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Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« on: Friday,May 10, 2024, 04:34:08 PM »
I recently reminded myself of Suburban Auto Group’s trunk monkey commercials. I think they stopped selling them because of legal problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8iAVwt_Yc

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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #1 on: Friday,May 10, 2024, 05:00:32 PM »
  I thought I was up on all the trunk monkey antics but this was full of laughter.
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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #2 on: Friday,May 10, 2024, 05:12:43 PM »
It’s too bad they no longer have trunk monkeys. Everybody could benefit from a trunk monkey now and again!

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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #3 on: Friday,May 10, 2024, 09:59:40 PM »
I can't help but smile at those ads, never heard of it before. Might be a tight squeeze in a Europa though !

We had chimps advertising tea when I was a kid, not any more though. The ads were very popular but were stopped because the chimps got so attached to humans that they couldn't live with other chimps. And so at the end of their "working life", they couldn't live with other chimps or be released into the wild.  Full tale here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovd64l_16B4&ab_channel=RetroSpectives%28withRetroSteve%29

I would expect these days the idea of dressing chimps up like that would be a non-starter, but back then it was just part of life. The guy even mentions Chimp's Tea Parties being staged at major zoos to attract visitors.

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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #4 on: Saturday,May 11, 2024, 04:03:47 AM »
  Every one loves monkeys,
  Bruno mars had them in a music video and a great theme for my days off .
   Yes they are real,😂

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iafri6g5wA4

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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #5 on: Saturday,May 11, 2024, 08:00:41 AM »
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Might be a tight squeeze in a Europa though !

I guess you’d a smaller monkey but you’d get two of them!

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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #6 on: Saturday,May 11, 2024, 08:38:02 AM »
I can't help but smile at those ads, never heard of it before. Might be a tight squeeze in a Europa though !

We had chimps advertising tea when I was a kid, not any more though. The ads were very popular but were stopped because the chimps got so attached to humans that they couldn't live with other chimps. And so at the end of their "working life", they couldn't live with other chimps or be released into the wild.  Full tale here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovd64l_16B4&ab_channel=RetroSpectives%28withRetroSteve%29

I would expect these days the idea of dressing chimps up like that would be a non-starter, but back then it was just part of life. The guy even mentions Chimp's Tea Parties being staged at major zoos to attract visitors.

Brian

I suppose there is always some unfortunate damage to the species we domesticate. Maybe sadder for chimps since they are so intelligent and close to humans. After all, look what we've done with wolves... We've bred some of them into chihuahuas and dachshunds!.

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Re: Funniest Trunk Monkey Commercials
« Reply #7 on: Monday,May 13, 2024, 10:28:40 AM »
Trunk Monkey is hilarious. I never heard of him before. I wonder if there is a compact version that may fit in a Europa. Perhaps, a trunk spider monkey or similar.
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