
The Great Grape Ape Show is a series created by Hanna-Barbera for ABC as part of The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show in 1975. As his name implies, Grape Ape (voice of Bob Holt) is a giant purple gorilla. His companion, Beegle Beagle (voice of Marty Ingels), often has to solve the problems Grape Ape accidentally causes with his lumbering gait and tremendous strength.
Episodes[]
With the exception of "S.P.L.A.T.'s Back", each episode of The Great Grape Ape Show consisted of two 10-minute stories.
- "That Was No Idol, That Was My Ape"; "The All-American Ape"
- "Movie Madness"; "Trouble at Bad Rock"
- "Flying Saucery"; "Thar's No Feud Like an Old Feud"
- "The Grape Race"; "The Big Parade"
- "A Knight to Remember"; "S.P.L.A.T."
- "G.I. Ape"; "The Purple Avenger"
- "Grapefinger"; "Return to Balaboomba"
- "Amazon Ape"; "Grape Marks the Spot"
- "The Invisible Ape"; "Public Grape No. 1"
- "The Incredible Shrinking Ape"; "What's a Nice Prince Like You Doin' in a Duck Like That?"
- "Who's New at the Zoo"; "The Indian Grape Call"
- "A Grape Is Born"; "The First Grape in Space"
- "S.P.L.A.T.'s Back" (two-part episode)
- "To Sleep or Not to Sleep"; "Olympic Grape"
- "Ali Beagle and the 40 Grapes"; "Grape Five-O"
- "The Purple Avenger Strikes Again"; "The Grape Connection"
"S.P.L.A.T's Back Parts One and Two" were broadcast at noon ET Thursday, November 27, 1975, as part of ABC's Thanksgiving Day Funshine Festival.
Voice cast[]
- Joan Gerber
- Virginia Gregg
- Bob Hastings
- Bob Holt - Grape Ape
- Marty Ingels - Beegle Beagle
- Allan Melvin
- Don Messick
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Hal Smith
- John Stephenson
- Lurene Tuttle
- Lennie Weinrib
- Frank Welker
- Paul Winchell
Other appearances[]
- Grape Ape was a member of Yogi Bear's team on Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics.
- Charlton Comics published a two-issue Great Grape Ape comic book series in 1976.
- Grape Ape and Beegle Beagle are among the Hanna-Barbera characters featured in MetLife's 2012 Super Bowl commercial.
- Grape Ape makes a cameo appearance during the end credits of the 2020 film, Scoob! as a part of the Falcon Force.
- Grape Ape appears in Jellystone! in where he is portrayed as a kaiju.