Adapted with Anna and Sam

The Princess Bride (LIVE)

Welcome to Adapted with Anna and Sam's very first LIVE episode! Recorded at The Comedy Studio in Somerville, MA, as part of the Women in Comedy Festival. In this episode, The Princess Bride takes the stage, almost literally, as Anna and Sam podcast in front a live studio audience, engaging them in a battle of wits, and even showing off their PowerPoint prowess (well, okay, Stephen put the finishing touches on it). Listen in as Anna and Sam discover they may spend too much time together, and get heckled by their respective parents.

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive. (Please support your local library!!)

Honorable Mentions

--The best kidnapping of Fred Savage: Once Upon a Deadpool

--Need to a guide to Florin?: Stephen King

--William Goldman's legacy: Misery, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All The President's Men, Dreamcatcher

--Will provide logos for babies: Stephen Libby & Fourth Wall Graphics

--Comfort "food" (& food) for the soul: Watership Down, Jane Austen, chicken soup, Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

--Tooting our own horn: Starship Troopers

--Because why not?: Best in Show

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! What do you find inconceivable? What is your comfort "food"? And Dreamcatcher really is a terrible movie, right? Send us your ideas, thoughts, and random knowledge! And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

The Thin Man

Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, the topic is one of Sam's all time favorites, The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett, and its 1934 adaptation starring William Powell and Myrna Loy and Asta, of course. Listen along as Anna and Sam do their best to emulate that suave, lovable, and borderline-alcoholic couple of Nick and Nora Charles, though not nearly as articulately or as suavely, let's be real. 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive. (Please support your local library!!)

Honorable Mentions

--The world of Dashiell Hammett: Sam Spade/The Maltese Falcon/Humphrey Bogart, the Continental Op, 1930's noir detective fiction

--The life of Dashiell Hammett: Sam Shepard, Dash & Lill, Lillian Hellman

--How many thin men can there possibly be?!: After the Thin Man, Another Thin Man (both are published in book form as Return of the Thin Man), Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the Thin Man

--You should also check out...: Jean Harlow the original bombshell, that up-and-comer James "Jimmy" Stewart, all the William Powell/Myrna Lowell non-Thin Man movies, the TCM movie channel, and of course, Grant's Tomb

--Na na na na na, I've been waiting for an excuse to hum the Batman theme song: Cesar Romero

--Our true inspiration: Day Drinking with Seth and...

--So bad it's good: Earth Girls Are Easy

--Future Six Degrees challenge: Punky Brewster

--Just bad and should be avoided at all costs: Woody Allen, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

--It's only a trilogy because they all star the same actors: Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, War of the Roses

--Remake, anyone? This one's up for grabs: Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Chris Pine as one of the Chrises, The Mindy Project, Suicide Squad

--Auditioning for sponsors: Shortpath Distillery

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! Who would you cast in your remake of the Thin Man? Would the new Nick Charles be required to have a super skinny mustache? Would the dog be the true star of the movie? Send us your ideas, thoughts, and random knowledge! And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

The Body Snatchers

Welcome back to Adapted with Anna and Sam! During the break, one of us gave birth (and we are joined by that little bundle of joy this episode) and the other did not. What hasn't changed is our love for our patron saint Jeff Goldblum. We are so excited to launch Season 2 with The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, and its 1978 adaptation, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Listen along as Anna and Sam try to decide, is it possible to be too lanky, and, what sort of health inspector super powers does Donald Sutherland really have?

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive. (Please support your local library!!)

