The Mamas & the Papas on BBC Music called it "a treasure chest of pop gold". In addition to the three documentaries ("Straight Shooter", "California Dreamin" and "Here I Am"), Doherty's musical, and the memoirs by John, Michelle, and Mackenzie Phillips, the group is the subject of Doug Hall's "The Mamas and the Papas: California Dreamin" (2000) and Matthew Greenwald's "Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of the Mamas and the Papas" (2002). Cass Elliot is the subject of Jon Johnson's "Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Career Retrospective of Cass Elliot" (1987) and Eddi Fiegel's "Dream a Little Dream of Me:
The Mamas & the Papas Teichiku in Japan; and "Dreamin' Live" (2005) on a label called Legacy (not the Columbia-Sony imprint), which features John and Mackenzie Phillips, Spanky McFarlane, and (probably) Scott McKenzie. In 1986, John and Michelle Phillips were featured in the music video for the Beach Boys' second recording of "California Dreamin, which appeared on the album "Made in U.S.A." Denny Doherty was unavailable. The Mamas and the Papas' own version of "California Dreamin was reissued in the UK and peaked at number nine in 1997. The song received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2001. The Mamas and the Papas were