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Tarzan (1966 TV series)

{{Short description|American television series}}

{{Other uses|Tarzan (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Tarzan TV show.jpg

| caption = Opening title

| genre =

| creator =

| writer =

| director =

| starring = Ron Ely
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Alan Caillou
Rockne Tarkington

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 57

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Sy Weintraub

| producer = Jon Epstein (eps 1–4, 7)
Leon Benson (eps 5–6, 8–11)
Steve Shagan (eps 12–44, 47, 53–54)
Maurice Unger (eps 45–46, 48–52, 55–57)

| runtime = 60 mins.

| company = Banner Productions

| channel = NBC

| first_aired = {{start date|1966|9|8}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1968|4|5}}

| related =

}}

File:Tarzan Ron Ely 1966.JPG with Ron Ely as Tarzan in the episode "The Ultimate Weapon" (September 16, 1966)]]

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised.{{cite web|url=http://www.heroesandiconstv.com/shows/tarzan |title=Tarzan |publisher=Heroes and Icons TV.com |access-date=2017-03-28}} The first five episodes (1–4 and 7 in transmission order) were filmed in Brazil; the production then relocated to Mexico. The series was set in a fictional newly independent African nation.

This series retained many of the trappings of the film series, included the "Tarzan yell" and Cheeta, but excluded Jane as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that executive producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes of the program during the summer of 1969.

Cast

=Recurring appearances=

Maurice Evans guest-starred as retired Brigadier Sir Basil Bertram, hero of the Battle of the Bulge, in four episodes. Julie Harris guest starred as missionary Charity Jones in four episodes. Chips Rafferty appeared as Dutch Jensen in two episodes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Episode list

=Season 1: 1966–67=

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Eyes of the Lion

| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin

| WrittenBy = George F. Slavin

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|8}}

| ShortSummary = When a beautiful blind girl's seeing eye lion, Sultan, is mistaken for a rogue, Tarzan must prove the beast's innocence. Guest starring Laurie Sibbald as Nara, and Ned Romero as Oringa.

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = The Ultimate Weapon

| DirectedBy = Paul Stanley

| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley,
John Hawkins,
Ward Hawkins

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|16}}

| ShortSummary = The vengeful son of an ivory poacher swears revenge on Tarzan.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Leopard on the Loose

| DirectedBy = Paul Stanley

| WrittenBy = Oliver Crawford

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|23}}

| ShortSummary = A post worker desperate for money abducts Jai's pet leopard.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = A Life for a Life

| DirectedBy = Robert Day

| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|30}}

| ShortSummary = The Lord of Jungle must race against time when Jai is bitten by a poisonous spider. (In production order "A Life for a Life" was the first episode of the series.)

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = The Prisoner

| DirectedBy = George Marshall

| WrittenBy = Don Brinkley

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|7}}

| ShortSummary = After a police officer is injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan must prevent the officer's tribe from exacting vigilante justice.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = The Three Faces of Death

| DirectedBy = Earl Bellamy

| WrittenBy = S.J. Loy

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|14}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan helps out a woman seeking to retain leadership of her tribe.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = The Prodigal Puma

| DirectedBy = Paul Stanley

| WrittenBy = Robert Sabaroff

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|21}}

| ShortSummary = A big game hunter targets a puma Tarzan has captured.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = The Deadly Silence: Part 1

| DirectedBy = Robert L. Friend

| WrittenBy = Lee Erwin,
Jack H. Robinson

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|28}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord tries to stop a bloodthirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. However, Tarzan has been rendered temporarily deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses, so he must rely on his near-telepathic ability to communicate with a lion.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = The Deadly Silence: Part 2

| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin

| WrittenBy = John Considine,
Tim Considine

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|4}}

| ShortSummary = Rendered deaf by an explosion, the jungle lord still tries to stop a colonel from taking over a village. National General Pictures released this two-parter theatrically in 1970 as Tarzan's Deadly Silence.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = The Figurehead

| DirectedBy = Alan Crosland Jr.

