{"id":1467,"date":"2022-06-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2022-06-16T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:33:32","slug":"episode-62-eric-anderson-vs-the-blob-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/06\/episode-62-eric-anderson-vs-the-blob-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 62: Eric Anderson vs. \u2018The Blob\u2019 (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aada172c-b385-479a-818e-08c87c65b552_1.6e78194e95666793807b5f921735e5e5.jpg?fit=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aada172c-b385-479a-818e-08c87c65b552_1.6e78194e95666793807b5f921735e5e5.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aada172c-b385-479a-818e-08c87c65b552_1.6e78194e95666793807b5f921735e5e5.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, kaiju lovers! Our season three theme, Ameri-kaiju, \u201ccreeps and leaps and slides and glides\u201d along when MIFV MAX member Eric Anderson joins Nate to discuss 1958\u2019s <em>The Blob<\/em>. This was Steve McQueen\u2019s debut as a 30-year-old teenager dating the future TV wife of Andy Griffith. This classic of 1950s sci-fi cinema was an independent film produced by a studio known for making religious and educational films, which makes it doubly appropriate that the founder of Nerd Chapel (who\u2019s also a substitute teacher) is on today\u2019s episode. Being an influential indie film is also probably why, believe it or not. it\u2019s in the Criterion Collection. The Toku Topic is a phenomenon related to the true story that inspired this kooky film: star jelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out all things Nerd Chapel here: <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdchapel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nerdchapel.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cSee the Goo\u201d promo was written by The Monster Island Board of Directors. The epilogue, \u201cOzaki\u2019s Message,\u201d was written by Nathan Marchand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThe Blob\u201d by The Five Blobs<\/li><li>\u201cPacific Rim\u201d by Niall Stenson<\/li><li>\u201cChant My Name!\u201d by Masaaki Endo<\/li><li>\u201cNumbness &amp; Knives\u201d by HoboKa<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sound effects sourced from <a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freesound.org<\/a>, including those by InspectorJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out Nathan\u2019s spinoff podcasts, <a href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com\/shows\/henshin-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Henshin Men<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com\/shows\/ea203a69-f683-4e85-8182-a5bb9cad8329\/episodes\/7f137514-f1ee-4212-ad21-fa10973afab3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power Trip.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/kaiju-weekly\/id1330448313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaiju Weekly<\/a>); Danny DiManna (author\/creator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/godzillanovelizationproject.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Godzilla Novelization Project<\/a>); Eli Harris (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kaijumediajunkie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elizilla13<\/a>); Chris Cooke (host of <a href=\"http:\/\/2099onecrossst.com\/category\/one-cross-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Cross Radio<\/a>); Bex from <a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedotaku.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redeemed Otaku<\/a>; Damon Noyes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/the-cel-cast-1181606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cel Cast<\/a>, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdchapel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nerd Chapel<\/a>, and Ted Williams! Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You, too, can join MIFV MAX on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/monsterislandfilmvault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a> to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buy official MIFV merch on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/the-monster-island-gift-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TeePublic<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode is approved by Cameron Winter and the Monster Island Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S3E62-thumbnail.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S3E62-thumbnail.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S3E62-thumbnail.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S3E62-thumbnail.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S3E62-thumbnail.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/S3E62-thumbnail.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Timestamps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Prologue: 0:00-0:47<\/li><li>Intro: 0:47-8:01<\/li><li>Entertaining Info Dump: 8:01-15:12<\/li><li>Toku Talk: 15:12-1:05:11<\/li><li>Promo: 1:05:11-1:05:49<\/li><li>Toku Topic: 1:05:49-1:25:13<\/li><li>Housekeeping &amp; Outro: 1:25:13-1:37:39<\/li><li>Epilogue: 1:37:39-end<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Podcast Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMonsterIsla1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> (https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMonsterIsla1)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MonsterIslandFilmVault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MonsterIslandFilmVault\/)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monsterislandfilmvault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> (https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monsterislandfilmvault\/)<\/li><li>Follow Jimmy on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nasajimmy?