All posts containing the tag: "cheeta"
Posted Jul 26th 2008 8:10AM by TMZ Staff
Chimpin' ain't easy -- especially when a talentless Vodka company gets immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame before an A-list ape!
Just weeks after the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce refused to enshrine Cheeta the Chimp -- a veteran of 12 Tarzan movies -- the Walk of Fame honored the Absolut Vodka company with a plaque and a ceremony! Somebody get Cheeta a drink!
The HCOC claims the Absolut plaque wasn't an official "star," but an honorary award for a substantial donation.
Cheeta's reps went bananas anyway, saying "We hope the Chamber will realize that Cheeta's 60 years of work on screen has reached the esteemed level that Absolut has achieved in product placement to garner this much-coveted honor."
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: Absolut Vodka, AbsolutVodka, Cheeta, Walk of Fame, WalkOfFame
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.
Filed under: Critters
Tags: cheeta, thimp
Posted Jun 10th 2008 4:27PM by TMZ Staff
It is one of the greatest injustices ever perpetrated in Hollywood -- Cheeta the chimp is not on the Walk of Fame.
The legendary 76-year-old star (yes, 76) of "Bedtime for Bonzo" and "Tarzan" is on a one mammal mission to get his name on a star on Hollywood Blvd. Not only does he have his own website, the artistic simian is coordinating an online petition to get him on the Walk, publishing a book, putting a single on iTunes and starring in a new movie!
Kermit, Lassie and Godzilla have theirs -- give the chimp a chance.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Critters
Tags: Cheeta, Tarzan
