From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #17 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Friday, May 30 1997 Volume 01 : Number 017 In this issue: Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video Re: [monkey] Monkey or Monkey Magic Re: [monkey] "Magic Monkey" CD Re: [monkey] "Magic Monkey" CD [monkey] Monkey on BBC Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video Re: [monkey] "Magic Monkey" CD Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC [none] Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video [monkey] 1st episode Re: [monkey] Episode Guide ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 03:39:30 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video >Dear All > >I'm new to the list so I apologise in advance of asking what is probably >asked a lot!! > >A friend swears blind that he saw an advert for Monkey videos in a magazine >- on a mail order sort of offer. I see from websites that there is >something afoot. So simply - are there Monkey videos available to buy in >Britain?? > >TREV Hi Trev, I'm not aware of any Monkey videos being available in Britain at the moment, but it's possible the whole series will be released later this year. Talks are currently going on between the Japanese TV company that own "Monkey", and a UK video distribution company...when I get some definite info, I'll be sure to post it to the mailing list. Has your friend still got this magazine? Do you know which magazine it was? Maybe someone is already selling the videos... I'd be very interested in finding out more about this! Howell - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 03:22:17 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey or Monkey Magic >hi! >I'm currently new to the mailing list, so please bear with me. As far as = >I can tell the programme >was called "monkey" (the opening credits that were put out by BBC2 just = >had the word 'monkey' >on screen during the opening credits). That's what I thought... >You also mention 'prisoner' :=3D Prisoner Cell Block H (in the UK). = >However in the UK you may >have to be careful about just talking about "prisoner" - there is, for = >example the late 60s=20 >spy programmes 'The Prisoner' which starred Patrick Mcgoohan, who was = >kidnapped and put >in "The Village". Most people refer to this programme as "Prisoner" or = >"The prisoner". Fair enough... >PS: Do you have any copies of monkey on video tape? Currently I can = >hardly remember this >prog and have only seen the one BBC2 put out a few days ago... (I = >understand it's on bravo but >I can't get satellite!). >ljones/ljones@lineone.net=20 Well, I've got the 1st 8 episodes on video, recorded from Bravo last year...but I can't copy it; I don't have access to 2 videos. Howell - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 22:16:47 +0930 From: "Daniel M" Subject: Re: [monkey] "Magic Monkey" CD > Date: Thursday, 29 May 1997 18:20 > > For those of you who have joined the list recently, I'd like to mention > this CD again. > > The Japanese band Godiego brought out a CD called "Magic Monkey" which > features the opening music "Monkey Magic", the end music "Gandhara", > plus lots of other music from the series. It's an excellent CD! > > I really *wish* I knew an online CD store on the Internet which stock > this CD, but I haven't been able to find one. If anyone knows of one, > please let me know! As far as I know, it is only available in Japan. > > I managed to get a Japanese guy to buy it for me a few months ago; if > anyone would like a taped copy of this CD, I'd be happy to do it. All I > ask is that you pay me my costs (tape, postage). If you'd like a copy, > please send me (parryh@finnigan.co.uk) your address, and I'll get it to > you. > > Howell If anyone wants to hear samples from this CD, go to: http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~redcat/monkey.htm ~Daniel PS, All the wav files should work EXCEPT the English version of Gandhara which I haven't uploaded yet (so the link to it won't work). ******************************************************* -=The Amazing Astroboy=- http://www.merlin.net.au/~daniel/astroindex.htm ******************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 06:13:49 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] "Magic Monkey" CD >If anyone wants to hear samples from this CD, go to: >http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~redcat/monkey.htm > >~Daniel >PS, All the wav files should work EXCEPT the English version of Gandhara >which I haven't uploaded yet (so the link to it won't work). I just checked out your "Monkey Magic!" page, and it looks *really* cool - I love the purple smoke and the Monkey pic! I'll be sure to link to your page from mine as soon as I can. Could you mention the Monkey Mailing List somewhere on your page? (maybe link to this info page: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/mailinglist.html) Thanks, Howell PS I also checked out your "ASTROBOY" site; I've never heard of this cartoon, but your site looks very impressive! - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 19:29:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Eyeless - Champion of Chaos Subject: [monkey] Monkey on BBC I didnt get the standard letter resopnse from the BBC, when I wrote to thgem about repeating Monkey...I got this... Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 10:05:42 +0100 From: Graeme Roberts To: Eyeless - Champion of Chaos Subject: RE: repeat request thingy I am afraid we no longer hold the rights to this programme and therefore it will not be repeated.Pleased to hear you enjoyed the Kung Fu night. ---------- I thought this might be the case, tho, since Bravo repeated it nmot so long ago...Mind you, I've just got cable put into the house, so I can get Bravo now...did I hear a rumour that they were going to show Monkey again in the near future...? *crosses fingers* Ah well. We tried....maybe we should mail Bravo and ask THEM to repeat it :) .-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-''-. : : : Eyeless of Chaos, who cant be bothered doing a decent : : .sig file : : : : eyeless @ snoopy.biolan.uni-koeln.de : '-.-'-.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-'.-' ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 13:38:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Dwsthll@aol.com Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video Hello All Great to find a list dedicated to this fine prog. I saw a full set of "Water Margin" videos in a local HMV. I am sure that it is only a matter of time before the same company make "Monkey" available to buy in pleasing to the eye boxes. By the way speaking of insane kung-fu-type entertainment has anyone seen the video of the Hong Kong made "Burning Paradise". It looks a little grimmer than Monkey but seems to boast top of the range special effects. Does anyone know anything about it? Does anyone know where "Monkey" was made? I had always assumed Japan but it could have been Hong Kong. Finally I have just recalled that a friend of mine had an LP by the group "Gondiego" who did all the top tunes in Monkey, including the unforgettable "Dragons and Demons and All Kinds of Monsters". I must go and see whether he still has it. David ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 10:54:51 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC >I didnt get the standard letter resopnse from the BBC, when I wrote to >thgem about repeating Monkey...I got this... > > >Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 10:05:42 +0100 >From: Graeme Roberts >To: Eyeless - Champion of Chaos >Subject: RE: repeat request thingy > > >I am afraid we no longer hold the rights to this programme and therefore >it >will not be repeated.Pleased to hear you enjoyed the Kung Fu night. > ---------- > > >I thought this might be the case, tho, since Bravo repeated it nmot so >long ago...Mind you, I've just got cable put into the house, so I can get >Bravo now...did I hear a rumour that they were going to show Monkey again >in the near future...? *crosses fingers* > >Ah well. We tried....maybe we should mail Bravo and ask THEM to repeat it >:) I suspected that the BBC no longer hold the rights to show "Monkey", since Bravo has been showing it Yes, I heard that rumour too, that they were going to show the whole series again soon. It's well worth emailing them, to find out when (if?) they'll be screening Monkey again...check out their web site: http://www.bravo.co.uk/ Howell - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 10:58:47 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video >Hello All Hi there David, >Great to find a list dedicated to this fine prog. > >I saw a full set of "Water Margin" videos in a local HMV. I am sure that >it is only a matter of time before the same company make "Monkey" available >to buy in pleasing to the eye boxes. Yes, the same company (Fabulous Films) are *hoping* to make "Monkey" available later this year. They've got a whole load of dealing with NTV first, to get the video rights to the series. >Finally I have just recalled that a friend of mine had an LP by the group >"Gondiego" who did all the top tunes in Monkey, including the unforgettable >"Dragons and Demons and All Kinds of Monsters". I must go and see whether >he still has it. Yes, I've got this "Magic Monkey" album on CD; it's excellent! Howell PS Sorry, I don't know where Monkey was made; I assumed Japan, since it was made for Japanese TV, but I don't know for sure. Does anyone else know? - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 19:44:13 +0000 From: "Semprini" Subject: Re: [monkey] "Magic Monkey" CD Daniel M wrote some crap on 29 May 97. What a bastard. And here it is: > If anyone wants to hear samples from this CD, go to: > http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~redcat/monkey.htm Thanks for the link to my page. I know this isn't strictly to do with Monkey, but I thought, well I'd test the link, you know... and I got this error from Internet Explorer: "Internet Explorer couldn't open the Internet site: http://freeweb.redcat.org.uk/~semprini/monkey.htm The operation completed successfully." Well, I can see why it had problems... HUH!?!?! John .oOo. "hello" (c) 1997 mailto:semprini@buttle.com (All Rights Reserved) http://freeweb.redcat.org.uk/~semprini/ (for Heaven's sake, go there..) