It's a Bird! It's A Plane! It's ... Leonard Maltin? It's a Mod's Choice Watch Party featuring Gorgo. TONIGHT March 29 at 8:00pm EDT

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I maintain that if they’d just set aside a few more Pounds for character development and real dialogue, this movie would’ve been (by a few whiskers) too good for the show. But then that means I’d never have heard of it. Life is all about checks and balances, I guess.

What episode (or episodes) have you watched recently?

Gorgo … which I think completes my Vault Pick bingo. Worst thing I can say about this episode: it starts out so strong, with the Macaw sketch and amazing riffs like Mike’s Robeson that it can’t help but fade and meander here and there as it goes along. But overall it’s an unjustly neglected treasure. Maybe because it’s flanked by so many fan faves…? The characters (aside from the Gorgo family) are bland and barely register as people. The story is plodding and rote monster fare. But the special…