Gowlilla.

What do you get when you mash up an owl with a gorilla? A Gowlilla, of course.

This is the latest Gatcha capsule that mashes up Gorillas with various white animals. As you can see, there is an Alpaca-Gorilla (Alparrilla?), a Dog-Gorilla (Dorilla?), a Rabbit-Gorilla (Gorillabbit?), a Polar Bear-Gorilla (Porillar Bear?) below, an Owl-Gorilla (Gowlilla?) above, and a Seal-Gorilla (Searilla?).

They're so cute and repulsive!

Speaking of cute (and a tad repulsive), I went to 志和古稲荷神社,  Shiwa Furu Inari Shrine, in Iwate Prefecture. The best I can fathom is that Inari Shrines are dedicated to Rice/Fertility Gods and are often represented as Foxes, or something like that. Anyway, this particular shrine has a mummified fox in a box. Unfortunately as we went during the off-season, the box was closed so we couldn't get a good gander at it.

If you click and embiggen the pic, you may be able to make out a heap of fox bones.

If I ever need some spare change, I know where to go.

A few seconds of a babbling brook.

 

In our Iwate travels, we popped into Hanamaki to see the English Coast which alas had flooded so there was little coast and lots of river.

A nice trip overall but even nicer was the loot I purchased at the Mandai clones! Details tomorrow.

Not So Missing Link.

A movie I have surprisingly never seen stars Elizabeth Shue and Terence Stamp, two of my favourite actors.
Click this Link for a Link to Link.

The official trailer:



Starring an orangutan dyed to resemble a chimpanzee (possibly to hide the fact that it's related to Donald Trump), this hyper-intelligent ape wreaks havoc on Shue and Stamp.

The adorable Elizabeth Shue (who is just killing it on CSI), monkeys around on the set of Link and was nominated for a Saturn Award for her efforts.

Warning: slightly naughty clip with a voyeuristic chimpangutan.



Terence Stamp plays a British guy (not a stretch) who's an anthropology lecturer.

Directed by William Franklin, with a score by Jerry Goldsmith.

Let's listen to some of Jerry's score, why don't we?

Unfortunately, I can only find Links to clips from the movie and not the entire thing. So let's go check out Elizabeth Shue's debut instead.



Today's selfie is me back when I had an ape's head transplanted beside mine own.

 Which one do you think looks more like me?

My Ghostbusters tribute has nothing to do with the Ghostbusters but everything to do with The Ghost Busters.


I never saw the above show, it probably conflicted with other cartoons I was watching at the time. Based on the cast, I probably would have enjoyed it.



On second thought, maybe I wouldn't.

Nor did I ever see Ghostbusters based on the above series (and truth to tell, I rarely watched The Real Ghostbusters either.).



I don't think I missed much.

I have no banana treats today, so let's just try a 7-11 doughnut instead!

 What are your favourite ape horror movies?

Kong Fu.

I'm sleepy so just a quickie but a goodie. Females vs. Gorillas. The title says it all:

Even Godzilla's Getting Into the Act.

One of the few times where Godzilla lost a match. He knows better than to mock the sanctity of NGSD!














Sergio Aragones of MAD fame knows the importance of NGSD.


















So does Mike Peters of Mother Goose and Grimm fame. (More cartoons at: MG&G)



So why don't you put on your costume?

Gorilla my dreams.

Well, it's finally here, so break your Gorilla Suit out of the mothballs, put it on and go on a walkabout. Unfortunately, today is the day when all these Junior High kids take the entrance exam in order to enter our hallowed walls of learning, so my vice-principal won't let me wear my Gorilla Suit to school. But as soon as I get home, I'll go door-to-door frightening the neighbours.

Go for it, you know you want to...Go APE!

Get Your Paws on Me, You Damn Stinking Human.

Bape, A Bathing Ape is a clothing line worn by trendsetters and though not officially associated with NGSD, I'd like to see it as an affiliate. Set your wayback machine to 1993 in Harajuku when designer, Nigo, began a line of clothes featuring the ape heads (primarily Cornelius) from Planet of the Apes on t-shirts. Jump forward to today and you'll find that they've blossomed into one of the largest manufacturers of hip gear.

Bape originally sold exclusively at company-owned Busy Works Shops and focused mostly on men's apparel like T-shirts and hoodies, but has now created Bathing Ape brands to cater to women and children. The women's lines, Apee and Bapy, is usually sold in Busy Works/Bape stores, or have stores next door. Bape Kids, the children's line, has its own store in Tokyo. A Bathing Ape has even extended beyond clothing to a hair salon (Bape Cuts), gallery (Bape Gallery), cafe (Bape Cafe), record label (Ape Sounds) and (B)apeTV. Check out their website at: Bape

Accept no substitutes! There are plenty of knock-off Bape wannabes that market their gear to the hip hop crowd, but don't fall for these posers (Fake-ape or Fapes). "To ape" may mean "to imitate" but in this case, it's just not cool.

If we can only convince the Bape guys to forego the t-shirts and go full on into providing rad-gorilla costumes, then everyone will be willing to participate in National Gorilla Suit Day. Ahhh, one can dream.

Aargh! Oot! Greet!

As everyone knows, these are the various sounds a gorilla makes. At least the gorillas in Don Martin cartoons. Since January 31st is just around the corner, it's time to remind everyone about National Gorilla Suit Day. It's your patriotic duty as my blog reader to don your Gorilla suit and go door-to-door greeting the neighbours.
For more information about the event you can always go to this link:
Evanier
For more information about the various sound effects that Don Martin creations have made, go to this site: Mad

Now I'd like to feature a few of my favourite gorillas.

This is Bettie Page getting it on with a NGSD patriot.



















Another lovely propaganda pic from the 40's encouraging young men to prevent NGSD from catching on in Japan...Good thing they weren't successful.
















Like every great holiday, NGSD does come with its tragedies.








And finally this was my intended costume for NGSD. I won it via UFO Catcher last summer when Japan was in the throes of King Kong fever. Unfortunately, it wasn't until I got it home to discover that it isn't a mask, but rather a stuffed Kong head. I've considered hollowing it out, but that would besmirch the good name of the holiday in question. Now where am I going to find a gorilla costume in a week?