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(2002)
In the show's 2002 season finale, Syd's sister Joanie played
The Circle Game
for her in the hospital.
(Contributed by Lori Fye)
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Books
(115 references)
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A & R
by Bill Flanagan
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About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
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American Purgatorio: A Novel
by John Haskell
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Anything Goes
by Madison Smartt Bell
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Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z: A Novel
by Debra Weinstein
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The Arrival of Fergal Flynn
by Brian Kennedy
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The Association
by Bentley Little
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Bang!
by A Collaboration
»
Barlett's Familiar Quotations
by Justin John/Kaplan Bartlett
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The Beautiful Room is Empty
by Edmund White
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The Biography: Kate Bush
by Rob Jovanovic
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Blackbird
by Larry Duplechan
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The Body: A Novel
by Hanif Kureishi
»
Both Sides Now: Ecclesiastes and the Human Condition
by Peter Barnes
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Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-Three of the World's Best Poems
by Camille Paglia
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Catching Heaven
by Sands Hall
»
Chain of Hearts
by Maureen McCarthy
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City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouver
by Douglas Coupland
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The Cloudspotter's Guide
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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Come in from the Cold
by Marsha Qualey
»
The Complaints
by Ian Rankin
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Consumption: A Novel
by G.S. Johnston
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Coyote
by Lynn Vannucci
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The Dark-Eyed Girls
by Judith Lennox
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Demonology
by Rick Moody
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Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley
by Oliver Trager
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
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The Drifters
by James A. Michener
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Economy of Errors: SatireWire Gives Business the Business
by Andrew Marlatt
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Eight Days A Week
by Larry Duplechan
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Emotionally Weird
by Kate Atkinson
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Engleby: A Novel
by Sebastian Faulks
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Essays In Love
by Alain de Botton
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Everything You Know
by Zoe Heller
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Fight Club , A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk
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A Firing Offence
by David Ignatius
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The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa
by Elizabeth Stuckey-French
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Flight: A Celebration of 100 Years in Art and Literature
by Anne Colli Goodyear
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Forgive the Moon
by Maryanne Stahl
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Fraud
by David Rakoff
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Friction Shifting
by Daniel Wesolowski
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Fury: A Novel
by Salman Rushdie
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The Good People of New York
by Thisbe Nissen
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The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage
by Mark Klempner
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Hearts in Atlantis
by Stephen King
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High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
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The Hindenburg Crashes Nightly
by Greg Hrbek
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The Hissing Of The Silent Lonely Room
by Paul Charles
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A Home at the End of the World
by Michael Cunningham
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Home Fires: An Intimate Portrait of One Middle-Class Family in Postwar America
by Donald Katz
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The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb
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How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir of Starting Over
by Theo Pauline Nestor
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Howl: A Collection of the Best Contemporary Dog Wit
by Bark Editors
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I, Lucifer
by Glen Duncan
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Icarus
by Russell Andrews
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In the City of Shy Hunters
by Tom Spanbauer
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Inconceivable
by Ben Elton
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Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret
by James Gavin
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IPod, Therefore I Am
by Dylan M. Jones
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Izzy and Eve
by Neil Drinnan
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Kalki
by Gore Vidal
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Killer Cocktail (A Molly Forrester Novel)
by Sheryl J. Anderson
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Kiss the Sunset Pig
by Laurie Gough
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Lawnboy
by Paul Lisicky
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Looking Back
by Thomas A. Becker
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Love Me
by Garrison Keillor
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Lucky You
by Carl Hiaasen
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Men May Come and Men May Go, But I've Still Got My Little Pink Raincoat: Life and Love In and Out of My Wardrobe
by Gigi Anders
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Mercy
by Jodi Picoult
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Mothers Are Dangerous With Knives (Moeders zijn gevaarlijk met messen)
by Do van Ranst
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Murder at Cleaver Stadium
by Douglas Lee Gibboney
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My Life
by Bill Clinton
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My Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life
by Laurie Fox
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
by Michael Chabon
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No Touch Monkey! (And other travel lessons learned too late)
by Ayun Halliday
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The Official Preppy Handbook
by Lisa Birnbach
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On the Road with Bob Dylan: Rolling with the Thunder
by Larry Sloman
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One Day
by David Nicholls
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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
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Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures
by Louise Rafkin
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Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
by Scott Dikkers and Staff of the Onion
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Paving Paradise
