What Happened to the PLANET of the APES Cartoon?

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[@RichardRitenour0522]

To have a channel like this is a dream come true for the 62 year old child in me lol I love reliving these moments in my life, thanks Dan, you're the best!!

[@eddieking2976]

62 here too. Saw the original at the drive in. Awestruck is a understatement🤯

[@vickivolk7071]

63 here! I love this channel. I binge watched everything when I found it

[@mustang7272]

63 too, I'm with ya. Thanks Dan!

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

62 as well. Have all the Planet Of The Apes animated, live series and movies on disc.

[@DocZoidberg549]

64 here, I love this stuff. Back when entertainment was better.

[@user-fu4bs8yk8e]

“Gaaaad, network executives.” That’s a t-shirt Mr.Monroe, too awesome.

[@RichardRitenour0522]

I would buy it!

[@OzScalemodeling]

I think all the NASA recovery crew should wear ape suits when the next astronauts come back :)

[@stephenmilburn7622]

It always seemed that these Saturday morning shows lasted a lot longer than they did. But when you're 5-10 time is definitely different from 40-50 years old. 😂

[@lancerevell5979]

When we were kids, watching a series of a dozen episodes over and over wasn't a problem. 😊

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

True Hong Kong Fooey Hanna Barbara was 1970s but in production, only ran 18mo or so. 1974-1976. I thought it ran 5-6 seasons. 📺

[@bdedwards9371]

My favorite memory of the animated series is an ape driving in his pickup truck and on the radio was that country music hit - “I’m going humanoid over you”.

[@TroyPacelli]

I actually just received this DVD collection as a Christmas gift. I grew up in that 1970s, Mego era, and I loved this show. Thank you so much for this video!

[@porkchop6714]

I rewatched this like 3 times a couple years ago. The thing I remember most is that there was not a single milisecond of humor, not once.

[@AgentRaygun66]

I remember watching this when it first aired and thinking the animation reminded me of Marvel Superheroes' style. Not a whole lot of action but enough camera tricks and moving mouths to give it life. Your commentary on that aspect of the series sort of backs that up. It was like the Marvel show, just given an artistic upgrade via Doug Wildey.

[@SCSuperheavy114]

Ahh the 70’s….great time to be a kid!

[@ChrisCooling]

1. "How cool is that?" 2. "Lines are open, you decide." 3. "Guh. Network executives." All the Dan Monroe hits!

[@idunno...someguy3252]

All we're missing is a Dr. Smith impression

[@andrewthornley5172]

Looking forward to the dance remixes (12”versions for us oldies).

[@davidlaney6153]

Johnny Quest was awesome...I saw the reruns when I was kid...

[@MichaelCraig-dj4lw]

Jonny Quest is on tubi.

[@craigbrison4241]

@@MichaelCraig-dj4lw and it's still awesome!

[@edwardbloecher4563]

Johnny Quest was one of my favorites as well.

[@acehart2]

i am just loving everything you are doing. you are bring back so many memories of show and movies that i loved as a young kid. now i did not get to see all of them but i and able to now. again thank you. big lion hugs. until we meet again, i just can wait.

[@rextrek]

218th I was 10 in 70 ......THE 70'S was my teen years .......Loved that show

[@TeachLongbeard]

I love your work. You are a road map for my childhood and dreams. Please keep up the good work. Can't wait for Johnny Quest!!!!!

[@paulclow3398]

I loved the ape's franchise, and i remember this cartoon being shown very irregularly on uk TV,btw i did read that the reason that the gorillas had jeeps and trucks was that they were easier to animate than horse's

[@hoibsh21]

Man I loved that Planet of the Apes cartoon. So psychedlic it reminded me of Bakshi.

[@MrSunlander]

Johnny Quest coming soon..... how cool is that?????

[@perlee7239]

I had the novelizations for this series. Loved em as a kid. This and Star Trek the animated series, original Land of the Lost, and Super Friends were never miss shows every Saturday Morning.

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Awesome memories on Saturday mornings :-)

[@flyingwombat59]

I was older than the average kid. I was 16 in 1975. I remember the show well. The animation was sub-par because this was during the Dark Ages of American Animation that started were Warner Brothers closed Termite Terrace, their animation studio as a cost-cutting measure. I think this was due to Hanna-Barbera's dominating the market with their cheaper animation. The Apes didn't have airplanes of their own. In fact, the airplane they had, a WWII vintage P-40 Warhawk was found by Ape Archeologists and restored to flying condition with the purpose of capturing humans with a cargo net slung under the plane. I know because this was my favorite episode.

[@JoseyWales44s]

This is quickly becoming my favorite channel. I remember watching this series on Saturday morning. My clearest memory was laughing at an ape driving in a pickup truck listening to a song on the radio with the lyrics, "I'm going humanoid over you".

[@tracybuck4829]

I have that same memory!

[@GerarddeSouza-yt3fc]

DePatie-Freleng. Y'know? Freleng? As in Friz Freleng? One of the greatest Warner Bros. cartoon directors. The same company that produced Pink Panther. As for the executives, my good guess is that they were responding to pressure groups of the time. That's why many of the 70s' cartoons were bland and always had a moral lesson. Filmation was huge on this. Your channel must be the most professional I have ever watched. I don't know if you're scripted but I appreciate you cutting to the chase of information. Many is the time when I watch other channels and wait 3 to 5 minutes as they hem & haw and speak off the top of their heads before they get to the reason I am watching. I find most my favorite channels are somewhat polished but yours is the best...and your voice is very pleasing.

[@jamesgraham814]

So glad I found you Dan. Love your enthusiasm and knowledge regarding my favourite shows as a kid. You’re a true gentleman 👍🏻

[@danielross5292]

Yeah I still remember in watching that series when I was a young Kid during the 70s Too Man!😉☮️

[@jonathan45278]

Wow! I had that exact same comic book that you show on 1:55. I had a few POTA comic books that I treasured but my sister thru them out. I remember watching this animated series in the '70s. I don't remember a lot of it tho. I remember the 3 humans walking thru a dessert. I remember an ape driving a truck and a song playing over his radio with the lyrics, 'I'm going humanoid over you'.

[@WayneD.Ashford]

As a mere strapping youth of 15,i remember this cartoon and watched it regularly. GREAT memories...& a great episode as always 😮😊

[@NateButlerFresnoCA]

I was just barely 10 years old when the cartoon series aired, but because I was already I dedicated PotA fan, I was thrilled, and never missed an episode! Thank you for the retrospective.

[@ryllian6]

Its a rare thing anyone talks about this great ape cartoon, I love it.

[@lesliehowells4324]

60 now, used to love watching this as a kid Saturday mornings. On a black and white TV.

[@reddykilowatt]

Does anyone remember the comic book seriesKamandi: The Last Boy on Earth which was a direct inspiration (or ripoff depending on your perspective) of the Planet of the Apes. The difference was that in addition to apes many other species also had their own territories and fought among themselves. The main character as a young boy was clearly meant to appeal to the comic book audience of which I was one who loved both Planet and this series in tandem.

[@paulatreides4274]

The volume with the killer germ trapped in the tube was my favorite.

[@remc0s]

I still remember the upside-down crosses at the beginning of each episode.

[@72tx340]

I always wait for the "How cool is that" portion!

[@Gterr1971]

Good talk brother ! Can't wait to talk about Jonny Quest! It was such a favorite short lived show of mine as a kid...did you see what became of Johnny on Venture Brothers? Lol. They did him dirty. Race went down ungraceful also.ruined my childhood.

[@user-nd2xi1kd6c]

I hope the next video is about the animated Star Trek series!!!

[@jeffro5683]

Loved the cartoon as a kid. bought the dvd on Amazon

[@RoyStiffey]

Johnny Question has one of the best theme songs!!!

[@RoyStiffey]

Good lord, Predictive text! Johnny Quest! Not question! Sheesh!

[@MoonjumperReviews]

What happened to the animated “Return to the Planet of the Apes?” It ended up in my DVD collection.

[@richardsullivan6258]

Hey Dan, speaking of Roddy McDowell, how about a deep-dive into "Tales of the Gold Monkey"? (Ooh, a simian reference, too!)

[@byronbrewer33]

I was worried about you. You are always so prompt. Glad to see this in my phone just now. I was having Triple M withdrawal LOL

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Haha :-) yeah, I have two parents that are both 94 years old. Been dealing with a lot of family stuff. It's all good :-)

[@byronbrewer33]

@@MoviesMusicMonsters Glad to hear you're ok. Been there. Cherish your parents every day. Meanwhile, already salivating for a juicy Triple M Saturday! Let's keep having our conversation on movies, music and monsters

[@jeffreyfisher3115]

Is the Tarzan 70s Saturday morning cartoon topical? It was pretty good, but not many episodes and they kept reusing cels. But well-drawn and a few good scripts, iirc.

[@jeffreyfisher3115]

"Unk! Tantor!" -- Tarzan

[@matthewmulcahy4402]

Suggestion: Men into Space(1959) TV series

[@pauls199]

I remember watching this. Remember a scene in a pickup truck with the song on the radio playing "I'm going humanoid over you". Was about 7 years old, haha. Good times.

[@michaelmcfarland1716]

It didnt stop having merchandise in the 70s. Adventure Comics had a whole bunch of mini series and a full series from the late 80s into the mid 90s. They even crossed over with Alien Nation.

[@christianlopez5189]

You should cover the cancelled Planet of the Apes movies. Especially the Oliver Stone one starring Arnold Schwarzenegger sounded bonkers!

[@shaneturner9336]

That would have been WILD haha .

[@cyberteque]

this show is amazing the story was well written and layered "Ooosa Ooosa"

[@MRaadesign]

Great video review! HUGE Return fan! I love that cartoon. I remember watching it back in 75 when I was just in the 1st grade. I remember in the 90's when the Sci-Fi channel re-aired the series on Sunday mornings. That was the first time I had watched the show since childhood. Then in 2006 I got the dvd set. Just love it. Watched it a dozen times over, plus 2. ;) Like I said, a huge fan. I make my own custom Mego Apes based on the cartoon. When I start my youtube channel, I will spotlight them and a playset I'm building. Great channel and keep up the good work.

[@dananichols349]

I LOVED this cartoon when I was a kid! Though I was confused how it tied into either the movies or the tv show. However, I did dig that they had many modern conveniences. And I remember fondly watching an ape farmer drive his truck down the road while listening to someone sing "I'm going human over you!" on the radio.

[@robertneville9606]

Ah yes 1975. What a time that was to be a kid. With the live action TV series cancellation in 1974, this Saturday morning cartoon kept the Ape-wagon rolling along. But the 70’s was also all about kids playing outside and so as a result, I missed most of the episodes. Years later as an adult, I purchased the DVD set (Five copies to make up for my pour judgment as a ten year-old), LOL

[@scottkellogg3502]

Since you appear to enjoy all things Planet of the Apes, you might want to look up an episode of "Thundarr The Barbarian" "Valley of the Man Apes" which involves mutants patterned after the Movie apes, trying to rebuild the Giant King Kong Robot prop from the 1976 movie to use as a giant conquering robot, because... that's what they do in cartoons. Have fun!

[@craigbrison4241]

Thundarr was another never miss! Great show!

[@michaelnash2138]

Absolutely loved this cartoon when I was in 5th grade.

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

No matter what we think of it as adults, we love that as kids :-)

[@fredvegerano9607]

Another blast from the past!Thanks for this documentary about this classic cartoon!!!

