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Movie Summary  Movie: Time Of The Apes:  Little Johnny and little Carolyn tour a frozen monkey plant when an earthquake sends them into a future that looks depressingly like the future in Planet Of The Apes seen through a weird, low-budget Japanese filter. With the help of Katherine and Godo, a vaguely masculine Panlike being from the future, they escape the malevolent demi-baboons, are captured again, escape, and are captured again and again, roughly six thousand times. In a novel touch, the film tricks the viewer into thinking it's over long before it actually is. It ends up that it was all a dream, a premise later stolen by Jacob's Ladder director Adrian Lyne. — Mike Nelson Host Segments  Prologue:  Joel, Crow, and Servo play tee ball off Servo's head. Oops, they put one through the window and cause explosive decompression!  Invention:  Joel invents the cellulite phone. Frank's miracle-growth baby formula, which causes a baby to explode into a giant baby.  Segment 2:  A short film entitled Why Doesn't Johnny Care? Crow supplies the realistic film sound.  Segment 3:  A pageant depicting the Scopes monkey trial. Features a cardboard cutout of Judge Wapner. The jaw really works!  Segment 4:  Crow narrates a video salute to ape fashion. This segment presupposes that all apes are fops.  Segment 5:  Joel, Tom, and Crow sing the Sandy Frank song. According to the snappy tune, he "gads about the house all day." The Mads argue over who should change their miracle-growth baby.  Stinger:  Tightly bepanted little Johnny says, "I don't care!" Reflections In the writing and taping of the Scopes monkey trial sketch, there was a creative argument over whether Judge Wapner should appear playing the part of Spencer Tracy. Some thought it was too confusing. Since the sketch ended up having the overall look and feel of a dream, I'd say it really didn't matter in the end. This may seem to be a recurring theme, but The Time Of The Apes was the most punishing movie we had written to that point. Writing went very long, it was hot, our typist was ornery, and it may be apocryphal, but I believe a writer died. We all wanted to hurt the makers of this film—wanted to hurt them in a very basic, primeval way. Some still do. Some just can't let go. — Mike Nelson