Movies and TV shows that include signing

[taylorcamel]

Also moved this from the Yahoo site. Please add your suggestions. It is always good to find shows that include signing and Deaf characters.

Movies and TV shows with signing or Deaf characters

Video: Sound and Fury (documentary)

Disney Princess stories vol 1
Miracle on 34th st. (new version)
MVP most valuable primate
Little bill I can sign
Family guy season 3 When You Wish Upon A Weinstein
Buffalo dreams
Dear Frankie
Blue’s Clues All kinds of signs
Blue's Clues Reading with Blue-Blue's Book Nook
Nick Jr. Celebrates Spring Blues Clue's Our Neighborhood Festival
Sign Me A Story with Linda Bove from Sesame Street
Sue Thomas F B Eye (TV Show)

[Little Hands Talking]

We just started watching Sesame Street this week and was delighted to see signing included in 2 episodes.

Yesterday a boy signed a poem about the moon.

On Monday a deaf girl was visiting her uncle on Sesame St. She played tag with the other characters and they talked about how cool it was that she could communicate with her hands. They also realized that a baby puppet was communicating with gesture.
I noticed the girl signed the English phrase "pretty good" as in "that was a pretty good try" by signing "beautiful" and then "good." Isn't that signed English?

Suzanne in Chattanooga

[flagger]

Meet the Fockers

[andrealynnj]

Tomorrow My Dad Will Still Be Deaf, signed comedy by Bonnie Kraft.

VERY funny

[amiller]

Where do I find Tomorrow my dad will still be Deaf? I am intersted in that one.

[MmaBasotho]

We just started watching Sesame Street this week and was delighted to see signing included in 2 episodes.
Suzanne in Chattanooga

We saw that, too! It's like seeing someone you know on TV or something - that's how interested and excited we got :)

Juliet

[MmaBasotho]

Has Marlee Matlin as a guest star regularly. She plays a Democratic pollster and almost exclusively signs, has an interpreter. She occasionally voices, too.

[Devlyn16]

Has Marlee Matlin as a guest star regularly. She plays a Democratic pollster and almost exclusively signs, has an interpreter. She occasionally voices, too.

Speaking of Marlee, I'm surprised no one mentioned her old TV show "Reasonable Doubts"

[Kei_as_in_K]

Marlee Matlin was also on a couple episodes of Law & Order: SVU

[flippet]

I'll do a little 'six degrees' here:

Marlee Matlin has also guested on Desperate Housewives, with Felicity Huffman, who used a little bit of sign in the pilot for Sports Night--the writer (Aaron Sorkin) later made a character's sister Deaf, although you never see her. Marlee contacted Sorkin about that character, and that's how she ended up on The West Wing.

Also, Felicity Huffman's husband, William H. Macy, wrote the teleplay for and starred in a Showtime movie, The Wool Cap, where he plays a man who is mute, and signs. It's a fantastic movie--you can rent it from Netflix if your local video store doesn't have it.

[amiller]

Also, Felicity Huffman's husband, William H. Macy, wrote the teleplay for and starred in a Showtime movie, The Wool Cap, where he plays a man who is mute, and signs. It's a fantastic movie--you can rent it from Netflix if your local video store doesn't have it.

I love William H Macy! I am going to get that movie into my Netflix Queue today so when I retur this weekend's movies tomorrow, I can get that one for next weekend!

[taylorcamel]

Just came out on DVD. I remember seeing it in the theater and the monkeys sign in it. They sign about throwing poop so my kids thought it was the funniest part of the movie.

[andrealynnj]

Where do I find Tomorrow my dad will still be Deaf? I am intersted in that one.

I found it at my local library. If your library doesn't have it. Find out if they have an interlibrary loan program. I promise it will be worth the trouble.

[amiller]

I also heard (but I have not seen it yet!) that the NEW MOVIE "The Family Stone" has a Deaf character and the family members sign.

[Teresa Jo]

I recently watched "Meet The Fockers" and the only good part of the entire movie was the signing baby!

