Backwards on a pig, baby monkey
September 17, 2010 4:34 PM Subscribe
Baby monkey riding on a pig. That is all.
The San Fransisco Zoo wish to point out that Gorilla playing ninendo DS is serious business.
posted by Artw at 4:41 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 4:41 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
I can ride my pig with no handlebars... no handlebars...
posted by Devils Rancher at 4:46 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by Devils Rancher at 4:46 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
Awesome. Can that be considered non-human tool use? Monkey animal husbandry even?
posted by kaspen at 4:47 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by kaspen at 4:47 PM on September 17, 2010
...and my day has been made.
posted by griphus at 4:49 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 4:49 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Ah yes, Parry Gripp. Chimpanzee Riding on a Segway, Boogie Boogie Hedgehog, Cat Flushing a Toilet.
posted by jabberjaw at 4:56 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by jabberjaw at 4:56 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
Humanity needs advance no further. This, friends, is our pinnacle. Now we rejoice.
posted by contessa at 5:01 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by contessa at 5:01 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Man riding a goat like a motorcycle.
Also, I want all my videos narrated with the voice from America's Funniest, kthx.
posted by iamck at 5:01 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Also, I want all my videos narrated with the voice from America's Funniest, kthx.
posted by iamck at 5:01 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
I would not have guessed that the one thing that improves a baby monkey riding on a pig is an audio homage to "Sympathy for the Devil," but the proof is before me and I cannot contravene it.
posted by lore at 5:11 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by lore at 5:11 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
jabberjaw: "Ah yes, Parry Gripp. Chimpanzee Riding on a Segway , Boogie Boogie Hedgehog , Cat Flushing a Toilet ."
Good lord sir. You completely left off Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute.
posted by jquinby at 5:13 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
Good lord sir. You completely left off Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute.
posted by jquinby at 5:13 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
If you put 100 monkeys on 100 pigs, eventually, they could collectively win the Kentucky Derby.
posted by FelliniBlank at 5:14 PM on September 17, 2010 [13 favorites]
posted by FelliniBlank at 5:14 PM on September 17, 2010 [13 favorites]
show me a pig riding a monkey and then I'll be impressed.
posted by parmanparman at 5:19 PM on September 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by parmanparman at 5:19 PM on September 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
STOP POSTING THESE ADORABLE VIDEOS, PLEASE! i already have four cats, and they will NOT be happy when i get a boogie, boogie hedgehog & a monkey riding backward on a pig.
yes. i have poor impulse control.
posted by msconduct at 5:23 PM on September 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
yes. i have poor impulse control.
posted by msconduct at 5:23 PM on September 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
Chimpanzee Riding On A Segway is one hell of an earworm.
posted by Robin Kestrel at 5:26 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Robin Kestrel at 5:26 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mouse riding a cat, riding a dog
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 5:26 PM on September 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 5:26 PM on September 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
Cute overload! (Especially when the monkey chases the pig)
posted by jolynntech at 5:35 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by jolynntech at 5:35 PM on September 17, 2010
Just how big will that monkey get and will it still insist on riding the pig?
posted by orme at 5:41 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by orme at 5:41 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
If my life had a theme song, I would want "Baby Monkey" to be it.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:42 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:42 PM on September 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
Joy.
posted by palacewalls at 5:43 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by palacewalls at 5:43 PM on September 17, 2010
Apparently I was the last man online to not know about Parry Gripp. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I made it about 15 seconds into "Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom" before I started to come apart at the seams.
posted by freecellwizard at 5:47 PM on September 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by freecellwizard at 5:47 PM on September 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
The gorilla with the DS looks like a sublimely pleased Simpsons character. But if that thing belonged to my boy, he wouldn't be getting it back until he could show he'd take better care of it than a gorilla would.
posted by Countess Elena at 5:49 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by Countess Elena at 5:49 PM on September 17, 2010
Have we missed Shopping Penguin?
Chimpanzee Riding On A Segway is one hell of an earworm.
Word. I sang that song to myself for WEEKS. Bow bippa bow bow bow!
posted by elmer benson at 5:50 PM on September 17, 2010
Chimpanzee Riding On A Segway is one hell of an earworm.
Word. I sang that song to myself for WEEKS. Bow bippa bow bow bow!
posted by elmer benson at 5:50 PM on September 17, 2010
This all great!
My 7.5-year-old states with some authority that the cats flushing toilets is the funniest of the bunch. That's probably just because we have a cat so she can relate to it.
posted by jeoc at 5:51 PM on September 17, 2010
My 7.5-year-old states with some authority that the cats flushing toilets is the funniest of the bunch. That's probably just because we have a cat so she can relate to it.
posted by jeoc at 5:51 PM on September 17, 2010
Like the song, but I feel sorry for the poor pig, who's probably scared shitless.
posted by Robson at 5:58 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by Robson at 5:58 PM on September 17, 2010
a monkey rides a speeding pig
rides off into the sunset
where he's going, and for how long
i'm afraid we just don't know yet
but he'll ride back someday
perhaps on a bike or a car
we'll applaud his driving skills and say
"that monkey, he went far!"
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:01 PM on September 17, 2010
rides off into the sunset
where he's going, and for how long
i'm afraid we just don't know yet
but he'll ride back someday
perhaps on a bike or a car
we'll applaud his driving skills and say
"that monkey, he went far!"
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:01 PM on September 17, 2010
BTW, that's a boar, isn't it? Not a pig. Unless I'm mistaken.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:06 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:06 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
That made my day. Instant joy infusion.
I also actually gasped out lout when I saw the baby otters. Just unbelievable.
posted by MadamM at 6:09 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
I also actually gasped out lout when I saw the baby otters. Just unbelievable.
posted by MadamM at 6:09 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
What parent allows their child to bring along a Nintendo DS to the zoo? I'm boggled.
posted by jsavimbi at 6:10 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by jsavimbi at 6:10 PM on September 17, 2010
flapjax, that's totally a baby boar. And a baby monkey riding on a baby inoshishi is SO MUCH CUTER than just a regular ol' pig!
posted by emmling at 6:25 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by emmling at 6:25 PM on September 17, 2010
Those otters are not babies! Those are regular-sized otters! I just saw some otters at my local nature center last weekend, and these, sirrah, are NOT baby otters.
/disgruntled from false advertising
posted by jeoc at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2010
/disgruntled from false advertising
posted by jeoc at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2010
A boar is an adult male swine. The little piglet is probably a little baby wild pig.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 6:49 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 6:49 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's a uribo, so a wild board piglet.
FYI, this was taken in Fukuchiyama City Zoo in the north of Kyoto Prefecture and made the national news here in Japan two weeks ago.
posted by armage at 7:06 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
FYI, this was taken in Fukuchiyama City Zoo in the north of Kyoto Prefecture and made the national news here in Japan two weeks ago.
posted by armage at 7:06 PM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
Presidents of the United States of America need to do a cover.
posted by Evilspork at 7:07 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by Evilspork at 7:07 PM on September 17, 2010
Somebody wrote a song, just for this video.
Not bad at all.
posted by SpacemanStix at 7:41 PM on September 17, 2010
Not bad at all.
posted by SpacemanStix at 7:41 PM on September 17, 2010
Somebody wrote a song, just for this video.
And what have I done with my life?
posted by cmoj at 8:19 PM on September 17, 2010
And what have I done with my life?
posted by cmoj at 8:19 PM on September 17, 2010
Monkey riding a bull, though I won't vouch for it's authenticity.
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 8:53 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 8:53 PM on September 17, 2010
fail. no ear-worm warning. thanks.
posted by RockyChrysler at 9:14 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by RockyChrysler at 9:14 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
yeah, but baby inoshishi is so much more fun to say than uribo!
posted by emmling at 9:21 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by emmling at 9:21 PM on September 17, 2010
Apparently I was the last man online to not know about Parry Gripp. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I made it about 15 seconds into "Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom" before I started to come apart at the seams.
posted by freecellwizard at 1:47 AM on September 18 [2 favorites +] [!]
It was "Dramatic Chipmunk" that got me.
posted by jonnyploy at 11:42 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by freecellwizard at 1:47 AM on September 18 [2 favorites +] [!]
It was "Dramatic Chipmunk" that got me.
posted by jonnyploy at 11:42 PM on September 17, 2010
Wow, I am even more the last person online who had never heard of Parry Gripp and now that I have I feel my life is complete. These are the highest of awesome.
posted by mygothlaundry at 7:06 AM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by mygothlaundry at 7:06 AM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's like you hit me in the face with a soccer ball.
posted by Decani at 7:19 AM on September 18, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Decani at 7:19 AM on September 18, 2010 [3 favorites]
As advertised!
posted by nj_subgenius at 7:30 AM on September 18, 2010
posted by nj_subgenius at 7:30 AM on September 18, 2010
my three year old son loves most of the Parry Gripp stuff....I think if there were still advertising jingles, these guys would be top of the heap!
posted by cherryflute at 8:24 AM on September 18, 2010
posted by cherryflute at 8:24 AM on September 18, 2010
Hmm, then I just want to add a link to Parry Gripp's homepage where he puts up a new song (almost) every week, and inform you of the fact that he is one of the founding members of Nerf Herder, a band that produced nerd rock before it was cool to do so...