[@daveassanowicz186]

The Dungeons and Dragons cartoon was another one where they never got home. - I know they did a thing later

[@donaldheisler4322]

Hey Dan! This might have been said already, but you've struck a nerve with these new videos! I love the positive approach you have to your segments. Utube seems to be filled with so much negativity and your videos just kind of say "Hey everyone, isn't this cool? Let's have some fun and talk about this!" You have a great look, a great voice, and your set is perfect! Don't change a thing! Whatever your doing, keep doing it! Your awesome and your videos are very fun and informative! Keep up the great work!

[@craigbrison4241]

I agree it's really a nice breather! I love this channel!

[@billybatson22]

Dan Monroe makes these episodes as if he dove into my brain and based them solely on everything I love. Thank you sir!

[@starmnsixty1209]

Hey, well said👍👍👍

[@RichardRitenour0522]

Here here!

[@kurtbarlow9402]

1975. I was 8, I loved this cartoon.

[@BillyBOB-sm3rl]

I remember watching part of one episode. All I remember was they were driving around in a 2 1/2 ton truck. Sliding on a muddy road.

[@nealhyde7179]

I saw one episode while on vacation as a 5-year old kid (it didn't play in my rural area) and for years thought I'd dreamed it until I discovered the show years late.

[@jerryziegner]

One of the most enjoyable, KZbin channels out there always glad to see when a new video drops

[@lancerevell5979]

I was finishing high school in 1975, and never saw this one. 🙄 Funny how they crammed three astronauts into a glorified Mercury capsule. 😅

[@eclipsehorse8693]

and a female astronaut to boot! so progressive for the time!! :)

[@theuberbob]

I was not a fan of this show when I was a kid, but am really interested in checking it out again as an adult. Thank you again for the videos!

[@willclayfield7709]

Another awesome and informative video on a memorable childhood TV show..Happy times

[@user-ek4zd5bz3p]

I still have the three novels. Haven't read them since I was a kid, but after viewing your trip down memory lane I might consider flicking through them again.

[@CyrissSmith-jq4dk]

I just watched it and the finale felt like a penultimate episode and I wish there was one more episode.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

I own this series and loved it. In my opinion this series and Star Trek the animated adventures in 73 were 2 of the best Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s. Also I wish I still had all my mego figures.

[@RichardRitenour0522]

If I had only known how much the Mego toys would be worth I would've kept them instead of giving them away when I went into the service.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

@@RichardRitenour0522 I just plain wore mine out lol. And my Star Trek Megos were ripped off by a relative with entitlement syndrome lol. So I stored away my Star Wars figures and Comic collection before I shipped out to Fort Benning. Feels like 100 years ago lol

[@RichardRitenour0522]

@@edwardbloecher4563 I feel that, literally lol Time sure flies by!

[@edwardbloecher4563]

@@RichardRitenour0522 Holy gosh it sure does. Feels like yesterday settling down on living room floor with bowl of froot loops and enjoying best day of the week. Saturday morning lol

[@RichardRitenour0522]

@@edwardbloecher4563 Life was so much simpler then and so much fun. Wish my children didn't have to grow up in such a mixed up frustrating world and I am so scared for their kids now. Please bring back the days of carefree living where you didn't have to lock your door at night and kids could go into town and you never have to worry because everyone knew each other and cared. Most people don't even know their next door neighbor these days. I am sorry for rambling but since we grew up in the same times I figured you may have these same feelings, no disrespect meant.

[@timuhler8121]

Well done and I can’t wait for Johnny Quest😊!!!

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

I LOVED that cartoon when I was a kid! The music... ! The animation. The stories! Man... talk about ''atmospheric''. (I wouldn't have said ''atmospheric'' back then when I was 11. I would have said something it about scaring the (beep!) out of me!!!) Cool!

[@DesX42S]

This is the first video from your channel I watched and i was pleasantly surprised. You have great audio quality and cadence to your voice, and you bring a great detail and history to your monologue. Good stuff, subscribed.

