The Shark That Almost Ruined Jaws | But Made It Better

About this episode

In 1974, a 25-foot mechanical shark kept sinking to the bottom of the ocean, and the crew started calling it "Flaws" instead of its actual name. What happened next accidentally changed how movies build suspense forever. This week: the shark that barely worked, and the director who turned that into an advantage. That's this week's Trivia, Sort Of. Sources: • The Mechanical Shark on Jaws May Have Broken Down Because of Local Kids — SYFY • Jaws: The Malfunctioning Shark Was the Best Thing for the Movie — MovieWeb • Revisiting Bruce, the Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark That Made 'Jaws' a Horror Classic — Bold Entrance • Jaws (film) production background — Wikipedia Note: This is what the internet told me. The internet has been wrong before. So have I. Sources are above if you want to fact-check me yourself.