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Post by snsurone on Feb 25, 2018 18:26:37 GMT
It seems to me that almost every movie with a jungle or circus setting has to have at least one chimpanzee, stealing all the scenes.
This is in such films as TOBY TYLER and the entire Tarzan/Jungle Jim series, among others.
To be honest, of all mammals, I like apes the least.
That includes chimps, orangutans, baboons, macaques, etc.
IMO, they're ugly, dirty, and smelly, with disgusting habits, like throwing their poop around.
I hate the idea that we're descended from these critters, although, watching Trump, I'm not surprised. ;-)
Gorillas are a little better--I do like Magilla, LOL.
On the other hand, monkeys are adorable, especially those little squirrel and spider monkeys.
Same with lemurs, although I gotta admit that their eyes are kinda creepy.
Your thoughts?
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Post by jervistetch on Feb 25, 2018 20:49:34 GMT
LOVE the Chimps! Remember Debbie on "Lost in Space"?  Judy on "Daktari" (with Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion)  And then hen there was this show. |
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Post by snsurone on Feb 25, 2018 23:03:25 GMT
Oh, yes--I remember.
UGH!!!
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 26, 2018 1:06:56 GMT
Monkey Business(1952) still funny
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 26, 2018 1:07:36 GMT
Project X with Mathew Broderick pretty good
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Post by snsurone on Feb 26, 2018 2:42:08 GMT
You all forget BEDTIME FOR BONZO, starring Ronald Reagan.
Nevertheless, I still detest chimps!
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 26, 2018 3:34:12 GMT
"UGH" is right--I love just about every animal (I even think earthworms, stinkbugs and spiders have lots of charm, in their way)
but I find chimpanzees distasteful. I hate their creepy, too-close-together eyes, the thumbs on their feet, and those expressions they make with their ugly mouths and teeth. They're nasty, aggressive animals, and they have a reputation for attacking and mauling people. About 20 years ago there was a famous case of a woman who was horribly mauled by her friend's pet chimp, which attacked her and tore her hands and face off. Another case involved a man who visited his former pet chimp at a zoo, and ended up being mutilated by one of the other chimps there (the animal tore off part of the man's face and also his genitalia--apparently male chimps are in the habit of doing this to each other to prevent rival males from breeding.) I remember the first time I saw chimps at a zoo as a kid--while the other critters at the zoo were pretty docile, the chimps were screaming and flinging poo. Then there was the school assembly that featured "Mr. Jiggs"--a chimp in a spangled suit coat that chittered and made ugly faces at the kids. A lot of kids laughed, but I was just repulsed. And that was before I found out, years later, that chimps had been known to maul children and, in some cases, had killed and eaten human babies (apparently in an attempt to destroy the young of their perceived rivals, rather than for food).
I don't understand the fascination movies and TV shows had with these creatures--there must have been some stable of chimp "actors" somewhere in Hollywood, because they kept turning up on TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s, in everything from the Tarzan and other jungle shows, to shows like The Hathaways and The Beverly Hillbillies and BJ and the Bear. And then there was that horrible Lancelot Link show. The horror, the horror!
In the 1950s, the Today show even had a chimpanzee as co-host, J. Fred Muggs. It was the show's most disgusting choice for a host until the signing of Matt Lauer decades later.
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Post by snsurone on Feb 26, 2018 15:13:02 GMT
I remember that story about the chimp destroying the woman's face, marianne.
It happened about 9/10 years ago, right at the start of the Obama administration.
Shortly afterward, there was this disgustingly offensive cartoon in the NY Post, likening the chimp to the new POTUS.
But then, that rag has always been Republican-centered.
I'll stop now, before this thread segues into politics.
;-)
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Post by koskiewicz on Feb 26, 2018 16:21:51 GMT
...Barry, the chimp in the Seinfeld episode, one ups that idiot Kramer by spitting water at him from his cage...hilarious...
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Feb 26, 2018 17:31:48 GMT
The razor-wielding chimp Inga in Phenomena.
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Post by snsurone on Feb 26, 2018 20:00:06 GMT
Monkey Business(1952) still funny I prefer the 1931 movie of that title, starring the Marx Brothers. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 2, 2018 19:57:26 GMT
WE INTERRUPT THIS THREAD WITH BREAKING NEWS
OUTRAGE IN TINSEL TOWN THESE LONG TIME WRITERS WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION TO CREATE A SCRIPT FOR THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER "DIE HARD WHILE KNITTING"   TRAGICALLY, HAVING BEEN VICIOUSLY MALIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE FAUX-NEWS PRESS, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY  AND THE MYSTERIOUSLY MORE ACCEPTABLE  . STATISTICS SHOWING THAT MILLIONS OF HUMANS ARE BITTEN, MAIMED AND EVEN KILLED BY SO CALLED "ADORABLE" DOGS HAVE BEEN CONVENIENTLY IGNORED WHILE CHIMPS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AS A RESULT OF BAD PRESS EXAGERATION AND MISUNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PERSONALITIES AND PERSONAL GROOMING HABITS. FURTHER NEWS AT ELEVEN We now return you to the originally scheduled non-film related anti-ape OP. |
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Post by outrider127 on Mar 2, 2018 19:59:49 GMT
I remember that story about the chimp destroying the woman's face, marianne. It happened about 9/10 years ago, right at the start of the Obama administration. Shortly afterward, there was this disgustingly offensive cartoon in the NY Post, likening the chimp to the new POTUS. But then, that rag has always been Republican-centered. I'll stop now, before this thread segues into politics. ;-) That was a horror--Chimps are supposedly 8 times stronger than humans |
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Post by snsurone on Mar 3, 2018 1:58:34 GMT
WE INTERRUPT THIS THREAD WITH BREAKING NEWS
OUTRAGE IN TINSEL TOWN THESE LONG TIME WRITERS WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION TO CREATE A SCRIPT FOR THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER "DIE HARD WHILE KNITTING" TRAGICALLY, HAVING BEEN VICIOUSLY MALIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE FAUX-NEWS PRESS, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY AND THE MYSTERIOUSLY MORE ACCEPTABLE . STATISTICS SHOWING THAT MILLIONS OF HUMANS ARE BITTEN, MAIMED AND EVEN KILLED BY SO CALLED "ADORABLE" DOGS HAVE BEEN CONVENIENTLY IGNORED WHILE CHIMPS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AS A RESULT OF BAD PRESS EXAGERATION AND MISUNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PERSONALITIES AND PERSONAL GROOMING HABITS. FURTHER NEWS AT ELEVEN We now return you to the originally scheduled non-film related anti-ape OP. Quite decent of you to defend your nearest relatives, BAT! |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 3, 2018 2:13:32 GMT
According to the Center For Disease Control (CDC), approximately 4.5 million dog bites occur in the United States every year, and 900,000 of those bites become infected. The U.S. population is approximately 325.8 million people as of 2017. That means a dog bites 1 out of every 72 people.www.caninejournal.com/dog-bite-statistics/The chimp bites are SENSATIONALIZED because they are comparatively rare and because they are pretty dramatic! but snsurone, as you said "pups" are soooooo cute ! 
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Post by snsurone on Mar 3, 2018 12:29:37 GMT
And so they are.
So is your baby hyena cousin.
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