The bonus items in Donkey Kong

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So, I was listening to "Do The Donkey Kong" on the Pac-man Fever album, and the line "Open the umbrella up and answer the phone" still cracks me up every time.

But then the internet told me is that the general consensus is that the phone is actually a purse. I think many people besides Buckner & Garcia (and myself) also thought it was a phone back before the internet could tell us otherwise, but I'm curious how many.

Apparently the third object is supposed to be a hat, but I always thought it was a piano. I'm guessing I'm the only one who thought that though.
 

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I always thought they were items that Pauline had dropped. Umbrella, purse and a hat. Or at least that is what made the most sense. Although I can see how it could be a phone or a small tank.
 
Yeah, I thought it was a phone.

Also, that might be the most embarrassing song ever committed to vinyl.
 
I never would have thought that was a phone. Always thought it was a purse. Besides a girl like Pauline wouldn't have been able to afford a cell phone at the time, and it would have been bigger than her head.
 
I never would have thought that was a phone. Always thought it was a purse. Besides a girl like Pauline wouldn't have been able to afford a cell phone at the time, and it would have been bigger than her head.

Not a cell phone! A phone like this...
 

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Umbrella, phone and a vacuum cleaner with no handle is what I always thought. I admit that the song was why I thought the purse was a phone. And since I'm being honest, I didn't actually realize the hat was a hat until I saw the D2K cutscreen with that vacuum cleaner thing falling off her head.
 
I thought it was a tank and phone until I got "how to win video games" back in the day.

BTW in D2K Jeff programmed and intermission where Pauline is wearing the items and DK chases her and she drops them.
 
I always thought it was a vacuum cleaner, a dishwasher, and a sewing machine and that she ran away from Mario because he beat her for getting too vocal about wanting to vote and go to college.
 
Haha I knew it was a purse, but now that you mention it I could see how it would be mistaken for a rotary phone. :D
 
Its been a few years since I have played DK (since I don't own one anymore). I can't remember, does the bouncing springboard stage have bonus items as well?
 
If you had the Coleco version as a kid, there was never any confusion: they're labeled "Hat", "Umbrella", and "Purse" in the manual.
 
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