This Means Something...

Paul Sapp returns to point out a huge violation of employee health confidentiality laws. Tierney has a lot of information about the ballet students who contributed to the film as the little aliens. Chris wonders aloud how Jillian plans to get her film developed.

Paul Sapp and the Spindly Alien are back. One of them is a hideous creature from space, the other is a marionette puppet.

Paul Sapp is here once again to discuss nightmare aliens, Carly Simon, and the eternal debate about which is the better film: Eyes Wide Shut or Joe vs. The Volcano.

Friend of the show Paul Sapp is here as hasty arrangements are made for Roy's (assumed) journey while Barry realizes his friends are leaving.

Barry's back! Rudi's back! And Roy just wants to know if this is all real. All the plots will be resolved in this one minute...

Was Einstein one of them? Rudi Thornburgh is here to help answer that question, kinda.

Rudi Thornburgh from "Open the Podcast Doors, HAL" compares and contrasts the visual effects from CE3K to 2001. Tierney references George Carlin, and Chris wonders aloud if Spielberg is trying to heal the wounds from the Vietnam War era. 

Chris and Tierney are joined by Rudi Thornburgh who brings up The Orb, synthesizer patch sheets, and how a bit of music from "2001" helped visualize this scene from CE3K.

Rudi Thornburgh returns to usher us over the two hour mark threshold. Together with Tierney and Chris they discuss the Arkanoid, Breakout, and whether the movie Jaws exists in the Close Encounters universe.

Heidi Bennett from Vibrant Visionaries is here to help us reach the 2 hour mark (!) in the movie. Chris has a dissenting opinion about the score for this scene, and Jillian finally loses her patience with these men and their interplanetary Simon game.