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Episode 63 - The Beach

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too. 

Find the episode webpage at: Episode 63 - The Beach.

In this episode (stream it here!), my terrific guests Dave Rossi and Ethan Ullman from Dave and Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast join the show to chat with me about:

Now That's What I Call Polka!, weirdalpodcast.com, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, major dinosaur fans, reading Jurassic Park, Crichton's employ of hubris, Dippy the Diplodocus, attending Weird Al concerts and the "Al-Induced Haze," becoming a part of the greater Al fandome, being extras in Weird: The Al Yankovich Story, their detailed recap of being extras in the film, being collectors, defining the Yankosaurus (and the Polkaroo), Weird al and Jurassic Park (the film), having fun chatting about Weird Al's Jurassic Park music video, the hilarious graphic violence, Frank's 2000" TV, and much more!



Plus dinosaur news about:

Featuring the music of Snale https://snalerock.bandcamp.com/

Intro: Chinese Cafe.  Outro: Sally Ride.

The Text:

This week’s text is The Beach, spanning from pages 393 – 395.

Synopsis:

The nest invaders, Gennaro, Grant and Sattler, follow the velociraptors through subterranean tunnels, out a beach, and upon observing their strange behaviour, Grant is struck with an epiphany, that they are instinctually driven to migrate! 

Discussions surround:

Humility Before Nature, and The Name Game!

Corrections:

Side effects: 

Careful ... things may get weird!

Find it on iTunes, on Spotify (click here!) or on Podbean (click here).

Thank you!

The Jura-Sick Park-cast is a part of the Spring Chickens banner of amateur intellectual properties including the Spring Chickens funny pages, Tomb of the Undead graphic novel, the Second Lapse graphic novelettes, The Infantry, and the worst of it all, the King St. Capers.

You can find links to all that baggage in the show notes, or by visiting the schickens.blogpost.com or finding us on Facebook, at Facebook.com/SpringChickenCapers or me, I’m on twitter at @RogersRyan22 or email me at ryansrogers-at-gmail.com

Thank you, dearly, for tuning in to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast, the Jurassic Park podcast where we talk about the novel Jurassic Park, and also not that, too. Until next time! 

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