tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66121040129813065832024-03-05T23:12:05.193-08:00Hollywood Gorilla MenGorilla Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365077435207384604noreply@blogger.comBlogger390125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-22874617234085918992021-03-12T16:08:00.001-08:002021-03-12T16:08:27.401-08:00A pictorial history of the Don Post Studios Gorilla suits !<p> Hiya Gorilla Gang ! </p><p>Were going to jump into the Way-Back Machine and take a peek into one of Hollywood's go to places to get a Gorilla Suit.... The Legendary Don Post Studios ! </p><p>Much of the info and photos in this post come from the first hand experiences of our dear friend, and legendary Gorilla Man, Mr. Bob Burns himself !</p><p>In fact, going back to the very first gorilla suit Don Post made, it was Bob Burns who modeled the suit for all the promotional photos used to sell them.</p><p>The suit was definitely not the most realistic, but rather designed for more comedic purposes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtAfI7eqqOc0oX5ZBbbYzRFgPTM9Mm0p9sbz3WbkwAO7rPY-MiYb4FqD_sZu29m71CpnB6VB5M4mRBffVbbNiqQ0P8K9a_ibcqAEZ0lTEgHJ1jjJ1KpXg1PvhoHljuvhoENNCVWLSaLXb/s474/160371105_1917145091771055_8746758575723079278_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTtAfI7eqqOc0oX5ZBbbYzRFgPTM9Mm0p9sbz3WbkwAO7rPY-MiYb4FqD_sZu29m71CpnB6VB5M4mRBffVbbNiqQ0P8K9a_ibcqAEZ0lTEgHJ1jjJ1KpXg1PvhoHljuvhoENNCVWLSaLXb/s320/160371105_1917145091771055_8746758575723079278_n.jpg" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: center;">The very first Don Post Gorilla suit advertisement !</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitERu-Ye3ZPu1PnsYlQF7EWE5xG5gOO3Tze6b4-GQfIat5XTecg94Cb_SCMev-tYm3x36avc9nuWE43tPOz6JrNQaBTfFjoCqgStPN2-s1suqFPIjaUxzbsV7PSsKsxFb_SFBzSVKKnASd/s2048/160036826_1092660461231096_893933745351724776_n+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitERu-Ye3ZPu1PnsYlQF7EWE5xG5gOO3Tze6b4-GQfIat5XTecg94Cb_SCMev-tYm3x36avc9nuWE43tPOz6JrNQaBTfFjoCqgStPN2-s1suqFPIjaUxzbsV7PSsKsxFb_SFBzSVKKnASd/s320/160036826_1092660461231096_893933745351724776_n+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div>Here Bob is monkey-ing around with Frankenstein actor and Western Bad Guy Glenn Strange !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0M9GF0uFyqCzAznUBfHWKz7SxAZGNuFgZR789VvzEbqd_wTdAGuE7qpgnZ2s3y4Azu0E21Yue0nLEw2BAphKWgMgoFdGBsmCrhc0cEY9E3_PczNO9gxxpRW5YCdnkz-DtnINbJTdUEB_P/s2048/160600332_1422077228128948_6104785657353959555_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A clay press was made of the Gemora head, and Verne Langdon sharpened all the details for molding. The head proved too large for a general release, but was used for rental suits, and for sales with studio quality suits. Here again, Bob Burns is again the suit model.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCRobr2MrDjtqsHx1T6qgswuLLglY_HZfqVhpNlUodityIpa2D-kDNOfzGv3y_myUte08_0e4uca0cZjKUjoWx7qZoMQaICBAAUmlnvTIsOw8MZTU1oBEqkklaYCf5Mr35pCSV5L-v-Zd/s261/159967858_770091787260827_1657564313641665512_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCRobr2MrDjtqsHx1T6qgswuLLglY_HZfqVhpNlUodityIpa2D-kDNOfzGv3y_myUte08_0e4uca0cZjKUjoWx7qZoMQaICBAAUmlnvTIsOw8MZTU1oBEqkklaYCf5Mr35pCSV5L-v-Zd/s0/159967858_770091787260827_1657564313641665512_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0Ldc4fVF5YNzRiGX-6Bv69-sEOW2qVrXScdljx5m8OA_NDagTOWUdQcEJDht0MezJGnsKIVxCwVAvi4hpdVsQpjQq_r7IcO19V77ywO4ZV5iJLCTtsYD2cdv6atf7GB8KJBazBFpGtIT/s2048/160088502_436718337406391_1326917689487767034_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo1hy1NjRuUfMX5YDCZJIyhhmxQmyQOmBs07yuKg9KibApCaF5gn8vebVvKabJXARTBlurju_6l5z2B4EAqJPPceUO3684aJ_E-1Bgqqq5xkWL_GMmdR1jjftpj1A1qJesCMblOVoXn68/s320/160496128_889235571900831_7301124507299575768_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo1hy1NjRuUfMX5YDCZJIyhhmxQmyQOmBs07yuKg9KibApCaF5gn8vebVvKabJXARTBlurju_6l5z2B4EAqJPPceUO3684aJ_E-1Bgqqq5xkWL_GMmdR1jjftpj1A1qJesCMblOVoXn68/s0/160496128_889235571900831_7301124507299575768_n.jpg" /></a></div>The head was later re-sculpted by master sculptor Pat Newman and named " Hollywood Gorilla"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpHPpSm5z_L5gv3S74f1f4jHkE0pvEiXrJuc0tG7zywmXIXcaQmY4jOYe4Qptgj4snxNVGMcAI8U0cAn83wsogqBWUpOhZLIOp8ciCbbf258-rDgE7erG4l9GTOLxaqjgcOJJb8-zFMpp/s446/159244068_236903928116427_199434152646802428_n+-+Copy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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King Kong sculptor Marcel Delgado was brought in with much fanfare to sculpt the new gorilla. Word of Delgado's involvement caught the ear of Forrest Ackerman, the Editor in Chief of the classic " Famous Monster Of Filmland" magazine !</div><div>Forry called his old friend Don and before you could say Monkey Suit, Forry and a photographer arrived at Post to document the creation for a future issue !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasZowE1BjRy7gq7LPwkV1doUA2J9A211ThjlQpTxEwpTemfvI28_CBnSRDzUVlygej4Zp08_4DIS5UE4XKq_OX3VtBMmjqip4nEG578xQPfYTMlREbuEg2R8R2srz3eKf4gVlhRXzrEhQ/s400/160408545_434258857899346_8365552708496150587_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasZowE1BjRy7gq7LPwkV1doUA2J9A211ThjlQpTxEwpTemfvI28_CBnSRDzUVlygej4Zp08_4DIS5UE4XKq_OX3VtBMmjqip4nEG578xQPfYTMlREbuEg2R8R2srz3eKf4gVlhRXzrEhQ/s320/160408545_434258857899346_8365552708496150587_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yh2B0VEGdUTxK8IQ92BnUmfVSY7KcZZHkhIh4hrk3b0O4WHB7_geSEYS38q3H0KysWAICyrUYHtJ_kqO3CFsNqBiHIMZ4NBaC10OJO7Y0dQ-YQPw05iaP7aab4T7NJ4m_NYxNnYjhr1m/s1600/159939279_3941236345939019_2347611445399305124_n+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yh2B0VEGdUTxK8IQ92BnUmfVSY7KcZZHkhIh4hrk3b0O4WHB7_geSEYS38q3H0KysWAICyrUYHtJ_kqO3CFsNqBiHIMZ4NBaC10OJO7Y0dQ-YQPw05iaP