Evolution Revolution

[blastforyou]

There should be a reunion tour and the perfect group to tour with would be the Monkees as opening act.

[blastforyou]

The blond girl chimp is where the dumb blond jokes got started.

[DlABL0GlCAL]

imagine how ugly the groupies are

[dutchiebunny]

Is it just me or is the Evolution Revolution's drummer more convincing than Gelbwaks of the Partridge Family?

[JonM11100]

"Hi...Ed Simian here..its gonna be a really big SHOOO OOOOOH OOOOOOOH OHHHHH!!"

[westbankisajoke]

Look at all those silly black people playing those instruments.

[leetate1963]

@westbankisajoke - Somehow I knew there would be at least one racist comment. Congratulations, you're it !

[Guernicaman]

So this is what happened to The Grass Roots.

[storrs19]

@Guernicaman Interesting you mention The Grass Roots. I believe many of the EvRev songs were produced the the same man who produced the Grass Roots music as well as written by him also.

[Guernicaman]

@storrs19 - Well, that would definitely explain things.

[holmeed]

HIPPIE MONKEYS- CAN'T TAKE IT..MUCH LONGER.. HIPPIE MONKEYS..BEST THING EVER..

[Hugo411]

IF some Animal Rights Group sees this they 'll be Hell to pay.

the 70's laughter was allowed. it's 2011 and you gotta filter it all

thru that phoney Political tripe.

[ShammyRandall]

One of the most overlooked and underrated masterpieces ever created by man.... Who needs the planet of the apes movies when you have Lancelot Link Secret Chimp! Oh my where have all the primates gone? Life just isnt the same anymore..

[roystonpixie]

I'm 12, what is this?

[DustyChalk]

@roystonpixie monkey-sploitation -- an experimental drug was released that makes monkeys smarter, but it didn't work the same on all of them -- some of them became musicians. Even so -- they deserve to be heard.

[comcurve]

Definitely one of the better monkey bands of that era.

[MrYouallareidiots]

One Question to all of tou out there. I've read a couple comments, and How did this, a funny video wth apes playing various instruments to a 70s tune incite an argument about the evolutionary theory. The only connection this video has to evolution is the band name, nothing else.

You guys must have alot of time on your hands. Just enjoy the funny monkeys dance and play fake music.

Basically i'm saying:

Laugh little goth boy, laugh

[DirtyFartDude]

Im only 14 and I love this music. Music today has nothing on this. This is how its done!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can keep your lady gaga.

[boaasoadsk]

ich mag affen *_*

[balzenschaft]

0:38 blonde monkey chick is stoned

[renderizer01]

@balzenschaft Ain't no chick... ;O)

[DustyChalk]

@renderizer01 It's a wig.

[executionerofgod]

LANCE LINK BITCHES!!! REP YO SET!!!

[Louie4711]

In an alternate universe this was a huge number one hit. I can tell.

[beowulven]

I think this is a lip synch. They aren't even playing in time! Terrible.

[595o]

@beowulven Nah.

[wallofvideo]

in "lancelot link," the logic behind "the monkees" reaches its logical conclusion.

[FairDealDan]

Evo---lution RevoEvo---lution RevoEvo-----lution Revo.... luuuu shhhuuunn....awesummmm

[JeexAlenny]

poor monkeys :(

[napper27]

@JeexAlenny These are apes, not monkeys.

[Carycomic]

A shameless "plagiarism" of the Monkees. ;-)

[kb6kgx]

@Carycomic

You just don't get it, do you? But it wasn't a take off of "The Monkees". It was a combination of James Bond and Get Smart, but with chimps! And the music may sound familiar because the studio musicians were "The Grass Roots".

[Carycomic]

@kb6kgx

No; YOU don't get it. I was making a pun. A play on words! Hence, the sarcastic quote marks. So, if stand-up comey is your day job?  By all means: DO quit it!

[kb6kgx]

@Carycomic

My apologies if I misunderstood YOUR comment. Meant no disrespect.

[tapupartforpres]

I just bought every season on DVD.

