Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.
Directed by Len Lye
stop motion
short film
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Crew
Len Lye
Director
Len Lye
Writer
Len Lye
Editor
Len Lye
Producer
Red Nichols
Music
Len Lye
Animation
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
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4.0★ · 04/02/26
peanuts 🥜
peanuts 🥜
Missmisf
Ruined my week
Ruined my week
Trabarco
É xenuinamente moi cuki, deixade en paz ao meu neno
É xenuinamente moi cuki, deixade en paz ao meu neno
lik
4.3★ · 02/03/25
i can't lie, that's a very creepy monkey
i can't lie, that's a very creepy monkey
MxlistairePRO
7.0★ · 01/13/25
PEAAAANUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTS FOR PEANUTS YOU WILL LONG FOR LATER ON TOO BAD PEANUT VENDOR WILL BE GONE AND THEN IM SURE YOU WILL GRIEVE SOOOOO BUT THE VENDOR MUST GOOOOOOOO PEANUT VENDOR MUST GOOOOOOOOO LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT WHERE THE SHADOWNS START TO CREEP BUY A BAG OF PEANUTS NOW BEFORE YOU SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
It’s actually very experimental and fun i really enjoy this animation even though it’s very unintentionally scary as shit. I found it while on a scary youtube videos playlist and i don’t think i’ll ever let this leave my mind. Beautiful work of art here especially for the 1930s i mean Jesus this is old but gold
PEAAAANUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTS FOR PEANUTS YOU WILL LONG FOR LATER ON TOO BAD PEANUT VENDOR WILL BE GONE AND THEN IM SURE YOU WILL GRIEVE SOOOOO BUT THE VENDOR MUST GOOOOOOOO PEANUT VENDOR MUST GOOOOOOOOO LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT WHERE THE SHADOWNS START TO CREEP BUY A BAG OF PEANUTS NOW BEFORE YOU SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
It’s actually very experimental and fun i really enjoy this animation even though it’s very unintentionally scary as shit. I found it while on a scary youtube videos playlist and i don’t think i’ll ever let this leave my mind. Beautiful work of art here especially for the 1930s i mean Jesus this is old but gold
