We were having so much fun with our friend, Tracy Newman, we broke the internet. Or, Mercury is retrograde… or FB’s Live feed’s a whore. 

We jumped into the show with Tracy singing arguably my favorite of her tunes, Fire Up The Weed, *coughs* then got right into her Emmy win with co-writer, Jonathan Stark, and the stories around that ground-breaking coming out episode of Ellen, and the politics and personalities behind it, when BAM! We were thrown outta cyberspace. We revisited the conversation here, on our second attempt, but to hear that great Newman tune, it’s up top here https://goo.gl/cA3DZa .

Tracy opens this edition with her Carpool song, another gem. More Ellen/Emmy insights followed…. did you know if you’re not a star you gotta pay for your lady? Worth the $300+ bucks, Man, is she a beauty. Ridiculously heady to hold. Tracy’s Peabody Award ain’t no slacker either, even if that one cost another couple of hundred. Who knew?

We went back to childhood, her sister Laraine, and brother Dutch––twins. I didn’t know that, neither. Tracy started as a folksinger, did the Greenwich Village scene, also performing in the comedy clubs, where she got a taste for the funny and dated an unlikely fellow, landed an even more unlikely manager, and, a spot on The Tonight Show. A show biz nightmare sent her back to LA where she took up Improv with Laraine, and a group of funny others, founding The Groundlings, where Laraine was plucked for SNL––fun story there. Tracy spent years performing and teaching and at soon to be writing partner Jonathan’s invitation, wrote a script which got them staff positions at Cheers. Not a bad place to launch. Bob, starring Newhart, The Nanny, and Ellen followed, leading to them creating According to Jim, which was a game changer to an already stellar career. Great success and years later, Tracy returned to folk singing and has been living the life she loves ever since. Her current passion is her company, Run Along Home, which produces her CDs for kids. You can find them and her sensationally funny and oft moving tunes for grownups here www.tracynewman.com and www.runalonghome.com.

There are a couple of other musical treats, a song for her sis, and loads of great stories about Johnny Carson. Ricky Jay, Skitch Henderson, Lily Tomlin. Lorne Michaels, Bob Newhart. Ed McMahon, Rodney Dangerfield, Fran Drescher, Ellen… and Tracy wants me to tell you, she meant narcolepsy. You’ll know when you get there.

The time literally flies. Tracy’s a multi-faceted, multi-talented treat. This loaded slice of Newman’s a feast of fun.

Tracy Newman on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wed, 3/6/19, 7 pm PT/ 10 pm ET

With Pete George

Live on The Facebook

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