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b'Hello, kaiju lovers! Our season three theme, Ameri-kaiju, \\u201ccreeps and leaps and slides and glides\\u201d along when MIFV MAX member Eric Anderson joins Nate to discuss 1958\\u2019s The Blob. This was Steve McQueen\\u2019s debut as a 30-year-old teenager dating the future TV wife of Andy Griffith. This classic of 1950s sci-fi cinema was an independent film produced by a studio known for making religious and educational films, which makes it doubly appropriate that the founder of Nerd Chapel (who\\u2019s also a substitute teacher) is on today\\u2019s episode. Being an influential indie film is also probably why, believe it or not. it\\u2019s in the Criterion Collection. The Toku Topic is a phenomenon related to the true story that inspired this kooky film: star jelly.\\nCheck out all things Nerd Chapel here: http://nerdchapel.com/.\\nThe \\u201cSee the Goo\\u201d promo was written by The Monster Island Board of Directors. The epilogue, \\u201cOzaki\\u2019s Message,\\u201d was written by Nathan Marchand.\\nAdditional music:\\n\\u201cThe Blob\\u201d by The Five Blobs\\n\\u201cPacific Rim\\u201d by Niall Stenson\\n\\u201cChant My Name!\\u201d by Masaaki Endo\\n\\u201cNumbness & Knives\\u201d by HoboKa\\nSound effects sourced from Freesound.org, including those by InspectorJ.\\nCheck out Nathan\\u2019s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip.\\nWe\\u2019d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, and Ted Williams! Thanks for your support!\\nYou, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!\\nBuy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!\\nThis episode is approved by Cameron Winter and the Monster Island Board of Directors.\\nTimestamps:\\nPrologue: 0:00-0:47\\nIntro: 0:47-8:01\\nEntertaining Info Dump: 8:01-15:12\\nToku Talk: 15:12-1:05:11\\nPromo: 1:05:11-1:05:49\\nToku Topic: 1:05:49-1:25:13\\nHousekeeping & Outro: 1:25:13-1:37:39\\nEpilogue: 1:37:39-end\\nPodcast Social Media:\\nTwitter (https://twitter.com/TheMonsterIsla1)\\nFacebook (https://www.facebook.com/MonsterIslandFilmVault/)\\nInstagram (https://www.instagram.com/monsterislandfilmvault/)\\nFollow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy (https://twitter.com/nasajimmy?lang=en)\\nFollow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD (https://twitter.com/MonsterIslaBOD)\\nFollow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam\\nFollow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1 (https://twitter.com/CrystalLadyJes1)\\nFollow Dr. Dourif on Twitter: @DrDorif (https://twitter.com/DrDoriff)\\nwww.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\\n#JimmyFromNASALives \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #MonsterIslandFilmVault\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #Amerikaiju\\xa0\\xa0 #kaiju\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #giantmonsters\\n\\xa9 2022 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\nCommentary on The Blob by Jack Harris and Bruce Eder. Criterion Collection blu-ray.\\nCommentary on The Blob by Irwin S. Yeaowrth Jr. and Robert Fields. Criterion Collection blu-ray.\\nHendershot, Cyndy. \\u201cMonster at the Soda Shop: Teenager and Fifties Horror Films.\\u201d Images Journal, http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/features/monster/text.htm.\\nKershner, Kate. \\u201cWhat is star jelly?\\u201d How Stuff Works, https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/angel-hair-phenomenon.htm.\\nMarquart, Sarah. \\u201cStrange & Unexplained Things in Science: Star Jelly.\\u201d Futurism, 27 April 2015, https://futurism.com/strange-unexplained-things-science-star-jelly.\\nNewman, Kim. \\u201cIt Creeps, It Leaps.\\u201d Criterion Collection (blu-ray booklet).\\nPatowary, Kaushik. \\u201cStar Jelly: The Mysterious Phenomenon That Inspired \\u2018The Blob\\u2019.\\u201d Amusing Planet, 22 Nov. 2019, https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/11/star-jelly-mysterious-phenomenon-that.html.\\n\\u201cPurple People Eater, The.\\u201d Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_People_Eater).\\nSchoell, William. Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies. McFarland'