| WrittenBy = Samuel Roeca,
George F. Slavin

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|11}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan and Jai protect a young prince.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Village of Fire

| DirectedBy = Hollingsworth Morse

| WrittenBy = Jack Gross,
James Leighton,
Michael Stein

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|11|18}}

| ShortSummary = After Jai is bitten by a leopard, Tarzan must recover a special serum that can save the boy.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = The Day of the Golden Lion

| DirectedBy = Anton Leader

| WrittenBy = Robert Goodwin

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|2}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan joins an athletic championship, but an attempt to steal the prize happens.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = Pearls of Tanga

| DirectedBy = R. G. Springsteen

| WrittenBy = Sid Saltzman

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|9}}

| ShortSummary = A criminal known as the Admiral and his crew poison the waters so they can be the only ones to take pearl oysters.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = End of the River

| DirectedBy = Anton Leader

| WrittenBy = G. Joshua David

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|16}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan must save a young girl and battle a criminal. One of the criminal's two minions (Robert J. Wilke) ends up being fatally devoured by a crocodile.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = The Ultimate Duel

| DirectedBy = Robert L. Friend

| WrittenBy = Cornelius Ballard

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|23}}

| ShortSummary = A scientist (Henry Silva) pits Tarzan against his computer, which can predict Tarzan's every move.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = The Fire People

| DirectedBy = Earl Bellamy

| WrittenBy = Wells Root

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|12|30}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan and Jai must help a chief rescue his superstitious tribe from a volcano that's about to erupt.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Track of the Dinosaur

| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin

| WrittenBy = Norman Lessing,
Samuel Newman

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|6}}

| ShortSummary = A corrupt government official uses a local legend to his advantage to get people away from a mineral deposit.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = The Day the Earth Trembled

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|13}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan reluctantly recruits three escaped convicts to help him get a group of children and their caregiver (Susan Oliver) to safety.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Captain Jai

| DirectedBy = Anton Leader

| WrittenBy = James Bonnet,
James Leighton

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|20}}

| ShortSummary = Jai is held hostage by criminals seeking stolen diamonds.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = A Pride of Assassins

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Samuel Newman,
Barry Trivers

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|1|27}}

| ShortSummary = A smuggler sends assassins after Tarzan and a young woman because they threaten to expose a smuggling scheme.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = The Golden Runaway

| DirectedBy = Lawrence Dobkin

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|2|3}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan leads a young woman to a red-headed Irishman who may have a clue to her brother's disappearance.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = Basil of the Bulge

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Samuel Newman

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|2|10}}

| ShortSummary = A native chief and a corrupt government official capture Sir Basil Bertram before he can arrange tribal treaty.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 23

| Title = Mask of Rona

| DirectedBy = James Komack

| WrittenBy = S.S. Schweitzer

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|2|17}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan leads a group on the search for missing artist Rona Swann; a group member uses the safari as a cover for a gun-running operation.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 24

| Title = To Steal the Rising Sun

| DirectedBy = William Witney

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|2|24}}

| ShortSummary = An exiled chief plots to steal his tribe's priceless ruby. A con man's minion (Henry Beckman) ends up being fatally devoured by a crocodile.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 25

| Title = Jungle Dragnet

| DirectedBy = William Wiard

| WrittenBy = Arnold Belgard

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|3}}

| ShortSummary = A native revolutionary and a foreign soldier try to prevent a little girl from revealing the location of an oil-rich field.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 26

| Title = The Perils of Charity Jones: Part 1

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|10}}

| ShortSummary = An American midwestern missionary enlists Jai's aid to fulfill her father's final wish and deliver an organ to a primitive tribe, but their boat is disabled.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| EpisodeNumber2 = 27

| Title = The Perils of Charity Jones: Part 2

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|17}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan rescues Charity and Jai from hostile natives, but then the trio are pursued by another tribe who are after the guns that Jai hid from them.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| EpisodeNumber2 = 28

| Title = The Circus

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Lawrence Dobkin

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|24}}

| ShortSummary = Jai and Dutch encounter a fugitive who makes an attempt to evade a manhunt by joining the circus.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| EpisodeNumber2 = 29

| Title = The Ultimatum

| DirectedBy = Robert L. Friend

| WrittenBy = James Menzies

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|3|31}}

| ShortSummary = A female criminal and her goons threaten to destroy a native village unless Tarzan submits to being their prisoner.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| EpisodeNumber2 = 30

| Title = Algie B for Brave

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Samuel Newman

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|4|7}}

| ShortSummary = Sir Basil Bertram recruits Tarzan and Jai to assist him in order to discover the location of a Communist country's nuclear detection equipment.

| LineColor = 006400

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 31

| EpisodeNumber2 = 31

| Title = Man Killer

| DirectedBy = James Komack

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|4|14}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan's search for a murderer is complicated by a village whose natives employ drugs in their ceremonial rituals.