7aab4T7NJ4m_NYxNnYjhr1m/s320/159939279_3941236345939019_2347611445399305124_n+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Rf-nD32tvH7oOijCPVrJ2uHd7M-1IX6jHEUwfIi1Q_uAwlppW7lqhz299vZY-A2q9D-Cx0-R5Mk96bDjOMFqRrFvdpCZJRhT2mGGql2mXImjHRVAtAMno9ixC3EtNYiTUgNau2YxedOk/s339/159551104_881927409019080_6312027308923860130_n+-+Copy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Rf-nD32tvH7oOijCPVrJ2uHd7M-1IX6jHEUwfIi1Q_uAwlppW7lqhz299vZY-A2q9D-Cx0-R5Mk96bDjOMFqRrFvdpCZJRhT2mGGql2mXImjHRVAtAMno9ixC3EtNYiTUgNau2YxedOk/s320/159551104_881927409019080_6312027308923860130_n+-+Copy.gif" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MpkA-wN6WDsxDcJq26ggphQbEmw4tkwayPR-pYzFjNu4unaIRiVupjS5ahEbKiDeh3H8yfKQP-0OS-3X07Fyh4eEoERSjCVOcAW1yVf0mfY9cUPesp_pTLdei4-n33Zw1IZRGFuZeEtb/s294/159270014_217926440032160_892293837575308370_n+-+Copy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MpkA-wN6WDsxDcJq26ggphQbEmw4tkwayPR-pYzFjNu4unaIRiVupjS5ahEbKiDeh3H8yfKQP-0OS-3X07Fyh4eEoERSjCVOcAW1yVf0mfY9cUPesp_pTLdei4-n33Zw1IZRGFuZeEtb/s0/159270014_217926440032160_892293837575308370_n+-+Copy.gif" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL-1P9glGVnPt-24LBReryhK6z0rSquz4JML7vDgMhyznP0NovObyupQHMGN0tnLsq4YOzYgarA-O__Y-cnQuqumspZ___PYzdbR80aw_MrvcWGycVAZaI47hPxauqEUX4LVfhjaKi65E/s473/159189701_1340563739650907_1827216146669990934_n+-+Copy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL-1P9glGVnPt-24LBReryhK6z0rSquz4JML7vDgMhyznP0NovObyupQHMGN0tnLsq4YOzYgarA-O__Y-cnQuqumspZ___PYzdbR80aw_MrvcWGycVAZaI47hPxauqEUX4LVfhjaKi65E/s320/159189701_1340563739650907_1827216146669990934_n+-+Copy.gif" /></a></div><br />This suit turned out to be so popular that it was reproduced several times and used in a variety of television shows and movies as well. It was also used for photographic work like this incredible photoshoot with the stunning Raquel Welch inspired by Marlene Dietrich's Blonde Venus'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzag9a40WkqGgpFI59kkhVSfnLPvJ14o-jgJPVpfXitwba5U_lArOmGc3u6pXvzvl4h3zQTn4SKf1KypTv9nFCHJJ6VtSZYnF8fJ-P65Zyqmbkc7IKPGhUzgXid34eWRXwJ64zi2RXdzt/s432/160379826_728361664510422_9038247692656248463_n+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="348" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzag9a40WkqGgpFI59kkhVSfnLPvJ14o-jgJPVpfXitwba5U_lArOmGc3u6pXvzvl4h3zQTn4SKf1KypTv9nFCHJJ6VtSZYnF8fJ-P65Zyqmbkc7IKPGhUzgXid34eWRXwJ64zi2RXdzt/s320/160379826_728361664510422_9038247692656248463_n+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div>While these suits had a fiberglass liner with a hinged jaw, the head was also released as a deluxe mask to the public in latex and fur, but minus the fiberglass.</div><div>Post was also selling gorilla suits to film makers, carnival acts, and magicians and frequently advertised</div><div>in Genie Magazine for professional magicians. </div><div>Most were based on the popular Hollywood Gorilla Head.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylPsLNj47kYnNPgiTyx-p6j_t3Rk8jpTv0Jrs7l4K1KwWF4Be5M5-pk1W-fZfSqSOcT2B2HdQ6aUqZO_I1m0yPdG4iqoQ_DMpqeXNVvCgLbEhy8sONRiKjCXkoT7Wexhv-S-Uh0SfMMKM/s553/160010779_736030197281909_4146844349970492111_n.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylPsLNj47kYnNPgiTyx-p6j_t3Rk8jpTv0Jrs7l4K1KwWF4Be5M5-pk1W-fZfSqSOcT2B2HdQ6aUqZO_I1m0yPdG4iqoQ_DMpqeXNVvCgLbEhy8sONRiKjCXkoT7Wexhv-S-Uh0SfMMKM/s320/160010779_736030197281909_4146844349970492111_n.gif" width="320" /></a></div>These suits were used in hundreds of TV variety shows, comedy specials, and live performances.</div><div>Two of them were seen being worn by Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers on the hit series MASH... Playing poker naturally.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hIukMK-VlrHAXCyBC9SG4WvT3dYDwxInSKjYQsZ6Dktj4XbuccPB8LD-oWUEagvk7t6y9b-WWX0qoWU6KsfoYf4hvl1T78TCnqal4IrMIddrWtup6LKhu2Bx74xurYiuPINCi6I7BDTg/s634/R54552918065e9d8888629457ad499118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hIukMK-VlrHAXCyBC9SG4WvT3dYDwxInSKjYQsZ6Dktj4XbuccPB8LD-oWUEagvk7t6y9b-WWX0qoWU6KsfoYf4hvl1T78TCnqal4IrMIddrWtup6LKhu2Bx74xurYiuPINCi6I7BDTg/s320/R54552918065e9d8888629457ad499118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the 70's Don Post co-owner Bill Malone sculpted a new gorilla mask based on Rick Bakers head from the 1976 KING KONG.</div><div>Post made suits with this new head, named "KONG" appropriately enough, which also saw widespread use in the entertainment industry.... Most notoriously used as the title "Kaiju" in the Korean film A*P*E*.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVTECqmcaTaRtx8UM5zH7VA0Oz46jeIykin8au51gCvgPNriisEdLVN3gNfh8oHdwevy4vGWk2US49iQm09mh_Zk1SJzkWsPS1zvK35OeWZ9yZiULWmRrH2IZdJndmNW9_YrbIKjH-OvA/s1000/Rd51cfe1ccfc786eb758d06d2a4ada7b5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVTECqmcaTaRtx8UM5zH7VA0Oz46jeIykin8au51gCvgPNriisEdLVN3gNfh8oHdwevy4vGWk2US49iQm09mh_Zk1SJzkWsPS1zvK35OeWZ9yZiULWmRrH2IZdJndmNW9_YrbIKjH-OvA/s320/Rd51cfe1ccfc786eb758d06d2a4ada7b5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div><br /></div><div> There were several other ape masks made by Post after that, but I'm not aware of any full suits being marketed with those heads. I hope you enjoyed this lope into the past gang... Till Next Time !!!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-13203620106904510932021-01-16T13:17:00.001-08:002021-01-16T13:17:33.902-08:00Jolly Old Gorilla Man ! Now comes a rare treat Gorilla Gang !<div>This time we travel across the pond to Jolly Old England to find England's most established Gorilla Man !</div><div>Reuben Martin worked steadily through the 60's and 70's both on Motion Pictures and television playing an assortment of apes in the wildly popular "Carry On" series of movies!