Cheeta the "Tarzan" Chimp Outlives Co-Stars
This chimp is older than me - Happy Birthday Cheeta
Cheeta the chimpanzee, the animal star of 12 Tarzan films in the Thirties and Forties, celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday.He has outlived both his human Tarzan costars. Johnny Weissmuller, who played the lead, died in 1984 aged 79, and Maureen O'Sullivan, who was Jane, died in 1998 at 87.
When asked about his lifestyle Cheeta commented that a diet of bananas, early nights and hanging upside down from trees had kept him young and that he was looking forward to making his comeback for his 80th birthday - as a NuLabour politician ..
He denied all rumours about his relationship with Maureen O'Sullivan but referred to that fact that "Johnny Weissmuller was always jealous of me" commenting that "It wasn't just that i was hairier than him, nor that I had better muscles - it was the fact that I could act him off the set any day of the week".
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