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File:Barbara Bouchet Ron Ely Fernando Lamas Tarzan 1968.jpg (left) and Fernando Lamas (right) with Ron Ely as Tarzan from the episode "Jungle Ransom" (February 23, 1968) ]]

=Season 2: 1967–68=

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| EpisodeNumber = 32

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Tiger, Tiger!

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|9|15}}

| ShortSummary = An engineer ignores Tarzan's warning about a tiger on the loose.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 33

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Voice of the Elephant

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Terence Maples,
Al Martin

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|9|22}}

| ShortSummary = Jai's pet elephant is blamed for the death of a commissioner.

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| EpisodeNumber = 34

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Thief Catcher

| DirectedBy = James Komack

| WrittenBy = Edmund Morris

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|9|29}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord must track and capture two escaped convicts before more people are put in danger.

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| EpisodeNumber = 35

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 1

| DirectedBy = William Witney

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|6}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord leads an archaeological expedition to a burial ground deep in the jungle in defiance of an ancient taboo.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 36

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = The Blue Stone of Heaven: Part 2

| DirectedBy = William Witney

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|13}}

| ShortSummary = A power-mad colonel plans to steal the jeweled idol and dynamite the burial ground.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 37

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = The Maguma Curse

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|20}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord battles to save a young woman from a curse of death implemented by a witch doctor.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 38

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = The Fanatics

| DirectedBy = William Witney

| WrittenBy = Lee Loeb

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|10|27}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord assists a female journalist expose a rigged tribal election.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 39

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = The Last of the Supermen

| DirectedBy = Gerald Mayer

| WrittenBy = S.S. Schweitzer

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|3}}

| ShortSummary = A unrepentant Nazi urges Tarzan to assist him in locating a buried fortune left over from the war.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 40

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Hotel Hurricane

| DirectedBy = Ron Ely

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|10}}

| ShortSummary = A mob makes an attempt to fool Tarzan and Jai into assisting them to recover stolen money after a plane crash.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 41

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = The Pride of the Lioness

| DirectedBy = Barry Shear

| WrittenBy = Jerry Adelman,
Gerry Day,
William Driskill

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|17}}

| ShortSummary =A young doctor gets help from Tarzan when he faces to forces opposed to his clinic: a witch doctor who has threatened the young man with death, and the young man's socialite mother, who wants him to return home.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 42

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Mountains of the Moon: Part 1

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|11|24}}

| ShortSummary = A widow leads a cult of religious pilgrims on a dangerous journey into forbidden land beset by saboteurs as well as hostile natives.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 43

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Mountains of the Moon: Part 2

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|12|1}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan aids a religious group on their pilgrimage to an area known as the Mountains of the Moon.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 44

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = Jai’s Amnesia

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Jerry Adelman,
William Driskill

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1967|12|15}}

| ShortSummary = Jai suffers a memory loss, but ends up being involved in stealing a sacred ruby.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 45

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = The Professional

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Jerry Adelman,
William Driskill

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|5}}

| ShortSummary = A colonel and his heavily armed troops overrun the land of a peace-loving tribe, but he has reckoned without Tarzan.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 46

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = The Convert

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

| WrittenBy = Jo Pagano

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|12}}

| ShortSummary = Three nuns become unwitting pawns in a struggle between the village chief and a scheming land developer. Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes guest star.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 47

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = The Creeping Giant

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Donn Mullally

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|19}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan fights a powerful land owner who has duped an engineer into dynamiting a mountain range, a project that will wipe out several native villages.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 48

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = King of the Dwsari

| DirectedBy = William Witney

| WrittenBy = Esther Shapiro,
Richard Alan Shapiro

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|1|26}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan is imprisoned when he tries to release the Dwsari tribe which has been tricked by a smooth-talking American.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 49

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = A Gun for Jai

| DirectedBy = E. Darrell Hallenbeck

| WrittenBy = Jackson Gillis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|2}}

| ShortSummary = Against the Tarzan's wishes, Jai is given a rifle by one of the local hunters. The jungle lord searches for Cheeta.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 50

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Trek to Terror

| DirectedBy = Barry Shear

| WrittenBy = Lee Erwin

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|9}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord is tricked into helping a corrupt police inspector who intends to murder a crusading missionary.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 51

