Godzilla, bane of Japan, and King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world, duke it out in this 1962 kaiju movie that was subsequently recut, redubbed, and released in 1963 in nearly unrecognizable form for American audiences. Because we LOVE you, dear listeners, we watched both versions and we’re here to process our trauma with you. Lee spills the tea about the legal battle between Ichiro Honda and Merian C Cooper over ownership of Kong while Sarah contemplates the hypnotic power of bongo solos. Plus: shocking revelations about the fate of the octopi used for filming, King Kong gets “Up’ed”, more Japanese puns, and Sarah has even less chill than usual.

Featured Roaster: None. We got Dutch Bros. Being alive is exhausting. It’s fine.

Welcome to the first episode of Kaiju Coffee Break: After Dark, an NSFW bonus series in which we delve into harder beverages and explore whatever rabbit hole we fell down while researching or discussing monster movies. In this episode, Sarah recounts the harrowing tale of her discovery of quicksand fetish internet communities. This is only a teaser, though, and is family friendly. To listen to the full version, join our Patreon at pantspending.com/patreon!

NEWS: We have an upcoming live appearance! We are guests at Sandemonium, our local fandom convention and will be recording a live episode of KCB with guest host Bronwyn Toth of Trading Pages on 10/3/20 at 10am PDT. Event link: https://bit.ly/3im5f9k.

Featured brewers:

Three Creeks Brewing Company- Five Pine Chocolate Porter (Sisters, OR)

Two Towns Cider House- Hollow Jack’d Imperial Pumpkin (Corvallis, OR)

Hotlips Ginger Ale (Portland, OR) and Suntory Roku Gin

1933: nine months have passed since King Kong was released and now, a new kaiju is on the horizon, Son of Kong. We watched all 69 (nice) minutes of it and now we’re pumped up on pumpkin spice and here to discuss it. Sarah lectures on the physics of quicksand while Lee investigates the source of that strange whistling noise. Also: pumpkin bread is bad for dogs, load bearing treasure, Sarah has a gene that makes her hate cold brew, and the “boaty things” we plan to do when we become “boat bums”.

Featured Roaster: Onyx Coffee Lab, Rogers, AR

https://onyxcoffeelab.com/

He’s the one, the only, the eighth wonder of the world, America’s own kaiju, Kong. We survived watching the 1933 classic King Kong so you don’t have to, so tune in as we discuss the state of Black-led filmmaking in the early 20th century, the secret origin of the Loch Ness monster, and how Max Steiner revolutionized movie scoring. Plus; we got a coffee subscription box, Vudu is the worst, and the world’s hastiest built river raft.

Featured Roaster: Discovery Espresso (Viennese roast) - Cutters Point Coffee Co, Gig Harbor Washington

1933: King Kong - How Early Special Effects Created the 8th Wonder of the World

https://youtu.be/K4ViuqIdsJg

We recorded a patreon episode… and then decided it was too good to not share at least some of it with everyone! So join us for this very special bonus episode of Kaiju Coffee Break in which we watch Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993) and talk feathered dinosaurs, cloning science of the 90’s, practical effects, and why we think it counts as a kaiju movie. Plus: Lee is bad at Tomb Raider, a monumental coffee curse, and why Sarah doesn’t get out of bed for less than $1,000 an hour.

We recorded a patreon episode… and then decided it was too good to not share most of it with everyone! So join us for this very special bonus episode of Kaiju Coffee Break in which we watch Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993) and talk feathered dinosaurs, cloning science of the 90’s, practical effects, and why we think it counts as a kaiju movie. Plus: Lee is bad at Tomb Raider, a monumental coffee curse, and why Sarah doesn’t get out of bed for less than $1,000 an hour.

Featured Roasters: Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters, Sandpoint ID and Takelma Roasting Co, Roseburg OR.

Edited by Lee Guthrie

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Music from incompetech.filmmusic.io

Conflicted by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3537-conflicted

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SVG godzilla image taken from The Simpsons series

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This week, we dug into Godzilla Raids Again (1955), the sequel to the unexpected smash hit Godzilla (1954) that was made in only six months. Can it live up to the hype of the first? You’ll have to tune in to find out! Lee talks commercial fish spotting from planes while Sarah waxes poetic about weak-ankled prisoners and wants to cancel the entire city of Osaka. Plus: Lee’s sick Grand Theft Auto stunts, a terrible joke about a former Alaskan senator, pickle nitpicking, and some dinosaur biology.

Featured Roasters: Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters, Sandpoint ID and Takelma Roasting Co, Roseburg OR.

Edited by Lee Guthrie

a product of Pants Pending Studios

Become a patreon at Patreon.com/pantspending

Music from incompetech.filmmusic.io

Conflicted by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3537-conflicted

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SVG godzilla image taken from The Simpsons series

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godzilla_Simpsons.svg

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

This week, we dug into Godzilla Raids Again (1955), the sequel to the unexpected smash hit Godzilla (1954) that was made in only six months. Can it live up to the hype of the first? You’ll have to tune in to find out! Lee talks commercial fish spotting from planes while Sarah waxes poetic about weak-ankled prisoners and wants to cancel the entire city of Osaka. Plus: Lee’s sick Grand Theft Auto stunts, a terrible joke about a former Alaskan senator, pickle nitpicking, and some dinosaur biology.

Featured Roasters: Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters, Sandpoint ID and Takelma Roasting Co, Roseburg OR.

Edited by Lee Guthrie

a product of Pants Pending Studios

Become a patreon at Patreon.com/pantspending

Music from incompetech.filmmusic.io

Conflicted by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3537-conflicted

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SVG godzilla image taken from The Simpsons series

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godzilla_Simpsons.svg

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

For our first episode, we do a deep dive into the one that started it all: Ishirō Honda's 1954 cinematic classic, Godzilla. Lee geeks out on the costumes and fantastic musical score while Sarah explains the real science behind Dr Serizawa's amazing Oxygen Destroyer weapon and the little known history of US nuclear testing in the Bikini Atoll. Plus, Lee is bad at battleship, post-COVID vacation planning, and that time we kind of accidentally broke into a Godzilla-themed hotel in Shinjuku.

Featured roasters: Takelma Roasting Co, Roseburg, OR and Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters, Sandpoint, ID.

Every episode we watch one giant monster movie featuring characters like Godzilla, King Kong, or Gamera and talk about it over our morning coffee. We talk about what we loved, what we hated, what was ridiculous, and what was awesome.