Tracey Ullman is the Original Marge Simpson - The Graham Norton Show

[@micahnewman]

The Simpsons is where I first heard of Tracey Ullman. I always think of The Simpsons when I hear her name.

[@chiconva]

Actually Tracey Ullman when she had her show in the 80’s. She put the cartoon The Simpsons in her show. As small as I was I was probably six or seven years old at the time. I remember the Tracey Ullman show on Fox.

[@micahnewman]

@Pete Jones Easy: I had never watched the Tracey Ullman show before.

[@wanderingacres9528]

Lowenstien

[@HumanimalChannel]

Ah...don't you mean... youngest heard of the Simpson's from watching tracy ullman Theybjad a short clip shown during her comedy show

[@donnalthood3102]

@@HumanimalChannel what the Hell was that?? What did you actually mean to.say??

[@Evija3000]

I love her hair. It's going gray, but she's not ashamed of it and it still looks gorgeous.

[@pennydesouza]

+Evija3000 yeah the colour looks good but I love the blowdry she's had - like the volume shine & styling

[@Evija3000]

pennydesouza Yeah. I meant it's gorgeous altogether, including the styling.

[@Luciiffeerr]

Hi I think I accidentally pushed the report button on you. Have no glasses on yet (just woked up) I am so sorry about that :(

[@Pluviofille]

+Lola Lolita I wish all commenters in KZbin are as sweet as you ! :)

[@Luciiffeerr]

+Audaxi I think you are right :(

[@darreylhenderson8979]

This title is total click bait. Tracey was NEVER Marge Simpson and never says she was in this interview, she just does an impression of Julie Kavner, who voices Marge. False title!!

[@KryptonianAI]

Darreyl Henderson Agreed! She was just doing impersonations of her fellow cast members doing the voices for the shorts.

[@TheGregoryGardner]

I feel cheated and I'm thinking about suing somebody or other. I hate cheap come-on titles.

[@TheGregoryGardner]

@Lola Baria Okay, but it's a deceptive joke, so GN gets a wee punch in the face, but can be spared the knee to the groin.

[@jrmetmoi]

Darreyl Henderson D'oh! 😆

[@59771006]

jiggus figgus I wonder how she feels about The Simpsons now seeing as how successful they have become they would have to be one of the most famous families in the history of television

[@devinwilliams400]

3:25 she impersonated Julie Kavner so well it was so hilarious.

[@ZarkowsWorld]

Tracey Ullman hated The Simpsons-skits, she wanted the 'cartoon bits' off her show. When it spun off and became a hit she wanted credit as being part of the success and sued for money. She failed epicly.

[@stephenhoward4665]

+Zarkow Thank You

[@ZarkowsWorld]

***** It is very much how it went. Look for the Conan sit-down with the Simpson writers, or read the books from the events...

[@ZarkowsWorld]

***** You don't think that the actual WRITERS for the Simpson show may know about what happened?! (Conan was one of the writers early on the show too.)

[@Piecrab]

+David Roberts The creators all corroborate this story

[@Skelly5962]

+David Roberts And yet you don't provide even one of your "reliable sources".

[@prisonersforprofit]

i remember it well, shorts, crudely draw, but so original they became the star of the show, it blew up. i couldn't get enough of it.

[@dariawells7438]

All I heard from Simpsons people is that Tracey Ullman hated having The Simpsons on her show and thought it "took focus away" from her. :/

[@mikeyg9958]

kbamm69 Back in the late 80s? How was it like? What did you think about the simpsons at the time? Did you ever expect it to become as popular as it is now? Sorry about the many questions.

[@mumble.jumbles]

Michael Lugo In 1989 in Australia, I first saw a short Simpsons skit before "Turner and Hooch" at the cinema when they would sometimes show a short film with the previews. It was quite bedazzling with its striking colours, distinct voices and edgey humour. I think people were in a state of shock and rapture and were left thinking "What WAS that?? Did I just imagine that?"

