Media Log

January 2021

BOOKS

A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama and Trump by Lonnie Bunch III, 2019
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, 1972
History of Art by H. W. Janson, 1962
There's Lead in Your Lipstick, Gillian Deacon, 2011
The Vonnegut Statement by Jerome Klinkowitz, 1973

FILM

A Cat in Paris, 2010, dir. Alain Gagnol
A Greek Tragedy, 1985, dir. Nicole Van Goethem
Always at The Carlyle, 2018, dir. Matthew Miele
Annie Get Your Gun, 1950, dir. George Sidney
The Bishop's Wife, 1947, dir. Henry Koster
Canvas, 2020, dir. Frank E. Abney III
Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking, 2010, dir. Fenton Bailey
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, 2020, dir. Nicole Newnham
Daughters of the Dust, 1991, dir. Julie Dash
Forever, Chinatown, 2016, dir. James Chan
Manhatta, 1921, dir. Paul Strand
Mulan, 2020, dir. Niki Caro
My Favorite Year, 1982, dir. Richard Benjamin
The Orchestra, 2016, dir. Mikey Hill
Ordinary People, 1980, dir. Robert Redford
Rafiki, 2018, dir. Wanuri Kahiu
The Secret of Kells, 2009, dir. Tomm Moore
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954, dir. Stanley Donen
Show Boat, 1951, dir. George Sidney
Soul, 2020, dir. Pete Docter

TELEVISION

Bob's Burgers, "Battle of the Belchers," 2021
Bob's Burgers, "The Terminalator II," 2021
The Chase, "The Chase is On," 2021
The Chase, "To Be the Best, You've Got to Beat the Best," 2021
The Chase, "I Heard You're a GOAT," 2021
Cheers, "An American Family," 1984
The Colgate Comedy Hour, "Burt Lancaster," 1953
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, "Gracie Goes to the Psychiatrist," 1951
Great Performances, "The Magic of Horowitz," 2021
Here's Lucy, "Lucy and Lawrence Welk," 1970
The Honeymooners, "The $99,000 Answer," 1956
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "My Brother's Keeper," 1973
The Merv Griffin Show, "Don Rickles," 1985
Mr. Mayor, "Pilot," 2021
Nova, "Saving Notre Dame," 2020
Penn and Teller: Fool Us, "The Rematch," 2021
Penn and Teller: Fool Us, "Jedi Mind Tricks," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Pretend It's a City," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Cultural Affairs," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Metropolitan Transit," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Board of Estimate," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Department of Sports and Health," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Hall of Records," 2021
Pretend It's a City, "Library Services," 2021
The Prisoner, "Arrival," 1967
WandaVision, "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience," 2021
WandaVision, "Don't Touch that Dial," 2021

February 2021

BOOKS

Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz by Coyne Steven Sanders and Tom Gilbert, 1993
Fences by August Wilson, 1985
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, 1995
How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz, 2020

FILM

42, 2013, dir. Brian Helgeland
The Booksellers, 2019, dir. D. W. Young
East Side Sushi, 2014, dir. Anthony Lucero
Faces Places, 2017, dir. Agnes Varda
Gamemaster, 2020, dir. Charles Mruz
Havana Motor Club, 2015, dir. Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 2020, dir. George C. Wolfe
Munro, 1961, dir. Gene Deitch
Nomadland, 2020, dir. Chloe Zhao
Penguin Bloom, 2020, dir. Glendyn Ivin
Residue, 2020 dir. Merawi Gerima
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski, 2018, dir. Irek Dobrowolski
The Trader, 2018, dir. Tamta Gabrichidze

TELEVISION

Blondie, Pilot, 1954
The Bob Newhart Show, "Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet," 1972
It's the Bickersons, Unaired Pilot, 1950
Life with Elizabeth, "Newlyweds," 1953
Maude, "Like Mother, Like Daughter," 1972
Mr. Mayor, "Mayor's Day Out," 2021
My World and Welcome To It, "Man Against the World," 1969
The Perry Como Show, "Guest Host Julius La Rosa," February 28, 1955
The Polly Bergen Show, "Jack Paar," 1958
Quantum Leap, "Genesis Part 1 - September 13, 1956," 1989
Saturday Night Live, "Nick Jonas," 2021
Saturday Night Live, "Rege-Jean Page," 2021
Saturday Night Live, "Regina King," 2021
Saturday Night Live, "Dan Levy," 2021
Your Show of Shows, "Host Fran Allison," March 21, 1953

