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CNN Live At Daybreak
Look at Monster Attraction in New York
Aired November 21, 2002 - 05:51 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Leave it to New Yorkers to have all the fun.
Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos with a monster attraction.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Normally, you dish out the soup, but in this case it's the can of soup that's dishing it out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The robot has been knocked down.
MOOS: Fans at this event chant for a slug.
UNIDENTIFIED FANS: Slug! Slug! Slug!
MOOS: They chant for a potato.
UNIDENTIFIED FANS: Potato! Potato!
MOOS: What's up at New York's Roxy nightclub when the line to get in stretched around the block?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Think about jackass combined with Godzilla combined with the WWF.
MOOS: And what do you get?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Godrieu McMano (ph).
MOOS: Where the tallest monster...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please welcome Naponi (ph).
MOOS: ... takes on a pair of plantains.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The double plantains clash.
MOOS: And it's all MCed by a guy who lives up to his name.
(on camera): And what's the name again?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Louden Noxious.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's got the cinder block again.
MOOS (voice-over): This is performance art.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stop acting like a pack of drunk hipsters.
MOOS: Dreamed up by a soft-spoken former art student from Boston named Rand Borden.
RAND BORDEN, CREATOR, KAIJU BIG BATTLE: It's a spoof on monster movies.
MOOS: But while Godzilla breathed fire...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Napolini's spewing some sort of vicious fluid from his mouth. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's got a water tank and a tail.
MOOS: Those closest to the ring are in what's known as the danger zone. It's a badge of honor when substances like grandma's old-fashioned pickled eyeballs wind up on your head.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Man, that stuff stinks. Ugh!
MOOS (on camera): Look at you! You're a mess.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think I'm becoming more of a fan now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My mother gave me this shirt.
MOOS (voice-over): The monsters are surrounded by initiate buildings just like in the monster movies. Everyone has their favorite character.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To be honest, it was Club Sandwich. But Club Sandwich died. He bled mayonnaise.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm waiting for the freaking potato.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Silver potato!
MOOS: Known for combining break dancing with wrestling moves...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's nobody home in the house of potato.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I like how they're making fun of the wrestling business.
MOOS: Just as China once wielded a frying pan, Gomi Man (ph), the garbage monster, got nailed with a hammer. Fans can buy Kaiju merchandise ranging from the referee's mustache to monster meat.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can own this piece of Kaiju history.
MOOS: When an original monster suit deteriorated, they chopped it up into 800 pieces to sell for three bucks apiece. Kung Fu Chicken Noodle has a motto...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, my god, no! MOOS: He's said to be mmm mmm bad. For 17 bucks admission, you get a true slug fest.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The slug! The slug!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired November 21, 2002 - 05:51 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Leave it to New Yorkers to have all the fun.
Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos with a monster attraction.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Normally, you dish out the soup, but in this case it's the can of soup that's dishing it out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The robot has been knocked down.
MOOS: Fans at this event chant for a slug.
UNIDENTIFIED FANS: Slug! Slug! Slug!
MOOS: They chant for a potato.
UNIDENTIFIED FANS: Potato! Potato!
MOOS: What's up at New York's Roxy nightclub when the line to get in stretched around the block?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Think about jackass combined with Godzilla combined with the WWF.
MOOS: And what do you get?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Godrieu McMano (ph).
MOOS: Where the tallest monster...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please welcome Naponi (ph).
MOOS: ... takes on a pair of plantains.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The double plantains clash.
MOOS: And it's all MCed by a guy who lives up to his name.
(on camera): And what's the name again?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Louden Noxious.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's got the cinder block again.
MOOS (voice-over): This is performance art.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stop acting like a pack of drunk hipsters.
MOOS: Dreamed up by a soft-spoken former art student from Boston named Rand Borden.
RAND BORDEN, CREATOR, KAIJU BIG BATTLE: It's a spoof on monster movies.
MOOS: But while Godzilla breathed fire...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Napolini's spewing some sort of vicious fluid from his mouth. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's got a water tank and a tail.
MOOS: Those closest to the ring are in what's known as the danger zone. It's a badge of honor when substances like grandma's old-fashioned pickled eyeballs wind up on your head.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Man, that stuff stinks. Ugh!
MOOS (on camera): Look at you! You're a mess.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think I'm becoming more of a fan now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My mother gave me this shirt.
MOOS (voice-over): The monsters are surrounded by initiate buildings just like in the monster movies. Everyone has their favorite character.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To be honest, it was Club Sandwich. But Club Sandwich died. He bled mayonnaise.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm waiting for the freaking potato.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Silver potato!
MOOS: Known for combining break dancing with wrestling moves...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's nobody home in the house of potato.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I like how they're making fun of the wrestling business.
MOOS: Just as China once wielded a frying pan, Gomi Man (ph), the garbage monster, got nailed with a hammer. Fans can buy Kaiju merchandise ranging from the referee's mustache to monster meat.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can own this piece of Kaiju history.
MOOS: When an original monster suit deteriorated, they chopped it up into 800 pieces to sell for three bucks apiece. Kung Fu Chicken Noodle has a motto...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, my god, no! MOOS: He's said to be mmm mmm bad. For 17 bucks admission, you get a true slug fest.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The slug! The slug!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
