He logged onto the computer to look at pictures, watched television using a remote control, and brushed his teeth using a Water Pik. Travis could open doors using keys, dress himself, water plants, feed hay to his owners' horses, eat at a table with the rest of the family, and drink wine from a stemmed glass he was so fond of ice cream that he learned the schedules of passing ice cream trucks. "I just don't know why he would do that." "He listened better than my nephews," the neighbor remarked after Travis had mauled Nash. The neighbor added that the animal always knew when to stop and paid close attention to his owner. A neighbor said he used to play around and wrestle with Travis. Having grown up among people, Travis had been socialized to humans since birth. Travis became well known in the town and had been known to greet police officers they would encounter when towing cars. The Herolds owned a towing company, and Travis would pose for photos at the shop and ride with the tow truck, his seatbelt buckled as he wore a baseball shirt. Travis was the Herolds' constant companion and would often accompany them to work and on their shopping excursions in town. The Herolds raised Travis at their home at Rock Rimmon Road in the North Stamford section of Stamford, Connecticut. They named the chimpanzee after Sandra's favorite singer, Travis Tritt. Sandra and Jerome Herold purchased Travis for $50,000 from a breeder after he was taken from his mother when he was three days old. In a separate incident, Suzy was fatally shot following an escape in 2001. He was born near Festus, Missouri on October 21, 1995, at Mike and Connie Braun Casey's compound, currently named the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Travis was born to Suzy and Coco, who were imported from Africa to the U.S. On February 16, 2009, Travis attacked and mauled his owner's friend in Stamford, Connecticut, blinding her, severing several body parts, and lacerating her face, before he was shot and killed by a responding police officer. Travis (Octo– February 16, 2009) was a male chimpanzee who, as an animal actor, appeared in several television shows and commercials, including spots for Coca-Cola, as well as on television programs including The Maury Povich Show and The Man Show, though it has been disputed that Travis is the same chimpanzee who made these appearances. Help ensure a future for the Happy Place during an uncertain era AND get sweet merch by pledging to the site’s Patreon account at Īlternately you can buy The Weird Accordion to Al, signed, for just 18 dollars, tax and shipping included, at the or for more, unsigned, from Amazon here.Chimpanzee known for attacking a friend of his owner Or you can buy The Joy of Trash here and The Weird A-Coloring to Al here and The Weird Accordion to Al here The Joy of Trash, the Happy Place’s first non-"Weird Al” Yankovic-themed book is out! And it’s only 12.00, shipping, handling and taxes included, 23 bucks for two books, domestic only at īuy The Joy of Trash, The Weird Accordion to Al and the The Weird Accordion to Al in both paperback and hardcover and The Weird A-Coloring to Al and The Weird A-Coloring to Al: Colored-In Special Edition signed from me personally (recommended) over at Pre-order The Fractured Mirror, the Happy Place’s next book, a 600 page magnum opus about American films about American films illustrated by the great Felipe Sobreiro over at So I was horrified but not surprised to discover that the chimp attack in Nope could very well have been inspired by a real-life event as horrifying and traumatic as anything in Peele’s film.īuy The Weird A-Coloring to Al: Cynical Movie Cash-In Extended Edition at, signed, for just 10.75, shipping and handling included OR 23 dollars for FOUR signed copies AND a free pack of colored pencils, shipping and taxes included They’re both victims who do not understand the adult world into which they’re thrust but must make do all the same. Part of what makes the chimp massacre scene in Nope so powerful is that Jupe, the child actor who will meet a very bad, otherworldly end as an adult, probably has more in common with the chimpanzee that went nuts than the cynical adults exploiting child and animal actors alike. So when I see a little person in an ape suit in a film I have complicated feelings because it invariably looks insultingly fake AND exploits little people actors forced to play non-humans by the nature of the business but I’m also grateful that a trained animal is not being abused for the sake of a stupid movie. The impossible gulf between how animal actors behave onscreen and their awful real lives is heartbreaking and tragic. I will never forget the story of one of the poor orangutans who played Clyde in Any Which Way You Can who was reportedly beaten to death with a wrench for stealing a donut from craft services.
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