When I was younger, Channels 9 and 11 in New York used to show monster movies on Thanksgiving weekend. In that spirit, we offer you The Giant Gila Monster in which "a teenage hot rodder and his buddies meet a large lizard that devours trees."
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Posted by John DeNardo at Friday November 28, 2008 at 12:22 AM
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Interesting indeed. But the trouble is that the Gila monster is not visible to us allover the world. It is there only in the US. Can you upload the video into Youtube or something so we can also watch.
Lenin
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Posted by Lenin Nair on Friday November 28, 2008 at 6:21 AM
Ah, fond memories of the Thanksiving movie fests (especially King Kong and the sequel and Mighty Joe Young, Babes in Toyland and of course the annual viewing of Wizard of Oz)!
I also have fond memories of Chiller Theatre (Saturday nights) and ABC 7's 4:30 Movie with their SF week, monster week and the like.
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Friday November 28, 2008 at 9:16 AM
The MST3K version of Giant Gila monster is even better!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65KetnQyYc
Scott
Posted by Scottsh on Friday November 28, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Yeah, I still miss the Godzilla films on the old WOR , the day after Thanksgiving. For a while, Crazy Eddie sponsored the movies and one year, the announcer did a commercial in mime, wearing a Godzilla mask and claws.
Posted by Bill Spangler on Saturday November 29, 2008 at 8:12 AM
Crazy Eddie? His prices were insaaaaaaaaannnnnne!
Posted by John on Saturday November 29, 2008 at 11:09 AM
I recall that the commercial in question was aired during a WOR Thanksgiving airing of "Godzilla", and not "The Giant Gila Monster". One would hope that the thing turns up on the Internet...
Posted by Stephen on Wednesday August 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM