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Oral History

  1. backstories
    ‘Look at Me Like a Human Boy!’An oral history of Clifford, the 1994 cult comedy about a deranged little boy played by Martin Short.
    By Rob Turbovsky
  2. oral history
    ‘We Were a Part of History’Beyoncé and the Chicks’ audacious CMAs set, and the volatile reaction offstage, as told by its background performers.
    By Zach Schonfeld
  3. past is prologue
    An Oral History of Throwing Shoes at George W. Bush, 15 Years LaterRevisiting the viral protest by an Iraqi journalist against a U.S. president.
    By Jordan Heller
  4. backstories
    How Clone High Rose From the DeadAn oral history of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s vexed animation experiment and its unlikely return 20 years later.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  5. by order of the king
    ‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, and admittedly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige-TV future and lost.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk and Jackson McHenry
  6. backstories
    ‘There Couldn’t Be Any Normal Scenes in This Movie’Damien Chazelle and his collaborators explain Babylon in three key scenes.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. oral history
    An Oral History of ‘David Pumpkins’The story of Saturday Night Live’s most improbable breakout character.
    By Jesse David Fox
  8. backstories
    An Oral History of Lilo & StitchThe beloved Disney movie made in a “secret hangar” that almost brought hand-drawn animation back.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. oral history
    ‘She Wanted to Be Fantastic’An oral history of Beyoncé in Austin Powers: Goldmember, a goofy anomaly in a now-rarefied pop career.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  10. putting the atoms together
    ‘No Aliens, No Spaceships, No Invasion of Earth’An oral history of Contact, the sci-fi movie that defied Hollywood norms and made it big anyway.
    By Rachel Handler
  11. community theater
    ‘We Should Hate It, But It Works’An oral history of the inexplicably star-studded, hallucinogenic ending of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again.
    By Rachel Handler
  12. oral history
    How Blue Man Group Blew UpAn oral history of the wildly successful show, starring strange bald men painted in Yves Klein blue.
    By Molly Langmuir
  13. backstories
    The Little Streaming Comedy Platform That Couldn’tAn oral history of Seeso, NBCUniversal’s short-lived, extremely doomed comedy experiment.
    By Will Storey
  14. the vampire chronicles
    An Oral History of Queen of the DamnedHow an Anne Rice novel became a Hollywood saga involving Aaliyah and the guy from Korn.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  15. book excerpt
    Mac Miller Found Freedom on FacesAn oral history of Mac Miller’s 2014 opus, now available on streaming services for the first time, excerpted from The Book of Mac.
    By Donna-Claire Chesman
  16. oral history
    ‘What’s the Best and Worst Day of Your Life?’How System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!” tore up the airwaves — before getting banned post–9/11.
    By Jeremy Gordon
  17. oral history
    The Oral History of Madonna’s Truth or DareMadonna’s seminal 1991 documentary had few precedents. That’s why it can’t be replicated today.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  18. oral history
    No, They Weren’t Dead the Whole TimeAn oral history of Lost’s daring, divisive finale, our last truly communal broadcast TV experience
    By Jen Chaney
  19. oral history
    ‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  20. oral history
    An Oral History of Election Night 2016 at MSNBCWhat it was like to cover the news on the day that gave us the past four years.
    By Jen Chaney
  21. lux aeterna
    An Oral History of Requiem for a DreamDarren Aronofsky’s 2000 movie is the work of artists who hadn’t yet been told what they could and couldn’t do.
    By Alison Willmore
  22. oral history
    An Oral History of the Very First Episode of Yo! MTV RapsOn August 6, 1988, MTV finally, officially, embraced a genre that was born in New York.
    By Jen Chaney
  23. kristy’s great idea
    An Oral History of The Baby-Sitters Club MovieFrom first kisses to first periods to narrowly avoided perms, inside the making of a ’90s sleepover classic.
    By Jessica Goldstein
  24. oral history
    An Oral History of Rihanna’s Debut Song, ‘Pon de Replay’Fifteen years ago, a dancehall riddim and a Bajan teenager laid the groundwork for a pop icon.
    By Bianca Gracie
  25. dance the sh*t out of it
    An Oral History of Center StageHow 24 pairs of leather pants, a tearaway tutu, and red pointe shoes made for a generation’s greatest dance movie.
    By Chloe Angyal
  26. coronavirus
    An Oral History of a Socially Distanced WeddingThe ceremony lasted three minutes and was officiated by a friend leaning out of a fourth-floor window.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  27. coronavirus
    An Oral History of a Zoom Bar MitzvahMazel tov!
