Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for March 24, 2011

Again Gorgo graces the blog!

Say, speaking of giant monsters, here’s a fun compare-and-contrast exercise for you:

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The Godzilla film pre-dates King Kong, having been filmed three years earlier and released in the US roughly ten months prior to King Kong.

However, I’ve always been under the impression that the Godzilla poster had copied the Kong poster. It’s possible the Godzilla poster was a copy and was used for the second run release, which might have come after Kong’s debut.

I’ll have to get back to you on that.

That’s gruff

This year, ‘CUBS’ !!!!

That isn’t Gorgo’s picture on the blog, it’s his mother. The movie had some fishermen catch Gorgo off the Irish coast. He was brought to London and put on display, in a stadium at an amusement park. Eventually his much-bigger mother showed up. She trashed London before she broke him out of the park and led him back to the sea. They may have lifted that plot from one of those old movies about a kid who runs away to join the circus.

Sorry, ma’m, but that rubber watch simply does nothing for your outfit. Perhaps you believe that a rubber watch while watching rubber goats, is appropriate. Would you wear a fur watch to a cat roundup? I rest my case.

VICTOR A little respect for the Cubs, who will be in the 2011 World Series against the Red Sox.

Well, okay, but you better hang onto that hat! Or maybe it’s the semiannual semi-formal inflatable goat rodeo.

And speaking of movie monsters (apparently Flight Suit’s favorite subject), is that pic of be-goggled James Arness from “Them”?

coltish1, that is precisely why James Arness looks so bug-eyed in that picture. It’s from the scene in “Them!” where the giant ant attacks Joan Weldon.

for god’s sake , take off those spurs! especially during the kid roping competition

That is not a picture of Angela Lansbury taken in 1925 unless she came out of the womb a fully grown woman. Hmmm, that would be an interesting concept. Besides, the hair style screams 1950s.

re blog: I must lead a sheltered life… never knew Liz did au naturel.. beautiful… but think under the gorgeous was a troubled soul…

re blog: didn’t want to put this with beautiful Liz, but I find that Russian Mobster guy more than a bit distasteful…

Those rodeos blow me away

I’ve been to three state fairs and a midget mud rasslin’ contest and I ain’t never seen no hat like that at no kinda rodeo.

P.S. “Inflatable Goat Rodeo” would be a good name for a psychobilly band

This is Elizabeth Taylor and her brother, Howrd. I believe the three children on the blog are Elizabth’s own children.

Teresa stared longingly at the inflatable goat, for it reminded her of someone from her past, someone who was pliable and would bend to her will, but could explode unexpectedly if handled in a careless manner.

Night-Gaunt49, Dino de Laurentis perpetrated a remake of “King Kong” in (I think) 1976.

Night-Gaunt49, sorry for the confusion. I’ve edited my post with a working link.

That will make it clear that I’m not suggesting the King Kong franchise is a copy of the Godzilla franchise.

What I’m comparing here is the fact that both 1976 films depict their monster stars standing on top of the World Trade Center.

I had always assumed the Godzilla poster was a copy of the Kong poster, because Kong was a much bigger-budget film, and a much bigger deal. Also, the Godzilla poster is dishonest in that the World Trade Center is not in Godzilla vs. Megalon.