Planet of the Apes TV series (Galen promo spots)

[HardyGirl]

Those are great! I espcially like the last one! The video works fine for me and this PC is 9 years old! I did record those movies a couple of times, but not when this aired. I did record them from "Channel of the Apes" when they first aired on FMC a couple years back, so I do have all of the funny footage of the apes taking over the studio lot.

Thanks for sharing, Scott.

[cjefferys]

I downloaded them but couldn't play the video portion with Windows Media Player. But VLC player played both video and audio with no problems (great program, I swear, it can play practically any video file). Very cool to see these clips.

You can download VLC here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[jwyblejr]

Galen owns a Commodore PET? The Apes must have got pretty advanced after the series ended.

[alex]

Cool chips, will definately check it out.

[Cmonster]

OK, I finally SAW these... Absolutely brilliant. Roddy was the quintessential simian. I love the graying hair and how it's a little longer. I smell a custom in the works... If anyone has these on a decent quality DVD, I'll make it quite worth your while to find it and send me a copy.

SC

[Hector]

Great stuff!



My Mac Pro played it perfectly...but then again...I have Parallel Boot Camp with Windows installed in my Mac...best of both worlds...

[david_b]

Yes, I saw all these years ago on this site.. It's really a testiment to Mr. McDowell and his professionalism and love for the show. He's said many times he actually preferred the TV show to the movies because he got to engage in character growth for Galen.

He was always great fun to watch in the Apes documentaries as well.

david_b

[Nostalgiabuff]

cool, that first link does work. wish the picture quality was better. this is something they really should have included in the box set or at least on the documentary Roddy hosted before he died.

[ironman1188]

We know Charlton Heston did a cameo as an ape (Thade's father) in the Burton re-imagining. There is no doubt in my mind that Roddy would have been in that film had he not died a few years prior. Do you think he would have gone the Heston route and played a human this time or would he have been an elderly chimp...maybe Ari's father or grandfather? It would have been interesting to see what Roddy looked like in that version of the makeup.

It would have been heresy for Roddy to be in that film.
And if anyone is making dvd copies of the aged Galen video, PLMK. I can only get audio on my WMP.