</div><div>Titles include " Carry On Up The Jungle" and "Carry On Emmanuelle "</div><div>Reuben also played apes on the hysterical "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and the Science Fiction classic series " Space 1999".</div><div>Reuben throughout his life was a huge fitness inthusiast, engaging in competitive power lifting, Body Building was a strongman performing feats of strength from throughout his career. </div><div>It was a given that he would eventually become an actor and played a variety of "Tough Guy " type roles.</div><div>His incredible strength was especially useful in playing gorillas, and could be seen carrying off actors two at a time, one under each arm !</div><div>He had several suits with varying degrees of realism, depending on the jobs needs.</div><div>For his role in "Space 1999" he. Is actually playing the "Gorilla Form" of Maya, the Metamorph....an alien shape shifter.</div><div>Enjoy the photos and look up his movies </div><div>folks!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div>Reuben Martin was born on March 15, 1921 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England as Reuben Joseph Martin. He was an actor, known for <a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0065525">Carry on Up the Jungle</a> (1970), <a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0157218">Carry on Laughing!</a> (1975) and <a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0497175">Bel Ami</a> (1971). He died on December 22, 1993 in Uttlesford, Essex, England.<br></div></div>Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-23421131773921392442020-12-14T12:54:00.001-08:002020-12-14T12:54:22.674-08:00Happy Holidays from Hollywood Gorilla Men !!! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nothing says Happy Holidays like a visit from Santy Claws !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHPGlkEUT5r1cEzQ1hI0Q-hv4fv2Sm3LxIuf5CkgIYv0FiIupbv2quxbfCr2tEOOW-EQlCSsD_KQze1ADvW8p3tdLZNGhnFgf3a3yceEwuPTWAmvs6EdYGSP0FawmavhzYAn3Kb-Xe8Hr/s1600/Santy+Claws.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="899" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHPGlkEUT5r1cEzQ1hI0Q-hv4fv2Sm3LxIuf5CkgIYv0FiIupbv2quxbfCr2tEOOW-EQlCSsD_KQze1ADvW8p3tdLZNGhnFgf3a3yceEwuPTWAmvs6EdYGSP0FawmavhzYAn3Kb-Xe8Hr/w278-h494/Santy+Claws.png" width="278" /></a></div><br />Happy Holidays, and a VERY happy New Year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from your friends at Hollywood Gorilla Men ! </div><br /> <p></p>Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-66835632320558888622020-06-28T17:45:00.000-07:002020-06-28T17:47:17.662-07:00South of the border Simian!!!For those kids who were born in the early late 40's and early 50's TV was still a relatively new thing in their lives....especially COLOR programing !<br />
Yet in 1954, when there were very few color television sets around, there were a few high profile shows that stood out from the crowd by being shot in color.<br />
One such show was " The Cisco Kid" a heroic Mexican "Robin Hood" of sorts, who rode through the old West, stealing from corrupt wealthy villains, and giving to the poor and downtrodden.<br />
Cisco Kid has the distinction of being the very first TV series to be shot in color...Though most fans saw him in black and white until the 60's when color TV was much more commonplace.<br />
Cisco was played by the heroic and dashing Duncan Renaldo, with his faithful and comedic sidekick<br />
Pancho, played by the great character actor Leo Carillo.<br />
The series was even immortalized in the 70's by the rock group WAR in their hit song " Cisco Kid" !<br />
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By now you are likely scratching your head wondering what in the heck this has to do with Gorilla Men...Well, oddly enough, Cisco featured a gorilla .. Not just any gorilla, it was Steve Calvert in<br />
one of the suits he bought from Crash Corrigan. This suit had a new face, distinctive to Calvert.<br />
Not only do we see it in action as a gorilla...in color!...but we also get a fantastic glimpse of the suit<br />
AS a gorilla suit !!! You guessed it, the gorilla was a fake, used to scare people off in the finest tradition of Scooby Doo ! I won't spoil the fun, but you'll be asking yourself how much adventure can you cram into a half hour show!<br />
You can find the episode online if you'd like to give it a watch, the episode is called " Cisco Meets<br />
The Gorilla" .<br />
A huge thanks goes out to Craig Scott Lamb, founder of the Facebook<br />
Ape Suit Cinema group for the following <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">screen captures !!!</span><br />
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Old Bongo's been up to no good (again), and stirring up trouble again!<br />
On our Facebook sister site Ape Suit Cinema I penned a follow-up on the legendary BS artist<br />
Carmen Nigro....The guy who claimed to have played the giant ape in the 1933 stop-motion classic King Kong. Here for your edification is the write up in it's entirety:<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">The practice of identifying Gorilla actors has been the mission of Ape Suit Cinema, and sister site Hollywood Gorilla Men for decades. These hard working folks braved the intolerable heat and crushing weight of wearing gorilla suits to delight movie audiences since the beginning of motion picture history. one of the issues that has foiled our attempts time and again, is the amount of misinformation being put out by hoaxers and outright liars....Hollywood wannabe's desperate f<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">or a few minutes of fame.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Carmen not only claimed publicly to having played gorillas in all the classics of Ape suit Cinema, ( when they are well documented to have been Crash Corrigan, Charlie Gemora, etc...) , but he upped the ante by claiming to have played the King himself in the 1933 classic, KING KONG !!