Added: Jul 24, 2008
From: BBC
Duration: 2:0
The Olympics 08.08.08 http://www.bbc.co.uk/monkeyolympics BBC Sport's marketing campaign and titles for the forthcoming Olympic Games are based upon the traditional Chinese folklore 'Journey to the West'. The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.
Channel: Film
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Rating: 4.67 (3928 ratings) Views: 1257544' favoriteCount='8783 Comments: 4311
blackmist21 Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - very imaginative its cool lol
SailorSaturn93 Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - lols noticed how it has different events from the olympics in it?
soulreaper114 Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - I Love This Video It Very Good
RobotwarsKing Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - Well done, BBC ^_^
soulreaper114 Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - Is There A Full Title To This Song With The Artist
YBlackMagician Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - My word people, am I not allowed to make a joke? I very much so enjoyed the video however I saw it as a chance to use a old joke I heard once. O.o I'm eighteen, to be truthful.
englandvsa Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - No, It's a mixture of songs. I have the album it was mean't to be from but it seems like a mixture of songs.
englandvsa Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - You could of got it on the bbc website or wap page during the games.
AuxilaryNinja Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - I love this video SO much
Sundaranachiapuram Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - hahahahahahaha
Danslivinthedream Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - why is the pig eating chicken? great vid either way
rojlord Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - monkey magic?!!!!!!!!!!monkey pigsy sandy obviously. strange thing is the absence of trippitaka (is that how you spell it)
mimy12rocks Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - they copied the cloud that u can stand on off of dbz the nimbs cloud
ShadowCheezit Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - I'm going to go ahead and assume the Chinese legend of Monkey was around a long time before DBZ was created. >_>
41second Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - good video,this is maken by BBC?
Bloodlovefreak Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - I thought the sea dragon was meant to give monkey king his staff.
BloodShed669 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - Someone needs to stop watching so much animu, it's making them brain dead...
Ki11282 Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - OBAMA=Dirty stupid nigger and a dirty savage muslim. Do you really want these damn muslims invading america? Don't you think America should be run by real White Americans instead? for your information, Obama NOT a true White American, he is an AFRICAN "american". Fuck this dirty stupid nigger coon. McCain 08! Heil Hitler
sebbecr Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - looks like the guy that makes the gorillaz videos
codemonkeyslikeme Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - stupid idiot, we all know goku was based on the monkey king. In fact, the story came to japan way b4 that anime. here are sum similarities: staff cloud tail
BasedOnHope Says:
Oct 7, 2008 - you do know that the cloud.. originated from chinese tales and stories, not based on a cartoon that was made 10 years ago...
dragunblade Says:
Oct 7, 2008 - haha, good question. how bout "why is a monkey a king?"
87OkamiWolf Says:
Oct 7, 2008 - Awesome
keizze99 Says:
Oct 7, 2008 - If I could only get my camera to work then I'd make a finer video than this one. Please help
MikeRosoft87 Says:
Oct 4, 2008 - 2-D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodles. Gorillaz are back!