[holmeed]

Hippie monkeys.. huh huh huhhuh

[PHearleZZ]

1:06

looks like snoopdogg :D

[fu4kool]

these monkeys are stoned out of their minds

[joyousplatapus]

HAHAHA!

[IIIl1IIIlllIII1]

I wish it was 1970 again, my favorite year!

[coyotesister]

I loved this show so much as a kid!!! They rock!

[yaknski]

I remember watching this show on Saturday morning!

PETA would have a fit with this now.

These monkeys are smart, the dude's playin' a Strat!

[nemesisurvivorleon]

PETA? having a fit? with THIS? wth do they do anyway?

[yaknski]

nemesis....... You have a computer .... Google it!

[ShamefulBoner]

sweet strat

[nodvick]

the semian sounds like an older kent hovind.

[Theckho]

Ou como Bill Haley & His Comets...

[sexpen]

REVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

[jetztraum]

WTF, thanks good today you cant do that kind of shit anymore with our brothers the pan troglodytes species.

[yellowcougar18]

I think the keyboard player has got be the best keyboard player. Ever.

Seriously, the guy knows how to work the camera and seriously rocks the house.

I also believe he had a failed marriage to Mia Farrow. He dumped her.

[cherzo]

Classic, best band ever, love at 2:09 when that chimp goes by leaning to the side :)

[Seaoftea]

this is how we look to aliens

[mesafish]

@Seaoftea This... this is the first Youtube comment I've read that's genuinely insightful. WELL DONE.

[Shwa]

Best.

Drummer.

Ever.

[myhouserulesyou]

Give 'em crack pipes and they'd just blend right into any ghetto.

[lilyiscr8zy]

lmao! thats fuked up yo XD

[myhouserulesyou]

"lilyiscr8zy" Yep, that's fucked up, but it's true.

[meatybeatybignbouncy]

Talk about way ahead of their time! The dancers are obviously doing the Pogo. Humans didn't catch on to that until what, the '80's punk movement?

And listen to the words: Let your pants hang low!

School kids didn't start that until the 90's, right?

[pistongreg]

It was a good time have by all!

[bladerunner328]

wow the mars volta is down to a 4 piece???

[uglybeat]

that keyboardist is a bit ham-fisted. just the way i like it.

[chuckstolarek]

let your pants hang low.

[ultimatebozo]

Fake what? Nobody was trying to claim that the chimps were actually performing the music, geez lighten up and smoke a doobie while you watch it. Thats how I used to do it when I used to watch this show back in the day... Thanks for the clips good times and good memories- :)

p.s.-there was an Evolution Revolution album issued back around 1970!

[sgrroiii]

Fake ?

[holmeed]

Hippie monkeys

Best thing EVER

[tjisnumbaone]

this is the worst fake act i've ever seen. piece of shit

[ortleyman]

Man, these fuckers are better then most of the shit that is out their today. No seriously, I used to love this show when I was a kid.

[jwwutube]

First it was The Planet Of The Apes, then this. Late sixties were really far out man!!!

[MovieVision]

ROFL Wer is auch alles über Deichkind hier her gekommen? xD

[Slave0wner1]

i like the fact that ROFl is the same in every language.

[Krischan92]

ich :-D und was genau soll das -.-

[champthom]

I think the problem with TV today is that we don't have enough TV shows of monkeys dressed up in clothing with dubbed voices.

[bhutanpigsinouttasp]

Both Lance and Mata were abducted by the CIA after the series finished..and they were condemned to the "Shakespeare Project" where the incessant chatter of type-writers finally sent them round the bend. Never Trust a Human!

[drprogensteinphp]

Thanks so much for this! I remember sitting back with my friends and smoking a big doobie before this show would come on! Lancelot was THE coolest of simian spy's! His side kick Mata Hairi was no slouch herself! Haaaa!

I remember the episode that this clip originated from very well!

[librano]

and they say weed causes memory loss.... myth - BUSTED! haha

[ssjautobot]

what the fuck did i just watch?

[holmeed]

LMAO This is what we used to watch when we was 10! Hippie monkeys... FUCKING GOLD!!!!!!

