Brief History of Godzilla for 2004 Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony

Above, the late Johnny Grant at the Godzilla Walk of Fame ceremony on
Hollywood Blvd. in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Godzilla made a big media splash during last week's Comic Con International in San Diego. It was the biggest media splash Godzilla has made since the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

I posted about this point a few days ago when I posted about NECA getting the license to create movie tie-in figures next year.

It got me to thinking about the Godzilla Walk of Fame ceremony in November 2004 in which Toho Co., Ltd. asked me to pen a brief History of Godzilla for the late Honorary Mayor of Hollywood Johnny Grant. It was the reading of this history that Grant amused the gathering with his botching of different monster names.

Above, Godzilla with Toho President Shogo Tomiyama.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

I thought that the text of the history was floating around the Internet. Alas, it wasn't.  Fortunately, it was still stored in my old computer, so I printed and scanned it and posted it here for your enjoyment.

At the ceremony, during the reading of the history, I amused then Toho-L.A. General Manager Shozo Watanabe as I was listening to the reading.  He told me later he was watching me intently listen to Grant. Grant, I might add, read it verbatim.