I can understand how this would’ve freaked you out as a kid. I actually just rewatched Jaws for the first time in years a couple of months ago, and that 1) that girl is a total hottie, 2) that dude is a big time himbo, and 3) the attack is horrifying. I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was at such an impressionable age.
Not sure if you saw Carissa’s comment but the same thing happened to me as her the first time I watched it…I was literally afraid to go to the bathroom 🤣🤣🤣
I could tell you long, fun, funny stories about that shark 🦈. Informational ones as well. My grandfather was engineer/inventor with a large corporation in the Chicago area. They built the shark. The inside of it, not the cosmetic skin. Jaws is one of my very favorite movies of all time.
Okay. You probably know parts of this one...they filmed Jaws at Martha's Vineyard and one of things pretty much everyone talks about--actors, crew, etc.--is that they had trouble getting the shark to work. At all. It's one of the reasons you don't actually see the shark that much, especially near the beginning of the movie.
The shark was (not kidding) tested extensively, including in the pool in my grandparents house, and worked great. My grandpa was especially talented at cylinders and air logic and those things were part of the shark. But Spielberg wanted to film it in the ocean--cool, except nobody really knew that--the ocean of course has salt. Salt in the water became salt in the cylinders, etc. and that caused mechanical problems that meant "Attention, the shark is not working." were extremely common on set.
Crazy! Like you said, I knew they had problems with the shark…but not because of that. You should see if anyone has pictures of it in your grandparent’s pool. Could probably sell prints of that and make some bank!
Re: attack in the beginning… it’s different ofc because you don’t see her but the description in the book is more unsettling. Spielberg knew what he was doing in making the opening more playful / fearful vs accurately graphic.
Trying to think who fit that imprint role for me… Catherine Bach or Heather Thomas.
I’m behind on the pod but will check out. Had a buddy who read the Robo QB book, said it’s weird reading now knowing that things TM did (which were novel back then) are now done by thousands of high school QBs every year. Ghost of Christmas Future kinda thing.
OMG Daisy, yes!! Dukes was my favorite non-rerun tv show when I was little.
I read something recently where somebody was like, “Roscoe woulda saved a bunch of time if instead of chasing the brothers all the time he just drove to their house and waited for them.” 🤣
Weird counterpoint: MTV was also not a gentle sexual awakening place for girls. So much spandex and sweaty chests and pirate shirts and crotch shots deployed without ANY warning! Confusing times. Indeed.
Never thought about it from a woman’s perspective (typical man right?).
Honestly, it has to be better than now though. I am volunteering with our local HS football program and the other day a couple of the boys were talking about pornstars. These dudes don’t even know how to talk to girls their own age and they are watching all this shit. They’re gonna be so f’d in the head.
No! I wasn’t dunking on you at all. Just that, like you said, we were exposed to such weird shit all over the place with NO real guides! The way you felt about that Jaws scene, which I NEVER would have thought about that way, is how a lot of us girls experienced the insane messages coming at us in music videos. Yeah-we cannot help our kids have their heads on right about this stuff these days.
(Besides, who are we kidding, our days of triple lindy’jng on the hoops court are well behind us).
I wonder how much parents of young boys have to talk to their kids about that stuff. Thankfully our daughter still apparently thinks teenage boys are stupid so we’ve avoided major calamity up to this point.
I hope they talk A LOT! I have nephews, so they are going to get a lot of CRINGE conversation from me at some point! And now I want to watch Back to School! (Hey Vonnegut-I’m stopping payment on the check! 😉)
There are A LOT of those in that flick, BUT it’s a Rodney thing! And he’s so goofy and congenial that you know he’s not a dick. He’s a lover, not a fighter! 😉
Yikes! I saw Jaws in the cinema when I was about 13 or so (I can’t remember when it was released). A friend of my mama took me as my n mama was too scared to see it. I was TERRIFIED! I stood up with shock when the shark came through the boat. So I can’t even imagine seeing it as a toddler! Flippin’eck!!!
Another one that terrified me was The Deer Hunter. I went with my boyfriend and it traumatized me. Differently, of course, but I still remember being so shaken.
Ah yes, the opening scene in Jaws. Reminds me of a movie released a couple years later: The Deep. Actually, the only thing I remember about that movie was Jacqueline Bissett in a tight, white, wet t-shirt. Raging teenage hormones, man!
