Spongmonkeys

The Spongmonkeys is an internet phenomenon, created by Joel Veitch, that has crossed over into television in the form of a Quizno's commercials. They are a pair of creatures that appear to be graphically edited tarsiers with human mouths, and appear on the web at the website. These creatures float in the air in front of a rhododendron bush while singing a song called "We Like the Moon". One of the Spongmonkeys plays the guitar while the other makes vocalizations that resemble singing. Here are the lyrics to "We Like the Moon":

We like the moon

coz it is close to us

we like the moooon!

but not as much as a spoon

cuz that's more use for eating soup

and a fork isn't very useful for that

unless it has got many vegetables

and then you might be better off with a

chop-stick

unlike the moon

it is up in the sky

it's up there very high

but not as high

as maybe

dirigibles or zeppelins

or lightbulbs

and maybe clouds

and puffins also I think maybe

they go quite high too

maybe not as high as the moon

coz the moon is very high

we like the moon

the moon is very useful everyone

everybody like the moon

because it light up the sky at night

and it lovely

and it makes the tide go and we like it

but not as much as cheese

we really like cheese

we like zeppelins

we really like them

and we like kelp and we like moose

and we like deer and we like marmots

and we like all the fluffy animals

we really like the moon

In early 2004 the Spongmonkeys began appearing in television advertisements for Quizno's Subs singing an altered version of their song called "We Love the Subs". It is unclear whether the use of mutated rodent-like creatures with vaguely disturbing facial features will motivate consumers to order food products.

Like many internet cults (such as Badger Badger Badger) it was first launched in the B3ta newsletter in January 2003, although the first appearance on the site dates back to a post from a member called Nacho in June 2002.