http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html At the end of March, 2006, a friend who works with the guys at ApeMania.com called me and said that they needed someone to fill in for their regular Dr. Zaius for a costumed appearance. I jumped at the chance, and here is the process that took place to make me an Ape for a Day! I also have the clip from the TV Guide Channel show where we did the bit... http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#0 2a23157a-c63a-4093-a46b-fb04ce860d91 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0086/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0086/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Waiting in the chair</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#1 81324410-8ac4-47c9-961d-77e27c68fcdc http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0087/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0087/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Brian Penikas at work</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#2 cd90e2bb-330f-40b8-972e-51157a20dbc4 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0088/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0088/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">waiting for paint to dry</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#3 5766d56e-1447-4a42-895c-5603d435f00e http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0089/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0089/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">teeth blackened</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#4 c4dfb229-f21e-47b0-bd56-b5f3b134fe31 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0090/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0090/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">lips blackened</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#5 60b45fa7-291a-401c-b60f-a39cbbbcf0ea http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0091/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0091/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">smoothing edges</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#6 8f1820b1-3d82-4050-ae2f-584ef00f93a5 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0092/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0092/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">lower jaw</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#7 a0d0414e-35da-4ec9-8b18-ea48dfd2fd9b http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0093/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0093/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">powder</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#8 34b85aaa-4c3f-4007-b447-4537ca336cbb http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0094/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0094/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">chimp on the way</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#9 745a1ae9-30a4-4d5a-b276-4878bc2937b3 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0096/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0096/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Duke almost done</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#10 0e71a7f6-466f-4fe9-83c8-a5af5340fc61 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0098/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0098/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">not a monchichi</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#11 4996a73f-1748-4946-b146-0f8fd2b70694 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0099/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0099/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">on to the next one</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#12 ca158c31-f8e1-4e97-8cc8-559837938e17 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0100/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0100/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">note the silly grin</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#13 93e731bc-c542-46a5-b93e-6b7b60a1def6 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0105/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0105/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">color applied</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#14 373d3ab8-f571-478d-9dc7-a61aabfe0423 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0106/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0106/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and inside mouth</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#15 5f9b5c3b-5511-41b3-b1ce-538f88a041ba http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0107/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0107/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">more shading</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#16 d8fc7c0f-3f7e-4c88-af82-6617526881ff http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0108/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0108/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">beard time</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#17 64ff24cc-e968-4052-a4da-5a5cdcb3c542 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0110/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0110/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and sideburns</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#18 59f92b6c-25fb-424d-9d00-152b4c351b87 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0111/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0111/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">it&#x2019;s 4:30, time for milking.</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#19 20d24688-d0cb-4fcc-9ac0-cbb2f5635101 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0112/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0112/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the other Rob is prepped</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#20 1871cf8a-77f0-4c36-8c61-d448cb894350 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0113/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0113/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">off to the forbidden zone</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#21 b979b243-df18-44a7-bd0c-3ce68db00f2a http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0115/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0115/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Eyebrow ridges</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#22 80a89bfe-67d9-4e91-9c65-f0a38ca999b4 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0116/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0116/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">getting used to the idea</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#23 85e57505-f9be-4735-99ef-2e361011fc4b http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0117/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0117/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">wigging out</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#24 879973a2-66a8-42c1-9263-fdd0592c6af1 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0119/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0119/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">lovely...</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#25 1c59fc01-70f7-4f94-8a0c-68a5161f4ef3 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0120/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0120/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">almost there</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#26 4437548b-17d8-4fba-9767-fb03c50355ff http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0121/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0121/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">done.</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#27 5038bbee-b5ba-4b53-90a2-03691ac270fc http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0122/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0122/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">what????</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#28 708a7e00-361a-4ed2-ac20-59ffc78ec0af http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0123/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0123/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">get out of here!</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#29 6d6cef45-62a0-40a2-a5c0-d57764e86ce8 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0125/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0125/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">display your weapons.</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#30 c3c43aab-91e4-47eb-a91f-561241526edb http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0126/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0126/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">lovely bust.</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#31 1bf6abe7-ec97-4b0e-8782-c73860ae7b78 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0127/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0127/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">disguised</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#32 56f77ab1-1f48-4d75-9e89-136089c89b35 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0128/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0128/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">gorrila instigator</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#33 8abc44b1-8970-47c2-9006-c43d73917448 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0130/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0130/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">teeth in place</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#34 beae3c2e-239b-45ad-8d14-d86857c8c358 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0132/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0132/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">let&#x2019;s get out of here.</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#35 e0282d6c-fa51-465f-bd20-fd1cf3b638b6 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0133/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0133/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">zipping up</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#36 05db6218-ad36-4ad6-9f3d-4024194251b9 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0135/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0135/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">what have I done...</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#37 914f7d94-4e23-4bb0-ba02-9a5bb0742b87 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0136/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0136/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">what are you looking at?</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#38 9fbc4797-8096-4c9e-aac8-5a51468c6e25 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0138/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0138/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ok, let&#x2019;s go...</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#39 dbf3b39c-39d5-4095-a6e9-9018d1c6847d http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0139/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0139/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">happy family..</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#40 3950c4b9-9576-45e1-a01f-10562c411400 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0141/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0141/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">mostly...</p></div></div> http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania.html#41 e8c11d3c-3680-47b9-859c-40f2efc3b3c3 http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0142/thumb.jpg http://www.darendoc.com/darendoc/ApeMania_files/Media/DSC_0142/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">on the way to stardom.</p></div></div>