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Jimmy’s Notes on Episode 78: Bex vs. ‘Jurassic Park’

Spoiler warning! This was Jet’s last episode as my substitute. He did a good job, but I was happy to return after my… “extended vacation” (aka jail time). I made sure to listen to this one live, and oh boy! I had a lot of notes! You just can’t take the producer out of me—especially when it comes to riffing a certain host of a certain kaiju podcast. So, let’s get into my notes on Episode 79: Bex vs. ‘Jurassic Park.’ (I have pleased the SEO gods—assuming I believed in gods…which is hard to do when you work on Monster Island).

  • Read more of my manual, Marchand! Then I won’t have to add “Jetspeak interpreter” to my job list. (On second thought, that’d look good on resume…).
  • Speaking of which, I can confirm Jet did say, “Thanks for the compliment.”
  • I assume Bex was referring to George Gershwin? If she was, I couldn’t find any lyrics or titles with “Begin at the Begeen.”
  • In 1993, I was…I can’t talk about it. #TopSecret
  • My biggest spiritual moments are when I’m in a mecha. It’s a perfect union of man and machine.
  • Those books Bex mentioned were written by two different author. Desert Dog is by Jim Kjelgaard and The Wahoo Bobcat and The Phantom Deer are by Joseph Wharton Lippincott.
  • Maybe I’ll sponsor Velocipastor. 😛 Or not. I value my sanity too much after surviving the War in Space.
  • It is in your contract to see Jurassic Park in a theater for the 30th anniversary. (Which he did, by the way). #ContractualObligationFulfilled
  • Maj. Spielberg is a myth! Steven Spielberg’s father, Arnold, enlisted in the Army, not the Navy, in WWII.
  • I’ve tried both the dripping water and basketball-to-face flirting techniques. Neither work.
  • Apparently, Jet can read minds. “Timmy” and “Jimmy”? C’mon!
  • You asked for it!
  • The Island’s safety track record is spotless…except for the 1999 incident. That was a HUGE one…we don’t talk about that.
  • I never skip leg day. My thunder thighs rival Godzilla’s! 😛
  • “Quantum leap forward”?! I hate time travel!
  • Jet is engaging in blackmail?! We’re going to have a talk…and perhaps an update to his morality program. I’ll talk with Rokuro.
  • An MIFV MAX member needs to sponsor an Audrey Hepburn movie on Patreon just to mess with Nate. 😛 (What about Audrey II Hepburn? 😛 )
  • Jet still visits Rokuro during Christmas and New Year’s. He misses the “kid.”
  • Nate, you can turn your kaiju nerd card in to me! I was just appointed arbiter of such things! 😛
  • I, too, am scared of what strange children will come from Titanus Doug and Lady Baragon. Thankfully, Lady Baragon has remained loyal to her man.
  • This suddenly turned into fangirl-y “show and tell” with Bex. I approve.
  • Yes, Jet kept the AC on too high. You should see the electrical bill! (The Board didn’t, or else it’d come out of our paychecks).
  • Contrary to what Nate said, I couldn’t find any official Godzilla Legos. But I did find a “Lego Idea” page for it.
  • Nate doesn’t need to buy Jet’s mini-fig—he already has seven action figures of Jet! See:
  • Lion, crocodile, and baby elephant, oh my!
  • Nate made the meme:
  • I couldn’t find anything about Komodo dragons changing sex, but two at a British zoo were observed reproducing asexually, not unlike the Jurassic Park dinosaurs.
  • Being pedantic and breaking up arguments on the air is my job.
  • If I was giving Jet a grade, it’d be B+.
  • Our Tin Man needs to “oil can” the squeaky chair? I’d have fixed that long before this. Godzilla-damnit! The place falls apart without me!
  • You asked for it, and Nate provided:
  • I did try to fact check that book Crichton read. The publisher disregarded but corrections, damnit!
  • Did Nate mention the dinosaur deniers in The Lost World episode? I haven’t been able to check. Because I was in jail.
  • I saw Jet frown once. I had to fix it. That was one of the hardest repair jobs I’ve done!
  • Jet isn’t just my sidekick—I’m Jet’s new best friend.
  • I fought zombie dinosaurs once. You can read about it in my memoir. 😛

Now in fulfillment of my contractual obligations, here’s a PDF of Nate’s extensive notes on this.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I scrape off the rust and get back into the producer booth!

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Episode 79: Bex vs. ‘Jurassic Park’

“Ameri-kaiju” concludes not with a chronological finale but a popular finale: the modern cinematic classic Jurassic Park. Bex from Redeemed Otaku (yes, the real Bex—she was tested!) joins Nate to not talk about Mothra or something girly for once—but it does involve kids! Besides Jesus and Sailor Moon, JP is her favorite thing in the world. What more can be said about the film that hasn’t already been said? It’s an iconic and revolutionary masterpiece directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the popular Michael Crichton novel. While it’s debatable if the dinosaurs in it are “kaiju” (see the infamous Kaiju Weekly episode for more on that), it had a profound impact on world cinema, including the kaiju genre. Obviously, the Toku Topic is the science in the film, which Nate says has been studied extensively by Monster Island scientists.

Afterward, with evidence collected, Nate and H.E.A.T. march into the Boardroom and confront Cameron Winter on all his shady dealings on the Island—but first they must get past the Space Beastman…and Winter’s contingency plans!  

Guest Cast

  • Dani Cruz as Monique Dupre
  • G.J. “Jack” Hudgens as Cameron Winter
  • Rebecca Hudgens as Elsie Chapman
  • Damon Noyes as Mendel Craven
  • Andres Perez as Randy Hernandez
  • J.R. Villers as Nick Tatopoulos

This episode’s epilogue, “American Made,” was written by Nathan Marchand.

Additional music:

Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.

Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip.

We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander; Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Ted Williams, Wynja the Ninja, Brad “Batman” Eddleman, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Jake Hambrick, Edwin Gonzalez, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), and Jonathan Courtright! Thanks for your support!

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This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.

Timestamps:

  • Intro: 0:00-11:15
  • Entertaining Info Dump: 11:15-19:44
  • Toku Talk: 19:44-1:51:14
  • Podcast Ad: 1:51:14-1:52:31
  • Toku Topic:1:52:31-2:22:13
  • Outro: 2:22:13-2:46:58
  • Epilogue: 2:46:58-end

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