Tarzan
Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969.
Seasons
1. Eyes of the Lion
Air Date: 1966-09-08
A man-eating lion is mistaken for the 'seeing-eye' lion of a young blind girl, who has trained the lion from infancy to be her eyes and protector in the jungle. Tarzan must prevent the hostile villagers from killing the wrong lion.
2. The Ultimate Weapon
Air Date: 1966-09-16
When a game warden is shot by an ivory poacher looking to make a fortune off the seasonal elephant migration, the poacher falls off a cliff after tangling with Tarzan, but the accidental death causes the man's son to vow revenge.
3. Leopard on the Loose
Air Date: 1966-09-23
A trading-post worker in need of money tries to steal Jai's pet leopard.
4. A Life for a Life
Air Date: 1966-09-30
After a spider bite fells Jai, Tarzan races to find one of two people whose blood might have antibodies that could save the boy: a lady photographer and a wanted murderer.
5. The Prisoner
Air Date: 1966-10-07
When a native policeman is seriously injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan tries to get the criminal to jail - and keep the officer's angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands.
6. The Three Faces of Death
Air Date: 1966-10-14
When the chief of a tribe, a friend of Tarzan's dies, his daughter prepares to succeed him, a member of the tribe, opposes her being the tribe's new chief. So he asks that the old test, The Three Faces of Death be imposed to prove her worthy. But unfortunately a woman can't face a man in test, so another member of the tribe must face him in her place. When no one accepts, Tarzan steps in. And if her fails not only will she not be chief, she'll be killed.
7. The Prodigal Puma
Air Date: 1966-10-21
An embittered big-game hunter tries to steal a rare puma that Tarzan has captured.
8. The Deadly Silence (1)
Air Date: 1966-10-28
Tarzan tries to stop a blood thirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. Tarzan has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to a lion.
9. The Deadly Silence (2)
Air Date: 1966-11-04
Though still deafened by grenades, Tarzan relies on his animal friends to help him elude the colonel's heavily-armed soldiers.
10. The Figurehead
Air Date: 1966-11-11
Tarzan and Jai try to get young Prince Sharif out of the jungle to safety. The boy is being pursued by the same conspirators who assassinated his father.
11. Village of Fire
Air Date: 1966-11-18
Tarzan races to recover a serum stolen by a native chief. The drug is the only hope for the fever-wracked Jai, who has been bitten by a jaguar and is near death.
12. The Day of the Golden Lion
Air Date: 1966-12-02
A native athletic championship is to take place, with Tarzan taking part, but there is an attempt to steal the prize.
13. Pearls of Tanga
Air Date: 1966-12-09
Tarzan does battle with a criminal known as 'The Admiral' who has his own submarine and has been poisoning the waters so that his own crew are the only ones able to recover fabulously valuable pearl oysters.
14. The End of the River
Air Date: 1966-12-16
A airplane crash in the jungle results in Tarzan racing to save a girl's life and a perilous struggle with a convicted criminal.
15. The Ultimate Duel
Air Date: 1966-12-23
A deadly survival test pits Tarzan against an electronic computer. The jungle lord is being tracked by a tribe of native killers, directed by a scientist who uses a computer to predict Tarzan's every move.
16. The Fire People
Air Date: 1966-12-30
Tarzan and Jai risk their lives to help a native chief save his people. The superstitious tribesmen, frightened by a witch doctor, won't abandon their home on a volcanic mountain that's about to erupt.
17. Track of the Dinosaur
Air Date: 1967-01-06
Tarzan is marked for murder when he clashes with a corrupt government official and his female co-conspirator. The pair are using the natives' beliefs in a monster to drive them away from a rich mineral deposit.
18. The Day the Earth Trembled
Air Date: 1967-01-13
Tarzan reluctantly enlists the aid of three escaped convicts to escort a group of endangered children to safety.
19. Cap'n Jai
Air Date: 1967-01-20
Jai is duped by three double-crossing sailors, who are attempting to recover some stolen diamonds.
20. A Pride of Assassins
Air Date: 1967-01-27
When Tarzan and a young woman threaten to expose his gunrunning scheme, a smuggler sends assassins after them.
21. The Golden Runaway
Air Date: 1967-02-03
To help find a woman's missing brother, Tarzan takes her to see a village headman, who turns out to be a red-headed Irishman.
