Episode 125
January 17, 2023
Whether It Is Nasty or Not..
MST3K 1307 • Gamera vs. Jiger
Hosted by Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells
Happy Gamuary! This time, it’s Gamera vs. Jiger in the battle to win the hearts of Chris and Charlotte, as they think about parasites, pregnancies, world’s fairs, accents, and choosing your own adventures!
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Show Notes.
Gamera vs. Jiger: IMDb. MST3K Wiki. Trailer.
We talked about Katamari Damacy in our episode on the first few Season 13 shorts.
Our episode on the best Gamera episode, Season 3’s Gamera vs. Guiron.
Bureau Internationale des Expositions.
The Great Exhibition of 1851 (Chris said the name wrong, whoops).
Palace of Fine Arts and Treasure Island in San Francisco.
National Cash Register Building.
An article about Expo 70, the official Expo 70 site, and an informative lecture.
Stockhausen and Beethoven in the German pavilion.
Yes, turns out Gamera was at Expo 70.
Kon Omura in 赤い霊柩車 (Red Dead Wagon, or Red Hearse; he’s in the opening scenes).
And in the kids show 頓馬天狗 (Tonma Tengu).
Edo Porn (Hokusai Manga).
Starland Vocal Band: Afternoon Delight.
Our episodes on Beyond Atlantis and Hercules and the Captive Women.
The relevant entry from the diary of Samuel Pepys (the chant is in French).
Donald Sutherland’s (not that one) translation of Aristophanes’s Lysistrata gives the Spartans Southern accents.
An article on translating accents in literature.
Richard Burton’s (not that one) translation of The Arabian Nights.
The official Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book website.
Some CYOA books: Return to Atlantis. The Cave of Time (with the sand-turned-to-glass scene Charlotte describes). The Lost Jewels of Nabooti. Inside UFO 54-40.
On the gimmick of Inside UFO 54-40.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography.
Ryan North: To Be or Not to Be.
“Don’t fake the funk on a nasty dunk.”
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