Adapt or Perish

It's time for Episode 115 of Adapt or Perish, so grab your binoculars and join us for a look at the classic thriller, Rear Window!

In this episode, we discuss:

• It Had to Be Murder, Cornell Woolrich's original 1942 short story (which may have been inspired by Through a Window by H.G. Wells)
• Rear Window, the 1954 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes, and starring Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr
• Rear Window, the 1998 TV movie directed by Jeff Bleckner, written by Eric Overmyer and Larry Gross, and starring Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, and Robert Forster

And for a look at 2007's Disturbia, also inspired by Rear Window and directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf, check out Episode 15 of Multiplex Time Machine, hosted by Jeremy and his best friend Ian Averill, available on the web, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get your pod.

Footnotes:

• Episode 23: Dial M for Murder (on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and the web)
• Episode 96: Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and the web)
• CORGI ELEVATOR
• Gus Van Sant's 1998 theatrical remake of Psycho

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In Episode 114, we're traveling back up the mountain for Part 2 of our two-part look at Johanna Spyri's Heidi!

Listen to Part 1 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or Spotify.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Heidi's Song, the 1982 animated movie directed by Robert Taylor, written by Joseph Barbera, Taylor, and Jameson Brewer, and starring Margery Gray, Lorne Greene, and Sammy Davis Jr.
• Heidi, the 1993 miniseries directed by Michael Rhodes, written by Jeanne Rosenberg, and starring Noley Thornton, Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, and Siân Phillips
• Heidi, the 2005 movie directed by Paul Marcus, written by Brian Finch, and starring Emma Bolger, Max Von Sydow, Geraldine Chaplin, and Dianna Rigg
• Heidi 4 Paws, the 2008 TV movie written and directed by Holly Goldberg Sloan, and starring Meghan Strange, Richard Kind, Julian Sands, and Angela Lansbury
• Heidi, the 2015 animated series created and developed by Jan Van Rijsselberge and Christel Gonnard
• Heidi, the 2015 movie directed by Alain Gsponer, written by Petra Biondina Volpe, and starring Anuk Steffen, Bruno Ganz, Katharina Schüttler, and Hannelore Hoger

Footnotes:

• Bruno Ganz, angry in a bunker

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After an unexpected delay, we're finally making our way up to the Swiss Alps with Episode 113, the first of our two-part look at the classic novel Heidi!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Johanna Spyri's original 1881 novel
• Heidi, the 1937 theatrical movie directed by Allan Dwan, written by Julian Josephson and Walter Ferris, and starring Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, and Arthur Treacher
• Heidi, the 1952 Swiss theatrical movie directed by Luigi Comencini, written by Robert Schweizer, William Michael Treichlinger, and Max Weinberg, and starring Elsbeth Sigmund, Heinrich Gretler, and Theo Lingen
• Heidi, the 1968 TV movie directed by Delbert Mann, written by Earl Hamner Jr., and starring Jennifer Edwards, Michael Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Jean Simmons
• Heidi, Girl of the Alps, the 1974 anime series directed by Isao Takahata and written by Isao Matsuki, recut, dubbed in English, and released as The Story of Heidi by Claudio Guzman and Charles Ver Halen
• Heidi, the 1974 BBC miniseries directed by June Wyndham-Davies, written by Martin Worth, and starring Emma Blake, Hans Meyer, and Flora Robson
• The New Adventures of Heidi, the 1978 TV movie musical directed by Ralph Senensky, written by John McGreevey, and starring Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin, and Marlyn Mason

Footnotes:

• Do Phool (1958) on YouTube
• Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore book series
• Take Up Thy Bed and Walk: Death, Disability and Cure in Classic Fiction for Girls by Lois Keith
• "Hygge"
• Run don't walk to watch the 1974 BBC Heidi miniseries on YouTube, because we're pretty sure that's the only way you can
• You don't need to watch The New Adventures of Heidi, but if you want to watch a grown woman singing and doing her best to get into a coat, here you go