March 2021

BOOKS

Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber, 1961
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, 2015

FILM

200 Motels, 1971, dir. Frank Zappa
Angel and the Badman, 1947, dir. James Edward Grant
Funny Ha Ha, 2002, dir. Andrew Bujalski
Hook, 1991, dir. Steven Spielberg
I Care A Lot, 2020, dir. J. Blakeson
Made You Look: A True Story about Fake Art, 2020, dir. Barry Avrich
Mars Attacks!, 1996, dir. Tim Burton
Milk, 2008, dir. Gus Van Sant
Our Gang: The Pooch, 1932, dir. Robert F. McGowan
Zoolander, 2001, dir. Ben Stiller

TELEVISION

The 2,000 Year Old Man, 1975
3rd Rock from the Sun, "Brains and Eggs," 1996
60 Minutes, "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle," 2021
American Masters, "Mae West: Dirty Blonde," 2020
Astro and the Space Mutts, "The Night of the Crab," 1981
Bob's Burgers, "An Incon-Wheelie-ent Truth," 2021
Bob's Burgers, "Sheshank Redumption," 2021
The Brady Bunch, "The Liberation of Marcia Brady," 1971
Breaking Bad, "Pilot," 2008
City of Ghosts, "The Sort of Japanese Restaurant," 2021
City of Ghosts, "Venice," 2021
City of Ghosts, "Leimert Park," 2021
City of Ghosts, "Tovaangar," 2021
City of Ghosts, "Bob & Nancy," 2021
City of Ghosts, "Koreatown," 2021
The Dick Cavett Show, "Joe Garagiola," 1990
The Dick Cavett Show, "Janet Hubert," 1990
The Ed Sullivan Show, "Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone," 1960
The Ed Sullivan Show, "Tony Bennett, Lesley Gore, Mr. Pastry," 1963
The Ed Sullivan Show, "Leslie Uggams, The Turtles, Stiller & Meara," 1967
The Gumby Show, "Moon Trip, Part 1," 1956
Kenan, "Pilot," 2021
Mr. Peepers, "Mr. Peepers Gets a Job," 1952
Murder, She Wrote, "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes, Part 1," 1984
Our Miss Brooks, "Madison Mascot," 1955
Parks and Recreation, "Pilot," 2009
Penn and Teller: Fool Us, "Penn and Tarot," 2021
Psych, "Pilot," 2006
Robot Chicken, "Atta Toy," 2005
Roger Ramjet, "Dr. Ivan Evilkisser; The Sheik; Bat Guy; The Shaft," 1965
Saturday Night Live, "Maya Rudolph," 2021
Starsky and Hutch, "Savage Sunday," 1975
That Girl, "Help Wanted," 1966
The Weird Al Show, "Bad Influence," 1997
They Ready, "Godfrey," 2021
They Ready, "Erin Jackson," 2021
They Ready, "Tony Woods," 2021
They Ready, "Kimberly Clark," 2021
The Twilight Zone, "Ninety Years Without Slumbering," 1963

April 2021

BOOKS

NNNNN by Carl Reiner, 2006
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, 1972
Too Busy to Die by Carl Reiner, 2017
White Teeth by Zadie Smith, 2000

FILM

A Love Song for Latasha, 2019, dir. Sophia Nahli Allison
Almost Famous, 2000, dir. Cameron Crowe
Carnival Story, 1954, dir. Kurt Neumann
The Darjeeling Limited, 2007, dir. Wes Anderson
Dreamgirls, 2006, dir. Bill Condon
Fiddler on the Roof, 1971, dir. Norman Jewison
The General, 1926, dir. Buster Keaton
Howl's Moving Castle, 2004, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Johnny Guitar, 1954, dir. Nicholas Ray
The Last Blockbuster, 2020, dir. Taylor Morden
My Fair Lady, 1964, dir. George Cukor
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story, 2020, dir. Scott Barber
Philomena, 2013, dir. Stephen Frears
Roma, 2018, dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Seaspiracy, 2021, dir. Ali Tabrizi
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 2013, dir. Ben Stiller
The Zookeeper's Wife, 2017, dir. Niki Caro

