# Malcolm and Monkey Butlers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316 "2002-05-16T01:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/1 "2002-05-16T01:52:54Z")
I seem to remember seeing somewhere on the SDMB that Homer’s monkey butler had an origin somewhere else, but I can’t find that thread. Either way, Sunday night when Craig said,“My monkey butler’s trying to kill me,” all I could think was that the Malcolm in the Middle writers read these boards. Someone help save my sanity (what little there is) by either telling me where monkey butlers came from or by admitting that he or she is a writer for Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/2 "2002-05-16T05:39:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stofsky \* > **I…all I could think was that the Malcolm in the Middle writers read these boards.** Either that, or they know how to [Google](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22monkey+butler%22&source-id=yahoo-b). ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/3 "2002-05-16T05:54:26Z")
See, I knew it… No one will admit to writing for Fox. It’s probably worse than working for the IRS. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/4 "2002-05-16T07:46:07Z")
This plot seemed somewhat [familiar](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0095652). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/5 "2002-05-16T19:29:48Z")
Technically, it was a helper monkey, which is what Craig called it. Helper monkeys do exist, and Homer (Simpson, not the poster) had one. Monkey butlers only exist in the imagination of **Homer** (the poster) and Bart Simpson. “Mmm! I can’t wait to eat that monkey!” ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/6 "2002-05-16T22:28:36Z")
SNL also had a fake commercial for Monkey Butlers in 1994. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/7 "2002-05-17T19:20:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monster \* > \*\*SNL also had a fake commercial for Monkey Butlers in 1994. \*\* Technically, Bathroom Monkeys. Bathroom Monkeys are different from Monkey Butlers, i.e., they only work in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Diff\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Diff\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diff_T)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/8 "2002-05-17T23:06:42Z")
I would Just like to brag like an idiot that I talk to David Anthony Higgins’ wife all the time on the net! He plays Craig Feldspar on Malcolm. She even sent me a movie he a Dave Foley was in called “The Wrong Guy”. She knows my Fav. comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub. Plus a bunch of celebs you HAVE heard of! I know It’s stupid, but I never had a chance to be connected in anyway to any actor that can pay their own bills. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-and-monkey-butlers/109316/9 "2002-05-18T06:12:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*Technically, it was a helper monkey, which is what Craig called it. \*\* No, when he called 911 he said. “my monkey butler is trying to kill me!”, which is would be not nearly as funny when rendered as. “my helper monkey is trying to kill me!”