Happy Gamuary! This year Gorgo roars as Chris and Charlotte discuss Irish kaiju, Irish stereotypes, Irish playwrights, Irish boxers, and walking through London.

Gorgo (Eugène Lourié, 1961): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. Trailer. Watch on YouTube.

We began celebrating Gamuary way back in 2018 with our first episode on Gamera vs. Barugon.

Also, we don’t mention this, but there is an earlier film that is arguably the first UK kaiju movie: The Giant Behemoth (Eugène Lourié, 1959). Same director as Gorgo.

Leonard Maltin: Leonard Maltin’s 1998 Movie & Video Guide.

Leonard Maltin’s homepage. Someone on Letterboxd posts all his reviews, including his review of Gorgo.

Ógra.

Rodan (Ishirō Honda, 1956).

Coliemore Harbour in Dalkey, Ireland.

Get your replica boots. Or the replica slippers.

Chris talked about Samuel Beckett and Waiting for Godot on a recent episode of The Spouter-Inn.

Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot. Endgame. Krapp’s Last Tape. Happy Days. Not I.

See also (or search for) Beckett on Film.

Not I (Anthony Page, 1973) starring Billie Whitelaw.

We discuss John Ford and John Wayne some more in our episode on Last of the Wild Horses.

The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952).

Cher: If I Could Turn Back Time.

And a related ad.

The Caine Mutiny (Edward Dmytryk, 1954). That one scene.

Gordon Lightfoot: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. And an example of a later live version.

Waiting for Gorgo (Benjamin Craig, 2010).

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