Tarzan (full) ft Ron Ely opening titles

[acla9000]

The first Ron Ely's Tarzan soundtrack intro!! There were other two ones later, but this one is the most vibrant.

[23firestorm]

Uhh...  Cheeta

[MrBobby698]

A brilliant memory from my very young kid days - Jai was Tarzan's little boy sidekick. Can't remember the chimps name though...

[Horbrus]

Thats the call of Johnny Weissmuller. The ONLY tarzan.

[VinnyMonster1]

@Horbrus If I recall correctly, I think Ron Ely did the call for the TV show, he spent ages getting the call perfect. But Johnny Weissmuller is the best Tarzan, with Ron Ely a close second.

[blakeyonthebuses]

where's this show gone?

[jsilence418]

This isn't the theme i remember, I used to sing it while wrestling my dog like a lion, he always won though.

[oldnedofthehill]

The voiceover is by the vicar from the Simpsons.

[maddythegaff]

@wtc175 no this isn't the theme music I remember either. Thought it as soon as I heard it. Loved the show.. Saturday lunchtime just before Dickie Davies and Worls of Sport :)

[vinhbethmickie]

really bad graphics. but that is understandable because of the age of the movie. tarzan is hotter if wearing no clothes :P

[MultiLaboulette]

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[kondo337]

They don't write them like this anymore, too bad.

[tomservo56954]

He gets more girls that way....

[surfmirrors]

my little girl (2yrs) just got a disney tarzan book, bust a gut to show her who my childhood hero was, on youtube.

she loves it, trying to do the call too, just like i did, lil lump in my throat there was...

Tarzan, real values in tune with nature.

[robharding1957]

grew up with this show and loved every minute,, so many great tv shows from that 60s 70s period,,

[godblessthebest]

CAN YOU GET TARZAN,,,ON DVDS,,,,AUSTRALIA,,THANKS

[htrrz]

The spoken intro was first used in the mid 1950's for a Tarzan TV show for NBC that did not get picked up starring Gordon Scott, the three shows filmed were made into Tarzan and the Trappers a film, I was about 11 when the Ron Ely show first came on in 66, the first 8 shows were shot in Brazil, weather then forced them out and to Mexico, Ely did all his own stunts, and never wrestled drugged animals as some that wrote here stated. To me Ron was the last real Tarzan since then they been weak.

[gazagorgeous]

class this! remember it well lol

[godblessthebest]

GREAT SHOW,,,,GOOD TIME IN LIFE

[oluham]

NO TIGERS IN AFRICA!!!!!

[zibbledy]

Been in a Tarzan call competition. Didn`t win, but then i didn`t have to jump off a waterfall either.

[MyLalinea]

what happened to ron ely?

[grimbleahoy]

Loved this when I was a kid; it really stimulated the imagination & I didn't care whether it was filmed in Africa or S.America.

Any attempt at a remake would have to consider most of the jungle not in a warzone is now palm oil groves or cash crops for western supermarkets and there's so many wildlife film crews, safari tourists, fences and mobile totin' 4x4 drivin' goatherders in the way it would be nigh on impossible.

[wtc175]

This music is different to the one I remembered. I believe they changed to this newer version somewhere along the way.

[sewitt60]

@wtc175 No, it's the same tune, brilliant tune as well.

[surfmirrors]

one for the lads

[chasam1234]

love it when he,s scapping with that drugged up lion!!! lol

[godblessthebest]

good old days,,,,long gone

[ridgerunner721601]

I remember when Tarzan came on Friday nights in prime time back in the late '60s. I always wondered if it was actually Ron Ely hollering like that.

[delbard1]

@ridgerunner721601 No it was Johny Weismiller, The 1st Tarzan Carol Burnet did a tarzan yell on her varity TV show from time to time.

[ridgerunner721601]

@delbard1 LOL....Yeah, I remember Carol doing the Tarzan yell too. But seriously, it's actually kind of hard to do and get it right. So I can see where Ron Ely would have had trouble with it to where they would have him pretending to do it while actually using recordings of another ex-Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller. 

