A Former ‘Simpsons’ Writer Broke Down The Origin Of The Brilliant ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Musical

A Former ‘Simpsons’ Writer Broke Down The Origin Of The Brilliant ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Musical

Uproxx - News·2024-08-03 07:01

If you were forced at Waylon Smithers gunpoint to pick one scene from The Simpsons to prove that it’s the funny TV comedy of all-time, “Dr. Zaius” would have to be in consideration.

In season 7’s “A Fish Called Selma,” Troy McClure (voiced by the GOAT Phil Hartman) is cast in a Planet of the Apes-inspired musical called Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off! (“I love legitimate theater”). He plays the human who hates every ape he sees, from chimpan-a to chimpan-z, until he realizes it was Earth all along. Yes, they finally made a monkey out of him.

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