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Rally Monkey Biography
August 2000
RallyMonkey.com
Born: June 6, 2000 Home:
Edison International Field of Anaheim
Throws: Right Swings: Both Peels
Bananas: Left
In an
exclusive interview with RallyMonkey.com, the Rally Monkey revealed a few of his favorite
things to our staff writer. Here are some highlights from their meeting.
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Favorite Food: |
Bananas |
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Favorite Color: |
Red |
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Favorite Songs: |
Brass Monkey by the
Beastie Boys, Proudest Monkey by Dave Matthews Band |
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Least Favorite Song: |
Shock The Monkey by Peter
Gabriel |
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Favorite Group: |
The Monkees |
The
Rally Monkey is credited with
many Angels comeback wins. |
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Favorite TV Show |
Friends |
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Favorite Movies |
Angels In The Outfield,
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
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Favorite Games: |
Baseball, Monkey See
Monkey Do |
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Favorite Quotes |
"Touch my Monkey" from
Saturday Night Live
"Show me the Monkey!" from Jerry Maguire |
The first
question everyone asks is "How did it all start?"
The legend of the Rally Monkey began June 6, 2000 as the
Anaheim Angels were losing to the San Francisco Giants.
Video crew members were pulling out all the stops
in their attempt to whip up some crowd support.
They came across a video clip from the 1994 hit movie
"Ace Ventura, Pet Detective," staring Jim Carrey, that
showed a monkey jumping up and down. They superimposed the
words "Rally Monkey" over it and flashed it on the JumboTron.
The crowd roared.
The Angels rallied, scoring two runs in the last inning
to win.
Before long, the Angels needed their own monkey and
hired Katie, the white-face capuchin monkey featured on
"Friends," to film a series of new Rally Monkey promos.
Katie filmed a series of spots including the standard "Jump
Around" clip that is now shown. She also filmed the
legendary "Believe in the Power of the Rally Monkey" clip.
Since then, the Rally Monkey has been superimposed in
video clips from Hollywood hits such as Star Wars,
Jerry Maguire, Scream and many more.
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