The Search / Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner ; interviewed by Marcia Caldwell.

Comedian Lily Tomlin and her writer and associate Jane Wagner discuss their recent filmmaking project: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, which is an adaptation of Tomlin's stage show. They reveal how different characters were developed, how they are based in real life people, and the close relationship between Tomlin and Wagner. They also explain how the theater piece came to be a film, and the role of many other people in the probject. Includes several Tomlin characters: Trudy, Chrissy, Edith-Ann, Kate, Peter, and 3 women.|THE SEARCH / Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner| interviewed by Marcia Caldwell. - Comedian Lily Tomlin and her writer and associate Jane Wagner discuss their recent filmmaking project: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, which is an adaptation of Tomlin's stage show. They reveal how different characters were developed, how they are based in real life people, and the close relationship between Tomlin and Wagner. They also explain how the theater piece came to be a film, and the role of many other people in the probject. Includes several Tomlin characters: Trudy, Chrissy, Edith-Ann, Kate, Peter, and 3 women. - BROADCAST: KPFK, 15 Nov. 1991.