    By Joshua David Stein
  28. end of an era
    The History of New York’s Most Downtown-y Retail StoreHow Opening Ceremony became a global hub for the fashion-curious.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  29. oral history
    An Oral History of How BoJack Horseman Almost Killed BoJack HorsemanThe show’s creators on making a trippy, creepy, death-obsessed penultimate episode.
    By Jen Chaney
  30. oral history
    An Oral History of Cats, As Told by Its Original Cats“It became this joke. But it was the most spectacular thing of its time.”
    By Molly Langmuir
  31. oral history
    I Think You Should Leave’s ‘Focus Group’ Sketch: An Oral History“They called me in and were like, ‘I think we just discovered a star.’”
    By Jesse David Fox
  32. oral history
    ‘What the Hell Is Skimbleshanks?’ The Oral History of SNL’s Cats SketchJames Van Der Beek, Chris Parnell, and Mike Schur revisit a forgotten SNL classic.
    By Dan Reilly
  33. oral history
    Jersey Shore: An Oral History“It was like zebras in the Serengeti. We wanted to see this in action. Where does that happen? The Jersey Shore.”
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  34. fall preview 2019
    The Hustle Behind HustlersHow do you get a film about rich white men getting scammed made in an industry run by rich white men? First step: Get J.Lo to sign on.
    By Rachel Handler
  35. backstories
    The Season SNL Embraced Its Old, Weird Self AgainThe show’s writers walk us through the highlights from a year when they dialed back the Trump.
    By Dave Schilling
  36. remember that time
    An Oral History of the Eyes Wide Shut OrgyStaging that scene from Stanley Kubrick’s divisive final film.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  37. scene to meme
    ‘Not Great, Bob!’: The Making of Mad Men’s Greatest MemeThe writers and actors behind season six’s “In Care Of” take us behind the scenes of the elevator confrontation that will live on in pixelated infamy.
    By Whitney Friedlander
  38. food media
    The Oral History of Serious EatsHow a cash-strapped start-up became the internet’s food-nerd utopia.
    By Chris Crowley
  39. oral history
    An Oral History of Game of Thrones, As Told By Its Bit Players“Do you know how they keep cattle? That’s sort of how they keep us.”
    By Dan Reilly and Lila Shapiro
  40. behind the scenes
    How Shrill Made Its Dream ‘Fat Babe Pool Party’ a Reality“I almost cried because it was so beautiful. I just really wanted it to feel like a dream.”
    By Allison Shoemaker
  41. oral history
    The True Origins of Monty Python’s Spamalot MusicalThe best stories from the updated Monty Python oral history, including how Mel Brooks helped give birth to Spamalot.
    By Brian Boone
  42. oral history
    An Oral History of The Dark Knight’s Pencil TrickNo CGI, but a few bouts of unconsciousness.
    By Abraham Josephine Riesman
  43. book excerpt
    How BoJack Horseman Got MadeThe origins of TV’s favorite alcoholic, narcissistic, self-destructive talking horse.
    By Chris McDonnell
  44. features
    The Oral History of Four Loko“It almost felt like liquid hyperbole. It was insane on every level.”
    By Maxine Builder
  45. select all
    The Company That Invented the iPhone in 1990How a group of ex-Apple employees went from insanely great to greatly insane, accidentally inspiring a generation in the process.
    By Adam Fisher
  46. oral history
    ‘The Sketch That Always Plays Hot’An oral history of Saturday Night Live’s “Black Jeopardy.”
    By Dave Schilling
  47. oral history
    ‘Splat!’: The Oral History of Sex and the City’s Most Shocking EpisodeThe episode where Lexi Featherston committed the ultimate party foul.
    By Nisha Gopalan
  48. oral history
    An Oral History of The Americans Series FinaleBehind “START,” one of the finest series-enders of the modern TV era.
    By Jen Chaney
  49. new york 50th anniversary
    The Birth of New York Magazine, Told by the People Who Made ItGloria Steinem, Tom Wolfe, Milton Glaser, Gail Sheehy, and more tell the story of the magazine’s early days.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  50. oral history
    The Inside Story of How Timeless Was Canceled and Uncanceled in Just Three Days“I’d seen shows get canceled and then picked up by other networks, but I’d never seen a network do this.”
    By Jackson McHenry
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