Tarzan Lord of the Jungle TV cartoon intro (1976)

[riverwey]

Cheers videozfann, didn't know that. Great voice ;)

[videozfann]

@riverwey yes, powerful voice over. Bob was also the voice for General Ross on the 80's Hulk cartoon.

[videozfann]

One of my first cartoon memories at 5 years old on Saturday mornings.

[hulkster46a]

@videozfann I grew up on this show on Saturday mornings. My dad always wanted me too wake him up an hour before the show starts so we could watch it together. An interesting little tidbit, the actor who did the voice of Tarzan went on too do the voice of General Ross in the 80s Incredible Hulk cartoon series.

[videozfann]

@hulkster46a good times, great memories.

[AmericanSilverEagle]

I also thought this was one of the early greats in animation. The walking was smooth and graceful.

[riverwey]

is that Adam West's voice as Tarzan ? Sounds like him!

[videozfann]

@riverwey Bob Ridgely, passed away in 1997.

[abregoa1]

ah saturday mornings. Those were the days. I sometimes miss them.

[thegroove2000]

When i used to watch this i thought that Tarzan as the most realistic looking animation EVER!!

i wish was a kid again.... bloody pushing 40 now.

[BIG7THHEAVENFAN]

@thegroove2000 I agree with you! It even looks pretty much 3 dimemsional. Tarzan is excellent!

[Wg2100s]

@thegroove2000 God,i miss those classic toons.I loved Hanna-Barbera cartoons,But i loved Flimation much much more.This toon was one of those reasons.

[muntasir20]

my mom used to watch this when she was a kid :)

[jumpyFKB]

yeah youtube.com/watch?v=GXINWRvwHP­s&feature=player_embedded

[NAIRDA1130]

donde puedo encontrar los capitulos en castellano,

[Wolfington]

OK. Note to self. Refrain from making light hearted quips on youtube comments.

[aslopez]

Ah... Nostalgia. What a dear friend you are. I remember watching this cartoon on Sat. mornings and then waiting for 11:00 A.M. to flip over to NBC for the MLB Game Of The Week... I grew up watching Pete Rose and the Big Red Machine battling my beloved Steve Garvey and the Los Angeles Dodgers. GOOD TIMES.

[thingjob]

One of the best tarzan cartoons ever

[LARiots1992]

This is the oldest show I can ever remember seeing on TV aside from Captain Kangaroo.

[yahlady15]

q alguien la suba en español!

[Cachalote71]

Thanks for allowing me to regain my youth. I remember the 5 year old that was enchanted by the excellent Saturday morning cartoon; Flash Gordon too!

[RebelVoDKa]

I used to watch this on BBC1 in the late Seventies.  i thought it was marvellous, although it was probably crap really.

[mrceleb2006]

The Tarzan yell was not the original one done by Johnny Weissmuller. Also, I can tell this was a Filmation production by the executive producers' names turning in a slow counterclockwise motion. I'm assuming Hal Sutherland directed every episode of this series, just like every other Filmation production.

[funkfanNo1]

Dude!!

You just made my day!! I totally remember this cartoon, I used to love it!!

Nice post!

[Wolfington]

How did he know the she-ape's name was Carla?

[BigDickMcGirk]

@Wolfington Kala.

[Wolfington]

@BigDickMcGirk

Kala. Carla. How the fuck did he know what the ape's name was? Did she tell him?

[DEMARTINI2]

@Wolfington

How did he know? read the books ya moron.

[LadyDeirdre]

@Wolfington Yes, she did tell him. The Mangani, the apes who raised him, were sapient and had their own language. Naturally, he learned it while growing up.

[bryandamadman]

He was found by a kindly she-ape named Oprah.

[garychldress74]

I use to watch this every saturday morning back in the day..

[JasonRadley]

Did he stop all the jungle animals eating each other?

[mrsatwozee]

the animation was what i remembered as being really cool.

[retrofann1]

Saturday cartoon mornings on CBS in the 80's, the best times.

[thejimm2009]

Wow! Great post. I loved this show as a kid.I have fond memories of watching this with Dad..as he told me the Tarzan legends he knew. Thanks for making me feel 11 again.

