How many times has Phish played Dinner and a Movie?

Phish has performed "Dinner and a Movie" 150 times since November 19, 1987.

What is the longest version of Dinner and a Movie by Phish?

The longest version of "Dinner and a Movie" was 7:46 long, performed at Hunt's in Burlington, VT on November 19, 1987.

When was the last time Phish played Dinner and a Movie?

Phish last played "Dinner and a Movie" on August 10, 2024. The current gap is 79 shows.

When did Phish first play Dinner and a Movie?

"Dinner and a Movie" debuted on November 19, 1987 at Hunt's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Dinner and a Movie?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Dinner and a Movie" are: You Enjoy Myself, Bouncing Around the Room, Weekapaug Groove, Mike's Song, Possum.

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LIVE · 150 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Dinner and a Movie

150 performances since 1987, with 134 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 74 on 1988-07-29.

DEBUT · 1987-11-19 · Burlington·LAST · 2024-08-10 · Bethel·LONGEST GAP · 261 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2024INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’24

BEST · 1988-07-29 · 74LONGEST · 7:46 · 1987-11-19SHORTEST · 2:08YEARS · 37

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN134 OF 150 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 139 plays74

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play56

v3.02009–2020 · 8 plays55

v4.02021–present · 2 plays47

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 134 · BY SCORE134 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0174#1 / 134The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-07-295:53

#0265#2 / 134Biddy Mulligan'sChicago, IL

1991-04-135:31

#0361#3 / 134North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

1995-11-184:22

#0461#4 / 134Paul Wright Gym, Western State CollegeGunnison, CO

1992-04-063:50

#0558#5 / 134Townshend Family ParkTownshend, VT

1991-07-143:40

#0657#6 / 134The Base Lodge, Stearns Hall, Johnson State CollegeJohnson, VT

1988-03-114:16

#0756#7 / 134KeySpan ParkBrooklyn, NY

2004-06-174:01

#0856#8 / 134The FrontBurlington, VT

1989-02-074:58

#0956#9 / 134Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1987-11-197:46

#1056#10 / 134The Colonial TheatreKeene, NH

1991-02-153:37

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0147#39 / 134Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel, NY

2024-08-104:05

#02—Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2023-02-244:27

#0336#103 / 134Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-08-043:53

#0452#18 / 134FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly IslandChicago, IL

2013-07-213:57

#0553#16 / 134Klipsch Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2012-06-294:01

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS150

DEBUT1987

LAST2024

AVG LEN3:45

CHARTED0

GAP MAX261

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2024 · 60 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE135 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (114)RANGE · 2–8m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2024

3:004:005:006:007:008:00

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE150 PLAYS

SET 1 · 52%SET 2 · 43%

SET 1 78SET 2 65SET 3 6ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN16

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN17

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

102030

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Cat's CradleChapel Hill · NC4 03The Georgia TheatreAthens · GA4 04The BayouWashington · DC3 05The Colonial TheatreKeene · NH3 06The ChancePoughkeepsie · NY3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY24 02VT18 03

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself83 02Bouncing Around the Room82 03Weekapaug Groove77 04Mike's Song77 05Possum77 06I Am Hydrogen76 07Suzy Greenberg73 08Golgi Apparatus67 09Divided Sky64

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Backwards Down the Number Line

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN30 TOURS · 150 PLAYS · 150 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour4949Feb 9, 1990·Dec 29, 1990 021991 Winter/Spring Tour2020Feb 2, 1991·May 19, 1991 031989 Tour1313Feb 7, 1989·Dec 9, 1989 041991 Fall Tour1313Sep 27, 1991·Dec 4, 1991 051992 Spring Tour1111Mar 13, 1992·May 12, 1992 061988 Tour99Feb 8, 1988·Dec 2, 1988 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour77Jul 11, 1991·Jul 26, 1991 081992 Fall Tour33Nov 20, 1992·Dec 11, 1992 091993 Winter/Spring Tour33Feb 21, 1993·Apr 24, 1993 101995 Fall Tour22Nov 18, 1995·Nov 28, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 216· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Dinner and a Movie

Phish original·debuted 11.19.87·Hunt's, Burlington

150 PLAYS·134 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

74BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 150

07.29.88The Roma

Telluride, CO · 5:53

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Year by year21 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1988 · 73.8

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19889 VERS · BEST 73.8

By era4 ERAS · 150 PLAYS

1.0 · 1392.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS139

AVG · BEST43·74

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST56·56

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST42·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST47·47

BEST VERSION→

Versions134 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.29.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—5:5374 #02

04.13.91 Biddy Mulligan's · Chicago, IL

—5:3165 #03

11.18.95 North Charleston · North Charleston, SC

—4:2261 #04

04.06.92 Paul Wright Gym, Weste · Gunnison, CO

—3:5061 #05

07.14.91 Townshend Family Park · Townshend, VT

—3:4058 #06

03.11.88 The Base Lodge, Stearn · Johnson, VT

—4:1657 #07

06.17.04 KeySpan Park · Brooklyn, NY

—4:0156 #08

02.07.89 The Front · Burlington, VT

—4:5856 #09

11.19.87 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—7:4656 #10

02.15.91 The Colonial · Keene, NH

—3:3756

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS150across 4 eras

ANALYZED13489% of all

AVG DURATION3:45duration

LONGEST7:4611.19.87 HUNT'S

SHORTEST2:0805.12.92 ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSIT

LONGEST GAP261 SH.1997 → 2000

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT11.19.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–2024150 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'92'97'02'07'12'17'22'24

MAX · 10 /MO·TOTAL · 150

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS149 PERFS

LONGEST · 261 SH.·MEDIAN · 3 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE135 VERSIONS

2m8m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2024

SHORT · 3:28 · 1994·LONG · 7:46 · 1987

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX150 PLAYS

S1 52%S2 43%

S1 OPEN16

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN17

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#14

TRANSITION OUT150 PLAYS

39%61%

STOP · 58SEGUE · 92

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Cat's CradleChapel Hill · NC4 03The Georgia TheatreAthens · GA4 04The BayouWashington · DC3 05The Colonial TheatreKeene · NH3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY24VT18CO14NC8MA8CT7

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN13

MON12

TUE15

WED8

THU27

FRI40

SAT35

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.011.2%

v2.01.5%

v3.01.8%

v4.00.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself83 02Bouncing Around the Room82 03Weekapaug Groove77 04Mike's Song77 05Possum77 06I Am Hydrogen76

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Backwards Down the Number Line148 First Tube147 Taste154 Loving Cup156 Carini157 Birds of a Feather143 46 Days158 Halley's Comet159

By tour30 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS150 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 49 sh49 021991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 20 sh20 031989 Tour1989 · 13 sh13 041991 Fall Tour1991 · 13 sh13 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 11 sh11 061988 Tour1988 · 9 sh9 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 7 sh7 081992 Fall Tour1992 · 3 sh3

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER DINNER AND A MOVIESWIPE →

62.5%Bouncing Around the Room50× →→13.75%Stash11× →→8.75%You Enjoy Myself7× →→6.25%Harry Hood5× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE DINNER AND A MOVIESWIPE →

29.63%Reba8× ←→18.52%Stash5× ←→14.81%Runaway Jim4× ←→14.81%You Enjoy Myself4× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The Wetlands PreserveNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG342

42 The BayouWASHINGTON, DC

PLAYSAVG342

42 Cat's CradleCHAPEL HILL, NC

PLAYSAVG442

42 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG841

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