Ephemeral Food Films from the Prelinger Archives
Special Guest: Jessica Lindsey, pop culture collector and a curator with the Museum of Modern Mythology, will show off some of her favorite food objects, from the Pillsbury Doughboy to the Oscar Meyer Wiener Wagon.

This appetizer from the Prelinger Archives can only scratch the surface of our oral obsessions and confirm the central role that food plays in the psychology of our species. These films extol the virtue of legal drugs like coffee and tea, explore the relationship between meat and gender roles, expose the folly of eating as a substitute for love, and hint at the creepiness of nutritional science. Curated by Rick Prelinger.
The Tip-Tops in Peppyland: "Pep," "Strength," and "Health," the three Tip-Tops, show how drinking milk enables children to be active, acrobatic-and successful in business. (Produced by Jam Handy Organization, 1934, B&W) Carving Magic: While working on a TV film, Joe meets "Martha Logan," a home economist and creator of simplified carving methods, and learns her secrets-and that's what we're in for. (Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1959, Color) Demonstrating that tea is a drink for real men and not sissies, A Tale in a Teacup is part costume drama, part travelog, part industrial, part ode to colonialism. (Directed by Ralph Keene, Terry Bishop, 1955, B&W) This Is Coffee: A tribute to the drink that helps us "start the day with warmth and vigor." (Produced by Vision Associates, 1961, Color) Good Eating Habits: Bill sits down to dinner with an aching stomach. Flashbacks and a food-centered nightmare reveal why. (Produced by Coronet Educational Films, 1951, B&W) The Way to a Man's Heart: Women belong in the kitchen and must win men by appealing to their stomachs. (1943, Color) (correction: other film: This is Hormel)