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">That's right, King Kong! Now King Kong has been documented in numerous books, documentaries, and more magazine articles than I can even list. King Kong was an 18 inch tall, steel, rubber, and rabbit fur stop motion animation puppet in every scene EXCEPT close-ups using full scale mechanical props of his head and shoulders, hand and foot. these were used for chomping, grabbing, and stomping humans respectively.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">At no time was the part of Kong ever played by a man in a suit in the 1933 film. Not until 1966's King Kong VS. Godzilla was Kong brought to life by a man in a suit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">But this is exactly what Carmen Nigro would have you believe to hear him tell the tail. Rather than describe his claims myself, you can read it in his own words in the following newspaper articles written at the time of the 1976 Dino DeLaurentis re-make of King Kong...Which actually DID feature a man in a suit...The legendary Rick Baker!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Here for your enjoyment is an epic BS story of Kong like proportions!</span></div>
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Hi Ape Fans ! This time we've got the King himself !</div>
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The one and only Rick "King Kong" Baker!</div>
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We found 3 awesome examples of Rick from 3 classics ! </div>
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First up is Rick as Sydney, in the comedy classic " The incredible Shrinking Woman"</div>
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Next up is Rick as an escaped lab experiment in " The Thing With Two Heads"</div>
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Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-63383863661079671232019-02-24T13:05:00.000-08:002019-02-24T13:05:07.307-08:00Gorilla 3 Pack Pics #2 Charlie Gemora !Hi again Monkey Minions ! Today old Bongo goes WAAAAAAY to the back of the vault<br />
in search of Gemora Gorilla Goodies from the dawn of cinema !<br />
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We'll start out with INGAGI ! A notorious 1930 film that tried to pass Charlie off as a real ape who carries off human women for naughty purposes !<br />
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Next is Murder in the Rue Morgue 1932. Bela Lugosi stars as Dr. Miracle and Charlie as Erik the Ape !</div>
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Tarzan the Tiger 1926. </div>
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Just back from the old vault with a treasure trove of Gorilla Goodies</div>
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Featuring our old friend George Barrows.</div>
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At one time George was the busiest monkey in the movies, and he has the list of credits to prove it!</div>
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So enjoy this glimpse into Hollywood Gorilla History !</div>
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<br />Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-54335602640864628722019-02-20T16:09:00.000-08:002019-02-20T16:09:03.678-08:00 Gorilla 3 Pack Pics #1Hey Gorilla Gang!<br />
Old Bongo here, working my way into a huge job of catch-up for being absent so long!<br />
To make it up to you, here are a trio of favorites from the Bongo Archive featuring The Legend himself.<br />
Bob "Tracy Kogar" Burns !<br />
Big gorilla brother bob shares a huge space in the hearts of Gorilla Man and myself for all the years of research and stills collecting he's done. So Without further ado, I give you Bob Burns !<br />
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<br />Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-1108460011974222752018-07-15T13:44:00.000-07:002018-07-15T13:44:30.837-07:00Beer guzzlin' gorilla !<br />
The 1960's were a magical time in the world of creative advertising.<br />
This is a time when such "adult" things as cigarettes and beer were staples in commercial campaigns<br />
The beer commercials were especially clever, using elements evocative of classic themes as Spy movies, adventure film, and a never ending variety of beautiful women.<br />
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One such genius advertising campaigns was for Falstaff Beer.<br />
This series that ran in the early and mid 60's, feature legendary Gorilla Man, George Barrows as a cuddly beer swilling simian , who for all appearances is the boyfriend of a cute brunette, in a variety of themes and settings.<br />
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So for your viewing pleasure, I give you ...Falstaff Beer ! Gorilla approved...Gorilla guzzled !<br />
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( a special thanks to the gang at Ape Suit Cinema for helping procure these !)</div>
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Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-67000056217931184292017-11-20T17:33:00.002-08:002017-11-20T17:39:22.031-08:00The Gorilla 1922 What an adorable smile !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The gorilla is a time honored classic of the " Old Dark House" tradition.</div>
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This was the first cinematic version of the already well established stage play and it stars </div>
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<u>There's murder afoot in the mansion of wealthy Walter Stevens ( Played with scenery chewing panache by the great Walter Pidgeon !)</u></div>
