This is an accepted version of this page Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written and illustrated by Margret and H. A. Rey.

The Jewish couple fled Paris in June 1940, on bicycles they had made themselves, carrying the Curious George manuscript with them.

The remaining five stories describe George's adventures while living at the house of the Man with the Yellow Hat.

These books are "illustrated in the style of H. A. Rey" by a variety of credited and uncredited artists including Mary O'Keefe Young, Martha Weston, Anna Grossnickle Hines, Michael Alan Jensen, and Vipah Interactive.

Later, in Curious George (2006), the Man, who is voiced by Will Ferrell, is also referred to as "Ted" throughout the film; his last name is revealed as being "Shacklefield" in a deleted scene.

A set of animated Curious George television films were produced from 1979 to 1982; they were first shown in the United States in 1984 on Nickelodeon.

The Reys eventually won the dispute, forcing Lafferty, Harwood, and Partners to pay for all wrongdoing.

Although Curious George ended its original run on April 1, 2015, the series is still airing on PBS Kids in reruns.

[10] The 2017 film Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators documents the lives of Hans and Margret Rey including their flight from France during the 1940 invasion by Germany, their life in the United States, and their creation of the Curious George children's books.

[11] A minimal-animation 16 mm film called Curious George Rides a Bike was produced by Weston Woods Studios in 1958[12] and later released on DVD.

[16] An animated film, Curious George, was released on February 10, 2006, featuring Will Ferrell as the voice of the originally unnamed Man with the Yellow Hat.

A direct-to-video sequel to the film was released on March 2, 2010, titled Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, which featured Jeff Bennett replacing Ferrell as the voice of the Man.

[18] A sixth and final film, Curious George: Cape Ahoy, was released on Peacock on September 30, 2021.

It was the last remaining property of Wordsworth Books, a former local general interest bookstore that closed in the beginning of the 2000s.

[23] From 2009 to 2011, a musical stage show based on the TV series, Curious George Live!, toured the United States and Canada.

In the show, George heads to Rome, Italy to help Chef Pisghetti win a meatball eating contest there.

As of 2024, the show continues to be performed in several community theaters and has been retitled Curious George: The Golden Meatball.

In the latter part of that decade (when the new film and the new television show were released), licensing deals for the character generally involved less upscale, more kid-focused products.

Jarrod, the protagonist of the NBC series The Pretender, reads Curious George books in season one and develops a fascination with them.