In this episode, Maggie and Adam cover David Lynch's 1980 period drama The Elephant Man, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. It’s the quiet, moving story John Merrick, a man living with Proteus syndrome in Victorian England, based on the real life of Joseph Merrick (1862-1890).

LynchPins is a David Lynch-themed podcast covering a different David Lynch film each month, from least-Lynchian (The Straight Story) to his most "Lynch" work (Inland Empire?? Eraserhead??). Hopefully we can make Lynch's work more accessible to those who've been too intimidated to get into him, but there's also plenty here for the Lynch superfan (you know who you are, you weirdo). Hosted by Maggie Mae Fish and Adam Ganser.

Don't miss the first episode of LynchPins, on David Lynch's The Straight Story (1999)

CONTENT WARNING in this episode for brief, non-graphic discussions of abuse.

You can find every episode of LynchPins on Nebula, uncensored and extended, plus they drop a week early.

Join us next month for David Lynch’s Dune (1984).

Chapters:

05:45.09 What Happened?

39:43.18 What Really Happened?

53:39.13 Wait... What?

1:03:45.04 The Spotlight

1:15:18.13 Dream / Credits

Check out Maggie's videos on Twin Peaks (part 1) here: https://youtu.be/CxfFAGJaKjg

And (part 2) here: https://youtu.be/UY6vIVAEFxo

Plus her video discussing veteran PTSD in The Straight Story and Rambo here: https://youtu.be/HRnEjsdjtks

*MERCH*

I designed a fun movie notebook where you can keep track of all the films you watch! - http://store.nebula.tv/fishbook

"School of Fish" Pint Glass - http://store.nebula.tv/fishpint

"School of Fish" Pin - http://store.nebula.tv/fishpin

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Produced by Will Reese

Original music composed and produced by Daniel Kline: https://soundcloud.com/dpkmusic29

Additional Sound Effects by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator

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LynchPins is a David Lynch-themed podcast covering a different David Lynch film each month, from least-Lynchian (The Straight Story) to his most "Lynch" work (Inland Empire?? Eraserhead??). Hopefully we can make Lynch's work more accessible to those who've been too intimidated to get into him, but there's also plenty here for the Lynch superfan (you know who you are, you weirdo). Hosted by Maggie Mae Fish and Adam Ganser.

CONTENT WARNING in this episode for brief, non-graphic discussions of mental illness, terminal illness, and suicide.

This episode covers Lynch's 1999 family drama, The Straight Story, starring Richard Farnsworth as an old man who drives a riding mower across multiple states to reconnect with his ailing, estranged brother.

Every episode on Nebula is uncensored and extended, plus they drop a week earlier than YouTube. Thank you for supporting by listening here on Nebula! Join us next month for The Elephant Man (1980).

Chapters:

6:06 What Happened?

24:14 What Really Happened?

32:41:10 / .18 Wait... What?

45:21 The Spotlight

Check out Maggie's videos on Twin Peaks here: https://nebula.tv/videos/maggiemaefish-twin-peaks-actually-actually-explained-no-but-for-real

And here: https://nebula.tv/videos/maggiemaefish-twin-peaks-the-return-ill-tell-you-what-it-means

Plus her video discussing veteran PTSD in The Straight Story and Rambo here: https://nebula.tv/videos/maggie-mae-fish-rambo-and-the-david-lynch-movie-you-havent-seen

*MERCH*

I designed a fun movie notebook where you can keep track of all the films you watch! - http://store.nebula.tv/fishbook

"School of Fish" Pint Glass - http://store.nebula.tv/fishpint

"School of Fish" Pin - http://store.nebula.tv/fishpin

Ways to support and connect with me:

https://go.nebula.tv/maggiemaefish

https://www.patreon.com/maggiemaefish

https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemaefish.bsky.social

https://mstdn.social/@MaggieMaeFish

https://www.twitter.com/maggiemaefish

Produced by Will Reese

Original music composed and produced by Daniel Kline: https://soundcloud.com/dpkmusic29

Select footage and courtesy Getty

Additional Sound Effects by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator

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LynchPins, a David Lynch podcast, launches on April 23, but you can hear the first episode right now on Nebula. Nebula subscribers get extended episodes an entire week before they drop on YouTube and podcast platforms.

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Episode 1 covers Lynch's 1999 family drama, The Straight Story, starring Richard Farnsworth as an old man who drives a riding mower across multiple states to reconnect with his ailing, estranged brother.

Original music composed and produced by Daniel Kline: https://soundcloud.com/dpkmusic29

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.