[RichXbox360]

Surprisingly I actually remember this, they must've repeated it some time in the 80s, i was born in 76 so I'd be too young then.

[klil2003]

Yes it did - U couldnt beat CBS back then - cuz all ABC had was superfriends and Jabberjaw

[AVDPhoenix]

Wow!!!! I love it, I was six when watch this Tarzan Cartoon.

[TDawgMan9]

.....lions arnt from the jungle...

[htrrz]

oneof my Saturday favorites, this Tarzan beats the deformed, knee walking thing disney put out. I would love to see these great shows repeated, there was also a very good Flash Gordon on Saturdays at the same time.

[thenowuk]

This used to be on Multicoloured Swap Shop!

[wyomingafricanhunter]

My Dad and I would watch this cartoon on Saturdays. The only cartoon that he liked. Brings back good memories.

[pbleekm]

I wish they would put these cartoons back on. Saturday mornings are just not what they use to be.

[leftcoast67]

I think this was one of the few cartoons to actually try to stay with the source material.

However he seems to have had contact with the outside world (maybe spent time in the UK?) as he speaks english, has knowledge of anatomy and basic medical skills.

(I remember the alien episode where he does cpr)

Still a great show. Filmation never did anything as good as this. Except for the attempt at making a serious update to flash gordon.

[LadyDeirdre]

@leftcoast67 In the books, he did indeed spent time in the UK. He spent enough time among civilized folk to learn from them, decide after a fair trial that he didn't like them much, and go back to the jungles of Africa. Amusingly, he learned from his parents' books how to read and write English, but the first human language he learned to speak was French.

[junglemanlawyer1]

@LadyDeirdre I loved the books, specially "Tarzan of the Apes", and "The return of Tarzan" ( the second one, if I'm not confusing the title). I read until the one that his son Jack went to Africa.

Today those books would be considered racist, and accused of advocating eugenics! But they started being published in 1909, I guess you have to overlook that and just have fun...!

[junglemanlawyer1]

@leftcoast67 The Flash Gordon was a pretty good show for many episodes, serious and interesting.

Until it jumped the shark and became a sad attempt of comedy!

[columbokicksass]

@junglemanlawyer1 

[grumm70]

awsome cartoon

[testodude]

Tarzan, Valley of the Dinosaurs, and Superfriends were my 3 favorites as a kid in the early to mid 70s. Great stuff. In those days, if you overslept on Saturday and missed your show, you were SOL for a week. Kids today with their 24 / 7 cartoons have it made.

I never thought I'd see these again. I vividly remember the stock footage that got used over and over again on Tarzan, but I didn't care. Thanks for posting.

[rcredit]

I love the tarzan yell !!!!!! That's the best

[3211sirAidan]

When We first moved to Canada Montreal, I remember watching repeats of this back in 1978 and did I love them and really enjoy them, I appreciate that they have these episodes on youtube I can watch the ones I never got to see, thank you for putting them up and thanks also to youtube have a great day.....Thanks Aidan.

[IncHulkLover]

I remember seeing that show! I think it came on here at 12:30p on Saturdays. I loved that show so much.

[dennisrayso]

when did lions live in the jungle?

[joeyvader]

@dennisrayso "In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight."...

[dennisrayso]

@joeyvader thats just a song, they really live in a hot dry Savannah not in the jungle in india.

[joeyvader]

@dennisrayso Tarzan was in India..?? ...I think you are confused...

[joeyvader]

@dennisrayso So the song really should be "In a hot dry Savannah, a mighty hot dry Savannah, the lion sleeps tonight.."...not quite as catchy...

[Originalman320]

@dennisrayso You have to understand that Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote the original Tarzan novels never travelled to Africa in his life, so he knew NOTHING about Africa.

[SHEBAMENDES]

Great story and a great body! Those were the days when you came home from school and watched this with Blue Peter and Grange Hill!

[tical2010]

i remember this show being on when I was in kindergarten, I think but it was soon taken off. I don't remember anything that happened on it, just that Tarzan was running around in his loincloth with Jane at his side.

[VANHELSING433]

Oi, head of BBC programs!! STICK THIS ON AGAIN!!!

[reyski5]

full movie

[battywattywoo]

It was great! And Jana of the Jungle was even better.

