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Podcasts - THE LEAGUE OF EXTREMELY ORDINARY GENTLEMEN: Volume 9, Issue 14: You Drive Me Ape, You Big Gorilla

The LEOG returns once again to Apes, and the expert, Rick Klaw who comes on to talk about his new book, "The Apes of Wrath", bringing along one of the authors from the compilation, Scott Cupp, who both bravely put up with our monkey business (arrrghh, monkeys!) as they try to give us the salient details. Check it.

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48 Comments for THE LEAGUE OF EXTREMELY ORDINARY GENTLEMEN: V...

February 24, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Travis Pickle said ...

I love King Kong, I love Planet of The Apes and 2001. I also love Congo and King Louie and coco pops

Great show my fellow naked apes

;)
February 24, 2013 at 6:54 PM, said ...

After King Kong fell from the building, how did they get rid of his body? Did they have a free Bush meat BBQ or blow him up like a whale?
February 24, 2013 at 2:10 PM, said ...

Oh well e~e
February 24, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

Since this is Oscar Sunday...a fun little run down the history of leading ladies next to the Great Apes who have a fetish for fair skinned ladies. ;)

Feel free to add anything I missed...

King Kong (1933) Fay Wray

Planet of the Apes (1968) Kim Hunter won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1951) A Street Car named Desire

King Kong (1976) Jessica Lange (Academy Award Best Supporting Actress (1982) Tootsie and Best Actress (1994) Blue Sky

Kong Lives (1986) Linda Hamilton, mother of John Connor and badass robot killers (Terminator, T-2)

Link (1986) Elizabeth Shue won Academy Award for Best Actress (1995) Leaving Las Vegas

Gorillas in the Mist (1988) Sigourney Weaver Nominated Best Actress AND best Supporting Actress Working Girl (1988) and Best Actress for a little film called Aliens (1986)

Project X (1987) Helen Hunt Academy Award Best Actress (1997) As Good as it Gets

Congo (1995) Laura Linney Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Kinsey (2004) and Actress (2000) You can Count on Me and (2007) The Savages

Mighty Joe Young (1998) Charlize Theron Academy Award winner for Best Actress (2003) Monster

Planet of the Apes (2001) Helena Bonham Carter Nominated for Best Actress (1998) The Wings of the Dove and Best Supporting Actress for The King's Speech (2011)

King Kong (2005) Naomi Watts Nominated for Best Actress (2003 ) 21 Grams and (2013) The Impossible
February 24, 2013 at 11:37 AM, said ...
February 24, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Andrew Willson said ...

The Chimpocolyse has begun!!!!
February 24, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Andrew Willson said ...
February 24, 2013 at 4:06 AM, said ...

Im from California & yeah.. I dont like spicy food ..cause I like to actually enjoy my food instead of burning my mouth:)
February 24, 2013 at 3:29 AM, Dr. Detfink said ...

Instinct can't be all bad with two Oscar winners in Hopkins & Gooding Jr right? Oh... ;)
February 24, 2013 at 1:03 AM, johnny michael neill said ...

LINK looks fantastic! Terrence Stamp and Elizabeth Shue, and a chimp that wears a lab coat, but doesn't necessarily seem that much smarter than any other chimp, but is driven to a chimpy froth by having the young Elizabeth Shue looking so dewey and fresh. I hope it is on Netflix!
February 24, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Ayzon said ...

No talk of Congo? It's easily one of the best ape movies.
February 23, 2013 at 11:17 PM, RockaFellaSkank said ...

I was wondering what ep the Leauge was going to do since Feb/14 had pass. And silly me was hoping for a Snail ep... Oh well maybe in April, but that aside, great ep guys! I remember you guys did coverage about apes, and monkeys in media when Planet of Apes Reboot was out and so happy to hear more of it! :)
February 23, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Jef said ...

