“Here’s Why I’m a Proud Godzilla Supporter”

“Here’s Why I’m a Proud Godzilla Supporter” April 18, 2016

 

Godzilla recharging his batteries
Even as I post this, I’m humming the melody that plays while the Japanese Navy sails out to destroy poor Godzilla. I haven’t seen the film in more than half a century, but I can still hear it.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

When I was quite young, I was a wildly enthusiastic Godzilla fan.  My mother used to tell me that — in days long before the advent of home video recorders (which some of you will have a difficult time even imagining) — I once watched the original Americanized Godzilla movie (with Raymond Burr) nine times within a single week.  (It played every day of the week on Los Angeles channel nine, which was then known as KHJ-TV, and twice on Saturday and Sunday — and I caught every showing.)

 

So you can imagine my delight when Nicol Sorenson-Legakis brought this item to my attention:

 

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/heres-why-im-a-proud-godzilla-supporter?mbid=social_facebook

 

 


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