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It's Not a Rip-Off, It's a Homage: John Williams 'Jaws' Inspired by 'In the Heat of the Night'?

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Ya know I love doing the ‘It’s Not A Rip-Off, It’s a Homage’ segment on the show.  Well, was watching the 1967 middlebrow classic ‘In the Heat of the Night’ tonight on Hulu.com and happened to notice that whenever the conspicuously fin-shaped bad guy’s car show up so does the echo of a familiar tune, (see clip above).

Was John Williams inspired by ‘In the Heat’ when he wrote the ‘Jaws’ theme?  I say, consciously or not, he must have been – those fins are just too big.

8 Responses to “It's Not a Rip-Off, It's a Homage: John Williams 'Jaws' Inspired by 'In the Heat of the Night'?”

  1. Tom says:

    Ah, not fair – hulu won't stream outside the US!

  2. jettloe says:

    hey, i've got an idea – let's put together a great new service for streaming video content then cripple it with IP blocking – just like DVDs!

  3. kiley says:

    actually, there's a workaround….

  4. kiley says:

    easily, easily done:
    http://www.ideas2o.com/web/watch-your-favorite-…

    i may possibly have a few belfastian friends that may have possibly used this, and verified that it does indeed work.

  5. Tom says:

    Thanks Kiley, I'll have to give that a try.

  6. Tom says:

    Thanks Kiley, I'll have to give that a try.

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