Walk of Fame Says Chimp's a Chump!

Posted Jun 19th 2008 1:30PM by TMZ Staff

Legendary chimp thespian Cheeta's chance to have his name permanently etched on the Walk of Fame has just been shot down. What a load of ape dump!

The 76-year-old chimpanzee actor, who's starred in flicks like "Tarzan" and "Bedtime for Bonzo," didn't receive enough votes from the Walk of Fame Committee to have a star placed in his honor in '09.

If Cheeta's not good enough, who is?? Apparently Tinker Bell. That lame ass fairy is getting a star. And we're sure that has nothing to do with the fact that there's a Disney store on the Walk and the "Tinker Bell" movie is coming out in the fall.

Oh yeah -- and the Village People got one too.

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1. That is an outrage....................."not enough votes", my ass! I demand a recount!

Posted at 1:34PM on Jun 19th 2008 by Dallas

2. Give one ugly monkey a star and then they all will want them.

Posted at 1:36PM on Jun 19th 2008 by chicken stripper

3. WTH, THIS MONKEY IS A STAR !

Posted at 1:42PM on Jun 19th 2008 by KIKI

4. I'm sure the monkey could care less.

Posted at 1:46PM on Jun 19th 2008 by monkeypoo

5. Um, how the hell is this news??

Posted at 1:51PM on Jun 19th 2008 by WTF???

6. It's a chimp, not a monkey.

Posted at 1:58PM on Jun 19th 2008 by RunAwayPup

7. Cheeta is a f'ing icon!! this is an outrage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:59PM on Jun 19th 2008 by king kong

8. f'd up. if ryan seacrust got one.....

Posted at 2:03PM on Jun 19th 2008 by janice boyd

9. THE WALK OF FfAME COMMITEE WILL BE SORRY WHEN THEY TAKE OVER THE EARTH!!!!!!

Posted at 2:03PM on Jun 19th 2008 by jimswinder

10. Does this mean he is not going to get his Lifetime Acheivement Oscar either?!?!?!?!?!

Posted at 2:09PM on Jun 19th 2008 by jimswinder

11. Man, growing up watching Tarzan and Cheeta movies was great, not like todays movies,
GIVE CHEETA A STAR HE HAS WORKED FOR IT AND WE DEMAND IT........

Posted at 2:10PM on Jun 19th 2008 by james

12. If King Kong gets one, then a real chimp with real talent should too!

Posted at 2:11PM on Jun 19th 2008 by Stupid

13. Has he ever been busted for DUI, possesion, tax evasion, or been charged with wife beating (although I hear he used to bite Jane), or any of the other things the stars are getting tagged for now? Look at the crop of up and comers the committee is going to have to choose from! These new stars are making monkeys, excuse me, chimps out of them selves why not take the real thing that probably has never done nothing more that through his s#@t at the paps?

Posted at 2:12PM on Jun 19th 2008 by unkibill

14. Snow White has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In front of where they shoot Jimmy Kimel Live (or the Roosevelt Hotel, I can't remember). The Geiko gecko will probably get a star before Chetah.

Posted at 2:13PM on Jun 19th 2008 by Park

15. Tinker Bell, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin were all good and kind, and wanted to make things better. Lassie and Rin Tin Tin ALWAYS saved the day. Cheetah was a thieving, conniving, pain in the ass. He tormented the other animals, pilfered anything he could get his hands on, and ran in the opposite direction when Tarzan or Jane called him. If he had been human, he would have been state prison material. Think that could have something to do with it?

Posted at 2:39PM on Jun 19th 2008 by Angiebaby

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