TELEVISION

Brian Regan: On the Rocks, 2021
Hummingbirds: Jeweled Messengers with David Attenborough, 2012
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "The Lars Affair," 1973
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia, 2021
Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American, 2021
Petticoat Junction, "Race Against the Stork," 1964
Saturday Night Live, "Daniel Kaluuya," 2021
Saturday Night Live, "Carey Mulligan," 2021
This Is a Robbery, "They Looked Like Cops," 2021
This Is a Robbery, "Vipers in the Grass," 2021
This Is a Robbery, "We've Seen It," 2021
This Is a Robbery, "$10 Million Reward," 2021
The Underdog Show, "Simon Says Be My Valentine," 1966

150 Feature Films in 2020

12 Angry Men, 1957, dir. Sidney Lumet
13th, 2016, dir. Ava DuVernay
A Damsel in Distress, 1937, dir. George Stevens
A Few Good Men, 1992, dir. Rob Reiner
Aaron Loves Angela, 1975, dir. Gordon Parks, Jr.
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, 1953, dir. Charles Lamont
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1953, dir. Charles Lamont
Aladdin, 2019, dir. Guy Ritchie
All of Me, 1984, dir. Carl Reiner
All the King's Men, 1949, dir. Robert Rossen
Ant-Man, 2015, dir. Peyton Reed
At the Circus, 1939, dir. Edward Buzzell
Avatar, 2009, dir. James Cameron
Avengers: Endgame, 2019, dir. Anthony Russo
Avengers: Infinity War, 2018, dir. Anthony Russo
The Bellboy, 1960, dir. Jerry Lewis
Best in Show, 2000, dir. Christopher Guest
Big Fish, 2003, dir. Tim Burton
The Birdcage, 1996, dir. Mike Nichols
Black is King, 2020, dir. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Blackfish, 2013, dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, 2019, dir. Chiwetel Ejiofor
The Breadwinner, 2017, dir. Nora Twomey
The Butler, 2013, dir. Lee Daniels
Carol, 2015, dir. Todd Haynes
Charlie Wilson's War, 2007, dir. Mike Nichols
Chi-Raq, 2015, dir. Spike Lee
The Circle, 2017, dir. James Ponsoldt
Clueless, 1995, dir. Amy Heckerling
Come and Get It, 1936, dir. Howard Hawks and William Wyler
Coming to America, 1988, dir. John Landis
Cuban Rebel Girls, 1959, dir. Barry Mahon
Da Five Bloods, 2020, dir. Spike Lee
Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940, dir. Dorothy Arzner
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, 2020, dir. Alastair Fothergill
Days of Heaven, 1978, dir. Terrence Malick
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, 2017, dir. David France
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019, dir. Craig Brewer
Echo in the Canyon, 2018, dir. Andrew Slater
Ernest Saves Christmas, 1988, dir. John R. Cherry III
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982, dir. Steven Spielberg
The Fault in Our Stars, 2014, dir. John Boone
Five Easy Pieces, 1970, dir. Bob Rafelson
The Florida Project, 2017, dir. Sean Baker
Ford v. Ferrari, 2019, dir. James Mangold
The Forty-Year-Old Version, 2020, dir. Radha Blank
Free Solo, 2018, dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Frida, 2002, dir. Julie Taymor
Frozen II, 2019, dir. Chris Buck
The Glorias, 2020, dir. Julie Taymor
Glory, 1989, dir. Edward Zwick
Gods and Monsters, 1988, dir. Bill Condon
GoldenEye, 1995, dir. Martin Campbell
Goldfinger, 1964, dir. Guy Hamilton
Grave of the Fireflies, 1988, dir. Isao Takahata
The Green Mile, 1999, dir. Frank Darabont
Grey Gardens, 1975, dir. Albert Maysles
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967, dir. Stanley Kramer
Guys and Dolls, 1955, dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Hamilton, 2020, dir. Thomas Kail
Harlem Nights, 1989, dir. Eddie Murphy
The Help, 2011, dir. Tate Taylor
High Noon, 1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann
Howard, 2018, dir. Don Hahn
I Am Not Your Negro, 2016, dir. Raoul Peck
I Am Woman, 2019, dir. Unjoo Moon
I Married a Witch, 1942, dir. Rene Clair