Oh, and: baby otters.
posted by PontifexPrimus at 8:46 AM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh, and: baby otters.
posted by PontifexPrimus at 8:46 AM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
I was surprised at how infectious and humourous the soundtrack was. Cute pig, cute monkey, cute song. Win all around!
posted by davidmsc at 9:35 AM on September 18, 2010
posted by davidmsc at 9:35 AM on September 18, 2010
I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head for. ever. What about Kitten Riding a Turtle? Music much easier on the ears.
posted by vortex genie 2 at 11:42 AM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by vortex genie 2 at 11:42 AM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
Where can we find some way to commemorate monkeys riding things? Nevermind.
posted by DaddyNewt at 11:49 AM on September 18, 2010
posted by DaddyNewt at 11:49 AM on September 18, 2010
Parry gripp- what happened? His brand of pop punk with nerf herder got me through high school. Now it's all about baby animals and how cute they are.
These songs are quite addictive though, I must say.
posted by TheBones at 11:56 AM on September 18, 2010
These songs are quite addictive though, I must say.
posted by TheBones at 11:56 AM on September 18, 2010
Parry Gripp got a literature degree at the same small college inside a university that I did, where every week all the literature students sit through a presentation by a published writer (often a graduate of the college) who reads some of their poetry or memoirs or literary fiction, talks about their path to a career as a writer, and answers questions about getting an agent or whatever. Pretty standard.
Then one day Parry Gripp was the invited writer-graduate, so he played his YouTube videos for a while, talked about the complications of copyright law and derivative works, and talked a little about how he ended up making a career from writing dumb jingles (I don't remember the process — I think it was just that he made some videos for fun and they ended up being surprisingly popular, so he took that formula and ran with it). It was a bit abrasive, with high-pitched inane videos at full volume in a quiet lecture hall, but it was nice to see working with internet mediums discussed as an alternate career possibility for people who like to write and be creative. I like that! That's more or less what I do!
But my dear literature student friends, who don't spend much time on YouTube and are working on becoming poets and novelists? Yeeeah. Without the context of the finer points of internet culture, they thought it was the most annoying and baffling presentation in recent memory. Oh well.
posted by dreamyshade at 3:11 PM on September 18, 2010 [4 favorites]
Then one day Parry Gripp was the invited writer-graduate, so he played his YouTube videos for a while, talked about the complications of copyright law and derivative works, and talked a little about how he ended up making a career from writing dumb jingles (I don't remember the process — I think it was just that he made some videos for fun and they ended up being surprisingly popular, so he took that formula and ran with it). It was a bit abrasive, with high-pitched inane videos at full volume in a quiet lecture hall, but it was nice to see working with internet mediums discussed as an alternate career possibility for people who like to write and be creative. I like that! That's more or less what I do!
But my dear literature student friends, who don't spend much time on YouTube and are working on becoming poets and novelists? Yeeeah. Without the context of the finer points of internet culture, they thought it was the most annoying and baffling presentation in recent memory. Oh well.
posted by dreamyshade at 3:11 PM on September 18, 2010 [4 favorites]
Parry Gripp has ruined my life. You can't really conduct yourself properly when you feel compelled to yell, "Baby monkey! Baby monkey! Riding on a pig baby monkey!" at random intervals in an unpolished falsetto.
posted by cmoj at 8:14 AM on September 19, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by cmoj at 8:14 AM on September 19, 2010 [2 favorites]
Oh my god yes. Thank you for posting this. I was having a total crap day and now I'm giggling hysterically. I wonder if I should run away and join the zoo?
(Although I am also concerned that I'll spend the rest of the week randomly yelling out "Riding on a pig baby monkey!")
posted by grapesaresour at 4:45 PM on September 19, 2010
(Although I am also concerned that I'll spend the rest of the week randomly yelling out "Riding on a pig baby monkey!")
posted by grapesaresour at 4:45 PM on September 19, 2010
Perry Gripp first caught my attention with Wiener Dog On A Minimoog, which is awesome.
posted by Pronoiac at 10:44 PM on September 19, 2010
posted by Pronoiac at 10:44 PM on September 19, 2010
Apparently I was the last man online to not know about Parry Gripp.
Second-to-last, actually. Got here from the "fucking" comment in MetaTalk. Now I am looking forward to a guaranteed happy child explosion when I get home.
posted by davejay at 12:44 PM on September 20, 2010
You might also enjoy uncleozzy's Cats Takin' a Bath, via music.
posted by Pronoiac at 1:59 PM on September 20, 2010
posted by Pronoiac at 1:59 PM on September 20, 2010
Damn, but that song is one fine earworm.
And I don't know how many times I've played that video just to hear it, but I can say with certainty that it improved my mood every single time. I'm not sure I've revisited a thread this many times in four days before, either. Crazy MetaFilter.
posted by heyho at 2:11 PM on September 21, 2010
And I don't know how many times I've played that video just to hear it, but I can say with certainty that it improved my mood every single time. I'm not sure I've revisited a thread this many times in four days before, either. Crazy MetaFilter.
posted by heyho at 2:11 PM on September 21, 2010
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