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Appendix: Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner's Major Projects and Awards A pppen p e n d iix: x : LLi i l y T oom m l iin n aan n d JJane a n e Wagner’s Major Projects and Awards ily Tomlin and Jane Wagner have both worked on many projects and won awards for projects that did not involve the L other one. Here, though is a list of their work together dis- c ussed in this book. SOUND RECORDING Edith Ann: And That’s the Truth (1971) ● Nominated for a Grammy Modern Scream (1975) ● Nominated for a Grammy On Stagee (1977) ● Nominated for a Grammy T E L E V I S I O N The Lily Tomlin Showw (1973) Lilyy (1973) ● Won Best Writing Emmy ● Nominated for Writer’s Guild Award for Best Written Variety Script 178 Appendix Lilyy (1975) ● Nominated for Outstanding Writing Emmy ● Nominated for Outstanding Special Emmy Lily Tomlin (1975) ● Won Outstanding Writing in Comedy-Variety of Music Special Emmy ● Nominated for Outstanding Special Emmy Lily: Sold Out!! (1981) ● Won Outstanding Variety, Music of Comedy Special Emmy ● Nominated for Best Writing Emmy Lily for President?? (1982) Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzlee (1994) Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home (1996) Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say No ë l (1996) ● P e a body Award AAn Apology to Elephantss (2013) ● T o m lin won Emmy fo r V o i c e - o v e r FILM MMoment by Momentt (1978) The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universee (1991) ● Won Cable Ace Award ● Nominated for Two Emmy A w a r d s T H E A T E R AAppearing Nitelyy (1977) ● T o n y A w a r d Appendix 179 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universee (1985) ● T o n y Award ● New York Drama Desk Award ● Outer Circle Critics Award ● New York Drama Critic’s Special Award An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin (c. 2007) Not Playing with a Full Deckk (2009) B O O K S My Life So Far, Edith Ann (1994) The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universee (1986, 2012) Notes INTRODUCTION 1 . R e c e n t e x a m p les include Craig Ferguson introducing her as “an American treasure” on The Late Late Showw aired on February 18, 2011; Molly Shannon introduced her as “the legendary” Lily Tomlin on the October 3, 2011, episode of The Talkk. Coco Peru introduced her as a “legend” and an “icon,” in his April 3, 2010, interview with her at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center interview. 2 . T h i s i s a c o n c e pt that will be explored in more detail in chapter 3 . 1 FEMINISM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY 1 . S e e t he appendix for a full list. 2 . Susan Douglas makes this point well in Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media . Riverhead, 1995. 3 LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO OURSELVES 1 . T o be clear, I am not arguing that they were alone in important politi- cized comedy. It was a time of the emergence of lesbian comedy in smaller venues, as well as black comics who were even on television like Flip Wilson, Redd Foxx, and others. Tomlin and Wagner distinguished themselves during this period though in their particular capacity for clear-eyed hope. 5 OUR QUEER MOTHERS 1 . T o m lin and Wagner lent their names The Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center in 2002. It was funded through the philanthropic organization, the Silva Watson Moonwalk Foundation. Revenues 182 Notes earned from it are used in part to provide HIV or AIDS treatment and care through the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, and to enhance other programs at The Center. 2 . For an example of the tone of these articles see: Randy Shulman, “Lily Tomlin,” in MetroWeekly y, Apr. 27, 2006, accessed www.metroweekly. com , Sept. 22, 2010; “Interview: Lily Tomlin!” in Cherry Grrl, Apr. 12, 2010, accessed www.c herrygrrl.com , Sept. 22, 2010; and Amy Carlson Gustafson, “Lily Tomlin,” TwinCities.com, Feb. 11, 2011, accesses www.twincities.com , Feb. 20, 2011. 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