Monthly Archives: September 2014

Ouch. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3501 (Apr 26, 2024) Monster of the Day #3500 (Apr 25, 2024) Monster of the Day #3499 (Apr 24, 2024) Monster of the Day #3498 (Apr… 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 #3496 (Apr 19, 2024) Monster of the Day #3495… 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 #3466 (Feb 23, 2024) Monster of… Read Article →

They say dogs and their owners grow to look more alike, but c’mon. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3461 (Feb 6, 2024) Monster of the Day #3460 (Feb 5, 2024) Monster of… Read Article →

Working for scale. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3456 (Jan 30, 2024) Monster of the Day #3455 (Godzilla Minus Color review) (Jan 27, 2024) Monster of the Day #3454 (Jan 26, 2024)… Read Article →