Adapt or Perish

Happy New Year! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're celebrating by discussing the classic tale of peril in a cruise ship, The Poseidon Adventure!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• Paul Gallico's original 1969 novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• Irwin Allen's classic 1972 adaptation, directed by Ronald Neame, written by Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes, and starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, and Shelley Winters. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Hallmark's 2005 TV movie, directed by John Putch, written by Bryce Zabel, and starring Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, and Peter Weller. Watch it on Amazon.
• The 2006 theatrical remake Poseidon, directed by Wolfgang Peterson, written by Mark Protosevich, and starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, and Emmy Rossum. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Paul Gallico's style and themes, per Wikipedia
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• "HOT DAMN!"

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Merry Christmas! In this extra special magical episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss the holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• The original 1947 theatrical movie, written and directed by George Seaton, starring Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, Maureen O'Hara, and John Payne. Watch it on iTunes, Amazon, or Disney+.
• The 1955 TV remake from The 20th Century Fox Hour, directed by Robert Stevenson, teleplay by John Monks Jr., and starring Thomas Mitchell, Sandy Descher, Teresa Wright, and Macdonald Carey. Watch it on Amazon.
• The 1973 CBS TV movie, directed by Fielder Cook, written by Jeb Rosebrook, and starring Sebastian Cabot, Suzanne Davidson, Jane Alexander, and David Hartman. Watch it on YouTube.
• 1994's theatrical remake, directed by Les Mayfield, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Richard Attenborough, Mara Wilson, Elizabeth Perkins, and Dylan McDermott. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• The original trailer for 1947's Miracle on 34th Street
• LegalEagle: Real Lawyer Reacts to Miracle on 34th Street

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In this whizzpopping episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Roald Dahl's classic novel The BFG!

For this episode, we read, watched, and discussed:

• Roald Dahl's original 1982 children's novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• The 1989 animated movie from Cosgrove Hall Films, directed by Brian Cosgrove, written by John Hambley, and starring David Jason and Amanda Root. Watch it on iTunes.
• Disney's 2016 live action movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison, and starring Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill. Watch it on iTunes, Amazon, or Disney+.

Footnotes:

• Danny, the Champion of the World
• Cosgrove Hall's output, including The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse, and Count Duckula
• Production team (and couple) Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall

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In this episode, we discuss Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

• The original novel. Download on Amazon or iBooks.
• Little Women, 1933, starring Katharine Hepburn. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
• Little Women, 1949, starring June Allyson. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• Little Women, 1980, produced by Toei Animation. Watch on YouTube.
• Little Women, 1994, starring Winona Ryder. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

• Orchard House, Concord, MA.
• That creepy picture of June Allyson, from Too Young to Kiss, 1951. She’s 34 in this picture.
• We didn’t watch the 1978 miniseries, but just to give you a taste, here’s a little bit of William Shatner’s German accent.

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In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Roald Dahl’s original novel, published in 1964. Read on Amazon or iBooks.
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 movie directed by Mel Stuart, adapted by Dahl and David Seltzer, and starring Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 2005 movie directed by Tim Burton, adapted by John August, and starring Freddie Highmore and Johnny Depp. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.
• Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 2017 direct-to-DVD animated musical comedy adaptation of the Gene Wilder movie. Not the book. It’s weird. Watch (or don’t) on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Mr. Bucket, buckets of fun!
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, written by Dahl and published in 1972.
• Quentin Blake’s Willy Wonka vs. Joseph Schindelman’s Willy Wonka
• A comparison of the old, racist Oompa Loompas, and the revised Oompa Loompas
• Cracked.com’s The 6 Most Secretly Racist Children’s Books
• Was beloved children’s book author Roald Dahl a raging bigot?
• The Dead Authors Podcast Chapter 34: “Roald Dahl featuring Ben Schwartz”
• Scriptnotes, a podcast hosted by John August and Craig Mazin
• “Cheer Up, Charlie”
• The scene where the little girl almost gets hit in the face during the filming of Willy Wonka
• Matt Gourley’s I Was There Too: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Big Fish with John August”
• The trailer for Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (and Arielle’s reaction to watching it for the first time)

