcher George (Sam McMurray) discuss their problems with each other regarding their troubled friendship. MY BABY; While waiting to see a doctor, three overdue pregnant women (Tracey Ullman, Julie Kavner and special guest star Marilu Henner) talk about their babies, sing and dance for excitement and go into labor in the process.

E05

7W05

10/29/1989·30m

THE CO-OP; Dave and William attend a co-op meeting with three apartment residents who will decide if they will be fit to move into their new apartment. The residents includ: Emily Davis, a blind woman (Julie Kavner); Ann B. Cooper (Tracey Ullman), an elderly, eccentric woman with lots of cats; and Frederick Bolt (Harold Sylvester), a conservative business type. THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY; Dr. Gibson tries not to let go of Raymond Mead (Sam McMurray), an egomanical businessman who is thinking about becoming a patient of his. PARALLEL EXISTENCE (MY BETTER WHOLE); A donut shop waitress (Julie Kavner) meets her wealthy double (Tracey Ullman) from a parallel universe who tells her that her life can be better.

E06

7W06

11/5/1989·30m

TWO TIME LOSERS; In a California law courtroom, singer Gulliver Dark and British society woman Benita Growen (Tracey Ullman) are called to testify against the businessman (Joe Malone) who embezzled all of Dark's wealth and who cheated on Benita. THE GATE; A Southern belle (Tracey Ullman) talks on a intercom outside the front gate of a Hollywood mansion in order to get in to see her idol Steven Spielberg.

E07

7W07

11/12/1989·30m

THE CRISIS; Gary and Joanie seek counseling from Reverend Grayling (special guest star George Coe) to settle a crisis when Gary finds out that she has dyed her hair red and Joanie reveals that Gary is a cross-dresser. THE BALTIMORE STOOPS; Jo Jo (Tracey Ullman), a Jewish Baltimore teen, argues with her long-widowed father (special guest star Michael Tucker) after he begins to see another woman which makes Jo Jo very resentful to him.

E08

7W08

11/19/1989·30m

BY STUFF POSSESSED; Compulsive shopper Sheila (Tracey Ullman), attends a Shopper's Anonymous meeting where the chairperson (special guest star Carole King) and other fellow shoppers talk and sing to her to make her give up her compulsive spending. THE HOLLAND TUNNEL OF LOVE; Tony (Dan Castellaneta) brings his girlfriend Robin over for dinner at the home of his Jersey City parents, Big Tony and Rosalie (special guest star Robert Costanzo and Tracey Ullman), who constantly argue with each other.

E09

7W09

11/26/1989·30m

POWER PLAY; TV director Lisa (Tracey Ullman) argues with 12-year old actress Terrt, who complains that she does not like her work in her series. BREAK UP; Sara and Greg finally decide to separate after a hostile argument at Max's school when they visit Max's art teacher Miss Clark, who knows about their marital troubles from Max's paintings. SOMETHING COOL; Lonely lady Julie (Tracey Ullman) sings what she wants to drink at a late night bar on a hot summer night.

E10

7W10

12/10/1989·30m

LOOK BACK IN ANXIETY; A retropsective episode where Dr. Gibson visits a wealthy neurotic publisher (Tracey Ullman) to ask her to publish his book about his many patients.

E11

7W11

12/17/1989·30m

67: KAY'S GIFT; Kay insists to Mr. Leroy that he open his Christmas gift from her to see what Kay means to him. MERRY CATNIP; Ann B. Cooper spends Christmas Eve alone in her apartment penthouse with her many cats after her father calls to tell her that he is not coming. TWO LOST SOULS; On New Year's Day, Barbara (Tracey Ullman) wakes up in Jesse Walker's (special guest star Keanu Reeves) bed after a wild New Year's Eve party the night before where the teenager proposed and married her. SIMPSON XMAS; [repeat from last season] Bart recites his version of ""Night Before Christmas"" theme while waiting to open his presents.

E12

7W12

1/7/1990·30m

GINNY'S SECOND CHANCE; Ginny gets a second chance in life when a wealthy plastic surgeon named Edgar Schneider (Sam McMurray), proposes marriage in exchange for her to undergo a complete face lift. MARIA AND THE MISTER; Maria spends time talking with Mr. Brenna (special guest star Kelsey Grammar) who tells her of his own loneliness and unhappily married life.

E13

7W13

1/14/1990·30m

I'M DATING A CORPORATE LAWYER; Sara Downey tells her marriage counselor about the time in 1977 when Greg and her first met at a law office where she worked as a secretary and found that they had a lot in common. A GINNY NOCTURNE; A desperate Ginny beds down with Tony, a non-English speaking Italian pool man and tells him of her dull life. DAWG DAY AFTERNOON; Lou (special guest star Martin Short) is a Cleveland football fan who's nagging wife (Tracey Ullman) tells him not to go to a Cleveland Dawg's game with his friend Arnie (Sam McMurray) because he should spend the afternoon with her.

