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So, Monkey is based on a Bunraku style of puppetry and the pig is a giant, seven- or eight-feet tall, what we call a backpack puppet, which has to be strapped onto the back of a performer. And she is ...

If you’re not familiar with her work, the 50-year-old rocketed to comedy stardom with the help of Monkey, her undiplomatic, swearing, male puppet who she’s shared the stage with for 20 years now.

As her reaction went viral on social media, many people compared her side eye moment, which has now become a meme, with the monkey puppet meme from the Japanese children's TV show Ōkiku naru Ko.