{"id":1329,"date":"2022-01-10T17:51:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:59:29","slug":"jimmys-notes-on-episode-55-yeti-giant-of-the-20th-century-feat-travis-alexander-and-daniel-dimanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/10\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-55-yeti-giant-of-the-20th-century-feat-travis-alexander-and-daniel-dimanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy\u2019s Notes on Episode 55: &#8216;Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century&#8217; (feat. Travis Alexander and Daniel DiManna)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=783%2C327\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?w=783&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=768%2C321&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, you might be wondering what I was doing after that Scottish scallywag George Three tased me during <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/episode-55-yeti-giant-of-the-20th-century-feat-travis-alexander-and-daniel-dimanna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 55 (<em>Yeti: Giant of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/em>).<\/a> It\u2019s actually quite simple, you see. I was conscious the entire time, of course, just biding my time. I would\u2019ve probably \u201cKirk chopped\u201d him sooner, but I got a little distracted playing <em>Candy Crush<\/em> on my phone. Then my battery died, and I thought, \u201cWell, I should probably kill this bastard.\u201d So, there I was, sitting in the room, fearing for my life. And then I rose up behind him, you see. It\u2019s a good thing I\u2019m a <em>Star Trek <\/em>fan or else I wouldn\u2019t have thought of this, but I snuck up behind him and raised my arm to exact right degree (I spent a lot of time staring at William Shatner\u2014I realize that might\u2019ve sounded strange), and brought it right down in the perfect spot on his trapezius muscle to temporarily stop the blood flow to his booze-addled brain and knock him out. (If you, too, would like to learn to fight like Captain James T. Kirk and yours truly, check out the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Star-Trek-Manual-Starfleets-Martial\/dp\/1683835212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk Fu Manual<\/a><\/em>. I got it for Nate as a Christmas gift, and he\u2019s working toward his blackbelt).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I was still doing my due diligence as MIFV\u2019s intrepid producer. I took some notes right under WHG3\u2019s drunk nose. So, without further ado, here\u2019s my final Jimmy\u2019s Notes of season two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For the record, gentlemen, this\u2026movie was 118 minutes long when released in Italy, 105 minutes when released in the U.S., and is 101 minutes on blu-ray (and, I assume, on streaming). Not sure why.<\/li><li>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/024-night-of-the-lepus\/id1330448313?i=1000473021285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night of the Lepus episode<\/a><\/em>, Travis. That was the Kaiju Weekly episode you were thinking of when discussing how you don\u2019t like intentionally bad movies.<\/li><li>I\u2019m not 100% sure what \u201cmoose kaiju\u201d movie that drunk was talking about, but I think it might be <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vCxY1Ru4RYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moose: The Movie<\/a><\/em>.<\/li><li>Here\u2019s a gif of \u201cdisco yeti.\u201d Read more about him <a href=\"https:\/\/yourmileagemayvary.net\/2020\/04\/05\/just-found-rare-video-of-wdws-disco-yeti-when-he-actually-moved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yetimove.gif?resize=216%2C162\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1332\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Travis was kind enough to provide me with the \u201c<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/content\/2021-12-07-bigfoot-or-skunk-ape-caught-on-camera-in-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Bigfoot<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u201d story he brought up.<\/span><\/li><li>If you think WHG3\u2019s drunk profanities are bad, you should hear me after I pound down a few bottles of Jack Daniels. I make sailors blush.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, for the last time in season two, Nate\u2019s leftover notes. (Actually, they\u2019re the notes provided by that Scottish booze hound, but who\u2019s keeping track?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Yeti: Giant of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century <\/em><\/strong><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE MOVIE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Opening shot: the polar icecaps are melting. What does this have to do with anything? <em>(Answer: everything. Don\u2019t you pay attention to Greta Thunberg? \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Title\u2019s in two completely different fonts. <em>(So? \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Is the opening music a classic opera theme we hear in everything?<\/li><li>Why are they thawing this thing in the wild? <em>(Best not to ask this movie questions. It might strangle you with its toes. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>The crowd can be seen through some objects in the effects.<\/li><li>I\u2019M AN ELEPHANT! And King Kong! That roar gets reused.<\/li><li>Watch it! He\u2019s got a tree! <em>(He stole that move from Kong \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>They\u2019re not in a well, Lassie!<\/li><li>What do you know about cannibals?! <em>(That they are what they eat. \ud83d\ude1b \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Did he catch a mama fish with a baby fish?!<\/li><li>Freaking yeti is horny after sleeping for a million years.<\/li><li>Those little tufts of \u201cfur\u201d reminded the yeti of his mate and family?<\/li><li>How? Just\u2026how could he mistake the tiny humans for his \u201cfamily\u201d? At least with Kong the implication is he\u2019s lonely.<\/li><li>Did this thing inspire the Yeti brand tumblers? <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yeti_Holdings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No<\/a>. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cSlavery\u201d? That\u2019s for people! Not yetis! <em>(You species-ist bastard! \ud83d\ude1b&nbsp; \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Niagara Falls, you say? I\u2019ve been there. Insert stock footage?<\/li><li>Remind me what those shady dealings have to do with anything?