Voyage to the bottom of the sea: Fatal cargo

Voyage to the bottom of the sea: Fatal cargo. Season 4, episode 7. A white gorilla causes trouble aboard Seaview.

[@alexp3752]

I am grateful I grew up during the Golden Age of Television. These wonderful actors always bring a smile to my face! Thank you.

[@marywood772]

Me too!

[@theobserver9131]

Back when actors were trained in community theater. Campy and cute! That white ape costume made me laugh!

[@user-dg2zn6mc8i]

Yes those were the golden days and the actors during that era were marvelous and their acting was so real

[@AliciaSilva-kr4xh]

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[@gloriajacobs756]

I'm 67 had a crush on Hedison and Baseheart. Love these TV shows brings back memories of my early life

[@beverlyjordan8957]

Ditto

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

What about Kowalski or Patterson? Not so much for the hired help?

[@G7VFY]

Basehart was gay.

[@alwaysfair4991]

@@G7VFY Was he? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Basehart

[@jaybird1229]

@@G7VFY Even if he was, so what?? He still was an accomplished actor.

[@stuartdryer1352]

So bad it's good. But when I was a little kid watching this when it first came out it kinda made sense. I watched it all the time. Glad to see it again.

[@CharlesGervasi]

I can't believe I was born in '75 and somehow didn't find this show until 2022. I love it. It's like a huge collection of lost Star Trek TOS episodes that take place on a different ship.

[@shibolinemress8913]

For me this was like Star Trek under the sea! Voyage, Daktari, Tarzan (with Ron Ely), UFO and Trek were my most favourite shows! At first I thought I didn't remember this episode, but I must have seen it back in the day because I never forgot the admiral's last line! The Sea View was such a lovely ship!

[@MyKharli]

It helped to be born nearer 1960!

[@user-Ados-amerika]

In 1975 I was locked up in a Mississippi prison camp in the f****** swamp sweating watching reruns of Lost in space LOL in a roomful of guys with hard dicks and me being only sixteen years old how did I survive I never know.

[@Mr22thou]

I remember my sisters and I sitting on the floor in front of the TV, riveted to the "serious" predicaments our heroes found themselves in each week in TV shows like this, "Lost in Space" and "Batman," often wondering why our parents were laughing. Now I know. Fun to revisit these old shows now and then. Thanks for the high-quality uploads.

[@jetplane10]

Yes a real trip down .e.ory lane isn't it. So much fun 😀

[@ansonarnold1584]

And don't forget about land of the giants TV show

[@jetplane10]

@@ansonarnold1584 yes indeef. Fantastic 😀

[@ansonarnold1584]

@@jetplane10 😁👍

[@elizabethgutierrez9379]

Me too, loved time tunnel also. With popcorn.

[@tonylamberti9623]

ALWAYS LOVED THE VOYAGE TO BOTTON OF THE SEA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AS A YOUNG BOY...GREAT TO SEE THEM AGAIN

[@bornagain2641]

That old man from star trek pilot. It's like he never left the camp and or brushed his hair. He also climbed the mountain and touched the sky.

[@russelljoyce3588]

ahh I loved this show when I was a kid and I first saw these episodes in the early 70's and I haven't seen these episodes in over 50 years, and I've started watching them over again, it's a brilliant show x

[@johnshields6852]

I was about 6 yrs old when this was on tv, loved this, the music, I haven't seen this in 57 years. Thank you.

[@lisaholman2019]

I love how a door that can withstand several tons of water pressure, pops right out of its frame from a 600 lb gorilla pushing on it.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Loved this show as a kid! The great Richard Baseheart and so many excellent American character actors and creative story writers who made it a good show.

[@randyacuna3248]

The only Irwin Allen show worth watching because of Richard Basehart. He gave this show some dignity because of his brilliant screen presence. A Shakespeare actor. None of his follow up shows had no one in his class.

