This will be a combined post, darlings, as David and I were on a staycation this week, and I will have lots to report when our work schedules assume on Monday.
"War Of The Gargantuas" is a 1966 bottom-of-the-barrel Japanese monster movie. Can you believe Russ Tamblyn is in this? After "West Side Story," he had to resort to this? Oh, well, that is show business!
The word on the street is that when Gojira read the script, he tossed it in the face of Toho execs, and walked out of the room. It was sent to Mothra and Rodan, who pretty much did the same thing. The lesser-known monsters, like Gamera and Varan, had already gotten word, and they quickly said they were not available. So, Toho had to come up with something quickly, and the result was two idiotic overly hirsute Bigfoot types, but enlarged to monster size. Yeah, right. But this should be hilarious.
The question is what will "Sventoonie" do? Last week, he did a Colbert/Fallon spoof that just did not work. The supporting players are funny in short doses, but are not actors enough for elongated sketches, like those who work with Amy Sedaris. The lack of a movie deconstruction was sorely missing, and two weeks before he went and deconstructed a second-rate MGM musical, 1951's "Royal Wedding." What the hell for? It is not even a horror film! Tonight, he is scheduled to deconstruct the aforementioned 1977 TV movie, "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful." But will he? "Svengoolie" did such a great job last week, with the nerve tingling 1971 Spielberg film (yes, that's right!) "Duel," which deserved a quality deconstruction. Instead, the audience was served up third rate schtick.
"Sventoonie," is you do not get it together, you are going to lose your audience. "Judge Judy" is still on Saturdays at 10:30, so shape up or we will switch.
As the judge herself says, "Don't piss on my leg, and tell me it's raining..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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