Fear Flashbacks! – JAWS chews up network television…and we debate the “Alex Kintner Sandwich”

This TV Guide ‘Close Up’ feature was from a mid-80s airing of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster, back when they were still showing it on network television. I remember watching it back then and noticing the hard cut they made to edit out the fountain of blood coming from the Kintner boy.

Speaking of which, there’s a neat story that goes something like this: Years after the movie’s release, Lee Fierro, the actress who played Mrs. Kintner in the film, went into a restaurant and happened to notice something weird on the menu: the “Alex Kintner Sandwich”. She soon found out the reason for it–the restaurant was owned by the grown-up Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son in the film. Ain’t that neat?

Now, what I want to know is what the hell exactly constitutes an “Alex Kintner Sandwich”?

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