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- cussed 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 W here 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. W oor rk s C ite i t ed

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Graham, Lee. Untitled Column. Hollywood Studio , Apr. 1978. Print. Gross, Amy. “Lily Tomlin on Lily Tomlin.” Mademoisellee Nov. 1975: 141+. Print. Haber, Joyce. “Hello? This Is Lily Tomlin and I’m Talking to You.” Los Angeles Timess May 21, 1972, Calendar: 19. Print. Halberstam, Judith. Female Masculinityy. Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. Print. ———. In a Queer Time and Placee . Durham: Duke University Press, 2005. Print. ———. “Oh Behave! Austin Powers and the Drag Kings.” GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studiess 7.3 (2001): 425–452. Print. Hall, Donald. Queer Theories. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Print. Harris, Hilary. “Failing ‘White Woman’: Interrogating the Performance of Respectability.” Theatre Journall 52 (2000): 183–209. Print. Kent, Leticia. “They’ll Leave You Laughing—and Thinking.” N ew York Timess Mar.11, 1973: D17. Print. Killen, Andreas. 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of the Post-Sixties America . New York: Bloomsbury, 2006. Print. Kroll, Jack. “Funny Lady.” Newsweekk Mar. 28, 1977: 63–66. Print. ———. “Divinely Human Comedy.” Newsweekk Sept. 23, 1985. Print. Larry King Now. Online, hulu, Oct. 2012. Web. Lavin, Suzanne. Women and Comedy in Solo Performance: Phyllis Diller, Lily Tomlin, and Roseannee . New York: Routledge: 2004. Print. Lilyy . Television Special. Prod. Jane Wagner. Dir. John Moffitt. First aired ABC, 1975. Paley Center for Media. Lily. Television Special. Writ. Jane Wagner, et al. Dir. Bill Davis. First aired CBS, Dec. 1973. Paley Center for Media Archives. Lily for President??. Television Special. Exec. Prod. Jane Wagner. Dir. Tom Trbovich. First aired May 1982. Paley Center for Media. Lily Tomlin . Television Special. Prod. Jane Wagner. Dir. Jay Sandrich. First aired ABC. July 1975. Paley Center for Media. Lily: Sold Out!! Television Special. Exec. Prod. Jane Wagner. Dir. Bill Davis. First aired Feb. 1981. Paley Center for Media. Loynd, Ray. “A Night of Gilding the Lily.” LA Herald-Examinerr Feb. 2, 1978: B1+. Print. Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Lily Tomlin. Kennedy Center Performing Arts. WETA/PBS. 2003. McLain Stoop, Norma. “This Story Doesn’t Have an Ending: Lily Tomlin’s Career Is Only Just Beginning.” After Darkk June 20, 1972: 18+. Print. 186 Works Cited

Mehren, Elizabeth. “An Attempt at ‘Outreach’: Uptown Find-Raiser for the Woman’s Building,” Los Angeles Timess, July 29, 1980, View Section: 1+. Print. Michener, Charles. “Lily’s World.” Newsweekk Apr. 17, 1972: 91. Print. Miller, Laura. “Literature’s Gender Gap: Women Are Underrepresented in Literature because Men Aren’t Interested in What Women Have to Say.” Books Section. Salon.com. Feb. 9, 2011. Web. MMoment by Momentt. Writ. & Dir. Jane Wagner. Universal Pictures. 1978. DVD. MMs. Magazinee . “Lily Tomlin: How to Love Christmas and Other Secret Stuff.” Ms. Magazinee Dec. 1976: 51+. Print. Mu ñ oz, Jos é Esteban. Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurityy. New York: NYU Press, 2009. Print. Munt, Sally. Heroic Desire: Lesbian Desire and Cultural Spacee. New York: NYU Press, 1998. Print. Murray, William. Appearing Nitelyy Review. New West , Feb. 27, 1978. Print. Nabers, Lyn. “Old Suffrage Crowd Is Together Again.” LA Herald- Examinerr Aug. 28, 1977: A6. Print. Oliver, Myrna. “Antinuclear Alliance Finds Some Help in the ‘Bag Lady.’” Los Angeles Timess June 7, 1979: A8. Print. Peru, Coco, and Lily Tomlin. Interview recorded at the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center, Los Angeles. Apr. 3, 2010. DVD. Reed, Jennifer. “ Lily: Sold Out!! The Queer Feminism of Lily Tomlin.” Genders.orgg. 49 (2009). Accessed January 23, 2011 . ———. “Lily Tomlin’s Appearing Nitely: Performing Difference Before Difference Was Cool.” Journal of Popular Culturee 37.3 (2004): 436– 449. Print. ———. “Sexual Outlaws: Queer in a Funny Way.” W omen’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journall 40.6 (2011): 762–777. Print. Robinson, Jill. “Bunch of Lily.” Voguee June 1977: 149+. Print. Russo, Vito. “A Special Interview by Vito Russo Starring Lily Tomlin.” The Advocatee Jan. 14, 1976. Print. Saban, Stephen. “IQ & A.” Detailss May 1986: 66–70. Print. Sandoval , Anna. Methodology of the Oppressedd. Minneapolis: Minnesota University Press, 2000. Print. Shulman, Randy. “Lily Tomlin.” Metro Weeklyy, published Apr. 27, 2006. Accessed Sept. 22, 2010. Web. Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Tendenciess . Durham: Duke University Press, 1993. Print. Works Cited 187