by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
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Prince: Life and Times
by Jason Draper
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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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The Pull of the Moon
by Elizabeth Berg
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The Quality of Life Report
by Meghan Daum
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Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale
by Lynn Roberts
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Rhymes with Useless
by Terence Young
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The Ruins of California
by Martha Sherrill
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A Salty Piece of Land
by Jimmy Buffet
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Salvo el Crepúsculo
by Julio Cortázar
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The Science of Discworld
by Terry Pratchett, et al
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Seafood Lover's Guide
by Rick Stein
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Sensing Others
by Frank Tallis
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Shadow of the Dolls
by Jacqueline Susann, Ray Lawrence
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Shadow Tag: A Novel
by Louis Erdich
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Shanghai Baby
by Wei Hui
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She's Come Undone
by Wally Lamb
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The Silk Road
by Jane Summer
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Sky Full of Ribbons
by Marilyn Arnold
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Spadework
by Timothy Findley
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Speaking with the Angel
by Various Writers
»
The Stand
by Stephen King
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Take Another Little Piece of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up
by Pamela Des Barres
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Tea
by Stacey D'Erasmo
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
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A Traitor to Memory
by Elizabeth George
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True Enough
by Stephen McCauley
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An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey
by Richard Brautigan
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Violets Are Blue
by James Patterson
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Waist-high in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled
by Nancy Mairs
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A Week in December
by Sebastian Faulks
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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
by Lorrie Moore
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The World's Room
by Todd London
Films
(46)
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200 Cigarettes
(1999)
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9 1/2 Weeks
(1986)
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After Hours
(1985)
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Alice's Restaurant
(1969)
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Almost Famous
(2000)
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The Bridge
(2006)
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The Brothers Bloom
(2008)
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The Brothers McMullen
(1995)
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Camp
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Changes
(1969)
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City of Ghosts
(2003)
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The Commitments
(1991)
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DIVA
(1981)
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Down To You
(2000)
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Elizabethtown
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Fight Club
(1999)
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Foxes
(1980)
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Get Over It
(2000)
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Grace of My Heart
(1996)
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High Fidelity
(2000)
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Hustler White
(1996)
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Into The Wild
(2007)
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Just Wright
(2010)
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The Kids Are All Right
(2010)
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Laurel Canyon
(2003)
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Life As a House
(2001)
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Live Nude Girls
(1995)
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Love, Actually
(2003)
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Married to It
(1991)
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Midnight Cowboy
(1969)
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Out of Sight
(1998)
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Practical Magic
(1998)
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Songcatcher
(1999)
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Starting Out in the Evening
(2007)
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Still Crazy
(1999)
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The Strawberry Statement
(1970)
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Swing Vote
(2008)
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Switch
(1991)
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Tarnation
(2003)
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
(1991)
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Two Weeks Notice
(2002)
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Under the Cherry Moon
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Vanilla Sky
(2001)
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Waking the Dead
(2000)
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A Walk on the Moon
(1999)
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You've Got Mail
(1998)
Television
(96)
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The 70s
(2002)
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Absolutely Fabulous
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Alias
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Alias
(2002)
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Ally McBeal
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Ally McBeal
(2000)
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As Told By Ginger
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The Brady Bunch
»
Brothers and Sisters
(2009)
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C-SPAN White House Meeting & Barangrill
(2009)
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Canadian Idol
(2004)
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Catterick
»
Chicago Hope
(1996)
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The Chris Isaac Show
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The Colbert Report
(2006)
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The Colbert Report
(2008)
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The Colbert Report
(2008)
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Dawson's Creek
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Design by Surprise
»
Dharma and Greg
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Dr. Phil
»
Ellen
(1997)
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Emmerdale
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ER
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ER
(2002)
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Frasier
»
General Hospital
(2006)
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Gilmore Girls
(2003)
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A Girl Thing
»
Grandeur et décadence
(1986)
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Guiding Light
»
Hey Arnold!