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NasaJimmy<\/a> (https:\/\/twitter.com\/nasajimmy?lang=en)<\/li><li>Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterIslaBOD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MonsterIslaBOD<\/a> (https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterIslaBOD)<\/li><li>Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIFV_LegalTeam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MIFV_LegalTeam<\/a><\/li><li>Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalLadyJes1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CystalLadyJes1<\/a> (https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalLadyJes1)<\/li><li>Follow Dr. Dourif on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrDoriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DrDorif<\/a> (https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrDoriff)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/user%201\/Documents\/Nate's%20Stuffs\/Monster%20Island%20Film%20Vault%20(podcast)\/MIFV%20Blogs\/www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\">www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #MonsterIslandFilmVault&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #Amerikaiju&nbsp;&nbsp; #kaiju&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #giantmonsters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 2022 Moonlighting Ninjas Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bibliography\/Further Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Commentary on <em>The Blob<\/em> by Jack Harris and Bruce Eder. Criterion Collection blu-ray.<\/li><li>Commentary on <em>The Blob<\/em> by Irwin S. Yeaowrth Jr. and Robert Fields. Criterion Collection blu-ray.<\/li><li>Hendershot, Cyndy. \u201cMonster at the Soda Shop: Teenager and Fifties Horror Films.\u201d <em>Images Journal<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagesjournal.com\/issue10\/features\/monster\/text.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.imagesjournal.com\/issue10\/features\/monster\/text.htm<\/a>.<\/li><li>Kershner, Kate. \u201cWhat is star jelly?\u201d <em>How Stuff Works<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/science-vs-myth\/unexplained-phenomena\/angel-hair-phenomenon.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/science-vs-myth\/unexplained-phenomena\/angel-hair-phenomenon.htm<\/a>.<\/li><li>Marquart, Sarah. \u201cStrange &amp; Unexplained Things in Science: Star Jelly.\u201d <em>Futurism<\/em>, 27 April 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/strange-unexplained-things-science-star-jelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/futurism.com\/strange-unexplained-things-science-star-jelly<\/a>.<\/li><li>Newman, Kim. \u201cIt Creeps, It Leaps.\u201d Criterion Collection (blu-ray booklet).<\/li><li>Patowary, Kaushik. \u201cStar Jelly: The Mysterious Phenomenon That Inspired \u2018The Blob\u2019.\u201d <em>Amusing Planet<\/em>, 22 Nov. 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amusingplanet.com\/2019\/11\/star-jelly-mysterious-phenomenon-that.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amusingplanet.com\/2019\/11\/star-jelly-mysterious-phenomenon-that.html<\/a>.<\/li><li>\u201cPurple People Eater, The.\u201d <em>Wikipedia<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Purple_People_Eater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Purple_People_Eater<\/a>).<\/li><li>Schoell, William. <em>Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies<\/em>. McFarland &amp; Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC, 2008.<\/li><li>\u201cStar Jelly.\u201d <em>New Cryptozoology Wiki<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/new-cryptozoology.fandom.com\/wiki\/Star_Jelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/new-cryptozoology.fandom.com\/wiki\/Star_Jelly<\/a>).<\/li><li>\u201cStar Jelly.\u201d <em>Wikipedia<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_jelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_jelly<\/a>).<\/li><li>Thomas, Archie. \u201cWhat is Star Jelly?\u201d <em>Plantlife<\/em>, 29 Oct. 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantlife.org.uk\/uk\/blog\/what-is-star-jelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.plantlife.org.uk\/uk\/blog\/what-is-star-jelly<\/a>.<\/li><li>Warren, Bill. <em>Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties<\/em>. McFarland &amp; Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC, 2010.<\/li><li>ZHYXTHEMAN. \u201cHow \u2018The Blob\u2019 Popularized Teen Horror Film.\u201d <em>Screenhub Entertainment<\/em>, 2019 Oct. 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3sxkbnh2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3sxkbnh2<\/a>.<\/li><li>Wiki Pages on <em>The Blob <\/em>(1958):<ul><li>IMDB (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051418\/<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Wikipedia (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Blob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Blob<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3967\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1467-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/qtm3wz\/S3E62_Eric_Anderson_vs_The_Blob_1958_final_7suy5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/qtm3wz\/S3E62_Eric_Anderson_vs_The_Blob_1958_final_7suy5.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/qtm3wz\/S3E62_Eric_Anderson_vs_The_Blob_1958_final_7suy5.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/qtm3wz\/S3E62_Eric_Anderson_vs_The_Blob_1958_final_7suy5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1467-podcast&#039;);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/qtm3wz\/S3E62_Eric_Anderson_vs_The_Blob_1958_final_7suy5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" download=\"S3E62_Eric_Anderson_vs_The_Blob_1958_final_7suy5.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, kaiju lovers! Our season three theme, Ameri-kaiju, \u201ccreeps and leaps and slides and glides\u201d along when MIFV MAX member Eric Anderson joins Nate to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/06\/episode-62-eric-anderson-vs-the-blob-1958\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 62: Eric Anderson vs. \u2018The Blob\u2019 (1958)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":12,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[1116,1009,153,64,100,1119,19,16,15,105,640,1117,1118,1121,1120,1115,18],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-film-discussion","tag-1116","tag-ameri-kaiju","tag-criterion-collection","tag-daikaiju","tag-eric-anderson","tag-horror-movies","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-kaiju","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-nerd-chapel","tag-science-fiction","tag-star-jelly","tag-steve-mcqueen","tag-teen","tag-teenagers","tag-the-blob","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}