[@nightmarefuelgamer8981]

dan man:I watched The Tracy Ulman show.The Simpson's were small skits with no voice overs.Then started to have voices.The pilot episode was a The Christmas Special.I knew I liked it.Then everyone was talking about it,about how funny it was.The rest is cartoon history.

[@MrParkerman6]

They ALWAYS had voice over.

[@heaintloveu]

Yeah, it was The Tracey Ullman Show

[@mantabond]

Tracey Ullman is what an actor ought to be: take a trope and make it flesh. She is utterly good she is.

[@Wullie32]

Am I missing something? She doesn't say she's the original Marge, she says Julie (and Dan Castellaneta), who worked on the Tracy Ullman Show, volunteered to do it. That's Julie Kavner who still voices Marge today.

[@martinzajic8075]

+Wullie32 but she made a perfect imitation...priceless

[@FungusMossGnosis]

+Wullie32 She and Julie Kavner got on really well in _Tracy Takes On..._, that was a brilliant HBO show, much better than her Fox thing.

[@rebeccawhite5128]

You're right. It was on her show but she never did Marge, Julie did. The title on this is incorrect.

[@zapkvr]

Wullie32 Julie was Rhoda's little sister

[@1mbsosa]

Wullie32 WHY DID YOU CHANGE YOUR COMMENT YOU EVIL ANTI

[@nannyturtle7342]

I was still in highschool when her show was on. I do remember the beginning of the Simpsons very well. Tracey Ullman is a funny lady.

[@MichaelSmith-jb5md]

She has never gotten enough credit for launching something that two decades later is still going strong, AND she is still as beautiful and funny as ever.

[@johnb.8687]

Because she doesn’t deserve any.

[@daviddreyton8586]

Umm She he hated the Simpsons skits and wanted them off her show and only asked for credit when they became popular...

[@mikearchibald744]

Take a look at the eighties. THere's a reason James Brooks waited for two years for her to have a baby and then come back to work. Nobody else could have pulled off a show like this. Comedy of course is in large part subjective, but Sam Simon has worked with some of the biggest talents around and says that she is one of the all time television greats. The guy may have been nuts, but I'd take his opinion over people on the internet. Even though I often don't find her laugh out loud funny, although I don't find much of anything laugh out loud funny right now. Most celebrities tend to have both big egos and be quite insecure so what is said here really doesn't mean much, but thats kind of true, define what 'credit' actually means. Its sort of like Frazier being a big hit, but you don't give credit to Ted Danson for it. I think she gets plenty of credit without it.

[@NowhereBeats]

When my uncle got his OBE, my grandfather said it stood for 'Other Bugger's Efforts'.

[@TheGregoryGardner]

Hahahahahahahahaha!

[@caligal1090]

whos your uncle

[@KonaMark1]

All of the people she portrayed on her HBO show were fabulous.

[@TighelanderII]

In an interview, Dan Castellaneta said that he mimicked Walter Matthau's voice for Homer initially, but it was too difficult to maintain it.

[@rudewalrus5636]

Yes, we remember. Some of us actually remember reading Life in Hell before the Simpsons started. I wish Tracey's show had lasted longer.

[@rebeccawhite5128]

Ha ha, makes me feel old that I actually remember all this. (Of course, Tracy wasn't ever Marge, Julie always was, but it's wild to think most people may not know how it got started)

[@acsykes77]

Title of this video is incorrect, Tracey Ullman was never Marge's voice and she doesn't say it here. They just started on her Comedy Show. A little ploy I think to get some views, but fair play it got me to watch!

[@ZippyThePinhead]

I remember her show, didn't watch it religiously, but she was very comical...., and introducing the Simpsons to the world was HUGE since1987. Who knew, and what would the world be without The Simpsons?!! I shudder to think.

[@jaromanda]

Video title fail - Tracey Ullman never said she was any voice in the Simspons

[@DanBrown96]

Yes. She did.

[@darreylhenderson8979]

She guest starred on ONE episode of The Simpsons. That is it.

[@raylichiwai]

3:24

[@dassweta100]

Thank you

[@itsliyah]

Thx

[@BluDrop5]

She sounds like Whoopi Goldberg.

