Sun 1 Jun 2008
Universal Tour Guides Win Eternal Struggle Against King Kong
Posted by scott under Tour Guide Diaries , Universal StudiosThough many believe that being a Universal Studios tour guide is a fun and easy job, what they don’t realize is that each day, a tour guide must engage in several battles with a terrifying creature.

Although Kong never took the lives of any of my tour guests, the emotional scars ran deep. Children cried, parents coughed in agony at his disgusting banana breath.
Often, as the tram passed by this jungle-spawned fool, I would shout, “Curse you, KONG! I would slap in the mouth, but my arms are not long, like yours! Because I am a human, with thoughts and feelings, just like my innocent guests. Not like you. You are a disgusting, stupid animal. You are nothing. And someday, I will seek my revenge.”
Today… revenge is mine.

Get used to the heat, Kong, because you will surely burn in hell.
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 am
… good stuff, my friend.
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
To be fair, Kong had been attending anger managment classes and as his sponsor I can say he was making real progress. His outlook towards studio guides was his greatest challenge as certain guides tended to annoy him so much (SIT DOWN, PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO, etc). I always thought that we would have more time together and we had made plans to travel in the Fall…..
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
My buddy King was just misunderstood. He was torn from his family & put in a foreign land. I remember our chats in the break room about his love for bananas. Oh how I shall miss Kongy. Shame on you for condemning him. However, Kelly King totally had it coming. Stupid Hussy.
June 5th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
wow thats just sad! banana breath is appealing to some people you know.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Hey Scott,
In getting prepped for a very self-indulgent VIP Studio Tour coming up on August 1st, I thought I would do a little more research on the studio park I grew up with. To my surprise, I happened to come across your blog. I couldn’t quite place where I had seen you before, and then I made the Pac-Man trailer connection. Awesome, dude. I know the tram tour is supposed to be a jumping off point for bigger things, and if anyone deserves to go further, it’s you. Since I found your site, I’ve been cracking up over all the hilarious flicks with high production value. When I am next in the park, I’ll see if I can catch you on the last tram of the day. Cheers!
August 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
August 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!