[@timdelia4609]

I used to love the previews they would do of all the new saturday morning shows.

[@oliverortiz8507]

I liked this cartoon when I was a child. Many of my friends did not but I think you explained perfectly the reason why. The stilted, limited animation style was sort of a let down to some but I enjoyed that lushness it had the same as I enjoyed those classic Jonny Quest cartoons that now I know have a connection due to the great Doug Wildey. I haven't seen them in a long time but just like you do everything else you instill in me the desire to seek them out. I can't wait to hear your take on the legendary Jonny Quest cartoon. Thank you

[@anthonypassaniti3371]

Thank you so much These are such a great pleasure to watch! It’s like finding the newest issue of famous monsters of filmland!

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Thanks so much :-) I'm actually doing a video on famous monsters very soon, stay tuned

[@ThatsMrPencilneck2U]

How did I miss this? I was 9 years old, a sci-fi addict since birth, and Saturday morning cartoons was my thing.

[@snipppa]

Hey Dan can you investigate The Night Gallery series???

[@henrymach]

As a 1970's kid, this was my first contact with the Apes franchise. Then I discovered the Live Action show and last the movies. I really liked the TV show better. Funny thing is that the apes had jeeps in the animated show while they only had horses in the live action. I guess animating a Jeep is cheaper than a horse, eh?

[@willmfrank]

Oh yeah...A motor vehicle needs only one cel for the body and two or three for the rotating wheels; a horse can get away with one cel for the body, but needs a whole series for the head, neck and legs...and they're a lot more work than a blurry wheel.

[@michaelmcfarland1716]

It also took more of the book approach as the apes have technology in it.

[@ibjmac187]

I’m so glad they’re on KZbin. I know what I’m doing this weekend.

[@NeilMudd]

Hi Dan, Loving the channel. Hits the sweet spot between length - just right - and being engaging without coming across like a Wiki-dump. Here in the UK we had quite a few of the same shows, but rarely in the correct order or indeed their entirety (The Monkees being a prime example. Or should that be primate example?😂) Anyhow, keep up the great hit rate. Can I just put Carnival of Souls out there? That's got to be on your radar, right?

[@paulkreider9441]

I loved Johnny Quest. It was awesome!

[@craigbrison4241]

I still watch Quest lol.

[@wolfstar_productions]

The topic about Guns? ... Ok, but, weren't GUNS used a lot in Johnny Quest?

[@kelvington4182]

I think the really sad part of POTA is that, each film after the original, was given less and less money, so the sequels got progressively cheaper looking.

[@andrewtaylor940]

That was how it was up until Star Wars. The standard Hollywood formula was each sequel got half the budget of the film before. Knowing that really helps explain Superman 4 doesn't it?

[@shaunwerndley6799]

Fantastic Video Dan this animated serious was a must watch here in the UK back in the day 😎😎😎

[@jimkuna8687]

Love this cartoon have it on dvd like little movies still a great watch...

[@maxsmodels]

Dan, you just keep hitting them out of the park brother. Kudos tot eh intro animations.

[@leecowley8381]

Thanks Dan ,always love your content ,,these were great times when we were kids ,wish could go back to then.

[@pjsratrods8936]

The lack of animation is a way of keeping the cost down. That was pioneered by Clark Haas with Clutch Cargo and using Syncro-Vox. Others kind of stole the idea and exploited using and reusing animation cells over and over again.

[@PavelMosko]

I loved the cartoon! I still have memories of the apes driving the army trucks and over their radio is a song, "I'm going Humanoid over you!" It was a country western song.

[@skulker71]

This show debuted the very same week I turned four years old, and I have a few fuzzy memories of watching it and thinking it was the most exciting thing I had ever seen. I can also remember seeing the playsets for sale at the toy store and staring at the big wide boxes in absolute awe. A handful of the things that appealed to you as a very young child can stick with you forever!