[@mpa1931]

That Julie Kavner impression is really spot on

[@djmorgan67]

i remember watching Tracy's show and waiting for the bit with the Simpsons cartoon. Always looked forward to it.

[@barcharlie]

I used to watch the Tracy Ullman Show as a a young adult. I remember the early Simpson's and all the funny skits Tracy and her Cast would do. Go Home- Go Home

[@NibberKSmooth]

She takes no credit for it, she ACCEPTS credit, big difference. She is a great comedian.

[@jamircox8458]

Yes, she does take credit. She hated The Simpsons and wanted them off her show but when they became popular and big hit. She wanted credit for it, so yeah, she does take credit credit that she doesn’t deserve because she didn’t create the Simpsons Matt Groaning did.

[@marvinhenson3293]

Tracey Ullman is one of the greatest talents of all time.

[@tomitstube]

i remember it well, the simpson's were an instant hit. the characters were so different and over the top.

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

Pfff, Ullman HATED The Simpsons. That's why nobody under 30 even remembers who she is in North America. Also, it would say, "Created by Tracy Ullman" in the credits. Now, of course she takes credit for them.

[@martinzajic8075]

+Nicolas Vincent oh gee man...Tracey rules loved her ever since that show- even was taping it...who knows if the simpsons ever took off without her????

[@dippylala]

+Nicolas Vincent - She didn't hate the Simpsons at all - she loved them. Where do you get this info? Don't believe everything you read.

[@lukefairhurst5980]

+dippylala there's an hour long interview on KZbin between Conan O'Brian and a few of the original Simpsons writers in which they also make this claim. They state that she hated the Simpsons and was constantly trying to get it pulled off her show, only to change her tune years later when it became immensely popular. I can't remember at what point it is in the video, but it's well worth watching the whole thing anyway

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

+dippylala Watch the commentary tracks. I was paraphrasing the creator's of the show. Ullman hated & wanted nothing to do with the Simpson's. She didn't even want it on her show, that's why she didn't bother with any of the voices. Had she, she's have had a career in North America since The Simpson's spun off. Instead, she blames, and maybe with good reason, The Simpson's success on her dwindled career. Who wouldn't be bitter?

[@blognewb]

+Nicolas Vincent she gets royalty fees from the Simpsons

[@AquaCarb]

To be around watching the Tracey Ullman show and seeing the simpson bits knowing that one day it would make great trivia and then here we are years later making myself feel old...

[@azluan]

How humble for such a powerful talent.

[@karenday9109]

I remember watching her show and seeing the Simpsons here and there.. Brilliant woman!

[@winterlandboy]

I remember .. with a big smile, her (Tracy) video for her hit, "They Don't Know"..and one scene in particular where she's driving and as was the fad back in the 80's or earlier, some people had their name and the name of their boyfriend/girlfriend. across the top of their car windscreen. Paul McCartney was in the seat next to her, no dialogue just "Tracy and Paul" on plastic, across the top of the windscreeen.. Great song as it happens and very funny video which still exists on You Tube.

[@keouine]

Linda Grainger! Her show was amazing. I remember the Simpsons interludes. I used to listen to her CD but I can't find it anymore.

[@stevencassidy6982]

One of those rare occasions its an all British cast...

[@85Aheadstix]

Yeah and actually funny but British humour is wasted on Americans

[@Szaam]

Search "Conan O'Brien The Simpsons" on here. It'll come up with an interview Conan conducted a while back with a bunch of Simpsons writers from past and present. They say that Tracey Ullman hated the Simpsons shorts and wanted them off her show, only later to claim credit and try to sue them for it when The Simpsons became huge. One of the writers (I think Jay Kogan) says that she used to say the exact same thing which she says here, that she "breast-fed" The Simpsons.

[@Me-ji2pn]

It s 1 hour 20. No way am I watching all that. What time in particular?

[@ZarkowsWorld]

'Me' >> Don't be lazy.

[@jessechingon1204]

its somewhere in the first 20minutes

[@latenightlogic]

Dont be lazy? Who has an hour and 20 minutes to kill? Ill skip through until 20 minutes but then im giving up.