[delbard1]

@ridgerunner721601 Thanks for the correction on the spelling. Weissmuller's other "claim to fame" was as a Olympic gold medal winning swimer.

[ridgerunner721601]

@delbard1 I just noticed the spelling.  I didn't even notice it the first time I read. In fact, come to think of it I'm not sure how his last name is spelled. It could even be Weissmueller. Also, I had seen a list of all the different Tarzans over the years. I think Johnny was the most famous, with Ron Ely second. I remember there was a guy named Elmo Lincoln who played Tarzan too way back in the silent era of pictures.

[Anonymous01959]

Trivia ; Although the story takes place in Africa. The Tarzan series location was actually in south America. The producer figured that the audience wouldn't know the difference between the African jungle and the south American jungle. And the african animals in the show were imported animal actors from Hollywood with the exception of some stock footage from Africa.

[wallooga]

WOW

it wasn't tilI saw this that I realised how much I appreciated the short intro!!

Great series - loved it every Saturday morning.

[469slug]

i loved saterday morning tarzam on tv ,with ron ely as a kid. i think he was one of the best tarzan's. why don't thay make a new series or film of tarzan? with all the enviroment issues today it would be just the thing to high light some of them.

[killasocialist]

I LOVE those old tarzan shows!!

[jrt2009]

AWESOME, just awesome

[airdaleva42]

does anyone knopw where to find the closing thems (tarzans march) this was a show we all liked to watch as kids. I could do a damm good tarzan yell

[savage01100]

he played doc savage later.  i wish the writers and producers could have handled that character half as well

[harveysuperboy]

He played the grown up version of superboy back in the 90's.

[stargiggler]

enjoyed watching tarzan and used to copy him when he used to put his hands to his mouth and doa funny call

[thecritic2007]

the narriator sounds like the rev from the simpsons

[nitramyar]

I also loved this show when I was a kid.  One of the things it had going for it was the fact that Ron Ely's Tarzan was intelligent and educated. Great stuff

[RogerHoare]

This can't be shown nowadays, because it portrays Africa as uncivilised and savage -- rather than the polite and gentle oasis of calm and delightful company that we're told it is.

[kolbpilot]

I too, looked forward to this show whatever night of the week it came on back then.

[Therockwallaby]

This show was fantastic. I wanted to be Tarzan when I was a kid. I'm an ecologist now, perhaps watching this as a youngster contributed to a life interest. It should be back on. And wonder what happened to Ron Ely. Might google him now...

[kennybolin]

one of my favorite shows and opening theme songs of all time...what a great show. how can this not be on TV today??

kenny bolin Louisvile ky.

[tramdass1010]

@kennybolin Our jaded generation of tv watchers would pass out from boredom. TV has been trying to outdo itself so much that we are now braindead.

[cesarvasqz]

@kennybolin Because today's society wants to see idiots making asses of themselves on reality shows.

[serberious]

@kennybolin Simple, it`s because the kids of to-day are into X-box, Lady Gaga and similar shit. The concepts of Honour, Courage and honesty mean little to them. Tell them that a man could have taken a Woman against her will but didn`t ( Tarzan of the Apes ) and they wouldn`t understand because the Computer games that are out to-day tell them that they can do as they please - and with NO consequences. That`s why Jails in your Country and my Country are filling up faster than at any other time.

[custardaghost]

@serberious

So what caused crime before "X-Box, Lady Gaga and similar shit" then?

Did Doris Day push Ed Gein over the Freudian edge? Lizzie Borden's mind turn murderous when the sheet music to Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay arrived in the parlour? Did Albert Fish eat little girl ass because voices in the Victrola told him they were on special offer this week?

You pathetic idiot.

[serberious]

@custardaghost Before you start the name calling game, re-read exactly what I said. Did I say they CAUSED crime ?, no, I didn`t. My point was - and still is - that if you give kids games that teach them that there`s NO consequenses to their actions, then don`t be suprised when they do it for real in the real World. When they see a " Singer " dressed like a prostitute then don`t be suprised if they want to dress the same. The context should have told you that it exacerbates crime.

