Anyone going to watch Primetime on ABC?

[Marianne2]

Posted: 7/1/08 at 9:40pm

I saw a preview for it earlier and it's titled "The Outsiders." It's supposed to be about people who have monkeys for pets, but they treat them like they are their own children. I mean, these monkeys were wearing clothes and at the park on a swing. I thought it looked interesting.

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/1/08 at 11:37pm

I caught a few moments of it and I caught the monkey in the swing. Not sure if they showed that couple earlier, but the lady seemed a bit touched.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 7:50am

After seeing that, I think it is sort of cruel what some of these people did to the monkeys to keep them as pets. I mean, if you have to remove their teeth because you are afraid of them biting someone, clearly a monkey is not a very good pet. I think a couple of them had their finger tips removed too. So sad. At least some of these people gave the monkeys up to put in a wildlife sanctuary. But I still cannot believe the one couple where the monkey actually sat at the dinner table with them and used dishes like a human being.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 8:17am

Was there juice?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 10:39am

I met a woman that ran an animal rescue when I was a teen who had rescued a spider monkey. His name was Patrick. He was about the size of a skinny three to four year old. He wore diapers and regular kid clothes. I took him on a walk around our little downtown area once and got lots of looks...lol. He just holds your hand and walks with you. I kinda fell in love with him. His previous owners had had his thumbs cut off so he couldn't grab things. Very sad.