150. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Happy Halloween, everyone! To celebrate Spooky Season, in Episode 150 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Washington Irving’s classic ghost story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Washington Irving’s original short story, published in 1820 as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
• The Headless Horseman (1922), the silent movie directed by Edward D. Venturini, written by Carl Stearns Clancy, and starring Will Rogers
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), the animated movie directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, and James Algar, and starring Bing Crosby
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980), the TV movie directed by Henning Schellerup, written by Malvin Wald, Jack Jacobs, and Thomas C. Chapman, and starring Jeff Goldblum, Meg Foster, and Dick Butkus
• The 1985 episode of Tall Tales & Legends, directed by Edd Griles, written by Lon O’Kun, and starring Ed Begley Jr., Beverly D’Angelo, and Charles Durning
• Sleepy Hollow (1999), the movie directed by Tim Burton, written by Andrew Kevin Walker, and starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, and Christopher Lee
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999), the TV movie directed by Pierre Gang, written by Joe Wiesenfeld, and starring Brent Carver, Vlasta Vrana, and Rachelle Lefevre
• The Hollow (2004), the TV movie directed by Kyle Newman, written by Hans Rodionoff, and starring Kevin Zegers, Nick Carter, Kaley Cuoco, Judge Reinhold, and Stacy Keach
• Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017), the TV series created by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Phillip Iscove, and Len Wiseman, and starring Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie
• Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story (2022), the web series directed by William J. Stribling, written by Sean Persaud and Sinead Persaud, and starring both Persauds, Mary Kate Wiles, Gabe Greenspan, Jon Cozart, and John Rubinstein

Footnotes:

• Hammer Films

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149. R-Rated Saturday Mornings

Wake up, everyone! It’s time to watch some questionable cartoons! In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re looking at some kid-friendly cartoon adaptations of movies that definitely aren’t kid-friendly.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rambo: The Force of Freedom (1986), produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises
• Police Academy (1988–1989), produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises
• Toxic Crusaders (1991), produced by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz at Troma Entertainment
• RoboCop (1988), developed by Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg and produced by Marvel Productions and Orion Pictures Corporation
• Beetlejuice (1989–1991), developed by Tim Burton and David Geffen

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 76: RoboCop

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148. Gulliver's Travels

In Episode 148 of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back nearly 300 years to talk about the classic satire Gulliver’s Travels!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Jonathan Swift’s original 1726 novel
• Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902), the silent short directed by George Méliès
• Gulliver Mickey (1934), the animated short directed by Burt Gillett and starring Walt Disney
• Gulliver’s Travels (1939), the animated movie directed by Dave Fleischer, and starring Sam Parker, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, and Lovey Warren
• The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960), the movie directed by Jack Sher, written by Sher and Arthur Ross, and starring Kerwin Matthews and June Thorburn
• Gulliver’s Travels (1977), the live-action/animated movie directed by Peter R. Hunt, written by Don Black, and starring Richard Harris
• Famous Classic Tales: Gulliver’s Travels (1979), the animated special produced by Hanna-Barbera and written by Kimmer Ringwald
• Saban’s Gulliver’s Travels (1992), the animated series produced by Saban International Paris
• Gulliver’s Travels (Hallmark and Jim Henson Productions, 1996), the miniseries directed by Charles Sturridge, written by Simon Moore, and starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alfre Woodard, John Gielgud, Kate Maberly, Geraldine Chaplin, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Isabelle Huppert
• Gulliver’s Travels (Golden Films, 1996), the animated special produced by Diane Eskenazi and Golden Films
• Gulliver’s Travels (2010), the movie directed by Rob Letterman, written by Joe Stillman and Nicholas Stoller, and starring Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, and Chris O’Dowd

Footnotes:

• Kerwin and Tom forever!
• The theme song for Saban’s Gulliver’s Travels
• The trailer for Gulliver’s Travels (2010)
• Reign of Fire did it better.

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