Inside Man, 2006, dir. Spike Lee
The Irishman, 2019, dir. Martin Scorsese
The Iron Giant, 1999, dir. Brad Bird
Jayhawkers, 2014, dir. Kevin Willmott
The Jerk, 1979, dir. Carl Reiner
Jiro Dreams of Sushi, 2011, dir. David Gelb
Juno, 2007, dir. Jason Reitman
Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Knives Out, 2019, dir. Rian Johnson
Lady Bird, 2017, dir. Greta Gerwig
The Life Ahead, 2020, dir. Edoardo Ponti
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004, dir. Wes Anderson
The Little Prince, 2015, dir. Mark Osborne
Love, Gilda, 2018, dir. Lisa D'Apolito
Love & Mercy, 2014, dir. Bill Pohlad
Loving, 2016, dir. Jeff Nichols
Loving Vincent, 2017, dir. Dorota Kobiela
The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, dir. Orson Welles
Mank, 2020, dir. David Fincher
Mirai, 2018, dir. Mamoru Hosoda
Miss Americana, 2020, dir. Lana Wilson
Molly's Game, 2017, dir. Aaron Sorkin
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975, dir. Terry Gilliam
Mucho Mucho Amor, 2020, dir. Kareem Tabsch
The Muppets Take Manhattan, 1984, dir. Frank Oz
My Cousin Vinny, 1992, dir. Jonathan Lynn
My Life as a Zucchini, 2016, dir. Claude Barras
My Neighbor Totoro, 1988, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
My Octopus Teacher, 2020, dir. James Reed
My Pal Trigger, 1946, dir. Yakima Canutt
Oh, God!, 1977, dir. Carl Reiner
The One and Only Ivan, 2020, dir. Thea Sharrock
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975, dir. Miloš Forman
Onward, 2020, dir. Dan Scanlon
Over the Moon, 2020, dir. Glen Keane
Pachamama, 2018, dir. Juan Antin
Pete's Dragon, 1977, dir. Don Chaffey
Pitch Perfect, 2012, dir. Jason Moore
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987, dir. John Hughes
Polly Pocket: PollyWorld, 2006, dir. Jeff Moore
Postcards from the Edge, 1990, dir. Mike Nichols
The Prince of Egypt, 1998, dir. Simon Wells
The Princess and the Frog, 2009, dir. Ron Clements
The Princess Bride, 1987, dir. Rob Reiner
Rebuilding Paradise, 2020, dir. Ron Howard
The Red Turtle, 2016, dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
The Report, 2019, dir. Scott Z. Burns
The Rescuers Down Under, 1990, dir. Mike Gabriel
Robin Hood, 1973, dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, 1993, dir. Mel Brooks
Rocketman, 2019, dir. Dexter Fletcher
Room Service, 1938, dir. William A. Seiter
Shane, 1953, dir. George Stevens
Silver Lode, 1954, dir. Allan Dwan
Sleeping Beauty, 1959, dir. Clyde Geronimi
Slumdog Millionaire, 2008, dir. Danny Boyle
Slums of Beverly Hills, 1998, dir. Tamara Jenkins
The Social Dilemma, 2020, dir. Jeff Orlowski
Spaceballs, 1987, dir. Mel Brooks
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, 2002, dir. Kelly Asbury
Spirited Away, 2001, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Stan and Ollie, 2018, dir. Jon S. Baird
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019, dir. J. J. Abrams
The Sword in the Stone, 1963, dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014, dir. Jonathan Liebesman
To Be or Not to Be, 1942, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Tootsie, 1982, dir. Syndey Pollack
The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020, dir. Aaron Sorkin
Trumbo, 2015, dir. Jay Roach
The Two Popes, 2019, dir. Fernando Meirelles
The U.S. v. John Lennon, 2006, dir. David Leaf
Vertigo, 1958, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Vice, 2018, dir. Adam McKay
Wadjda, 2012, dir. Haifaa al-Mansour
WarGames, 1983, dir. John Badham
The Wedding Singer, 1998, dir. Frank Coraci
West Side Story, 1961, dir. Robert Wise
What About Bob?, 1991, dir. Frank Oz
What Happened, Miss Simone?, 2015, dir. Liz Garbus
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, 2019, dir. Richard Linklater
Wild Strawberries, 1957, dir. Ingmar Bergman
The Willoughbys, 2020, dir. Kris Pearn
Wonder, 2017, dir. Stephen Chbosky

