Zaius." Listening incredulously, Brent thought he was delusional: "It""s a bloody nightmare." Among the chimpanzees, Dr.Zira feared that the "rabblerouser" General Ursus was threatening the future of science by "fomenting a senseless military adventure.Bub had been spared from non-existence (and dissection), and Dr.Logan had introduced (or reacquainted him to remember past, civilized life tendencies) - he was presented with a toothbrush, a razor, a Stephen King paperback novel (Salem""s Lot), and a desk phone.So they become a black sheriff, a racist own, a sex-obsessed Governor, and so forth.In addition, there are other anachronistic elements - Hedley Lamarr (a misnaming of actress Hedy Lamarr), hints of the seductive character Frenchy (played by Marlene Dietrich) inDestry Rides Again (1939), a medieval executioner, a Cole Porter song, redneck bigotry of all flavors, and a ""film-within-a-film"" concept, exemplified by Lamarr exclaiming: "Drive me off this picture."What a splendid way to wake up each morning," she old her husband at 5 AM.On that Sunday morning while the Hoggetts went off to church, Ferdinand had become frantic after seeing that Farmer Hoggett""s wife Esme had a new, wind-up alarm clock ("mechanical rooster") positioned at her bedside.