A smoking monkey is a novelty item in the form of a 2-inch plastic monkey. When a speciality cigarette is inserted into the monkey's mouth and lit the figure gives the impression it's smoking.[1] The cigarettes do not contain any tobacco.[2]

In popular culture edit

In The Simpsons fourth season episode Marge in Chains unscrupulous attorney Lionel Hutz offers Homer Simpson and his wife Marge a smoking monkey if they hire him. It's also revealed he keeps a drawer full of them in his desk.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Newgarden, Mark (2004). Cheap Laffs The Art of the Novelty Item. Picturebox, Inc. p. 38. ISBN 9780810955998.
  2. ^ "Smoking Monkey Toy". www.esnarf.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. ^ "The Lionel Hutz File". Simpsons Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2021.