One word, Henny: hilarious. A few more: clever, insightful, nostalgic.
A few observations:
1. What I wouldn't give to say, "I was babysat in 1984." Jesus ... I have *underwear* purchased before 1984.
2. One of the funniest lines I’ve read thus far on SS: “My naughty bits were sending signals my prefrontal cortex had never previously received.”
3. Followed by one of the best: "The guys who seem completely comfortable around gorgeous women tend to grow up into gigantic a-holes … or President.” To which I add: BRAVO!!
4. If you're familiar with the satirical news source The Onion, they used to have a Horoscope section. One came to mind when you mentioned imprinting: "SCORPIO: Thanks to classical conditioning and a series of unforeseen circumstances, this week you'll begin to salivate whenever an ice cream truck runs over a puppy." If you like that: (1) you're sick, and (2) I command you to check out The Onion.
Jaws terrified the bejesus out of me for the all the obvious reasons ("I never want to go to the beach again!" I cried, aged 8). But I can't imagine what it would've been like to see my crush ripped apart.
I'm trying to remember exactly, but one of my first early crushes was so close to a 'Chrissy' - it was Christie Brinkley in 'Vacation'. My pal Nathan and I were drooling at the sight of her, and I'm just glad this all happened during a sleepover at his house and not mine.
I have an example of a painful viewing involving a crush, but it's not funny and/or pleasant at all. It came many years later, in my early 20s. I've always loved Monica Bellucci, but when I saw that horrific scene in 'Irreversible' (at the cinema, too, when there was no way to escape from what was otherwise a gripping film) my stomach churned and it took me ages to recover. If you know what I'm talking about, great. If not...it's best you don't, probably. Damn, what a downer to end on, so...
To end on a chirpier note, two of my biggest 80s crushes: Susannah Hoffs and Belinda Carlisle.
I still have Christie Brinkley’s first book! From about 1980-something! I’ve always adored her! Ooh and one time she responded to a comment I left her on Instagram 🫠😂❤️
When I was about eleven, my mom took my four year old sister and I to the movies to see "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" because she loved Bette Davis. This was in the days before movies were rated and, when Bruce Dern had his hand cleft off by his lover, my sister ran screaming out of the theater. Since that day, I have complete ED when I see a Gothic southern mansion.
This is weird, but the only reason I know that movie is because of Dick Butkus. He gave an interview once where he talked about hoping to knock someone’s head off like the one that comes down the stairs in Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte 🤣🤣
I can understand how this would’ve freaked you out as a kid. I actually just rewatched Jaws for the first time in years a couple of months ago, and that 1) that girl is a total hottie, 2) that dude is a big time himbo, and 3) the attack is horrifying. I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was at such an impressionable age.
Not sure if you saw Carissa’s comment but the same thing happened to me as her the first time I watched it…I was literally afraid to go to the bathroom 🤣🤣🤣
I could tell you long, fun, funny stories about that shark 🦈. Informational ones as well. My grandfather was engineer/inventor with a large corporation in the Chicago area. They built the shark. The inside of it, not the cosmetic skin. Jaws is one of my very favorite movies of all time.
OMG really!?!? Tell me at least one, can’t tease me like that 🤣🤣
Okay. You probably know parts of this one...they filmed Jaws at Martha's Vineyard and one of things pretty much everyone talks about--actors, crew, etc.--is that they had trouble getting the shark to work. At all. It's one of the reasons you don't actually see the shark that much, especially near the beginning of the movie.
The shark was (not kidding) tested extensively, including in the pool in my grandparents house, and worked great. My grandpa was especially talented at cylinders and air logic and those things were part of the shark. But Spielberg wanted to film it in the ocean--cool, except nobody really knew that--the ocean of course has salt. Salt in the water became salt in the cylinders, etc. and that caused mechanical problems that meant "Attention, the shark is not working." were extremely common on set.
Crazy! Like you said, I knew they had problems with the shark…but not because of that. You should see if anyone has pictures of it in your grandparent’s pool. Could probably sell prints of that and make some bank!
I wonder...
Re: attack in the beginning… it’s different ofc because you don’t see her but the description in the book is more unsettling. Spielberg knew what he was doing in making the opening more playful / fearful vs accurately graphic.
Trying to think who fit that imprint role for me… Catherine Bach or Heather Thomas.
HT, definitely. TJ Hooker, right? Don’t remember Catherine Bach.
