Screens of the Stone Age

We enjoyed the last movie we watched from director Ken Russell so much that we decided to watch another: Altered States (1980) tells the story of a man who had to take years of hallucinogenic drugs and devolve into a monkey before he could say “I love you” to his wife. In this episode we talk drugs, primates, drugs, academia, drugs, evolution, and drugs.

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Drugs, drugs, drugs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrhuaj540Aw

Watch Altered States (1980) for free on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/AlteredStatesKenRussell1980AngeeParaZoowoman.website

Sawbones Podcast: Little People Hallucinations: https://maximumfun.org/episodes/sawbones/sawbones-little-people-hallucinations/

The mysterious mushroom that makes you see tiny people: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people

Stoned Ape Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_ape_theory

Lemurs getting high on millipedes: https://youtu.be/yYXoCHLqr4o

Melissa Maffeo (2026) Science of the Supernatural: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/science-of-the-supernatural/9E907BC3BB0A4BDEBF249630E2468892

Mutations link Autism, Schizophrenia: Study: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mutations-link-autism-schizophrenia-study-1.850806

Charles Tart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tart

Robert Ornstein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Ornstein

Arthur Deikman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_J._Deikman

John C. Lily: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly

Timothy Leary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary

Randolph Nesse (2019) Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546633/good-reasons-for-bad-feelings-by-randolph-m-nesse-md/

Baboon hunting gazelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJi7p5GcLxg

Wissenschaft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wissenschaft

It’s still spooky month, so we watched The Lair of the White Worm (1988), an unhinged Bram Stoker adaptation about a sexy immortal snake woman sacrificing virgins to a larger and more phallic snake, and an intrepid “Scotch” archaeologist who saves the day with a snakecharming bagpipe song and magic sporran. Excuse me: “Scots”. As usual we talk a little about archaeology, a lot about cryptids, and after five years still struggle to figure out this whole Zoom thing.

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Watch The Lair of the White Worm (1988) on ok.ru: https://ok.ru/video/3658778872518

Read The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1188

Mysteries of the Unknown: Monsters, Ghosts & UFO's: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4741699-mysteries-of-the-unknown

How to play bagpipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTj2XTVmsS4

The Lambton Worm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm

Wyrm etymology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_dragon

Arthur Holmes and the age of the Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Holmes#Age_of_the_Earth

Joseph Barrell (1917) Rhythms and the measurements of geologic time: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-28-745

Upper Palaeolithic art at Creswell Crags: https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/british_isles_prehistory_archive/church_hole/index.php

The Simpsons did it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYJcBoZ9kE

Steve Buscemi Test: https://www.reddit.com/r/bechdelcast/comments/1mxhrqi/jamies_test/

On this episode we ventured out into the real world and shelled out the equivalent of a down payment on a small car to see The End of Oak Street (2026) in theatres. And guess what? Feathered dinosaurs! We’re so thrilled about that that we let some of the minor things slide, like the outdated JP3-style Spinosaurus... and the shaggy sauropods... and the mix of Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and even Pleistocene taxa... But we have to draw the line at Ewan McGregor’s American accent.

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Dinopedia’s list of dinosaurs: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_End_of_Oak_Street

Riley Black’s list of dinosaurs on Slate: https://slate.com/culture/2026/08/end-of-oak-street-movie-dinosaurs-reviews-allosaurus-titanoboa.html

Screenrant’s list of Dinosaurs: https://screenrant.com/the-end-of-oak-street-movie-dinosaur-species/

CBC’s guide to dino sex: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/end-of-oak-street-dinosaur-sex-9.7314428

Blue Smarties were introduced in 1988: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties#Colours_and_flavours

Blue M&Ms were introduced in 1995: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27s#1990s:_New_flavors_ring

Blue Froot Loops were introduced in 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froot_Loops#History

Canadian/UK Smarties vs. American Smarties: https://www.thecanadafoods.com/blog/canadian-smarties-vs-american-smarties-whats-the-difference

Spinosaur Tales (2026) by Dave Hone and Mark Witton: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/spinosaur-tales-9781399412469/

Dinosaur milk – Quirks and quarks

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/summer-question-show-9.7250132

Split diopter shot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6HkQvH5QvM

Today we’re reviewing... *checks notes* ... Stig of the Dump, again? That’s right, we’re reviewing the 2002 remake! It’s surprising how much has changed in 20 years: the family dynamic shifted from latchkey kids to helicopter grandparents; the thieves are leaving the fine silver in favour of Dreamcast consoles; and Stig himself has devolved from a clever Neolithic boy to an apelike “Stiganopithecus.”

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Watch Stig of the Dump (2002) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHSzfpwCzQ

Listen to the audiobook on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GweIzXKvc3Y

List of Greek and Latin roots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English

Australopithecus species: https://www.johnhawks.net/p/guide-to-australopithecus-species

Denisovan leg bones from Taiwan reveal large body size: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.07.743438

Our episode on Neander-Jin (2011): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-25-neander-jin-2011/

Our episode on As Above, So Below (2014): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-89-as-above-so-below-2014/

Stig of the Dump is a 1963 children’s novel by Clive King which spawned at least two TV adaptations; today we’re reviewing the first, from 1981. It’s a very gentle, very British show in which a neglected child befriends a caveman in a garbage dump and everyone else gaslights him for 10 episodes.

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Watch Stig of the Dump (1981) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpHCBSQN-A&list=PLohd5UVV10lz2NuSBh2YuPyjoxewQNi8p

Listen to the audiobook of Stig of the Dump on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GweIzXKvc3Y

Sherbet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(frozen_dessert)

Conkers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conkers

Larder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larder

Prize-Giving Day: https://www.gauthmath.com/knowledge/What-is-a-Prize-Giving-Day--7389728173675511819

Star Carr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Carr

The Tucson Garbage Project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson_Garbage_Project

Wierer et al. (2018) The Iceman’s lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198292

Our episode on Iceman (2017): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-4-iceman-2017/

Harris. (2018) Roll Me a Great Stone: A Brief Historiography of Megalithic Construction and the Genesis of the Roller Hypothesis: https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12142

Kits Coty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit%27s_Coty_House

Dolmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen