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Mom LOVED watching Susan boss Kong around...

posted 10 years ago by Phoenix_279700
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I caught this wonderfully entertaining film on ME-TV last night (first time in years), and it brought back some very happy memories. Mom and I loved seeing it together, and two scenes in particular stand out:

1. Linda Miller's portrayal of a "Damsel in distress" struck a powerful chord with Mom, i.e. she hugely enjoyed watching Susan boss Kong around! Mom would jokingly say for weeks and weeks, "Put me down, Kong!" until I wanted to scream my head off. Is that female power, or what?

2. Mom happened to work for the United Nations, so she couldn't help noticing how, whenever Rhodes Reason (Commander Nelson) would say, "I'm with the U.N.", the Japanese would all salute him. "Wow, I want to visit Japan myself," Mom said, "they'll all salute me too!" Sorry, Mom, that only happens in Japanese monster movies...
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So how 'bout it, ladies? Do you enjoy Linda Miller's feminine "Damsel in distress" style too, and her complete control over her big hunk of ape? Myself, I took huge pleasure seeing Mom laugh her head off - at least until she said, "Put me down, Kong!" once too often... 

[–] The-Rifleman 8 years ago

Svengoolie, right? I caught that showing too. Gotta love that guy and that channel. They show great stuff.

"I was always a lover, despite the killings."
- Ransom Pride

[–] Phoenix_279700 8 years ago

Svengoolie, right? I caught that showing too. Gotta love that guy and that channel. They show great stuff.

Correct! I'd set my heart on seeing this film again, only to learn no library in the L.A area had it (and that's a lot of libraries), no TV station ever played it, nobody else had even heard of it, it had simply vanished... until Svengoolie, bless him, screened it that one single evening. And now I have King Kong Escapes safely taped on VHS - party time!
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OT: KTLA Channel 5.3

If you live in or near L.A., you might try keeping an eye on KTLA's channel 5.3, another good place to find those great "so-bad-they're-good" movies. The 1960 version of Lost World, the one featuring Ray Harryhausen's "lizards in Dinosaur makeup", played on 5.3, and that's another hard-to-find film. Naturally I taped that one too... 