Indiana Jones earns more than thirty percent of the show this week with different versions of Raiders, Temple of Doom, and the Last Crusade.
JediShua and shazbazzar discover John Williams music on TV, play a game with Monty Hall, and go Indy with Wilhelm, whips, and a variety of jungle creatures with one final clue for the TechnoRetro EggHunt game honoring Ready Player One.
Indiana Jones and the Isle of Deal-Making
The final week of the TechnoRetro EggHunt is upon you — at least the clue segment. So listen closely for hints regarding this week’s Easter Egg and look for more clues in the artwork, guess correctly, and discover the full picture in order to solve the final puzzle and enter the drawing for the Grand Prize to be awarded on the Monday before Ready Player One hits theaters! But that will pale in comparison to the pure joy of eating Teddy Grahams on terry cloth towels under an umbrella in Cleveland with Dr. Jones. Even better, however, are 77 minutes of Indy films, Indy games, and Indy tunes. No, Oscar fans, not “indie” — Indy, and in Indiana Jones. And we’re loaded with Indiana Jones this week where we’re guaranteed to contain more than 30% Indiana Jones related content or your money back.
In the NEWS
Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming Jungle Cruise promises to feel as if Indiana Jones might be just around the bend in the upcoming movie with Emily Blunt. Ready Player Two is under construction as a book before novelist Ernest Cline flips over into screenplay mode again to co-write the expected sequel to the movie. Neflix teases Lost in Space with a scene of the Robinson family walking onto the Jupiter 2. PLUS: the end of Wilhelm?
We Love Our Cereal…
…and JediShua wants to find more cereals to love. But he’s really looking for one that could be his king of the Briton cereals. If you have a suggestion from his list of ten, let us know at our cereal choice hotline (209) 878-7323.
Classic TV Tunes
To introduce a new segment to JediShua, shazbazzar hosts a “Name That Tune” game that ends up giving Shua the easy win. Even better than a successful one-guess-win, though, is John Williams’s repertoire of tunes made for TV, from movies to news to sports to classic series, the Star Wars / Indiana Jones soundtrack composer will surprise most EarBuds with the credits he’s amassed over decades of work in the field.
TechnoRetro Arcade
Two games worthy of the name Henry Jones, Jr. are added to the TechnoRetro Arcade this week with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom from Atari and the Atari 2600 classic puzzle game, Raiders of the Lost Ark (featuring, yep, you guessed it, Indiana Jones). But there’s even more Indiana Jones in this episode with “The Ballad of Indiana Jones” by High Adventure and a look back at the 1989 movie…
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Rats! “X” marks the spot — this time — in an on-the-nose reversion to Raiders, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom hits all the right beats for the third movie of the then trilogy of Indiana Jones adventures. Remember River Phoenix as young Indy? How about Sean Connery as Henry Jones, Sr.? Or that sad old knight guarding the Holy Grail? Or the event that forever scarred Indy with a fear of snakes? It’s all here in the first Indy film with a PG-13 rating, although Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom earned the addition of the rating to the MPAA in 1984. Wilhelms and whip-snaps included.
Retro Gameshow
Monty Hall continues to be synonymous with wild audiences, kooky costumes, and bad deals. Let’s Make a Deal was a big deal in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. It continues even today with Wayne Brady hosting the show. Mention the word “deal” to a GenXer, and you’ll likely hear, “This deal’s getting worse all the time,” just before a reference to Let’s Make a Deal.
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Join shazbazzar and JediShua each week for a look back at the ’70s and ’80s as they share the fun and also fandom of their youth with their families, friends, and EarBuds. Topics include TV, film, music, toys, and games of the ’70s and ’80s as well as franchises which have continued into the 21st Century, like Star Wars, The Cat from Outer Space, and Spacecats. TechnoRetro Dads creates new stories as old legends are passed down from one generation to the next.
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