This episode would have been last week’s episode but we had a little episode last week in the form of a flood. We live up in snow country where massive amounts of the white stuff can dump on us and we’ve got it covered. We’ve got shovels and plows and snow-blowers and children we can exploit as cheap labor. Bury us in snow and we laugh in defiance, because we’re prepared baby! But shit, rain? What’s this rain stuff? Why won’t it just sit there waiting for us to pick it up with shovels? It’s so . . . fluid. No one up here was prepared for days of torrential rain, so the sewers backed up, pipes burst, mud slid, streets turned into rivers and the pavement fell out from under our feet. Boy, were we fucked. So, instead of recording our benchmark 50th episode last week, we pitched in and helped dig out some of our neighbors under the guise of being good people. Sadly, we didn’t fool anybody, so fuck those people. Let ’em do their own dirty work. We’re back doing our darnedest for you, our beloved listener, bringing you a brand new What Could Go Wrong? It’s more fun that shoveling mud, though if we do it right, we still need a shower afterwards.
This week’s Bad Movie Review features what many are going to insist is not a bad movie. Jaws (1975) is one of those cultural touchstones that most people over a certain age have seen (unless you’re Skullard). People talk about it and discuss it and compare other films to it and consider it a piece of cinematic history . . . conveniently forgetting how blatently ridiculous it is. Sure, it’s a Great Unintentionally Bad Movie, but it’s still a bad movie if you demythologize it and watch it with fresh eyes. In fact, Luka has given Jaws the full stick-figure treatment so you can see the story for what it truly is. What Could Go Wrong? is proud to present . . . Jaws!
Do you find yourself sitting around like a worthless lump while others are having fun? Are you a filthy urine-soaked coward? Please enjoy and become heartened by this week’s bonus educational short: Overcoming Fear (1950).
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As always, you’ve got to go over and check out Kevin MacLeod at incompetec.com! He’s got music for anything you’re doing. Try listening to this while jogging and you’ll think you’re being followed by a camera crew for the opening credits of a disaster movie . . . which will give you an excuse to stop jogging.
From Skullard’s Postcard Collection: Okay, we lied. This isn’t a postcard this week. It’s a little photo we took of ourselves. This being the 50th episode and all, we decided to celebrate by making a cake . . . and auditioning for the next season of Mad Men. Skullard’s shooting for the role of Pete Campbell’s suave but insidious cousin while Luka’s going for the prim and gregarious housewife that can do such naughty, filthy things with an icing tube. Yum!