Prime Mates

Prime Mates

Join Australian Comedian Matt Stewart (and regular second banana Evan Munro-Smith) with rotating guests, as they explore primates in popular culture from Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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August 6, 2025 35 mins

What the hell, another new super hero movie (very briefly) featuring a primate?! We're in a new golden age baby! To talk all about it we are joined in the Monkey House by Connor Schmidt (Who Knew It with Matt Stewart)!


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Superman is back, as is Lex Luther - now with added monkeys! Joined in the Monkey House by Connor Schmidt (Who Knew It with Matt Stewart) we get stuck into it, enjoy!


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Bedtime For Bonzo (1951) is a film about a chimp named Bonzo though it is probably best known for starring future president of the USA, Ronald Reagan. Back at episode 40 we meant to watch this film but accidentally watched the sequel, so we finally right that wrong today!


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We're back in the Monkey House (and drunk, honestly don't listen it if you can't stand rambling)! Pod fave Suren Jayemanne is here to try and get us from Aus music legend Farnsey to a Monkey in 7 steps (kinda like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, only better... but we get distracted)!


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The Planet of the Apes is/are back! This series of films is what inspired this whole podcast so we're so stoked to cover the new instalment and have recruited the 2nd banana Evan Munro-Smith and pod favourite Suren Jayemanne to talk it all through!


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We're closing out Ape-ril in style (and in May) with a chat in the monkey house about the 2024 blockbuster film Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire!


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April 25, 2024 30 mins

Ape-ril continues this week with an episode about the blockbuster film of 2023, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts!


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The Monkey House? More like the Mankey House! This week we talk about Pokemon after watching the episode called Primeape Goes Bananas! What topic should we do next? Suggest via the link below!


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We're back in the Monkey House for a special cross over episode with New Zealand's Cult Popture! What topic should we do next? Suggest via the link below!


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February 19, 2024 128 mins

It's been a while but we're back in the monkey house to talk about the 2021 film Godzilla Vs Kong! What topic should we do next? Suggest via the link below!


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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) has had mixed reviews from critics, but no amateur primatologists have cast their eyes over this piece of ape cinema... until now! Second banana Evan Munro-Smith is back in the monkey house and it's good to have him back!


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The Ghost Busters was a 1980s cartoon series sequel to the 1975 live action TV show of the same name. This week we are talking about the episode inspired by the classic short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' - Dave Warneke returns to the Monkey House to discuss! Check out this week's episode of Book Cheat to hear us talking about the original!


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Sherlock was a TV series based on the Arthur Conan Doyle characters, this episode is a reworking of the classic novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles - Dave Warneke returns to the Monkey House to discuss! Check out this week's episode of Book Cheat to hear us talking about the original!


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November 9, 2022 63 mins

Captain Planet is a classic of the animated environmental superhero genre, Dave Warneke returns to the Monkey House to discuss!


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In the 1970's, a ranch in South Texas became home to some Japanese macaques, comedian Angus Gordon returns to the Monkey House to discuss!


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October 26, 2022 52 mins

'Dexter's Laboratory' was an American animated TV series that ran from 1996 to 2003. 'Dial M for Monkey' was a show within the show focusing on a superhero monkey named Monkey, in particular season 1, episode 6b 'Huntor'! In this episode I'm joined by Dave Warneke, we also recorded an episode of his podcast 'Book Cheat' today based on the short story that inspired 'Huntor', 'The Most Dangerous Game', check it out!


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This week after a long break, we have assembled the crack squad (Evan Munro-Smith, Adam Carnevale and Jackson Baly) and are back on the Ape Titty Slide beat, looking to blow this case wide open! We’re starting to think this goes all the way to the top - and then all the way down again! (If you aren't up to date, check out the first four episodes of the saga: ep 124-127.)


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Marvel's Hit-Monkey TV show tells the tale of a wronged Japanese snow monkey, mentored by the ghost of an American assassin, as he cuts a wide swath through the Tokyo underworld. We're joined by second banana Evan Munro-Smith and illustrator Peader Thomas to discuss!


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Second banana Evan Munro-Smith is back in the monkey house and we discuss all the latest news about the next installment of the Planet of the Apes franchise!


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Nope is a 2022 sci-fi horror film written, directed and co-produced by Jordan Peele, we're joined by Cass Paige and Zoe Bilotta to discuss! Zoe also talks briefly about the horrific true story of a chimpanzee named Travis who mauled a woman before being put down.


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