After this Papert, Koenig & Lois TV commercial for the Xerox 914 copier aired — as George Lois tells it — AB Dick complained to the FCC that there was no way a little girl could operate a complex office machine so easily, so to prove the point the commercial was reshot but with Zippy the Chimp in place of the girl.
Results: Clio Award for the '62 original and the next year a Clio "Special Citation" plus complaints from a lot of secretaries who were finding bananas on their desks after the chimp ad aired.
I have seen the chimp version — it's pretty funny — but haven't been able to find a copy online.
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