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Happy Year of the Monkey

Post by Joe Thompson » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:56 pm

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Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. This year is the Year of the Monkey. Thanks to listal.com, here is Buster Keaton with his co-star in The Cameraman, Josephine the little monkey. Josephine also appeared with Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother. She was a great actress.

San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade will be held on February 20 this year.
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Re: Happy Year of the Monkey

Post by wich2 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:32 am

Jack Barrymore and his beloved Clementine:

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(The little beastie got so jealous of Dolores, it was later sent to a zoo.)

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Re: Happy Year of the Monkey

Post by Jim Roots » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:02 pm

I was never so offended as when I discovered the Chinese had decided my birthyear was a Year of the Sheep.

I am NOT a member of the sheeple!

Bah! (and I do mean "Bah", not "Baa".)

Jim
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Re: Happy Year of the Monkey

Post by Wm. Charles Morrow » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:13 pm

Jim Roots wrote:I was never so offended as when I discovered the Chinese had decided my birthyear was a Year of the Sheep.

I am NOT a member of the sheeple!

Bah! (and I do mean "Bah", not "Baa".)

Jim
(and don't call me "Jimmy Skunk", either)
You're lucky. How would you like to be born in the Year of the Pig?
-- Charlie Morrow

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Re: Happy Year of the Monkey

Post by Great Hierophant » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:44 pm

Even the year of the pig is better than the year of the snake or the year of the rat.

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Re: Happy Year of the Monkey

Post by Joe Thompson » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:35 pm

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Lunar New Year celebrations in San Francisco end tonight with the parade, which has been going on every year for over 150 years.

To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, here is one more photo of Josephine, this time with Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother, which is one of my favorites. Josephine was a remarkably talented little monkey.

Next year is the Year of the Rooster. Pathe and Foghorn Leghorn and maybe Chanticleer, here we come...
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