“Look at that little monkey run!”
During the Halftime Highlights segment of Monday Night Football on September 24, 1973 when describing a 97-yard kickoff return by Washington Redskins player Herb Mul-Key against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Howard Cosell 14
American sportscaster 1918–1995Related quotes
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
Source: A Mencken Chrestomathy
“That little monkey gets loose, doesn't he?”
September 1983, referring to wide receiver Alvin Garrett of the Washington Redskins; the statement was denounced as racist, but it was pointed out that Cosell had regularly used the same term to describe small players of all races.[citation needed]
“They make me look like a stuffed monkey.”
Allegedly said about two postage stamps issued in 1911.
Attributed
“That little monkey. The theorem was that he was too small to play in the NFL.”
citation needed
Referring to Mike Adamle during an Exhibition Hall of Fame Game, Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Giants, Fawcett Stadium, Canton Ohio, July 29, 1972.
“Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.”
WTF Is…? series, Day One: Garry's Incident (October 1, 2013)
2006
Source: [Rick, Lyman, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/us/14richards.html?hp&ex=1158292800&en=22b04a312a2fd14f&ei=5094&partner=homepage, Ann Richards, Plain-Spoken Texas Governor Who Aided Minorities, Dies at 73, New York Times, September 14, 2006, 2006-09-16]