20th Century Pop! is a podcast where hosts Bob and Tim take a sociological look at the pop culture of the '80s and '90s.
Tim has a pretty solid reason for not going to the beach this year. And last year. And pretty much every year dating back to 1975. But, surprisingly, none of those reasons are actually 1975’s JAWS. Why? Because Tim, co-host of this podcast based entirely on obsessing over 20th century pop culture, has never seen the first true summer blockbuster, JAWS. Until today. So slap on some SPF and keep watch from the shoreline as Tim and Bob wade into the unfathomably PG-rated JAWS.
00:00:00 UNLICENSED AUDIO - Quint and Crackers
00:00:38 BEACH BLANKET BOTTLE NOSE -and there’s still a pandemic
00:05:51 JUNE 20TH, 1975 - Tim hasn’t seen JAWS
00:10:02 GOOD MEMORY/BAD MEMORY - dipping into the waters
00:12:18 MODERN DAY - now Tim has seen JAWS
00:14:16 AMITY HORROR - verses Amity ha-ha
00:17:24 BRODIE IN ARMS - and Hooper & Quint
00:25:45 MOBY DICK SWING AND A MISS - did he just give up on the town?
00:29:41 ITS SHARK-TIRICAL - iconic monster or metaphor with teeth?
00:36:37 STOP PLAYIN’ WITH YOUR SELF - and forgetting Good Reality/Bad Reality
00:48:25 CLOSING - contacts, plugs and no catch phrase
00:50:28 SPECIAL BONUS AUDIO - Unfortunate Search History
00:52:00 MORE UNLICENSED AUDIO - Original Motion Picture Trailer For Jaws 19
POP NOTES
JAWS was originally released on June 20th 1975 (exactly four moths before Tim’s birth).
The film’s cast included Roy Scheider (Brodie), Richard Dreyfus (Hooper), Robert Shaw (Quint), Lorraine Gary (Ellen) and film producer Carl Gottlieb (Meadows).
It was director Steven Spielberg’s second full length feature film release following 1974’s THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS. Prior to that, he had directed television episodes of NIGHT GALLERY (1969) and MARCUS WELBY, M.D. (1970) as well as the Made-For-TV features DUEL (1971) and SOMETHING EVIL (1972)
While never mentioned in the film itself, the Carcharodon Carcharias (or “great white”) has since been officially named Bruce, after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer at the time, Bruce Raynor.
JAWS was nominated for BEST PICTURE at the 1976 ACADEMY AWARDS. It went on to win three Oscars that night for BEST SOUND, BEST FILM EDITING and BEST ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE (the second for composer John Williams following his 1972 win for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF).
During a visit to the film’s pre-production studio, filmmaker George Lucas (STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES) got his head trapped in the jaws of the prop shark. Intended as a simple prank on his good friend, Spielberg soon found himself dealing with the first of many mechanical malfunctions.
Brodie’s oft-quoted line “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” was an on set ad-lib by actor Roy Scheider. It was inspired by the film crew’s repeated use in regards to the production’s limited budget.
MANIC MEDIA
Wait 40 minutes after eating and then wade into THE ORIGINAL 1975 THEATRICAL TRAILER FOR JAWS.
Cast your nets wide and catch full episodes of the in-depth, behind the scenes podcast series INSIDE JAWS on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY and its homepage at WONDERY.
You can also stream it with visuals (that’s sort of a pun … right?) as the INSIDE JAWS FILMUMENTARY on VIMEO.com
Watch how original author Peter Benchley got his book wet with this episode of the BRAVO Network’s PAGE TO SCREEN FEATURING JAWS.
Take a tour of what became Amity with HOW MARTHA’S VINEYARD BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN JAWS by Perry Eaton from Boston.com.
And then, finally, head to the other side of the... err... pond (?) with the 1997 BBC DOCUMENTARY “IN THE TEETH OF JAWS.“
The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All rights remain with with their original distributor.
CLOSING CREDITS
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Super Poupi ” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade Game" (closing theme) performed by Komiku from the 2018 album POUPI'S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES available at Freemusicarchives.org. Cleared for public domain use through Creative Commons under a CCO 1.0 Universal License.
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