HeyJaredGet Me Another
A podcast where we explore the movies that followed in the wake of blockbuster hits.
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ep. 08 - Mac and Me (with Max Evry) (opens the original)
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Special Guest Max Evry returns to the show to tell us about his new book STRANDED ON EARTH: HOW NIGHT SKIES BECAME E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. Then we dive into one of the most infamous E.T. clones, MAC AND ME (1988) which features brands such as McDonalds and Coca-Cola to an absurd degree. Max's Website: https://www.maxevry.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxevry1/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/maxevry.bsky.social
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ep. 07 - Badi / Homoti (opens the original)
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It's Turkish E.T.-knockoff double feature week! That's right, we have not one but two E.T.-inspired films from Turkey. First is 1983's BADI featuring a gassy alien who befriends a young boy. Then we explore HOMOTI (1987) which sees an alien with an enormous booty develop a crush on an unethical journalist.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ep. 06 - Fuzzbucket / ALF (opens the original)
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This week we look at two attempts to bring that E.T. magic to the small screen. The first was a pilot that didn't get picked up to series but aired as a Disney movie-of-the-week. FUZZBUCKET (1986) is the story of boy and his imaginary friend who is actually real... and is absolutely terrifying! The second, also from 1986 and certainly more well-known, took the E.T. concept and reimagined it as an '80s family sitcom. His real name is Gordon Shumway, but you probably remember him as ALF.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ep. 05 - D.A.R.Y.L. / Short Circuit (opens the original)
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This week we shift away from aliens to look at two E.T.-inspired films that explore the concept of artificial intelligence. First up is 1985’s D.A.R.Y.L. in which a replicant boy who is being pursed by the government finds himself cared for by an average American family. Then Number 5 is alive in SHORT CIRCUIT, a 1986 film starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg that sees a military robot struck by lightning and gaining sentience.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ep. 04 - Starman (with Carmelita Valdez McKoy) (opens the original)
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Special Guest Carmelita Valdez McKoy returns to the show for a fun, free-ranging conversation about a movie that could be described as "E.T. for adults": John Carpenter's critically acclaimed STARMAN (1984) featuring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. Find Carmelita: https://letterboxd.com/CarmelitaSays https://x.com/CarmelitaSays https://bsky.app/profile/carmelitasays.bsky.social
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