BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!

Subject: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 12:53 AM

Happy Birthday, Cheeta the Chimp!

Woo Hoo!

Bet you didn't know he was even still alive!


"PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Cheeta the chimp, star of a dozen "Tarzan" movies in the 1930s and 1940s, celebrated his 74th birthday with sugar-free cake.
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Although healthy and active, Cheeta is diabetic. "He had a good time. The party went real good," said keeper Dan Westfall, operator of the primate sanctuary Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes - or CHEETA.

Representatives from a Spanish film festival also showed up for Sunday's party to present Cheeta with the first award of his career - an International Comedy Film Festival of Peniscola prize.

Cheeta has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest chimp. Chimps rarely live past the age of 40 in the wild, but can reach 60 in captivity.

The graying, 150-pound Cheeta, one of six primates at the desert sanctuary 110 miles east of Los Angeles, is very active and "he still has every tooth in his head," Westfall said Monday.

Asked about his typical day, Westfall said one of Cheeta's favorite activities is riding around with him in the car. He also likes to paint, what Westfall calls "ape-stract" pieces that are sold to raise money for the nonprofit sanctuary.

Westfall adopted Cheeta in 1992 from his uncle Tony Gentry, an animal trainer who worked in Hollywood and obtained Cheeta from Africa in the 1930s."

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: GUEST,monkeys nephew
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 01:45 AM

wow Cheeta's a week younger than my ma..

that kinda puts it all in perspective

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: open mike
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 11:03 AM

why wasn't Chongo invited?

maybe because he smokes cigars?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 01:54 PM

I heard a couple of years ago that he was still going...and yesterday, I saw video of his birthday party.....wow....if he is diabetic, I hope all that cake he was wolfing down was low sugar!

He is quite a distinguished old man! Chongo should look so good!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 05:15 PM

HOO-HAH!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHEETAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is a grand old chimp, one of the best, and way better than the lousy scripts they foisted on him. He could act Weismuller right off the sound stage. I am proud to say that Cheetah is a good buddy of mine, and an elder statesman among chimps. His real name was N'kima, but the Hollywood bozos figgered the American public couldn't pronounce that, so they gave him the stage name Cheetah, and it has stuck.

You gotta go with what works.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 05:22 PM

For photos of Cheetah then and now...go to this page and scroll down a ways...


Cheetah and some other primates

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: EBarnacle
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 06:33 PM

His "companion" also says that he likes to eat at McDonald's.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 74th Birthday Mr. C. T. Chimp!
From: GUEST,Cheeta
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 07:23 PM

Tanks guise! 74 is 148 in human years so I'm not as spry as I once was.

If you wanna help me buy banana's and depends, you can buy one of my paintings.

http://www.jwz.org/cheeta/

http://www.cheetathechimp.org/

I'm happy with my name as it is. I brought happiness to a lot of people and that's the name on my SAG pension. I love Chongo to death, but every one know dem Chicago chimps can't spell for chit.