Matt Baume

This may be one of the most awkward interviews I've ever seen: Ian McKellen talking to Dick Cavett, ostensibly about Ian's appearance at the 1992 Tonys and his touring production of Richard III, but it quickly turns into a weirdly tense confrontation about homosexuality, coming-out, and the use of s

Hello there! For my most recent YouTube video, I did some research into the early days of PBS (and its predecessor, NET), and came across a lot of fun Julia Child stuff that I didn't have room for in the final video. But I thought you'd get a kick out of a couple of clips in which she screws things

Hello there! I've got some more fun artifacts from my Yale research trip to share with you -- this time, some scribbles in scripts and early drafts from the sitcom Ellen. Plus! A group of very effective lesbians shutting down a particularly homophobic & antifeminist speaker on the Dick Cavett show.