Honorable Mentions

--The other adaptations: 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers; 1997 The Invasion

--Evolution Cannot Be Stopped: Sherlock Holmes

--Fun with Fantasy: Legion (SO GOOD), Star Wars, Star Trek

--Random cameo, much?: Robert Duvall

--Feels like a...movie: Robert Altman

--Career Pinnacle: Three Men and a Baby, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Jurassic World

--Callbacks to past episodes: Hunt for Red October

--What are they teaching in school?: Hamlet

--I'm totally cereal guys: ManBearPig

--Because why wouldn't we talk about these: Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! What is your celebrity name for man-faced dog? Where did the phrase "pod person/people" really come from?!?!? Send us your ideas, thoughts, and random knowledge! And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

A Christmas Carol

Welcome to episode 12 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! It's the last episode of the year, and of Season 1, and of course, it's all about A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens and the 1951 version starring Alistair Sim. Listen to Anna and Sam, and very special guest Stephen, debate how patronizing Dickens may be and does he really portray consent well, but mostly come for all the accents and the new game "What the Dickens??". We hope you've enjoyed this first season, and thank you so much for your support!!!!

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--All the other adaptations (okay, not nearly ALL of them): 1970 musical version starring Alec Guinness and Albert Finney, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Muppet Christmas Carol (starring Gonzo as the best Dickens EVER), Robert Zemeckis' motion capture nightmare, a forthcoming version from Tom Stoppard, Scrooged, the George C. Scott version, the Patrick Stewart TV movie, and of course, the Vanessa Williams TV movie

--Other Dickens: Simon Callow, Julian Fellowes

--Mad about Oliver: Oliver Twist, Oliver, Oliver Reed, Oliver Platt, Oliver Hardy

--Inspired by Alistair Sim: C. Montgomery Burns in the Simpsons, Alec Guinness in the Ladykillers

--Not-so-delicious twist: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening

--Jeff Goldblum: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

--Favorite franchises: Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Charlie Brown

--Things we love (two truths and a lie edition): A Christmas Prince, Victor Victoria, Blood & Cornado trilogy

--Recommend you avoid: Beowulf (the motion capture CGI one)

--To do or not to do, these are adaptations: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones

--It's good to be bad?: Caligula, Ayn Rand & Atlas Shrugged

--We still throw out random stuff: Aquaman, Beetlejuice, The Lion King, Japanese anime/manga, The Slipper & the Rose, Dr. Seuss and his Whos

--Call backs to earlier episodes: Jurassic Park, Rebecca, Alec Baldwin's chest merkin (The Hunt for Red October)

--And what to look forward to in Season 2, premiering April 4, 2019: The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney and the 1978 movie starring Donald Sutherland and *the* Jeff Goldblum, followed by The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett and its 1934 adaptation

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! How did you read the scene between Tupper and Fred's wife's sister? What disease DOES Tiny Tim have?!? What TV shows do you think Dickens would write for today? Food is love! What are you holiday traditions? And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Starship Troopers

Welcome to episode 11 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, we're off to kill bugs along with the rest of the Mobile Infantry, in Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. Satire or military propaganda...you decide. (Just a hint, book = military propaganda, movie = satire.) Listen to Anna and Sam denounce fascism and Patrick Muldoon's terrible hair, and play some games of course.

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Anna's new favorite must-mention: The Golden Child

--Other Robert Heinlein: Podkayne of Mars, The Puppet Masters, Stranger in a Strange Land

--More Paul Verhoeven ouevre: RoboCop, Total Recall

--In case you want more Starship Troopers?: There are four sequels and a cartoon. Have fun...

--Pure 80's schmaltz: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Doogie Howser, MD

--Future career aspirations of the cast: Desperate Housewives

--World War II influences: Why We Fight, Triumph of the Will

--Nerd cred forever: Jabba the Hutt and Star Wars

--The Greater Good: Hot Fuzz

--Timothy Omundson is awesome: Psych, Gallivant

--Clancy Brown is the best: SpongeBob SquarePants, Mr. Krabs

--Call backs to earlier episodes: Sleepy Hollow, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! What do farmers do with wheat? Can you earn the naming right's to Anna's future child? Send us your best Jake Busey's teeth memes!!! And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Rebecca

Welcome to episode 10 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, we head back to Manderley, as we discuss Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and two different versions, the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock movie and the 1997 Masterpiece mini-series. Listen along as we debate keeping our something somethings wide open to hide the body of our first wife, and is shooting her really the best option?

