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"Monkey In Your Tank" is a song written by Michael Silversher, Patricia Silversher and Chuck Tately in 1990, for the animated series TaleSpin.

The song is featured on The Disney Afternoon soundtrack album, but does not appear in any actual episode of the show.

Lyrics[]

If you want the cheapest gas
And you don't know what to do-ey
Then fly your plane on over to
The pumps that are run by Louie
We also give you gifts (great gifts!)
And service on which to bank (great bank!)
So fly on over to Louie's
And put a...
mo - mo - mo - mo - mo
Monkey in your tank!
Put a monkey in your tank!

[Ooooh!]

If you need an oil change
But your wallet says "forget it"
Just come on over to Louie's Place
He'll be glad to give you credit
Wash the windows, fill the tires (flat tires)
Make sure the cranks all cranked (they crank!)
Check the choke and then he even may put a ...
mo - mo - mo - mo - mo
Monkey in your tank!
Put a monkey in your tank!

[Scat interlude]
Monkey in your tank!

If you want the cheapest gas
And you don't know what to do-ey
Then fly your plane on over to
The pumps that are run by Louie
We also give you gifts (great gifts!)
And service on which to bank (great bank!)
So fly on over to Louie's
And put a...
mo - mo - mo - mo - mo
Monkey in your tank!
Put a monkey in your tank! Yeah!

[Ooooh!]

Trivia[]

  • The song credit was formerly given to somebody allegedly called Niet Bekend, though sounding out the name ("neat backend") makes it appear that this could have been a simple prank.
  • The slogan "Put a monkey in your tank" may be a pun on the long time Esso advertising campaign "Put a tiger in your tank".


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Media
TaleSpin (Videography/Soundtrack) • Walt Disney's World on Ice: Double Feature... Live!Raw ToonageNES gameGenesis gameComic book
Characters
BalooKit CloudkickerRebecca CunninghamMolly CunninghamWildcatLouie LamountAirplane JaneClementine ClevengerKatie DoddPrincess GraceKing AmokLotta LamourPrince Nevarhas Bin-BroakBandar-logCaptain William StansburyJoe MageeDoctor CooperRick SkyWhistlestop JacksonNanukMyra FoxworthyDetective ThursdayInspector BurrowOscar VandersnootShere KhanKhan's PilotsDon KarnageAir PiratesIvanod SpigotSergeant DunderJack CaseDaring Dan DawsonAce LondonGeneral PattonTrader MoeThaddeus E. KlangKitten KaboodleIgnatiusDr. AxolotlDr. ZibaldoBuffy and Muffy VanderschmereDouglas BensonPrince RudolfChancellor TrampleEmperor Wan LoProfessor Martin TorqueSeymourCovingtonMacKneeSheriff Gomer Cleghorn and Deputy WendellCrazy EdieCool Hands LukeHans and Helga
Episodes
"I Only Have Ice for You" • "Time Waits for No Bear" • "A Touch of Glass" • "It Came From Beneath the Sea Duck" • "The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" • "The Idol Rich" • "Stormy Weather" • "Plunder and Lightning" • "From Here to Machinery" • "Mommy for a Day" • "Molly Coddled" • "Polly Wants a Treasure" • "Vowel Play" • "Bearly Alive" • "Her Chance to Dream" • "All's Whale That Ends Whale" • "The Golden Sprocket of Friendship" • "For a Fuel Dollars More" • "A Bad Reflection on You" • "On a Wing and a Bear" • "A Star is Torn" • "A Spy in the Ointment" • "The Balooest of the Bluebloods" • "A Baloo Switcheroo" • "Whistlestop Jackson, Legend" • "Double or Nothing" • "Feminine Air" • "Last Horizons" • "Flight of the Snow Duck" • "Save the Tiger" • "The Old Man and the Sea Duck" • "War of the Weirds" • "Captains Outrageous" • "The Time Bandit" • "For Whom the Bell Klangs" • "Citizen Khan" • "Gruel and Unusual Punishment" • "Jolly Molly Christmas" • "My Fair Baloo" • "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" • "Flight School Confidential" • "Bringing Down Babyface" • "Jumping the Guns" • "In Search of Ancient Blunders" • "Louie's Last Stand" • "Sheepskin Deep" • "Pizza Pie in the Sky" • "Baloo Thunder" • "Bullethead Baloo" • "Destiny Rides Again" • "Mach One for the Gipper" • "Stuck on You" • "The Sound and the Furry" • "The Road to Macadamia" • "The Ransom of Red Chimp" • "Your Baloo's in the Mail" • "Paradise Lost" • "The Incredible Shrinking Molly" • "Bygones" • "Flying Dupes"
Locations
Cape SuzetteHigher for HireLouie's PlaceWildcat's HouseboatKhan IndustriesThembriaPirate IslandWalla-Walla-Bing-BangMacadamiaTinabulaPanda-La
Songs
Spin ItI'm GoneHome is Where the Heart IsSky PiratesMonkey In Your TankFriends for Life
Objects
Sea DuckKhan TransportIron VultureSpruce MoosePirate FightersIdol of the Spirit-SwitcherThe Ruby WingsThe Three Bells of Tinabula
See also
The Jungle BookThe Disney Afternoon
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