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<u>The murderer in question goes by the nick name " The Gorilla" though he is quite human.</u></div>
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<u>To further complicate a confusing who dunnit with sliding panels, and secret passages, a real gorilla shows up in the mix !</u></div>
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<u>If your a fan of half wit , hard boiled slapstick humor, then you're sure to love the Gorilla ! </u></div>
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<u>Oh....The gorilla you ask? Well, it's a damned fine looking suit for the period, as it should be....Charles Gemora created the suit! Though a MUCH larger actor played the gorilla rather than Charlie.</u></div>
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Enjoy these beautiful stills contributed by the members of Ape Suit Cinema on Facebook.</div>
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If your on Facebook, look us up ! Tell 'em Bongo sent you!</div>
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That's a face only a mother could love !<br />
<br />Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-32008141739990123902017-07-09T14:34:00.001-07:002017-07-09T14:36:51.311-07:00Wah Chang channels George Barrows !<p dir="ltr">Hiya Gorilla gang, old Bongo has a very rare treat in store for you this time ! <br>
Wah Ming Chang was one of the premier monster makers of the 50s and 60s. <br>
Wah was responsible for most of the terrifying monsters from shows like the Outer Limits and Star Trek.<br>
It seemed only natural for him to build s gorilla suit, and he did....and what a suit !<br>
The funny thing is, that rather than look to real gorillas for inspiration, he looked no farther than the guy who was getting most of the good gorilla gigs at the time, the legendary George Barrows !<br>
Wah's interpretation of Barrows suit is a sight to behold ! <br>
And now's you chance to do just that with these nifty pics of Wah's suit....2 with Wah in the suit, and one with Wah playing big game hunter and posing with his " trophy "! Enjoy gang !</p>
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Time to dig out your gorilla suits ( and I know you all have them..) and celebrate !!!!</p><p dir="ltr">The legendary Don Martin created NGSD for folks just like us !</p><p dir="ltr">The concept is simple, just go do at least one normal thing about your day, preferably in public, and wear your suit ! </p><p dir="ltr">You will be an instant sensation !</p><p dir="ltr">
But absolutely NO DRIVING in a gorilla suit...this is a safe holiday! <br>
So suit up, and have fun !<br>
ZOOT !!!</p>
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This time a gem from one of the craziest gorilla duo's ever !<br>
On the left of the photo is the zaniest Stooge to have ever walked the Earth, none other than the great Curly Howard !<br>
Curly's less-than-enthusiastic dance partner for the Curly Shuffle is none other then Master monster gorilla man, Ray " Crash" Corrigan! They are seen here in the great Three Stooges short, " Three Missing Links. <br>
In the film, Curley disguises himself as a gorilla to scare the boys. But to make things interesting the real thing" Ray Corrigan "shows up and hilarity ensues !<br>
The suit curly is wearing is one of crashes old suits with some of the padding removed. So if you're looking for a good laugh, and we can all use one of those, watch Three Missing Links....tell 'em Bongo sent ya !</p>
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The great Charles Gemora suiting up in his greatest gorilla suit !<br>
As seen in the classics, "Monster and the Girl " and "Gildersleeves Ghost" !</p>
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Long time ( too long ) no see !<br />
Well this should be enough of a break to have finished your head by now...Yeah, 2 and a half years should do it !<br />
It's amazing how the real world can throw a wrench into a cool gorilla suit tutorial.<br />
As you may remember, a long long long time ago, we had just finished our awesome Gorilla head !<br />
Now at long last, we can start on an equally impressive body !<br />
Lets start out with a basic form to build up upon...something shaped like a human body,,,,I know ! Let's use...your body !<br />
Now, unless you are a genetic mutation of some sort, chances are pretty good you aren't built like a gorilla...lets hope you aren't a mutation ! Not that that's not cool and all, I mean being shaped like a gorilla would definitely make wearing an ape suit a lot easier...and a lot cooler... But I digress !<br />
Let's assume you are built more or less like a human being. Now in order to be built like a gorilla, we're going to start the ultimate muscle building program ! No, not like Arnold Swarzenegger or Lou Ferrigno, I'm talking about BUILDING the muscles !<br />
Now, we've seen how Chris Walas built up his gorilla muscles using shaped foam rubber, glued down in layers to create the gorilla shape.<br />
I've used this technique before, and while extremely effective, I chose a different route...because "A" I wanted something lighter, and easier for me to move around in, and "B" I didn't want to do the same thing Mr. Walas did...because that would be be redundant, and limit your options !<br />
And since the entire objective is to give you options, here we go !<br />
The following technique was imparted to me by the legendary Bob Burns, and the equally legendary Kathy Burns !<br />
Essentially what we're going to do is to make specially shaped pillows using fabric and Polly-Fill .<br />
Poly-Fill can be found under several names, like Fiber-Fill, but it's basically a white fluffy fiber for stuffing pillows, cushions, stuffed animals, and monkey muscles.<br />
