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Posted 09/28/2023 12:19 pm
Coins on Television - Another Perry Mason episode - The Grinning Gorilla
This episode is titled "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla" and was first broadcast on April 29, 1965.
This time the coins are ordinary United States coins but the the guest star is not ordinary.
Attorney Perry Mason and his assistants Della Street and Paul Drake find themselves at the mansion of an eccentric millionaire who keeps monkeys, chimpanzees, and a gorilla (played by actor and stuntman Janos Prohaska).
At one point Perry and a former employee, Mrs. Kempton, encounter the gorilla.
Mrs. Kempton and Perry Mason
Mrs. Kempton tells Perry to put some coins in front of the gorilla for the animal to play with.
The Gorilla examines his coins
A close-up of the coins shows the US coin denominations.
The coins appear to be (from the top left):
A Roosevelt dime, a Roosevelt dime, a Lincoln Cent, a foreign coin, a Jefferson nickel, a Washington quarter.
This episode is titled "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla" and was first broadcast on April 29, 1965.
This time the coins are ordinary United States coins but the the guest star is not ordinary.
Attorney Perry Mason and his assistants Della Street and Paul Drake find themselves at the mansion of an eccentric millionaire who keeps monkeys, chimpanzees, and a gorilla (played by actor and stuntman Janos Prohaska).
At one point Perry and a former employee, Mrs. Kempton, encounter the gorilla.
Mrs. Kempton and Perry Mason
Mrs. Kempton tells Perry to put some coins in front of the gorilla for the animal to play with.
The Gorilla examines his coins
A close-up of the coins shows the US coin denominations.
The coins appear to be (from the top left):
A Roosevelt dime, a Roosevelt dime, a Lincoln Cent, a foreign coin, a Jefferson nickel, a Washington quarter.
