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b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\nIn the latest episode of the \\u201cKong Quest\\u201d (which is finally mentioned by name on the air!), Nathan is joined once again by author and \\u201cGolden Ticket Tourist\\u201d\\xa0Nick Hayden\\xa0of the\\xa0Derailed Trains of Thought\\xa0podcast to discuss the wacky but fun\\xa0King Kong Escapes. Like with the 1933 film, this is Nick\\u2019s first time seeing this 1967 Toho classic, which was the second (and sadly last) of Toho\\u2019s Kong films, as it was made in the last year they held the rights to the Eighth Wonder. This is a first for the show as it\\u2019s the first\\xa0tokusatsu\\xa0film directed by the great Ishiro Honda covered on the podcast. It\\u2019s a crazy nexus of ideas borrowed from other productions and some that seemed to anticipate others. For one thing, its villain, Dr. Who, is both a derivation\\xa0and\\xa0a precursor to the famous British TV series! Nathan and Nick also note some funny connections to Rankin-Bass\\u2019 classic holiday special\\xa0Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\\xa0given that they collaborated with Toho on this live-action cartoon.\\nThe Toku Topic is how Toho\\u2019s Japanese-American co-productions paralleled Japan-America relations.\\nStay tuned after the credits for a Marvel-style stinger and an important announcement.\\nTimestamps:Intro: 0:00-3:25Entertaining Info Dump: 3:25-11:25Toku Talk: 11:25-52:57Toku Topic: 52:57-1:19:25Outro: 1:19:25-1:24:50Stinger: \\xa01:24:50-end\\n\\xa9 2019 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\n\\u201cThe Contradictory Nature of U.S.-Japan Relations\\u201d by Roger Baker\\n\\u201cHow the U.S. and Japan Became Allies Even After Hiroshima and Nagasaki\\u201d by Olivia B. Waxman (Time Magazine)\\nIshiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa\\xa0by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzisewski\\nKaijuvision Radio:\\u2013Episode 23: Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) (Human Genome Project, Ascension of Emperor Akihito)\\u2013Episode 37: Shin Godzilla (2016) (Great East Japan Earthquake/Tsunami/Fukushima Meltdowns)\\nKing Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson\\xa0by Ray Morton\\n\\u201cThe Kongs of Tsuburaya: Obie and Smoke\\u201d by Peter H. Brothers (G-Fan\\xa0#48)\\nMushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda\\xa0by Peter H. Brothers\\n\\u201cKing Kong Escapes (1967) Review \\u2013 Kong-A-Thon Episode 4\\u201d (DMan1954)\\nKong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island\\xa0by John LeMay\\n\\u201cThe Myth Goes Ever Downward\\u201d by Paul di Fillipo (Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos, and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend\\xa0[edited by Karen Haber])\\n\\u201cReflections on the History of U.S.-Japanese Relations\\u201d by Tadashi Aruda\\n\\u201cJapan-United States relations\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\nKing Kong Escapes\\xa0Wiki Articles and Etcetera:\\u2013Wikipedia\\u2013Gojipedia\\xa0\\u2013Wikizilla\\u2013IMDB\\u2013Toho Kingdom\\nThe post Episode 6: Nick Hayden vs. \\u2018King Kong Escapes\\u2019 appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'