> > I'll give mad props to anyone who can tell me what movie this vidcap is from.
>
> That picture is from the greatest Japanese TV series ever, MONKEY from the late '70s.

I could have told you that.


If there's anyone but me from Australia reading this, the ABC has been showing it on Saturday mornings for the last few months.

> It was based on the legend of the Monkey King (the guy with the tiara and sideburns), who
> according to the series was thrown out of heaven for eating some peaches

Not just any peaches, they were the celestial peaches that gave the gods immortality.

And you're forgetting that he also widdled on the Buddha...

> and went on a quest with Sandy (a cannibal water monster), Pigsy (a pig monster)

Both of whom had previously been celestial chappies, but got thrown out of heaven for various misdemeanors.

> and Tripitaka (a Buddhist monk played in the series, for some bizarre reason, by an
> attractive young bald woman).

Bald, because he's that kind of monk that shaves their heads.
Played by a woman, because he's supposed to be quite young. (See also Bart Simpson.)

> Brunnen-"and the nature of Monkey was ... IRREPRESSIBLE!!"G

Have you ever noticed how strange it was that the Monkey sprang forth from an egg called "Thought"?
I mean, of all the attributes Monkey is noted for...

Paul