[@andrewtaylor940]

@@randyacuna3248 This one had a bit more "naval" grounding than most of his others. Although I admit a fondness for Lost in Space and Land of the Giants

[@eddyjanssens]

These wonderful actors always bring a smile to my face! Thank you.

[@suspiciousminds1750]

"With this small device we can control one of the most powerful creatures in existence." -the inventor of the Smart Phone

[@user-Ados-amerika]

Yeah Joe Biden

[@rossmeldrum3346]

I remember vividly watching these first run in 1965 as an 11 year old kid. This was one of my favorites along with Star Trek, Time Tunnel, Lost in Space anything science related. The ape in this one made me laugh because it was white and looked fake kind of like the one in ST with a huge horn on its head.

[@leebritnell2405]

My dad used to love the bit(in nearly every episode)when the sub would roll about and all the actors would fall and lurch around!

[@rashton5730]

The Seaview is the most sophisticated high tech sub of it's time. Yet pull a few wires and down she goes, rocking and rolling, bouncing her crew off the walls to Davy Jones's Locker. Lol :D :D :D

[@DanielSnedden]

I haven't seen this show since the late 1960's. Thanks for sharing!

[@susanh.352]

I watched this series when I was a kid. Loved it then and Love it now. Thanks for sharing. :)

[@MultiWayland]

me to love this show as a kid > love ot now

[@garyhewitt4344]

A blast from the past. I remember when it was on in the early 60's my wife and I would bust ass through dinner so we could watch it. Like most series, some episodes were crap and some were pretty good. All in all, it was enjoyable.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

@@rockwellrhodes7703 re: "Lol... they're all crap!" You are being far too kind. Shows like this, in fact everything from Hollywood, was & is a wrecking ball to the minds of the viewers.

[@DoeothyCavallaro-vx4zd]

@@DataWaveTaGo Go suck an egg ! P

[@jimmuo9286]

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid! Awesome!

[@jetplane10]

Thank you so much. I love these shows. Reminds me of when me and my grandmother used to watch television shows together in Newport, Gwent in Wales. Happy days. You rock 😎

[@charmawow]

Oh the memories…..and that theme tune!

[@RevMikeBlack]

I watched every new episode as a child. It was an enjoyable mixture of intellectual elitism and blue collar know-how. Can't beat that!

[@Denver1976Man]

Grew up watching this. Great old series. Lol, That Sub is as big as a carrier.

[@BobBoB-ez1pi]

So bad at times its great. Never missed it when I was a kid.

[@scrmepal]

I still think that anyone who was a kid in the 60's was fortunate to be the right age to experience the terrific imagination of the TV shows of that era!

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

I was always amazed at how big and roomy that sub was. Real subs I hear have very tight and claustraphobic spaces.

[@brianlane9534]

It's 0230 and I can't sleep. VTTBOTS is on tv. A guy in a white gorilla costume is running around the boat wreaking havoc. It was hilarious watching it with no sound.

[@beverlymesser2462]

Irwin Allen was an amazing man that brought tv shows to where we could all enjoy them such as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Lost in Space and the Time Tunnel and The Land of the Giants I wish and hope another tv Director and Producer will pick up where he left off and put the shows back on TV

[@danielgermanrodriguezfernandez]

!GRACIAS MONA 0825! ME HAS TRAÍDO MUY GRATOS Y FELICES RECUERDOS DE MI NIÑÉZ, YO TENÍA 6 O 7 AÑITOS CUANDO VEÍA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO LA T.V., EN CASA DE MIS ABUELOS, EL GORILA BLANCO ME DABA MIEDO! AHORA ME REÍ A MÁS NO PODER CON 54 AÑOS DE EDAD! SALUDOS. Daniel. El Grillo.