[NarutoSagepi]

I'm confused you mean the tarzen I look up to is the new Disney flim? Not the 1976 one?

[jogwolf]

La jungle, c'est ici que suis nee et c'est ici que mes parent sont mort alors que j'etais qu'un enfant. Je serai mort tres vite moi aussi si je n'avait pas ete receuillis par une femelle singe nomme kala.....

.... La jungle est pleine de beaute, de danger, de ville perdues ou se cache le bien et le mal. Ceci est mon domaine et je protege tous ce qui viennent car je suis tarzan seigneur de la jungle aaaaoooo.

I use to watch this in french when a kiddo lol

Ahhh i feel so old now.

[philaman1972]

Priceless cartoon from the late 70s, early 80s.

[xkalybr]

Great cartoon!!! Great voice acting!!!

[Dakers11]

Lou Scheimer & Norm Prescott are animation giants. They used Frank Zane Mr. Olympia's(77-78-79) Physique for this "Tarzan Lord of The Jungle". Coincidence? Google Frank Zane.

[MarkusHeracles]

They also used the Tarzan figure as a basis for Thun the Lion Man on the Flash Gordon cartoon

[thejimm2009]

WOW!! i loved this show as a kid! great stuff. thanx.

[sparle222]

where did you get it

[zorrokissel]

I loooved it when i was a kid!

[silverrhawk]

Fav cartoon on Saturday in the 70's.

[dhunt1964]

I think this cartoon use to come on every Saturday morning. It was my favorite.

[conradragzoff]

Mine too! I was always amazed at the level of detail in the animation... gotta love 70's and 80's Saturday cartoons!

[jontycampbell]

Wow, this brings it back - I remember the great voiceover.

[burntlizard]

friend of all anmals except crocs and snakes

[PotholesInMyLawn]

LOL!!! Great comment! You are right! He would beat the shit out of both!!!

[Gulftastic]

It's sad that kids today wouldn't recognise what you were doing if you attempted a Tarzen cry.

[saucy3101]

God I loved this series. Wouldn`t it be cool to have a t.v. channel dedicated to series like this and from this era. Are there any producers out there willing to take on this mommoth task. I feel so old but what happy days they were. We belonged to a sspecial era. xxx

[saucy3101]

God I loved this. Why can`t we have a t.v. channel dedicated to series like this and from this era? Are there any t.v. producers willing to undertake this mommoth task?

Happy days of years gone by. I feel so old. xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[masere]

god I'd forgotten about this I used to love it and the series with Ron Ely.

[clouser1]

Man, this brings back great memories of when I was a kid. Thanks!!

[thereturnlife]

ciao, is my favorite TARZAN complimenti sono italien, very very good

[retrozfann]

Saturday mornings as a kid just ruled on CBS!

[67nairb]

@retrozfann You know it man!

[BethanyAwSomeness]

How did he learn to talk...? Wow this is so old, yet such a good show(:

[FredFoswell]

""How did he learn to talk...? ""

He found his parents cabin and over years somehow managed to teach himself to read the books there. But he couldn't speak. Then when D'Arnot came, he taught Tarzan how to speak. Tarzan then spent time in England, France and the U.S before going back to Africa to live on a plantation in Kenya.

[afronutz]

I used to love it when he put apes in headlocks

[renedelafuente123]

I fondly remember Tarzan. Not to mention my 16 year old babysitter, I lost my virginity at such a young and akward age for me.

[mojoward]

Who thought him how to speak.....certainly not the ape!!

[marioTmaggot]

Easily my favorite cartoon growing up.

[videozman1]

My favorite 70's Saturday morning cartoon on CBS.

[voicemaster71]

One of the best action animated shows by Filmation. Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle was excellently done. It was non violent and taught moral lessons. I fondly recall this series running solo and with other shows, whether it be with the New Adventures of Batman (my top fave), the Super 7 cartoons and Jason of Star Command, or the Lone Ranger and Zorro cartoons. Cheers goes to the late Bob Ridgely who was the voice of Tarzan. Why isn't this show on DVD? All the other shows are. Bring Tarzan to DVD!!!