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Happy Halloween! In this very spooky episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Bram Stoker's greatest creation, Count Dracula!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror classic. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• Nosferatu (1922), directed by F.W. Murnau, written by Henrik Galeen, and starring Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, and Greta Schröder. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula (1931), directed by Tod Browning, written by Garrett Fort, and starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Horror of Dracula (1958), from Hammer Film Productions, directed by Terence Fisher, written by Jimmy Sangster, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, and Melissa Stribling. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Count Dracula (1970), directed by Jesús Franco, written by Augusto Finocchi, and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Frederick Williams, and Maria Rohm. Watch it on Amazon.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973), directed by Dan Curtis, written by Richard Matheson, and starring Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Fiona Lewis, Murray Brown, and Penelope Horner. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Count Dracula (1977), directed by Philip Saville, written by Gerald Savory, and starring Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker, and Jack Shepherd. Watch it on YouTube.
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), written and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula (1979), directed by John Badham, written by W.D. Richter, and starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, and Kate Nelligan. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, written by James V. Hart, and starring Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, and Tom Waits. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), directed by Mel Brooks, written by Mel Brooks, Rudy De Luca, and Steve Haberman, and starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony, Harvey Korman, and Mel Brooks. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula (2006), directed by Bill Eagles, written by Stewart Harcourt, and starring Marc Warren, Rafe Spall, Sophia Myles, Dan Stevens, and Stephanie Leonidas. Watch it on Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Epistolary novels, a novel written as a series of letters or other documents
• Vampyros Lesbos (1971), directed by Jesús Franco
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Robert Bolt's 1960 play A Man for All Seasons
• Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows
• Richard Matheson of I Am Legend, the Twilight Zone, and Duel
• The Streisand effect
• German Expressionism
• Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall (yes, you know this scene)

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In this episode, we look back on the last year of Adapt or Perish in our Two Year Spectacular!!!

For this episode, we read, watched, and discussed:

• Everything ever. For real! Give it a listen!

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In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we look at Rhoda Penmark, one of the OG creepy murder kids, in The Bad Seed!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• William March's original 1954 novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• The 1956 theatrical movie, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by John Lee Mahin, and starring Nancy Kelly and Patty McCormack. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 1985 TV movie, directed by Paul Wendkos, written by George Eckstein, and starring Blair Brown, Carrie Wells, Lynn Redgrave, David Ogden Stiers, and David Carradine.
• The 2018 Lifetime original movie, directed by Rob Lowe, written by Barbara Marshall, and starring Lowe, Mckenna Grace, Cara Buono, and Patty McCormack.

Footnotes:

• Maxwell Anderson's 1954 stage adaptation of The Bad Seed
• Lionel Shriver's novel We Need to Talk About Kevin and the 2011 movie version directed by Lynne Ramsay
• "Sincerely, Raymond Holt"

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Kong! The king himself! The Eighth Wonder of the World! And the subject of this episode of Adapt or Perish.

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• King Kong, the original movie from 1933, directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, written by James Creelman and Ruth Rose, and starring Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, and Bruce Cabot. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Dino De Laurentiis-produced 1976 remake, directed by John Guillermin, written by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Peter Jackson's 2005 remake, directed by Jackson, written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, and starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and Andy Serkis. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• 2017's Kong: Skull Island, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, and Derek Connolly, and starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and John C. Reilly. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Visual effects pioneer Willis O'Brien
• Adapt or Perish episode 39: Godzilla
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Special makeup effects creator Rick Baker
• Godzilla (1998), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore
• Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
• Honest Trailers - Kong: Skull Island w/ Jordan Vogt-Roberts on YouTube
• Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars from the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast

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It's episode 50! This is crazy! In this milestone episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss the stone-cold children's classic Charlotte's Web!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• E.B. White's original 1952 novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• The 1973 Hanna-Barbera animated musical, directed by Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto, written by Earl Hamner Jr., and starring Henry Gibson, Debbie Reynolds, and Paul Lynde. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2006 live action movie, directed by Gary Winick, written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, and starring Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, and Sam Shepard. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• E.B. White's "A book is a sneeze" from Letters of Note
• John Hodgman, fellow podcaster and peer, of Judge John Hodgman
• "How to Succeed in Animation Chapter 28: A Tangled Web" by Gene Deitch
• "There Must Be Something More" from the 1973 Charlotte's Web
• Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and fellow Boston podcast Every Lady Needs a Hobby
• Actor Kevin Anderson's IMDb bio

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