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Posted by: Alex | December 18, 2008 9:55 PM

Wow, it's only gotten ~1,000 views on YouTube? I'm sure it will get a few thousand more now. :P

Posted by: AnthonyK | December 18, 2008 10:00 PM

Happy Monkey isn't what it was in my day.

Posted by: Happy Kiwi | December 18, 2008 10:07 PM

These were the Happy Monkees of my childhood. Maybe this could be the nostalgia theme song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0FUvLfxyp0

Posted by: Jadehawk | December 18, 2008 10:07 PM

funny stuff.

Posted by: Colonel Molerat | December 18, 2008 10:14 PM

Unavailable for me too (UK)...
I didn't realise it was such an ethnocentric celebration...

Posted by: Milton | December 18, 2008 10:22 PM

The movie is not available for my country (Brazil).
I wanted to celebrate "Happy Monkey"
=(

Posted by: Patricia, OM | December 18, 2008 10:26 PM

What's the opposite song? I'm NOT a happy monkey. I'm doing the freezing chicken dance.

Hey Rev. is that blue love monkey you? Tee, hee!

Posted by: J. D. Mack | December 18, 2008 10:34 PM

Are we not men?

Posted by: TSC | December 18, 2008 10:35 PM

All the polls say that most Americans believe as I do: That the traditional signs of Happy Monkey are a good thing.So give monkeys a break, enjoy the season no matter how you celebrate it, and be thankful you live in a country where the philosophy of peace on earth, good will toward all monkeys is honored with a federal holiday.

Posted by: George E Martin | December 18, 2008 10:36 PM

I agree with natural cynic at #11. I was going to reference that Ernie Kovacs great skit, but he beat me to it.

George

Posted by: Bronze Dog | December 18, 2008 10:46 PM

You're really fired up about this, PZ. :)

Happy Monkey to you, too.

Posted by: Timothy Wood | December 18, 2008 10:59 PM

*dances*

Posted by: Anon | December 18, 2008 11:00 PM

11 and 20, #7 beat you both.

Posted by: Epikt | December 18, 2008 11:03 PM

Milton:

The movie is not available for my country (Brazil).
I wanted to celebrate "Happy Monkey"

But you can. Happy Monkey lives in the hearts of all of us, not on silly, blasphemous YouTube.

Remember--where two or three are gathered in the name of His Happy Hirsute Holiness, he will be there among you.

Posted by: Feynmaniac | December 18, 2008 11:20 PM

'Happy Monkey' for you, but it's a Festivus for the rest of us.

Posted by: Alan Kellogg | December 18, 2008 11:39 PM

Feynmaniac, #30

That's right, 'happy monkey" was commercialized before it became a seasonal greeting. With such a precedent it can't help but prosper. :)

Posted by: Janine, Insulting Sinner | December 18, 2008 11:49 PM

Monkey Time!

Posted by: Iain | December 19, 2008 12:02 AM

Noooo!

Curses I cannot view the video due to my country or 'domain'.

Somebody is already oppressing my rights to express how Happy Monkey I feel... I bet its a right-wing conspiracy led by Billo!

Posted by: Zak | December 19, 2008 12:10 AM

The drummer at 1:38 looks just like Ken Ham.

Posted by: Masha | December 19, 2008 12:18 AM

This just made my entire life.
Happy Monkey to all, and to all a good night.

Posted by: Janine, Insulting Sinner | December 19, 2008 12:46 AM

Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee

Posted by: Brian's A Wild Downer | December 19, 2008 1:47 AM

Don't forget this one by Elvis Costello

Monkey To Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EyXPs2_Jk

Posted by: Tim Fuller | December 19, 2008 1:55 AM

Never too late to mix a little politics with religion. Full post is almost 700 words. Following was originally a comment I made at Firedoglake in reference to a post there referencing some rightwing asshats as 'fuckers'. It is reposted to my website as well as on my Talking Points Memo blog (where recommending or commenting on it will ensure more visibility if the mood strikes you!)

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/timtimes/2008/12/those-crazy-fockers.php

Here's a couple paragraphs I'm sure you guys will appreciate to whet your appetites:

The more I think about it, the more I'm willing to overlook your colorful and carnal use of colloquial curse words, so long as I still get to refer to the FUCKERS as enthusiast supporters of the torture of children's testicles. Maybe Pastor Warren will explain it as necessary to torture the testicles of children because doing otherwise 'might jeopordize the integrity of the unborn'. Did God not mention his stand on the torture of children's testicles? Was he so preoccupied with condemning the homosexuals and seafood eaters that he overlooked the obvious? God gave us all noses, ears and and asses, never actually directing us on what their functions were to be used for. He must have known we were smart enough to figure out our heads from our asses. Too bad he didn't have the forethought to forcefully and vehemently comment against the torture of toddler testicles. I thought that issue, (along with the Magna Carta), had been settled long, long ago.

and my personal favorite, a post Bush employment suggestion for Condi Rice.

