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The Spongmonkeys are an internet phenomenon, created by Joel Veitch, that has crossed over into television in the form of a Quizno's commercials. They are a pair of creatures that appear to be graphically edited tarsiers with human mouths, and appear on the web at the rathergood.com (http://www.rathergood.com/) website. These creatures float in the air in front of a hydrangea bush while singing a song called "We Like the Moon". One of the Spongmonkeys plays a guitar while the other makes vocalizations that resemble singing. Here are the lyrics to "We Like the Moon":
- We like the moon
- coz it is close to us
- we like the moooon!
- but not as much as a spoon
- cuz that's more use for eating soup
- and a fork isn't very useful for that
- unless it has got many vegetables
- and then you might be better off with a
- chop-stick
- unlike the moon
- it is up in the sky
- it's up there very high
- but not as high
- as maybe
- dirigibles or zeppelins
- or lightbulbs
- and maybe clouds
- and puffins also I think maybe
- they go quite high too
- maybe not as high as the moon
- coz the moon is very high
- we like the moon
- the moon is very useful everyone
- everybody like the moon
- because it light up the sky at night
- and it lovely
- and it makes the tide go and we like it
- but not as much as cheese
- we really like cheese
- we like zeppelins
- we really like them
- and we like kelp and we like moose
- and we like deer and we like marmots
- and we like all the fluffy animals
- we really like the moon
In early 2004 the Spongmonkeys began appearing in television advertisements for Quizno's Subs singing an altered version of their song called "We Love the Subs". It is unclear whether the use of mutated rodent-like creatures with vaguely disturbing facial features will motivate consumers to order food products.
Like many internet cults (such as Badger Badger Badger) it was first launched in the B3ta newsletter in January 2003, although the first appearance on the site dates back to a post from a member called Nacho in June 2002.
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