
BANCROFT: Well, no, it doesn't diminish it, because we're just doing it so differently. I mean we start from the edge of the continent and we pull a sled that's twice our body weight and we come in from the interior. So we do come to a base at the South Pole.
SAGAL: Right.
BANCROFT: And then we keep on going. So, you know, what I end up feeling is what those early explorers felt like a little bit...
SAGAL: Right.
BANCROFT:...because we are so isolated. And if something really did happen, in all seriousness, you know, you can't just call up and say, come get me.
SAGAL: You can't?
BANCROFT: Well, you can, but they can't always get you.
SAGAL: Oh, really?
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BANCROFT: So, there's a hitch in that. You can now call.
FELBER: Well, they can't sail there anymore.
BANCROFT: They might not find you, you know.
SAGAL: Oh, I see.
FELBER: Yeah, and they can't sail there anymore because the hippies used up all the wind.
ROCCA: Right.
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BANCROFT: That's right.
SAGAL: Ann Bancroft, we're delighted that you're here with us and we have invited you here to play a game we're calling?
CARL KASELL, Host:
You're going to need a bigger boat.
SAGAL: It was 35 years ago this week that the movie "Jaws" came out, scaring everybody out of the water and changing the course of movie history. But it also created a whole new genre of film, really bad shark movies.
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SAGAL: We're going to ask you three questions about the bad legacy of a great film. If you get two right, you'll win our prize for one of our listeners, Carl's voice on their home answering machine. Carl, who is explorer Ann Bancroft playing for?
KASELL: Peter, she is playing for Christie Brandt of Minneapolis.
SAGAL: There you are, all right.
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BANCROFT: Hang in there, Christie.
SAGAL: Here we go. Ann, here's your first question. Many of the movies made to exploit the success of the original "Jaws" of course had the word jaws in the title, such as which of these real movies? A, "Air Jaws 2: Even Higher." B, "Schindler's Jaws."
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SAGAL: Or C, "Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws."
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BANCROFT: I'll go with C.
SAGAL: You're going to go with C, "Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws"?
BANCROFT: Yeah.
SAGAL: Presumably followed by its sequel, "Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws."
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SAGAL: It was actually A, it was "Air Jaws 2: Even Higher." "Air Jaws 2: Even Higher" was a sequel to the television documentary "Air Jaws" which was about the great white sharks of South Africa. Apparently, they like to jump in the air. So you have two more questions. You get these both right and win. Here we go.
BANCROFT: Pressure.
SAGAL: What is the plot of the great film, "Malibu Shark Attack"? "Malibu Shark Attack" was about one of these: A, an underwater earthquake that releases horrible prehistoric goblin sharks on the coast of Malibu; B, an evil scientist who combines the DNA of sharks and bikini models, who then rebel; or C, a scorned actress is reincarnated as a shark and has bloody vengeance on all who have wronged her.
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BANCROFT: C.
SAGAL: You're going to go for the actress shark.
(SOUNDBITE OF APPLAUSE)
BANCROFT: Oh, I don't like your face.
SAGAL: It was - well, all right, I haven't said it yet. Until I say the letter...
BANCROFT: I really like B.
SAGAL: You like B.
(SOUNDBITE OF SHOUTING)
BANCROFT: I like A so much.
SAGAL: A is right.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
SAGAL: Congratulations.
(SOUNDBITE OF APPLAUSE)
BANCROFT: I wish you were my teacher in school.
SAGAL: I know.
ROCCA: Wait, I'm sorry, is this how you found the North Pole eventually?
BANCROFT: Nobody was there, who knew?
SAGAL: No, the idea is that first the underwater earthquake releases the horrible goblin sharks and then this is the cool part, a tsunami washes the sharks into inland Malibu so they can just go nuts. It's very exciting.
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SAGAL: All right, this is your last question. Get this one right; you win it all.
BANCROFT: Oh.
SAGAL: Which of these is a real shark movie that you can get the DVD of? A, "Teen Shark;" B, "Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus;" or C, "Monster Sharks from Alpha Centauri"?
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
(SOUNDBITE OF SHOUTING)
BANCROFT: It is B.
SAGAL: They're unanimous in their B-dom. Are you saying B?
BANCROFT: Yeah.
SAGAL: Yes, you're right.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)
(SOUNDBITE OF APPLAUSE)
SAGAL: You can see the trailer online, "Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus." The shark in this 2009 movie is so mega it actually leaps up and bites the Golden Gate Bridge, which is impressive for a shark.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
SAGAL: Carl, how did Ann Bancroft do on our quiz?
KASELL: Peter, we made a discovery ourselves, she can play this game.
SAGAL: She can.
KASELL: Two correct answers, so Ann Bancroft wins for Christie Brandt.
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SAGAL: Congratulations.
BANCROFT: Oh, thank you.
SAGAL: Ann Bancroft is one of the world's greatest polar explorers. She's founder of the Ann Bancroft Foundation. Ann Bancroft, thank you so much for joining us today.
BANCROFT: Thank you.
SAGAL: Great to have you.
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SAGAL: Ann Bancroft, ladies and gentlemen, Minnesota's own.
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