I just can t work with the little guy anymore, explained Rey. We were working on Curious George and the Collection of Power Tools, and we just kept running into problems. For example, there s this one scene where he s supposed to take a power drill and accidentally poke a hole through his stomach. Instead, he kept tossing the drill on the floor and saying things like, I don t see the point.
Existence is purposeless anyway.
We had similar problems with Curious George Meets an Overly Friendly Woman on the Street, and what was going to be the sequel, Curious George and the Persistent Case of Crotch Lice. This latest trend of indifference can be attributed to the ape s recent exposure to the existentialist works of Sartre and Camus, as well as the influence of his new friends in the Village, where he now rents a studio. It was after Curious George attempted a cute cartoon monkey form of suicide that Rey intervened, giving George every anti-depressive drug he could find. We even tried Viagra, recalled Rey, and let me tell you, there s nothing worse than a depressed monkey with a boner. Friends of Curious George confessed that they saw this mood swing coming.