Sounds like I should stay away from the book as well!
HT was in The Fall Guy (loved that show). TJ Hooker was Heather Locklear.
Catherine Bach was Daisy on Dukes of Hazard. Most people knew her as Daisy.
And speaking of the Dukes…did you notice the subtitle of this post?
Shit, nevermind, that was the last podcast. I’m losing it dude!
I’m behind on the pod but will check out. Had a buddy who read the Robo QB book, said it’s weird reading now knowing that things TM did (which were novel back then) are now done by thousands of high school QBs every year. Ghost of Christmas Future kinda thing.
His relationship with his dad is maybe the most interesting part of the book.
OMG Daisy, yes!! Dukes was my favorite non-rerun tv show when I was little.
I read something recently where somebody was like, “Roscoe woulda saved a bunch of time if instead of chasing the brothers all the time he just drove to their house and waited for them.” 🤣
Janet Reno.
Or Eleanor Roosevelt.
Hey, don't judge me, dammit!
lol, JR rocking a stars & stripes one piece, splashing up out of a cow pasture watering hole, BD compound blazing in the background.
Not a red blooded male on the planet who could resist that imprint.
Gee, thanks, Matt!!
I was trying to write, but now ... I can't concentrate. If I mentally convert JR's one-piece into a thong, I'm gonna pass out...
(Is it hot in here, or is it just me??)
JR heat burns hot.
You guys have to remember Janet Reno Dance Party…yes??
Will Ferrell SNL sketch? That’s a classic.
Weird counterpoint: MTV was also not a gentle sexual awakening place for girls. So much spandex and sweaty chests and pirate shirts and crotch shots deployed without ANY warning! Confusing times. Indeed.
Never thought about it from a woman’s perspective (typical man right?).
Honestly, it has to be better than now though. I am volunteering with our local HS football program and the other day a couple of the boys were talking about pornstars. These dudes don’t even know how to talk to girls their own age and they are watching all this shit. They’re gonna be so f’d in the head.
No! I wasn’t dunking on you at all. Just that, like you said, we were exposed to such weird shit all over the place with NO real guides! The way you felt about that Jaws scene, which I NEVER would have thought about that way, is how a lot of us girls experienced the insane messages coming at us in music videos. Yeah-we cannot help our kids have their heads on right about this stuff these days.
I knew you weren’t dunking!
(Besides, who are we kidding, our days of triple lindy’jng on the hoops court are well behind us).
I wonder how much parents of young boys have to talk to their kids about that stuff. Thankfully our daughter still apparently thinks teenage boys are stupid so we’ve avoided major calamity up to this point.
I hope they talk A LOT! I have nephews, so they are going to get a lot of CRINGE conversation from me at some point! And now I want to watch Back to School! (Hey Vonnegut-I’m stopping payment on the check! 😉)
I’d reply with my favorite quote from that movie but it is hella cringe for a grown man to say to a grown woman 🤣🤣🤣
There are A LOT of those in that flick, BUT it’s a Rodney thing! And he’s so goofy and congenial that you know he’s not a dick. He’s a lover, not a fighter! 😉
Yikes! I saw Jaws in the cinema when I was about 13 or so (I can’t remember when it was released). A friend of my mama took me as my n mama was too scared to see it. I was TERRIFIED! I stood up with shock when the shark came through the boat. So I can’t even imagine seeing it as a toddler! Flippin’eck!!!
Another one that terrified me was The Deer Hunter. I went with my boyfriend and it traumatized me. Differently, of course, but I still remember being so shaken.
Oh man I was lucky enough to know what happened in the Deer Hunter and never went anywhere near ever watching that!!!!
Excellent job weaving in "or President." Subtle. Pointed.
Thanks Cindy ✊🏼
One of your best!!
Thanks pops!
My favorite section:
My naughty bits were sending signals my prefrontal cortex had never previously received. And all I could think was, “I like this.”
And also, “I don’t think Jesus would be happy with me.”
😆
Glad you liked it Jennifer, and thanks for letting me know!!
Thanks for the restack as well 👊🏼
Thanks for admitting you don't remember Janet's name, bringing me back to my crippling childhood insecurity of not being blond, ha
Ha.
Did you ever do the Sun-in stuff?
Ah yes, the opening scene in Jaws. Reminds me of a movie released a couple years later: The Deep. Actually, the only thing I remember about that movie was Jacqueline Bissett in a tight, white, wet t-shirt. Raging teenage hormones, man!
