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“Unfriendly Waters”: Occupy Amity Island Edition

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Fogelfoot

Like any American classic, “Unfriendly Waters” finds different meanings for each new generation. Occupy Amity Island protesters have embraced it for its theme of speaking truth to Amity’s corporate interests who would rather see the beaches open and making money, … Continue reading →

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July 4: It’s not “The best Fourth of July we ever had” for the Estuary Victim

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Fogelfoot

That poor Masshole in the Pond, Ted Grossman. Grossman—the stunt coordinator in “Jaws”—has a cameo as “Estuary Victim.” It’s the 4th of July, and Amity Town Beach is on high alert. Chief Brody is the only sane man left on … Continue reading →

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July 2: So long, Ben Gardner

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Fogelfoot

Things happen fast on Amity Island. What else is there to do but get drunk and fool around? Shortly after Chrissie’s partially denuded remains are found, Brody has Polly print up “Beaches Closed” signs, there is a town meeting at … Continue reading →

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July 1: So Long, Chrissie Watkins

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Fogelfoot

“A Summer Girl goes swimming,” says Mayor Vaughn. “Swims out a little far…” In the book “Jaws,” Chrissie Watkins is about 25, the date of Tom Cassidy, and a houseguest at the home of his friends. The couple decide to … Continue reading →

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June 29: Icthyology Numerology

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Fogelfoot

If history is written by the victor, then we do not know whom to trust in the various official and unofficial written statements about the deaths of Chrissie Watkins and Alex Kintner. Tweet

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“Herbie, Mate, Please make me laugh”

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Fogelfoot

The All That Jaws land vehicle recently ran over an already-run-over skunk in the pleasant Atwater Village section of Los Angeles, and we couldn’t help but think of a certain Boatswain’s Mate, a baseball player from Cleveland named Herbie. The … Continue reading →

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Shark coughs up Obama’s birth certificate

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Fogelfoot

“Call Dave Axelrod in New York,” says Amity newspaper editor Meadows to his windswept assistant. “Tell him he owes me a favor.” Born in New York, Dave Axelrod later moved west to attend the University of Chicago. He stayed in … Continue reading →

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“Unfriendly Waters” at Taix

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Fogelfoot

This is the song Phil Ochs would have sung had he been cast as Matt Hooper. Continue reading →

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“I just died in the book”

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Fogelfoot

Matt Hooper resurfaces at the end of the movie “Jaws,” having hidden in some underwater shrubbery when his anti-shark cage said goodbye and farewell. But in the book, Hooper had to die Tweet

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Drinking to our appendices: appendix

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Fogelfoot

“He was looking at his appendix scar,” Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb recently told us. Tweet

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