RECORD ALL MONSTERS!

How'd ya like that, weirdo? Robert delves into a lengthy and heartfelt defense of what is broadly considered to be the worst Godzilla movie before joining Courtney in a conversation on the movie. 

A quick look at Ray Harryhausen's last dinosaur movie.

Monster Kid Hall of Famer Derek visits to discuss a movie that's... definitely a movie. 

Travis and Michael from Kaiju Weekly stop by to discuss our show's namesake before they play a poorly thought out game about band names.

Parker and Q are back, and that can only mean we're covering a Gamera movie! This time, Gamera is fighting an outsized squid who whizzes through space in a ring of bumble bees. Our game touches on a different kind of formula than the Gamera movies have come to rely on....

Today, you get to make up your own joke to in our description! Courtney and Robert love Son of Godzilla, and if you listen to this episode, you'll find out why!

Yongary Glen Ross. There. After our discussion on 1967's only extant Kaiju offering from Korea, we play a game based around German release titles of previous episode subjects.

This movie has everything: Mad Scientists, submarines, dinosaurs, gorillas, hovercrafts, Mia Hama, robots, helicopters, big snakes. Therefore, this episode of Record All Monsters has everything, PLUS Courtney! AND Nathanael Ross Smith!

We take a Quick Look at 1966's The King Kong Show, the animated series from which King Kong Escapes was spun off. You'll learn more about Rankin/Bass Productions than you probably ever wanted to know.

Super producer Courtney returns to talk with Robert about Gappa, AKA Monster from a Prehistoric Planet and then plays the game ReMake or ReFake. 

We begin our look at the third stringers of the '67 Kaiju Boom with The X From Outer Space, one of the most divisive monster movies ever. Monster Kid Hall of Famer Derek M. Koch joins us once again for a freewheeling discussion on where we land on this much maligned movie before tackling our game "X Marks the Spot", which is even more tangentially related to our our topic than usual.

In this episode's essay, Robert looks at the new blood behind the scenes of 1966's Godzilla offering. John LeMay tells us why this is his favorite Godzilla movie, and joins Robert for this edition of the Record All Monsters Game Show, The Changing of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

"Ebirah, Horror of the Deep and the Changing of the Guard" By Robert L. Kelly

It's a circus of a season finale.

Barugon and Baragon are as different as director Tom Holland and actor Tom Holland. Parker and Q return to continue Q's education in Gamera, and play the game Back in the Habit, Cruise Control, Electric Boogaloo. 

RAM's language consultant Anri Hata joins us to discuss 1966's Battle of the Dragons, AKA The Magic Serpent and plays the game Animania!

Essay The Challenges of Collecting Niche Media by Robert L. Kelly

A Clip Show! Memories that my guests and I shared over the course of this season, sharing our early encounters with the King of the Monsters and his cohorts on VHS.

Can I borrow a monster?/Could you lend me your Godzilla?/I'll extort like a mobster!/Use Rodan to invade your world! Robert explores video store memories and how the many international titles for these movies made keeping track of which ones you'd seen much harder than it should have been. After that, Derek M. Koch of Monster Kid Radio rejoins us and we play the game What's in a Name? Alien Edition.

Essay "International Title Confusion and Aliens At Last!" By Robert L. Kelly.

The Gargantuan Gamera Giveaway! stick around to find out how to enter and WIN!

Parker and Que return to look at the debut of the Titanic Terrapin Gamera, and play the game Ya Know, For Kids!

Essay "Kids in Monster Movies, and Monster Naming Conventions" By Robert L. Kelly

Friend of the show Nathanael Ross Smith returns as we look at one of the weirdest movies in an already weird genre. Then we play the game FRANKENSTEIN OR FRAUDENSTEIN!

Worrying about continuity is for suckers. John LeMay returns to talk about the Avengers of the Godzilla franchise and play another game.

Essay "Cinematic Universes and Godzilla's Heel-Face Turn" by Robert L. Kelly

A smattering of my thoughts after seeing Godzilla vs Kong that I put together for Podcasters Assemble earlier this year. Yes there are spoilers, but I think you're old enough to handle that sort of thing now.

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Gambling is wrong, kids! and so is smoking, no matter how cool it looks. A brief continued biography of Willis O'Brien, followed by a discussion and game with Nathanael Ross Smith. 

Essay "The Passion of Willis O'Brien" by Robert L. Kelly

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All Mailbag, no filler!

