Of Course You Know, This Means War - "The War of the Gargantuas" -Tonight!

Tonight on MeTV- we face danger from two towering terrors- with opposing attitudes- but equal capability for destruction! It’s a threat more warm-blooded than Godzilla- but cold-blooded enough to devastate cities! Humankind finds itself caught in the middle of the “War of the Gargantuas”!

This movie opens with a scene similar to several other movies we have shown- a ship out in the ocean finds itself attacked by a huge creature- but this time, that creature is attacked by ANOTHER type of giant monstrosity! However, this is no reprieve for the ship- because the second creature attacks them as well!

Only one crew member survives- and provides a description of the huge attacker. It is thought that he describes a hairy monster that was known (in a previous film) as a “Frankenstein”! However, one Dr. Stewart and his assistant Akemi find this hard to believe- because, years ago, they actually had the young “Frankenstein” creature in their lab for observation, and it was not a malevolent, violent force at all. They also know that their creature, which disappeared a while back, was not aquatic- it lived in the mountains.

Before too long-things get confusing, as another boat is attacked by a greenish-hued monster- at the same time that some hikers spot a similar brown-furred creature in the Japanese mountains. While investigating, Dr. Stewart spots huge footprints in the snow, confirming what the hikers said was indeed true.

Meanwhile, an ocean-side airport –and then Tokyo itself- are attacked by the green monster- which has proven to be carnivorous! By accident, it is discovered that the creature does not tolerate bright lights, for whatever defensive maneuvers that can provide. When it appears the monster has headed for the mountains-the military springs into action to stage an attack- but, when they do, a second monster, a brown one, shows up, and helps the green one to escape from the onslaught! So, finally, there is proof that there ARE two of these creatures- now dubbed “Gargantuas”.

Stewart and Akemi are convinced that the brown Gargantua is indeed the one they had in their laboratory compound many years ago- and discover the probable genesis of the green beast. They try to explain to the military that it can be proven that the brown one is no threat to mankind- but the armed forces will not believe that, and decide that they must attack and kill both Gargantuas! This leads to a showdown in Tokyo with the green and brown monsters opposing each other-and the citizens in danger of being wiped out!

This 1966 Toho Studios film was helmed by two of the Godzilla franchise’s leaders- Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya, and the cast is headed up by American actor Russ Tamblyn. We’ll tell you about the production and the various cast members (including who the first choices were for the leading man)- plus bring you a new song, another edition of our drawing game “Too Drawn Out”, another sampling of aspiring “Spawns of Svengoolie”- and present a special interview with two of our lovely friends from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise- Heather Langenkamp and Brooke Theiss!

“War of the Gargantuas” begins at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time. You can serve as war correspondents by joining the thousands of fans on Twitter who live-Tweet during the show- just make sure to add the hashtag #svengoolie to your Tweets. In the Chicago viewing area, we are providing an encore ride with Dennis Weaver in Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” at 11 am on CW26. By the way, thank you all so much for tuning in to our show last week- “Duel” had incredible viewership!

Make sure you check at our website soon for information on our appearances- including the big C2E2 convention in Chicago at the end of next month- and for some special seasonal merchandise about to be released!

We have been getting requests to show this film for quite a while- and you might be surprised by the names of who some of the fans of this film are- and how they were influenced by it! Find out when you join us tonight for all the gargantuan action!