Monthly Reading & Watching Log

October 2020

BOOKS

• Second Nature: A Gardener's Education ​by Michael Pollan, 1991
  

FILMS

• 8 Ball Bunny, 1950, dir. Chuck Jones
• The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart, 1997, dir. Elaine Shepherd
• At the Circus, 1939, dir. Edward Buzzell
• Baby Buggy Bunny, 1954, dir. Chuck Jones
• David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, 2020, dir. Alastair Fothergill
• Don Van Vliet: Some Yo Yo Stuff, 1994, dir. Anton Corbijn
• The Fault in Our Stars, 2014, dir. John Boone
• Glory, 1989, dir. Edward Zwick
• How to Play Baseball, 1942, dir. Jack Kinney
• Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
• Out, 2020, dir. Steven Clay Hunter
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987, dir. John Hughes
• Purl, 2018, dir. Kristen Lester
• Room on the Broom, 2012, dir. Max Lang
• The Social Dilemma, 2020, dir. Jeff Orlowski
• Spring, 2019, dir. Andy Goralczyk
• Thru the Mirror, 1936, dir. David Hand
• To Be or Not to Be, 1942, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
• The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020, dir. Aaron Sorkin

TELEVISION

• American Masters, "Toni Morrison - The Pieces I Am," 2020
• The Andy Griffith Show, "Andy's Investment," 1967
• Bob's Burgers, "Copa-Bob-Bana," 2020
• Bob's Burgers, "Worms of In-rear-ment," 2016 
• The Ed Sullivan Show, "The Baranton Sisters, Tony Bennett, Bob and Ray, Lesley Gore, Frank Gorshin, and Mr, Pastry," 1963
• The Ed Sullivan Show, "Johnny Mathis, The Lennon Sisters, Shirley Jones, Minnie Pearl, and Herschel Bernardi," 1970
• Nova, "A to Z: The First Alphabet," 2020
• Penn & Teller: Fool Us, "Deep Fake Penn," 2020
• The Right Stuff, "Sierra Hotel," 2020
• Saturday Night Live, "Chris Rock," 2020
• Saturday Night Live, "Bill Burr," 2020
• Saturday Night Live, "Issa Rae," 2020
• Schitt's Creek, "Carl's Funeral," 2015
• The Weakest Link, "Premiere," 2020
• The Weakest Link, "Who Needs a Recipe to Make Ice Water?," 2020
• The Weakest Link, "Who's the Fly in This Potato Salad?," 2020
• Woke, "Rhymes with Broke," 2020
• Woke, "What Prequels?," 2020
• Woke, "Gig E. Smalls," 2020

September 2020

BOOKS

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2003
• Personal Experiences on the Oregon Trail by Ezra Meeker, 1912
• Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the American Zoo by Nigel Rothfels, 2008

FILMS

• 12 Angry Men, 1957, dir. Sidney Lumet
• Chi-Raq, 2015, dir. Spike Lee
• Coming to America, 1988, dir. John Landis
• Cuban Rebel Girls, 1959, dir. Barry Mahon
• Days of Heaven, 1978, dir. Terrence Malick​
• Five Easy Pieces, ​1970, dir. Bob Rafelson
• Golden Time, 2014, dir. Takuya Inaba
• Grave of the Fireflies, 1988, dir. Isao Takahata
• The Green Mile, 1999, dir. Frank Darabont
• The Iron Giant, 1999, dir. Brad Bird
• Juno, 2007, dir. Jason Reitman
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004, dir. Wes Anderson
• The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, dir. Orson Welles
• The Muppets Take Manhattan, 1984, dir. Frank Oz
• My Neighbor Totoro, 1988, dir. Hayao Miyazaki​
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975, dir Miloš Forman
• Pitch Perfect, 2012, dir. Jason Moore
• Postcards from the Edge, 1990, dir. Mike Nichols
• The Prince of Egypt, 1998, dir. Simon Wells
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, 2002, dir. Kelly Asbury
• Spirited Away, 2001, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
• Wadjda, 2012, dir. Haifaa al-Mansour
• The Wedding Singer, 1998, dir. Frank Coraci
• What Did Jack Do?, 2017, dir. David Lynch
• Wild Strawberries, 1957, dir. Ingmar Bergman
• Wonder, 2017, dir. Stephen Chbosky

