On this day — June 10 — in 1982, ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ premiered in the USA. This film by Steven Spielberg won multiple Oscar awards, became the highest-grossing film of all time, and caused a significant boost in BMX-style bike sales. So today, Jonathan Ellsworth & Simon Stewart revisit E.T. and discuss what’s aged the best, what’s aged the worst, “loose parenting,” Reese’s Pieces, who needed BLISTER+ the most, and more.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Why This Film? (3:20)

Most Rewatchable Scenes (23:17)

Best Lines (42:28)

What’s Aged the Best? (46:57)

What’s Aged the Worst? (56:50)

Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (58:40)

‘Hottest Take’ Award (1:00:19)

Memorabilia You Want the Most (1:10:52)

Who Won the Movie? (1:13:53)

Our Final Grades (1:17:35)

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