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  • From: "Sean McNally" <smcnally AT crain.com>
  • To: <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [monkeywire] This Spokeschimp Really Puts the Monkey in Too Tarts' Business
  • Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:15:11 -0400

Brandweek Magazine, October 7th

www.Brandweek.com

Tools of the Trade--This Spokeschimp Really Puts the Monkey in Too Tarts'
Business

Using monkeys to win hearts isn't novel, but Too Tarts Jackson just might be
unique enough to eventually rank with Cheetah, Bonzo and Lancelot Link in the
chimp hall of fame.

For one, his adoptive parents didn't raise him as a pet, but more like a
human child, and never once caged him. Plus, he's the new spokeschimp for
Too Tarts. "Within a year, I don't think there will be a household in the
U.S. that hasn't heard of Jackson," said Armand Hammer of Too Tarts maker
Hammer Corp.

Saving him from being sent to a lab, Ben and Rachel Gunter got Jackson from
an animal refuge at 3 weeks old, brought him home to Dallas where he has his
own Curious George-decorated room, a dog and an electric car. He takes
showers and brushes his teeth and likes to watch Scooby-Doo, go to the park
and the movies, and is learning sign language and "chimpanese"--sounds that
he and Mrs. G. use to communicate.

And he likes crowds. He regularly visits hospital patients and was at a
recent raucous Wal-Mart corporate meeting where he planted a kiss on one of
the execs. He can also eat Too Tarts sour flavors with a straight face.

Hammer is in the process of buying a bus, "just like the rock stars have," to
set Jackson off on a U.S. tour. Talk shows are interested in booking him,
and he'll show up at store openings, trade shows and charity events.
Marketing plans include a Too Tart Jackson music video and a special on-pack
decoder so kids can speak chimpanese. A TV commercial featuring the Too
Tarts Jackson jingle could be in the works next year.







  • [monkeywire] This Spokeschimp Really Puts the Monkey in Too Tarts' Business, Sean McNally, 10/09/2002

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