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = End of a Challenge

| DirectedBy = Barry Shear

| WrittenBy = Richard H. Landau

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|16}}

| ShortSummary = Tarzan and Chief Bangu are forced to forget their mutual animosity as they team up to search for the chief's son and Jai, who have been kidnaped by a gun-toting thief.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 52

| EpisodeNumber2 = 21

| Title = Jungle Ransom

| DirectedBy = Barry Shear

| WrittenBy = Esther Shapiro,
Richard Alan Shapiro

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|2|23}}

| ShortSummary = As the jungle lord and a bandit engage in a battle of wits, a young woman tries to use both men in an effort to set free her husband, a hostage in the bandit's camp.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 53

| EpisodeNumber2 = 22

| Title = The Four O’Clock Army: Part 1

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|1}}

| ShortSummary = General Basil Bertram and missionary Charity Jones return in this two-part story, and this time must ally with the jungle lord against a band of slavers who have been taking people and destroying villages.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 54

| EpisodeNumber2 = 23

| Title = The Four O’Clock Army: Part 2

| DirectedBy = Alex Nicol

| WrittenBy = Carey Wilber

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|8}}

| ShortSummary = The jungle lord goes after the slave traders whose prisoners include Jai.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 55

| EpisodeNumber2 = 24

| Title = Rendezvous for Revenge

| DirectedBy = William Witney

| WrittenBy = Richard H. Landau

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|15}}

| ShortSummary = After a poacher known for his arson escapes from custody, the jungle lord tracks him and his adoring girlfriend to an oceanside cliff, and a fateful encounter. But the poacher's girlfriend and two minions later track Tarzan down and force him to lead them back to the scene.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 56

| EpisodeNumber2 = 25

| Title = Alex The Great

| DirectedBy = Barry Shear

| WrittenBy = Esther Shapiro,
Richard Alan Shapiro

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|3|22}}

| ShortSummary = The task of protecting a village from a man-eating lion is complicated by the arrival of a man determined to prove himself superior to Tarzan - by killing the jungle lord.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 57

| EpisodeNumber2 = 26

| Title = Trina

| DirectedBy = Harmon Jones, Barry Shear

| WrittenBy = Milton S. Gelman

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1968|4|05}}

| ShortSummary = A girl requests help from Tarzan to find her long-lost uncle.

| LineColor = CDAD00

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Syndication

After being seen intermittently in syndication and on cable in the years after its network run, as of 2016, the series airs on the Heroes & Icons network Saturday mornings. It lasted until September 2018.

On June 4–5, 2016, the Decades TV network ran a marathon of the series. On September 9, 2016, Decades celebrated Tarzan{{'}}s fiftieth anniversary repeating a few choice episodes.

Home media

On March 13, 2012, Warner Bros. released Tarzan: Season 1, Part 1 & Tarzan: Season 1, Part 2 on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection manufacture-on-demand service.{{cite web|author=Mike Johnson |url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000278425.do |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209051233/http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000278425.do |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=Tarzan - Season One: Part One |publisher=Wbshop.com |date=2013-11-19 |access-date=2017-03-28}}{{cite web|author=By Ed the Reviewer |url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000278423.do |title=Tarzan - Season One: Part Two |publisher=Wbshop.com |access-date=2017-03-28}} The second season was released complete on September 17, 2013.{{cite web|author=By Ed the Movie Reviewer |url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000439315.do?promo=sliderTARZANS2home |title=Tarzan: The Complete Second Season (MOD) |publisher=Wbshop.com |access-date=2017-03-28}}

Opening scene

  • Iguazu Falls, in the opening scene. This series had two separate musical themes as featured in Season One. "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XT6ffAkSs Tarzan's March]" by far being the overall favorite but was not featured in Season Two for the opening scene or the end credits. Over both seasons, the show had three different theme tunes.

"Tarzan's March" music originally composed by "Sydney Lee & Walter Greene" which gained additional fame and was covered by several artists including "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK5kRtIOE9M Al Hirt & His Orchestra]",

"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVXdyjEjww Marty Manning & The Cheetahs]" & even "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF94Z5LV8mM Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra]". The UK group Madness also covered the title song, adding some spoken parts and performing it in a Ska arrangement, this song was included on their first album, One Step Beyond.

In popular culture

The British company Airfix marketed a series of HO-00 (1/72nd) scale plastic figures of the characters based on the series.{{Cite web |title=Plastic Soldier Review - Airfix Tarzan Figures |url=https://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=38 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.plasticsoldierreview.com}}

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb title|id=0060033|title=Tarzan}}
  • [http://www.tarzan.com/tv/0014.html Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: Tarzan on TV]
  • {{discogs master|1612344}} The TV Sound Track Of Tarzan Starring Ron Ely In "The Eyes Of The Lion"

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