Editing Julia Child (section)

==In popular culture==
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Child was a favorite of audiences from the moment of her television debut on public television in 1963, and she was a familiar part of American culture and the subject of numerous references, including numerous parodies in television and radio programs and skits. Her great success on air may have been tied to her refreshingly pragmatic approach to the genre, "I think you have to decide who your audience is. If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody. My audience is people who like to cook, who want to really learn how to do it."

In 1996, Child was ranked No. 46 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1996 |title=Special Collectors' Issue: 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=December 14–20 |url=http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(ilbe3io1eaeucg5vjnkcwz1e))/collection.aspx?collection=1194 |access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref>

===On stage===
* [[Jean Stapleton]] portrayed Child in a 1989 one-woman short musical play, ''Bon Appétit!'', based on one of Child's televised cooking lessons, with music by American opera composer Lee Hoiby. The title derived from her famous TV sign-off "Bon appétit!"<ref>{{cite news| last1=Burros| first1=Marian| title=De Gustibus; The Singing Chef: Jean Stapleton Plays Julia Child| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/08/garden/de-gustibus-the-singing-chef-jean-stapleton-plays-julia-child.html| access-date=August 16, 2016| newspaper=The New York Times| date=March 8, 1989| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

===In film===
* A film titled ''Primordial Soup With Julia Child'' was on display at the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[National Air and Space Museum]]'s ''Life in the Universe'' gallery from 1976 until the gallery closed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Julia Child and the Primordial Soup|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/julia-child-and-the-primordial-soup-35465592/|website=Smithsonian Magazine|date=September 22, 2010}}</ref>
* Produced by WGBH, a one-hour feature documentary, ''Julia Child! America's Favorite Chef'', was aired as the first episode of the 18th season of the PBS series ''[[American Masters]]'' (2004). The film combined archive footage of Child with current footage from those who influenced and were influenced by her life and work.<ref>{{cite web| first=Marilyn| last=Mellowes| title=Julia Child: About Julia Child| url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/julia-child/about-julia-child/555| series=[[American Masters]]| website=[[PBS]]| date=June 15, 2005| access-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref>
* ''[[Julie & Julia]]'' (2009) is a film adapted by [[Nora Ephron]] from Child's memoir ''My Life in France'' and from Julie Powell's memoir. [[Meryl Streep]] plays Child. Streep won a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress&nbsp;– Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical or Comedy]].
* ''Keep On Cooking&nbsp;– Julia Child Remixed'' (2012): A video produced for PBS by musician and filmmaker [[John Boswell (musician)|John D. Boswell]] as part of the ''PBS Icons Remixed'' series in commemoration of Child's 100th birthday. Child's voice is [[auto-tune]]d to a melody derived from vocal samples, with synchronized video clips from Child's various television series.
* ''[[Julia (2021 film)|Julia]]'' (2021) is a documentary, which chronicles Child's life. It was directed and produced by Julie Cohen and [[Betsy West]].