Hamba-hamba. Austin "Pfhorbear" Douglas Ford and I discuss Mothra after my thoughts, and then we play the game Fairy Tale or Fakey Tale. 

Essay "Shinichi Sekizawa, and the Religious Significance of Giant Monsters" by Robert L Kelly

EXTRA! EXTRA! Robot Frankenstein with Brain of Genius Runs Amok in New York City!

Gorgo gorgo bordogo banana fana fo forgo me my mo morgo, Gorgo! Courtney and I discuss Gorgo and some other Baby Monsters. Then we play the game Father of the Bride of Frankenstein. 

Essay "Children in Giant Monster Movies" by Robert L Kelly

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I had intended to take a break this week, but I couldn't remain silent on the anti-Asian violence that is currently plaguing the United States.

Great googly moogly, it's Reptilicus! Guest Chris from Gargantucast and I talk about the movie, and then I subject him to our game show. 

Essay "Sid Pink and Ib Melchior's Gimmicks" by Robert L. Kelly

Song "Tillicus" performed by Dirch Passer

We discuss Jurassic Park, Robot Monster, and Tyler Perry's BOO! A Madea Halloween as we answer listener correspondence.

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Gorillas, chimps, monkeys. It's all the same. Whoa! We play the game Batman or not, man? after our discussion with returning guest Nathanael Ross Smith. 

Essay "Mad Scientists and Giant Monkeys" by Robert L Kelly

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The Paleosaurus walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, "Want a long neck?" and the Paleosaurus answers, "Do I have a choice?" Our longest episode to date features a quick biography of Director Eugene Lourie before Derek M. Koch of Monster Kid Radio joins us for a discussion and the Dinosaur Edition of our game What's in a Name? 

Essay "Eugene Lourie and Dinosaurs as Monsters" by Robert L. Kelly

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I'm participating in the Kong-Zilla-thon Round Table over at Podcasters Assemble! Here are my first two entries in full. Hear them in context of the show and the opinions of the other podcasters over on the We Can Make this Work (Probably) Podcast Network!

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Varan? I don't believe it.  Varan wasn't all that Unbelievable, but it's pretty un something all right. We play the game Varan the Unavailable with author John LeMay

Essay "Tomoyuki Tanaka Thinks on his Feet" by Robert L. Kelly

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We answer ACTUAL listener questions! Or do we? We do. 

I have ornithophobia, but I'm still pretty sure I could kick this bird's butt. Returning guest Ray Hanly and I discuss The Giant Claw after my essay.  Then we play the game El Santo contra el Caca de un Toro. 

Essay "Dumb Science and the Suspension of Disbelief" by Robert L Kelly

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The lost film- FOUND?

A Rodan in the hand is worth two in Mt. Aso. Part 1 of our Ishiro Honda biography, and a quick look at the themes of Rodan, before our discussion with special guest Aubrey. Then we play the game Tyrannosaurus SEX. 

Essay "Ishiro Honda and The Inevitable Tragedy of Giant Monsters" by Robert L. Kelly

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We answer emails from our biggest fans.

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Anguirus debuts at # 1! And then catches fire.  After some history regarding today's film, Courtney and I discuss the movie. Then we play the Anguirus edition of the game, What's in a Name? 

Essay The Volcano Monsters Disaster by Robert L. Kelly

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That's one way to import a movie, I guess.

Oh no! There goes Tokyo! And a one eyed scientist. And a little girl with radiation poisoning. My thoughts on the necessity of changes made to Ishiro Honda's Gojira when it was brought to the US in 1956. Then, my guests Q and Parker play the game "The Geography that I Stands to You Superior!" and discuss the movie. Sort of. 

Essay The Loving Tenderness of Localization by Robert L. Kelly

Robert and Courtney answer some listener questions and hawk some merch. Robert didn't check his mic levels after getting Courtney's right so he's a little quiet. Sorry. 

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Did you know that at least two people named "Ray" were involved in this movie's creation? You will. After my thoughts, we discuss The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms with special guest and friend of the show Ray Hanly of the band Bonsai Nation, and play the game Famous Ray's Original Quotes Essay Famous Rays and Atomic Energy by Robert L. Kelly

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What came first, King Kong,  or the egg? It was the egg. This made no sense.

After my thoughts on the film, we talk with Special Guests Nathanael Ross Smith and Molly Hardwick Smith, and play the game, "Aping the Apes"

Essay, King Kong, Willis O'Brien, and the Birth of Giant Monster Movies by Robert L. Kelly

Information collected primarily from the documentary RKO Production 601: The Making of  Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World.

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