E.T. and Me

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In 1981, 11-year-old Matt De Meritt got a phone call that would change his life. He wasn’t a child actor, or a performer of any kind. He was just a suburban kid enjoying his summer before he had to go back to school. But Matt had something no other kid had — something Steven Spielberg needed in order to embark on his most ambitious movie yet.

On the Very Special Episodes podcast, Dana, Zaron, and Jason tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie!” Follow us down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

Note: This episode contains discussions of suicide. Please take care while listening.

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Written by Jake Rossen
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Voice Actors are Jess Krainchich and Juliet English
Original Music by Elise McCoy
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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
0:05.8	Oh yeah.
0:06.6	Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular audiobook titles, including romanticity,
0:15.3	autobiographies, true crime, and more.
0:19.3	Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic or even missing their flight.
0:23.4	Amazon Music Unlimited now includes Audible.
0:25.8	No way.
0:26.4	Download the Amazon Music app now to start listening.
0:29.2	Terms apply.
0:32.9	This is an Iheart original.
0:39.4	It's late summer 1981.
0:43.4	11-year-old Matt DeMert is at his house in Torrance, California, when the phone rings.
0:50.1	His mother picks it up.
0:52.6	Matt can hear just one side of the conversation.
0:56.7	Yes.
0:57.7	Yes, that's my son.
0:59.7	Who?
1:01.0	Jaws Steven Spielberg?
1:03.1	Jaws Steven Spielberg.
1:05.4	The same director who has spent the past six years on top of Hollywood,
1:10.9	and who currently has the highest grossing movie of the summer in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
1:17.6	In the distance, I could hear my mom,
	...

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