[@latenightlogic]

Just checked it. Go to 5:40.

[@LorenIpsem]

Tracy Ull,am’s first show in the US was excellent.

[@paulamescall3449]

I love Tracy Ullman she is the best !👏💗

[@dammitjim9131]

Tracey Ullman is a favourite of mine. She's brilliant in everything she does.

[@crimsongate3248]

She is one of the most underrated comedian

[@winterlandboy]

+crimson gate32 She's brilliant.

[@aussiefirie]

Underrated? So she's actually funny then?

[@mikelheron20]

Drivel! She's acknowledged and respected on both sides of the Atlantic.

[@MarshalGrover]

Wow, she does a good Julie Kavner impression.

[@JMoon089]

The Simpsons started on her show its not surprising.

[@pahakuutti]

+Jason Mooney She was against the simpsons from the start.

[@vamanosninja4143]

+lochyes why?

[@Nafon]

+Vamanos Ninja Because it was more popular than the other segments of the show

[@vamanosninja4143]

BimodalMetal6 That would be painful.

[@trunksGav]

She doesnt have to work again.. They HAVE TO pay he a percent now cos if not for her show Simpsons may never have got famous

[@gagrlntxworld6641]

Tracey Ullman is absolutely amazing! Nothing she can't do.

[@TraceyMak1]

HER CAMILA DRESS UP LMAO YESSS LMAO~~~

[@WanderWithRachel]

They left out the fact that Tracy HATED the Simpsons on her show. And when It got success she tried to SUE the creators and said she "nurtured" it.

[@mikearchibald744]

Because you say someting doesn't make it a fact, but since about thirty seconds was on the subject lots of 'fact' got left out. She tried to sue, and technically her show DID 'nurture' it. Any money that can be wrangled away from Murdock has my blessing. But I've never seen any evidence she hated, it, although it WAS pretty crappy while on her show. It looked like they were drawn by ten year olds and the humour was pretty idiotic.

[@WanderWithRachel]

@@mikearchibald744 she tried constantly to get it pulled. Thats about as nurturing as a wire hanger on prom night. 🤣😂 But whatevs.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@WanderWithRachel Well, thats whats called 'hearsay'.

[@WanderWithRachel]

@@mikearchibald744 Not just fox..... her lawsuit would have been taking food from. The creators mouths as well....thats like thr creators said she was a terror, that she didn't want thr show until it started gaining popularity ....im more inclined to side with thr creators of the show and the people who wanted to see it succeed. Not the witch that only seemed to care about it 3 and a half seasons into its independence before a lawsuit was even sparked. Not really interested in the vocabulary lesson of words I already know exist. That comes across as something called "pretension" Enjoy your day 😁

[@mikearchibald744]

@@WanderWithRachel LOL, It certainly would not have taken food from the creators, and as Sam Simon, one of THE creators said, they all got fabulously wealthy from a cartoon, so thats just ludicrous. It would have taken SOME money from the Murdocks, which I'm fine with. And I tend to listen to THE creator of The Simpsons, Sam Simon, who talked about Ullman as one of televisions greats, which by now she has certainly proven herself to be. Its doubtful she ever really cared for it, lots of women in particular don't care for it, and of course nowadays hardly anybody does. The lawsuit was more than a decade after the show had been on, so its pretty likely that the money it was earning had lawyers working for just a percentage to say "well, why NOT give a lawsuit a try?" A mark of her professionalism is that unlike most people, she DOESN"T badmouth the show, in fact for about two decades its been more of an embarassment that if anything she'd avoid being associated with. Meanwhile, every show she does gets critical acclaim and she's performed with the best talents in the industry. " In 1991, Ullman filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox alleging four counts of breach of contract. According to the , the 14-page complaint alleged that Ullman’s contract with Gracie Films (Brooks’s production company) entitled her to “five to 10 percent of the net receipts of the merchandising and other profits from products or programs based on spinoff characters, including animated characters, even if those characters were originated by others.” And since began on , she argued that she should be entitled to those profits."

[@shadowboxing7029]

I remember seeing it on her show as a kid, scared me a bit they seemed creepy to me in their rudimentary form lol.

[@Danny4SoccerOhio]

Yes I did know that Graham Norton & thank you for asking :) It premiered that episode when I was in junior high school/8th grade as a pre teen & have been watching it ever since *happy sigh*

[@tomy5868]

another shot of Ullman not hiding her gray hair....outstanding and beautiful.

[@torqtorqtorq]

3:25 - She says "Julie" (Julie Kavner, a writer and actress on the Tracy Ullman Show and the voice of Marge Simpson) did the voice, not Tracy; am I missing something?

[@mikearchibald744]

"Love you to death" is a seriously under rated film she was in in the early nineties. If you 'find it' its worth watching if only to see Keanu Reeves and William Hurt as drugged out assassins and Kevin Kline overplayed italian accent.

[@gowthamant4005]

She also voiced Lulu from The Little Lulu Show.

[@heru-deshet359]

She didn't create the Simpsons. She featured the shorts on her show.

[@hannaboba7965]

How does RALPH FIENNES not have an OBE or an Oscar! I’m baffled.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Awesome! :)

[@visionist7]

Ralph is one of my favourite actors

[@Ezddams2163]

She tried suing them when they got their own show. Saying she owned them.

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Tracey Ullman is a GODDESS.....and a ridiculously funny one too! LUV her.

[@Saveyourgame1000]

I’ve always found it funny that she never wanted the Simpsons cartoons as a part of her show, but as soon as they found success on their own, she sued for a payday, and thankfully lost.

[@susielk2626]

I just Love her💖

[@LaserRanger15]

Best talk show ever

[@yiyijaja1025]

She did the shush in the Gracie Films logo at the end of each episode of The Simpsons

[@frostosaurus933]

I 💕💞💘💖 the Graham Norton Show & of course Graham Norton! 👏 🌟✨💫🍸

[@SailorGreenTea]

3:25, interesting

[@susesteed6889]

LOVE HER!

[@velabela7634]

😂I love Tracey forever 🤗💕

[@EverythingEverywable]

Im from canada and have no idea what they are talking about and dont want to google and would rather wait for an answer here.

[@OfficerFredPowell]

3:27 She sounds like Bobby Hill trying to do an Impression of Marge Simpson

[@christiannilsen565]

Believe it or not that’s Voldemort and Marge Simpson sitting on the same couch

[@tink_a]

She is fantastic!

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Since I’m not a Simpsons fan, I wouldn’t have considered clicking on this particular clip if I didn’t already know that the Simpsons began on the Tracey Ullman show at the end of the 80s. I’ve hardly seen anything that Tracey has done, but I still feel more like I’m a bigger fan of hers than the Simpsons.

[@edwardmedina1236]

I love Tracy Ullman. Awesome

[@weirdofreak2505]

Edward Medina *awful

[@MichaelBradley1967]

"Who knew" indeed.

[@coolnegative]

Ralph Fiennes should do a movie with Liam Neeson where they play brothers. Though it would have been better 20 years ago when they really looked more similar.

[@chiconva]

The thing is they’re both from northern Ireland and they could be related distantly.

[@coolnegative]

@@chiconva very true!

[@themirrorsofmymind]

I still remember the time Tracey Ullman once said, _"Yeah, I breastfed those little devils!"_ during an 1990s interview! Too funny!

[@sav7568]

That is a very misleading headline. Tracey is not the original Marge. She just does a pretty good impersonation of Marge.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

If you've never seen Jeckyll, James Nesbitt was insanely good.

[@Mehdi-iq2jx]

She didn't do the shh in the Gracie Films production logo ?

[@RSpeller-ym6jj]

Yep. She provides the shush sound effect for the Gracie Films logo, which still produces The Simpsons for 20th Television. But the company is currently making films with Sony Pictures Entertainment.

[@chronicstitcher7933]

I don't care what anybody else thinks....I think she's still awesome.

[@NDBit]

I used to think The Simpsons was the one American comedy that wasn't absolutely detestable, and I quite love it, but then I found out Tracey Ullman was responsible for creating it

[@astronautmikejones]

she wasnt, but go on.

