I remember watching that when I was really young, there was also Water Margin.
Monkey was more comedic though, he used to wave his finger infront of his mouth blowing to make the cloud appear which he sat on to get about. No doubt if I saw it now it would be really cheesy, but I loved it as a kid
P.S : I'm talking about the origional here not the animated!!! Gawd I feel old!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7520243.stm