The Thin Man (TV series) than token appearances. Since then some of the new shows just use girls as part of the scenery. Among the series guest stars was Billy Gray, who appeared at the same time he was cast as James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., in "Father Knows Best". Ann McCrea was cast as Billie in the 1958 episode, "The Lost Last Chapter". Of note is the "guest star" in the episode "Robot Client", none other than the original Robby the Robot from the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet". Ben Starr was the program's writer; Sam Marx was the executive producer. The series began airing on
Planet of the Apes (comics) Apes". Many fans believe this to be the benchmark in quality writing and art, not usually matched in published works. Set in the Forbidden Zone, lone gorilla Gideon goes on an epic hunt of a savage human and takes shelter in an abandoned relic. The story was originally issued in episodic form with each chapter hosted on a different "Planet of the Apes" website, in an effort to promote co-operation between the online community. A compilation of these pages can be seen at Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive, After unsuccessful attempts at securing a publisher, a re-write was undertaken