Episode 69: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Top Ten Spielberg Movies: February 3, 1978

Show Notes

“This means something. This is important.” Damn right, Ricky D - It’s Episode 69 of Opening Weekend! This week the boys are going back to February 3, 1978 to make contact with the wide release of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND! Plus their Top 10 Spielberg films.

Ba-ba-bum, ba-bwaaa! (Mothership or Hand-Fart? Only tiiime will tell!)

February 3, 1978: Wunderkind Steven Spielberg is at it again, and audiences are having their minds blown watching Richard Dreyfuss have a Close Encounter of the Third Kind with tiny aliens.

Meanwhile young Jason, Dan, and Fred are having their minds blown watching The Fonz have a Close Encounter of the Nerd Kind with Mork from Ork…and The Hulk…and maybe Scrappy Doo…?

As Richard Dreyfuss stares dreamily at the sky wondering, “What is happening up there?”, 5 year old Fred stares dreamily at Dorothy Hamill wondering, “What is happening down THERE?!?!?” 

What’s more fun than a pile of mashed potatoes? How about a stack of Dan’s pre-school’s Deadly Building Blocks Of Death? Or maybe Jason’s “Francois Truffaut” action figure with Curwen Hand Sign Grip! 

(too esoteric?)

And for the first time in podcast history:

“Schindler’s List” and “Baby’s Day Out” together at last!

What is Opening Weekend?

In a world where cinemas have closed their doors (at least for the time being), "Opening Weekend" celebrates one of the many things we’d all love to be doing right now - going to the movies on a Friday night with our friends... Every week, Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, and Dan Matisa (best friends, professional actors, and self-professed movie geeks) look back at a different opening weekend from the last 40 years, and bask in the warm, nostalgic, popcorn-buttery glow of going to the movies.