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Are you surprised Anna brought this up?: High Spirits

--Anna's childhood, which explains a lot: The Golden Child, Willow, the entire Jim Henson canon

--The epitome of 80's casting: Tim Curry, Eddie Murphy, Tex Cobb

--Possible future episodes?: Young Frankenstein, Monty Python & the Holy Grail/La Morte d'Arthur

--Long ass book: the Bible

-Classics: Pride & Prejudice, Othello

--Never kill the dog, okay?: John Wick

--The greatest movie of all time: Highlander

--Where do these guys get their ideas: Alan Moore, VC Andrews

--The newest cast of Rebecca: Armie Hammer, Lily James

--The better casting choice for the new Rebecca: David Tennant, Jack Davenport, JJ Feild, David Morrissey, David Strathairn, not Johnny Depp

--Callbacks to previous episodes: Sleepy Hollow, Glenn Close

--Nerd stuff: Game of Thrones/Tywin Lannister, Star Wars, Black Panther

--Fun times with Rebecca trivia: Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Joanna David, The Jungle Book/Shere Khan

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! How do you test your relatives? Because, let's be real, we all do it. Tell us who you would cast as Maxim and the 2nd Mrs. de Winter. We'd love to see your favorite memes, GIFs, your love for Dame Diana Rigg or Charles Dance. And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Welcome to episode 9 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, we tackle The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, and the 2011 movie version directed by David Fincher. Content Warning: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo features acts of violence and sexual abuse, especially against women, that are graphic and may be unsettling or inappropriate for some of our listeners. We also want to say we are a comedy podcast, and so while we are joking around today, we do take these topics very seriously. 

Time stamps, if you want to skip some of the more in-depth discussion: Book violence: 18:30 - 19:45. Movie violence: 34:00 - 36:25. 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Potential casting for the son of Anita: Any of the Hemsworths (they are all gorgeous with beautiful accents)

--Apparently you need to read/see these in order to appreciate this movie: the next two Stieg Larsson books and the Swedish versions of all three books

--British actor we think is in everything: Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in movies 3 - 8)

--A show that casts every British actor: Game of Thrones

--What this movie wants to be?: A James Bond movie with the those James Bond credits

--The obvious reference: the Swedish Chef from the Muppets

--A bold music choice: Enya's Orinoco Flow

--And the random goodies: Warlock, The Golden Child, Back to the Future Part II, The Chronicles of Riddick

--Corrections Corner: Because apparently Sam can't type and doesn't actually double-check her notes, the Alfred Hitchcock version of Rebecca was released in 1940, not 1948 as is stated in this episode

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Send us your points and counterpoints to our debate! Who do you think won?? How would YOU define a good movie? Because we can all agree Wayne's World should be considered a good movie, right? Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! We'd love to see your favorite memes, GIFs, your love for Glenn Close. And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Crooked House

Welcome to episode 8 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, we couldn't resist doing another Agatha Christie: this time we chose Crooked House, so we could watch the new adaptation starring Glenn Close. Join us as we applaud the pun-making skills of Terence Stamp and gush over the amaze-balls-ness of Glenn Close and Gillian Anderson's wig. And we play a new game! You want to find out what it is right? Right?!?!

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Super sleuth Agatha Christie: a new Tommy & Tuppence series starring David Walliams and Jessica Raine, Ordeal by Innocence (both the new movie starring Matthew Goode and the episode of Marple starring the sexiest dwarf Richard Armitage), Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, And Then There Were None

--It's apparently Julian Fellowes' world and we're just living in it: Downton Abbey, Gosford Park & its cast, From Time to Time, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Little Sir Nicholas, Little Lord Fauntleroy, the Red Nose Special parody of Downton Abbey (parts one and two) starring Simon Callow, Olivia Colman, Jennifer Saunders, Kim Cattrall

