Episode Details

Coming Attractions for November 5, 2026: Nature Bites Back Tonight. 8 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, short pieces): Blood Beach, Gator, Grizzly Adams and more, with Ray Starling.

In this episode:

1. 0:00 Stupid Potato
2. 0:12 Coming Attractions opens: Ray Starling welcomes you
3. 1:23 Blood Beach (trailer, 1980) — Blood Beach is a 1980 horror film written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom, featuring David Huffman, John Saxon, and Burt Young. This United States and Hong Kong co-production, with a premise by Steven Nalevansky, follows a creature hiding under the sand at Santa Monica Beach that preys on locals and tourists. The film's tagline warns "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water—you can't get to it."
4. 4:40 Gator (radio spot, 1976) — Gator is a 1976 American action comedy film that serves as a sequel to White Lightning. The film stars Burt Reynolds, who also directed it in his directorial debut.
5. 5:36 Grizzly Adams (trailer) — The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is a 1974 independent film made by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Raylan D. Jensen for Sunn Classic Pictures that became popular enough to inspire an NBC television series with the same name. Dan Haggerty played the main character, whose story was loosely inspired by the real-life California mountain man John "Grizzly" Adams, who lived from 1812 to 1860.
6. 7:24 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
7. 7:35 The Bees (trailer, 1978) — A science fiction horror film about mutant killer bees threatening humanity, released in 1978. The trailer warns of a new strain of bees that cannot be controlled and poses an existential threat to mankind.
8. 8:34 Hey There It's Yogi Bear (radio spot) — Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! is a 1964 animated musical comedy film made by Hanna-Barbera Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The film features voice acting from Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, Mel Blanc, and J. Pat O'Malley.
9. 11:00 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
10. 11:10 It's Alive — It's Alive is a 1974 American science fiction horror film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell star as a couple whose newborn turns out to be a violent mutant. The supporting cast includes James Dixon, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, and Michael Ansara, with the baby created by make-up artist Rick Baker and the score composed by Bernard Herrmann.

…and 4 more. The whole running order: Coming Attractions

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