From an ad in Tales of Suspense #59, 1964:
Really??
You could order monkeys by mail in 1964?? With a free monkey toy?? Live delivery guaranteed?? And they like lollipops?!?!
Really?!?!
Damn, once again I was born too late....
Really??You could order monkeys by mail in 1964?? With a free monkey toy?? Live delivery guaranteed?? And they like lollipops?!?!
Really?!?!
Damn, once again I was born too late....
And this is why the '60s was just a plainly awesome decade (Vietnam notwithstanding).
ReplyDeleteI was born in the 70s myself but I've heard stories....
I keep picturing the kid opening the box and the "live monkey" attaching itself to the kid's face like a face-hugger from "Alien".
ReplyDelete"SCREEEEEEEEEECH!"
I have a few other thoughts on the monkey ad here:
http://tinyurl.com/55k383
oops...sorry. Mark, I didn't realize you had already covered this phenomenon...
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many kids managed to send away for one of these without informing their parents? Quite a surprise at the mailbox...
Well, they'd probably have to be spoiled-rotten little kids to make their monkey order without their parents' knowledge/permission. $18.95 was a fairly hefty sum in 1964 - $127.06 in 2007 dollars, according to the online inflation calculator.
ReplyDeleteAmong other reasons I miss Penn Jillette's daily radio show is that his Monkey Tuesday! is now a thing of the past.
He had all sorts of great monkey stories, and did cover this ad, though never found anyone who actually had ordered a monkey-by-mail. You definitely get the impression that spider monkeys make pretty horrible pets, though....