Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Late Night Blogging: Planet of the Apes Parodies
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Best,
John
John these are great. I always loved any reference parody or not ever since I first experienced all things Planet Of The Apes as a boy in the ‘70s. I also enjoyed the continuous Planet Of The Apes parody with the host BoBo on the last seasons of MST3K Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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SGB:
DeleteI should have thought to include some videos of Professor Bobo! MST3K really went deep on their Apes parody, across several episodes. Thanks for reminding me of that. I should DEFINITELY have included a video.
All my best,
John