61. The Absent-Minded Professor

In this extra special, very scientific episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Disney’s The Absent-Minded Professor and Flubber!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), directed by Robert Stevenson, written by Bill Walsh, and starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk, and Keenan Wynn. Watch it on Disney+, iTunes, or Amazon.
• Flubber (1997), directed by Les Mayfield, written by John Hughes, and starring Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Wil Wheaton, Clancy Brown, and Ted Levine. Watch it on Disney+, iTunes, or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Son of Flubber (1963)
• Hubert “Dr. Boom” Alyea (and one of his lectures)
• Relevant past episodes: Mary Poppins and Miracle on 34th Street
• Behind the scenes of Flubber: part one and part two

60. A Room with a View

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we revisit E.M. Forster with a look at A Room with a View!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Forster’s original 1908 novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• The 1985 Merchant Ivory film adaptation, directed by James Ivory, written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Day-Lewis. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2007 television movie from ITV, directed by Nicholas Renton, written by Andrew Davies, and starring Elaine Cassidy, Rafe Spall, Timothy Spall, and Sophie Thompson. Watch it on Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Our episode on Howards End
• LibriVox’s dramatized reading of A Room with a View, starring Arielle Lipshaw

59. The Bad News Bears

Before Little Giants, before The Mighty Ducks, before The Sandlot, there was The Bad News Bears! And it’s time for Adapt or Perish to step up to the plate and take a look at this true sports classic.

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• The 1976 original movie, directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Bill Lancaster, and starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, and Jackie Earle Haley. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2005 remake, directed by Richard Linklater, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, and Marcia Gay Harden. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
• The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
• The Bad News Bears on CBS (1979–1980)
• School of Rock (2003)
• Bad Santa (2003)