Keep 'em coming, Mikey Boy.
In “Come Home, Monkey Boy,” Cold Spring Harbor's own Michael Angelo—no relation—searches for a long-benched mascot whose pumped-up acrobatics are sorely missed.
The mascot? None other than the one they call “Monkey Boy.”
He moved years of fans turning out to watch an obscure minor league baseball team play in Nashua, New Hampshire. Obviously quite the Tasmanian crowdpleaser, the rambunctious ballpark rallyer was controversially tackled by a visiting team’s player over a decade ago.
COVID inspired Taylor Swift’s “exile,” and this cheap shot inspired his. Monkey Boy hung ‘em up for good, as a result.
Until Barstool Sports—nay, Angelo and company—came calling.
The 33-year-old documentarian’s not-so-mockumentary for the content factory—a long-awaited plunge into Monkey Boy’s bananaland saga—finally arrived on Feb. 21st.
No mascot has ever been this unmasked. Those who adopt this most unique profession usually adhere to an unwritten code: never break character, and never reveal your true self that lies beneath.
However, Monkey Boy was wronged enough that fateful day, he has earned the green light to flip the script entirely this time—and we’re reaping all of the benefits.
“I was just happy to be able to be part of something so special and to see the story unfold in front of our eyes,” writer-producer-director Michael Angelo exclusively told The South Shore Press. “Chris Ames [AKA Monkey Boy] is a tour de force of energy and enthusiasm.”
The titular show-monk’s long-awaited return is a sight to behold for yourself by visiting the YouTube page of Barstool’s “A New Untold Story.”
With the hundreds of thousands who have tuned in on YouTube, and the 3.1 million more to give him a click on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, a red-hot Monkey Boy just may have enough fuel to his particular fire left yet.
As the 2025 baseball season kicks off, many still wonder: will Monkey Boy’s hit-or-miss health allow him to ever give his most familiar bag a regular go once more?
After all, at the end of the day, he is just a human being—one who so happens to be attaining overdue internet celebrity for pretending to be a monkey.