- Monkey-ed Movies
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Monkey-ed Movies Genre Comedy, Parody Directed by Tom Stern Produced by Palomar Pictures Written by Tom Stern
Tim BurnsCountry United States Language English Original channel TBS Original airing February 1, 1998 Running time 00:01:20 approx. Followed by The Chimp Channel Monkey-ed Movies is a series of short films broadcast on the Turner Broadcasting System in the 1990s. The films parodied popular films or television programs that were currently being broadcast on TBS with the use of costumed chimpanzees and orangutans voiced by human actors.
Ray Richmond of Variety noted that Monkey-ed Movies "proved to be clever stuff, in large part because it was short and sweet. It was just an irreverent little diversion made terrific by some dedicated training and impressive mimicry."[1]
Contents
History
The idea for the series came from a five-minute pilot that originally aired on MTV. TBS ordered 48 segments to be produced which were run during Dinner and a Movie and in odd time slots after sporting events. However, one day when a golf tournament ran short, the station played about half an hour of Monkey'ed Movies to unexpected results. The ratings actually increased, which prompted TBS to order 13 episodes of an expanded half-hour series which would become The Chimp Channel.[2]
Production
The American Humane Association's Film and Television Unit monitored the filming of Monkey-ed Movies, and reported:
- "The chimps and orangutans are receiving a very high standard of care. The trainers use modern, humane techniques to cue and motivate the animals. . . The TBS production team has been very cooperative, has upheld the Guidelines and insures the wellbeing [sic] of the chimps during filming."[3]
Television show
In 1999, TBS spun the popular Monkey-ed Movies series into a situation comedy entitled The Chimp Channel. The series lasted only one season and met with negative reviews criticizing its attempt to expand the already effective Monkey-d Movies concept. The series featured a segment called Movies on Film where two critics reviewed films from the Monkey-ed Movies library and gave a non-opposable thumbs up or down.
List of Monkey-ed Movie shorts
- A Few Good Men
- Air Force One
- Alien
- Apollo 13 (two different versions)
- As Good as It Gets
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- Boogie Nights
- Braveheart
- Braves Baseball
- Dances with Wolves
- Die Hard
- Dinner and a Movie
- Dumb and Dumber
- The Empire Strikes Back (two different versions)
- Evita
- The Full Monty
- Forrest Gump
- The Fugitive
- Ghost
- The Godfather
- Gone with the Wind
- Good Will Hunting
- In & Out
- Interview With a Vampire
- James Bond (two different versions)
- Jaws (two different versions)
- Jerry Maguire
- L.A. Confidential
- The Lost World
- Men in Black
- Mission Impossible
- NASCAR Racing
- Planet of the Humans, a parody of Planet of the Apes
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Scream
- Steel Magnolias
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (two different versions)
- Thelma & Louise
- Tin Cup
- Titanic
- Top Gun
- Twister
- Ultra Chimps (promo)
- WCW
- When Harry Met Sally
References
- ^ Richmond, Ray The Chimp Channel Review Variety (June 7, 1999). Retrieved on 4-07-10.
- ^ Lucas, Michael P. [1] Los Angeles Times (June 1, 1999). Retrieved on 4-08-10.
- ^ Movie Review - The Chimp Channel AHA Film (1999). Retrieved on 4-07-10.
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Categories:- English-language films
- TBS (TV channel) network shows
- 1998 in American television
- Short film series
- American short films
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- Chimpanzees
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