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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

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    From Speakeasy’s Podcast:

    The old gang gets back together and hopefully they won’t discover that they’re digging in the wrong place! We take on Raiders of the Lost Ark. It may be one of the best movies ever made but that doesn’t mean that DR and Lynch can’t point out the fact that Indy only ever makes matters worse in the movie, that Salah has a callous disregard for his children and that ancient weights and measures maybe aren’t quite as ancient as we think. So get a beer, sit back, put Raiders on because for the next two hours we’re your god-damn partner!

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    [Indy] has no bearing on the end of the movie, ’cause what happens is: the Germans get the Ark after all. … They open it up. Melty face, melty face, melty face. … And that would’ve happened anyway. — Speakeasy,
    Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:20:43

    To me, [Karen Allen] is kind of like the stable Margot Kidder. — Speakeasy,
    Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:28:49

    This is how our nights out usually ended. Yep. But normally we’re the people being hit by the bottles. — Speakeasy,
    Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:35:14

    I think [Indy] is actually a dwarf. [laughter] Because they say ‘six kadam high’ … Seventy-two inches. Right. ‘Then take back a kadam’. … Five foot. [laughter] I reckon that staff— It is definitely another foot above his head, wasn’t it? — Speakeasy,
    Raiders of the Lost Ark @0:57:45

    [peeking at the Doctor's notes] It’s like a monkey’s written this. … He does this for a living as well. … This is how he educates the next generation. — Speakeasy,
    Raiders of the Lost Ark @1:30:39

    [Marion offers to buy Indy a drink] So, we can imagine that it’s tonight when Shia LaBeouf is conceived. — Speakeasy,
    Raiders of the Lost Ark @1:50:07