Comments for "Koko Gorilla Meets Mr. Rogers" Video at VideoSift.com

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:27:59 -0700

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:27:59 -0700

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, April 28th, 2008 4:19pm PDT - promote requested by kronosposeidon.

By SDGundamX

SDGundamX (http://www.videosift.com/member/SDGundamX) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:51:04 -0700

There's a lot of debate as to how much Koko really understands and how much is just her trainers "putting words in her mouth," so to speak, by overly interpreting what she's doing. Clearly, Koko does have a simplistic grasp of how to communicate using gestures, but a lot of what she says is just plain gibberish. To see a nice example of the trainers explaining away Koko's failures to communicate, see http://www.cantonbecker.com/canton/weird/koko/

Still, I gotta upvote for Mr. Rogers. Such a great man and a beacon of hope for all kids. We need more people like him.

By MycroftHomlz

MycroftHomlz (http://www.videosift.com/member/MycroftHomlz) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:18:46 -0700

Dude... Mr. Roger's is being held like a baby by a gorilla.

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:16:15 -0700

Gorillas can rip your arms out of their sockets and off your body. That's a "sign" they're unhappy.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:37:47 -0700

This is very cool, I would promote it if I hadn't just promoted Wilferd Brimley's Diabeetus rap.

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://rottenseed.videosift.com) — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:11:01 -0700

^I'm sure you can bend the rules a little

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:06:45 -0700

I mean what I write and I wrote what I meant- full speed *promote now, 100%

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:06:46 -0700

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Friday, May 2nd, 2008 2:39am PDT - promote requested by dag.

By swampgirl

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:51:31 -0700

Thanks for posting this. Pulls at the heartstrings... anything this man did or said was just sweet.