Being the Ricardos
So many innovations for the medium of television, and yet - a difficult marriage at the center. Why did everyone love Lucy? Was it in spite of (or because of) the scandals that dominated her and Desi’s lives? Come learn the important reasons behind the success of America’s most groundbreaking show.
Contact:
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Extras:
trailer, Being the Ricardos (2021) https://bit.ly/beingricardos1
article, history of Lucille Ball and Communism https://bit.ly/beingricardos2
video, the pregnancy announcement episode https://bit.ly/beingricardos3
article, on Desilu Studios https://bit.ly/beingricardos4
Ghostbusters
A beloved, merchandise-laden property, with very few movies to its name - why is that? What took so long? And why is Dan Aykroyd’s family so into ghosts? Come learn the twisty-turvy spooky history of the Ghostbusters franchise.
Contact:
Reach out on instagram - @illiteratepod
Extras:
trailer, Ghostbusters: Afterlife https://bit.ly/gbuster1
book, Peter Aykroyd’s “A History of Ghosts” https://bit.ly/gbuster4
ILLITERATE episode, The Conjuring https://bit.ly/gbuster5
trailer, Abbot and Costello’s Hold That Ghost (1941) https://bit.ly/gbuster6
pilot, 1970’s The Ghost Busters original live action show https://bit.ly/gbuster11
song, Huey Lewis’ “I Want a New Drug”, similar to theme song https://bit.ly/gbuster2
pilot episode, “The Real Ghostbusters” https://bit.ly/gbuster9
video, Filmation’s “Ghostbusters” cartoon intro https://bit.ly/gbuster7
article, why the Ghostbusters video game is the third film https://bit.ly/gbuster10
article, the history of Ghostbusters production https://bit.ly/gbusters8
Shrek (part 2)
What happened with the grumpy lovable ogre? How did he become a facet of meme culture, and does it say anything true about his character?
Contact:
Reach out on instagram - @illiteratepod
Extras:
video, Shrek’s childhood obesity campaign https://bit.ly/shrekstasy2
video, Shrek: The Musical https://bit.ly/shrekstasy1
video, first All Star parody https://bit.ly/shrekstasy6
article, All Star memes https://bit.ly/shrekstasy7
comic, Shrek and Shadow the Hedgehog https://bit.ly/shrekstasy5
article, Shrek meme culture https://bit.ly/shrekstasy8
video, Shrek Retold fan creation https://bit.ly/shrekstasy3
event, Shrekfest https://bit.ly/shrekstasy4
Shrek (part 1)
Get out of our swamp! We uncover the original book, and the history of the film’s production. Come learn about the subliminal insider jabs at Disney employees, how the soundtrack actually speaks to the story, and who fought the war for the best CGI film.
Contact:
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Extras:
trailer, Shrek (2001) https://bit.ly/shrekbook1
video, Shrek bonus feature on production process https://bit.ly/shrekbook2
video, footage of Chris Farley as Shrek https://bit.ly/shrekbook3
video, on the pop music in Shrek https://bit.ly/shrekbook4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Gary K. Wolf)
How did one of the highest grossing films of the 1980’s never get a sequel? What on earth was the book about? And why’s it so important to “bump the lamp?” Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on the book, Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf.
Extras:
the original trailer // 3 min http://bit.ly/rrabbittrailer
the 1983 early pencil test footage // 8 min http://bit.ly/rrabbit1
the 1985 Zemeckis and Williams proof of concept test // 1 minhttp://bit.ly/rrabbit2
the 1998 sequel CGI test // 1 min http://bit.ly/rrabbit3
a making-of documentary // 35 min http://bit.ly/rrabbit4
Richard Williams’ Oscar animation, “Prologue” // 7 minhttp://bit.ly/prologueshort
explanation of “bumping the lamp” // 8 min http://bit.ly/rrabbit5
Contact:
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Jojo Rabbit - Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
How the film Jojo Rabbit was birthed from a tragic book, the history of Hitler satire, and what all the dictators are writing about. Jojo Rabbit is out now, starring Taika Waititi, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens.
Watch/read/listen:
- (WATCH) the trailer for Jojo Rabbit:
- (WATCH) the Mercedes commercial the author of Caging Skies modeled in:
- (WATCH) an Interview with Christine Leunens about New Zealand:
- (WATCH) Taika Waititi falling asleep at the Oscars:
- (WATCH) Taika’s short film, Two Cars One Night:
- (WATCH) The Great Dictator - full film (1940):
http://bit.ly/greatdictatorchaplin
- (WATCH) the trailer for The Producers (1967):
http://bit.ly/producers1967trail
- (WATCH) the film Look Who’s Back on Netflix:
- (WATCH) the trailer for the Australian show Danger 5:
- (READ) about the store in India called Hitler:
- (READ) about “What Can We Learn from Dictator’s Literature?”:
- (READ) about “Hitler’s Forgotten Library”:
- (LISTEN): to a New Zealand radio interview with Christine Leunens about the film adaptation:
Get a copy of Caging Skies, the book Jojo’s based on:
Topics from today’s episode:
00:01 - a Nancy Drew collector hit us up
03:20 - Caging Skies is wildly different
07:20 - The supermodel who wrote Caging Skies
10:00 - this story happened to her friend
11:40 - how it’s Taika Waititi’s mom’s fault
18:50 - the history of Hitler parodies
27:20 - Saddam Hussein wrote romance fiction
29:40 - Hitler’s secret library
31:10 - the future of satirizing Hitler?
Contact:
reach out on instagram - @illiteratepod
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
War! HUH. What is it good for? Learn about Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, now a Hulu show from George Clooney.
NOTE: This is a monster classic, so we made a 2-part episode.
Please tell a friend this week about Illiterate!
EXTRA CONTENT NOTES:
A trailer for the 1970 film (Youtube):
https://tinyurl.com/1970trailcatch22
A trailer for the 2019 Hulu series (Youtube):
https://tinyurl.com/hulutrail22
An adaptation of “Clevinger’s Trial”, the one-act play (Youtube):
The full list of all characters in the book:
https://tinyurl.com/catch22char
Interview with Joseph Heller about “Closing Time” (Youtube):
https://tinyurl.com/jhellerint
George Clooney crashing a scooter on his way to set (Youtube):
https://tinyurl.com/gclooncrash
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