Let's Jaws For a Minute

By Sarah Buddery and MJ Smith

Each week, Sarah Buddery and MJ Smith set sail for Amity Island to watch and analyze Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic, JAWS one minute (or thereabouts) at a time!... more

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March 12, 2021 Episode 24 - It Slaps!
This week, Sarah and MJ take a look at a very intimate scene between Mrs. Kitner and Brody as she confronts him about the cover-up of Chrissie Watkins' death. They cover the power in Lee Fierro's performance, the importance of her anachronistic funeral attire, and the difference between Brody and Vaughn's reaction to the situation.
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Theme song "Tiger Shark" written and performed by Kristen Falls. Available for purchase on Phantom Stranger Records
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March 05, 2021 Episode 23 - I'll Huff and I'll Puff...
This week, Sarah and MJ fly solo to talk about a scene that features the chump fishermen, Larry Vaughn, and even more excellent face acting from Roy Scheider. They also announce the winner of their latest contest!
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February 26, 2021 Episode 22 - A Very Jaws Wedding
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Steve Clark of A Show to Shake the Stars and Ben & Steve's Video Store to talk about a scene full of chaos, subterfuge, and the reality shattering realization that a tiger shark is, in fact, a real creature. Also, Sarah brainstorms ideas for Jaws quotes to use in her wedding vows.
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February 19, 2021 Episode 21 - A Thimble of Water
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Chris from Easy Riders, Raging Podcast to talk about the scene where Hooper looks over the remains of Chrissie Watkins. They discuss Roy Schedeir's fabulous face acting, the inner monologue of the medical inspector, Hooper's superior podcasting prowess, and his v. smol cup of water.
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1h 13min
February 12, 2021 Episode 20 - The Sloppy Chummers
This week, Sarah and MJ discuss Hooper's introduction proper, what makes the dynamic between the leads work so well, the nature of monster movies and their structure, Hendricks's goofy wave, Roy Scheider's great natural acting, and they come up with an awesome 1960's folk band!
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1h 3min
February 05, 2021 Episode 19 - The United States of Acme, Inc.
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Griff from The Paul and Griff Show to talk about the introduction of everyone's favorite snarky shark researcher, Matt Hooper. They talk about their favorite harbormaster, Frank Silva, where the dynamite guy got dynamite, the masterful handling of the tone in the scene, and then MJ sends things off the rails with an insane theory about 30 Rock's Leap Day William.
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1h 4min
January 29, 2021 Episode 18 - Sharkenfreude
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Kyle Davies to talk about a tense scene featuring Charlie, Selectman Denherder (Denholler? Denholder?), and a pot roast. They find even more yellow, discuss the film's excellent sound design, do puns, and find out the answer to the age old question: Do sharks fart?

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January 22, 2021 Episode 17 - Where's The Beef?
This week, Sarah and MJ discuss an interstitial scene in the film full of dread, gross shark attack pictures, and pot roast. They also talk about Rosie, the preserved shark, and scientific experiments being conducted by Amity's favorite karate chopping nuisances.
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52min
January 16, 2021 Episode 16 - Sparkling Murder Dolphin
This week, Sarah and MJ announce the winner of the "Shark Getting Arrested" contest and then they are joined by Rob Wallis to talk about a rare moment to breathe in the film. They discuss the Brody family dynamics, house geography, familiar outfits, what constitutes "a jaws," and just how all of Roy Scheider's characters are connected to one another.
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1h 5min
January 10, 2021 Episode 15 - Surprise Doggo
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Lucy and Linzi Buglass to talk about the introduction of everyone's favorite salty sea captain, Quint! They cover the memorable dialog coupled with Robert Shaw's incredible performance, draw parallels between him and the shark, wonder what would happen if the three main characters were all women, and stumble across an...illuminating fan theory surrounding the first mates of Quint and Ben Gardner.
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52min

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