50 Books in 2020

1776 by David McCullough, 2005
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin, 2015
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: The Apollo Theater and American Entertainment by Richard Carlin and Kinshasha Holman Conwill, 2010
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle, 2018
The Anatomy of a Museum by Steven Miller, 2017
And the Show Goes On: Broadway and Hollywood Adventures by Sheldon Leonard, 1995
Becoming by Michelle Obama, 2018
The Big Oak Flat Road to Yosemite by Irene D. Paden and Margaret E. Schlichtmann, 1955
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1987
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, 2013
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2002
Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1982
The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health and Happiness by Emily Anthes, 2020
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews, 2019
The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History by Anthony N. Penna, 2009
Illustrating Modern Life by Michael Zakian and David Apatoff, 2013
Jim Roselle: The Best Times of My Life by Jim Roselle and Walt Pickut, 2014
Laugh Lines: Forty Years Trying to Make Funny People Funnier by Alan Zweibel, 2020
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris, 2013
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings, 2011
Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara by Jerry Stiller, 2000
A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age by Laura Millar, 2019
Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving by Mo Rocca, 2019
Natural History of the San Francisco Bay by Okamoto Ariel Rubissow and Kathleen M. Wong, 2011
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in WWII by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1994
On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy by Mel Watkins, 1995
One Hundred Years in Yosemite by Carl P. Russell, 1932
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore, 2010
Personal Experiences on the Oregon Trail: Sixty Years Ago by Ezra Meeker, 1912
Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake by Kathryn Miles, 2017
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger, 2019
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words by Helena Hunt, 2018
Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man by Jason Mark, 2015
Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo by Nigel Rothfels, 2002
Schulz and Peanuts:A Biography by David Michaelis, 2007
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan, 1991
The Studio by John Gregory Dunne, 1969
True Grit by Charles Portis, 1968
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, 1922
TVGuide: Fifty Years of Television by Mark Lasswell, 2002
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, 2008
Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians We Are All in Trouble by Judy Gold, 2020

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

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

October 2020

BOOKS

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

FILMS

13th, 2016, dir. Ava DuVernay
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
Carol, 2015, dir. Todd Haynes
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
I Am Woman, 2019, dir. Unjoo Moon
Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Out, 2020, dir. Steven Clay Hunter
Over the Moon, 2020, dir. Glen Keane
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987, dir. John Hughes
Purl, 2018, dir. Kristen Lester
Room on the Broom, 2012, dir. Max Lang
Room Service, 1938, dir. William A. Seiter
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb, 2020, dir. James Tovell
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
American Masters, "Walter Winchell - The Power of Gossip," 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
Jeopardy!, "10/20/2020," 2020
Judge Judy, "10/26/2020," 2020
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, "Dave Chappelle," 2020
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, "Kim Kardashian West," 2020
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, "Lizzo," 2020
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, "Robert Downey Jr.," 2020
Nova, "A to Z: The First Alphabet," 2020
Penn & Teller: Fool Us, "Deep Fake Penn," 2020
The Queen's Gambit, "Openings," 2020
The Rachel Maddow Show, "10/20/2020," 2020
The Rachel Maddow Show, "10/26/2020," 2020
The Rachel Maddow Show, "10/27/2020," 2020
The Right Stuff, "Sierra Hotel," 2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine, 2020
Saturday Night Live, "Chris Rock," 2020
Saturday Night Live, "Bill Burr," 2020
Saturday Night Live, "Issa Rae," 2020
Saturday Night Live, "Adele," 2020
Saturday Night Live, "John Mulaney," 2020
Schitt's Creek, "Carl's Funeral," 2015
Unsolved Mysteries, "Washington Insider Murder," 2020
Unsolved Mysteries, "A Death in Oslo," 2020
Unsolved Mysteries, "Death Row Fugitive," 2020
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

November 2020

BOOKS

Married to Laughter: A Love Story featuring Anne Meara by Jerry Stiller, 2000
The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History by Anthony Penna, 2009
Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We're All in Trouble by Judy Gold, 2020

