Tarzán

Tarzán is a television series that aired in syndication from 1991–1994. In this version of the show, Tarzan (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.

This was the first Tarzan series to feature Jane Porter as a major character, the 1966 series having excluded her as part of the "new look", and Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle having featured her in only one episode.

Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the 1966 TV series, played a villain named Gordon Shaw in the first-season episode “Tarzan the Hunted”.

Juma the Lion was performed by two trained male adult African lions. One of them was Sudan of Thousand Oaks, California's Animal Actors of Hollywood. He would subsequently perform as a stunt double for the Bowmanville Zoo's two lions, Caesar and Bongo, for Paramount's The Ghost and the Darkness. The other lion that acted in this series was Josef of Salinas, California's Monterey Zoo. Disney's animation studio used him as a live action model for Mufasa in Disney's animated production of The Lion King around the same era.

Cast

• Wolf Larson as Tarzan
• Lydie Denier as Jane Porter
• Sean Roberge as Roger Taft Jr.
• Malick Bowens as Simon Govier (season 1)
• Errol Slue as Jack Benton (season 2)
• William S. Taylor as Dan Miller (season 3)

Episodes

Season one (1991–92)

Season two (1992–93)

1. “Tarzan and the Missile of Doom”
2. “Tarzan and the Forbidden Jewels”
3. “Tarzan and the Broken Promise”
4. “Tarzan and the Amazon Women”
5. “Tarzan and the Karate Warriors”
6. “Tarzan and the Lion Girl”
7. “Tarzan and the Deadly Delusion”
8. “Tarzan and the Primitive Urge”
9. “Tarzan and the Mysterious Sheik”
10. “Tarzan and the Runaways”
11. “Tarzan Meets Jane”
12. “Tarzan and the Wayward Balloon”
13. “Tarzan and the Fugitive’s Revenge”
14. “Tarzan and the Mutant Creature”
15. “Tarzan Rescues the Songbird”
16. “Tarzan and the Fire Field”
17. “Tarzan and the Movie Star”
18. “Tarzan and the Fountain of Youth”
19. “Tarzan and the Law of the Jungle”
20. “Tarzan and the Shaft of Death”
21. “Tarzan and the Polluted River”
22. “Tarzan’s Dangerous Journey”
23. “Tarzan and the Toxic Terror”
24. “Tarzan and the Earthly Challenge”
25. “Tarzan and the Mysterious Fog”

Season three (1993–94)

1. “Tarzan and the Hollywood Adventure”
2. “Tarzan and the Witness for the Prosecution”
3. “Tarzan and the Rock Star”
4. “Tarzan and the Odd Couple”
5. “Tarzan and the Return of the Bronx”
6. “Tarzan and the New Commissioner”
7. “Tarzan and the Stoneman”
8. “Tarzan and the Deadly Cargo”
9. “Tarzan and the Sapphire Elephant”
10. “Tarzan and the Fear of Blindness”
11. “Tarzan and the Mating Season”
12. “Tarzan and the Gift of Life”
13. “Tarzan and the Death Spiders”
14. “Tarzan and the Russian Invasion”
15. “Tarzan and the Fiery End”
16. “Tarzan and the Curse of Death”
17. “Tarzan and the King of the Apes”
18. “Tarzan and the Evil Twin”
19. “Tarzan and the Dangerous Competition”
20. “Tarzan and the Pirates Revenge”
21. “Tarzan and Cheeta’s Desperate Adventure”
22. “Tarzan and the Sixth Sense”
23. “Tarzan and the Ring of Romance”
24. “Tarzan and the Night Horrors”
25. “Tarzan and the Jewel of Justice”

Legacy

The show inspired the poem “Sunday, Tarzan in His Hammock” by Lewis Buzbee, which he wrote as "...revenge against Tarzan and cheerful aerobics instructors everywhere.”

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