So, as most of our viewers know, the gang gets together on an infrequent basis and watches movies while babbling through most of them.  On our birthdays, we break from the format and inflict our personal choices on the group.  Last night was Andrea's turn and it wasn't a bad evening for a change.  We started first with a few educational shorts including how to make a sandwich.

This was followed by the first episodes of Mannix and Police Squad!, both hilarious in their own right.  And then Andrea ended it by showing us The Giant Claw, a 1950's B-movie about a giant bird that attacks the world.  Originally, the producers were going to use stop animation from Ray Harryhausen, but they couldn't afford it, so they went with a puppet as you can see from the trailer.  The sad part is, the movie wasn't that bad save for the puppet and the wonky science.  It had Inspector Henderson from The Adventures of Superman as a colonel which was pretty cool.  It can also make a great drinking game as you take a shot every time they refer to the bird being as big as a battleship, or when the general gets touchy-feely with the main male lead, or when they say dime.  Worth a look and for once I'm able to report that none of my brains got away from me.