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Episode 466: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Patreon)

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2022-07-01 07:00:06
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2026-06
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In 1982, a wrinkled, candy-loving demon landed on earth, and soon became one of the most beloved fictional creatures to ever spawn from the silver screen. Yes, this week, we're talking about E.T.: the extremely beloved feature film that proved Steven Spielberg could basically make any kind of movie—and make it a hit. And, of course, there's a little Atari 2600 game worth discussing as well; it's indicative of what caused the video game crash, but not entirely to blame. So pound some Coors just like our friendly alien pal taught us, and get ready for Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Diamond Feit to explore the world of a terrestrial who's very extra.

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Paul

The place I heard the most about ET the video game was from The Angry Video Game Nerd. For years he said that he wanted to make a movie from it and eventually he crowdfunded it and actually got it made. And the release happened at nearly the same time as the documentary film you mentioned, with a similar plot of him wanting to find the landfill. It's not good but was an enjoyable watch just for the novelty and fun low budget craft of it and everybody clearly having a good time, with at least a few genuine laughs, and features an actual review of the game in the denouement.

RonLad

I rode the ET ride at Universal Orlando last year. They did not do the name thing at that time and now hearing about it I'm a little disappointed. We figured we better ride it because who knows how long it may last. The line was still decent, although it moves fast enough. The thing I wasn't expecting, since I hadn't looked anything on it up, was that midway through the ride after kind of following the movie, with an ET popping up from the basket in the front of the bikes, was then you travel to ET's home planet and it's weird and trippy. My sister tried to get us to not ride saying it was boring but I had fun. I also own a copy of the game. Played a lot of it but never beat it, because collecting the phone pieces was too hard.

John Simon

Can y’all do an episode on the causes of the crash? Lack of enthusiasm for games from the public isn’t it. There’s a reason why you can buy shrink wrapped copies of 2600 games today and a shrink wrapped NES game goes into a WATA box.

SilverHairedMiddleAgedTuxedoMask

That Universal ET ride might be the only theme park ride with a plot twist, my family still talks about it 30 years later hearing ET say your name at the end.

SilverHairedMiddleAgedTuxedoMask

In my decade listening to Bob Mackey on Retronauts and other podcasts I always envision Bob's original father to be like the kids father in Angels in the Outfield, "Yeah kid I'll come visit you, when E.T. becomes the highest grossing movie of all time!"

littleterr0r

Ah, Yebisu, just like Misato. I see you are a person of culture, Diamond.

littleterr0r

I only remember the DUI incident because it happened where I live so I guess Henry Thomas lives around here?

Michael Castleberry

Apparently Spielberg was PISSED that the E.T. was closed in Universal Hollywood without even telling him, and threatened to break all ties with Universal if they closed the one in Orlando.

Robert Denby

Given Bob and Henry have talked Aqua Teen elsewhere, I’m surprised nobody brought up that the original idea behind the Mooninites on Aqua Teen were that they were ghosts of video games in that Atari landfill.