Posts By: Ken Begg

Ouch. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3682 (Feb 24, 2025) Monster of the Day #3681 (Feb 21, 2025) Monster of the Day #3680 (Feb 20, 2025) Monster of the Day #3679 (Feb… Read Article →

The terror!!! Don’t know that I have five of these left, but I’ll burn off what I have. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3677 (Feb 17, 2025) Monster of the Day #3676… Read Article →

Watching Kiel manhandle small dudes like Arch Hall Jr. or (the admittedly super-fit) Robert Conrad was always kind of a trip. And who could blame him for trying to stop all that… Read Article →

#1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This must have been a nice change of pace for Mr. Kiel. Here he played a scientist (an alien one, to boot), instead of just a hulking menacing sidekick. As is… Read Article →

Kiel also played the more fondly remembered Père Malfait on the show, but that creature was but briefly seen. He got a lot more screentime in this episode. Related PostsMonster of the… Read Article →

What Might Have Been: Mr. Kiel was originally cast to play the Hulk on the old Bill Bixby TV show. Although certainly muscular and a veritable giant, they realized he just didn’t… Read Article →

Long time Jabootu correspondent Sandra sent me a batch of Richard Kiel photos in honor of his passing. Mr. Kiel often played monsters because of his gigantic size. Quite often, however, they… Read Article →

It was surprisingly difficult to find a still from the movie featuring this, but this publicity photo is more famous anyway. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3646 (Dec 18, 2024) Monster of… Read Article →

They say dogs and their owners grow to look more alike, but c’mon. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3641 (Dec 11, 2024) Monster of the Day #3640 (Dec 10, 2024) Monster of… Read Article →

Working for scale. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3636 (Dec 3, 2024) Monster of the Day #3635 (Dec 2, 2024) Monster of the Day #3634 (Nov 29, 2024) Monster of the Day… Read Article →