Television

Women of Science on the Smithsonian Channel

March 3, 2009

Orchids Show their Stuff on the Smithsonian Channel

February 4, 2009

Hey, hey it’s the Monkees on the Smithsonian Channel

January 9, 2009

‘South Park’ Hits the Natural History Museum, Aims for the Hope Diamond

“About Last Night” South Park episode sheds light on the recent election

November 7, 2008

The Woman Behind Miss Piggy

Muppet designer Bonnie Erickson on puppet storytelling and inspiration

October 2008

Comic Phyllis Diller’s Cabinet Keeps the Jokes Coming

The stand up comic’s archive holds a lifetime of proven punch lines

March 2007

The Shirt Off His Back

Jerry Seinfeld’s silly, frilly prop takes its place in television history

March 2005

Comedy Central

“Your Show of Shows,” starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, pioneered madcap TV humor in the 1950s

September 2004

And Now For Something Completely Different

“Monty Python’s Flying Circus” went on to conquer America

April 1, 2004

Home on the Range

A new public television series transplants three American families to the frontier West of 1883, without electricity, running water or visits to the mall

May 2002

Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

The story of how the Smithsonian came by its mask rivals in interest the way the Lone Ranger got his

October 2001

What’s One Bad Fig in A Bag of Nice Fruit?

September 1999