[ELECTRICSHAMAN13]

THANKS cool friend for sending this to me

with monkeys like these the usa mite have some hope left

[LPcustom76]

where do you live, france?

[ELECTRICSHAMAN13]

my new favorite band the monkeys

[DieChaosTheroie]

was ham die den dem affen gegeben armer kerl hahahaha

[Gregoryxlz]

omg...this made my week

[SAshivadas]

Thanks for reminding me of this, Probably my first favorite Saturday morning show when I was just a wee lad.

[scraperTSB]

the one with the hat looks like that midget actor... You know the one that played the warrior in Willow? SPITTING IMAGE

[joke8000]

Many thanks! This stuff really makes me go totally ape! =D

[Thunderstruck1978]

Lancelot Link, der coolste Affen 007 den es je gab.

[Theckho]

Fake

[prompen3]

hmm no shit?

[xa4311]

lol

[tanereshma]

pouuuhahahahaah :D:D look at drummer! :D:D:D:D

[euuhi]

The singer looks like a robot..XD

[nonrandomusername]

Wow, a Vox Continental organ! It's been many years since I've seen one of those!

[brahner]

fake!

[Zest85uk]

really? i thought that monkey was talking!

[brahner]

I thought he was talking also, until I finally could read his lips and tell it wasn't coming out right. They do a pretty good job, though. Kind of like the China-men in Godzilla.

[Zest85uk]

LOL, i was being sarcastic.. It's obviously fake =) I've yet to meet a speaking monkey!

[micr0cosm]

How can you say that man, you were the drummer for 16 years....drugs *sigh*

[JokeHole]

It's not good enough that they play instruments you want them to talk, too? Jeez! Let's just play with monkey puppets instead.

[brahner]

I wonder if we'll see one of these guys on American Idol this year, or maybe America's Got Talent. They have a good sound.

[JerkyTreat]

I am pretty sure (not 100% though) that the talking part is fake, but I am certain that they are really playing the instruments. It looks way too real. I play many , many instruments so I can usually tell if someone is faking it or not. These guys are for real.

[sgrroiii]

Thought they would be better dancers. Learn something new every day.

[hashbash]

poor monkeys. i lol'd

[Mike1964]

Great video...brings back memories!

[olivierbarjot]

Interesting how a silly throwback clip with costumed chimps can cause hemorrage of opinion/posturing..the chimps' ridicule makes us feel superior enough to let loose and blather on.......

[alano74]

just as evolution reaserch is done by men, the bible is written by men. Creationist simsalabim.. here comes the man, rip out a rip, voila and we've got a women. but dont f*** with her 'n stuff! This kind of fun is evil. You can wait until you get desperate enough to marry anybody just to get laid, finally.

[subvertio329]

uh, what lol?

[planetfall]

we're all devo

[mrxiaolin]

Well sucks for you Dumbass, technically at one point we had a tail, a fish tail we startyed as samleld Vertabraed fish, the turned to skulled fish, then air breathers,then land walkers, then fur-wearers, then a branch went to flyers, but the apes slowly evoloved into early hominids that slowly into modern humans, Idiot, and on the other hand, god individually created fools, (early homininds), then dcreted another form then another, then another, until it became Us, but i beleive both 50/50

[ninjatanog]

Blah blah god blah blah- irrelevant. The fact is, if god exists, he has nothing to do with whether evolution is fact or not (and it is fact). Evolution IS FACT. God, science has nothing to say about...that's a matter of faith or susperstition & science has no comment on that because it's not provable with fact either way. Evolution IS.

[LiveEra2]

Who really cares where we came from or where were going when we die ,All i care about is where im going today..

[burfoot69]

LMAO!

[crazydude224]

long live lancelot link!!!!

[NoneBeforeNoneAfter]

Ok Ego! How many found and have you seen them personally? We have already had many frauds the sho=wed up in every evolutionist magazine on the planet, you know that. What makes this one evidence of a Ape SLOWLY changing into a man. It is either man or ape not 50/50 or even 40/50 its not even available foe me too look at is it? They know the cant make these public. Chosen people get to see close up. always.