[@janetbailey3804]

THAT ALBINO APE ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF THE ONE THAT ATTACKED KIRK ON THE ONE WORLD, MINUS THE HORN AND SPINES. I THINK IT WAS A MUGATU!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS

[@RonsWorld5]

This brings back childhood memories. Loved me some "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

[@user-Ados-amerika]

Not everybody so many with the original movie here is the trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmXJgHupgZ6XaNU

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I always loved the Flying sub and in fact I still do. Some years ago I found a model of it at a yard sale asked the old couple how much? The old guy picks it up looks at it and says this kiddie piece of junk... He just tossed it out at me on the front of the table. Here take it if ya got a buck put it in the jar he said to me. To me its on my trophy shelf with all trophies from my years in the Northeast Modifieds. It will stay there.

[@shadowwolf9329]

Majorlee I also watched this program growing up considering the time period it was ahead of its time

[@carlacrawford9349]

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS SHOW WHY ARE YOU WATCHING IT AND COMPLAINING? IT 'S BEEN AROUND 60 YEARS AND STILL MAKING MONEY. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME? 😊❤ CJ❤😊

[@seanstewart6893]

Brought up on Voyage, it was shown in the UK About 4 o'clock just after school, watched every episode, great to view them here, fabulous sets and th effects were good for the time, and obviously fine acting ,

[@alwaysfair4991]

Another nice unintentional comedy episode.

[@olt4919]

More security personnel getting the smackdown, the ancestors of Captain Kirk's "redshirts."

[@dianabeets5854]

i used to watch this show with my mom.when is a kid. i love david hedison

[@VonWenk]

One good thing about this episode: At least the ape didn't teleport. The best thing about this episode was the music.

[@dockaos924]

Loved this series when I was a kid thanks 👍👍👍

[@johngilkin7395]

Lately, I've been watching shows like sea hunt, highway patrol, the fugitive, and the writing was so much better back in these yes after the Korean war. Now I'm about to watch my first ep of Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.

[@derrickcox4233]

get ready to be disappointed on this one.

[@antonioescobar1335]

Brings great memories of childhood in poor neighborhood in Ecuador

[@OdeeOz]

Adventure, Action, and my favorite aircraft/sub of the 60's. Made 2 of the Flying Subs for dioramas. Then the one from the _Spindrift, from _*_Land of Giants_* came out... and I put a big dent in my pocket with that one. 😲😂😂

[@anthonyross-702]

I was 8 years old when this came out/ It was one of my favorite shows.

[@jeromewagschal9485]

That gorilla was perfectly trained, he played his part so well...

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Yes. Hats off to his trainer @!😅

[@nosnibor800]

Ha ha ha I didn't realise what tripe this was as a kid. Still it made me laugh.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Hey, it IS "Pop Corn"😅.

[@2099deadpool]

"Voyage" is one of the ten or so truly great classic tv shows. Takes its place with Star Trek , twilight zone , gun smoke and the like :)

[@dougg1075]

I don’t know about that.. twilight zone was pure genius and Star Trek has huge conventions. Nah

[@hiltondriver2913]

If startrek and voyage would be a cross over captain kirk in voyage to the bottom of the sea

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

You got that right my little chick-a-dee!!!!

[@user-Ados-amerika]

And you didn't have to worry about no WOKE bulshit back in them days that you got to have a gay lesbian midget female Captain all that crap

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

​@@dougg1075Interesting point in place of some fans' exuberance. But for sheer pop culture presence despite the naysaying, plus it's technical skill, makes the series a "Camp Classic" in that sense of the word. 😮

[@BlancoDevil]

Simple fun! Bright colors and good guys vs. bad guys.

[@pantslizard]

I used to watch this show in the 70's when I was a kid. Hilarious🤣

[@TheLoneRebelFighter]

yea, all the different colored lights and them rocking back and forth. you have to love old series and movies. they are so much fun to watch and think about how things are better made now days. nothing beats the classics though.

[@Spacerowa-f4t]

It is amazing that in 1967 a 1-hour show had only 9 minutes of commercials. Whereas today a half hour show has 8-9 minutes of commercials.

