73. Flowers in the Attic

In this very lurid, very trashy, very claustrophobic episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at V.C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic!

In this episode we discuss:

• V.C. Andrews' original 1979 novel.
• The 1987 theatrical movie, written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom and starring Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Victoria Tennant, and Louise Fletcher.
• The 2014 Lifetime Original, directed by Deborah Chow, written by Kayla Alpert, and starring Kiernan Shipka, Mason Dye, Heather Graham, and Ellen Burstyn.

Footnotes:

• Amanda Palmer, The Dresden Dolls, and An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer
• Aerial America
• Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Pris from Blade Runner

72. Catch-22

We must be crazy to do it, but in this episode of Adapt or Perish we're taking to the skies with Joseph Heller's Catch-22!

In this episode we discuss:

• Joseph Heller's original 1961 novel.
• The 1970 movie, directed by Mike Nichols, written by Buck Henry, and starring Alan Arkin, Art Garfunkel, Martin Sheen, and Orson Welles.
• The 1973 TV pilot, starring Richard Dreyfuss. Watch it (or don't) on YouTube.
• The 2019 miniseries, written and developed by Luke Davies and David Michôd, produced and directed by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Ellen Kuras, and starring Clooney, Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.

Footnotes:

• Moonrise Kingdom (2012), written and directed by Wes Anderson
• The Many Voices of Frank Welker
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), directed by Edgar Wright
• Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), written and directed by Drew Goddard

71. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

In this completely honest and in no way deceitful or manipulative episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss the many versions of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels!

In this episode we discuss:

• Bedtime Story (Universal, 1964), directed by Ralph Levy, written by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, and starring David Niven, Marlon Brando, and Shirley Jones.
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Orion, 1988), directed by Frank Oz, written by Dale Launer, Shapiro, and Henning, and starring Michael Caine, Steve Martin, and Glenne Headly.
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: The Musical (2004), music and lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Jeffrey Lane, and originally starring John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz.
• The Hustle (MGM, 2019), directed by Chris Addison, written by Jac Schaeffer, Launer, Shapiro, and Henning, and starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.

Footnotes:

• Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
• The original teaser for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Sherie Rene Scott sings "April's Ballad" from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells tour
• Patton Oswalt on doing "punch up"
• We were on another podcast! We were invited onto the Castle of Horror podcast to speak with host and author Jason Henderson as part of their "Castle Talk" interview series, and had a ton of fun. Listen to it on the web or on Apple Podcasts.