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March 27, 2009

Gorilla Detector

From Muppet Labs:

How many times have you awakened at night in the dark and said to yourself..."Is there a gorilla in here?" And how many people do you know whose vacations were ruined because they were eaten by undetected gorillas?

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM17 CommentsView Blog Reactions

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What did that have to do with Squid... isn't friday dedicated to "cool" things squid related/themed :) I searched for muppet+squid and was dissapointed, came back with fishing lures and a (British?) show I never heard of...

Posted by: Rich Rumble at March 27, 2009 1:36 PM


I love how the detector worked - but only AFTER Dr. Bunsen was carried off by the gorilla. Technically, it was a successful gorilla detection.

Posted by: Mo at March 27, 2009 2:12 PM


Expect the TSA to install them at all airports.

Posted by: TSA Fan at March 27, 2009 2:13 PM


> How many times have you
> awakened at night in the dark
> and said to yourself..."Is there
> a gorilla in here?"

Only once, but it turned out to be the gorilla my dreams.

Posted by: Karl Lembke at March 27, 2009 2:24 PM


> it turned out to be the gorilla my dreams.

A somewhat friendlier way for two flesh to become one.

Posted by: Tangerine Blue at March 27, 2009 2:32 PM


"Expect the TSA to install them at all airports."

How else can you nip gorilla warfare in the bud?

Posted by: Romeo Vitelli at March 27, 2009 2:56 PM


But will it detect that I left my baby in the car?

Posted by: notagorilla at March 27, 2009 3:23 PM


Dr. Bunsen Honeydew reminds me of Rick Steeves (on PBS).

Posted by: andyinsdca at March 27, 2009 3:42 PM


It was not a gorilla. It was so obviously fake -- a giant squid in a gorilla suit.

Posted by: Darth Wader at March 27, 2009 3:50 PM


Hey, even Captain Kirk had his vacation ruined when he was bitten by a Mugatu.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raspberrytea/...

Posted by: Rick Auricchio at March 27, 2009 4:13 PM


Everybody knows it’s just a ploy by the gorilla suit companies to sell their products.

Posted by: Beta at March 27, 2009 4:40 PM


Zero. None. :P

Posted by: Xavier at March 28, 2009 12:33 AM


37

Me.

Posted by: BF Skinner at March 28, 2009 6:13 PM


@notagorilla
"But will it detect that I left my baby in the car?"

Only if it's a baby gorilla.

Posted by: John Clayton at March 29, 2009 12:49 PM


they should collaborate with those people doing the combat robot ethics stuff, there was some detection involved in that story, too...

.~.

Posted by: dot tilde dot at March 30, 2009 4:57 AM


I don't know .. but people in the news media routinely see an "800 pound Gorilla" in the room.

Posted by: sooth sayer at March 30, 2009 7:47 AM


I think Jim Henson missed the bet on this one: the alarm should have gone off when the gorilla appeared, but Doctor Bunsen interpreted this as a false alarm, and was so busy trying to fix it that he failed to notice the gorilla.

Posted by: Paul Johnson at March 31, 2009 6:28 AM


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