Smoking monkey
A smoking monkey is a novelty item in the form of a 2-inch plastic monkey. When a speciality cigarette is inserted into the monkey's mouth and lit the figure gives the impression it's smoking. The cigarettes do not contain any tobacco.
Smoking monkey
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A smoking monkey is a novelty item in the form of a 2-inch plastic monkey. When a speciality cigarette is inserted into the monkey's mouth and lit the figure gives the impression it's smoking. The cigarettes do not contain any tobacco.
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In The Simpsons fourth season episode Marge in Chains unscrupulous attorney Lionel Hutz offers Homer Simpson and his wife Marge a smoking monkey if they hire him. It's also revealed he keeps a drawer full of them in his desk. The Jonathan Coulton album "Smoking Monkey" is named after the item, and features one on the album's cover.
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- 1.Newgarden, Mark. Cheap Laffs The Art of the Novelty Item. Picturebox, Inc. 38. 2004. 9780810955998.
- 2.Smoking Monkey Toy. www.esnarf.com.
- 3.The Lionel Hutz File. Simpsons Archive.
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