You're listening to Imaginary Worlds.

I'll show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

I'm Eric Olinsky.

Hello and welcome to the Creature Double Oopie.

So when I was a kid I used to watch something called the Creature Double Feature.

It was on Channel 56 back when there were UHF channels.

It was every weekend afternoon.

And there were black and white monster movies from the 50s.

And the funny thing is, I didn't even like them that much.

But in those days you just kind of watched whatever was on.

Those, you know, that are candle pin bowling.

Now usually in this show, I delve into genres that mean a lot to me.

But I'm just as fast-handed by stuff that other people obsess over.

It's like another layer of mystery to me.

Like, what is this cult following about?

In this case, I'm not talking about giant insects, 50-foot woman, King Kong.

I'm talking about the big guy.

When did you first see him, do you remember?

Ah, I do.

It was Godzilla vs. Megalon.

It was on Channel 9, which was a local station when you grew up in the New York Tri-State area.

And my brother had been watching it.

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