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 19:44:13 +0000 From: "Semprini" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on BBC > >I am afraid we no longer hold the rights to this programme and therefore > >it > >will not be repeated.Pleased to hear you enjoyed the Kung Fu night. > >Ah well. We tried....maybe we should mail Bravo and ask THEM to repeat it > >:) The problem with Bravo is they'll cock it up again and show it every single night, so it'll be all exhausted in a few weeks. I wish satellite wouldn't do that. Weekly is plenty enough. It always seems better if "proper" TV can show it. ;-) John .oOo. "hello" (c) 1997 mailto:semprini@buttle.com (All Rights Reserved) http://freeweb.redcat.org.uk/~semprini/ (for Heaven's sake, go there..) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 00:28:39 +0100 From: "l jones" Subject: [none] Hi! I've only been on the list for 1 day, but I'd thought I'd give the BBC a try. I got this repsonse.... 'I am afraid we no longer hold the rights to this programme and therefore it will not be repeated.' So the BBC can't (or won't) show it! Maybe another idead would be to approach one of the ITV stations or maybe even Channel 4? Or what about Channel 5 (if you can get it, I just get a very weak, snowy picture with little or no sound, often C5 pic has no sync..) This weekend I also hope to capture some .AVI files of monkey. Unfortunatly It'll all be from episode 1 - it's all I have! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 08:46:39 GMT+0800 From: "Robert Vong" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey on Video > PS Sorry, I don't know where Monkey was made; I assumed Japan, since > it was made for Japanese TV, but I don't know for sure. Does anyone > else know? From the scenery, my guess is also Japan. Definitely not HK, or any part of China I can recognise. bye. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 12:11:47 +1000 From: "Clare O'Farrell" Subject: [monkey] 1st episode Fellow Monkey fans Since a few people on the list have seen episode 1 ('Monkey goes wild about heaven') recently - why don't we talk about it? What are people's favourite bits in this episode? Mine are: Monkey eating peaches. He takes one bite and then tosses it away, or eats two at once! As I said in an earlier post I can imagine: Take 9: Monkey eating peaches in heaven. Whoah! There goes another crate of peaches!! The look of pure enjoyment on Monkey's face when he's flying through some rain on his cloud to the ends of the universe. All those demons with the funny pointy hats in the army of the Demon of Chaos Alliteration. The dragon princess calls Monkey 'passionate primate' Clare *********************************************************** Clare O'Farrell email:c.ofarrell@qut.edu.au web page: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/foucault/ 'Let battle commence. Wine and.... bananas!' *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 12:21:45 +1000 From: "Clare O'Farrell" Subject: Re: [monkey] Episode Guide >> BTW I also really liked those yellow flippers Monkey was wearing. It >> looked like a very murky lake they were swimming around in! > Chris says >I liked that scene too. They went to a lot of trouble to film the >fight under water, but it was worth it. > It certainly did look as though they had gone to a lot of trouble - and well worth it - I was impressed by Monkey's underwater swimming skills along with all the other athletic things he can do. >If you have episodes one through six from season one on tape, would >you be able to do summaries for those? I don't have them, and I'm >not sure when Foxtel will replay the series. Okay I'll start on this - although I may be rather slow due to severe work overload in other areas! So other people should feel free to help on this front as well!! Somebody complained about Monkey being shown every night of the week on satellite tv. *Not a problem* as far as I'm concerned!! Once a week would be too frustrating! Now that the episodes have all finished showing on Arena here in Australia - I am simply watching them through again! Clare *********************************************************** Clare O'Farrell email:c.ofarrell@qut.edu.au web page: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/foucault/ 'Let battle commence. Wine and.... bananas!' *********************************************************** ------------------------------ End of Monkey Digest V1 #17 *************************** ----------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the Monkey Mailing List digest list, send mail to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe monkey-digest To send a message to the list, send mail to: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org If you have any problems or questions, send mail to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org For lots more information and news about "Monkey", check out the Monkey! web site: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/