SPOILER ALERT !!!! You'll need to be able to sew ! If you can't, then ask your wife, girlfriend, mother, or cosplay friends... This is definitely a job for a sewing machine !<br />
First things first, you'l need help for this part. With your arms out straight measure from one mid forearm around the back, to the the middle of the other forearm. Write this down because if you're like me, you'll forget before the next step. Write in inches, like it shows on most cloth measuring tapes, like 48 inches instead of 4 feet....it'll save you aggravation with the math later on.<br />
In my case it's 45 inches. Now the next number is a little trickier. If you are 160 lbs or less, write the number 16. If you are over 160 write the number 12. The reason being, the thinner you are, the thicker the padding needs to be...logical right ? As you've probably guessed, the second number is also inches. Using a semi-stretchable fabric ( like t-shirt material ) in the same color as your suit...black suit, black fabric..you get the idea. Now using a yard stick to cut straight lines, Cut a long strip of fabric the same width as your second number you wrote "18 or 14 " ) for demonstration sake, we'll say 14 " as I'm on the thick side. So once I've cut my 14" strip, I now cut that to my measurement of 45" long. I now have a rectangle 45" long by 14" wide.<br />
Now take the long strip and fold it in half on the short side, so in my case, I now have a rectangle 44" long, by 7" wide. On the part were the folded over piece meets itself again, sew along that long line , and leave the needle 1/2 inch from the edge ( called the Hem line. Now in my case, I now have a cloth tube 44 inches long. Now turn it inside out so the hemline is on the inside of the tube.<br />
Now from each end, start stuffing The Poly-fill toward the center of the tube. Stuff it firm enough to hold a round shape after giving it a squeeze, but don't pack it tightly, you will need to conform the shape around your body contours.<br />
Okay, take a deep breath...get a drink...in short, take a wee break.<br />
Now that you've stuffed the tube sew each end shut . Just be sure that both ends are sewn the same direction ....You should now have a big fluffy tube with two flat-ish ends...<br />
Here, young Bob Burns shows us what it looks like.<br />
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In this early version, Bob would use several string ties to hold it in place.<br />
You can see how massive this simple shape makes you look !<br />
This method served Bob well for many years, but eventually the padding moving around in the suit would become a huge pain in the buttocks. So Kathy, showing her sewing savvy suggested permanently attaching the pad to a sweat shirt, by sewing it into place.. Voila ! It worked like a charm !<br />
This is what the pad looks like sewn down to the sweat shirt.<br />
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After Bob describe the method with these photos, and the advantages it has over foam, this was what I eventually duplicated for my black Bongo suit.<br />
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The amount of mass this conveys in incredible ! Note that the pad comes almost to the top of our respective noggins. This way, like a real gorilla, you head will merge into the shoulders and giving the illusion of an actual huge gorilla neck musculature .<br />
what were the advantages Bob and Kathy mentioned you ask ? Well, one is the weight ...The fiber-fill is almost weightless ! Two, is flexibility..Because the Fiber-fill compresses so easily, your range of motion is barely affected by the padding ! The third and most important advantage is the entire under-suit is washable !!! In past suits where I used glued in foam padding , once you soaked the foam with sweat, it was there to stay ! After wearing it a few times, you'd start to dread climbing into that wretched smelling suit...And let me tell ya, that is a stench you'll never forget !<br />
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A word on this : Proper hydration is the most important thing in the world to you when in the suit for any length of time. You literally sweat it out as fast as you can drink it. The serious danger here is sudden onset of dehydration, and possibly heatstroke. Yes it gets that hot ! It can be in the 70's temperature wise, but inside the suit, your cooking away at 90 to 100 degrees ! So, please keep that in mind when you are wearing any type of costume that completely encloses your body !<br />
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate ! at least one gallon of WATER an hour....Believe me, you will be thirsty enough to do it. In one movie shoot I did, over the course of three hours, I drank 3 gallons of water, and never had to pee once ! I want my new gorilla brothers and sisters to be healthy gorillas !<br />
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Now where were we...Oh yes, preventing the stench !<br />
With the fiber-fill padding, you simply remove the sweat soaked under-shirt and toss it in the washing machine like any other laundry. I've washed mine about 30 times and I've only had to fluff up the padding about three times, by squishing the polly-fill through by squeezing it around by pressing your fingers into the flexible cloth, then pinching the stuffing inside and pulling out on it.<br />