[NoneBeforeNoneAfter]

My proof will be your angry reaction. Your God is getting mad at me for telling you this.

Satan How whas thou cast down from heaven?

Because thou has said in thy heart I will become like God. Satan wants to be worshiped.

Center of Attention. in the End there will only ne one left standing in that position and it aint man or satan. Its the Creator.

[NoneBeforeNoneAfter]

All evolution has in the end for evidence is, Nothing Came from Nothing. Where is the man with the fish tail. Where is the links? Thou shalt have no other Gods before God. Everyone has a God. whom do you worship. Who is your God. Mony, Sex, Power. Dont you dare tell me you dont worship something. All your Gods are doomed to death.

[Extratexture4]

Fella, this is a bunch of chimps dancing to music.

[statman99]

@Extratexture4 Fllea, that's what the whole show was---chimps acting like secret agents!!!

[Extratexture4]

@statman99, I know, I was just responding to a raving creationist who posted here because s/he saw the word "evolution" in the title.

[14882007]

deyz beez sum talanted vandal niggerz..

[evans57074]

Best nigger band I've ever heard.

[bedank]

What's the name of your video??

[cmillanuk]

Dejando de lado el hecho de que los chimpancés deben haber pasado un mal rato haciendo esta serie, creo que es una verdadera lástima que no los den actualmente en TV, tampoco los he podido encontrar en DVD....me traen excelentes recuerdos de mi niñez. Salud!

[EgoArguoArguendo]

I don't wan't to incite a whole debate or anything but for those of you who honestly do not "believe" in evolution, as if though you can simply choose not to believe in it, I'm just going to throw out a word, Australopithicus Africanus. Type that into your google search engine take a look at oh say the first 5 results that appear and if you don't "believe" in evolution after that you will know that it is only because your faith mandates it of you. Please dont respond to this comment.

[STOOLSintheSALAD]

If, like me, you believe no one has the comedy chops like a chimp, you have to check out Pan and James elsewhere on You Tube. Pan may well be the Red Skelton of simians (and James is a very homely bulldog).

[MrMXYZTPLK2]

Rumor has it that the Wayans brothers have purchased the rights to Lancelot Link, and we can expect one day to see the Secret Chimp on the big screen.

Apparently, Shawn Wayans will star as Lancelot Link, and his brother, Marlon, will don the blonde wig as Marta Hairi.

[oquinnl]

awesome- brings back serious memories-

[rodgeroger]

Saturday morning, early 70s...LOL there has never been anything like this show.

[theonlytruepunk]

I am sure I did not evolve from this.

[wilkes85]

True; we did NOT evolve from apes. In fact, the whole 'evolutionary theory' is bullshit. How could we evolve from absolutely nothing? We had to have been created, in fact, everywhere there's proof of intelligent design.

[wilkes85]

In fact, if we did evolve from apes, that could make people and apes the same species, wouldn't it? So, according to the athiests, you could fuck a monkey and get it pregnant. i'd like to see an athiest actually marry an ape.

[theonlytruepunk]

Very good analogy. My wife believes the opposite as we do. We went to a petting zoo the other day and saw some apes...I told her "hey, there are some of your relatives!" It just doesn't make any sense to me. I do believe that everything does evolve to fit its environment though...but evolving from apes???? I don't think so.

[hurley3000gt]

Well some dumb ass actually banged a monkey and now humans have aids...should be good enough evidence for ya

[ihaveasecretdotcom]

Wow. Just... wow.

Your lack of understanding of the mechanics behind evolution is astounding.

Here's an idea... Try learning about things before you criticize them.

[metanosis]

Evolution..more specifically the neo-darwinian synthesis...is wishful thinking, the problem is there are no mechanics, just inferential evidence. The Journal Molecular Biology has 1000's of articles on DNA sequencing, "0" on mechanisms that could explain the appearance of complexity based solely on selection and mutation.

