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David Jenkins - 11/1/07 at 10:32 PM

It's driving me mad - "Monkey" has reappeared on TV, in a PG Tips advert, and for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the TV business it used to advertise (the one that went belly-up).

Can anyone help?


givemethebighammer - 11/1/07 at 10:36 PM

http://newsfeed.tcm.ie/images/people/ITVDigital.jpg


macnab - 11/1/07 at 10:37 PM

And just how long exactly has this been bothering you…?

It appears you have monkeys on the brain.


scottc - 11/1/07 at 11:18 PM

Was it not originally called.........On Digital ?!?!?!


Peteff - 11/1/07 at 11:58 PM

They took it over when Ondigital went bust.


greggors84 - 12/1/07 at 12:35 AM

The one with Jonny Vegas that I think ChrisG has as his avatar?


macnab - 12/1/07 at 12:46 AM

I use to watch Monkey ages ago, it was great, I think. Didn't make much sense though & if I recall he flew around on a small cloud.

Bizarre.


[Edited on 12/1/07 by macnab]


MikeRJ - 12/1/07 at 01:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
I use to watch Monkey ages ago, it was great, I think. Didn't make much sense though & if I recall he flew around on a small cloud.

Bizarre.


Yep, IIRC one of his enemies had a cloud that was running a bit rich and blew out black smoke. As you say, Bizarre.


David Jenkins - 12/1/07 at 09:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
And just how long exactly has this been bothering you…?



About 2 days.

quote:

It appears you have monkeys on the brain.


No - my ape has a propellor on the brain, though!


David Jenkins - 12/1/07 at 09:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scottc
Was it not originally called.........On Digital ?!?!?!


Ah - that was it!

Thank you...
(I still can't stand Johnny Vegas though)


macnab - 12/1/07 at 10:03 AM

No - my ape has a propellor on the brain, though!





Its a monkey

[Edited on 12/1/07 by macnab]


David Jenkins - 12/1/07 at 10:23 AM

I'll set the Librarian on you...


DarrenW - 12/1/07 at 10:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by macnab
I use to watch Monkey ages ago, it was great, I think. Didn't make much sense though & if I recall he flew around on a small cloud.

Bizarre.



I even saw a more up to date episode a few months back whilst in China. Even more bizarre!

Yep, IIRC one of his enemies had a cloud that was running a bit rich and blew out black smoke. As you say, Bizarre.


macnab - 12/1/07 at 11:11 AM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I'll set the Librarian on you...


I see, so you really are just nuts about monkeys. I bet you have watched Planet of the 'Monkeys' like a 1000 times...

So just to appease you here is another funny monkey. Rescued attachment monkey_finger.jpg
Rescued attachment monkey_finger.jpg


donut - 12/1/07 at 11:13 AM

This is the 'other' monkey..



Humbug - 12/1/07 at 11:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I'll set the Librarian on you...


I see, so you really are just nuts about monkeys. I bet you have watched Planet of the 'Monkeys' like a 1000 times...

So just to appease you here is another funny monkey.


that's a novel idea... never tried doing it using my left foot

...unless there's another one being him "giving him a hand"


[Edited on 12.01.2007 by Humbug]


iank - 12/1/07 at 11:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I'll set the Librarian on you...




<pedant> the librarian is an orang utan </pedant>
Your Pan troglodytes is an ape though


Humbug - 12/1/07 at 11:15 AM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I'll set the Librarian on you...




<pedant> the librarian is an orang utan </pedant>
Your Pan troglodytes is an ape though


??? an orang utan is an ape too


iank - 12/1/07 at 11:29 AM

indeed it is...
But why would a chimp set an orang utan on someone. They are hard enough to sort him out on their own without getting the orange boys involved


David Jenkins - 12/1/07 at 11:44 AM

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
[I see, so you really are just nuts about monkeys. I bet you have watched Planet of the 'Monkeys' like a 1000 times...



I've seen that film 0.5 times (I got bored)

Like the pic though...


chrisg - 13/1/07 at 03:13 PM

Which monkey is that then?

Cheers

Chris


Peteff - 13/1/07 at 03:48 PM

Apes don't. Chimps, Roddy McDowell, Gorillas and Orangs are apes. Monkeys can't lift their arms above their heads like humans, hominids and apes to swing through trees and tend to run along branches and jump instead. Watch David Attenborough some time instead of Big Brother and Celebrity, it's easy to switch over, use your opposable thumb.


David Jenkins - 13/1/07 at 04:04 PM

And don't forget that all humans are apes - but some are closer to ape-hood than others!

Ook!


Jon Ison - 13/1/07 at 04:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
And don't forget that all humans are apes - but some are closer to ape-hood than others!

Ook!


Probably explains why I have no trouble fastening my shoe laces..........


Peteff - 13/1/07 at 05:19 PM

It's a good job I have pockets, I get fed up of my knuckles dragging on the floor.


macnab - 13/1/07 at 08:15 PM



he he he, this is such a silly thread...