(2007)
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I'm Alan Partridge
»
Jam and Jerusalem / Clatterford
(2009)
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Jeff Buckley
»
Jeopardy!
»
Jeopardy!
»
Just Shoot Me
»
Kathy
(2013)
»
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (Quentin Tarantino)
(2005)
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The Late Show with David Letteman
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The Late Show with David Letterman
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The Late Show with David Letterman
(1986?)
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The Late Show with David Letterman
(2000)
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The Late Show with David Letterman
(2000)
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The Late Show with David Letterman
(2000)
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The Late Show with David Letterman
(2002)
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The Late Show with David Letterman
(2002)
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Melrose Place
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Melrose Place
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Melrose Place
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Mercy
(2010)
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My Family
»
New Girl
(2012)
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Nip/Tuck
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Northern Exposure
»
Nurse Jackie
(2010)
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Once and Again
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Oprah interviews Julia Roberts
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Providence
(2002)
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Re:Covered
(2002)
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Rose Parade coverage
(2003)
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
(2002)
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Saturday Night Live
(2003)
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Second City TV
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Six Feet Under
(2002)
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The Sopranos
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Southland
(2009)
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Star Search
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Strangers with Candy
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Strangers With Candy
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The L-Word
(2006)
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The Today Show
(2005)
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Third Rock from the Sun
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thirtysomething
(1987)
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thirtysomething
(1987)
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thirtysomething
(1989)
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Today Show interview with Mandy Moore
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Goldie Hawn)
(2002)
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Louise Goffin)
(2002)
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Tracey Takes On
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Two and a Half Men
(2010)
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University Challenge
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The Vicar of Dibley
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Walk On By
(2005)
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The Weakest Link
(2002)
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The West Wing
(2004)
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When Hippies Ruled the World
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
(2002)
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Will & Grace
(2000)
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Will & Grace
(2002)
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Without a Trace
(2005)
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The Wonder Years
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The Wonder Years
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The Wonder Years
»
The Wonder Years
(1992)
Plays
(19)
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Cesar and Ruben
by Ed Begley, Jr.
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Collected Stories
by Donald Margulies
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Eclipse
by Andy Lund
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Forty Winks
by Kevin Elyot
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Guitar Girls
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Hedda Gabler
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Hurricane
by Erin Cressida Wilson
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Joni Mitchell: River
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Joni Noodles
by Walter Breen
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Ladies of the Canyon: The Music of Joni Mitchell
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Making Hay
by Sue Teddern
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One for the Road
by Willy Russell
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River: Songs of Joni Mitchell
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Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience: The American Road Trip Songbook
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Streakin'
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Summer ’69: The Musical Happening
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Tales of Joni: The Storefront Sings Mitchell
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Unknown
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When All the Slaves Are Free: The Words and Music of Joni Mitchell
Poetry
(19)
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A Alejandra Pizarnik
by Julio Cortazar
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Bericht aan de reizigers
by Ingmar Heytze
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For Joni
by Kerry Furber (Kezz)
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I Met A Woman In A Joni Mitchell Song
by David Geary
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jammin' with joni
by Terry
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Joni Mitchell
by Joseph Hutchinson
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Joni Mitchell Can Bite My Ass
by Curtis Meyer
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Joni Mitchell, Coffee & the Rain
by Carmina Gitana
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Learning the Hard Way
by Jane McGuinness
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Libro de Manuel
by Julio Cortazar
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Lonely With Joni
by Rebecca Stang
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Pas de Deux from a Distance
by Nora Maria Iancu
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Paved Paradise
by Heidi Lerner
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Practical Water
by Brenda Hillman
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Purr
by James Servin
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Radical Sentimentality
by James Sevin
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Somewhere in the Buddha Night
by Lester Hirsh
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Upon hearing Joni Mitchell's Travelogue
by Peter Tadd
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You Don't Know What You've Got . . .
