| # | | 1978 - 48 years ago | | 1 | January 4, 1978  | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 4, 1978
Day 1. The Yeager family returns from their trip to Hawaii, and filming for Albert Brooks' new documentary begins.
 
| | 2 | January 5, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 5, 1978
Day 2. After a disastrous first night of filming, Jeannette Yeager decides to leave to spend the weekend with her friend Bonnie.
 
| | 3 | January 7, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 7, 1978
Day 3. Filming resumes in the Yeager household, now without Jeannette, who left to spend the weekend with her friend Bonnie following a disastrous first night, during which she and Warren argued about her cramps.
 
| | 4 | January 8, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 8, 1978
Day 4. Jeannette Yeager asks to meet with Albert Brooks privately at the Desert Plaza Shopping Center, informing him that she plans to return home that evening, and that because she's grateful for Albert's decision to let her leave, she is going to allow him to film her upcoming medical procedure.
 
| | 5 | January 9, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 9, 1978
Day 5. Albert Brooks' film crew follows Jeannette Yeager to her gynecologist appointment.
 
| | 6 | January 10, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 10, 1978
Day 6. Jeannette Yeager calls Albert Brooks to discuss recent events, waking him up. She informs him that her grandmother had a stroke, which she will later die from, and Albert will film the funeral.
 
| | 7 | January 15, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Death Dates | |
January 15, 1978
Day 11. Albert Brooks films Warren preparing for horse surgery, which goes horribly wrong when the horse is given too much sedation, and dies.
 
| | 8 | January 18, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Death Dates | |
January 18, 1978
Day 14. Jeannette Yeager informed that her grandmother passed away from her stroke. Mentioned during Albert's narration for Day 16 - the day of the funeral.
| | 9 | January 20, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 20, 1978
Day 16. Jeannette Yeager's grandmother's funeral.
 
| | 10 | January 21, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 21, 1978
Day 17. The entire family now grief-stricken after the death of the horse and Jeannette's grandmother, the following week is one of the most depressing periods that Albert Brooks had experienced since early childhood.
| | 11 | January 23, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 23, 1978
Day 19. The grief-stricken Yeager family is lifeless, with Warren sleeping up to 18 hours a day.
| | 12 | January 24, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 24, 1978
Day 20. Albert Brooks is unable to snap Warren Yeager out of his depressed funk.
| | 13 | January 25, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 25, 1978
Day 21. Albert Brooks calls Jeannette Yeager to discuss the family's lifeless depressed situation. She assures him that it's going to get better.
 
| | 14 | January 28, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 28, 1978
Day 24. Jeannette Yeager invites some friends over for a barbecue. It doesn't go well.
| | 15 | January 30, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
January 30, 1978
Day 26. Albert Brooks dresses up as a clown to suprise and cheer up the depressed Yeager family.
 
| | 16 | February 2, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 2, 1978
Day 29. Albert Brooks attends a monthly feedback and input session with the institute and the studio.
| | 17 | February 6, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 6, 1978
Day 33. Albert Brooks gifts the Yeager family his big screen TV.
| | 18 | February 14, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 14, 1978
Day 41. The Yeager family visits an amusement park.
| | 19 | February 19, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 19, 1978
Day 46. The Yeager family wakes up to the first in a series of five articles in the Arizona Republic newspaper from a new book about the documentary called Nightmare in the Desert by Dr. Theodore Cleary, using familiar catchphrases like Mind Control and Psychological Rape.
 
| | 20 | February 20, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 20, 1978
Day 47. The Yeager family is harassed by local news reporters.
| | 21 | February 22, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 22, 1978
Day 49. The Yeager family continues to be harassed by local news reporters.
| | 22 | February 23, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 23, 1978
Day 50. Warren Yeager is harassed by local news reporters at work.
| | 23 | February 24, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 24, 1978
Day 51. The Yeager family continues being harassed by local news reporters, this time while seeing a movie.
| | 24 | February 25, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
February 25, 1978
Day 52. Following a meeting requested by the head of the institute, Dr. Steven Hayward, Albert Brooks' documentary film project is canceled. Desperate for some sort of ending, Albert is inspired by the end of the third greatest movie of all time, Gone With the Wind, and he burns down the Yeager's house while dressed like a clown for his next engagement.
 
 
 
| | 25 | July 4, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
July 4, 1978
Date that Albert Brooks mentions, begging the Yeager family not to quit his documentary: I got nothing on you. I got no birthdays. I don't have arty holidays. I got nothing. Where am I gonna be July 4? Sitting along in L.A.? No, I wanna be here with you, filming you!
| | 26 | October 31, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 31, 1978
Date that Albert Brooks mentions, begging the Yeager family not to quit his documentary: Where am I gonna be Halloween? Sitting alone? No. I wanna follow Lisa around in her cute little costume.
| | 27 | November 23, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
November 23, 1978
Date that Albert Brooks mentions, begging the Yeager family not to quit his documentary: What about Thanksgiving? I wanna see you eat the ham. I wanna watch you carve the ham. And Christmas? Oh, please. I wanna be here for Christmas! I want the 12-foot tree with the angel hair and popcorn balls!
| | 28 | December 25, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
December 25, 1978
Date that Albert Brooks mentions, begging the Yeager family not to quit his documentary: What about Thanksgiving? I wanna see you eat the ham. I wanna watch you carve the ham. And Christmas? Oh, please. I wanna be here for Christmas! I want the 12-foot tree with the angel hair and popcorn balls!
| | 29 | December 31, 1978 | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
December 31, 1978
Date that Albert Brooks mentions after the Yeager family quits his documentary: I mean, they were gonna five me a year. They were gonna give me a whole year. I was gonna do something nice. I was gonna end with New Year's! Up! Up! The beginning! New! Something so audiences can go home and smile!
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