We were told it was a real ape!
16 June 2001
This lame excuse for a real life Saturday morning show starred Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker, both of F Troop, as Spencer and Kong, respectively and they were ghost-chasers, as in Scooby doo, where are you? No one seems to recall the ghosts, but everyone recalls the gorilla more than any other gorilla on a tv show or in a movie. If you were to poll for filmdom's top ten apes, this guy would show up hands down. BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS A REAL GORILLA! The show was forgettable, but the rumour was the gorilla was real. Like Sid and Marty Krofft shows and a trio of other real life shows (McDuff the Talking Dog, Big John Little John, Monster Squad with Fred Grandy), this was yet another addition. The two F Troopers knew how to work with each other and the gorilla, you had to see to believe. Years later, when a film with the same name came out, these guys began surfacing again. To the film's chagrin, they began calling their version with Saturday Night LIvers the REAL ghostbusters. I can still sing that song. Always remembered the names came together to form Spencer Tracy's name. lol!
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