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Any fans of the show? I personally love it. You have to love Pamela Anderson, a PETA spokesperson and a loving single mother who schedules work so that she can spend more time with her sons! She is a wise soul. Here is why she said she would not let chimps be televised:
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Pamela Anderson, the buxom lead of the FOX comedy "Stacked," has become a champion for chimpanzees.
The actress, who is a vocal animal rights activist, made a plea for her primate pals upon learning of the plot line for the Wednesday, May 11 episode of her sitcom in which retired scientist Harold (Christopher Lloyd) is plagued by nightmares about the apes he sent into space as part of a NASA program.
Although Anderson supports the negative portrayal of these tests, she still didn't want real chimps to appear on the show.
"I asked them to lose the chimp," she explains. "Chimpanzees used on TV and in movies are all babies [and are] snatched from their mothers by trainers when they're infants so that they'll be reliant on humans for food and be manageable in front of the cameras.
"But by the time they are seven they're stronger than Vin Diesel and can pull your head off," she continues, "so many trainers sell them to laboratories or breeders, who churn out more chimp babies for people to 'entertain' with."
Faced with a lack of monkey-driven humor, the writers had to reach into the tried-and-true bag of sitcom tricks.
"We've replaced [the chimp] with a robot," reveals Anderson. "The scenes are much funnier with the robot anyway -- it's a very sci fi vibe."
Anyone questioning the incongruous mixture of Pam and robots should recall that the show's premise sets up the blonde bombshell as a clerk in a family-owned bookstore.
Anderson, 37, has been a spokesperson for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and has protested the use of fur and KFC's chicken farming practices. She is also a proponent of vegetarianism |
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