FILMS

Dolemite Is My Name, 2019, dir. Craig Brewer
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles, 2019, dir. Max Lewkowicz
The Forty-Year-Old Version, 2020, dir. Radha Blank
The Glorias, 2020, dir. Julie Taymor
Grey Gardens, 1975, dir. Albert Maysles
I Married a Witch, 1942, dir. Rene Clair
If Anything Happens I Love You, 2020, dir. Will McCormack
The Jerk, 1979, dir. Carl Reiner
Knives Out, 2019, dir. Rian Johnson
The Little Prince, 2015, dir. Mark Osborne
Loving, 2016, dir. Jeff Nichols
My Octopus Teacher, 2020, dir. James Reed
My Pal Trigger, 1946, dir. Yakima Canutt
Oh, God!, 1977, dir. Carl Reiner
Polly Pocket: PollyWorld, 2006, dir. Jeff Moore
Rebuilding Paradise, 2020, dir. Ron Howard
The Life Ahead, 2020, dir. Edoardo Ponti

TELEVISION

Bob's Burgers, "Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School," 2020
Cheers, "Diane Meets Mom," 1984
The Crown, "Gold Stick," 2020
The Crown, "The Balmoral Test," 2020
The Crown, "Fairytale," 2020
The Dick Cavett Show, "Harry Belafonte, Alan Sues, Betty Siemes," 1970
Dream Home Makeover, "Forever Home," 2020
Eater's Guide to the World, "Dining Alone in the Pacific Northwest," 2020
Eater's Guide to the World, "Cultural Crossroads in Casablanca," 2020
The Merv Griffin Show, "Barbara Walters," 1973
The Merv Griffin Show, "Gerald Ford," 1979
The Merv Griffin Show, "Jimmy Carter," 1982
The Merv Griffin Show, "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," 1967
The Merv Griffin Show, "Richard Nixon," 1967
The Merv Griffin Show, "Robert Kennedy," 1967
The Merv Griffin Show, "Ronald Reagan," 1983
The Merv Griffin Show, "Rose Kennedy," 1969
The Merv Griffin Show, "Walter Cronkite," 1983
Pose, "Pilot," 2018
Saturday Night Live, "Dave Chappelle," 2020
We Are the Champions, "Cheese Rolling," 2020

December 2020

BOOKS

A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age by Laura Millar, 2019
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1987
Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1982
Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration by Michael Zakian and David Apatoff, 2013
On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy by Mel Watkins, 1994

FILMS

Aaron Loves Angela, 1975, dir. Gordon Parks, Jr.
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, 1953, dir. Charles Lamont
The Bellboy, 1960, dir. Jerry Lewis
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, 2019, dir. Chiwetel Ejiofor
The Butler, 2013, dir. Lee Daniels
Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940, dir. Dorothy Arzner
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, 2017, dir. David France
Ernest Saves Christmas, 1988, dir. John R. Cherry III
Free to Be...You and Me, 1974, dir. Fred Wolf
High Noon, 1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann
I Am Not Your Negro, 2016, dir. Raoul Peck
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman, 2019, dir. Juan Carlos Rulfo
Mank, 2020, dir. David Fincher
The Red Turtle, 2016, dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
Slumdog Millionaire, 2008, dir. Danny Boyle
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014, dir. Jonathan Liebesman
Vertigo, 1958, dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Vice, 2018, dir. Adam McKay

TELEVISION

American Masters, "Keith Haring: Street Art Boy," 2020
Ari Eldjarn: Pardon My Icelandic, 2020
Bewitched, "My Friend Ben," 1966
Bob's Burgers, "Mommy Boy," 2020
Cowboy Bebop, "Asteroid Blues," 1998
The Crown, "Favourites," 2020
The Crown, "Fagan," 2020
The Crown, "Terra Nullius," 2020
The Crown, "The Hereditary Principle," 2020
The Crown, "48:1," 2020
The Crown, "Avalanche," 2020
The Crown, "War," 2020
The Dick Van Dyke Show, "All About Eavesdropping," 1963
The Eric Andre Show, "George Clooney," 2012
Magnum, P.I., "Don't Eat the Snow In Hawaii, Part 1," 1980
The Merv Griffin Show, "Jack Benny," 1973
Nathan For You, "Yogurt Shop; Pizzeria," 2013
The Queen's Gambit, "Exchanges," 2020
The Queen's Gambit, "Doubled Pawns," 2020
Saturday Night Live, "Kristen Wiig," 2020
Saturday Night Live, "Timothee Chalamet," 2020
Sherman's Showcase, "Meet Sherman," 2019
Sherman's Showcase, "The Showcase Dancers," 2019
True Colors, "Alexandria Ocasio Cortez," 2020