[dead]

"Would you go to a movie if you knew the child actors had been kidnapped and been forced through abuse by their kidnappers to perform silly, demeaning acts?" asks Roger Fouts.

Sure! Who wouldn’t?

Seriously, right now, there’s some starving wild chimp, being eaten by lion, who would kill Cheetah to change places with him.

Hell, if they didn’t take away his beer and cigars, I’d envy his lifestyle.

[Abcdefg]

As Bill Clinton would say: "That's one sexy monkey!"

[r9etb]

"Where he lives now nobody smokes and drinks," said Karajerjian. "I hate smoking and drinking and so why would I offer it to apes?"

A comment that makes me wonder about this Karajerjian fellow. A normal person would have chuckled and said -- "we don't let him do that anymore." But this fella gets all huffy and hops up on his soap box about it. Makes me wonder whether Cheeta is gay....

[onedoug]

[arly]

I like cheeta... one of the few actors or (ex actor) types that knows how to keep his mouth shut. Alec Baldwin and Ed Asner could learn something here!

[HELLRAISER II]

Cheetah, Umgowa nowa.

[Luna]

"Would you go to a movie if you knew the child actors had been kidnapped and been forced through abuse by their kidnappers to perform silly, demeaning acts?"

Chimpanzees used in films are child actors?

[wbill]

For example, Grow said that several of the chimpanzees in her foundation's care, including those that were in the entertainment industry, do not know how to have intercourse or how to look after their young.

This just described 1/2 the people in America. And they're worried about Chimps?

[Drawsing]

Westfall says that Cheeta has developed a particular talent as an abstract artist and has trademarked Cheeta's creations as "Ape-stract." Cheeta uses a paintbrush and bright colors for his creations which are full of sweeps, swirls, and straight lines. "They are very pretty, actually," said Westfall, who sells his companion's work for $125 a piece. The proceeds go to support the Cheeta Primate Foundation, which Westfall started to raise money for unwanted showbiz animals.

This is depressing. My paintings have yet to go for over $70.00 on ebay.

[judicial meanz]

"In his earlier years Cheeta had a penchant for beer and cigars, reportedly drinking several cold ones a day."


My type of monkey. reads magazines, watches TV, drinks a few cold ones, and smokes a cigar or two. (Too bad the PC jerk that inherited him didnt let him enjoy life once he took over.)

I imagine Cheeta is now doing all types of aromatherapy, jazzercise, and huggy little group therapy sessions at the home, wearing his Birkenstocks while he paints.

Yeecccchhhhhh

[CaptRon]

Jeez. The article starts out as a tribute to Cheetah and ends up being 95% diatribe about animal abuse. If I were Cheetah I'd think this author used me.

[Rightfootforward]

I think it's marvelous that Cheetah's still with us! What a guy!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[In his earlier years Cheeta had a penchant for beer and cigars, reportedly drinking several cold ones a day....]

[Westfall and Karajerjian said booze and smoke have not been a part of the old chimp's life since he came into their care ten years ago. "Where he lives now nobody smokes and drinks," said Karajerjian. "I hate smoking and drinking and so why would I offer it to apes?"]

IMO, depriving Cheeta of his obvious enjoyment of beer and cigars is animal cruelty. Where the heck is PETA????

PS: Where can I buy Cheeta's art from his beer swilling and stogie puffing period?

[Slyfox]

I remember reading that Cheetah did not like the gal who played Jane in the Tarzan movies. Hmmm...

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Stated: "Would you go to a movie if you knew the child actors had been kidnapped and been forced through abuse by their kidnappers to perform silly, demeaning acts?" asks Roger Fouts, co-director of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University in Ellensburg."

Response: I still believe that whipping would eliminate this nonsense.The lack of whipping, dunking, the stocks and the pillory indicate a social flaw.

[Fatalis]

Whatever happened to Lancelot Link?

[Xenalyte]

"Would you go to a movie if you knew the child actors had been kidnapped and been forced through abuse by their kidnappers to perform silly, demeaning acts?" asks Roger Fouts, co-director of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University in Ellensburg.

That is the ONLY way I'd see a movie featuring child actors. They are horrible and act as if they're reading the script off the backs of their eyelids. Think of that repulsive kid from the original Willard. Macaulay Culkin would also suffice. Or the ever-dreadful Quinn Cummings.

Haley Joel Osment excepted, of course, along with Henry Thomas. They were fabulous.

[TheLion]

Here he is enjoying "Ape-stract."