[surfmirrors]

tarzan rocks..

loved it as a kid, exotic locations really fired my imagination.

they dont make storylines like that anymore.. cars and chicks now.

[TheHottoddy731]

you tarzan me jane xx

[HerrEllsworth]

I loved this show---major Tarzan fan growing up.

I recall Ron Ely suffered a serious accident while filming and broke his shoulder. He said in an interview that he was falling and had only a second to react. He twisted his body and let his shoulder take the force of the impact. He knew that it would heal but if he had done nothing, he would have smashed his head.

[EthanTheHobo]

Oh wow! I remember watching this version every Sunday at 12 noon on Philly 57! It is so awesome to see so much of my childhood end up on YouTube! Thanks a million to you and all the others who post clips like this (you know who you are)!

[AGENORPE]

Esta série se tornou a unica e eterna do memoravel personagem tarzan , interpretado por

Ron Ely.

[spinout3]

i used to love this show when i was growing up. great upload.

[rayssonation]

TARZAN was a epic series that was big in budget,big in the casting and big on exotic locations. Filmed on location in the jungles of Mexico the series produced 57 episodes and in full color for NBC. The series aired for 2 seasons from 1966 until 1968. After it was cancelled by NBC in 1968,CBS picked up the episodes in repeats until 1970. And after its run on CBS,was well-respected during its run in syndicated markets throughout the 70's in repeated episodes until 1981.

[lovegunII]

I really loved this TV program Tarzan; I was 5 on those days (1967) here in Mexico, i had no idea that it was filmed on my country, i always thought it was Africa! I also saw one of the episodes in the theater.

[tommylord]

The narrator at the beginning sounds like John Fusenda, The Voice of NFL Films.

[robharding1957]

great 60s t v show,like so many others from that classic period, loved it, specially the intro,

[emily555a]

Ron Ely > Johnny Weismuller

[LordBicen]

Johnny Weismuller was the best Tarzan.

[ShakinJonny]

Says who???

Judge by what??

How do one decide whos the best Tarzan???

[educottet]

Muy bueno, felicitaciones por subirlo!!!

[matelot95]

wahey found it!

look on here under Tarzan(Ron Ely)dublado brasil

The proper them!!!

[matelot95]

Where's the proper theme? I can't find it anywhere.

[flamen493]

Thanks for posting, last time I saw this show, I was 6 and living in the middle east. Everyone watched this show when it came on.

[sfbaygirl]

Tarzan is so hot! ;)

[hulkster46a]

I only remember bits and pieces of this show. Thanks for posing it. I was only 4 yrs old. been awhile.

[BradBrassman]

Great memories, thanks for posting this.

Does anyone remember Manuel Padilla Jr as "Jai" ?

[Peppi94]

I sure do!!  "Tarzan! Tarzan!!"

I loved this show!

[slapperharrris]

Yes! I recall Manuel Padilla Jr in Tarzan - a wee lad that looked as if he'd swallowed a piano.

He was also a Pharoh in the movie, American Grafitti.

[BradBrassman]

Aye, so he was. The piano comment made me laugh too. Wonder where he is now? Bet he has a drugs habit.

[slapperharrris]

Funny you should mention that as I did a little research and it turns out he died "unexpectedly" in January of last year.

And I see where you're coming from re the drug habit. Child star and all that, and he did seem the type.

The little bugger was only 5' 3". No cause of death given. Mauled by 'Cheetah", perhaps..?

[canadian49]

George of the Jungle was better....LOL

[leewiz72]

brings back memories of school holidays a longtime ago!!!!

[biopsychosocio]

I remember this with a great theme tune, on Saturday mornings during TISWAS.

[jmjmartin]

Thanks for posting this...

I loved this as a kid. We got it in UK mid-70's. Not seen it for decades.

Did anyone else spot it was an Indian elephant he climbs on, then nods it's head in credits?

Thanks again for the memories!!

[CE818]

my favorate show growing up! i was watching this in IRAN in 70's.

