Each week we invite a famous face to watch a classic film they have never seen and tell us if it lived up to the hype or left them throwing their popcorn away in disgust.

Inspired by Ruth and Martin's Album Club blog, which reviews critically acclaimed music, we decided to form a club of our own to test the cinematic knowledge of Scotland's great and good.

Up this week is comedian, actor, compere, wrestling announcer and podcaster Billy Kirkwood.

When he's not calling the action at an Insane Championship Wrestling match or acting in web series Cops and Monsters, Billy has been known to host his own movie nights (Watch Bad Movies with Great Comedians), where he invites audiences to sit through a terrible film while he gives a running commentary.

Despite being a big sci-fi fan, for some inexplicable reason Billy chose the bug-eyed Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) from 1988 turkey Mac and Me over Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial during his childhood.

We aim to change this.

Why should we care?

Steven Spielberg has always had a thing for strange creatures and the possibility they exist out there in the vastness of the universe.

After creating smash hit Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, Spielberg revisited the alien trope five years later, this time putting his extraterrestrial visitor right at the heart of the film.

The alien itself was brought to life by a combination of actors and animatronics, requiring designers to build the set on stilts in order to bolt the heavy puppet down and hide the wiring under the floor.

When E.T. was required to walk he was played by a pair of 2ft 10in stuntmen and a 12-year-old boy who was born with no legs but had become an expert at walking on his hands.

On set, Spielberg himself provided the voice of the alien, which was later replaced by that of an elderly woman (and heavy smoker) Pat Welsh, giving the character's speech a deep, raspy quality.

Interestingly, Spielberg paid homage to friend George Lucas during the Halloween scene in the movie when E.T., dressed as a ghost, tries to talk to child dressed as Jedi master Yoda from the Star Wars franchise.

Nearly 30 years later, Lucas would return the favour in The Phantom Menace, in which a group of E.T.'s species are seen in the senate building.

Struggling to get John Williams' epic score to match up with the film's iconic climax (when Elliott and E.T. ride their bikes across the sky), Spielberg took the unprecedented decision to ask Williams to re-record the final sequence as if he was conducting the orchestra for a live show.

The director then re-edited the final sequences to match up with Williams' new score.

When it was released in 1982, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was met with critical acclaim and instant audience approval, receiving a standing ovation when it was test screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

The story of lonely 10-year-old Elliott's efforts to send the friendly alien with the glowing finger back home stole the hearts of cinemagoers and became the biggest grossing film of all time.

It retained that title for more than a decade until Spielberg broke records again in 1993 with Jurassic Park, which hit cinemas on June 11, the same day he released E.T. in 1982.

To this day, it is still considered one of Spielberg's masterpieces and ranked by Empire magazine readers as the 47th greatest film of all time.

Firstly, tell us about your three favourite films, Billy?

I can't say I have three outright favourites, that's like picking between your kids. But here are three favourites I watch again and again.

The Big Lebowski

Anything by the Coens I simply adore. But the Big Lebowski just hit home with me - part detective story, part dark comedy, with a delightful delve into surrealist Americana and, of course, bowling.

What's not to love? In fact, I love it so much I have a collection of Big Lebowski tattoos all over me.

Evil Dead II

The funniest, goriest, horror movie of all time featuring the hero that never gets it right. Maybe it is because I'm a comic that I was drawn to this film but it's filled with such energy and clearly made with such love for the genre, it's just the perfect Friday night movie.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The most weird, awesome big budget family, sci-fi, adventuring, music playing you've never heard of. Earmarked to be a massive big budget movie, Buckaroo is comics brought to life way before its time. Hollywood might have no idea what to make of it, but I do.

Filled with its own unique pop culture, the movie just oozes fun and creativity, I simply can't help but watch again and again.

What, if anything, do you know about the film?

The one thing I knew was the utter outrage people had when I said I hadn't seen it. It just passed me by.

This is regarded as a classic, how come you have never seen it?

I am a big fan of Steven Spielberg's work and I knew enough about it through regular pub culture. I guess I had seen it parodied so much you almost feel like you know bits of it.

I have even been on the E.T. ride at Universal Studios in Orlando. When you go on the ride, they ask for your name at the start and, at the end, E.T. says 'goodbye'. All I can remember is E.T. got my name wrong.

Billy's review

Sitting down in front of the TV, popcorn in hand with his son Loki supplying him with a spaceman helmet while he wore his new Trojan soldier helmet, the pair watched the film together.

Now that you've had the chance to watch it, what did you think?

It is pretty cool, it grabbed me pretty quickly. A couple of years ago, J.J. Abrams film Super 8 came out and a lot of people did a comparison to that, and I loved Super 8, so I was a little worried that as an adult I would find it rubbish.

But I watched it and I really enjoyed it. It was a snapshot of Americana from the 1980s. It is very sweet and it is nice storytelling.

It's nice to know as an adult, I still have that within me and that I've not gone all cynical and bitter.

Loki really enjoyed it as well. He is just coming up for three so it did not hold his attention the whole way like the Minion movies would, but there were big sequences where he sat on my lap and watched it with me. And when E.T. was in trouble he went 'oh no'.

Who was your favourite character?

I'm the little brother so immediately I identified with Elliott. Elliott's dog is also the spitting image of our dog, which is a bit scary.

But there's also the guy with the keys who is chasing E.T. at the beginning. He is painted up as if he is going to be a villain and then he ends up being a cool guy. He cares about getting E.T. home.

He wasn't saying 'ah, we are going to get his heart out and use it to make the new iPhone' so I kind of like him but my favourite character is probably Elliott because he is innocent and driven and passionate in that stubborn-headed way only little kids are.

Which scene did you enjoy the most?

I am going to be a complete woose here and say it is on the bike when they are making their escape.

Not the first one where it is Elliott and E.T. on their own but when they are all making the escape because he gets proven right among all the kids who thought he was a little idiot.

Do you have a favourite quote?

When Elliott screams 'It was nothing like that, penis breath'.

Apart from that, it comes back to the keys character played by Peter Coyote. He just wanted to help E.T. saying he wanted to get him home and that it was a miracle he was here and that he didn't think he had been left by accident. I just thought that was cool.

Would you watch it again?

With having little kids, getting the time to watch films is not as easy now. But I do think if I took the notion then yes. If I can rewatch Star Wars that many times then why not E.T.?

Would you recommend it to a friend?

Definitely. Steven Spielberg is doing something really magical around this time. This is the Indiana Jones Steven Spielberg - it's a very different filmmaker to the one he is now.

Do you feel like a gap in your pop culture knowledge has been usefully filled?

It is a really cool little film. And I didn't know the guy's name was Elliott. And there are a couple of cameos in it - there was a girl who was in Baywatch. I was like 'ah, that's what she is famous for'.

How would you rate the film out of 10?

I am going to give it a good solid eight. It is slightly dated but that is part of its charm. It is 90 minutes long and is everything it needs to be.

Is it the greatest film ever in the world? I am not going to turn around and say that, but I really enjoyed it.

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