Yeah i mean suer Matt Lewis is ridiculously hot, but i think Tom Felton looks good too, maybe less conventionally but he's got a little something. In the movies he doesn't look good but in general he does.
February 23, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

This was one of my favorite LEOGs ever, within top 10 all-time. Wonderful balance of insight, wit, and clever humor. Most importantly I could feel the love Klaw had for his subject matter. Excellent work, gentlemen.
February 23, 2013 at 7:58 PM, said ...

Gothka13.

The word you're looking for is "flavorful". We like flavor. I've never headed to California, however, my time in Pittsburgh brought me bland food as well(I was also highly alarmed to see nothing but whitey in the kitchen of a Mexican restaurant.), anyway... it was hell. That blandness literally gave me depression after a time.
February 23, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

Slow sipping a thick, dark glass of LEOG. Just sounding off on the news items Mark 28:30-43:00

Nic Cage named his son, Kal-El. Too much commitment for the Superman that never was?

I remember when Secretary took the Toronto film festival by storm. I couldn't wait to see this movie, it certainly didn't disappoint. James Spader (2 Days in the Valley, Sex Lies Videotape), Jeremy Davies (Justified, LOST, Saving Private Ryan), Lesley Ann Warren (Clue)... I don't think 50 Shades of Grey can possibly say anything that Secretary didn't...but Universal can make a quick buck...if Twilight has taught us anything, it doesn't necessarily have to be good to make billions if the fan base is built in. Before any one laughs, you can make the same argument for a lot of franchises...

My call on Days of Future Past...Since Ellen Page has been cast as Kitty Pryde, I see her escaping and going back in time to try and prevent the Rise of the Sentinal...and succeeds in her main mission but failing in another regard...ultimately leading to the X-3 universe as the alternate/tangent universe. In other words, Bryan Singer waving "bye-bye" to Ratner's world.

Two years ago, Evan Dorkin was the feature in Midtown Comics monthly Comic book club. He's really great because he has a way of humanizing the industry, even though he's freakin' Evan Dorkin. He told a story that Dream Works tried to buy the rights to Beasts of Burden but they wanted both Jill Thompson and himself to sign away their creative rights on the property for a sum that he wouldn't say but was less than $1000. Which made me blink hard and say, "Wow."

I can see Rupert Grint in the next Expendables, he's halfway there in Hollywood yrs. I think you get a free Green Card, working in Hollywood. His says, "Fernando Venezuala."
February 23, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Justin Via said ...

Leon, I couldn't believe you actually almost asked my question. Didn't think the serious ape-ophiles were down with wacky hotel orangutan antics..
February 23, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Jack Gattanella said ...

Jermain Jackson (who is changing his last name to 'Jacksun' for some ungodly reason) has a son named Jermajesty.

I'll let that sink in, as I shove a spoon up my ass to distract myself from the pain.
February 23, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Kyle Voltti said ...

the internet is full of pointless sites

like bring in the cats
February 23, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

were*
February 23, 2013 at 12:48 PM, said ...

This week's song:
February 23, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

Looking forward to reading the Apes of Wraith. As for Simian-centric books I enjoyed going into this podcast, I gotta go with Guerillas by Brahm Revel, who did the story boards for the Venture Bros (can't remember which season/s). Solid straight forward book about man, his relationship with Simians, and war. The art is very consistent and great to look at.
February 23, 2013 at 11:55 AM, said ...

Tom (Draco) Felton doesn't look that bad.

The good-looking guy, Matt (Neville) Lewis is doing mostly theater but has done a film and a TV series post-Potter.
February 23, 2013 at 7:58 AM, said ...

It begins the rise of the apes !!!
February 23, 2013 at 7:52 AM, said ...

Hey! Don't hate on California just because we don't do 'tex-mex' style, we Californians are granola lovers, we don't want spicy food, we want tasty food (at least I don't). If we can't do the meat right, we put shit on it to make it tasty. I couldn't handle the heavy food in Texas when I visit at Spill because everything was so damn spicy.

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