92. Stuart Little

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're returning to the works of E.B. White to talk about his little mouseboy (boymouse?) hero, Stuart Little!

In this episode we discuss:

• White's original 1945 novel
• "The World of Stuart Little," the March 6, 1966 episode of NBC's Children's Theatre, produced by George A. Heinemann and June Reig, written by Reig, and narrated by Johnny Carson
• Stuart Little (1999), directed by Rob Minkoff, written by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker, and starring Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Nathan Lane, and Jonathan Lipnicki
• Stuart Little 2 (2002), directed by Minkoff, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, starring the cast of Stuart Little with Melanie Griffith and James Woods

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 50: Charlotte's Web
• John Hodgman's Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches (2018)
• Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)

91. The Witches

Episode 91 of Adapt or Perish has just checked in, and OH MY GOD I THINK IT’S A WITCH. We’re taking a look at The Witches, Roald Dahl’s horror story for kids!

In this episode we discuss:

• Roald Dahl's original 1983 novel
• The 1990 movie, directed by Nicholas Roeg, produced by Jim Henson, written by Allan Scott, and starring Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, and Mai Zetterling
• The 2020 movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis, Guillermo del Toro, and Kenya Barris, and starring Anne Hathaway, Jahzir Kadeem Bruno, and Octavia Spencer

Footnotes:

• Episode 22: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Episode 31: Where the Wild Things Are & Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Episode 55: The BFG
• Episode 77: Matilda
• The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
• "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
• ‘The Witches’ Review: There’s No Magic to Robert Zemeckis’ Dreadful Roald Dahl Adaptation by David Ehrlich

90. Wings of Desire and City of Angels

In this very romantic, very German, very arthouse episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at the very romantic, very German, very arthouse Wings of Desire, and its very Hollywood remake City of Angels!

In this episode we discuss:

• Wings of Desire (1987), directed by Wim Wenders, written by Wenders, Peter Handke, and Richard Reitinger, and starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, and Peter Falk
• City of Angels (1998), directed by Brad Silberling, written by Dana Stevens, and starring Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, and Dennis Franz

Footnotes:

• "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls
• "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan
• Faraway, So Close! (1993)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
• Rebecca Schaeffer and Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear
• "Sincerely, Raymond Holt"