Earlier this month, Stephen Colbert stunned audiences by showing a video of a female orangutan driving a golf cart. Not only was she an expert driver, but she steered with just one hand on the wheel, exuding a level of cool confidence that could rival any human motorist.
While Colbert humorously suggested the orangutan was in Florida, the actual location was Dubai, where she resides in a menagerie owned by Sheikha Fatima Rashed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of the UAE.
This talented orangutan, named Rambo, has been driving various vehicles since her youth.
Inspired by Rambo’s impressive one-handed driving style, a YouTube user known as SmelfordDip had an epiphany: she drives just like Tony Soprano in the opening sequence of The Sopranos. SmelfordDip edited the video to mirror the famous credits and added the show’s theme song, “Woke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3.
Dubbed “The Zoopranos,” the video asks the playful question, “What if Tony Soprano was [a] monkey?”
To take this incredible mashup even further, one can imagine Rambo behind the wheel of a Cadillac, cruising the New Jersey turnpike with a big cigar in hand.