If I had to do this one again I would do it differently. But it is really difficult when you are working with a brown, lumpy alien as the focal point.

Paul & Amy beam up to Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming alien feature, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial! They learn E.T.’s real name, marvel at Spielberg’s uncanny ease directing children, and wonder how well the film holds up with kids today. Plus: Seth Shostak, an astronomer from the SETI Institute, tells us how likely we are to find actual E.T.s on Earth.

https://www.earwolf.com/episode/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-2/