The ApeCast

As Jack and Geoff delve deeper into Marvel Comics' Terror on the Planet of the Apes, they find many new delights: ape gypsies, great-death beasts, little feller sidekicks, awesomely-named companions, and of course more sinister giant brains and the cyborg mutant drone army they command! All this, plus the resurrection of not one but two recently-shelved features!

For this month's bonus ape-isode, Jack and Geoff are joined by returning guest Barm for a look at 1951's Bride of the Gorilla! And despite the film's near-dearth of apes, the three still find a lot to say about Raymond Burr, classic Leone westerns, and how not to incur a gypsy's wrath! **NOTE** Apologies for the audible construction sounds occurring outside the ApeCast studios during recording. The urban Japanese jungle is as unyielding as the home of the titular Burr-illa!

Jack and Geoff return to 1974 for a look at the first three issues of Marvel's Terror on the Planet of the Apes! It's all here: endearing human and chimp protagonists, murderous gorillas, bizarre mutants, and a whole bunch of MARVELous 70's wackiness! Also, the first annual APE-cademy Awards! APE-celsior!

With the animated series in the rearview, Jack and Geoff tackle the final five Tales From the Forbidden Zone! And it's a fruitful ape-ucopia of delights, as they discuss truth-seeking chimpanzees, murderous gorillas, and scheming orangutans. Also: a trip to the mysterious Orient, a Smash Bros-style all-star assemblage, and some Archie talk!

Jack and Geoff welcome Duncan Hughes back to the show for a look at episode 5 of Genndy Tartakovsky's prehistoric animated epic Primal! As the Ape-Men rage, the boys rave over this delightfully brutal caveman/ape-man smashdown. Squadron ape!

As a new year dawns, Jack & Geoff bid farewell to Return to the Planet of the Apes! In this extensive retrospective, the pair dive deep into their favorite moments, episodes and characters from this Saturday morning oddity. They also find time to discuss things they would liked to have seen, potential ape-jacent Pokemon names, and tons of movies from twenty-one years ago. Goodbye Return!

The ApeCast begins the New Year with an ending… that's right, it's Battle of the Titans, the epic series finale of Battle for the Planet of the Apes! As Geoff and Jack cope with their overwhelming feelings of loss, they still manage to carry on to talk about the strange "foreignness" of acting General Col. Rotok, Urko's suspension, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie again, the return of Monster-Bird and Kygoor, facial hair, Shrek, balloon fetishism, the surprising evolution in the show as it approached its final moments, a mythical Season 2, some big Ape News, and so much more. The show may be over, but we're just getting started!

Merry Christmas, ya damn, dirty apes! Let us not forget, BOW YOUR HEADS! Jesus Christ (Superstar) is the reason for the season! To celebrate that fact, we're talking a winter break from apes and hanging out with JC and the gang, old pals like Mary Magdalene, Pontius Pilate, Caiaphus, King Herod, and of course Judas! That's right, the ApeCast is taking a look at one of Geoff's favorite movies of all time and seeing how Jack likes it. Geoff, ensconced in Alberta with family and friends also invites along Kong-spert (and sister) Erin Clarke, and Peking Man-spert and friend Andrew Saunders to bask in Christ's warm glowing warming glow. We've all got a song in our hearts this winter, and it's by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Jack and Geoff are joined again by Brian Rudloff, as they return to Return to the Planet of the Apes once more for an Invasion of the Underdwellers! As the three examine this, possibly the greatest animated Apes adventure, they find much to marvel at: Lawyer Urko and his tampered witnesses, TWO kinds of lasers, a turbo-charged Zaiusmobile and much much more!

For this animated Mission of Mercy, Jack & Geoff welcome Brian Rudloff back to the show! And while this episode is short on Urko, it doesn't lack for delights: old-man gorillas, an artsy medicine-making montage, and tons of truck drivin'. This is one mission you won't regret accepting!