View Full Version : Selling live monkeys through the mail


opus
07-05-2025, 02:09 PM
Via comic books in the 1960s. Truly the good old days.

When Comic Books Sold Live Monkeys (https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648321/when-comic-books-sold-live-monkeys)


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opus
07-05-2025, 02:18 PM
By the way, $18.95 then is equivalent to around $200 today

opus
07-05-2025, 03:49 PM
My Mail Order Monkey. This was a ‘60s sitcom waiting to happen. You know Jerry Van Dyke would have agreed to do it.

DJM77
07-05-2025, 09:49 PM
My Mail Order Monkey. This was a ‘60s sitcom waiting to happen. You know Jerry Van Dyke would have agreed to do it.

Ted Bessell would've probably also agreed to do it.

Bonniegirl
07-06-2025, 03:08 AM
Ted Bessell would've probably also agreed to do it.

" Me and the chimp" . :D I think Kami Cotler ( Elizabeth Walton) was in that? Probably her first role.