Monster of the Day #3256

Updated on August 24, 2022 By Ken Begg 10 Comments

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a comically pompous (but loveable) supporting character on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio series–the show with the closet–who blew up and got spun off into his own radio series and even a small skein of B-movies. Inevitably, one of them was a (very mild) comic horror movie. Shockingly, this involved a gorilla.

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  • Beckoning Chasm

    If a guy can direct a gorilla, he can probably direct giant ants.

  • 🐻 bgbear_rnh

    Perry was a great radio Guildersleeve, Watterman was a better TV/Movie Guildersleeve.

  • kgb_san_diego

    The look on the gorilla’s face as he checks out her rack is just hysterical!

  • But is it a ghost gorilla?

  • Ken_Begg

    Ha, great catch. It’s fun to watch Them! and Sincerely Yours back to back because Douglas directed them right in a row and the two films couldn’t be more different (i.e., one totally works, one doesn’t).

  • Ken_Begg

    Ha, I LOVE that this site has folks who can speak authoritatively on Gildersleeves. Good on you, sir!

  • 🐻 bgbear_rnh

    Eegads, yes. Eee, hee hee hee.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    They appear to be staring back at him.

  • Eric Hinkle

    This surely can’t be the first hairy wildman you’ve seen who’s obsessed with pretty women. Heck, I think I saw that scene four times a day at my old high school.

  • Gamera977

    Still easier than directing cats…