Today we’re watching Eegah (1962), the story of a filmmaker nearly bankrupting himself to finance a vehicle for his nepo baby son’s music career. Oh, and there’s a caveman… or a biblical giant. It’s unclear. This movie regularly shows up on lists of the worst movies of all time, but is it really that bad? Find out!
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In this episode:
Watch Eegah on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP64Uw_f0D0
Watch Eegah on Mystery Science Theater 3000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCb5rLjtF-4
The Anga people of Papua New Guinea preserve their dead relatives: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151130-one-of-most-bizarre-rituals-of-the-ancient-world
The Office – Erin shaves Michael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi2h2K6D1V8
Gila monster: https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/gila-monster
Greater short-horned lizard (aka horned toad): https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/featured-species/reptiles-and-amphibians/greater-short-horned-lizard.html
Arch Hall Jr. and the Archers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjeJP2vesJ2WWe8s5l61LQ
Carson City, Nevada, “giant” footprints: http://www.paleo.cc/paluxy/carson.htm
Who Were the Nephilim, the Bible’s Mysterious Race of Giants? https://people.howstuffworks.com/nephilim.htm
Why are giants/cave men depicted wielding clubs? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cavemen-inherited-their-clubs-from-16th-century-european-wildmen