Another good rule of thumb is to bring one t-shirt for every hour in the suit. These will catch most of the sweat , then once you're soaked, pull the soggy shirt off, and put a fresh one on. You'll thank me for it !<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">As you can tell by the previous several posts, our illustrious founder of HGM has made his triumphant return after a long hiatus...Welcome back gorilla man !!!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">I have also been missing for a while due to medical issues and other insane obligations...It's good to be back to titillate you with the latest and greatest Gorilla Men news !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">First up is a great opportunity to participate in the production of a documentary about the American Tourister Gorilla himself, Mr. Don McLeod !</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">The documentary is the brainchild of Don's gorilla successor Adam Meir.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Adam has been Don's protege for several years now and has taken over the role of the American Tourister Gorilla !</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Here are a few words from Adam himself about this fantastic project :</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">APE SUIT LOVERS!!!<br />We are excited to announce that Project Greenlight and Seed&Spark have accepted our film, "Top Banana - The Most Famous Unknown Hollywood Actor" into its Untold Story contest!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">We have been working on this film for two years. It is about Don McLeod, suit performer, mime, Japanese Butoh artist, poet and philosopher. He played one of the best werewolves of all time in The Howling. He was the American Tourister (Samsonite) gorilla in the classic television commercials. Film credits include Trading Places, Hook and Total Recall, to name a few.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Bongo again kids.... Gorilla Man and I make it our mission to get these hard working , under appreciated fur clad geniuses into the spotlight to keep a historical record of the greatest apes Hollywood has to offer...And Don is one of the best !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">When the American Tourister commercials first aired in the 70's, Audiences where 100 % convinced it was the real thing they were seeing demolishing lesser brands of luggage.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Of course the raging primate was thwarted by the indestructible construction of the American Tourister luggage .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The setup on the commercials was brilliant, the very first commercial was done with a real ape, though not a gorilla. The used an adult Chimpanzee for the job...Few people realize that the cute little chimps they see in movies and television are actually the equivalent of a human toddler. A full grown chimp is comparable in size to a full grown man ! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once the audience had seen this hirsute engine of destruction attempting to demolish the impervious luggage, the stage was set, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Enter Don Mcleod !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The commercial producers, realized they needed a star that took direction better than the rampant chimp, so brilliant mime Don McLeod was brought in to take over the role. ( he studied under the great Marcel Marsceau ! )</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Don's skill as a mime made him ideal to convey the enormous power of a pissed off gorilla to tackle the luggage that defied all his attempts to destroy it. The producers also realized that while performance was the key,he also had to look absolutely real to complete the illusion.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is where multiple Academy Award winning makeup effects legend Rick Baker got into the act.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Rick was no stranger to gorilla acting as he not only created the suit for, but also played the king himself in the 1976 Dino DeLaurentis production of King Kong.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ricks skill in creating his gorilla suits, was just what was needed to complete Don's transformation from man to monkey !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once Don was in the suit, he virtually ceased to exist !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So flawless was Dons performance, he was virtually indistinguishable from a living breathing gorilla !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">The american Tourister commercials are emblazoned in the minds of anyone growing up in the 70's and 80's. Don continued his gorilla hijinx in such classic films as Trading Places (<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">1983 ), The Man with Two Brains (1983 ), Born to be Wild ( 1995 ) and Mom Can I Keep Her ( 1998 ) playing a female gorilla !</span></span></div>
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<br />Mighty Bongohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718949250586490656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-8097232917112352422016-04-29T17:00:00.000-07:002016-05-06T22:00:57.169-07:00Friday Night Beauties and Beasts #5<br />
Oh Charlie, how the young feral flappers adore your velvety pelt kept soft by the warm jungle rain. They simply cannot tear their eyes away from your noble profile and bestial biceps. It is near impossible for the frizzy blond on your left to resist a chance to give your chin a playful tickle. The lass on right knows better. The last gal to do so is one digit short of a full hand.<br />
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<br />Gorilla Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365077435207384604noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-984792973425735462016-04-22T17:54:00.000-07:002016-04-22T17:54:06.697-07:00Friday Night Beauties and Beasts #4 With your typical low budget turds, if they throw in a guy with a rental gorilla suit, they tend to look a lot worse then the ape depicted in the poster art. So not the case here. Most interesting fact about this sleepy sleazefest? Directed by a dude named Zoltan. "Zoltan". Say it out loud and tell me that wouldn't make for a great 30's serial villain. I would think a creepy evil sounding weirdo named Zoltan could pull off some soft 60's porn with hot chicks and lusty apes. But then again his choices in promotional material has me riddled with doubt.<br />
