Monkey-ed Movies [SEP] original network
Monkey-ed Movies
Monkey-ed Movies is a series of short films broadcast on the Turner Broadcasting System in the late 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
Secret Chimp", which ended in 1972.
Premise.
The series revolves around the behind the scenes antics of the fictional, eponymous cable network, The Chimp Channel (abbreviated TCC), and the shows it produces. Television programs filmed at the network include "NYPD Zoo", "Treewatch", "Ally McSqeal", "The Murray Price Show", "News at Night", and "Movies on Film". The latter has two critics reviewing films from the "Monkey-ed Movie"