Tarzán
Tarzán | |
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Genre | Adventure |
Written by | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Directed by | Henri Safran (23 eps), Sidney Hayers (20), Brian Trenchard-Smith (10), Kevin James Dobson (9), Gérard Hameline (3) |
Starring | Wolf Larson Lydie Denier Sean Roberge |
Theme music composer |
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Country of origin | France Canada Mexico |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 75 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production location | Mexico |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Balenciaga Productions Dune TF1 Producciones Telemex Producciones UINIC William F. Cookie Productions |
Distributor | Keller Entertainment Group (United States) Peter Rodgers Organization |
Release | |
Original network | TF1 (France) First-run syndication (United States) |
Original release | October 6, 1991 1994 | –
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.
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's zoo. Due to volunteering as a live action model for Mufasa in Disney's animated production of The Lion King, Josef was replaced by Sudan of Thousand Oaks, California's Animal Actors of Hollywood.
Episodes[edit]
Season one (1991–92)[edit]
No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Tarzan and the Poisoned Waters" | Henri Safran | Patricia Maximilian | October 6, 1991 | 113 |
2 | 2 | "Tarzan and the Silent Child" | Henri Safran | Maria Justina | October 13, 1991 | 111 |
3 | 3 | "Tarzan Tames the Bronx" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Hayes | October 20, 1991 | 121 |
4 | 4 | "Tarzan and the Picture of Death" | Gérard Hameline | Steve Hayes | October 27, 1991 | 103 |
5 | 5 | "Tarzan and the Unwelcome Guest" | Gérard Hameline | Steve Hayes | November 3, 1991 | 115 |
6 | 6 | "Tarzan and the Caves of Darkness" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | November 10, 1991 | 101 |
7 | 7 | "Tarzan and the Woman of Steel" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Misha MacDonald | November 17, 1991 | 122 |
8 | 8 | "Tarzan and the River of Doom" | Henri Safran | Steve Hayes | December 1, 1991 | 116 |
9 | 9 | "Tarzan and the Killer Lion" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ted Julien | December 8, 1991 | 106 |
10 | 10 | "Tarzan's Christmas" | Henri Safran | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | December 15, 1991 | 114 |
11 | 11 | "Tarzan and the Orphan" | Henri Safran | Ted Julien | January 19, 1992 | 118 |
12 | 12 | "Tarzan and the Mystic Caves" | Henri Safran | Steve Hayes | January 26, 1992 | 110 |
13 | 13 | "Tarzan and the Pirate Treasure" | Henri Safran | Misha MacDonald | February 2, 1992 | 104 |
14 | 14 | "Tarzan in the Sacred Cave" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Hayes | February 9, 1992 | 105 |
15 | 15 | "Tarzan and the Killer's Revenge" | Henri Safran | Misha MacDonald | February 16, 1992 | 124 |
16 | 16 | "Tarzan's Journey into Danger" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | February 23, 1992 | 102 |
17 | 17 | "Tarzan and the Extra-Terrestrials" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Maria Justina | March 1, 1992 | 117 |
18 | 18 | "Tarzan the Hunted" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Hayes | March 8, 1992 | 107 |
19 | 19 | "Tarzan and the Enemy Within" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | March 15, 1992 | 123 |
20 | 20 | "Tarzan's Eleventh Hour" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ted Julien | April 12, 1992 | 108 |
21 | 21 | "Tarzan and the Deadly Gift" | Gerard Hameline | Steve Hayes | April 19, 1992 | 119 |
22 | 22 | "Tarzan and the Savage Storm" | Henri Safran | Misha MacDonald | April 26, 1992 | 109 |
23 | 23 | "Tarzan and the Golden Egg" | Gerard Hameline | Steve Hayes | May 3, 1992 | 112 |
24 | 24 | "Tarzan and the Test of Friendship" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Misha MacDonald | May 10, 1992 | 120 |
25 | 25 | "Tarzan in the Eye of the Hurricane" | Henri Safran | Ted Julien | May 17, 1992 | 125 |
Season two (1992–93)[edit]
- “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)[edit]
- “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[edit]
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.”[1]
References[edit]
- ^ The Best American Poetry 1995, Simon and Schuster.
External links[edit]
- Tarzan television series
- 1990s Canadian drama television series
- Canadian adventure television series
- Canadian action television series
- 1991 Canadian television series debuts
- 1994 Canadian television series endings
- French drama television series
- French action television series
- 1991 French television series debuts
- 1994 French television series endings
- Mexican drama television series
- 1991 Mexican television series debuts
- 1994 Mexican television series endings