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You know Trudy, ever now and then you could carry me home...<br />
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Gentleman seeks conservative gal who doesn't mind spending a night home in the jungle, er house, playing Canasta for two. Must be comfortable with body hair and banana breath. Tall brunettes who love hats preferred.</div>
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<br />Gorilla Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365077435207384604noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612104012981306583.post-44291200151903922222016-04-01T18:00:00.000-07:002016-03-31T23:59:33.731-07:00Friday Night Beauties and Beasts #1And now, a message from our sponsor...<br />
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Sex sells. Always has, always will. In this weekly post I will share one of the many saucy gorilla and gal pics I have collected over the last decade of simian obsession. Don't get me wrong - a lady should be treated with respect and tenderness - but your average savage monkey boy has trouble restraining his urge to scooping up a lovely lass and taking her back to his primeval pad.<br />
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First up in our series, HGM favourite, the dapper chap in the frisky fur, Emil Van Horn with one of his ladies of the stage, Yvonne.<br />
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The classic Beauty and the Beast burlesque act plays upon some of the baser views of what would have been a primarily white male audience. Whether it was the thrill of a woman dominated by a hulking brute (though he is often manipulated or controlled by the fair skinned Beauty), the demented inference of bestiallity and cross species intercourse or the uglier threatening undertone of interracial mingling, there is a lot of weird stuff going on in what can appear downright silly from a modern perspective.</div>
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The husband and wife burlesque duo, Scotty Roche and Diane Revere performed together through the 1950’s and 1960’s making their mark with the classic Beauty and Beast act. In addition to the sensual simian dance, which appears to be their centerpiece performance, they also appeared in a number featuring gold body paint, showcasing that Scotty was indeed in fabulous shape under that massive gorilla suit. </div>
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In a <a href="http://www.hollywoodgorillamen.com/2010/03/perverse-gorilla-polka.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> that presented a photo spread titled GORILLA POLKA from a 50’s men’s mag GALA, Jeff Siegel made the following comments:</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I grew up with Scotty and Diane and Diane is still alive. Their act came from Vaudeville. They performed extensively in the far east during the 1950's, where they adopted their son, Andre, who was the son of a Princess of Siam and a French aviator (scandalous!). Scotty claimed to have been the underage man in KING KONG's suit during the filming due to the real actor not being able to handle the heat. Scotty was underage at the time so he didn't get credit (his father was working on the film and Scotty would hang around the set). I'll put together some pix and get hold of Diane to see if she can provide you with some more info (she's over 100 years old!).</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></blockquote>
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Jeff wrote back in August 2014 and unfortunately I only became aware of the comment while putting together this post. Hollywood Gorilla Men has been kicking around in one incarnation or another for a decade but my passion ebbs and flows. I have reached out to Jeff and hopefully he can add another anecdote or two about this amazing pair of performers.</div>
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The GALA photo mentions that the act actually originated with Scotty’s father Pierre, who tromped about Hungarian stages years before his son took up the 80 pound furry mantle.</div>
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Revere and Roche appeared in this 'Burlesk' film that was typical of it's time - a parade of stage acts made all the more accessible for a multitude of movie goers. Here's the summary from AFI:</div>
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AFI Summary released 1964 Tiger Lilly's day begins in the afternoon, with a swim and some trampoline exercise. Night finds her preparing for her act at a strip club, while Bambi performs on stage. As the next act, Revere and Roche, is performing "Beauty and The Beast" onstage, a similar drama is going on in a backstage dressing room where beauteous Billy Jean is pursued by her partner, Kavich, a tiger. After Vicki O'Day's tassel-twirling striptease, Tiger Lilly descends in a gilded elevator cage for her own act. She is followed by Tempest Storm. Tiger Lilly returns to her dressing room with Billy Jean and soaks away the greasepaint in a bubble bath. </div>
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This is a great behind the scenes shot of the legendary Haruo " Godzilla " Nakajima as King Kong, in the classic "King Kong Escapes "<br />
This was a promotional photo shoot, as this scene never appears in the movie.<br />
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