Talk:Curious George

message: The section about a few monkey scholars considering Curious George to be racist may be true, but the arguments for the point are presented as fact and I'm not sure they should be.  Curious George was written around 1940, which I don't think was a time of "French imperial expansion".  Also, the article says that the man in the yellow hat wore a French military uniform.  Did the French really wear yellow uniforms?  if these items are true they can remain.  Otherwise they should be removed or attributed as beliefs of the scholars.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beirne (talk) 18:50, March 31, 2005 (UTC)
:As a footnote, the authors H.A. Rey and Margret Rey also wrote the classic anti-racist children's book "Spotty" in 1945. Amazon.com entry. It seems that CG was chosen as a cute character for small kids to identify with. 惑乱 分からん 14:57, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
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message: George is not a monkey, George is clearly a juvinile chimp.  Why is it that this is not mentioned on the main page?
I don't know when the above question was asked, but the main page now says that George was a chimp. But no source is cited for this. He is identified in every book that I can get my hands on as a monkey. He does seem to have more ape characteristics than monkey characteristics, but there's no reason to expect that he should resemble any species in the real world (he doesn't look like a chimp to me). From the books, I'd say he's some imaginary species of tailless monkey. I think any other claim needs a citation (or else be considered original work). Leonard of Vince (talk) 01:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Many monkeys (particularly macaques) are tailless, like George. George does look a bit like a macaque (although maybe not quite as hairy) and is about the right size. Stonemason89 (talk) 22:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monkeys

message: I believe the more common interpration by Scholars is in fact the Curious George is A metaphor for African Imperialism and that The Man in the yellow hat is a Benovelent Imperialist Who is treating George Kindly but still less than Human, almost the way Africans were treated.  This however needs to be reasearched68.4.25.102 01:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: O_O 149.20.252.132 (talk) 14:59, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

text: Just to clarify from outside the chamber, Little Black Sambo is not about "black people" either.  It's a story written by Indians making fun of dark-skinned Indians.  It was only in the 1970s when people in the US were seeing everything through that lens and started to protest it, throwing it and other random babies out with the bathwater.  See The Story of Little Black Sambo--Mrcolj (talk) 12:49, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curious George A metaphor for African Imperialism (Racism) 

message: Anybody else find that choice of words a little curio--, er, odd? Somehow I don't remember that part of the story from when I was a kid...   --ab
:I wondered about that too.  It seemed to be a bit POV.  People seem to get a lot of political messages out of the books that I never thought about.  I wouldn't mind if "abducted" got changed to something more neutral.  --Beirne 04:17, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
::I quoted the original text and moved the mention of kidnapping to a separate section under interpetations; also included some information about an article about the series and (partially) this aspect of it, as well as two links from different sources (Barnes and Noble, and the film version's producer, Ron Howard) found in a quick google search so that it doesn't seem like the rantings of someone reading too much into it. :-)  I don't have a scanner and couldn't find any copies of the illustrations online; if someone could provide copies of the illustrations referenced it would go a long way towards clarity. Anonymoustom 18:35, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't mind seeing that part removed -- now it says "kidnapped" rather than "abducted", but the effect is the same.  If one looks at any other article describing captive animals (like an Aquarium, etc.) there is no mention of the animals being "kidnapped".
Only humans can be kidnapped (at least according to the current definition of the term). Dognapping exists, of course... Stonemason89 (talk) 22:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curious George "abducted"? 

message: I've tagged the section with  - we need to be very careful with the claim that there is a racist undertone in the story/series.  Even though the article uses "qualifed term" such as a small handful of scholars, we still need to have "proofs" that some scholars do make that claim.  --Hurricane111 02:54, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretations section 

message: I seriously doubt "Curious George Gets AIDS" was one of the books. I don't want to change it myself since last time I made a minor edit I was banned from making any further ones by Wikipedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamabunta (talk • contribs) 
:I think you're probably right!  Don't be put off by over-enthusiastic editors, keep trying and making this place a 'safer' place for George and others, curious or not! Budgiekiller 21:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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message: Should there be a mention of the Altoids gimmick with George staring ponderously at a small tin of altiods?
Paragone 00:51, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Altoids 

message: Why has the book list been slowly culled to only a few books? --SparqMan 16:23, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book list 

message: I find this whole section really sketchy.  Whose interpretations are they?  Throwing these theories up there with no citations seems to violate the no original research rule. Miss Dark 04:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretations 

