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April 28, 2006
Hey Hey it's Some Monkeys!
When I was a kid in the pre UPN/ WB days (and certainly before anyone ever thought of consolidating all the "urban" sitcoms and "35 year olds performing high school student kabuki" shows into one CW behemoth) there were just anonymous non-network stations called Channel 47 or something, trying to get by on really low end syndicated programming. Timeless classics like Too Close for Comfort, One Day at a Time, Small Wonder, etc.
One of the weirdest staples of the mix and match line-up had to be Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, a campy sixties spy show acted out entirely by chimpanzees. I think this program somehow stunted my development into a fully functioning adult. I hadn't thought about it in so long that I may actually have repressed it, blissfully, for many years.
Oh, You Tube.
Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution
(live on the Ed Simian Show)
What song are they playing? Sounds like a pretty standard entry from the Nuggets box. Any super nerds out there? Considering the generally pretty low bar for a new band to get blog love, I bet an mp3 of this track would be poised to make waves among 60's pop throwback apologists everywhere.
Also terrific is this bon mot from the You Tube comments section:
"that monkey was spinnin around! hahahaha
a really good shoe!"
Oh, "soulpony".
Tags: Lancelot Link, Secret Chimps, Evolution Revolution, Chimpanzee Spy Shows in General
Posted by Jeff Klingman at April 28, 2006 04:50 PM
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