Bongo the Monkey Bongo wasn't always called Bongo. He doesn't really like to talk about it much these days, but when he first hit the scene, his name was actually “Nana.” Why the name change?

"You might as well look at him because you won't see him again," she smiled smugly to those who huddled around her eying her prize, a plush toy monkey that about 60 Beanie Baby enthusiasts had ...

And what we mean is that Bongo, the Beanie Baby monkey that sent a couple into a tailspin when they discovered him “disappeared” upon their arrival to a restaurant in Park Slope on August 1 ...

The saga of the lost Beanie Baby monkey that has captivated, saddened, and most of all, disturbed so many of us over the past week has reached a happy conclusion. Bongo was only reunited with his ...

Bonni Marcus and Bongo (Christopher Sadowski)It’s a monkey miracle — Bongo has been found! An Upper East Side couple grieving over the loss of a stuffed toy monkey they’ve raised like a son ...

The Brooklyn Paper reports today that 47-year-old Bonni Marcus and 58-year-old Jack Zinzi “have frantically papered Park Slope with fliers” offering a $500 reward for a lost monkey Beanie Baby.

THE Manhattan couple separated from the stuffed toy monkey they raised as a son said that they were inundated with ransom demands after offering a reward for the Beanie Baby's safe return, the New ...

Look, when you love a Beanie Baby, when you give your life to a plush pet, you’ll do anything to be reunited. We know. We’ve been there.