Yang, nimble and agile, was a classic case of "monkey imitates man," while Hao, who raised monkeys at home and imitated them day and night, was called "a monkey true-to-life."
楊小樓別號「小楊猴」，他的猴戲稱絕一時，做表之靈活俐落，李桐春形容為「北派猴兒」﹘﹘標準的猴學人、大聖氣派；另有「賽活猴」﹘﹘昆淨猴王郝振基，他在家中養了一群小猴兒，朝夕觀察、心領神會，演來跳躍活潑，戲台上儼然「活猴兒」，也稱霸當時。