[@wierpkevin]

“ PUT A BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN,,,,,, “ “it’s empty,,,,” “THE GUN ?” “No his brain, but that’s not important right now, and stop calling me Shirley”

[@GordonBeckles]

BWAHHH HAHAHA HAHAHA OMG you killed me🤣😆😄

[@pjet8042]

"All right you swab jockeys, don't stand there with your teeth in your mouth!" Now THAT'S dialogue!

[@krashdown5814]

I saved up my paper run money to buy the model of the Seaview, my older Brother and I loved this show, pity in Australia it was still in the days of Black & White TV.

[@BlancoDevil]

"Gadzooks!! Yon ape hath rage enough to destroy us all!" Shakespeare could not have done better.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Nicely said😅.

[@shibolinemress8913]

The professor on the radio played a very similar role in the TOS first pilot "The Cage"! Oh, and there's a Mugato! 🖖😁

[@TheTheo58]

The late actor Jon Lormer appeared in Star Trek "The Cage" as Dr.Theodore Haskins (an illusion) Also guest stared in The Return Of The Archons as Tamar, and the old man in For the World Is Hollow and I have Touched The Sky. Also guest started on Mission Impossible "The Counterfeiter" and "Nicole"

[@oneparticularharbor144]

And if I’m not mistaken that’s the ‘Mugato’ in the opener from Star Trek as well.....

[@BlancGivre]

"The animal is stowed in the missile room Captain." - Mr Morton "Makes perfect sense." - Capt Crane

[@willg4802]

That costume was used in an episode of Star Trek.

[@joemurphy2177]

The actors keeping a straight face with those lines required some skill

[@spacepatrolman]

THEY KEEP ROCKING THE CAMERA 46:23

[@willg4802]

Well, consider the generation. They were told that we what to burn untold millions of innocent German Civilians in their beds with incendiary bombs to prevent "evil", during WW,II.

[@brianhanley1903]

To time when to run to the other ship must have been hard. Lol. Out BH

[@colleenasteevesbos6975]

Great show from the good old days.

[@edwinrosado8366]

One of my favorite shows of the time, watched it religiously. Looking at it now, I can't believe I watched this.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

But, really, you gained SO much😅.

[@bozoerectus3207]

Wow, that submarine sure came equipped with a lot of tranquilizer guns🙄

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Definitely. They sure needed them.😮

[@DoeothyCavallaro-vx4zd]

I had a big crush on David Hedison, I loved that show

[@hoodoo2001]

I always loved how the Flying Sub would dive into the water.

[@MrBoromeo666]

English subs so what ? Not everyone in the world speaks english . I am a french canadian and I fully appreciate them

[@craigrandall8930]

Nice series. As if the Greatest Generation had stepped into the space age.

[@7coco3]

the high ceilings on a sub, the short scenes being used in other eps, the ridiculous monsters as you can obviously see it's a man in a suit, the simple effects...and despite of all that... I love it!!! or maybe, it's because of all that. Thank you so much for posting!

[@lylarose2696]

Corientje no computers for better creatures men in suits was the technology of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

[@dockaos924]

You mean it was a man in a suit you just ruined my day 🤣 I'm a young 66 watching this its still a great series

[@ayshafareed4935]

@@dockaos924 all these years of living in fear, and twas all an illusion ? Nooooo 😂

[@user-Ados-amerika]

Dude if it's corny that because this is the 1960s okay this is not 2023 with the iPhone generation in the purple hand kid with rings in their noses and all that crap so do special effects are corny it was meant by that time for that error what do you think Steven Spielberg George Lucas,James Cameron, Joe Dante and all the great special effects film actors and directors got the inspiration from? They would tell you they got it from watching like Ray harryhausen the great motion effects guy and of course some of the Hollywood sci-fi movie that's what it got the inspiration for a man that's what some of them went to film school or dropped out and started making their own movies you got to understand man stuff like this influence people

[@user-Ados-amerika]

​@@lylarose2696 absolutely man special effects like that was meant for those I'm still f***** up how they did that creature from spaceship that landed in the ocean that's a hell of a special-effects man I mean we can all see that it is a balloon inflated suit but damn the idea to come up with that kind of concept back in the 1960s was Irwin Allen was a f****** beast tman,

[@charleskuckel3173]

IF you're wondering WHY the gorilla reminds you of the Mugatu from Star Trek TOS, it's NOT only the costume, it's because they were played by the same actor, Janos Prohaska!

