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The jungle couple take to the trees to look around and Kaza is quick to spot a white ape sneaking around. He leaps to the ground to confront it but it flees, only to take a flying kick from Gwenna. Kaza grabs it – and it shouts to be released! Gwenna realizes that this is merely a convincing ape costume and unmasks the culprit, Fred Gilroy. | The jungle couple take to the trees to look around and Kaza is quick to spot a white ape sneaking around. He leaps to the ground to confront it but it flees, only to take a flying kick from Gwenna. Kaza grabs it – and it shouts to be released! Gwenna realizes that this is merely a convincing ape costume and unmasks the culprit, Fred Gilroy. | ||
It turns out that Gilroy had once been “the most in-demand Hollywood gorilla man” until the World of Ape-Men movies disrupted his career. | It turns out that Gilroy had once been “the most in-demand Hollywood gorilla man” until the ''World of Ape-Men'' movies disrupted his career. | ||
With Gilroy unmasked and arrested, Kaza and Gwenna walk off into the sunset. | With Gilroy unmasked and arrested, Kaza and Gwenna walk off into the sunset. | ||
==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
Rodney MacDougall, star of [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]’s the World of Ape-Men movies, is a transparent stand-in for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_McDowall Roddy McDowell], who starred in the 1968 movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film) Planet of the Apes] and its sequels. | Rodney MacDougall, star of [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]’s the ''World of Ape-Men'' movies, is a transparent stand-in for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_McDowall Roddy McDowell], who starred in the 1968 movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film) Planet of the Apes]'' and its sequels. | ||
A single page posted on [[April Fools' Day]] teased that the ape impersonator was American actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Vigoda Abe Vigoda], and made jokes about the repeated false reports of his death. | A single page posted on [[April Fools' Day]] teased that the ape impersonator was American actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Vigoda Abe Vigoda], and made jokes about the repeated false reports of his death. | ||
