Posted by Kevin at spider-mtc-ta072.proxy.aol.com on October 13, 2000 at 21:41:00:
In Reply to: The "developing the monkey" title-- posted by Mr. Killmonkey on October 13, 2000 at 14:16:51:
Save it for posterity. Because it's startling relavance (relevance?) will be almost ironic over the course of the next year.
: It seems to be a pretty obvious reference to the popular term "Spanking the Monkey."
I never thought of that until I just read your statement.
: So, perhaps Kevin chose to call the column "developing the monkey" because:
: a. In both film and the comic book industry, developing a prject can take FOREVER. Kevin's column is presumedly going to be about developing his films/comics and his opinions on developments in both industries.
No.
: b. it's a reference to a very well-regarded independent movie, which is how he got his start.
Hell no.
: c. it's a quick, goofy whackin' off joke
Fuck no.
: I think it's ridiculous to assume that every time Kevin uses the word "monkey" that he's referring to Suzanne in Mallrats.
Not really. I'm not that creative. These cats know me pretty well.
: The monkey had like 30 seconds of screentime,
My one, great regret in life.
: no one outside of this board would get the reference,
Don't be so sure.
No lie - I've received at least a hundred emails today (from fans, yes; but also from comics and movie pros too) asking if the title of the column had anything to do with the monkey at the end of 'Rats'.
: and he already wrapped up the Suzanne story for all us geeks in his comic book. Believe me, the non-comic buying pubic has abolsutely no memory of the monkey in Mallrats.
Not so. I speak at colleges regularly, and, without fail, someone always asks about the monkey.
: Sheesh! The fucking Zapruder film didn't get this much scrutiny.
With all due respect, I think it did.
But it would've been scrutinized much more had there been a monkey in it - which there may have been, had old man Zapruder panned right a bit more. I mean, he was shooting FROM a grassy knoll, and monkeys are notoriously fond of grass. I know this because there's grass in the jungle, and that's where most monkeys make their homes (except the ones who smoke; presumably, they move to the city, because there are very few tobaconist shops in the jungle). I don't think I'm going out on any greater limb than Jim Garrison when I postulate that a monkey may have, indeed, been present that fateful day in Dallas.
I'm not saying a monkey shot Kennedy. But one may have been there picking his ass, smelling it, and then pretending to pass out when the President's motorcade crawled by.
Maybe that's why Jackie why seen crawling out of the car? The above-described striking image caught her eye and scrambled across the trunk to see if she saw what she thought she saw. And during that time, the assassins struck.
It's just a theory.
: Go take a walk, guys, and pretend you're human.
I don't understand why you hate monkeys so much.
Oh yes - you're MISTER Killmonkey. Duh, me.
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