Dude I’ve never seen that!! But now I have to decide…wet tshirt vs existential trauma.
Is it worth it?
Hmm, tough choice - I gotta’ go wet t-shirt.
All the way!
One word, Henny: hilarious. A few more: clever, insightful, nostalgic.
A few observations:
1. What I wouldn't give to say, "I was babysat in 1984." Jesus ... I have *underwear* purchased before 1984.
2. One of the funniest lines I’ve read thus far on SS: “My naughty bits were sending signals my prefrontal cortex had never previously received.”
3. Followed by one of the best: "The guys who seem completely comfortable around gorgeous women tend to grow up into gigantic a-holes … or President.” To which I add: BRAVO!!
4. If you're familiar with the satirical news source The Onion, they used to have a Horoscope section. One came to mind when you mentioned imprinting: "SCORPIO: Thanks to classical conditioning and a series of unforeseen circumstances, this week you'll begin to salivate whenever an ice cream truck runs over a puppy." If you like that: (1) you're sick, and (2) I command you to check out The Onion.
2 for 2 baby 😀🤣🤣
Glad I made you laugh and thanks for letting me know that I did!
And remember, every day above the dirt is a good day!!!
Jaws terrified the bejesus out of me for the all the obvious reasons ("I never want to go to the beach again!" I cried, aged 8). But I can't imagine what it would've been like to see my crush ripped apart.
I'm trying to remember exactly, but one of my first early crushes was so close to a 'Chrissy' - it was Christie Brinkley in 'Vacation'. My pal Nathan and I were drooling at the sight of her, and I'm just glad this all happened during a sleepover at his house and not mine.
I have an example of a painful viewing involving a crush, but it's not funny and/or pleasant at all. It came many years later, in my early 20s. I've always loved Monica Bellucci, but when I saw that horrific scene in 'Irreversible' (at the cinema, too, when there was no way to escape from what was otherwise a gripping film) my stomach churned and it took me ages to recover. If you know what I'm talking about, great. If not...it's best you don't, probably. Damn, what a downer to end on, so...
To end on a chirpier note, two of my biggest 80s crushes: Susannah Hoffs and Belinda Carlisle.
Brinkley in Vacation, smokin!!
Never heard of that Monica actress, just googled her and that movie. Definitely not watching that!!
Hoffs and Belinda…top notch.
I still have Christie Brinkley’s first book! From about 1980-something! I’ve always adored her! Ooh and one time she responded to a comment I left her on Instagram 🫠😂❤️
She’s got books?!?!?
Yes! I can’t remember what her first one is called, and maybe there were more after that before she recently published her autobiography.
She’s always seemed like a nice person from an outsiders perspective. Unlike many of the other “super” models that seem like divas.
Thanks for subscribing. Appreciate. I love the photo. I actually saw the premiere of Jaws back in 1975 (10th grader)
How bout that! Do you remember what you thought at the time?
Great read. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I also remember the first Friday the 13th and Exorcist. Classics.
I still to this day can NOT watch horror movies. I’m as much of a wuss now as I was then!!!
Oh my. That’s pretty much ALL I watch. The wife doesn’t care for either.
I was too exhausted from standing in line around a city block to get in. 😁 We never did have a VCR. Probably a good thing.
“…and what’s her name.” 😂😂😂
Poor Janet 😢 🤣
(Had to Google her)
Us brunettes still haven’t recovered the ground Chrissy Snow took from us.
#blamechrissy
Great story. Jaws was one for me too. Also the original Exorcist! 💀😵😬
Oof. Never seen that one and don’t plan on it. I’ve come across the most famous scene before though 🤮 😀
I’ve never seen the exorcist either! No thank you 🙈
No way Jose
Yep, that was a big one, there are a few others that just stuck with me
I bet
When I was about eleven, my mom took my four year old sister and I to the movies to see "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" because she loved Bette Davis. This was in the days before movies were rated and, when Bruce Dern had his hand cleft off by his lover, my sister ran screaming out of the theater. Since that day, I have complete ED when I see a Gothic southern mansion.
Holy shit that is hilarious!
This is weird, but the only reason I know that movie is because of Dick Butkus. He gave an interview once where he talked about hoping to knock someone’s head off like the one that comes down the stairs in Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte 🤣🤣