Piranha
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Oct 19, 2026
Joe McCormickHOST
Mm.
Robert LambHOST
'78's Piranha.
Robert LambHOST
That's the, uh, Joe Dante film about killer fish.
Joe McCormickHOST
Mm-hmm.
Joe McCormickHOST
Hmm.
Rob LambHOST
'78's Piranha.
Rob LambHOST
That's the, uh, Joe Dante film about killer fish.
Joe McCormickHOST
Mm-hmm.
KeithHOST
He also...
KeithHOST
He and Joe Dante worked together on Piranha, which is 77, 78 or something, which I have watched.
KeithHOST
It is fun.
KeithHOST
It also has Dick Miller in it.
KeithHOST
Yeah, what else? Oh, the one who played Terry.
KeithHOST
Yeah.
KeithHOST
She's in Piranha.
KeithHOST
She's the female lead in Piranha.
Tobias WaddenHOST
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Tobias WaddenHOST
Yes, today we're talking about the first Piranha, the lesser known of the Piranhas, from 1978, directed by Joe Dante, hey, written by John Sayles and Richard Robinson, starring Bradford Dillman, Heather McKenzie, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, hey, Barbara Steele, and a bunch of other people you don't know.
Tobias WaddenHOST
Paul Bartel, I suppose.
Tobias WaddenHOST
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Tobias WaddenHOST
Yes, and hilarity ensues.
Tobias WaddenHOST
So, let's get right into it.
Tobias WaddenHOST
What did you think of the first Piranha?
Rebecca WaddenHOST
I thought it was pretty good, actually.
Tobias WaddenHOST
Now I gotta think, because we've been pre-recording stuff.
Tobias WaddenHOST
We'll be back with Piranha.
Rebecca WaddenHOST
Piranha.
Rebecca WaddenHOST
[laughs]
Tobias WaddenHOST
Yeah.
Tobias WaddenHOST
[laughs]
Rebecca WaddenHOST
[laughs] Yes.
Tobias WaddenHOST
Yeah, so come back tomorrow if you wanna hear what we think about Joe Dante's 1978 cult classic, Piranha.
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Did you? Listen, asshole.
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Halloween, Texas Chainsaw, Dawn of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Amityville Horror, Last House on the Left, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, My Bloody Valentine, A Stranger Calls, Pop Night, Black Christmas, House of Wax, The Fog, Piranha.
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Is one of those right? Right? Right?
Christopher DownsHOST
Hello.
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Movies make psychos more creative.
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Halloween, Texas Chainsaw, Dawn of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Amityville Horror, Last House on the Left, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, My Bloody Valentine, A Stranger Calls, Pop Night, Black Christmas, House of Wax, The Fog, Piranha.
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Is one of those right? Right?
Christopher DownsHOST
The day it becomes that you update or change any of these grabs for the intro, I am putting in a request.
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maniac? Don't you ever raise your voice at me! I am your mother! Movies don't create psychos! Movies make psychos more creative! What's blood for?
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Halloween, Texas Chainsaw, Dawn of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Amityville Horror, Last House on the Left, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, My Bloody Valentine, A Stranger Calls, Pop Night, Black Christmas, House of Wax, The Fog, Piranha.
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Is one of those right? Right?
Charles RockhillHOST
I feel like I have to offer an apology in advance.
Brett ParkerHOST
... right.
Brett ParkerHOST
He was in Piranha.
DanHOST
He was.
Brett ParkerHOST
Howling, Gremlins, Terminator, Chopping Mall, Night of the Creeps.
Peter RiosHOST
And, um, as you mentioned, the, the obvious knockoff nature of Jaws, it just...
Peter RiosHOST
Uh, there also-- Wasn't there a movie called Piranha? I think there was a movie called Piranha.
Peter RiosHOST
And my high school used to have, uh, a large swimming pool, but they used to have what was called the well for diving.
Peter RiosHOST
And I can remember being in the well and having that same kind of fear that there was something in there because it was so damn deep.
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