{"id":2023,"date":"2011-08-08T19:01:17","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T01:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2021-10-14T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:26:58","slug":"celebrity-primates-rage-over-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/articles\/celebrity-primates-rage-over-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Primates Rage Over &#8220;Rise of The Planet of the Apes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The roaring success of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rise_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes\">&#8220;Rise of The Planet of the Apes&#8221;<\/a> at the weekend Box Office prompted BlueCotton to contact a few celebrity primates for comment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rise of The Planet of the Apes&#8221; raked in $54 million this weekend, outpacing <a href=\"http:\/\/captainamerica.marvel.com\/\">&#8220;Captain America: The First Avenger&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;The Smurfs.&#8221; While we were unable to reach Gargamel or any of The Avengers, we were able to contact several famous primates for their take on the success of &#8220;Rise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/kingkong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2032\" title=\"kingkong\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/kingkong-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/kingkong-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/kingkong.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Kong\">King Kong<\/a>: &#8220;These gorillas nowadays are just too soft. I&#8217;m shocked that I didn&#8217;t get a call-back after my first audition. When you think of apes taking over the world &#8211; who do you think of? Who? I could&#8217;ve done the same thing for the Golden Gate Bridge that I did for the Empire State Building. You missed this one, Hollywood. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-shot-2011-08-07-at-9.19.57-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2027\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-08-07 at 9.19.57 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-shot-2011-08-07-at-9.19.57-PM-300x294.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-shot-2011-08-07-at-9.19.57-PM-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-shot-2011-08-07-at-9.19.57-PM-416x408.png 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-shot-2011-08-07-at-9.19.57-PM.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousgeorge.com\/\">Curious George:<\/a> &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate that I&#8217;ve been typecast as this peaceful, happy, loving creature. You should&#8217;ve seen what I did to the Man in the Yellow Hat after that last &#8220;Curious George goes to the Veterinarian&#8221; episode. Look, I&#8217;d have been the perfect Caesar &#8211; I&#8217;ve never spent time with other chimps either and I&#8217;m not happy about it. It&#8217;s just me and that Gordon&#8217;s Fisherman looking character that keeps following me around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/donkeykong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2034\" title=\"donkeykong\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/donkeykong-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/donkeykong-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/donkeykong-416x379.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/donkeykong.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donkey_Kong\">Donkey Kong<\/a>: &#8220;It was a decent movie, but there weren&#8217;t nearly enough ladders and barrels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mojojojo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2037\" title=\"mojojojo\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mojojojo-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mojojojo-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mojojojo-600x501.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mojojojo.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/powerpuff.wikia.com\/wiki\/Mojo_Jojo\"><br \/>\nMojo Jojo<\/a>: &#8220;Curses! These mutant simians are nothing more that a bunch of wayward rogues bent on destroying humanity. Apes will rise, indeed. Call me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think is the baddest primate of all time? 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