Episode 66: One Night at Pita Pit

This week’s prompts: Bear, Five, German

Lauren takes us deep into the strange and hypnotic world of Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog’s haunting documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the self-proclaimed bear protector who lived — and died — among Alaska’s brown bears. She explores Herzog’s icy narration, the infamous unseen audio tape, and the way the director blurs the line between empathy and existential dread. Along the way, we get side trips through Burden of Dreams, My Best Fiend, and a Herzog TikTok rabbit hole that proves the director might just be one long performance piece.

Meanwhile, Neal celebrates the strange majesty of German cinema — from the Expressionist shadows of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Karl Freund, the cinematographer who quite literally unchained the camera and later revolutionized sitcoms with I Love Lucy. He traces how Weimar–era innovations birthed horror classics like Dracula and The Mummy, and why every three-camera comedy owes a debt to one very determined German technician.

PLUS:
🐻 The doomed devotion of Grizzly Man
🎥 When Herzog promised to eat his shoe — and did
🧛 How Nosferatu inspired Hollywood horror
📺 The German who lit I Love Lucy (and every sitcom since)
💀 Werner Herzog: philosopher, filmmaker, and accidental meme lord

Next week’s prompts: Automatic, Peach, 88

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