Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes now has his own talk show

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This is what I desperately needed today.

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I hate every ape I see
From chimpan-a to chimpan-z,
No, you’ll never make a monkey out of me.

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I love it! At first I thought it was borrowing heavily from “Space Ghost Coast to Coast”, but it is really its own animal. Dana Gould, I tip my hat to you.

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it’s one part Carson, one part Letterman, one part Space Ghost. love it. i want some of that Klinger Garlic dressing.

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The adopted dog joke in the monologue was really good…as was the name-drop of BOC at the end, legitimately got Steven Weber laughing.

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Ah, Doctor Z. I remember how thrilling it was for me as a teenager to go to the Hamburger Hamlet on Van Nuys back in the 1980s, knowing you’d see him at his usual table holding court, a hot number like Joey Heatherton always at his side.

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These popped up on my recommendations a few days ago to my confusion and delight. I got hooked by The Cat Upstairs clip. https://youtu.be/6YD5e8pLHaI

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this with us! It’s delicious!!

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It was so sad when she left him for Grodd.

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This is my favorite thing ever.

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I’m going ape for this show.

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Pure gold!

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I’m Going Humanoid Over You

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Even the credits are amazing, full of Easter eggs: eg,

                Head of the O.S.I.
                Oscar Goldman

I’ve never heard of this Dr. Z, but he’s apparently been doing it for a long time(?) This video is arguably even better. It shows Zaius crashing a 50th anniversary screening of the original Planet of the Apes:

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