[@dmrr7739]

I wonder if he owned the costume?

[@kevindoran4590]

I always loved the flying sub...

[@janetbailey3804]

I AS A KID LOVED VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA AS MUCH AS STAR TREK:: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, OUT OF ALL THE SERIES OF THE SIXTIES THESE WERE MY FAVORITES, WITH A FINE MENTION TO LOST IN SPACE, TWILIGHT ZONE, OUTER LIMITS...!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS AND NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E

[@paulwolf2775]

One of my favorite shows when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I only saw it in reruns, lol.

[@KillerBebe]

That ape was also a Star Trek monster

[@arcas8423]

Loved this when I was 6 years old, privileged to be born in the sixties.

[@lukeyznaga7627]

I was born in the 60s, and many times watches these shows rerun in the 70s, or live. Mygod, us young people WERE SPOILED with science fiction shows, great superhero cartoons and Batman, and Star Trek and Man from UNCLE and Battlestar Galactic and UFO and The Thunderbirds and Space: 1999 and Voyage to... and even the early Doctor Who!!

[@mrforevernever517]

The "gorilla" was my late mother in law. That walk 41:37 was unmistakable.

[@jeremybear573]

Damn I love this show!

[@MegaWam1]

Brock kind of looks like Mr. Bean. Why did he need such a big wrench? That blow could of killed ten men!

[@saa82vik]

Damn this stuff is so good.. life hack: the crooks are always those with slick hairdos and a neck scarf.

[@nancydionisi9346]

I love it!, great episode, many thanks Mona for sharing it!

[@elainejefferson6093]

I loved 'richard Basehart thought he was the best thing ever what a pity he passed early in the piece and ''''''''''''''''''''david Hedison well, he made 80 odd years I wanted to travel on the Seaview with all the crew, but thankyou for re showing the Voyage episodes Elaone

[@magdasanchez89]

I love this tv series, tv series were great in the sixties! Nos is not the same :(

[@monicabello3527]

Wow, it's the first time watching this series, truly amazing😍

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Really!? Welcome aboard!😅

[@Beobout6]

Admiral what did you do with the super strong gorilla that can rip through steel? He’s in the torpedo room, you know, where we keep the nuclear torpedoes.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Lordy, you're right! Missiles, too.😮

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

I loved this show when I was a child. My friends and I called it "Voyage to see what's on the bottom".

[@moyadapne968]

yep, that was the name in the Mad Magazine *101 spoof of this show..

[@edwardparker760]

Shout out for the guy in the gorilla suit, best acting of the lot.

[@katfishkobain8809]

A moment of silence for the guy that got shot out a torpedo launcher. That’s James Bond stuff.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

I'm hoping to at least find the actor's name at IMDb...Deserves that much!😮

[@devilboydc]

That was maybe the worst gorilla suit I've ever seen! Haha! No, that was a classic. This show is on ME.TV on Sat. at like 2am. Great for watching after a late night out. Unfortunately, I can't get that channel over antenna anymore. Thanks for posting!

[@maggiemae7539]

I receive it on antenna

[@BBINGHAM032352]

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea,Time Tunnel,Lost In Space,The Outer Limits,Twilight Zone and The Invaders were my favourite TV series of the mid 1960s.

[@bigslug6036]

Don't forget "THE LAND OF THE GIANTS".....

[@stuartdryer1352]

Different genre, but I also used to watch The FBI (in color)... even tough we only had a black and white tv.

[@FiveLiver]

What about Thunderbirds?