[@joewenzel5142]

I remember they also had a POTA coloring book.

[@craigbrison4241]

There was a couple of them! I wish I had them back lol.

[@garybrigham9538]

I seem to remember the show being on earlier. I was 7 and was on a kids bowling league that I had to go to immediately after it was over. I probably would have dropped out if I had to miss it! I actually enjoy the animation

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

So, the first cartoon episode finds Nova, wearing Brent's dog tags, and she sheds a tear when asked where Brent is. And she speaks, without guttural grunting. So, that puts the show AFTER Taylor and Brent, but somehow BEFORE Taylor blows everything up... And, the ship said "NASA", with a variation of the NASA "meatball"... My head hurts now... ;-P

[@MisterEMystery]

I was 12 when this came out and I wasn’t interested in it then. Like now, I had a problem with the timeline that Charlton Heston doomed us to with blowing up the planet. They could have tried explaining that only the New York area was blown to bits and not the entire planet, allowing for more stories, just not any of the same apes or characters… but that probably was over anyone’s head. Watching the show many years later, I hated the idea of the apes using vehicles and airplanes. These were the workings of humans which the apes considered beneath them. Ape city had virtually no technology in the first movie, why would they now not only have it, but embrace it? I’m glad this cartoon only had the one season, it would have ruined the movies.

[@TECHMAN132]

Oh, by the way, I wish I never threw out my planet of the apes treehouse

[@Maratletoso]

Great video!!, I got the DVD and just last week I was revisiting the series… so cool, the “animation” is very static, but I agree, I gives the series a particular look!

[@Darcsyde100]

FYI, the DePatie - Freleng Company is the same production company that gave us the, iconic, Pink Panther Show in the late 60's/early 70's.

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I've never seen this cartoon. But I still want a sequel to the Tim Burton Apes movie. I want to know what happened after the Ape Lincoln memorial scene!

[@sunnyjohnson992]

So do I! 😊

[@thestartreker.official]

I don't see how they would make a sequel to Tim Burton Apes movie at this point while I enjoyed the remake but I love the reboot movies more, since they already have been doing with Andy Serkis as Caesar and now the 4th one about his descendant along with a girl human he helps and set 300 years later which I can't wait. I mean yes I would've liked know what happened next in Tim Burton's Apes universe. I'm actually binging all the Planet of the Apes movies both the classics and the reboots plus the remake to get ready for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. 😊

[@Grim2]

2:58 - Hey, when you talk about Jonny Quest - could you bring up Peggy Charren and her organization that neutered action cartoons for years to come? Lots of younger folk don't seem to be much aware of her reign of terror.

[@Grim2]

(For some material on that, look up "Almanac Extra: Children's Television (1987) Part 1" and "Almanac Extra: Children's Television (1987) Part 2" at Internet Archive. Sound isn't all that great, but hoo boy... showcases some of the damage she did as well as how dishonest her supporters were)

[@jeffetherton]

I can remember watching this on the the cartoon preview they would do on Friday night before the new cattoon season would start , Michal Landon was the host . Have this on DVD

[@earlt.7573]

I would've been 9 when this was on TV, and probably watched it, but don't really remember it. But Johnny Quest ? Now THAT was a fantastic cartoon, one of the best of the era, can't wait for your episode on that one !!!

[@Golden_Ace]

I was 13, and I just don't remember it. but yeah Johnny Quest. loved that show.

[@alvermette218]

Oh man did I love that show as a kid, love your show it brings back my childhood.

[@philipgreen8227]

God I haven't seen that since it was originally shown on Saturday mornings When I was a wee lad The marvel comic was great they had some good storylines and great artwork Love Jonny quest looking forward to your video on that classic

[@darylcollins1565]

I remember this series fondly. That was an amazing dive! Thank you!

[@proto-geek248]

The Power Records PofA records were recorded at a recording studio in my hometown.