Curious George was a cartoon monkey on Forrest’s shoulder ... referring to his film that came out six years before “Forrest Gump” and merged animated characters with live-action.

Curious George was a cartoon monkey on Forrest's shoulder ... Get that guy who did [Who Framed] Roger Rabbit. And I read the [Forrest Gump] script, and I said, 'I love this, but that monkey's ...

Widely regarded as the inspiration for the iPad; Steve Jobs said that he wanted to make a computer “simple enough for Forrest to use.” Featured in the Robert Zemeckis film Forrest Gump.