[Rachel]

In the TV show CSI, Grissom's family has a history of genetic hearing loss. He signs occasionally on the show and he also has to deal with his own hearing loss as well.

[Terrie/Just Sign Here]

There is a very old Sesame Street Christmas movie-"Christmas on Sesame Street" where an entire song is signed and it's wonderful.
Madagascar has a signing monkey!
Elmo, Barney, Bear have all had signing youngsters when they watch their "magic" screens(or whatever it may be called on their show)
Hi5 has done a song with sign!
I know there's more but it's late here in Canada!
Terrie

[Kei_as_in_K]

I also heard (but I have not seen it yet!) that the NEW MOVIE "The Family Stone" has a Deaf character and the family members sign.
Tyrone Giordano is the same actor & was in "A Lot Like Love" which I haven't seen. My son said they use sign in that too.

[dmmetler]

In a lot like love, the main male character's brother is Deaf and uses ASL, so they do sign. Unfortunately, a lot of it is done facing sideways to the camera, so it's not nearly as clear as in Madagascar or Meet the Fockers.

[Rachel]

I know she was an interpreter and seems to me she has incorporated her signing into a number of shows.... But can't think of any right now!

[kilikicurran]

For those with TiVo or other DVRs, create a wishlist and make a keyword sign language. This is how I got the Sesame Street episode. Occasionally I'll get shows they do on real monkeys that sign.

[c01dunlap]

For those with TiVo or other DVRs, create a wishlist and make a keyword sign language. This is how I got the Sesame Street episode. Occasionally I'll get shows they do on real monkeys that sign.
What a great idea!! I'd never used that feature (never thought I had a need to).

Thanks!!

[kilikicurran]

What a great idea!! I'd never used that feature (never thought I had a need to).

Thanks!!

It's great. You can use it to record your favorite actor / actress. When they are on any show, it will record.

My husband does Aikido so he puts in a keyword of Martial Arts & it records things like that also.

[TennisGirl]

Mr. Hollands Opus is another one. :)

[aligreat]

For those with TiVo or other DVRs, create a wishlist and make a keyword sign language. This is how I got the Sesame Street episode. Occasionally I'll get shows they do on real monkeys that sign.

We got a DVR when we moved. I'll have to see if I can figure that out!!

[purplewowies]

Dr. Wonder's Workshop is a Christian television show performed entirely by deaf actors. Although I'm not sure whether their signing is ASL or a signed system of some sort. I'm not skilled enough. :p

[TennisGirl]

Dr. Wonder's Workshop is a Christian television show performed entirely by deaf actors. Although I'm not sure whether their signing is ASL or a signed system of some sort. I'm not skilled enough. :p

This is a really cool program! Very entertaining, but still below ST! :;) Type it in U Tube and and check it out!
Would like to know if it is ASL or not. :) Also on his "kids websites" there are some pfd files that have a bible verse fingerspelled and you have to figure it out. Fun

[Jamie]

Marlee Matlin also won and Academy Award for Children of a Lesser God. It's not for children, but vrey good--it was just on TV a week or so ago here.

Also, Amazing Race Asia season 2 had a deaf man on it. He and his partner actually won! They are from Singapore, so I don't think he was signing ASL, but I still understood some of the signs!

[lletiecq]

This show is done all in ASL with voice over in English or Spanish. All the people on the show are deaf, except a few kids who are CODA (children of deaf adults.)

My older daughter will watch this when she is acting negative about watching ST! (says she has seen it enough)

We enjoy it and it would probably be good to watch it without the sound on to see how much I can understand without the voice crutch.

[jenml]

We enjoy it and it would probably be good to watch it without the sound on to see how much I can understand without the voice crutch.

It is fun to watch stuff that way (and you can see how good/bad the signing is).

And don't think of it as a voice crutch; think of it as voice support ;)

[Fallontopia]

Marlee Matlin is supposed to be on this season's Dancing With the Stars that begins tonight. According to my program guide, male stars dance tonight so I guess the female stars are tomorrow night.