The ApeCast

In a meeting of the podcasts, Marvel Star Wars Explorers Brian Rudloff and Sam Stovold join Jack & Geoff for a deep dive into all five of Marvel's POTA film adaptations! Over these 700+pages of classic goodness, the four discuss Doug Moench's always-reliable scripting, the 70's Filipino comics artist invasion, comparisons to Mad Magazine, Calvin & Hobbes, and much much more. Listen to this episode...

Jack and Geoff welcome Erin Clarke back to the show for a look at 2016's The Legend of Tarzan! This big-budget attempt to pull Tarzan back into the cultural zeitgeist may not have resonated with audiences, but it definitely pulled our three hosts into a rambunctious conversation you don't wanna miss!

Jack and Geoff go guestless as they squadron up for an Ape-tacular May the APEth celebration and discuss The Rise of Skywalker, the chimpiest Star Wars adventure of them all! In addition to an in-depth discussion of Albrekh, the Symeong Sith alchemist, the two share general thoughts on this controversial closing chapter of the roman-numeraled Star Wars films. May the APES be with you!

Jack and Geoff welcome Sam Stovold back to to explore the final three issues of Marvel's Terror on the POTA. It's yet another canceled-before-its-time 70's Apes property, but this one goes out big, with delightful Viking-Ape bacchanals, rampaging gorilla cyborgs, and Brutus' most diabolical scheme yet! The three also discuss what might have been with a look at the script for Terror's unpublished 1...

Jack and Geoff welcome Kevin Young back for a journey into the weird world of the PSYCHEDROME! Venturing into new territory in Marvel's Terror on the POTA, the three encounter murderous winged demon-monkeys, bizarre brain-washing aliens, and Colorado hippie-apes with a penchant for peyote! They also touch upon the Wizard of Oz, Chariots of Fire, and the best kind of comics SFX work. Get on the jaz...

As Jack and Geoff delve further into Marvel's Terror on the POTA, they find even more wonders: murderously territorial ape savages, a secret bunker hidden behind Mt Rushmore, an eccentric ancient tech-harvester and his cigar-smoking gibbon apeservant! In this robust discussion, the pair also discuss the cinematic oeuvre of action star Scott Adkins, the key to success at the Daily Bugle, and classi...

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. Th...

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 an...

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...

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!

Watch out now!  Sean Davis (After the Credits), in a stunning aerial attack, swoops in from the heavens to give Monster-Bird a run for its money in making annoying repetitive noises in his highflying ApeCast debut!  He's here to help your ApeHosts dish on the continuing paranoiac unraveling of General Urko, Brent's refusal to put a damn shirt on, Jeff and Judy's one role, Bill's continuing useless...

For this chilling Apetober Gorillaween episode, Jack and Geoff welcome Erin Clarke back for a look at Dario Argento's zanily grisly 1985 thriller Phenomena. And this movie has it all: a sheet metal-wielding killer, a girl who talks to insects, and a vengeful chimp nurse! Our hosts have a great time unpacking this insanity, while still finding time for digressions about Hamburger Helper, CGI Brando...

Jack and Geoff welcome back Sam Stovold for a stroll on the Trail to the Unknown! And there is much to marvel at in this Apes' animated TV episode: a perilous river journey, an unexpected astronaut encounter, Urko's increasingly unhinged paranoia, and architecturally sound pueblo construction! They also detour into Star Wars, kart racing klassics, and Legends of Zelda both new and old.

The ApeCast takes to the sky once again, and for this aerial adventure we've enlisted the aid of Jack's cohost on Reopening the Wormhole, Kevin Young!  Together, they'll discuss the miracle of flying apes, Judy's long-awaited return, the logistics of dropping targeted nets from airplanes, Chingy, Smash Bros, Peter Lorre-like apes, Urko's tenuous grip on power, Cylons, and so much more.  The ApeCas...

For this month's bonus Ape-isode, Jack & Geoff venture into crypto-apelogical territory with a look at Harry & The Hendersons! And while the movie doesn't leave the strongest impression, your intrepid Ape hosts still find much to discuss. They get into the distinctively superlative work of Rick Baker, the most irritating child actor this side of a Disney Channel sitcom, 1993's mini Stalloneissance...

Jack and Geoff are joined by noted Apes author Andrew EC Gaska for a dip into a River of Flames! In their discussion of this animated Apes TV episode, the three ponder the mystery of Urko's orange uniform, the great WEAPONS/SCIENCE debate, and the greatness that inevitably ensues when you combine apes and lava. They also get into Star Trek's penchant for recycling, and theatrically-released 007-pa...

The boys are back in town to talk about one of the most simultaneously boring and crazy episodes of Return to the Planet of the Apes, and this time they've brought in a Kong-sized guest in Barm to talk about a Kong-sized deity in Kygoor!  Other topics up for discussion include John McTiernan movies, crack Gorilla ski-troopers, mystical cable cars, oddly placed facial hair, weather balloons, how fa...

For this month's special ape-isode, Jack and Geoff revisit the 1999 Spike Jonze joint Being John Malkovich. And despite the near dearth of apes in the movie—there is a chimp, so it does technically count—our hosts find a lot to talk about. They discuss the film's delightful performances and unlikable characters, touch upon the banner year in film that was 1999, and make a few of the usual detours...

Jack and Geoff welcome Emily Thompson back to the show for a dip in the Lagoon of Peril! In this fifth episode of the animated Apes series, the three find much to enjoy: a sea monster, a bare-chested, laser cutter-wielding astronaut, and multiple ape news reporters! They also get into regional English accents, British Star Trek censorship, and spend a surprising amount of time discussing Majora's...