E14

7W14

2/4/1990·30m

DUE DILIGENCE; Hollywood movie director Buzz Schlanger (special guest star Mel Brooks), tries to control himself when attractive movie actress Miranda Kentner (Tracey Ullman), comes to his office to ask him to cast her in a major movie role. YOU CALL THAT A DRESS?; Madonna-like punk Teresa (Tracey Ullman) gets a visit from the ghost of her father (Dan Castellaneta) at his own funeral who complains that he does not like the dress she is wearing, and also to ask for forgiveness from her in order to get into heaven.

E15

7W15

2/11/1990·30m

THE WORD; Francesca visits newspaper publisher Sheldon Moss (special guest star Bill Pullman) to complain of a single word (plain) describing her in a newspaper article as a great writer. THE FEE; Brenda is unwilling to pay Dr. Gibson the new fee of $100 per session, unless he validates her parking. THE SELL; Psychotic saleswoman Daniela Greenback (Tracey Ullman), visits Kevin Patten (Joe Malone), the general manager of a TV station, in his office and threatens to kill herself if he doesn't buy the product she is trying to sell.

E16

7W16

2/18/1990·30m

CREATIVE DIFFERENCES; Sandra meets Virginia Winslow (special guest star Glen Close), a rival movie actress of hers from the old times, who is to star with her in a new movie about two rival sisters. JINX HABER REVISITED; Jinx Haber's new cab driver boyfriend Howard Cramer (Dan Castellaneta) is amazed that she can fly. TEA; English tea tasters Penelope and Lloyd (Tracey Ullman and Dan Castellenta) taste types of tea to serve at an upcoming party while discovering romance with each other.

E17

7W17

2/25/1990·30m

GINNY EATS ESCROW; Ginny tries to sell Lawrence and Mae a fancy house that is on wretched land to get even with them. Fails, but witnesses their first fight and make up. I HATE PARIS; When Dave goes to Paris for a week on a business trip, William becomes angry and alone, so Francesca tries to cheer him up.

E18

7W18

3/4/1990·30m

THE DREAM IS OVER; A retropsective episode where Sara Dowey has her kitchen redone and tells her contractor Burk (Sam McMurray) all about her hightlights with Greg before their separation.

E19

7W19

4/7/1990·30m

HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS; At a 1990 alumni party for a high school graduation class of 1929, Rose (Tracey Ullman) meets her old love Matthew (Sam McMurray), and they decide to make up for lost time, until Ruth's 103-year old father (Dan Castellaneta) finds out. DEAR TAXPAYER; Andrew (Dan Castellaneta), being audited for his taxes, meets his cold-hearted, estranged mother (Tracey Ullman) who works as a IRS agent and who has no qualms about her son who owes $60,000. ME, MYSELF & I; Hollywood actor Hart Mortel (Sam McMurray) and actress Miranda Kentner (Tracey Ullman) wake up in bed in a fancy hotel room and realize that they have been together all day and not even knowing about it for they are both self-involved with their own problems.

E20

7W21

4/21/1990·30m

THE HORMONAL CONVERSION; Dr. Gibson's mentor (Tracey Ullman) pays another visit, revealing that she is now a man named Hans after a sex change operation. WHO IS HE?; Henpecked, New York doorman Jimmy (special guest star John Ashton), returning home from work, asks a depressed girl (Tracey Ullman) outside his apartment building who is the boyfriend that dumped her. FACE THE MUSIC; Chorus dancer Andy (Joe Malone) asks Miss Alexander (Tracey Ullman), the veteran lead dancer in the play he is in, to dance with him backstage in a nostalgic dance sequence.

E21

7W22

4/28/1990·30m

HER FIRST GROWNUP; When Dave and William go out for the evening, Francesca tries to come on-to stereo repairman Jimmy, who happens by, and she questions her feelings when Dave and William come back and catch them in the act. DAISY'S DECLINE; Restaurant owner Daisy (Tracey Ullman) slips into a degenerate decline of stuffing her face after her husband/cook Helmouth (Sam McMurray), leaves her to open up his own restaurant.

E22

7W23

5/5/1990·30m

UNDER THE BOUNDING MAIN; Angel and Marty Tish are on a cruse ship to the South Pacific when they meet Gulliver Dark, who happens to be Marty's former singing partner (now rival) from the old days. ARMS CONTROL; After Rosalie kills a burglar with a gun, Big Tony descends into fear thinking she may one day kill him with the gun.

E23

7W20

5/12/1990·30m

MODERN MATURITY; Roz's long-suffering husband Leonard (Sam McMurray), tries to get more attention from her by playing sick. SPIES; Moscow, USSR. Russian spy Nadia Turkcanov (Tracey Ullman) feels compassion for her next target: American spy Toni Conners (Julie Kavner). BASEBALL WIVES; At a major league baseball game, new baseball wife Sandy (Tracey Ullman) meets other attractive, but dumb wives of other major league baseball players, all of them with the same name of Cindy, who go through dull days of watching their husbands play.

E24

Best of... (90 min)

5/26/1990·30m

Fourth season highlight special. Featured sketches: ""Tea"", ""Power Play"", ""Two Time Losers"", ""...And God Created Tillman"", ""Something Cool"", ""Creative Differences"", ""I Hate Paris"", ""Due Diligence""