“My dad’s whole idea was to do an amusement park differently, not where you just got strapped in and twisted around, but one where you controlled what was going on. You can have an awesome time, but you can also hurt yourself if you don’t use good judgment.”
The story behind Tony Kushner’s examination of AIDS and homosexuality.
Wikipedia entry for “Traction Park,” central New Jersey’s most dangerous mid-1980’s amusement park.
What really happened on November 8, 2016.
An oral history of Aaliyah.
Looking back on the making of Sam, Bill, and Neal.
“'You have to understand: This is not your husband anymore, not a beloved person, but a radioactive object with a strong density of poisoning. You’re not suicidal. Get a hold of yourself.' And I was like someone who’d lost her mind: 'But I love him! I love him!' He’s sleeping, and I’m whispering: 'I love you!' Walking in the hospital courtyard, 'I love you.' Carrying his sanitary tray, 'I love you.'”
The making and near unmaking of Paul Thomas Anderson’s breakout film.
An oral history of the Tinderverse.
An oral history.
An oral history of Swingers.
An oral history of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back.’
Remembering the indie rock club that The New York Times once said was “so New York that it’s in New Jersey.”
A pivotal Civil Rights rally recalled, 50 years later.
An oral history of the University of Texas Tower massacre.
An oral history of Cheers.
An oral history of WFAN.
An oral history of The Sopranos.
An oral history of the Pacers/Pistons melee in 2004.
An oral history of Saturday Night Live.
Part of our guide to SNL for Slate.
Breaking the news of the Kennedy assassination, an oral history:
Wicker: [In the press room] we received an account from Julian Reed, a staff assistant, of Mrs. John Connally’s recollection of the shooting…. The doctors had hardly left before Hawks came in and told us Mr. Johnson would be sworn in immediately at the airport. We dashed for the press buses, still parked outside. Many a campaign had taught me something about press buses and I ran a little harder, got there first, and went to the wide rear seat. That is the best place on a bus to open up a typewriter and get some work done.
An oral history of “Page Six.”
An oral history of the soap opera.
An oral history of James Brown, from Macon to the top.
An oral history.
Tom Freston: We knew we needed a real signature piece that would look different from everything else on TV. We also knew that we had no money. So we went to NASA and got the man-on-the-moon footage, which is public domain. We put our logo on the flag and some music under it. We thought that was sort of a rock ’n’ roll attitude: “Let’s take man’s greatest moment technologically, and rip it off.”