22. Basil of the Bulge
Air Date: 1967-02-10
A renowned war-time general, on a treaty mission in the jungle, is captured by a dissenting tribe with the connivance of a corrupt official.
23. Mask of Rona
Air Date: 1967-02-17
Tarzan leads a group on the hunt for missing artist Rona Swann, unaware that one of them is merely using the search to cover up gun smuggling.
24. To Steal the Rising Sun
Air Date: 1967-02-24
An exiled chief returns to the jungle with three thieves and a plan to steal his former tribe's valuable ruby - using Tarzan as his unwitting accomplice.
25. Jungle Dragnet
Air Date: 1967-03-03
A local revolutionary joins forces with a foreign soldier to try to prevent the discovery of a rich oil field by silencing a little girl.
26. The Perils of Charity Jones (1)
Air Date: 1967-03-10
A missionary from America's midwest enlists Jai's help to fulfill her father's last wish and deliver an organ to a primitive tribe, but their boat is disabled.
27. The Perils of Charity Jones (2)
Air Date: 1967-03-17
Tarzan rescues Charity and Jai from hostile natives, but then the trio are pursued by another tribe who are after the guns that Jai has hidden.
28. The Circus
Air Date: 1967-03-24
Jai and Dutch encounter a fugitive who is trying to evade a manhunt by joining the circus.
29. The Ultimatum
Air Date: 1967-03-31
A dangerous woman and her hired thugs threaten to destroy a native village unless Tarzan submits to being their prisoner.
30. Algie B for Brave
Air Date: 1967-04-07
General Bertram returns, and gets Jai's help on a mission to locate a foreign power's nuclear-detection equipment.
31. Man Killer
Air Date: 1967-04-14
Tarzan's search for a murderer is complicated by a village whose natives employ drugs in their ceremonial rituals.
1. Tiger, Tiger
Air Date: 1967-09-15
A deadly tiger is loose in the jungle but, despite a warning from Tarzan, an engineer insists on continuing work on a project although he lacks the experience to cope with the animal.
2. Voice of the Elephant
Air Date: 1967-09-22
Jai's pet baby elephant is charged with killing a white man. Under tribal law the elephant is entitled to a trial. Jai goes on the search for evidence and someone to present it.
3. Thief Catcher
Air Date: 1967-09-29
Two convicts escape while being transfered to another prison. Their actions spark a wave of crime around local villages. Tarzan must track and capture the two men before more people are put in danger.
4. The Blue Stone of Heaven (1)
Air Date: 1967-10-06
After a guide for an archaeological expedition is killed, Tarzan decides to accompany the group in their quest to enter the forbidden "City Of Death", not only to protect them, but also to find out why a plant specialist and an ambitious colonel are also so interested in the place.
5. The Blue Stone of Heaven (2)
Air Date: 1967-10-13
After uncovering the mythical Blue Stone of Baskar, Colonel Tatakombi takes advantage of the legend associated with it to declare himself the leader/god of the surrounding tribes, in the hope of later taking control of the country. Tarzan is determined to expose and stop him.
6. Curse of the Mugumba Tree
Air Date: 1967-10-20
A local white woman becomes the subject of an spiritual attack by the local witch doctor after a sacred tree is chopped down. Tarzan must find out who really destroyed the tree and try to help his friend fight of the effects of the bad voodoo.
7. The Fanatics
Air Date: 1967-10-27
Tarzan encounters a female journalist who has arrived in the area for local tribal elections. The journalist has concerns over the conduct of a local white sponsor for one of the candidates.
8. Last of the Supermen
Air Date: 1967-11-03
Four men are found murdered and Tarzan goes up country to try and establish what happens. What he discoverers shocks everyone and reveals a secret that dates back to WW2.
9. Hotel Hurricane
Air Date: 1967-11-10
A huge storm is bearing down on the area causing a plane with a very valuable cargo to crash. Tarzan helps locate the wreck and try and recover the cargo.
10. The Pride of a Lioness
Air Date: 1967-11-17
Tarzan intervenes on behalf of a very sick girl. He insists rather than allow the girl to be treated by tribal medicine she should be treated by real doctor. The tribe reacts poorly to his actions and other lives are put at risk.
