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Movie Summary  Movie: Godzilla Vs. The Sea Monster:  What a gas! There are four monsters: Godzilla; the sea monster; the huge moth, Mothra; and a birdlike creature in cameo. Three chums and a thief (he's an okay guy) steal a boat and get shipwrecked. They wash up on an island where evilniks are using slaves kidnapped from a nearby island to make heavy water. The sea monster eats anyone trying to escape. Mothra lies sleeping in the slaves' home island; Godzilla lies sleeping on the factory island. The pre-slave islanders believe Mothra could save them from the evil guys, so they stage several huge production numbers to wake him up. The chums use lightning to wake Godzilla. The last half of the film becomes undisciplined, with monsters fighting more or less for the heck of it, but it all turns out okay as the chums and the slaves escape. Godzilla stomps around until the factory island blows up and then swims away, not dead, which is supposed to be heartwarming. — Kevin Murphy Host Segments  Prologue:  Joel reads to Crow and Servo from The Velveteen Rabbit. The 'Bots think it's so cool, what with lines like "The furry, blurry, wurry little fuzzy wuzzy wiffled and giggled and chortled."  Invention:  Joel demonstrates the Mind-Controlled Guitar: "The only thing you have to do is add the appropriate facial grimaces, wear spandex, and meet the ladies after the show." The Mads prance like fiends and play a new song, "Plastic Man," on their Squeeze Toy Guitars, which sound, yes, like squeeze toys. Frank: "Good night, Budokan, Cheap Trick says good night!"  Segment 2:  Joel and the 'Bots sing "Godzilla Genealogy Bop." "To wrap it up, the worst mutation/ no you don't suppose/ oh yes it is, the horror of horrors/ Carl Malden's nose!"  Segment 3:  Joel uses "found objects" to make model buildings, like the Eiffel Tower and the Epcot Center. The models aren't that good, so the 'Bots, out of concern for Joel's mental health, destroy them.  Segment 4:  Mothra shows up in the Hexfield and complains about his life. "Do you really lay eggs?" "I laid a big egg when I did the Thicke of the Night show!"  Segment 5:  After a discussion of famous movie lines that were never said (like Clint Walker's apocryphal line from Killdozer), Joel shows the winning "cool thing" drawings. The Mads consider "instituting a change to a less hostile posture" toward the SOL. Forrester considers spearheading a committee on the topic, but no.  Stinger:  The Mothra ladies pray to the giant insect. Reflections If I don't miss my guess, this movie contained our most obvious poop joke to date, next, of course, to the "turd museum" joke in experiment 0207 - The Wild Rebels. There sits Godzilla on a rock, looking for all the world like he's going number two. And we roll right along with it. In the writing room it was "hey, hand me a magazine" and "come in here and talk to me" and various grunts of satisfaction and splash sounds. It was divine. — Kevin Murphy