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Paul Haight	George Barrows, Gorilla Man	Lead	[-]
Oct 3 10 7:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Planet Collision! Last Edited By: Paul Haight Oct 23 10 10:26 PM. Edited 1 time.
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Crow T Robot		#1	[-]
Oct 4 10 7:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow! Thanks for sharing.
M F Berry		#2	[-]
Oct 4 10 2:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, most definitely thanks. "Robert H." Burns ... that's the first time I've seen him called anything but "Bob" ... took my brain a moment to process that!
tnt		#3	[-]
Oct 7 10 6:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great little piece from '66....thanks Paul! Your Signature ...www.woodywelch.net
Rakshasa		#4	[-]
Oct 8 10 7:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A thing of beauty! Thanks for posting, Paul! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Ted Newsom		#5	[-]
Oct 8 10 8:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That seems like it might be the article I remember doing a "Current Events" bit on, in 7th grade -- but I was pretty sure there had been a mention in it about the suit being returned to Barrows damaged. It's an AP wire story, so it no doubt ran all over the plays at various times.
Paul Haight		#6	[-]
Oct 9 10 8:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think Barrow's recollection of getting into the gorilla business in 1949 or 1950 is probably off by a year or two; a December, 1948 story in The Prescott Evening Courier, on the subject of "people with unusual jobs", mentions him by name, so presumably he had already racked up a few gorilla credits by then. However, Barrow's IMDB page doesn't seem to list any gorilla appearances earlier than a 1952 episode of The Abbott & Costello Show, which leaves me wondering: has anybody ever spotted Barrows' distinctive gorilla suit in any feature or serial made between, say, 1948 and 1951? Last Edited By: Paul Haight Oct 23 10 10:26 PM. Edited 1 times.
TomWeaver999		#7	[-]
Oct 9 10 8:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What an interesting item. I too thought of him as a guy who came on the gorilla scene in the early '50s. It was me who added those A&C SHOWs to his IMDb page (with the "unconfirmed" attribute); I recognized his gorilla suit, but it wasn't up to me to ass-u-me that Barrows was inside. I've never seen the suit in anything older, and I don't think Bob Burns has either.
doctor kiss		#8	[-]
Oct 10 10 8:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joseph Finnigan's syndicated column from November 8th, 1963, quotes Barrows as saying he started out in nightclub shows, while offering 1946 as the year he decided to get into the gorilla business (presumably this could be the date he first set to work on his suit). Apologies for the poor quality of the reproduction below!
TomWeaver999		#9	[-]
Oct 10 10 11:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When Bob Burns and I finish our book on "gorilla actors" (Barrows, Ray Corrigan, Charles Gemora, Emil Van Horn, on and on) in the year 2164, it'll have lots of pics of Barrows' suit that we recently turned up -- pics from Barrows' own collection, from the suit originally "under construction," onward.
Crow T Robot		#10	[-]
Oct 10 10 11:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow! Sounds great. I'll be looking forward to it. I'll only be 206 years old by then.
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TomWeaver999		#11	[-]
Oct 10 10 12:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If you send me the $ now, in 2164 I'll make sure your copy is the first to go out.
Rakshasa		#12	[-]
Oct 10 10 1:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: When Bob Burns and I finish our book on "gorilla actors" (Barrows, Ray Corrigan, Charles Gemora, Emil Van Horn, on and on) in the year 2164, it'll have lots of pics of Barrows' suit that we recently turned up -- pics from Barrows' own collection, from the suit originally "under construction," onward. That sounds like a great idea for a book. Put me on the "must have a copy" list! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Paul Haight		#13	[-]
Oct 10 10 1:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: When Bob Burns and I finish our book on "gorilla actors"...in the year 2164... 2164? But I want to read it now! (Seriously...can't wait!) That '48 newspaper item mentioned that all of the folks with unusual jobs had been featured on a Mutual Network radio show called "It's A Living", so I did some looking around "vintage radio" sites in the probably vain hope that the Barrows installment might survive somewhere. No such luck, but it turns out Barrows may have been featured on a TV version of the same series! Check out this review that appeared in Billboard's 07/10/48 issue: Last Edited By: Paul Haight Oct 23 10 10:27 PM. Edited 1 times.
Paul Haight		#14	[-]
Oct 11 10 2:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Last Edited By: Paul Haight Nov 26 11 1:41 AM. Edited 1 times.
The Mighty Bongo		#15	[-]
Oct 13 10 8:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow ! Thanks for the great info Paul. The clip from Dean Martins Show is a favorite since it show what a great sense of humor George had. George was one of the best Gorilla Men ever ! Heres some George fun. Chris Want to hang out with the ultimate party animals ? Come see us at; http://www.hollywoodgorillamen.com/
Paul Haight		#16	[-]
Nov 26 11 1:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	11/19/70: When George Barrows met Charles Nelson Reilly... Somebody please tell me this episode is available on DVD! Principles Unknown... Last Edited By: Paul Haight Nov 26 11 1:47 AM. Edited 1 times.
The Mighty Bongo		#17	[-]
Dec 24 11 8:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What Paul said !!!!! Chris Want to hang out with the ultimate party animals ? Come see us at; http://www.hollywoodgorillamen.com/
Gorka the Vampire		#18	[-]
Feb 22 12 3:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In the first article on this thread, the author mentions that Barrows "rented his gorilla costume to an English film company for five months for $750.00 per week." Of course, that was for 1961's KONGA which was filmed in England, but Barrows did not perform in the suit for that film.
back lot charlie		#19	[-]
Feb 24 12 8:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Interesting. I always knew that was Barrows' suit, I just assumed it was him in it.
The Mighty Bongo		#20	[-]
Feb 24 12 7:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm sure George wished he WERE the one in the suit after it was shipped back to him. It seems that the British stuntman who wore the suit had taken it upon himself to add ventilation to the suit by cutting holes in it. To make matters worse, the same clod had mistreated the head so badly that the delicate brass mechanism inside the face, ( to move the lips) was damaged almost beyond repair. George did eventually fix his face, but it never worked quite as well as it had prior to it's use in Konga. Chris Want to hang out with the ultimate party animals ? Come see us at; http://www.hollywoodgorillamen.com/
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