Blog: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Everyone has that moment in life when they wonder why they're walking around in a monkey suit. Legendary actor Edward G. Robinson had that epiphany in 1966 while shooting a test for The Planet of the Apes movie. Good Serling script, good cast but Robinson didn't really need the paycheck so why the hell was he making it? After his costly divorce in '56, Robinson made a killing in the art collecting racket and choking on orangutan hairs was obviously for schmucks. Before Robinson turned in his ape suit he filmed one makeup test scene with Charlton Heston, James Brolin [...]