The military's Apache helicopters ordered o fire at the creature atop the LexCorp building's tower (with homage to King Kong) seemed to only make the monster more powerful and energized.Both pictures shared the same co-writers (S.J.Perelman and Will B.Johnstone) and director (Norman McLeod).The mad-cap film - a zany take-off on college education (and football), is known for its fast-paced, non-sequitor, inconsistent nature as was typical of all Marx Brothers films.Exhaust from a tailpipe emits foul smoke.From the point-of-view of the creature, men's legs walk by and step into a mud puddle.In the dark, government and scientific officials look at a map placed on a truck hood with their flashlights.The screenplay by Robert Carson was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by English soldier/author Percival Christopher Wren (1885-1941).Religious groups condemned he charismatic idol Presley as a 'heathen,' and warned against his corruptive threat to youth morality, exhibited in his 'lewd' contortions during his increasingly-popular and edgy, 'bump-and-grind' live performances.