i be in the 4th grade when this series come out . i buy the planet of the ape magazine every month and read it cover to cover . i be very and very much a planet of the ape ( pota ) fanatic . i remember learn that pota be come to tv and be beside myself with joy . it be the great tv event of all time as far a i be concern . but even at that young age and i be only half way through that first episode when i realize that it be really and really bad . the idea that i be go to be able to have pota on tv . at home . be amaze to me . i want to like it and be willing to forgive all sort of junk and but i couldn not do it . i watch each episode and but it really felt like work to sit through . it be just bad and bad mid 70 tv that have people in ape suit . i would compare it to a starsky and hutch sort of thing and but that be a much good show .