the scopes monkey trial took place at dayton, tennessee.
the scopes monkey trial took place at dayton, tennessee.
where did the scopes monkey trial take place?
dayton , tennessee
bullet::::- ronald kidd's novel, "monkey town: the summer of the scopes trial" (2006), set in summer 1925, in dayton, tennessee, is based on the scopes trial.









































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bullet::::- a series of folk songs produced in reaction to the trial, from pbs' "american experience", includes:









































bullet::::- "bryan's last fight"









































bullet::::- "can't make a monkey of me"









































bullet::::- "monkey business"









































bullet::::- "monkey out of me"









































bullet::::- "the john scopes trial"









































bullet::::- "there ain't no bugs"









































bullet::::- "monkey biz-ness (down in tennessee)" by the international novelty orchestra with billy murray is a 1925 comedy song about the scopes monkey trial.
scopes trial
"the monkey suit" was written by j. stewart burns and directed by raymond s. persi as part of the seventeenth season of "the simpsons" (2005–2006). burns received inspiration for the episode from the scopes monkey trial, a 1925 legal case in which high school science teacher john scopes was accused of violating tennessee's butler act which made teaching evolution unlawful. clarice drummond, the aclu lawyer who represents lisa, is a reference to the aclu lawyer clarence darrow who defended scopes, while wallace brady is a reference to william jennings bryan, an attorney in the scopes monkey trial. american actor larry hagman guest starred in the episode as wallace brady, while american actress melanie griffith played herself as the narrator of an audio tour at the museum. burns did research for "the monkey suit" by reading richard dawkins' book "the selfish gene" and watching "inherit the wind" (a film based on the scopes monkey trial). he also visited a natural history museum.
the monkey suit