[ninjatanog]

Sorry, dumbfuck, but no one ever actually said we "evolved from apes" except really stupid christians. We evolved from common ancestors very very far back along the line. It's pretty much common sense, dumbass. There was never a man with a fish tail because that's fucking stupid & has no place in the chain we evolved along. Embryoes have gills though.

[ianonline]

The most committed Christians don't believe in evolution.

[kalogatia]

y el simio que manejaba la camara?

[enker26]

i feel old

i loved this when i was a kid

[B3Rock]

That Fender Strat guitar could be worth around $10,000+ dollars now. That would buy a lot of bananas!

[adoraburl]

does seem anthropomorphic?

[MollyVonSchtupp]

Hey, they look better than the Rolling Stones these days!!

[princessarwen19]

wow good job on the video i loved watching this show.

[everich69]

OMG! I used to rush home from school (eons ago!) to catch this and the Banana Splits! WOW! That was a LONG TIME AGO! THANKS FOR SHARING!

[MollyVonSchtupp]

Fully agree. So weird seeing stuff you grew up on again! Ah the good old days. Loved Banana Splits!

[mrfabulocity]

I had a Lancelot Link lunch pail. I wish I still had that thing. Thanks for posting this. I miss all the fun!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The early 70s had the best kids' shows ever...this and the Syd and Marty Kroft shows were the best!

[ascoredhat]

Ah yes, I used to love Lancelot Link - Secret Chimp. Bernie Kopell did the voice of bad guy Baron Von Butcher (he also played Siegfried in Get Smart). It was always lots of fun.

[JimR541]

The beginning is reminiscent of the "No Time" by The Guess Who.

[ghostgeek]

This amazes me still today. No clue how they got the chimps to sit still for that long and pretend like they were playing, or tollerate wearing these costumes. I'd love to see them do another show like this today. Sadly the animal rights activists would probably shoot it down as cruelty to these chimps, when nothing could be further from the truth - they seem to be enjoying themselves too much!

[Irridescent]

wow thats scarey

[sgrroiii]

The f#*@ing best. And on Sunday afternoon the Bowery Boys were on right after. After that , listen to my sisters records at 78 rps til wrestling came on ,George The Animal Steel , Grand Wizard etc.

[druidg]

chimps own

[tog77]

It's Ian Brown on piano!

[tog77]

I went to the animal fair

The birds and the beasts were there

The big baboon by the light of the moon

was combing his auburn hair

The monkey fell out of his bunk

And slid down the elephant's trunk (wheeeee!)

The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees

But what became of the monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey monk?

[justinmullet]

is that lenny kravitz?

[creeto]

No, that's a chimp wearing a wig and playing a Strat.

[pistongreg]

this bring me back went i was a kid it been over 37 years a go it make want to cry and wish for the go old day again.

[blueyedhippychik]

too funny....I just bought the 22 episodes of this show on EBay. I'm having flashbacks to childhood & my son thinks its crude special effects on the music video with the discco ball & kaleidoscope zooms. Totally from a chick that was entertained by 'Pong'

TY for posting this video.

[storehadji]

Dude, I hadn't seen that since preschool! You have rewarped my mind.

[dullsville]

OH YEAH! All other bands suck!

[B3Rock]

They "aped" instrument "playing" better than The Partridge Family!!

[slytherinjen76]

Look at that chimp rip it on the skins!

[WestCoastRich]

YouTube is awesome! You're awesome! Thanks for posting this!

[doodahbagel]

I remember watching this back in the 70's on Sunday mornings right after "Make A Wish" with Tom Chapin.

[jayayrey]

I'd like to put them in the same room with the Banana Splits.

[AliAssaSeen]

My all time fave show as a kid!! Brilliant!!

[airdriver]

This is too much.

[jackspratt8888]

Times have changed...I was there man.

[vinylman4533]

Classic. I used to watch this show when I was little back in the early 70's!

[cheerfulhamster]

LOL The song's into is a total ripoff of The Guess Who's "No Time". Some kickarse rock for a low budget kiddie show.

[Lance2112]

Ive been looking for this show, especially since my name led to a lot of teasing growing up when this show was on...