[@yenomeerf]

He asked her if she was a Creator of the Simpsons and she replied Yes. I don't think that is true but whatever.

[@aminajayy]

True. She just gave them a slot of a few minutes for the creators to present their show. She never contributed anything besides that. I’m glad she lost that lawsuit.

[@HelenHish]

God I love Ralph Fiennes. All day.

[@pattigee1]

Agreed. What a star!

[@layoung.]

Tracy Allman introduced the Simpsons on her show. The after show.

[@HailAnts]

The title is completely misleading. She never ever did the actual voice of Marge. Or any other character. As others have said she hated those original shorts but then later sued for a piece of the profits of the series. Her Fox show was never a huge ratings hit, but was critically acclaimed. It was also one of the only quality shows on the early Fox Network (and it ran for four seasons). HBO later picked it up and it ran even longer. I still think Ullman is a genius, this is just how showbiz works. As part of the settlement she did a guest voice on _The Simpsons_. She was the headmistress of the dog school Santa's Little Helper gets sent to...

[@MrPaulmorris7777]

The Simpson sketch was taken out when it was shown in the UK. LOL!

[@mandlerparr1]

I remember watching those little Simpsons shorts on her show.

[@patphelan5824]

Tracey is brilliant ❤❤❤

[@SkepticalChris]

The Simpson's first premiered on the Tracey Ullman show, but she didn't create them, Matt Groening created the characters, and it was the cast of the Tracey Ullman show who voiced them, while I assume they were being paid as cast members of the Tracey Ullman show at the time. So I think from a strictly "who created the simpsons" question, then it was Matt Groening, but Tracey Ullman gave them their first public viewing, through her show. So they wouldn't have had a pre-established audience without Tracey Ullman.

[@jonathanfalkowsky672]

What is weird is how she has played her since 1989 and that it's her real voice.

[@coolnegative]

Always loved Tracey Ullman!

[@popsyturvee5112]

Tracey is incredible!

[@TheGamersGrotto]

The only thing I remember of Tracey Ullman was the crazy witch lady in Robin Hood: Men In Tights lol

[@KENNYTHEGHOST777]

She also played little lulu

[@yobelkcip]

A nice impression of Marge/Julie.

[@ad-ll6he]

Like other people are saying, Tracy is like "guess what? the simpsons started on MY show!" However, she hated the shorts when they were on her show, and she only changed her mind once they became popular and profitable, she fought to get royalties, she got them, and she's been bragging ever since.

[@jauipop]

Actually, she didn't get the royalties (according to one line in Wikipedia)... The courts rejected her claim back in 1992.

[@nightmarefuelgamer8981]

Marcus Chan:Your right,she didn't get squat.Which is what she deserves.

[@nightmarefuelgamer8981]

ad324:Sorry,but she didn't get anything.Groing was the creator and cartoonist.She let him do small skits on her show,then act like she created them herself.That's why I don't like her.

[@teviottilehurst]

She is one of England's national treasures. Love her.

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

Whoooooo

[@DragonMasterSubo]

She HATED the show, then whined like crazy and tried to sue when it became big (demanding money). She gets absolutely no right to claim she helped create it.

[@DonMachado]

I knew that because I used to watch The Tracy Ullman Show. It was very funny, but it only lasted a few seasons. Too bad it wasn't around longer.

[@yenomeerf]

@2:52 IS The Simpsons Part

[@jayjay1k]

3:27 OH MY GOD

[@darkbunglex]

I did watch The Tracy Ullman show with the Simpsons. I was a fan of her show. From everything I heard at the time, Tracy was not a fan and it was not her decision to have the shorts on her show. She would have axed it. So it is funny to watch her now say nice things.

[@TheFever77]

+DarkBungleX To be fair she never said anything nice about it she just acknowledged that it was born out of her show 'The Tracey Ullman Show'.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

Tracey gave birth to The Simpsons.

[@Jayforeman3047]

James Nesbitt reminds me of Peter Capaldi.