It’s definitely not the best movie starring Indiana Jones, but it’s okay if it’s your favorite. For INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE — a movie on which the boys of the podcast are somewhat split — we’re talking what works and what doesn’t, daddy issues, the shadow self, and how this one stacks up to Indy’s best.

References:

• “History’s Greatest Puzzle Room in which the Prize is Punching Nazis: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” by Allison Vincent for Perisphere, the Trylon blog


• “The Father, the Son, and the Holy Grail” by Lucas Hardwick for Perisphere, the Trylon blog


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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra” by John Williams from the INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 339: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)

2:46 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd)

5:40 - Our thoughts, from “not an Indy guy” to “#1 U.S. QuizUp Indiana Jones Trivia Master”

18:15 - A movie that’s just the sum of its parts

40:08 - How this movie thinks about itself

45:49 - A movie that defrocks the myth of Indiana Jones

1:12:51 - How comedy sets you up for the emotional pull

1:28:19 - The Junk Drawer

1:35:22 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1989

1:41:03 - Cody’s Noteys: Ford Explored (tagline trivia for Harrison Ford movies)