Monthly Reading & Watching Log

November 2020

BOOKS
  • Married to Laughter: A Love Story featuring Anne Meara by Jerry Stiller, 2000
  • 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
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version, ​2020, dir. Radha Blank
  • The Glorias, 2020, dir. Julie Taymor
  • Grey Gardens, 1975, dir. Albert Maysles
  • 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
  • Oh, God!, 1977, dir. Carl Reiner
  • Polly Pocket: PollyWorld, 2006, dir. Jeff Moore
  • Rebuilding Paradise, 2020, dir. Ron Howard

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

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

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