24. The Little Prince

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella. Read on iBooks or Amazon.
• Will Vinton’s 1979 claymation short film of The Little Prince. Watch on YouTube.
• The 1974 movie musical, directed by Stanley Donen, written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and starring Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, and Gene Wilder. Watch on iTunes or Amazon. Soundtrack available on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2015 animated movie adaptation, directed by Mark Osborne, and starring Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, and Mackenzie Foy. Watch on Netflix.

Footnotes:

• Voltaire’s Candide
• Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight, also written by de Saint-Exupéry
• The works of Will Vinton, including The California Raisins, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Moonwalker, and Rip Van Winkle
• Lerner and Loewe, writers of Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, Camelot, Gigi, and My Fair Lady
• Stanley Donen, director of Singin’ in the Rain, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face, and Damn Yankees
• Richard Kiley, expensive star of Man of La Mancha
• The rose, a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa
• The Star Wars Holiday Special
• BOB FOSSE
• The theatrical trailer for the 1974 musical
• “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Jurassic Park music video, directed by Mark Osborne
• Bone, the comics series by Jeff Smith
• Gillian Armstrong and Robin Swicord’s Little Women (discussed in episode 7 of this podcast!)

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23. Dial M for (A Perfect) Murder

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Dial M for Murder and A Perfect Murder!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• Dial M for Murder, 1954, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, and Robert Cummings. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.
• A Perfect Murder, 1998, directed by Andrew Davis, and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, and David Suchet. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• A Rube Goldberg machine
• Noises Off
• Wall Street vs. The American President
• Prenuptial Agreements and Death of a Spouse
• Andrew Davis, The Fugitive, and Under Siege

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22. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Roald Dahl’s original novel, published in 1964. Read on Amazon or iBooks.
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 movie directed by Mel Stuart, adapted by Dahl and David Seltzer, and starring Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 2005 movie directed by Tim Burton, adapted by John August, and starring Freddie Highmore and Johnny Depp. Watch on iTunes or Amazon.
• Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 2017 direct-to-DVD animated musical comedy adaptation of the Gene Wilder movie. Not the book. It’s weird. Watch (or don’t) on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Mr. Bucket, buckets of fun!
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, written by Dahl and published in 1972.
• Quentin Blake’s Willy Wonka vs. Joseph Schindelman’s Willy Wonka
• A comparison of the old, racist Oompa Loompas, and the revised Oompa Loompas
• Cracked.com’s The 6 Most Secretly Racist Children’s Books
• Was beloved children’s book author Roald Dahl a raging bigot?
• The Dead Authors Podcast Chapter 34: “Roald Dahl featuring Ben Schwartz”
• Scriptnotes, a podcast hosted by John August and Craig Mazin
• “Cheer Up, Charlie”
• The scene where the little girl almost gets hit in the face during the filming of Willy Wonka
• Matt Gourley’s I Was There Too: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Big Fish with John August”
• The trailer for Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (and Arielle’s reaction to watching it for the first time)

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