Do you remember Monkey, Pigsy and the magic cloud?

[Rhubarb]

It was a surreal Eastern series. Anyone remember it?

[CadburyCremeSquonk]

aaaaahhh MONKEY!

I remember it

[Rhubarb]

Cool wasn't it?

[Mercy]

Yes, it was called Monkey!

[DeputyMacDawg]

Loved it.
Monkey magic !!

[southeastastra]

cool and confusing

[Rhubarb]

They used to be able to change into different animals didn't they?

[Twinkie1]

Excellent - would be great if they still showed it - actually it would probably be a great big steaming pile of shite but was fun when I was 7!!

Was it a bee or something he used to keep in his sock and blow on??

[Rhubarb]

ds got a book from the library about them, it's a chinese folk tale.

Remember how their mouths moved completely out of sync with the voice overs which were really really naff!

[trillium]

Ha !

"In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the phoenix can fly only when it's feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless eons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven, the moisture of the earth, the powers of the Sun and the Moon, all worked upon a certain rock, old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named "Thought". Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, "With our thoughts, we make the world". Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch.
From it then came a stone monkey.
The nature of monkey was irrepressible!

Mooonkeeeeeeeeeeey!



I found three Monkey videos in a charity shop and gave them dh for Christmas.

When we watched them they seemed incredibly dated and boring.

Dd(7) was

[Tortington]

i dont - your much older than i am

[Rhubarb]

You're just uncultured Custy!

[MrsMillionsofcremeggsplease]

don't tell us- you've had Monkey too?

[DumbledoresGirl]

Used to love it. It was on a few weeks ago and dh and I tried to interest ds1 and ds2 in it, but it fell flat rather!

[KathyMCMLXXII]

Born from an egg on a mountain top
Monkeyest monkey that ever was (?)
Knew every magic trick under the sun
Pleased the gods in every way and harmed no-one
Monkey magic
Monkey magic
Monkey magic
Monkey ma-gic

[KathyMCMLXXII]

Tripitaka was very pretty - have I got the right character?

[MrsMillionsofcremeggsplease]

Yes, but was it a boy or a girl, never could work it out

[DumbledoresGirl]

Tripitaka was a man! There was a thread about this very programme not so long ago!

[amynnixmum]

It was great

[DumbledoresGirl]

I mean the character was a man. obviously the actor was a woman.

[Rhubarb]

MrsM - what are you implying? That I'm a slag or summat????

I do have standards you know! Hmph!

[trillium]

MonkeyHeaven

[MrsMillionsofcremeggsplease]

summat

[Rhubarb]

Wow Trillium - that brought back memories!

[homemama]

Is that the one where if he was naughty the band around his head tightened?

[Rhubarb]

Yup!
I forgot about that! Thanks Homemama!

I think the series must have been repeated because I'm far too young to remember the original series.