35. Airplane!

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Airplane!

You can also hear us on the Sherlock Holmes-themed podcast I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to discuss our own Sherlock Holmes episodes. We appeared on Episode 160: “Adapting Sherlock Holmes,” and we hope you give their show a listen!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• Airplane!, the 1980 spoof, written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, and starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, and Robert Stack. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.
• Zero Hour!, 1957, directed by Hall Bartlett, written by Arthur Hailey, and starring Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden. Watch it on iTunes.
• Airport 1975, 1974, directed by Jack Smight, written by Don Ingalls, and starring Karen Black, Charlton Heston, and George Kennedy. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.

Footnotes:

• AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs
• The Airport movie series: Airport, Airport 1975, Airport ’77, and The Concorde…Airport ’79
• Mel Brooks’ The Producers (1967)
• Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
• The Kentucky Fried Movie (and Robot Chicken)
• The combined filmography of Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker
• Leslie Nielsen’s screen test for Ben-Hur
• Side-by-side comparison: Zero Hour! (1957) Vs Airplane! (1980)
• CDC: Say No to Raw Dough!
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
• Helen Reddy, and our episode on Pete’s Dragon

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34. Romeo and Juliet

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• Romeo and Juliet (1936), directed by George Cukor, and starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer, with John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone. Watch on iTunes.
• Romeo and Juliet (1968), directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, with Michael York and Robert Stephens. Watch on iTunes and Amazon.
• BBC Television Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet (1978), the first episode of BBC Television Shakespeare, which ran from 1978 to 1985, and attempted to film and televise the complete works of Shakespeare. This episode was directed by Alvin Rakoff, and starred Patrick Ryecart and Rebecca Saire, with Alan Rickman and John Gielgud.
• Romeo + Juliet (1996), directed by Baz Luhrmann, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, with John Leguizamo and Pete Postlethwaite. Watch on iTunes and Amazon.
• Romeo & Juliet (2013), directed by Carlo Carlei, adapted by Julian Fellowes, starring Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld, with Stellan Skarsgård and Paul Giamatti. Watch on iTunes and Amazon.

Footnotes:

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. Watch it on Amazon. Seriously, watch it.
• Reynard the Fox
• Our episodes on The Princess Bride and Sherlock Holmes
• ADR or automated dialogue replacement

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33. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• C.S. Lewis’ original novel, part two of The Chronicles of Narnia. Read on iBooks or Amazon.
• The 1979 animated TV movie, directed by Bill Melendez.
• The 1988 BBC series, produced as part of a larger Chronicles of Narnia series, also including Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair.
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the 2005 feature film, written and directed by Andrew Adamson, and starring William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, and Liam Neeson. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Here’s a bunch of kids killing it in a performance of “Murder Today” from the musical Narnia.
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Bill Melendez’s television work on Peanuts, including A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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