TELEVISION

• The 1st 2020 Presidential Debate, 2020
• The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 2020
• Aggretsuko, "A Day in the Life of Retsuko," 2018
• Aggretsuko, "A Good, Hard-Working Girl," 2018
• Alf, "Working My Way Back to You," 1987
• American Dad, "Dammmm, Stan!," 2020
• Atom Ant, "Up and Atom," 1965
• Black Journal, "Coretta Scott King, Godfrey Cambridge," 1968
• Chappelle's Show, "Lil Jon on Lil Jon & Black Bush," 2004
• Chappelle's Show, "Negrodamus," 2004
• Cheers, "Coach in Love Part 1," 1984
• Cheers, "Coach in Love Part 2," 1984
• Cheers, "Fairy Tales Can Come True," 1984
• Cheers, "I Call Your Name," 1984
• Cheers, "Sam Turns the Other Cheek," 1984
• Chef's Table BBQ, "Snow's BBQ," 2020
• The Dick Cavett Show, "Sammy Davis, Jr., Anthony Burgess," 1985
• The Dick Cavett Show, "William Saroyan, Veronica Lake, Leonard Maltin, Anthony Gray," 1971
• Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, "A New Beginning," 1985
• The Ed Sullivan Show, "Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, Daniele Barioni, Professor Backward," 1960
• The Facts of Life, "Runaway," 1982
• The Flintstones, "Dr. Sinister," 1964
• History Detectives, "3D Cuban Missile Crisis, Amos 'n' Andy Record, Women's Suffrage Painting," 2007
• Hogan's Heroes, "War Takes a Holiday," 1968
• The Honeymooners, "A Dog's Life," 1956
• The Honeymooners, "I Remember Mau Au," 1957 
• The Honeymooners, "Norton Interviews, Part 2," 1957
• The Honeymooners, "Young at Heart," 1956
• I Love Lucy, "Job Switching," 1952
• Jeopardy!, "From the Vault: Million Dollar Masters," 2002
• The Jetsons, "Jetson's Nite Out," 1962
• The Jetsons, "Rosie the Robot," 1962
• Leave It to Beaver, "In the Soup," 1961
• Maude, "Maude Meets Florida," 1972
• Monk, "Mr. Monk Falls in Love," 2008
• The Monkees, "The Devil and Peter Tork," 1968
• The Nanny, "Close Shave," 1995
• Newhart, "Vermont Today," 1984
• Penn and Teller: Fool Us, "The Placebo Effect," 2020
• The People's Court, ​"Easy Come, Easy Go/Wrecking the Joints," 2020
• The People's Court, ​"Stopping the Build/Playing with Fire," 2020
• Pokemon Journeys, "Enter Pikachu," 2020
• Popeye, "A Balmy Swami," 1949
• Punky Brewster, "Just Say No," 1985
• The Rachel Maddow Show, "9/2/2020," 2020
• The Rachel Maddow Show, "9/8/2020," 2020
• The Rachel Maddow Show, "9/11/2020," 2020
• Reba, "Your Place or Mine?," 2003
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch, "As Westbridge Turns," 1997
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, "A Night of Fright is No Delight," 1970
• The Six Million Dollar Man, "The Pioneers," 1974
• The Yogi Bear Show, "Slumber Party Smarty," 1958

August 2020

BOOKS

• 1776 by David McCullough, 2005
• The Great Indoors by Emily Anthes, 2020
• Laugh Lines​ by Alan Zweibel, 2020
• Maphead by Ken Jennings, 2011
• Satellites in the High Country by Jason Marks, 2015
• The Studio by John Gregory Dunne, 1969
• The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, 1922

FILMS

• A Few Good Men, 1992, dir. Rob Reiner
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1953, dir. Charles Lamont
• Avatar, 2009, dir. James Cameron
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993, dir. Bruce Timm
• Black is King, 2020, dir. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
• The Breadwinner, ​2017, dir. Nora Twomey
• Charlie Wilson's War, 2007, dir. Mike Nichols
• Frida, 2002, dir. Julie Taymor
• Harlem Nights, 1989, dir. Eddie Murphy
• Howard​, 2018, dir. Don Hahn
• Jayhawkers, 2014, dir. Kevin Willmott
• Mirai, 2018, dir. Mamoru Hosoda
• My Life as a Zucchini, 2016, dir. Claude Barras
• The One and Only Ivan, ​2020, dir. Thea Sharrock
• Pachamama, 2018, dir. Juan Antin
• The Princess Bride, 1987, dir. Rob Reiner
• Silver Lode, 1954, dir. Allan Dwan
• Sleeping Beauty, 1959, dir. Clyde Geronimi
• WarGames, 1983, dir. John Badham

TELEVISION

• The 2020 Democratic National Convention
• The 2020 Republican National Convention
• Amy Schumer Learns to Cook, "Picnic and Unlimited Soup and Salad," 2020
• Black-ish, "Please Baby Please," 2018
• Designing Women, "The Beauty Contest," 1986
• Family Guy, "The Griffin Winter Games," 2018
• Jeopardy!, "From the Vault: Million Dollar Masters," 2002
• Laverne and Shirley,"The Quiz Show," 1978
• Penn and Teller: Fool Us, "Brad Sherwood's Nuts," 2020
• Portlandia, "Riot Spray," 2018
• Portlandia, "Shared Workspace," 2018
• Portlandia, "No Thank You," 2018
• Rick and Morty, ​"The Rickchurian Mortidate," 2017
• Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning​, 2020
• We Bare Bears, "Wingmen," 2018
• What's It Worth?, "What Happens in Vegas," 2020