[Gathol]

LEOPARD RULZ!

[hysteria7796]

TRUE! LEPPARDS RULE! oh..wait..thats the band..lol!

[Gathol]

wait for it... 1:46

[hysteria7796]

LOL! TOLD YA LEPPARDS RULE! XD

[terryjohn]

sayin come and get Dinner ME'

tj

[MrKabDrivr]

That's peculiar: this was translated into french and aired on the SRC (french canadian CBC) and the music theme wasn't the same! And who did the "Tarzan Yell"? I know it was an opera tenor, but I can't remember who...

[flatsignedbooks]

MrKab, I don't think anyone knows.

[Thorieux]

Apparently, Tarzan's distinctive call was first heard in the 1932 movie Tarzan The Ape Man. It was reportedly created by sound recordist Douglas Shearer using special audio effects, including an Austrian yodel played backwards at quickened speed. Johnny Weissmuller himself always claimed he had created the trademark Tarzan yell in a yodeling contest he won while he was a boy. He later learned to mimic the famous call so well people assumed that he did the yell in the films. (From Wikipedia)

[Thorieux]

The "yodel sampling" makes sense but I think the "quickened speed" supposition is erroneous. Considering how amazingly fast professional Yodelers can sing notes, I rather think it was slowed down a bit.

[galuidi]

Yes thats right! It was on British T.V also with a stonking good tune not that stupid American naration. I was trying to find the tune...loved the program back in the day.

[terryjohn]

saw it here in 1968 march bye im old.

tj

[Gathol]

how snobbish, you think you own culture? HA! Carol Burnett did a better yell than Johnny did, and

Ron did his own Yell. ha! put that in your stodgy old bumbershoot cuz!

[SPOOKSTR]

I want to fight Tarzan.

[Juscz]

I'll tell you why they used Asian rather than African elephants... the former takes much better to being domesticated and is hence much safer to work with. It is a practical consideration. Give 'em a break!

[TheGapminder]

Why did they import Elephants from Asia into Africa?? By the time of producing this series me thinks that there were plenty of African Hathis as well

[meno506]

Mexico !

[clintbronson5]

Man I love how Ron grabs that Lion like he is saying GET OVER HERE! The jungle music is topnotch too

[zecle]

as a child, i was a fan of this shit !!!

the french opening was different though.

[sunyata999]

Ah, they don't make 'em like that anymore.

[osotoron]

Tarzán: Estáte confiado como un león, como el León de la Tribu de Judá que es Jesucristo. Pues nuestro adversario el diablo anda alrededor como León rugiente buscando a quien devorar. Pero Dios nos ha dado juntamente con la tentación la salida para que podamos soportar. Cree en el Señor Jesucristo y serásd salvo (Hechos 16:31 Tu Biblia) Corre la carrera que tienes por delante, tyerminala con gozo; pelea la buena batalla de la fe; guarda la fe hasta el fin; vela, esfuérzate, portate varonilmente.

[pegbars]

Oh, how I remember this open! Thanks for posting.

I still have the Ron Ely Tarzan lunch box from 1st grade... :)

[SHMUJEW]

wow this was my absolute favorite show when I was a kid......60's tarzan AWESOME

[Nostalgico80]

I saw this series in the Eighties on Italia 1 network. A classic.

[traceyamber]

This brings back great memories bring it back to tv i used to watch this as a kid myself in the 70's Ron play a great tarzan and great looking ha. BRING IT BACK ONTO OUR TV

[prison90]

Tarzan a man responsible for the needless deaths of countless rubber crocodiles!!!

[mrceleb2006]

Can someone please upload the full ending credits (with closing logos) to the "Tarzan" late 1960s TV series starring Ron Ely? Thank you.

[clennieman]

Superb tv series,cant understand why its not available on dvd in the uk

[assignmentearth]

ok....who wrote this? I remember this. Cool

[Pappa1969]

Fantastic!, i forgot all about this

[terrymanning1]

Used to watch this every Saturday when I was a kid in the 70's. Thanks for posting, brought back a few memories!!