The Planet of the Apes (cartoon)

[jamesriegel13]

Loved this cartoon

[vardiss22]

i remember watching this on CBS Saturday Mornings...although i remember not being into it that much..don't think i ever watched a episode start to finish..or more likely my brother or sister switched the dial to ABC or NBC to watch "their" shows lol (those were the days)

[peepeevagi]

Makes me glad i was born after we began importing japanese animation in. Production values skyrocketed :D

[evol1349]

as we become more "free"..ive noticed how censored everyhting is..so much for the ginger kids ..

[bradhig]

That spaceship looks like a Mercury capsule.

[Hassleinbooks]

These episodes are all included in Hasslein Books' reference publications - "Timeline of the Planet of the Apes" and the newly released "Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes".

[brianpadraic]

Sweet. Thanks for posting...

[davedropd1]

damn.... not as good as thundar or flash gordon.... intro sucks bad!

[BlackMariaDownUnder]

Interesting grahics for the title but very little actual animation

[lst1195]

This scared the begeezus outta me as a kid. I was 7 when it aired.

[demoskunk]

Hmm, kinda looks like Venture Bros. (or the other way around).

[MarkusHeracles]

I have the dvd. Too bad it didn't go on. It was gettting interesting at the end

[flapdoodle64]

I was a kid when this was on, and this show rocked even more than Marvel comics. BTW, the upside down crucifixion: the Romans did this to a number of early followers of Christ.

[thedoctor42209]

I think all 13 shows can be found on Hulu

[GenesisApes]

A great cartoon and very dark and moody for kids. It's a shame they never completed this series, it was actually going somewhere...

[controlremot3]

darkside......the 70's had balls!

[NowhereMan1966]

I know, I doubt you'd get this aired on TV, let alone as fodder for a kid's program, now. Heck, I don't think they would air Archie Bunker, "All In The Family," now. I think the 1970's, up until the late 1980's or so, you could air a lot of stuff then that you can't now.

[blindandwatching]

@NowhereMan1966 Part of politically correct is that you can't offend anyone except maybe conservatives of certain issues. It means you get nothing but lame ass cr-ap

[Lfdjake91]

Where those bodies crucified upsidedown during the intro to the cartoon? Pretty daring image to have in the opening of a cartoon.

[1acroyear1]

Yeah, well...

They had higher production values back then. And no lame-ass fascist censors either.

[Neville6000]

@1acroyear1: Sorry to break it to you, but the 70's did have this; this was the era of ACT (Action For Children's Television), and the Nixon Administration's (on the Democratic Party side) drive to end violence on TV, so kids's cartoons WERE censored-examples include Super Friends (no beating up allowed, and no use of the main villains from the comic book, plus replacement of 'Snapper' Carr with Wendy and Marvin, and their dog Wonder Dog) and Fat Albert (positive messages in each episode.)

[Optimalillusion]

@1acroyear1

I mentally moved your hyphen to the right, now I read it as "lame ass-fascist censors."

Thank you, xkcd!

[NowhereMan1966]

It probably has a negative effect on the Apes, probably mocking their religion or something. I know in some circles an upsidedown cross might mean a warship of Satan or contempt of Christianity to some so perhaps the Apes on the upsidedown crosses has a similar meaning to them.

[Logan112]

Hahahaha I remember the planet of the apes cartoon from back then.

[nebulon9]

I just shit myself a little watching the intro....

[wakclips]

Puff up & Watch, Kiddies!

[axisoffeeble]

Moral of the story? Don't go messing with Relativity, bitches!

[chazcov08]

I used to watch this! Scary!!

[geffel]

love the Moire pattern interference!

[licklolly35]

good cartoon, i loved the planet of the apes, all the movies, i was a ape for halloween one halloween, the costumes, that wer eplastic, with a mask

[mcdonchris]

Yeah i remember those....those were the days...oh to be young again in that day and time.

[borgduck]

Me & my girl we love each other.

[moszanuda]

Is this from an 8mm or 16mm film? I thought I heard the sound of the projector during a pause in the audio.

[doginstine]

How did they fit three "guys' in a one man Mercury Space Capsule.

[tusken186]

Everything about this cartoon was terrible (even though I loved it as a kid). The animation and voice acting were horrible. But, the still background shots were beautiful! Doug Wildey a comic artist, who also worked on Johnny Quest, did a great job! That's what makes the intro look so good.

[kitty9tales]

I used to get up at 7 in the morning on Saturday when I was 9 to watch this series.

[SingPsyc]

Let me preface this by saying that the apes in this series called the humans "humanoids". I remember that in one of the episodes one of the apes was driving somewhere and had a radio playing in his vehicle. The song that was playing was "I'm Going Humanoid Over You". I was only 11 at the time, but I thought that the humor displayed with this joke was simply genius! LOL

[daperfessa]

I think the announcer at the beginning is Ted Knight (Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show).He did a lot of cartoon voices (if you have Cartoon Network,just listen to the narrator on the early Super Friends---that's Ted).He also voiced The Riddler on the Batman cartoon that aired in the late 60s or early 70s.

[mavericstud1]

The designs for this looked like the Old G.I.Joe of the 1960's.

[fjccommish]

A danger guage!

[randunivac]

man, every space vehicle should be equipped with a danger gauge!

[bobbydj01]

Great stuff!!!

[honeegrrl]

I was born and in 1971 but somehow I don't remember this and I remember a lot of things. I must have been a toddler or something.

[skunkypilot]

I was born in '71 too, and I have vague memories of it. This is the first I've seen of it since then. It's amazing what you can find on YouTube.

[bathwhoreE]

I Really hope this is released on DVD one day soon.Who do you write to? Fox?

[rayssonation]

This is astounding animated series that ran on Saturday Mornings on NBC from 1975-1977.

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and the motion picture series of the same title. Produced by DePatie-Freleng Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Music composed by Dean Elliott with animation done by Jack Kirby and Doug Wiley(who was the creator for Jonny Quest).

Only 16 episodes were produced for this cartoon.

[tsntana]

Re: "Music composed by Dean Elliott"

I KNEW I recognized that groove.

[aquasloth]

I wish they'd put this on DVD. I bought the TV series DVD set a while back and it's TERRIBLE.  I bet the cartoon is more entertaining.

[Zorn76]

I love the sideburns on the brother and the cracker in space!!

[wildcatso]

Também adorava esse desenho assim como tudo relacionado sobre o tema viagem tempo-espaço. Nota 1000!!!

[gymer15]

I watched this as a kid, I don't think it lasted to long.

[eeezamanaa]

Eeezamanaa!!still as good as it ever was,why don't cartoon network or boomerang put this back on?arf arf

[BronzeKnight70]

WOW! The visuals and concept for the show considering the tone of the movie, is rather remarkable for the time. a remarkable piece of animation history

[Dreaded88]

Gee, they really built those Mercury Capsules didn't they!?! Not like todays crap that keeps on having computer glitches of every kind, and burns up on re-entry, or 100,000,000 miles; whichever comes first! :D

[catdogcat05]

Wow! Pretty graphic for a Saturday morning cartoon. Scared me now. Great animation in the intro.

[steven1976]

The opening scared me when I was little!! LOL

[steveasat2]

The opening scares the crap out of me right now. Those are some stark images and music.  Way too good for Saturday morning.

[zerozordon620]

HA HA, Earth still looks the same frome space after all those years.

[cha5]

I always thought the cartoon was interesting,

There was no way it could ever match the original 1968 film, but it was a good attempt IMHO.