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AcademyAcademy Awards,Awards, 1616 Edith hA Ann: A AF Few P ieces of th e P uzzl e, AAgnus Angst, 17, 52 18, 171–2 Alda, Alan, 12, 28, 98 Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say Noell, An Apology to Elephants, 18 18, 171–2 AAppearing Nitelyy, 6, 8, 15, 27, 38, 47–50, Edith Ann: Homeless Go Homee, 18, 171–2 52–4, 66–7, 71, 80, 90–6, 98, 104, 135 Emmys, 14, 18, 68 Equal Rights Amendment, 27, 28, 138 Barter Theatre, 155 Ernestine, 5, 15, 17, 32, 36, 40, 85, 91, Bobbi-Jeanine, 15, 40, 92, 93–5, 98 95–96, 126, 130, 145, 153, 160–1, Brandy and Tina, 52, 106 162, 164, 170 Broadway, 17 An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin, 13, Buchanan, Cynthia, 15 18, 70, 104, 153, 167, 168, 170 Everett, Chad, 28 Carson, Johnny, 63–4 Crenna, Richard, 11, 13 Fonda, Jane, 28 Chrissy, 51, 106 Crystal the Terrible Tumbleweed, 15, 71 HBO, 15, 18 Communitas, 23 Heteronormativity, 10, 18, 20, 57–9, Curtis, Jackie, 156–7 62, 69, 74, 151, 168

Damages, 165 JTT, 8, 66 Darling, Candy, 156 Juke and Opal, 12, 13, 46–7 DeGeneres, Ellen, 19, 165–6 Detroit, 5 Kate, 52, 106 Dick Cavett Show, 28 Differential Consciousness, 134, 14, Lafferty, Perry, 14 148–9, 176 Laugh-In, 5, 26, 69, 91, 126, 133, 169 Doty, Alexander, 19, 21 Lesbian, 19, 59, 152, 166 Dussault, Nancy, 11 Lija, 31 Lily, 12, 14 Edie, 54–5, 106, 111 Lily for President?, 16, 34, 35, 81, 98, Edith-Ann, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 32, 36, 110, 143–5 40, 41, 69–70, 85, 91, 95, 98, 143, Lily: Sold Out!, 16, 34, 68, 81–2, 95, 153, 160, 161, 162, 170, 171–2, 174 135–44, 153 190 Index

Lily Tomlin, 14 Precht, Bob, 12 Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner Cultural Pryor, Richard, 11, 12, 45–6 Arts Center, 18, 163 Liminal space, 20, 21, 23, 24, 87–9, Queer feminism, 23 125, 137, 146, 176 Queer politics Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Queer space, 19 18, 164 Los Angeles Times, 7, 17, 175 Resnick, Patricia, 15 Lucille the Rubber Freak, 15, 40, 130 Rick, 15, 80, 95 Lud and Marie, 52, 153 Russo, Vito, 64–6, 79, 166 Lyn, 54–5, 111 Seinfeldd, 174 Madam Lupe, 36 Silverman, Fred, 13 Mark Twain Prize for American Sister Boogie Woman, 15, 70, 104–5, Humor, 68 109, 153 Marge, 54–5 Superstar in a Housedress, 156–7, 162 Michaels, Lorne, 15 Susie Sorority, 12–13, 32, 95, 130 Miss Sweeny, 70–1, 109 Modern Scream, 15, 80, 104, 130, 168 Tess, 71–3, 93, 95 Moment by Moment, 16, 74 Television specials, 32–5, 37, 42–3, Mrs. Beasley, 13, 15, 17, 32, 38, 40, 45, 76–9, 90–8, 110, 131–3. See 42–3, 51, 65, 77, 80, 93, 95–8, 104, also Lily; Lily Tomlin, The Lily 145, 153 Tomlin Show; Lily: Sold Out!; Lily MMs., 27, 127 for President? MMy Life So Farr, 171 And That’s the Truth, 10, 69–70, 161 The Advocate, 64, 93 New York Drama Desk Award, 1 The Bitter End, 9 New York Drama Critics Special The Celluloid Closet, 64, 166 Award, 1 The Incredible Shrinking Woman, 16, Newsweek, 6, 8, 16,28 76, 96, 104, 109 New York Times, 2, 17, 27, 29, 37, 64 The Lily Tomlin Show, 11, 131 Newton, Wayne, 16 The Oprah Winfrey Show, 17 Not Playing with a Full Deck, 153 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, 1, 2,17 23, 38, Omnipotent, 31 47–52, 54–5, 66, 68, 72, 98, 105–7, 110, 135, 169–70, 172, 175 Paul, 106 The Seven Ages of Woman, 16, 34, 35, Peabody Award, 8, 18 82, 135–6, 138–41, 143, 147 Peru, Coco, 163–7, 169 The Tasteful Lady, 45–7 Pinn, Irene, 126 The Tonight Show, 63 Plays, 47–52. See also Appearing Theatricalz, 31 Nitely; The Search for Signs of This Is a Recordingg, 160 Intelligent Life in the Universe Time, 5, 8, 16, 27, 28, 60, 166 Purvis Hawkins, 17, 81, 109 Tomlin, Richard, 143 Index 191

Tommy Velour, 16, 81, 84–5, 109, 143 Vogue, 7, 29, 38 Toni the ‘50s Teenager, 95 Tonys, 1, 15 Wanda V. Wilford, 98–9 Travolta, John, 16, 74–5 War Games, 13 Trudy, 1, 23, 71–3, 105–7, 145, 172 Warhol, Andy, 156, 162 True humor, 21 Warner, Michael, 19 Turner, Victor, 20 www.lilytomlin.com, 17