[@majorlee76251]

The ape was played by someones brother in law who really needed the money.

[@KeithDec25]

He also worked on the cliched script

[@andreichivu7653]

The ape was played by Chewbacca.🦣

[@chrisnewman7281]

You’ve got a love those monsters. He looks a bit like the grinch

[@gorillaau]

"All we need is one clean shot" We then rush up to just short of the corner to ensure we have no time to react to anything coming around the corner.

[@FiveLiver]

Yes.

[@georgebeard2337]

Moment of silence for the guy who got shot out of the torpedo cannon.

[@FiveLiver]

Yes he didn't even get a name, and was instantly forgotten.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Yes, thank you for recalling this😮.

[@angelamagruder5911]

It looks like a santa claus all over without a red suit and black boots,scary!!

[@rextrek]

407TH...Ahh man ..who didn't Love VoYage to the Bottom of the Sea ? I was like 8 when this was on ....memories ..

[@jadzia2098]

I was born in 1964, so I started to watch the rerun when I was about 10. I forgot many of the episodes. But still, I always loved watching the Sci-Fi shows like Voyage to the bottom of the Sea and Star Trek. I was the odd one among my siblings and my cousins cause I was not into those Arlequin books; don't get me wrong; cause I love reading but not those books. Still love watching those Science shows and Sci-Fi shows. I also like to watch older movies and I'm also a fan of horror movies and shows; especially the older horror movies, they are often the best. So re-watching those episodes bring back lots of memories. If I made any spelling mistakes, please kindly let me know and I will correct my mistakes.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Nice letter. I'm glad you like the fine Retro fare of yesteryear. A lot of fun, creativity, and technical skill shown in these shows. Definitely, "Permission Granted" on your coming aboard. 😅.

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

Irwin Allen was ridiculed because he put adventure first and everything else a firm second. And it's a huge shame, because now we no longer get adventure shows. We get science fiction, sure... but not science fiction adventure like Irwin Allen and a few other practitioners once made. I miss that spirit of excitement and fun.

[@nunyabizness6595]

Honestly they should have ended Voyage after two seasons as they were massively repeating themselves. Quality writers like Willuam Read Woodfield and Alan Balter had left and Allen kept relying on boring writers like William Welch who was hired because he could churn out the scripts fast.😮😮😮

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

​@@nunyabizness6595Escalating costs and ratings demands in the battle with other "children's shows": Disney and Lassie.😮

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

You're right! The "adventure show" soon enough became a lost art. A high point came in the 70s with the last hurrahs. After the "Indiana Jones" hat tips went off in the early 80s (Tales of the Gold Monkey, Bring Em Back Alive), that was about it....😮. Compounding the tragedy, "film makers and producers " boasting about what they had done to remove these shows. Perhaps we've triumphed in that adventure shows from the past command a lot more genuine "love" than "improved television".

[@MrWoofie62]

The Gorilla puls one cable off a wall @ 45:09 and the whole boat goes into chaos with no controls! .... I think the chief needs to organise some safety guard or conduit! 😂

[@maggieriley8525]

Captain Lee Crane---a young girl's first crush!!!

[@rugerkidd2076]

it's the same gorilla called the mugato from a star trek episode where the villagers are pitted against the hill people and kirk receives a poisonous bite from the gorilla. in the star trek episode the gorilla has a head horn and spines on the back. kirk's friend tyree is married to a kanutu woman who heals kirk by using a macco root. "a private little war" is the episode name.

[@olt4919]

Also beating up on the security; seagoing redshirts.

[@RammatRamzi]

Wow, it's been 55 years since I saw this last. Man, what would this show be like without fireworks and a shaky camera making a sub act like a plane in turbulence due to the slightest little thing?

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Ratings demands and costs. The initial format was more "Tom Clancy" but commercial requirements retired that for what was required: to stay on the air, you had to get the kids away from Disney and Lassie. Job One, and that's where the effort will conclude.