message: For those curious about this big deletion: see this blog post and this wikipedia mailing list message. —Steve Summit (talk) 12:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, yeah.  Clearly the deletion was appropriate, as the section was completely unsourced and is perhaps dubious.  I would want to see a citation to the purported interview if the material were to be restored.  Here is the original edit.  It was made by what appears to be a productive editor, who's been here a year and a half with over 1,000 edits and no blocks.  I've left a message on that editor's talk page.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 22:27, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't remember much details about when I added it, but I vaguely remember seeing this some time back on a TV program, perhaps on PBS or some cable channel. I may look into the matter if I get any time within the next few days. For now, I have added the unref-sec tag. Hellno2 (talk) 00:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't mind that for now, but I don't think it's a long-term solution.  The material has been challenged, so per WP:V it needs to be sourced or removed.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 04:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I am trying to research various episodes of TV programs I have watched in the past. I vaguely remember seeing a biography of the Reys on which this was mentioned. I don't know how easily I can located an episode guide, but I will try.Hellno2 (talk) 04:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Curious George Takes a Job" 

message: I just made a small edit to the Television subsection under "Other Media", removing the statement that the new PBS series is "based on the" feature film. That statement was unsourced and I have been unable to find any sources (except other Wikipedia articles) which claim that. I believe the same actor who voiced George in the movie does so in the series as well, and Universal is involved in both projects. But that does not equal "based on the movie." In fact the series has almost no similarity to the movie at all...none of the characters, locations, settings, names, references, flashbacks, and so on are shared between the two. Every official source I've found (for example, here at PBS) clearly says the series is based on the books. However, they were definitly capitalizing on the film's release, to be sure...as is clearly seen in the PBS statement I referenced (i.e. "...hot on the heels of his successful big screen debut"). --Dwimble (talk) 23:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Television 

message: The Intro section had begun accumulating a list of Curious George's names in a seemingly random selection of other languages.  The alternate names are interesting, but in my view don't rise to the level of being major enough facts to merit inclusion in the introduction section.  A devoted section of the article should be created to house the list of names in other languages.Retroid (talk) 16:23, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names for Curious George in other languages

message: I know there's been a bit of back and forth on this subject, but as of now (March 2012), there is nothing at all about this in the article. I'm not arguing for or against any particular explanation, but I do think it's significant enough that something should be included. The books constantly refer to him as a monkey. But he has no tail. So is he really a chimp? Or is he a Barbary Macaque? Or some fictitious other species of tailless monkey? Even without a clear consensus on this, the article should at least acknowledge the question. Anyone?Lafong (talk) 18:46, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: George isn't really anything. He's a storybook/cartoon character monkey who is always referred to as a monkey in all media. Regardless of what some people on wikipedia want to speculate about what he is or should be or would be in the real world, that's all he is and ever has been. Just about the only place I've ever seen this argument is here on wikipedia, which doesn't make it worthy of going into the article. If you can find a quote somewhere from H.A. Rey talking about what kind of real world monkey he did or did not intend for George to represent, then you'd have something. Otherwise, I think this is just discussion board fodder. -Dwimble (talk) 15:53, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monkey/Chimp Conundrum 

message: As for the question regarding French military uniforms, there is a likeness.  Please see  for what people are likely referring to.  It's important to note that, if one subscribes to this view, the Man With The Yellow Hat is missing the jacket, but everything else, to include the tie, seems pretty close to .  Keeping in mind that the authors were from France, it is likely that they drew from their experiences and things around them, which would include clothing that they might have though were "jungle worthy" or "explorer-like", so a likeness does not mean that the man was supposed to be symbolic of the French army or anything.JamusDoore (talk) 13:24, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Man With The Yellow Hat's Clothing 

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message: You might want to mention that the 1980 Curious George shorts first aired on Nickelodeon in the year 1986, before the Disney Channel picked it up months later. This information comes from a web video documentary series called Nick Knacks, produced by Pop Arena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCuknAddCs ElMeroEse (talk) 06:52, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
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message: The introduction refers to George as a monkey but later he is referred to as an ape. Which is he? They are in the same clade, but one family is the Old World Monkeys and the other is the Apes. 2600:1700:5531:3810:A6E6:5236:704:5596 (talk) 04:33, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monkey or ape? 

message: I feel like these paragraphs don't belong where they currently are:
In the film Forrest Gump of 1994, one edition of Curious George (one with a yellow cover but no other title than Curious George) is used as Forrest's favorite book, which his mother reads to him. Forrest later reads it with his son (also named Forrest), with a Curious George plush also shown on his shelf. In the opening scene a feather comes floating down to Forrest's feet and he stores it in this book. At the end of the film it falls out of the book and rises floating through the air again.
Jarrod, the titular character and protagonist from the NBC series The Pretender, read Curious George books in season one and developed a fascination with them. He likened himself to George and Sydney Green, the psychiatrist whom he saw as a surrogate father, to the Man with the Yellow Hat.
The books have inspired others, for example Bangkok Bob, written for and published by Big Brother Mouse, a Lao publishing project.''
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Currently they're in a section talking about adaptions and licensed branding. I feel like they should be put in a section talking about the influence of the books (which is something I've seen in other wikipedia articles.)
If I'm like, way off base, let me know, since this is my second time ever doing something on wikipedia. Paxsitheach (talk) 23:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  References in pop culture