Monkey Nostalgia (the BEST kind of nostalgia)

Long before the cute and perky Katie Couric lit up the airwaves every morning on The Today Show an equally adorable star was attracting millions of viewers to the program. The decade was the 50's, the host was Dave Garroway, and people just couldn't get enough of Kokomo the chimpanzee! His daily antics garnered the show millions of new fans and endorsement contracts for the telegenic simian came flooding in. His career hit a major snag when a line of greeting cards he did for Hallmark were targeted by a drunken, debauched, and vengeful copy editor. The cards in question were quickly withdrawn from circulation but I've scraped around in the vault and come up with these rare gems that harken back to a more innocent age. It's interesting to note that in their day they caused a major scandal...my how times have changed!!