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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