"Barbera also explained why the show had little violence and deviated from the source material. "The problem with the show was simply this: When they start telling you in Standards and practices, "Don't shoot any flame at anybody, don't step on any buildings or cars," then
pretty soon, they've taken away all the stuff
he represents. That became the problem, to maintain a feeling of Godzilla and at the same time cut down everything that he did.
We managed to get a fair show out of it.
It was OK. Godzooky kind of got the kids
going"