....she could open a think tank. It could be named the "Center Heading Research in Support of Torturing Toddler's Testicles" aka CHRISTTT, which will of course be more informally referred to as the CHRIST CENTER for purposes of public consumption. That's just how those FUCKERS roll.

Enjoy.

Posted by: Dano Johnson | December 19, 2008 2:01 AM

Wow! Hey, PZ! I'm the director and animator of this video and I read your site everyday. For your foreign readers, they can watch the video in quicktime at my site, collectionagencyfilms.com.

Thanks and dance on!
- Dano

Posted by: Cath the Canberra Cook | December 19, 2008 2:15 AM

JamesF: thank you! Much appreciated.

Posted by: Emmet Caulfield | December 19, 2008 2:37 AM

This video is not available in your country or domain.

Same here in Sweden.

For media companies to properly ream people according to where they live, the World must be partitioned into isolated regions, as with DVDs and console games. Of late, YouTube has started supporting such a scheme, presumably at the request of their corporate customers.

Posted by: Emmet Caulfield | December 19, 2008 2:44 AM

This seems to be the same video, but internationally accessible (at least, it's accessible in Sweden):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XEiV-l97o

Posted by: Anders | December 19, 2008 3:18 AM

I'm getting my own "Happy Monkey" (TM) T-shirt for christm.. Happy monkey season..

Posted by: Richard Healy | December 19, 2008 4:07 AM

Thanks Dano.(46)

Posted by: Jurgen | December 19, 2008 5:18 AM

Its censored here (The Netherlands) too.

Posted by: vombatus | December 19, 2008 7:05 AM

I loves me some New York Dolls! Only two surviving original members, but they still have that sound! I bought Lipstick Killers on vinyl (extinct media:proof of technological evolution) in 1982 and never looked back. David Johansen, you might recall, did a stint as "Buster Poindexter" in the 80's (anyone recall "Is That You, Santy Claus?") Sylvain Sylvain and he are still kickin' as they near 60...it's definitely the power of Happy Monkey that keeps them young enough to rock this hard and still tour (they're playing in L.A. tomorrow night). In fact, the very simian appearance of Mr. Johansen is proof of the existence of Happy Monkey. How can anyone deny this!?

Posted by: True Bob | December 19, 2008 7:59 AM

@ 61:

KAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHNNN!!!!!

/Kirk

Dang, that was the obscure song I thought I would be first to post. That's what I get for showing up late.

Posted by: HumanisticJones | December 19, 2008 8:36 AM

I was sitting at home last night with my partner and I mentioned that this song in my opinion made a much better Happy Monkey song. I'm glad to see I'm not alone.

Now shake your monkey hips my pretty little creationist!

Happy Monkey!

Posted by: Grace Conyers | December 19, 2008 9:08 AM

Bwhahaha. This is just what I needed to get me motivated to kick my chemistry final's arse.

Posted by: spondee | December 19, 2008 9:42 AM

Sammi Yaffa plays bass for the Dolls, he plays guitar in his other band Mad Juana. I'm no good with these internets, so you'll have to find them on your own, but they fucking rock. Gypsy, funk, punk, with a horn section. Nothing short of Awesome. Happy Monkey!!

Posted by: samantha mullaney | December 19, 2008 10:30 AM

This video is not available in your country or domain.
UNHappy Monkey!
alternate sites - thanks James F #13!!!
Happy Monkey!

Posted by: Martin | December 19, 2008 11:04 AM

Take the wayback machine to 1975 and see the NY Dolls perform "Stranded in the Jungle" - a precursor to "Dance Like a Monkey" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-RsfrhS4I

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | December 19, 2008 11:12 AM

Not only for the holidays; all year round. We might have a name better than "Brights:" Happy Monkeys! It'll drive the Creationists right up the wall.

You win.

This seems to be the same video, but internationally accessible (at least, it's accessible in Sweden):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XEiV-l97o

Thanks, works for me!

@ 61:

KAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHNNN!!!!!

/Kirk

Yeah, that's probably the most appropriate response. Urgh. Am I glad I was only born after the 70s were over.

Posted by: Chad | December 19, 2008 11:56 AM

Two of my favorites - evolution and the New York Dolls!

Posted by: JonathanL | December 19, 2008 12:12 PM

Not available in Canada either. :(

Posted by: Frasque | December 19, 2008 6:54 PM

If we're suggesting anthems and carols and such, I'm throwing the (non-monkey) "Open Eyes" by Oingo Boingo into the ring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PSmm9pcpLE

Auld Lang Syne, reworded by atheist Danny Elfman.

"May the memories not be forgot
May we never lose our mind
may no one tamper with our thoughts
for the sake of open eyes

The mindless cretin on parade
they may fill our lives with fear
Should we forgive and look away
Well perhaps, but not this year!"

Posted by: blf | December 20, 2008 8:27 AM

This seems to be the same video, but internationally accessible (at least, it's accessible in Sweden):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XEiV-l97o

Thanks, that also works in France. Also see Dano Johnson @48, who is the director, for another (non-YourCensored) link that works.