Discovery’s Shark Week returns–Narragansett says “Crush it Like Quint”

Discovery′s annual Shark Week programming is back beginning this weekend. From July 27 to August 5 look for ten days of shark-centered features. Shark Week is television’s longest running summer TV event. That means Narragansett is back with new promotions and local activities for those on the East Coast, and an online store full of tie-ins to Steven Spielberg’s Jaws to coincide with Shark Week 2019. Not only is Narragansett one of America’s oldest beer companies (they turned 21 in 1911), Jaws made its beer famous again in 1975 when Robert Shaw′s character Quint downs a can and crunches it to look tough in front of Richard Dreyfuss′s character Hooper. Hooper created the funniest moment of the film, countering Quint by crushing his Styrofoam cup.

Look for Naked and Afraid: Surviving with Sharks, Shark Trip, Isle of Jaws, Shark After Dark, Sharkwreck, Alien Sharks, Sharkpocalypse, Air Jaws, Sharks Gone Wild, Jaws Comes Home, Laws of Jaws, Sharkzilla, Shaq Does Shark Week, Ocean of Fear, Sharks in the City: LA, Guy Fieri’s Feeding Frenzy, and How Jaws Saved the World, and more, all throughout the week. Check out your local listings here at Discovery for air times.

Narragansett′s online shop has some great new T-shirts featuring Jaws and the Quint can, plus a foam stress can, a skateboard deck, stickers, pins, logo shirts, hats, hoodies, ornaments, sunglasses, beach towels, posters, even skis and hockey sticks–all featuring the image of the beer can design from 1975 or the shark or 1975 Narragansett logo–as it appeared in the film classic Jaws. The lager beer itself is also available in ‘Gansett markets with the retro cans. See the entire 1975 retro collection of tie-ins here at the Narragansett online store. And check out the Narragansett website here for a series of Jaws screening parties along the East Coast all week, plus other parties, trivia contests and more, announced via the company’s Twitter account: @Gansettbeer.

If you haven’t seen it yet, catch Jason Statham in the summer fun shark flick The Meg, now on streaming platforms, Vudu, and Blu-ray, DVD and 4K. Check out our review here at borg. Sorry, no Sharknado in July. Syfy has pushed its week of water-meets-weather disaster out to August.