The Thin Man

Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of Adapted with Anna and Sam! In this episode, the topic is one of Sam's all time favorites, The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett, and its 1934 adaptation starring William Powell and Myrna Loy and Asta, of course. Listen along as Anna and Sam do their best to emulate that suave, lovable, and borderline-alcoholic couple of Nick and Nora Charles, though not nearly as articulately or as suavely, let's be real. 

You can find all the cast lists and other fun trivia on iMDB.

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Honorable Mentions

--The world of Dashiell Hammett: Sam Spade/The Maltese Falcon/Humphrey Bogart, the Continental Op, 1930's noir detective fiction

--The life of Dashiell Hammett: Sam Shepard, Dash & Lill, Lillian Hellman

--How many thin men can there possibly be?!: After the Thin Man, Another Thin Man (both are published in book form as Return of the Thin Man), Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the Thin Man

--You should also check out...: Jean Harlow the original bombshell, that up-and-comer James "Jimmy" Stewart, all the William Powell/Myrna Lowell non-Thin Man movies, the TCM movie channel, and of course, Grant's Tomb

--Na na na na na, I've been waiting for an excuse to hum the Batman theme song: Cesar Romero

--Our true inspiration: Day Drinking with Seth and...

--So bad it's good: Earth Girls Are Easy

--Future Six Degrees challenge: Punky Brewster

--Just bad and should be avoided at all costs: Woody Allen, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

--It's only a trilogy because they all star the same actors: Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, War of the Roses

--Remake, anyone? This one's up for grabs: Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Chris Pine as one of the Chrises, The Mindy Project, Suicide Squad

--Auditioning for sponsors: Shortpath Distillery

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Credits:

Theme music credit: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Logo credit: Fourth Wall Graphics, fourthwallgraphics.com