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In Episode 152 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the story that started life as the 1937 play Parfumerie, but became better known to audiences as The Shop Around the Corner, You’ve Got Mail, and more!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Parfumerie, the 1937 play by Miklós László
• The Shop Around the Corner, the 1940 movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Samson Raphaelson, and starring Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Stewart, Felix Bressart, and Frank Morgan
• In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 movie directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Ivan Tors, and Samson Raphaelson, and starring Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, and Buster Keaton
• She Loves Me, the 1963 musical, book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
• You’ve Got Mail, the 1998 movie directed by Nora Ephron, written by Ephron and Delia Ephron, and starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, and Jean Stapleton

Footnotes:

• Barbara Cook’s “Vanilla Ice Cream”
• Julie Andrews singing “Dear Friend” and “He Loves Me”
• Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL
• The Baxter (2005)

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Spooky Season continues! In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re looking at the classic story of the vampire next door, Fright Night!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1985 movie written and directed by Tom Holland, and starring Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, and Stephen Geoffreys
• The 2011 remake directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Marti Noxon, and starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse

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Happy Halloween, everyone! To celebrate Spooky Season, in Episode 150 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Washington Irving’s classic ghost story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Washington Irving’s original short story, published in 1820 as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
• The Headless Horseman (1922), the silent movie directed by Edward D. Venturini, written by Carl Stearns Clancy, and starring Will Rogers
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), the animated movie directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, and James Algar, and starring Bing Crosby
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980), the TV movie directed by Henning Schellerup, written by Malvin Wald, Jack Jacobs, and Thomas C. Chapman, and starring Jeff Goldblum, Meg Foster, and Dick Butkus
• The 1985 episode of Tall Tales & Legends, directed by Edd Griles, written by Lon O’Kun, and starring Ed Begley Jr., Beverly D’Angelo, and Charles Durning
• Sleepy Hollow (1999), the movie directed by Tim Burton, written by Andrew Kevin Walker, and starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, and Christopher Lee
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999), the TV movie directed by Pierre Gang, written by Joe Wiesenfeld, and starring Brent Carver, Vlasta Vrana, and Rachelle Lefevre
• The Hollow (2004), the TV movie directed by Kyle Newman, written by Hans Rodionoff, and starring Kevin Zegers, Nick Carter, Kaley Cuoco, Judge Reinhold, and Stacy Keach
• Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017), the TV series created by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Phillip Iscove, and Len Wiseman, and starring Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie
• Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story (2022), the web series directed by William J. Stribling, written by Sean Persaud and Sinead Persaud, and starring both Persauds, Mary Kate Wiles, Gabe Greenspan, Jon Cozart, and John Rubinstein

Footnotes:

• Hammer Films

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Wake up, everyone! It’s time to watch some questionable cartoons! In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re looking at some kid-friendly cartoon adaptations of movies that definitely aren’t kid-friendly.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rambo: The Force of Freedom (1986), produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises
• Police Academy (1988–1989), produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises
• Toxic Crusaders (1991), produced by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz at Troma Entertainment
• RoboCop (1988), developed by Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg and produced by Marvel Productions and Orion Pictures Corporation
• Beetlejuice (1989–1991), developed by Tim Burton and David Geffen