by Paula Harris
Miscellaneous
(74)
»
2nd Avenue Grill Drink
by Craig Silliphant
»
Coyote
Inspired Briefs & Bras
by Marlies Dekkers
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My Old Man
residing in Shangri-La
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A music store named Sharon in Maidstone
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Anna Quindlen column
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Ashley Judd in Reader's Digest interview
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Ben Whishaw: “I can’t write poetry. I’ve written love letters”
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A bench at Princeton
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A Bermuda tour boat narration
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Big Yellow Taxi - New Hampshire
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Big Yellow Taxi in a political column
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Bissell Commercial
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Capitol Steps Political Parody of
Both Sides Now
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Cartoon in The New Yorker Magazine
by Victoria Roberts
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CHUM-FM questionnaire
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Clean White Linen
by Mark Aster
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Cloud Physics Course
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Coldwater Creek catalogue
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Desert Island Discs - Jack Vettriano
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Dirty Car Art
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Doonesbury
by Gary Trudeau
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Doonesbury
by Gary Trudeau
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Edie Falco in
Watch!
interview
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Esquire Magazine, July 2002
by Jeff Gordinier
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Extra-credit question for 5th grade students
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From a
New Yorker
article
by Ian Frazier
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Graham Nash radio interview
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Guardian review of Partick McCabe book
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Hotel Isolabella
OUR HOUSE
Room - Trentino, Italy
»
How Keith Richards Inspired Dr. Evil
by Unknown
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Jacksonville Transit Poster Art
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Joni mention on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Disk
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Joni mention on high rotation TV commercial
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Joni-inspired painting names
by Jack Vettriano
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Ken Bruce's BBC radio show
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Lafayette Electronics & Larry
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Lorrie Moore in Reader's Digest interview
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Mermaid Café in Nantucket
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Metro interview with Adrian Edmondson
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Motorsport Journalism - Formula One Diary
by Simon Arron
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My prom date, the spy
by Lisa Zeidner
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National Lampoon parody
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National Lampoon/Bernie's column
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New South Wales Higher School Certificate Exam
by Unknown
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The Night Before Christmas
by Bob Muller
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Night Ride Home
by Lindsay Stamhuis
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NPR science show promo
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Obama Town Hall Webcam
by Reginald Cunningham III
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A paper from War Resisters International Triennial Conference
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Parade Magazine Article
by Bruce Feiler
»
Parody of
Woodstock
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Peggy Baker Dance Projects
»
PhillyBaseballNews.com column
by Cole Hamels
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Pop The Question: The Ultimate Pop Trivia Quiz Card Game
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Postcard for Common Good Planning Center in Rochester, NY
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Prop O poster in Paradise, California
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Radio 4 program about natural foods
»
The Reptile Garden
by Louise Erdrich
»
A Sacrifice for Friendship, Chapter 3
by DS Bauden
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A Sacrifice for Friendship, Chapter 5
by DS Bauden
»
Salon.com political commentary
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Spaceship "Stardust" news story
»
A Spray-painted cardboard sign
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Starbucks Calendar
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Stevie Nick's Moonlight Video & Wild Things Run Fast
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Summer music and drink suggestions
»
The Laura Ingraham Show
»
The Times of London interview with Brian Cox
»
Tori Amos radio interview
by Toyah Wilcox
»
Tristam Shandy, A Cock and Bull Story
by Steve Coogan
»
Valentine's Day Editorial
»
Whole Foods ad
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Windy City Media Group online interview of writer Paul Lisicky
»
The Writer's Almanac
by Garrison Keillor
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