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In Episode 112 of Adapt or Perish, we're looking a very devilish look at the comedy classic Bedazzled!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The 1967 original, directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Cook, and starring Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, and Raquel Welch
• The 2000 remake, directed by Harold Ramis, written by Ramis, Larry Gelbart, and Peter Tolan, and starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, and Frances O'Connor

Footnotes:

• Nick Cave performs "Bedazzled"

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It's time for Episode 111 of Adapt or Perish, which also happens to be our very romantic Valentine's Day episode. We wanted to celebrate the day with a very awkward look at the classic Lady Chatterley's Lover. Enjoy!

In this episode, we discuss:

• D.H. Lawrence's original 1928 novel
• L'Amant de lady Chatterley (1955), directed by Marc Allégret, written by Allégret, Gaston Bonheur, and Philippe de Rothschild, and starring Danielle Darrieux, Erno Crisa, Leo Genn, and Berthe Tissen
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981), directed by Just Jaeckin, written by Jaeckin, Marc Behm, and Christopher Wicking, and starring Sylvia Kristel, Nicholas Clay, Shane Briant, and Ann Mitchell
• Lady Chatterley (1993), directed by Ken Russell, written by Russell and Michael Haggiag, and starring Joely Richardson, Sean Bean, James Wilby, and Shirley Anne Field
• Lady Chatterley (2006), directed by Pascale Ferran, written by Ferran and Roger Bohbot, and starring Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot, and Hélène Alexandridis
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015), written and directed by Jed Mercurio, and starring Holliday Grainger, Richard Madden, James Norton, and Jodie Comer

Footnotes:

• E.M. Forster's Maurice
• John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus (2006)
• Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, and Cannon Films
• Wrotham Park, filming location for both Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) and Lady Chatterley (1993)

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Welcome to Episode 110 of Adapt or Perish, and this one is completely divine. We're looking at John Waters' camp classic Hairspray, and the musical juggernaut it inspired!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1988 movie, written and directed by John Waters, and starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Debbie Harry, and Sonny Bono
• The 2002 musical, with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, and starring (in the original Broadway cast) Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Dick Latessa, Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy, and Matthew Morrison
• The 2007 movie musical, directed by Adam Shankman, written by Leslie Dixon, and starring Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, and Zac Efron
• Hairspray Live!, the 2016 TV special, directed by Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski, written by Harvey Fierstein, and starring Maddie Baillio, Fierstein, Martin Short, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, and Kristin Chenoweth

Footnotes:

• But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
• "Smile" by Vitamin C
• Sarah Smallwood Parsons in "The Song In Every Musical That No One Likes"

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In this very horrific episode of Adapt or Perish, we're taking a look at the classic story of cover-ups and consequences, I Know What You Did Last Summer!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Lois Duncan's original 1973 novel
• The 1997 movie, directed by Jim Gillespie, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe
• The 2021 TV show (cancelled after its first season), created by Sara Goodman, and starring Madison Iseman, Bill Heck, Brianne Tju, Ezekiel Goodman, Ashley Moore, and Sebastian Amoruso

Footnotes:

• Preacher (the comic book) and Preacher (the TV series)
• Jeremy has a new show! It's called Multiplex Time Machine and you can find it online and wherever you listen to podcasts!

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Into the woods, it's time to go, with Episode 108 of Adapt or Perish! In this episode, these two theater kids will be celebrating the late Stephen Sondheim with a look at one of his greatest works, Into the Woods.