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 76: RoboCop

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In Episode 148 of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back nearly 300 years to talk about the classic satire Gulliver’s Travels!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Jonathan Swift’s original 1726 novel
• Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902), the silent short directed by George Méliès
• Gulliver Mickey (1934), the animated short directed by Burt Gillett and starring Walt Disney
• Gulliver’s Travels (1939), the animated movie directed by Dave Fleischer, and starring Sam Parker, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, and Lovey Warren
• The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960), the movie directed by Jack Sher, written by Sher and Arthur Ross, and starring Kerwin Matthews and June Thorburn
• Gulliver’s Travels (1977), the live-action/animated movie directed by Peter R. Hunt, written by Don Black, and starring Richard Harris
• Famous Classic Tales: Gulliver’s Travels (1979), the animated special produced by Hanna-Barbera and written by Kimmer Ringwald
• Saban’s Gulliver’s Travels (1992), the animated series produced by Saban International Paris
• Gulliver’s Travels (Hallmark and Jim Henson Productions, 1996), the miniseries directed by Charles Sturridge, written by Simon Moore, and starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alfre Woodard, John Gielgud, Kate Maberly, Geraldine Chaplin, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Isabelle Huppert
• Gulliver’s Travels (Golden Films, 1996), the animated special produced by Diane Eskenazi and Golden Films
• Gulliver’s Travels (2010), the movie directed by Rob Letterman, written by Joe Stillman and Nicholas Stoller, and starring Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, and Chris O’Dowd

Footnotes:

• Kerwin and Tom forever!
• The theme song for Saban’s Gulliver’s Travels
• The trailer for Gulliver’s Travels (2010)
• Reign of Fire did it better.

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For this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the movie that everyone can agree is at least pretty okay, The Shawshank Redemption!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King’s short story originally published in the anthology Different Seasons in 1982
• The Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 movie written and directed by Frank Darabont, and starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore

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Get in losers, we’re watching Mean Girls! Joining Jeremy for the discussion in Episode 146 of Adapt or Perish is Rosey Mongeau, cohost of the very good podcast Really Important Fictional Things!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rosalind Wiseman’s original 2002 self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes
• Mean Girls, the 2004 movie directed by Mark Waters, written by Tina Fey, and starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Lizzy Caplan, and Daniel Franzese
• Mean Girls, the 2018 musical with book by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, and lyrics by Nell Benjamin
• Mean Girls, the 2024 movie musical directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., written by Tina Fey, and starring Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Tina Fey, and Tim Meadows

Footnotes:

• Really Important Fictional Things (and the show’s Instagram)
• Really Important Fictional Things, March 30, 2023: “Champing at the Bit to Narc (School of Rock)”

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It's time for another Adapt or Perish Mini! In this episode, you’ll get a chance to meet Alex, our show’s official research assistant!

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In Episode 144 of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy and Ian are not only going right back to Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, they’re talking about its legacy with Alex, the show’s official Research Assistant!

(Note: Make sure to listen to Ep. 142: The Magnificent Seven to hear Jeremy and Ian discuss Seven Samurai in more detail!)

In this episode, we discuss:

• Seven Samurai, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni, and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Isao Kimura
• Battle Beyond the Stars, the 1980 movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, written by John Sayles, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, and Sybil Danning
• ¡Three Amigos!, the 1986 movie directed by John Landis, written by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, and Randy Newman, and starring Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short
• A Bug’s Life, the 1998 movie directed by John Lasseter, written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and starring Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, and Richard Kind
• Samurai 7, the 2004 anime series directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
• “Bounty Hunters”, the 2010 episode of The Clone Wars directed by Steward Lee (under supervising director Dave Filoni), written by Carl Ellsworth, and starring Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, and Ashley Eckstein
• Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver, the 2023 and 2024 movies directed by Zack Snyder, written by Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten, and starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, and Charlie Hunnam

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Ep. 8: Fun Home
• Adapt or Perish Ep. 106: Treasure Island
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• You can follow Alex on Letterboxd or hear them appear on Pulp Friction

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In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re taking to the skies to experience the classic work of short horror Nightmare at 20,000 Feet!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Richard Matheson’s original 1961 short story
• “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” the 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone directed by Richard Donner, written by Matheson, and starring William Shatner
• George Miller’s chapter of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), directed by Miller, written by Matheson, and starring John Lithgow

Footnotes:

• John Lithgow’s eyes (Warning: gross and freaky)
• “Terror at 5 1/2 Feet” (1993) from The Simpsons
• “Frozen Dick” (1996) and “Dick’s Big Giant Headache (Part 1)” (1999) from 3rd Rock From the Sun
• “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” from the 2019 Twilight Zone reboot

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