''Tarzán'' is a television series that aired in
syndication from
1991
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–
1994
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. In this version of the show,
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...
(
Wolf Larson) was portrayed as a blond environmentalist, with Jane (
Lydie Denier) turned into a French ecologist. The series aired in
syndication in the United States.
Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the
original series, played a character named Gorden Shaw in the first-season episode “Tarzan the Hunted”.
The lion in this series was originally performed by Josef of
Monterey, California
Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bo ...
's zoo. Due to volunteering as a live action model for Mufasa in Disney's animated production of ''
The Lion King
''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance, it ...
'', Josef was replaced by Sudan of
Thousand Oaks, California
Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown Los Angeles, Downtown. It is named af ...
's ''Animal Actors of Hollywood''.
Episodes
Season one (1991–92)
Season two (1992–93)
# “Tarzan and the Missile of Doom”
# “Tarzan and the Forbidden Jewels”
# “Tarzan and the Broken Promise”
# “Tarzan and the Amazon Women”
# “Tarzan and the Karate Warriors”
# “Tarzan and the Lion Girl”
# “Tarzan and the Deadly Delusion”
# “Tarzan and the Primitive Urge”
# “Tarzan and the Mysterious Sheik”
# “Tarzan and the Runaways”
# “Tarzan Meets Jane”
# “Tarzan and the Wayward Balloon”
# “Tarzan and the Fugitive’s Revenge”
# “Tarzan and the Mutant Creature”
# “Tarzan Rescues the Songbird”
# “Tarzan and the Fire Field”
# “Tarzan and the Movie Star”
# “Tarzan and the Fountain of Youth”
# “Tarzan and the Law of the Jungle”
# “Tarzan and the Shaft of Death”
# “Tarzan and the Polluted River”
# “Tarzan’s Dangerous Journey”
# “Tarzan and the Toxic Terror”
# “Tarzan and the Earthly Challenge”
# “Tarzan and the Mysterious Fog”
Season three (1993–94)
# “Tarzan and the Hollywood Adventure”
# “Tarzan and the Witness for the Prosecution”
# “Tarzan and the Rock Star”
# “Tarzan and the Odd Couple”
# “Tarzan and the Return of the Bronx”
# “Tarzan and the New Commissioner”
# “Tarzan and the Stoneman”
# “Tarzan and the Deadly Cargo”
# “Tarzan and the Sapphire Elephant”
# “Tarzan and the Fear of Blindness”
# “Tarzan and the Mating Season”
# “Tarzan and the Gift of Life”
# “Tarzan and the Death Spiders”
# “Tarzan and the Russian Invasion”
# “Tarzan and the Fiery End”
# “Tarzan and the Curse of Death”
# “Tarzan and the King of the Apes”
# “Tarzan and the Evil Twin”
# “Tarzan and the Dangerous Competition”
# “Tarzan and the Pirates Revenge”
# “Tarzan and Cheeta’s Desperate Adventure”
# “Tarzan and the Sixth Sense”
# “Tarzan and the Ring of Romance”
# “Tarzan and the Night Horrors”
# “Tarzan and the Jewel of Justice”
Legacy
The show inspired the poem “Sunday, Tarzan in His Hammock” by
Lewis Buzbee
Lewis Buzbee is a San Francisco based author and poet. He is "a fourth generation California native on his mother’s side, and a Dust Bowl Okie on his father’s."
Work
He is the author of the novels ''Fliegelman's Desire'' (1990), ''Steinbeck's ...
, which he wrote as "...revenge against Tarzan and cheerful aerobics instructors everywhere.”
[The Best American Poetry 1995, Simon and Schuster.]
References
External links
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1991 Mexican television series debuts
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