August 11th, 2004 -- by Bacchus
Sex Education With Monkeys
Not — so not — making this up. From the Village Voice:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys. If J. Fred Muggs, Lancelot Link, or zoo-house fecal tossing have taught us anything, it is that every human endeavor is enriched by the addition of a screaming, leg-humping, ass-biting primate. Even, say, sex education. I beg your pardon? you might ask. Clearly you’re not acquainted with the strangest children’s book of the 19th century Sammy Tubbs, the Boy Doctor, and Sponsie, the Troublesome Monkey (1874).…
It’s a Victorian sex-ed manual. For children. Starring a monkey.
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Tee hee! Monkeys! </homer>
Yeah, but did it have glow-in-the dark monkeys illustrated with radioactive paint?
http://www.theb....html scroll down for the info on the book, published in 1905 (OK, that was 2 years after Victoria died, but close enough).
Oh boy, and Peter Gabriel wants to when she was going to “Shock the Monkey”
Considering the popularity of serial children’s books such as Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket, can Sammy Tubbs reprints find a market?
I also think I’ll ask my aunt to needlepoint me a sampler with that wonderful motto: “Comfort for the Ruptured”.
Wait! That’s not how the rest of you learned about sex? Color me self-conscious.