11. Mountains of the Moon (1)
Air Date: 1967-11-24
Tarzan comes across a party of religious pilgrims who are being led by Rosanna McCloud to their "Promised Land". To not shatter their dreams, Mrs. McCloud does not inform her followers that her husband, whom they regard as their Prophet, has just been killed, and she is unaware that the government trader who sold the group the land from a reclusive tribe had his own motives for doing so and never intended for the group to reach it. When Rosanna finally tells her group about the death of their leader, she and Tarzan also find that their money has been stolen.
12. Mountains of the Moon (2)
Air Date: 1967-12-01
Rosanna McCloud and her pilgrims are determined to continue in their trek toward their Promised Land, even after one of their people is killed. Now they are armed and determined to fight off the tribe that lives in the land. Tarzan, meanwhile, learns that the chief of the tribe was tricked into selling the land by the trader Whitehead, whom he hopes to expose before more blood is shed.
13. Jai's Amnesia
Air Date: 1967-12-15
Jai loses his memory and a group of criminals decide to exploit the situation to plan a series of robberies. Tarzan must track down the men and attempt to save Jai before he gets into serious trouble.
14. Creeping Giants
Air Date: 1967-12-29
Tarzan becomes concerned when news reaches him of plans to build a dam in a geologically unsound area. He needs to prove the weakness in the plan and why none of the government surveys in the area have not uncovered the same issues.
15. The Professional
Air Date: 1968-01-05
Tarzan encounters a group of soldiers looking for a local tribe. He is unsure of their motives or if he can trust them, but decides to lead them to the tribe so he can keep an eye on the man.
16. The Convert
Air Date: 1968-01-12
A nun returns to her village to bring medicine an treat the sick. She is torn between her tribal heritage and those who oppose her new life.
17. King of the Dwasari
Air Date: 1968-01-26
Tarzan is checking on the Dwsari tribe when he discovers that somehow a white man, Arthur Brown, has become their king.
18. A Gun for Jai
Air Date: 1968-02-02
Against Tarzan's wishes, Jai is given a rifle by one of the local hunters. However circumstances change and Tarzan discovers the value of allowing the boy a firearm.
19. Trek to Terror
Air Date: 1968-02-09
A doctor trying to control an outbreak of disease among the tribes is wanted for murder. Tarzan intervenes to allow the doctor to complete his work before being taken into custody. Tarzan is concerned however that the charges against the man may not be all they seem to be.
20. End of a Challenge
Air Date: 1968-02-16
Jai comes across an old man wounded in the jungle. He stops to help the man while sending word to Tarzan for help.
21. Jungle Ransom
Air Date: 1968-02-23
Tarzan takes a boat to escort a convicted killer, Velasquez, to the authorities. Also on the boat is the wife of a man the killer's band is holding for ransom. She forces Tarzan at gunpoint to escort her with Velasquez to his camp where her husband is being held. She has left the ransom money hidden behind, but Jai and Cheetah find it.
22. Four O'Clock Army (1)
Air Date: 1968-03-01
General Basil Bertram and missionary Charity Jones return in this two-part story, and this time must ally with Tarzan against a band of slavers who have been taking people and destroying villages.
23. Four O'Clock Army (2)
Air Date: 1968-03-08
After the village is burned and Tarzan, Jai, the chief, and numerous villagers are captured by the slavers, General Bertram and Charity must work together despite their differences. Tarzan escapes his captors and comes to their aid. He decides to follow behind the slavers to discover who is leading them.
24. Rendezvous for Revenge
Air Date: 1968-03-15
After poacher and arsonist Dan Burton escapes from custody, Tarzan tracks him and his adoring girlfriend to an oceanside cliff, and a fateful encounter. But Burton's girlfriend and two henchmen later track Tarzan down and force him to lead them back to the scene.
25. Alex the Great
Air Date: 1968-03-22
The task of protecting a village from man-eating "cats" is complicated by the arrival of a man determined to prove to himself greater than Tarzan.
26. Trina
Air Date: 1968-04-05
Trina MacKenzie, one of seven girls on an expedition, is also trying to find her uncle, who she believes to be doing humanitarian work. She finds that he has become the leader of a large tribe, and has helped them develop more peaceful ways. But Tarzan comes to believe that his latest crusade, involving a statue he claims to be obtaining but which locals insist does not exist, may involve less than noble intentions.
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Rating
6.7/10
Release Date
1966-09-08
Episodes
57 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Banner Productions