--We need to find an adaptation starring Nicolas Cage: Wicker Man, Wicker Park

--Australia's best movie: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

--He's made the biggest mistake: Martin Freeman

--Who Sam wants to be when she grows up: Stella Gibson

--And the random goodies: Warlock and Richard E. Grant, Sophie's Choice, Back to the Future, Fatal Attraction

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Play our new game! Or take a drink every time Sam says "um" and live tweet the episode! Do you have servants? What do you ask them to do? Do they know where your matches are? Do you know where our matches are? Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! We'd love to see your favorite memes, GIFs, your love for Glenn Close. And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play. You can also find us, and many other amazing podcasts, on the WICF Podcast Network!!!! Be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

The Hunt for Red October

Welcome to episode 7 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, we head under the sea in submarines full of hot American and Russian seamen, as we discuss The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. Join us as we try to figure out if caterpillars swim, and what animal died on Alec Baldwin's chest.

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--In the mood for more Russians and/or submarines?: Das Boot, The Russians Are Coming! The Russians are coming! (starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, and Johnathan Winters), The Americans, Chekhov (the playwright)

--Hot Swedes: The Skarsgard Clan/Dynasty

--Another John McTiernan Movie: Die Hard

--Not to be confused with Jack Ryan: Jake Ryan from Sixteen Candles

--Similar-ish to Tom Clancy: Robert Ludlum

--The world of Tom Clancy: Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear & Present Danger, all the other Jack Ryans (Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, John Krasinski)

--Movies where Sean Connery doesn't care what the accent should be: The Russia House, Highlander, Finding Forrester, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Rock

--Completely random mentions, because that is how we roll: Sandra Bullock, Pet Sematary, Dale Midkiff, Stephen King, Joseph Andrews, MI-5 (Spooks), The Nanny, The 'Burbs, Earth Girls are Easy, Wimbledon

--The movie Anna has to bring up every episode: High Spirits

--Wishful thinking: James Mason (cc. Eddie Izzard and Jon Hamm), Reefer Madness, Newsies

--Harrison Ford's stuff: Han Solo, Regarding Henry

--And finally, the sensuality of one Tim Curry: Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show), the devil in Legend

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Show us your best frightened lemur. Do you know if caterpillars swim? What do you think is on Alec Baldwin's chest: a possum or a dead raccoon? Email us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! We'd love to see your favorite memes, GIFs, tributes to Sean Connery's toupee. And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play, and be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com

Queen Bees and Wannabes

Welcome to episode 6 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, we trawl the halls of high school with the Plastics and compile our very own burn book, as we disect Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman and Tina Fey's adaptation, Mean Girls. Join us (and our very special guest) as we remember (or not) the horrors of cliques and discover our inner Mean Girls character. 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

Purchase the book and/or movie at Amazon and/or Barnes and Noble, or your favorite indie bookstore, or borrow from your local library in person or via Overdrive.

Honorable Mentions

--Movie Anna should watch: PS I Love You

--Throwback Thursday: Beepers and pagers, baby!, Seven and Gwyneth Paltrow, the Black Ranger, The Parent Trap, Torn by Natalie Imbroglia, Steve Guttenberg vehicles High Spirits and Veronica Mars, Scrubs, Wet Hot American Summer

--Controversial opinion alert!: Gilmore Girls

--Michelle cannot be left alone: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon

--Landing pad for future hotties: The Blacklist

--Starring national treasures: The Ladies Man

--National treasures: Neville Longbottom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Moonrise Kingdom

Want to get in touch?

We'd love to hear from you! Which Mean Girls character are you? Take the BuzzFeed quiz! Let us know if you're also the girl who looks like Danny Devito, either by emailing us at adaptedwithannaandsam@gmail.com, or on Facebook, or even Twitter and Instagram! We'd love to see your favorite memes, GIFs, your Regina George or The Ex-Wife cosplay. Share your pictures of injured frogs or what you think Cady's dad's childhood was like. And please share your Six Degrees! You can subscribe on iTunes or Google Play, and be sure to share with your friends! Rate and review too!

Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com