In this episode we discuss:

• The original 1986 stage musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine
• The filmed performance released in 1991, directed by Lapine, and starring Bernadette Peters, Kim Crosby, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien
• The 2010 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production, released in 2011, directed by Timothy Sheader, and starring Hannah Waddingham, Mark Hadfield, Jenna Russell, and Judi Dench
• The 2014 theatrical movie musical, directed by Rob Marshall, written by Lapine, and starring Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, and James Corden

Footnotes:

• Stephen Sondheim's Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) (2010) and Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981–2011) (2011)
• "Lily's Eyes" from The Secret Garden
• Sir Antony Sher
• "The Musical Moral of Into The Woods" by Sideways on YouTube

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Seasons greetings from Adapt or Perish! With Episode 107, our gift to you is a long-delayed follow-up to Episode 6, our original look at A Christmas Carol!

In Part 1, we discussed:

• Charles Dickens' original 1843 novel
• A Christmas Carol (1951), starring Alistair Sim
• A Christmas Carol (1984), starring George C. Scott
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), starring Michael Caine and the Muppets
• A Christmas Carol (1999), starring Patrick Stewart
• Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009), starring Jim Carrey

In this episode we discuss:

• Scrooge (the 1935 movie), directed by Henry Edwards, written by H. Fowler Mear, and starring Sir Seymour Hicks
• A Christmas Carol (the 1938 movie), directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Hugo Butler, and starring Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Kathleen Lockhart
• A Christmas Carol (the 1954 episode of Shower of Stars), directed by Ralph Levy, written by Maxwell Anderson, and starring Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and Ray Middleton
• Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (the 1962 TV special), directed by Abe Levitow, Written by Barbara Chain, and starring Jim Backus
• Scrooge (the 1970 movie musical), directed by Ronald Neame, written by Leslie Bricusse, and starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness
• Scrooged (the 1988 movie), directed by Richard Donner, written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue, and starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, and Alfre Woodard
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol (the 1988 TV special), directed by Richard Boden, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, and Hugh Laurie
• A Christmas Carol (the 2004 TV movie musical), directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, lyrics and teleplay by Lynn Ahrens, music by Alan Menken, and starring Kelsey Grammer, Jason Alexander, Jane Krakowski, and Jesse L. Martin
• A Christmas Carol (the 2019 miniseries), directed by Nick Murphy, written by Steven Knight, and starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Joe Alwyn, and Vinette Robinson

Footnotes:

• Playing Shakespeare Episode 8: Exploring a Character
• "Musician Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Jacob Collier & Herbie Hancock"

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Avast! With Episode 106, we're finally bringing you a look at something we've wanted to do for a long time: the pirate classic Treasure Island!

In this episode we discuss:

• Robert Louis Stevenson's original 1883 novel
• Treasure Island (the 1934 movie), directed by Victor Fleming, written by John Lee Mahin and John Howard Lawson, and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, and Lionel Barrymore
• Treasure Island (the 1950 live-action Disney movie), directed by Byron Haskin, written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, and starring Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll
• The DuPont Show of the Month Season 3 Episode 7: Treasure Island (1960), directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Michael Dyne, and starring Hugh Griffith, Richard O'Sullivan, Michael Gough, and George Rose
• Treasure Island (the 1987 anime movie, edited down from the 1978–79 series), directed by Osamu Dezaki and Yoshio Takeuchi, and written by Haruya Yamazaki and Yoshimi Shinozaki
• Treasure Island (the 1990 TV movie), written and directed by Fraser Clarke Heston, and starring Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Julian Glover, and Oliver Reed
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996), directed by Brian Henson, written by Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher, and James V. Hart, and starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, and Kevin Bishop
• Treasure Island (the 1999 movie), written and directed by Peter Rowe, and starring Jack Palance and Kevin Zegers
• Treasure Planet (2002), directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, written by Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and Rob Edwards, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, and Emma Thompson
• Treasure Island (the 2012 miniseries), directed by Steve Barron, written by Stewart Harcourt, and starring Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Elijah Wood, and Donald Sutherland

Footnotes:

• Stan Rogers performs his song "Barrett's Privateers"
• "Captain Kidd" performed by Great Big Sea
• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
• George Rose performing "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from The Pirates of Penzance
• Black Sails (2014–2017)

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