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**Adapt or Perish**

Whether it’s stage to screen, book to television, comic to blockbuster, or movie to musical and back again, this podcast leaves no adaptation unturned.

Latest Episodes:

A Christmas Carol, Part 1 (Ep. 6) Dec 19, 2017

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Merry Christmas, everyone! In this episode, we discuss Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, 1843.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

The original novella. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
A Christmas Carol, 1951, starring Alastair Sim. Buy on Amazon.
A Christmas Carol, 1984, starring George C. Scott. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, starring Michael Caine. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. Make sure to watch "When Love is Gone," the song that was wrongly cut from the film.
A Christmas Carol, 1999, starring Patrick Stewart. Buy on Amazon.
Disney's A Christmas Carol, 2009, starring Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Ep. 5) Dec 05, 2017

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In this episode, we discuss Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

We consumed a lot for this episode:

The original radio series (1978). Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), the first and second books in the inaccurately named Hitchhiker's trilogy. You can purchase them separately, but it's definitely worth owning the complete collection. Buy on iBooks or Amazon.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981). Six-episode series originally broadcast on the BBC. Buy the DVD on Amazon. If you're a fan, this is definitely worth owning on disc.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Directed by Garth Jennings and starring Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, and Sam Rockwell. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

We also discussed Neil Gaiman's Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988). Buy on Amazon.

Now, do you know where your towel is?

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The Hobbit (Ep. 4) Nov 21, 2017

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In this episode, we discuss:

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, 1937. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
The Hobbit, produced by Rankin/Bass, 1977. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
The Hobbit, adapted by Chuck Dixon and Sean Deming, and illustrated by David Wenzel, 1989. Buy on Amazon.
The Hobbit Trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, 2012–2014:
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013. Part two! Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Part three! OMG why part three! Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.

I think we can all agree, this is too much Hobbit. We couldn't even bring ourselves to watch the extended edition of The Hobbit Trilogy, it was so much Hobbit.

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Pride and Prejudice (Ep. 3) Nov 07, 2017

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In this episode, we discuss:

Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, 1813. Download on Amazon or iBooks.
Pride & Prejudice, the 1995 BBC series. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
Pride & Prejudice, directed by Joe Wright, 2005. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

We also mentioned, but didn't view the 1940 film version starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier.

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Jurassic Park (Ep. 2) Oct 24, 2017

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In this episode we discuss:

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, 1990. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, 1993. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

For a much deeper look into the subtext of the film version of Jurassic Park, please watch Mike Hill's presentation on Vimeo. It's pretty great.

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Anne of Green Gables (Ep. 1) Oct 10, 2017

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Our first episode!

In this episode we discuss: