Tarzan – Boy – Cheetah
Uploaded by 1Bandit455 on Jul 1, 2010
Having a Chuckle !!!! .
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I loved these movies even though they were shot only in California:
Cheetah, chimp from Tarzan films, dies
- Cheetah starred in the Tarzan films from 1932 through 1934
- He was roughly 80 years old when he died Saturday
- Primate sanctuary staffers remember him as “very compassionate”
(CNN) — Condolences poured in to a Florida primate sanctuary Wednesday after the death of Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred in the Tarzan movies during the 1930s.
“I grew up watching Tarzan and Cheetah from a boy,” a man identifying himself as Thomas from England wrote on the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary’s website. “God bless you Cheetah. Now you and Tarzan are together again.”
The chimpanzee died Saturday after suffering kidney failure the week before, the sanctuary foundation said on the site. He was roughly 80 years old, Debbie Cobb, the sanctuary’s outreach director, told CNN affiliate WFLA.
Cobb recalled Cheetah as an outgoing chimp who loved finger painting and watching football and who was soothed by Christian music, the station said.
Cheetah appeared in the Tarzan moves from 1932 through 1934, Cobb told WFLA. According to the website Tarzanmovieguide.com, “Tarzan the Ape Man” was released in 1932 and “Tarzan and his Mate” in 1934.
Both movies starred Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan. Weissmuller — the first speaking Tarzan, according to the Internet Movie Database website — died in 1984.
Cheetah came to the primate sanctuary from Weissmuller’s Florida estate around 1960, Cobb told WFLA. He was the most famous of the sanctuary’s 15 chimpanzees.
“He was very compassionate,” Cobb said. “He could tell if I was having a good day or a bad day. He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I was having a bad day. He was very in tune to human feelings.”
Cheetah was known for his ability to stand up and walk like a person, sanctuary volunteer Ron Priest told WFLA.
Another distinguishing characteristic: “When he didn’t like somebody or something that was going on, he would pick up some poop and throw it at them,” Priest said. “He could get you at 30 feet with bars in between.”
Still, Cobb told the station, “He wasn’t a chimp that caused a lot of problems.”
Cheetah is not believed to have any children, Priest said.
Condolences on the sanctuary site were received from numerous countries and in several different languages. A few posters credited him with helping them develop a love for animals.
“Cheetah will remain forever remembered in history,” wrote one man from Malta.
“This little man was almost human,” an anonymous poster wrote. “Some of the antics he got up to used to make me laugh when I was in my teens many years ago. Thanks Cheetah for all the good times you had and made us all laugh. You will be a star that will be always remembered. I am in my 60s now and grew up with you.”
Cheetah The Chimp, Drunk
Cheeta’s Hitler impression
Uploaded by CannedCarrott on Dec 14, 2008
The final scene from 1943’s “Tarzan Triumphs”, where Cheeta grabs the radio microphone and is mistaken for the fuhrer.
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Maureen O’Sullivan talks about Tarzan
Uploaded by Mernerwastaken on Mar 15, 2010
Maureen O’Sullivan talking about her Tarzan days. There is also a pretty cool clip of Johnny Weissmuller reflecting on it from the sixties.
Remember what happened between Woody Allen and Maureen O’Sullivan:
Mia Farrow’s Mother Lashes Out At ‘Evil’ Allen
In an emotional defense of her daughter, Mia Farrow’s mother has denounced Woody Allen as “a desperate and evil man.” Actress Maureen O’Sullivan bitterly rebuked Allen, saying his child custody suit against Farrow was part of a “tragic” period for her daughter.
Allen is seeking custody of the couple’s three children – Moses, 14, Dylan, 7, and Satchel, 4 1/2. Farrow and Allen never married.
“As Mia’s mother, and speaking for the rest of our family, it has been tragic to watch what she has gone through for the last seven months,” said O’Sullivan. “This is a cheap shot from a desperate and evil man.”
O’Sullivan’s statement, issued Friday through her spokesman, John Springer, did not elaborate about the seven months of turmoil. “She is the soul of honor,” O’Sullivan, 81, said of her daughter, “but this last and terrible event has forced her from the privacy that she so treasures.
“The truth of this story will soon be made public. For the moment, the case rests in the hands of her lawyers, David Levett and Alan Dershowitz.” Allen’s spokeswoman, Leslee Dart, did not comment on O’Sullivan’s remarks, which raised the public-relations stakes in the high-profile battle.
Dershowitz, whose clients have included Claus von Bulow, Leona Helmsley and Mike Tyson, had been hired in an effort to head off what could be a nasty legal battle between Allen and Farrow, sources close to the couple said.
Farrow has eight other children, three with ex-husband Andre Previn and five she adopted.
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Johnny Weissmuller short interview
Uploaded by Mernerwastaken on Jan 28, 2011
Johnny being interview by George Hamilton and his Wife at the 50th Anniversay of MGM (Charity premiere of “That’s Entertainment”) 1974
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