37. True Grit

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Charles Portis’ True Grit!

For this episode, we read, watched, and discussed:

• Charles Portis’ original 1968 novel. Read it on Amazon or iBooks.
• The 1969 John Wayne movie of the same name, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne, produced by Hal B. Wallis, written by Marguerite Roberts, and starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, and John Wayne. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2010 movie adaptation, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Episode 11 of Adapt or Perish, The Fault in Our Stars
• r/menwritingwomen
• The Last of Us and Children of Men
• “True Grit” written by Don Black and Elmer Bernstein, performed by Glen Campbell
• Arielle’s thinking of Maureen McGovern in The Poseidon Adventure, not Karen Carpenter
• When Jeremy said “John Wayne is just John Wayne,” and thought he was quoting The Birdcage, he was thinking of a line from Get Shorty. It’s important to him that you know that.
• Rooster Cogburn, 1975, starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn
• Cinematographer Roger Deakins
• Actor Elizabeth Marvel
• Theater director Ivo van Hove
• Coen regular Peter Stormare
• Joel & Ethan Coen - Shot/Reverse Shot from the YouTube channel Every Frame a Painting

36. Mary Poppins

In this practically perfect episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• P.L. Travers’ original novel, published in 1934, the first in the Mary Poppins series which ran until 1988. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins, 1964, directed by Robert Stevenson, written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with music by Richard and Robert Sherman. Starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, and David Tomlinson. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Saving Mr. Banks, 2013, directed by John Lee Hancock, written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith, and starring Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Mary Poppins Returns, 2018, directed by Rob Marshall, written by David Magee, music by Marc Shaiman, and starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, and Emily Mortimer. Pre-order it on iTunes and Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Mr. Snuffleupagus and “The Child Psychology of Sesame Street”
• Our own episode on A Wrinkle in Time
• Also, our very own episode on Roald Dahl and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Mr. Rogers reads the lyrics to “What Do You Do With The Mad That You Feel?” for the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications in 1969
• The Pleiades and Neil Gaiman’s Stardust
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• “Dick Van Dyke: ‘Someone should have told me to work on my cockney accent’” from The Guardian
• Dick Van Dyke’s 90th Birthday Flash Mob + Sing-A-Long
• Marni Nixon (not to be confused with Marti Noxon)

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

So there.