4: Surviving the Wilderness pt.1: Cocaine Bear

Surviving the Wilderness pt.1: Cocaine Bear

Tie up your bandana and sharpen your claws for the comedy podcast 'Well I Laughed''s new series Surviving the Wilderness. Prepare to take a voyage in the first episode as Grant tells Maia the long awaited truth of Cocaine Bear—before Elizabeth Banks decided to tell the world her twist on it. Get ready for a whole new adventure in this episode that is packed with history lessons and friendship humor!

Drawing elements from a storytelling podcast, this episode is for all those curious about nature's fauna, an engaging ride to the end. Tune in for the next hit in your podcast recommendations!

Key Highlights

Cocaine Bear Origins: Grant begins the podcast by storytelling the Cocaine Bear's origin which dates back to the late summer of 1985. Grant begins the story of the beast also known as Pablo Eskobear, the start of which is marked by a parachute accident and a wayward plane.

Grant takes Maia and the listeners through the cocaine thrown out of the jet and the bear that happened upon it to gain its title. The story is full of laughter and bewilderment, a true comedy podcast bit.

Andrew Thornton: After the entertaining story, Grant steers the direction of the podcast towards Andrew Thornton, an American Narcotics Officer who plays a crucial part in the Cocaine Bear's tale. Grant draws elements from a history podcast as he goes over the details of Andrew's past. He describes Andrew's journey in the podcast as the son of a well-off horse breeder who ended up as the pilot that flew thousands of pounds of cocaine over northern Georgia's forest.

Elizabeth Banks's Take: In the final section of the podcast, Grant and Maia discuss Elizabeth Banks's take on the Cocaine Bear's story as presented in her horror comedy movie that came out in February 2023 by the same name. They discuss the various perspectives regarding the cocaine bear and invite their listeners to think about their own interpretation of the movie and real time tale in their podcast.

Key Quotes

“The bear smuggled none of the drugs he was named after, it was yet again the victim of an affluent white man, the age old wrong place, wrong time tale.”
“Andrew's dad was extremely successful and unlike every kid with well-off parents, he does not turn out so.”
“I just think it's funny that a drug dealer died in a parachute accident and all his cocaine was eaten by a bear but Elizabeth Banks thinks it's important to share the bear's perspective which is that if he could, he would've murdered everyone.”

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