<\/li><li>Good grief, this wants SO MUCH to be King Kong. <em>(We all have dreams \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>The windows are TV screens! <em>(Sounds like my apartment. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Oh yeah, he\u2019s totally hiding. In plain daylight when he\u2019s 50-feet tall!<\/li><li>Oh yeah, a lamb who smashes builds, rips up elevators like weeds, and nearly kills a 100 people! <em>(A sheep kaiju? \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Hulk van to the rescue?<\/li><li>How\u2019d they get a breathing apparatus that big? <em>(Again, don\u2019t ask questions. It\u2019s dangerous. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>How did Yeti know which one didn\u2019t have Herbie?<\/li><li>The matte lines are very prominent at points on Yeti.<\/li><li>Why are you rolling and not running? <em>(The questions! \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>It\u2019s a yeti miracle, I guess.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Other Sources<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>LeMay \u2013 Kong Unmade (1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> editions)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Yeti takes a paternal interest in Jane\u2019s brother. He\u2019s angered by flashbulbs (very Kong-esque).<\/li><li>A healthy number of extras in some scenes.<\/li><li>Says it\u2019d make for a great double feature with <em>The Mighty Peking Man<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Research on Yeti Cryptid<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Radford:<ul><li>\u201cIn March 1986, Anthony Wooldridge, a hiker in the Himalayas, saw what he thought was a Yeti standing in the snow near a ridge about 500 feet (152 meters) away. It didn&#8217;t move or make noise, but Wooldridge saw odd tracks in the snow that seemed to lead toward the figure. He took two photographs of the creature, which were later analyzed and proven genuine.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>\u201cMany in the Bigfoot community seized upon the photos as clear evidence of a Yeti, including John Napier, an anatomist and anthropologist who had served as the Smithsonian Institution&#8217;s director of primate biology. Many considered it unlikely Wooldridge could have made a mistake because of his extensive hiking experience in the region. The following year, researchers returned to where Wooldridge had taken the photos and discovered that he had simply seen a dark rock outcropping that looked vertical from his position. It was all a mistake \u2014 much to the embarrassment of some Yeti believers.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Cryptid Wiki<ul><li>\u201cThe Yeti was even mentioned in pre-Buddhist cultures, such as the Lecha people, who worshiped a &#8220;Glacier Giant.&#8221; Tibetan and Nepalese monasteries have collected several skulls and bones of the yetis, some which preside in the Smithsonian Museum today. Although one of their specimens was proven to be a human bone, others contained the museum are still in question.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>\u201cIn 1832, James Prinsep\u2019s Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal published an account by B.H. Hodgson, a trekker in Northern Nepal, in which he describes spotting a large bipedal creature covered in long dark hair. Hodgson believed it was an orangutan.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Wikipedia<ul><li>Reports of footprints started in 1899.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The famous Eric Shipton footprint photos of 1950 and the 1972 Cronin-McNeely footprint photo were deemed to be bear tracks by Daniel C. Taylor in 2017.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this, my long-overdue final Jimmy\u2019s Notes for season two of the show is complete. It\u2019s just as surreal for me to write that as it is for Nate to say it on the air. 2021 was a crazy year, and while I\u2019m not completely sold on the <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/05\/episode-55-5-season-3-promo-ameri-kaiju\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new boss<\/a>, it can only go up from here. Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did I ever tell you about the one time I infiltrated Solstice Technologies HQ with Monique Dupre? No, because that story is reserved for my autobiography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On to season three! We launch \u201cAmeri-kaiju\u201d with what\u2019s sure to be a deep literary discussion between Nate and YouTube personality Ryan \u201cThe Omni Viewer\u201d Collins and his sidekick, Snazzy, on <em>The Lost World <\/em>(1925). That\u2026whatever-he-is keeps trying to compete with me for best sidekick. He doesn\u2019t know who he\u2019s dealing with, obviously. Then \u201cGodzilla Redux\u201d continues with a small diversion: <em>Rodan <\/em>(1956). We\u2019ll be joined by another YouTuber and returning guest: Kaiju Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMERICA\u2026@#$% YEAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Follow me on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasaJimmy\/status\/1322791987213410305?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NasaJimmy<\/a><\/li><li>Follow (the now defeated) MIBOD on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterIslaBOD\/status\/1323267020641718272?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MonsterIslaBOD<\/a><\/li><li>Follow Raymund Martin (The Monster Island Legal Team) on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIFV_LegalTeam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MIFV_LegalTeam<\/a><\/li><li>Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalLadyJes1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CrystalLadyJes1<\/a><\/li><li>Follow Dr. Dourif on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrDoriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DrDorif<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #WeShallOvercome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you might be wondering what I was doing after that Scottish scallywag George Three tased me during Episode 55 (Yeti: Giant of the 20th&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/10\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-55-yeti-giant-of-the-20th-century-feat-travis-alexander-and-daniel-dimanna\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jimmy\u2019s Notes on Episode 55: &#8216;Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century&#8217; (feat. 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