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#123125
Short Stuff: All About Porcelain
"I think that's what grabs everyone's faces in beetle juice during the calypso scene."
— Chuck
Chuck compares the appearance of langostina (a small crustacean) to creatures from the Beetlejuice calypso scene.
Dec 31, 2025
#100225
The Mystery of the Sleepy Sickness
"And then, yeah, all the way through to Beetlejuice."
— Chuck
Chuck lists Beetlejuice as another successful Winona Ryder film from her career.
Oct 2, 2025
#021825
Harry Belafonte: The Real Deal
"One more thing, we cannot not mention Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice featured not only the Banana Boat song, but Jump in the Line."
— Josh
Josh discusses how Belafonte's songs were featured prominently in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and became popular with a new generation.
Feb 18, 2025
#020625
The Tragedy of the Commons
"I'm like that one Safari Hunter in Beetlejuice."
— Chuck
Chuck compares his small hat size to a character from the movie Beetlejuice.
Feb 6, 2025
#012325
How Automats Worked
"There's Beetlejuice, the cartoon."
— Josh
Josh mentions watching Beetlejuice cartoon on MeTV Tunes.
Jan 23, 2025
#121224
Tugboats: Pushing Their Way Around Since 1803
"You know, you say beetle just three times."
— Chuck
Josh mentions seeing the Beetlejuice sequel the previous night, referencing the original film's famous summoning ritual.
Dec 12, 2024
#082224
The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes
"I just see the mill owners trying to remove their looms in the middle of the night, like Otho trying to escape in Beetlejuice."
— Chuck
Chuck makes an analogy comparing mill owners sneaking away their machinery to a character escaping in the movie Beetlejuice.
Aug 22, 2024
#102523
Short Stuff: Bed Sheet Ghosts
"It's been in a gazillion pieces of pop culture, like Beetlejuice and Scooby-Doo and Charlie Brown."
— Josh
Referenced as an example of pop culture featuring bedsheet ghosts.
Oct 25, 2023
#040522
Watermelons: Nature's Gift to the World
"both of your favorite scenes in Beetlejuice"
Mentioned in listener email as a tangent topic from the Colin Chameleons Short Stuff episode.
Apr 5, 2022
#090821
Short Stuff: Chameleons
"They'll just like shed those clothes like Otho in Beetlejuice when he enters the spotlight."
— Chuck
Chuck uses Beetlejuice as a comparison for how chameleons quickly change color by shedding outer skin layers.
Sep 8, 2021
#032021
Selects: How Lighthouses Work
"She was in Beetlejuice. Yeah, it doesn't get much cooler than that."
— Josh
Josh notes that Geena Davis appeared in Beetlejuice as part of discussing her cool credentials.
Mar 20, 2021
#051918
SYSK Selects: Is brain size related to intelligence?
"You don't look like the African safari guy from Beetlejuice. No. He's not proportionately strong."
— Chuck
Chuck references a character from Beetlejuice when describing how someone with microcephaly wouldn't look, contrasting it with the proportions in the film.
May 19, 2018
#090217
SYSK Selects: How Shrunken Heads Work
"Remember that in Beetlejuice? From Beetlejuice. Hey, there goes Elvis."
— Chuck
Chuck referenced the scene where Beetlejuice shrinks his head in the waiting room, comparing it to how the Shuar shrink heads.
Sep 2, 2017
#063016
How Lighthouses Work
"She was in Beetlejuice. I mean, like. Yeah, it didn't get much cooler than that."
— Chuck
Chuck discusses Geena Davis's role in Beetlejuice as evidence of her coolness.
Jun 30, 2016
#070814
Is brain size related to intelligence?
"You don't look like the African safari guy from Beetlejuice"
— Josh
Josh uses a character from Beetlejuice to contrast with the appearance of people with microcephaly, explaining they don't look proportionally small like that character.
Jul 8, 2014
#052809
Is spontaneous human combustion real?
"That reminded me of Beetlejuice. Yeah. Visually when I read it. That's the first thing I thought of. Yeah. The waiting room scene."
— Josh
Josh compared the visual of Mary Reeser's burned remains sitting upright in her chair to a scene from the movie.
May 28, 2009
Cast
Alec Baldwin
Adam
Geena Davis
Barbara
Winona Ryder
Lydia
Catherine O'Hara
Delia
Jeffrey Jones
Charles
Michael Keaton
Betelgeuse
Glenn Shadix
Otho
Sylvia Sidney
Juno
Patrice Martinez
Receptionist
Dick Cavett
Bernard
Robert Goulet
Maxie Dean
Maree Cheatham
Sarah Dean
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