Planet of the Space Monkeys

Planet of the Space Monkeys
Premiere date	September 12, 1981
Run time	7:28
Starring	Gary Owens Alexandra Stoddart Steve Spears Frank Welker Keene Curtis B.J. Ward Allan Lurie
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Planet of the Space Monkeys" is the first episode (part two) of Space Ghost season two, and the twenty-first overall, which came as a segment of Space Stars. It aired on September 12, 1981 on NBC. It was voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

After Blip gets told off for causing a dangerous accident on the Phantom Cruiser, he escapes to a planet dominated by monkeys.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator	Keene Curtis
Uglor	Allan Lurie
Space Ghost	Gary Owens
Jan	Alexandra Stoddart
Blip	Frank Welker
Jace	Steve Spears
Mayor	N/A
Blip's love interest	Unavailable
Elektra	B.J. Ward
Kid Comet
Moleculad
News monkey	Unavailable

Organizations

• Teen Force (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet (mentioned)
• Monkey planet
  • Chez D'Ape
  • City hall

Objects

• Plasma field generators

Vehicles

• Savage Star
• Phantom Cruiser

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1980.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 12, 1981 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Elektra is a guest star from Teen Force, another segment of Space Force.

Errors

• When Blip first arrives in the monkey city, he appears as a giant.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 8, 2013: Warner Archive Collection releases Space Stars: The Complete Series on DVD.