The Blue Monkey revealed!

How to catch a roving blue monkey:

Step 1: procure a banana.

Step 2: put the banana into a small-mouthed pot. (There are lots of these around our house, a nice side effect of Captain Midnight's pottery skills.)

Step 3: wait patiently for monkey-man to take the bait.

Step 4:

SUCCESS! Behold the Blue Monkey!

He informs us that his name is Simeon von Pumpernickel, he enjoys sailing and badminton, and he has a bachelor's degree in applied physics. But most of all, he confides, though he rose from humble beginnings, he is sure that he could be A MOVIE STAR if he could get out of this place.

What do you think? Does Simeon have the screen charisma to make it in film?