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[9] A pilot was filmed titled "Watch with Monkey" and featured Dawn French and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. [13] Though he claims to be a "ladies' monkey", he is caught by Al surfing dating sites, giving exaggerated descriptions of his physical appearance. He is knit flat and seamed. Pattern description: from Sirdar website The irresistible Digital Monkey which is spearheading the high profile advertising campaign for ITV Digital has been given star billing in a popular feature in the Mirror magazine. One sold for £150 at the bankruptcy auction[2] and they were selling for several hundred pounds on eBay,[3] where customers could also find replica Monkey knitting patterns delivered by email selling for several pounds. PG launched a website selling the newly branded "PG Monkey" merchandise with profits being donated to Comic Relief, who still own the intellectual property rights. Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. The online shop has since closed but during promotions PG Tips have given away free mini-Monkeys packaged with their tea. [7] The dispute was eventually resolved by both parties agreeing to donate the intellectual property rights for Monkey to Comic Relief. [18] He gets distressed if tea is made in the wrong order. View basket for details. The irresistible Digital Monkey which is spearheading the high profile advertising campaign for ITV Digital has been given star billing in a popular feature in the Mirror magazine. [8] In both cases Monkey appeared without Johnny Vegas. ITV DIGITAL MONKEY. [5][6] This prevented his use for some time, despite many organisations being keen to acquire the rights. In January 2007, Monkey and Vegas reprised their double act in a new series of advertisements for PG Tips tea. ITV Digital PG Tips Knitted Monkey Large Jungle you are looking at a pg tips tea monkey soft toy with christmas jumper. - PG Tips Tea Large ITV Digital SIDEKICK monkey - chimp soft toy, - ITV Digital PG Tips Tea Sidekick Knitted 20" Monkey,Original, - PG Tips Tea Large ITV Digital SIDEKICK monkey - chimp soft toy (12inc Sat Down), - PG Tips Tea Large ITV Digital Official Original 2001 SIDEKICK Monkey, - HUGE 20" ITV Digital PG Tips Tea Sidekick Knitted Chimp Monkey Soft Beanie Toy, - ITV Digital PG Tips Tea DO NOT IRON Knitted HUGE 20" Monkey BRAND NEW SEALED, - ITV Digital PG Tips Tea GSOH Knitted HUGE 20" Monkey BRAND NEW SEALED, - OFFICIAL ITV DIGITAL LARGE 20" KNITTED SIDEKICK MONKEY BOXED TAG RARE PG TIPS, - PG TIPS TEA MONKEY SOFT TOY Christmas ITV Digital Johnny Vegas xmas CHIMP, - ITV DIGITAL SIDEKICK ORIGINAL MONKEY LARGE 20” TALL 2001 ANIMAL MAGIC. Monkey and Al (portrayed by Johnny Vegas), as shown on one of ITV Digital 's adverts Monkey (also known as The Monkey, ITV Digital Monkey or PG Tips Monkey, and often pronounced /'muŋkε/ in imitation of Johnny Vegas ' Lancashire accent), is an animated puppet advertising character in the form of a knitted sock monkey. ITV Digital PG Tips Knitted which you can see in the attached pictures. "The Gadget Shop swings to monkey's rescue", Kit containing Sirdar pattern and yarn for knitting Monkey, "BBC show for ITV Digital monkey (November 2003)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monkey_(character)&oldid=964061459, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 June 2020, at 10:59. Monkey is notable as one of a small number of advertising characters to eclipse the popularity of the product they advertise and also to be reused to advertise a completely different product.[1]. The film was released on 21 March 2008. Later, The Gadget Shop purchased the remaining promotional toys from ITV Digital's liquidators and sold them through their retail stores. Monkey was one of the few positive public relations successes of ITV Digital. His jacket is knit separately. [16] His exact species is never clarified; Monkey himself denies being a chimpanzee (the CHimp logo on his tea-shirt puns on CH sounding like the Chinese word for tea), and his response to Al's idea that he may be "half monkey-half chimp" is limited to "speak for yourself". To knit this irresistible character, you will need the following yarns which are available through Sirdar stockists nation-wide. [12] Monkey hoards both his and Al's wages, deliberately neglecting to inform the naive Al of the fact that they are in fact paid for their work, stating "I don't bother Al with details" and that his money is "safely invested in a portfolio of bananas". The pilot has never been televised. The first advertisement was named "The Return" and the adverts make reference to PG Tips' popular series of adverts featuring live chimps which ran between 1956 and 2002, as well as to ITV Digital going out of business (on which low audience figures, piracy issues and an ultimately unaffordable multi-million pound deal with the Football League led to the broadcaster suffering massive losses, forcing it to enter administration in March 2002). The pattern at the original Knitting Fever link is no longer valid, but for now can still be found through the internet archive at the original Sirdar site using THIS LINK.“. The ITV Digital PG Tips Knitted bought for 41 last year, have been used but they are still in a great condition. Monkey is shown to be very passionate about tea, his favourite serving method being "three stirs clockwise, two stirs back, one and three quarters sugars". Monkey (also known as The Monkey, ITV Digital Monkey or PG Tips Monkey, and often pronounced /'muŋkε/ in imitation of Johnny Vegas' Lancashire accent), is an animated puppet advertising character in the form of a knitted sock monkey. The film is called A Tale of Two Continents and has Monkey portraying various historical figures as he attempts to make the perfect cup of tea in the Kenya tea farms and then safely take it across the world to England for The Queen. [14] A series of high-profile adverts for ITV Digital featured the laid-back, droll and composed Monkey (in a variety of T-shirts) playing the straight man to the comedian Johnny Vegas's womanizer of a character "Al". Purchasers of ITV Digital were sent a free soft toy Monkey with their subscription. Soon afterwards he claimed that his first words to her were "Put the kettle on, eh Mum? Now you can knit the mischievious monkey by downloading the free pattern. He is sometimes shown wearing a woman's nightcap,[14] a sheath dress[17] and a ballet tutu. ITV Digital Monkey Ad #10 - Millionaire Interactive - YouTube As Monkey was created and owned by advertising agency Mother rather than by ITV Digital itself, he was the subject of a legal dispute as both claimed the rights to the character. Monkey also appeared in a short advertising film which was shown in cinemas at the beginning of selected showings of Horton Hears a Who, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Hannah Montana 3D and The Game Plan. Monkey is sometimes portrayed as being quite cowardly; for example his refusal to take responsibility for dropping a ceramic bowl dating back to 3000 BC, despite being filmed doing so. ITV Digital Golf Sale Monkey Comic Relief Large 20'' + Small PG tips Soft Toys In 2003, the BBC commissioned a variety show to be hosted by Monkey. This prevented his use for some time, despite many organisations being keen to the... 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