I loved the idea that Dennis Hopper’s character, Frank, was originally supposed to have helium instead of oxygen or nitrous oxide or whatever it was in his tank. Having him scream obscenities in a squeaky voice would have been even more bizarre and threatening.
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I did once hear that there’s a legend about Orangs that they can talk, but don’t ever speak to humans, because we’d make them wear pants and get jobs and the like. Seems legit.
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So, logically, if we remove his pants and close down his businesses, he should revert to a bucolic coexistence with humanity? It’s worth a try.
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The first rule of Orangutan Club is: Oook.
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So that makes Clinton The Jackal? I’ll take it!
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Ah, Moviedrome.
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I’ve already had to bleach my brain of artists’ renderings of his pants-less form, so I cannot condone your method. Have mercy, my brain is thin and thread-bare and should not be bleached again.
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Thanks. I couldn’t remember the name of the show.
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Dutch physician Jacobus Bontius’ 1631 Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae orientalis – he reported that Malays had informed him the ape was able to talk, but preferred not to “lest he be compelled to labour.”
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