===On television===
* Child was the inspiration for [[Judy Graubart]]'s character "Julia Grownup," hostess of the parody cooking show ''Here's Cooking At You,'' on the [[Children's Television Workshop]] program, ''[[The Electric Company]],'' during its transmissions from 1971 to 1977. 
* In 1978, Child and [[Jacques Pépin]] were guests on the [[NBC]] [[talk show]] ''[[The Tomorrow Show|Tomorrow with Tom Snyder]].''  The program was to include a segment with the two chefs preparing food.  Before taping the show, Child borrowed Pépin's knife to cut something and accidentally sliced her finger.<ref name="Mock">{{cite web |author=Mock, Nancy |title=What Julia Child Really Thought About Dan Aykroyd's SNL Skit |work=Mashed |date=November 17, 2021 |url=https://www.mashed.com/659273/what-julia-child-really-thought-about-dan-ackroyds-snl-skit/ |accessdate=November 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Moskin">{{cite news |author=Moskin, Julia |title=Thanksgiving, the Julia Child Way |work=The New York Times |date=November 16, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/dining/julia-child-thanksgiving.html |accessdate=November 16, 2023}}</ref>  [[Tom Snyder]] was horrified that Child had injured herself, but Child insisted on continuing the program with her bandaged finger.<ref name="Faillance">{{cite web |author=Faillance, Adrienne |title=The Interviews: Jacques Pépin: Cooking show pioneer Jacques Pépin talks cooking, Child, and cut fingers |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/foundation-archive/interviews-jacques-pepin |accessdate=November 16, 2023 |date=October 3, 2018 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation |work=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Interviews}}</ref> Child told Snyder that, during the taping, Pépin would do the cooking, and Child would taste the dishes.<ref name="Faillance"/> Although Child did not want the television audience to know about her injury, during the taping, Snyder asked Child about her cut finger.<ref name="Crawford Smith">{{cite web  |author=Smith, Crawford |title=Jacques Pépin Recounts The Time Julia Child Cut Herself With His Knife On Live TV - Exclusive |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1027275/jacques-pepin-recounts-the-time-julia-child-cut-herself-with-his-knife-on-live-tv-exclusive/ |work=Tasting Table |date=September 27, 2022 |accessdate=November 16, 2023}}</ref> After the show, Pépin and Child went to the hospital, where Child received sutures on her sliced finger.<ref name="Mock"/>  Afterwards, Child and Pépin dined at [[L'Ermitage (restaurant)|L'Ermitage]].<ref name="Faillance"/> ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' writers saw the ''Tomorrow'' episode with Child and thought it would make a funny sketch.<ref name="Mock"/> The writers took Child's relatively minor mishap and transformed it into a major accident.  Child is parodied by [[Dan Aykroyd]], who is a fan of Julia Child.<ref name="Mock"/><ref name="alex">{{cite book |author=Prud’homme, Alex |title=The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |year=2016 |url=https://mylittlebird.com/2016/10/alex-prudhomme-french-chef-in-america/ |location=New York |accessdate=November 16, 2023}}</ref>  In the sketch, Aykroyd—as Julia Child—continued with a cooking show despite ludicrously profuse bleeding from a cut to his thumb, and eventually expired while advising, "Save the liver."<ref name="SNL">{{cite web |title=SNL Transcripts: Eric Idle: 12/09/78: The French Chef |work=SNL Transcripts Tonight: For Die Hard Saturday Night Live Fans |url=https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78hchef.phtml |date=October 8, 2018 |accessdate=November 16, 2023}}</ref>  Child had a videocassette copy of the episode, and she reportedly loved this sketch so much she showed it to friends at parties.<ref name="dearie"/><ref name="Mock"/><ref name="alex"/>
* She appears in an episode of ''[[This Old House]]'' as designer of the kitchen. ''This Old House'' was launched in 1979 by [[Russell Morash]], who helped create ''The French Chef with Julia Child''.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/This-Old-House-Dream-VHS/dp/B00000F0P4 This Old House: A Dream House] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912161216/https://www.amazon.com/This-Old-House-Dream-VHS/dp/B00000F0P4|date=September 12, 2014}}</ref>
* On March 14, 2022, the [[Food Network]] began a new series called ''The Julia Child Challenge''. The series is based in a replica of Julia's kitchen modified to allow eight contestants (all home cooks) to compete at the same time in a multi-episode cooking challenge. Each episode revolves around one or more episode of one of Child's cooking shows with clips of them interspersed into the contents of the competition. The winner will receive a scholarship to a cooking school in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/the-julia-child-challenge|website=Food Network|title=The Julia Child Challenge}}</ref>
* In late March 2022, [[HBO Max]] began airing ''[[Julia (2022 TV series)|Julia]]'', a television series based on Child's life starring [[Sarah Lancashire]] in the title role.

===Online===

* In 2002, Child was the inspiration for "The Julie/Julia Project", a popular cooking blog by [[Julie Powell]] that was the basis of Powell's bestselling book, ''Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen,'' published in 2005, the year following Child's death. The paperback version of the book was retitled ''Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously.''<ref>{{cite news| last=Powell| first=Julie| website=[[Salon.com|Salon]]| url=http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/2002/08/25.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021013043154/http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/2002/08/25.html| title=The Julie/Julia Project: Nobody here but us servantless American cooks ...| date=August 25, 2002| archive-date=October 13, 2002| access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YV0IskcivVIC&q=Julie+and+Julia:+365+Days,+524+Recipes,+1+Tiny+Apartment+Kitchen| isbn=978-0-7595-1457-7| publisher=Little, Brown| last1=Powell| first1=Julie| date=September 1, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=Julie| last=Powell| title=Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously| isbn=978-0-3160-4251-2| date=July 1, 2009| publisher=Little, Brown| url=https://archive.org/details/juliejuliamyyear00powe| url-access=registration}}</ref> The blog and book, along with Child's own memoir ''[[My Life in France]]'', in turn inspired the 2009 feature film ''[[Julie & Julia]].'' Child is reported to have been unimpressed by Powell's blog, believing Powell's determination to cook every recipe in ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' in a year to be a stunt. In an interview, Child's editor, [[Judith Jones]], said of Powell's blog: "Flinging around four-letter words when cooking isn't attractive, to me or Julia. She didn't want to endorse it. What came through on the blog was somebody who was doing it almost for the sake of a stunt."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/07/julia-child-considered-the-juliejulia-project-a-stunt| title=Julia Child Considered 'The Julie/Julia Project' a Stunt| website=Eat Me Daily| date=July 20, 2009|access-date=December 31, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701062826/http://www.eatmedaily.com:80/2009/07/julia-child-considered-the-juliejulia-project-a-stunt/| archive-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
* On March 15, 2016, [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] started to stream Child's show ''[[The French Chef]]''. This event was in celebration of both the launch of the cooking section of [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] and the anniversary of Child's graduation from [[Le Cordon Bleu]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/15/twitch-to-stream-julia-childs-cooking-show-to-kick-off-launch-of-new-food-channel/| title=Twitch to stream Julia Child's cooking show to kick off launch of new Food Channel| website=TechCrunch| first=Sarah| last=Perez| date=March 15, 2016}}</ref>
* In May 2016, [[Epic Rap Battles of History]] made an episode featuring Julia Child in a [[Battle rap|rap battle]] against [[Gordon Ramsay]], gaining over 48 million views.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=c_X4fr0VUEzVo5VM&v=99-n42Xb6NQ&feature=youtu.be |title=Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child. Epic Rap Battles of History |date=2016-05-18 |last=ERB |access-date=2024-09-11 |via=YouTube}}</ref>