- Rally Monkey
The Rally Monkey is a
mascot of theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team.The character debuted on
June 6 ,2000 , when the Angels were trailing theSan Francisco Giants 5–4 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Two video board operators, Dean Fraulino and Jaysen Humes, took a clip of a monkey jumping around from the1994 Jim Carrey movie comedy ', and superimposed the words "RALLY MONKEY!" on top of it. [http://www.rallymonkey.com/features.php?art=bio RallyMonkey.com, Rally Monkey biography] ] The Angels scored two runs and won the game. The video clip proved to be so popular that the team hired Katie, a white-hairedcapuchin monkey , to star in original clips for later games.fact|date=April 2008 When seen, she bounces to theHouse of Pain song "Jump Around" and sometimes holds a sign proclaiming that it is "RALLY TIME!" Additional videos featuring the Rally Monkey show it edited into popular films such as "Shrek ", "Ferris Beuller's Day Off ", "The Brady Bunch Movie ", "Signs", "Jurassic Park", "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ", "Scream", "Dumb and Dumber ", "National Lampoon's Vacation ", "Night at the Museum ", "The Natural", ', "Spaceballs ", "Poltergeist", "", "The Sandlot ", "Jaws" and "The Ring". The team also started selling plush monkeys that fans bring to games.ESPN also did a "This is SportsCenter " commercial in which it showed one of the executives having to make "budget cuts", leading to the release of the monkey. The monkey pleaded by raising the "It's Rally Time" sign. The commercial is available on "NFL 2K5 ".fact|date=April 2008Perhaps the most famous comeback ever "credited" to the Rally Monkey, Game 6 of the
2002 World Series saw the Angels overcome a 5-0 deficit after 6.5 innings.tats
Provided by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim marketing department.
*Height: Twenty-four inches (0.6 meter) plus tail.
*Weight: Fifteen ounces (425 grams)
*Jumps: A lot.References
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