The Birds

Episode 155: The Birds (1963)

Theme: HitchOctober
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis ruffle some feathers with The Birds — the Hitchcock classic that asks, “What if a romantic comedy suddenly turned into an avian apocalypse?” It’s Birds of Prey meets Phone Booth with a dash of The Mist, and absolutely no explanation for why nature suddenly decided to go full WWE on the human race. But hey, it’s HitchOctober… logic took a vacation.

Join your two favorite Bodega Bay residents as they unpack:

• Melanie Daniels, queen of bad decisions, pathological lies, and motorboats.

• Mitch, a 33-year-old lawyer who somehow looks 57 and is still terrified of disappointing his mother.

• Annie, the chain-smoking teacher who deserved a much better movie (and a much better boyfriend).

• Lydia, who distrusts every woman within 50 miles and might secretly be the reason the birds snapped.

• The unforgettable phone booth scene, the world’s worst children's song, and the infamous “girl-being-pecked-on-the-back-by-a-mechanical-bird” moment.

From dead-eyed farmers to hysterical diner patrons, from exploding gas stations to sparrows in the chimney, Oz and Curtis glide through a film that’s tense, weirdly quiet, unintentionally funny, and still iconic. It’s slow, it’s chaotic, it’s birdy — and somehow, it works.

Final Verdict

Oz — Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree
Curtis — 100 billion birds
Both — Still wondering how Melanie has a driver’s license and why Mitch is simultaneously 33 and 74.