117 episodes
Let's Jaws For a Minute Sarah Buddery and MJ Smith
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4.7 • 23 Ratings
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Each week, Sarah Buddery and MJ Smith set sail for Amity Island to watch and analyze Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic, JAWS one minute (or thereabouts) at a time!
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Episode 110: The Thing
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Andy Gaudion of the Ramblin' Amblin podcast to talk about the 1982 classic, John Carpenter's The Thing. They talk about the 2011 prequel, the iconic effects, how cool Kurt Russell always is, and the deeper themes hiding just below the surface of this wintry monster movie.
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Episode 109: An American Werewolf in London
Monster Movie Season makes a stop in Sarah's backyard as Sarah and MJ discuss An American Werewolf in London. They talk about what makes this film work, why it shouldn't, the incredible effects, and take a detour to discuss their love of music videos!
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Episode 108: Creature From the Black Lagoon
This week on LJFAM, monster movie season keeps on trucking to the 1954 classic, Creature From the Black Lagoon. Sarah and MJ talk about the film's unspoken influence on basically every film that followed it, the unjust accredidation of the Gill Man's design, and whether style over substance is, in fact, a bad thing.
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Episode 107: Godzilla (1954)
This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Christopher P. Hood to talk about everyone's favorite ancient radioactive lizard, Godzilla (1954). They discuss the timing of the film's release in the midst of a revolutionary year for the country of Japan, the status of Godzilla as a folk hero, and MJ tries to reign in his nostalgia for the Godzilla franchise.
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Episode 106: King Kong (1933)
It's the second episode of monster movie season, and Sarah and MJ contend with the king of all monster movies, King Kong! They talk about its influence and staying power 91 years after the fact, how exhilirating the second act is, and whether or not its technical merit make up for some of the content in the film that is more "of its time."
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Episode 105: Frankenstein (1931)
It's the official beginning to Monster Movie Season! On this episode, Sarah and MJ kick off the new season with one of the all-time great monster movies: James Whale's Frankenstein (1931). They discuss its differences from the book, how the film set the template for the monster movie, and the way it was chopped to bits by the implementation fo the Hays Code.
Customer Reviews
The greatest podcast of all time
The title may sound sarcastic but the statement is 100 percent true. At the peak of this podcast during the lockdowns there simply wasn’t a better podcast out there. Unfortunately the episodes post jaws aren’t quite the same as the classic LJFAM episodes but still really good fun. Both Sarah (not just the female) and MJ (not just the guy) gave me so much joy and a lot of laughs. Especially Sarah’s laugh! It’s the best 🤩
Lovely show
What elevates this above most film podcasts is the sheer warmth and joy radiating from the two hosts. That they’re talking ceaselessly about the best film ever made too? That’s a bonus. Amity A+!
SQ Issues
I only listened to 3 episodes and they were ok. I’ve heard a lot worse. My grumble is the sound quality. The female is too close to the microphone and sounds as though she’s been on the laughing gas as she can’t let a minute go by without cackling. The problem with that is the guy seems to be sat in the room next door so apart from dropping the word “progressive “ 😱 in every now and again one can barely hear what he’s talking about. Probably just as well if “ progressive “ is an indicator. Shame. There are better Jaws podcasts out there. A generous 3 as I like the girl. She does sound bonkers.