- Tracy!
She's got a little sass to her, huh?
Oh my God!
Tracy Beaker!
(upbeat music)
Hey, what's up guys? I'm Jeff.
I'm from the US, but I currently live in the UK
and I'm on a mission
to watch as many classic British shows as I possibly can.
Today we're watching Tracy Beaker.
♪ I will win someday ♪
I know absolutely nothing about the show.
Who she is,
what she does,
how old she is.
I feel like in my head
she's maybe a Gavin and Stacey character or a spin-off
and I've completely made that up.
I need to start from the very beginning,
season one, episode one.
Let's go.
(upbeat music)
Oh my God this animation, these dances.
(indistinct)
Okay, so we're in the nineties,
we're definitely in the nineties.
♪ Doesn't matter what may come my way ♪
Oh my God it's kind of Lizzie McGuire,
half cartoon, half person.
I'm loving these school poses, the story.
Oh my God. Okay.
- And the kitchen stunk of wet dog!
- Oh my God.
- And I never wanna see you ever again!
- Okay I was not expecting that
aggressive of an accent from a little girl.
- Not the way you say it you're pants.
- Ooh. She's a little mean.
She's got a little sass to her, huh?
Uh-oh, her room's green.
- Whoever's in here can pack up that scratty stuff
and clear off right now!
- Oh my God, she's angry.
(Tracy screaming)
This is not what I was expecting at all.
Oh my God.
- If you want me to have better luck Mike,
you should foster me yourself.
- She's a foster child.
- Oh, go on, we'd have a laugh.
- Oh, go on.
- Going on journeys, having adventures.
- Oh, I love this little cartoon element.
That's fun. Very Lizzie McGuire.
I like that her imagination is in cartoon too,
that's kind of cute.
Like, she's picturing them together,
you know, we're being taken into her brain as this cartoon.
- She hasn't spoken to me since the day she left.
- I love these kids on the couch,
reading books like they're adults,
like, "Oh, just reading the morning newspaper."
Oh and the nineties fashion is just iconic.
God, I miss some of that. Clearly. (laughing)
What a good show to wear this for.
I love the sass on this girl.
- Didn't they mind?
- They were gutted.
- I love that she talks like in dull,
like, "They were gutted."
Oh, that was an awful accent.
Love that sandwich shot.
She wasn't even eating it, she was just walking, holding it.
Oh, the acting (clapping) superb.
- Tracy Beaker apologizes in front of all these witnesses.
Happy Jenny?
- No, get off my car!
- Always over the top, Tracy Beaker.
- Tracy beaker apologises...
- This apology, this is epic.
- It's like I've never been away.
- Oh, that little freeze frame jump.
- [Tracy Beaker] Stand by for more of my brilliant life.
- Stand by for more of my brilliant life,
that's what I should say to you guys.
I just watched the very first episode and I'm gonna
kind of go into sassy one-liners, I'm very excited.
- You don't belong to a family, do you?
- So, you don't belong to a species, meet the Littlewoods.
- Oh! Tracy! Oh my God!
- Gentle, cuddly, cute.
- Oh, Tracy wants to be seen as nice and kind and gentle
so she gets adopted
even though she's not any of those things.
- Loud, gutsy, stroppy.
- Just be you girl.
- So how do we make money then?
- I really liked the dynamic of these kids too,
I know that's a funny thing to say,
but I like that they're all kind of
partners in crime together.
Oh, these kids are up to some shady stuff
for this docuseries they're filming.
Oh, that was mean.
Oh, those kids are naughty naughty.
- Is next Saturday okay for you?
- Next Saturday? What do you have on your schedule girl?
(scream)
That fall was just pathetic,
I mean, come on.
So cute, so good.
I totally understand who the character of Tracy is.
She's clearly known for these fast one-liners,
always being sassy, always being shady.
I am definitely a Tracy Beaker fan.
Signing off, stand by for more of my brilliant life.
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