[esterlinhaX]

I have recently received a six-disc DVD set of 36 Tarzan Lord of The Jungle episodes from the U.S. I found them on iOffer. $20 including delivery to the UK.

Good quality & great value.

"This is my domain and I protect those who come here.. ."

[overkillll]

any chance you would upload some episodes?

[nickchambers1973]

Fantastic! One of my fave cartoons as a kid.

[kpowers]

70's and 80's cartoons were the best

[htruman]

They got me thru some tough times.

[videozman1]

Yes they were.

[esterlinhaX]

This was without doubt the Greatest Cartoon from my childhood. Here in England it was shown in the late 70's as part of Noel Edmunds 'Multi-Coloured Swap-Shop' on Saturday mornings. My pal Tim & I used the Tarzan call when we went round to each other's houses. We even spoke to animals using Tarzan's language. "Ungawa !" I got goosebumps when I watched this iconic intro again. First time I'd seen it for about 30 years. Thanks for posting it on YouTube. A real nostalgic buzz. Ace !

[loverob]

Oh the memories this cartoon series used to give me the creeps

[Dakers11]

Interesting ! Around the time of this shows original airing. 76-78, Frank Zane's physique was talk at the time. Zane's lean muscularity, symmetry and proportion, balance, What am I talking about? Just YouTube Frank Zane, and see. Zane was Mr. Olympia 77-78-79. Even Frank Zane's facial feature's right down to the hair . Zane had a stoic look to him that is very easily seen in this " Tarzan Lord of the Jungle" . Coincidence ?

[mutley26]

Cartoon Tarzan was do-able.

[tittapalooza]

the best part of 1970's saturday morning tv:a big bowl of peanut butter captain crunch,tarzan lord of the jungle and fat albert...good times.

[em23]

@tittapalooza before the dark times...before the empire!

[seesnap]

did cala teach tarzan how to throw shit around the place

[liplipglossclean33]

u know where we can find version french

[jugos4ever]

one of the best cartoons whats bring me back to my great childhood back in Yugoslavia..because of Tarzan and Smurfs i was late to school..we had Tarzan first every sunday at 7pm and after sometimes during the week..its the best classic cartoon..wish to have on DVD but unchanged,originall version...remember we all was playing Tarzan as kids..A AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[Yakaasd]

Nothing is like these old series the new series of today are all with blood, death and evil...kids won't never learn nothing and become all violents.

[CreativeCritisizm]

I am He Man, King of the women people, they are my sex slaves by day, whores by night, I take no prisoners but make them love me & my goodwill towards them, if ever you see me in the jungle alone, be sure to approach me naked, for I am He Man !

[lestube001]

they dont make them like that anymore

[SkorpionOne]

Saturday mornings in the 70's me, my 2 brothers and my sister would take turns watching cartoons(more like arguing) cuz we only had 1 TV in the house(imagine that!), but we would all agree on this one. And since my little brother was the youngest HE was our remote control. Good,good days.

[Krazy3912]

Disney's Tarzan had nothing on the classic Saturday Morning version.

[resmeister]

Absolute classic cartoon. Loved it as a kid, wish they'd release it on dvd! Ahhh-ah-ah-ah-aaahhh!

[tittapalooza]

i loved the cartoon as a child too.i looked everywhere i could think to look online for tarzan lord of the jungle dvd's.i was going to let you where to look if i found any.you're right .they don't seem to exist.

[tittapalooza]

if you manage to find it on dvd somewhere please let me know where.i'd appreciate it

[IsawaMitaka]

I loved this series as a kid. Used to drive my parents nuts running around the house doing the Tarzan yell. :-D

[retromann1]

Me too!

[madutdman]

heehhehe me too man, there was no tree left that i didnt jump on :)

[scorpio3738]

Tarzanthe monkey man ,swinging on a rubber band,along came Superman and knocked him in a garbage can.lol

[BryianR]

This was the real Tarzan cartoon, not that goofy, looney, irksome version of the 90's. That Tarzan always appeared to be a little to metro-sexual for me. This old school Tarzan had real jungle cred!

[ratesforless]

Disney ruined kids forever with that hideous movie. They should be ashamed of themselves...but we all know better.

[chicagocubs71]

this cartoon should be on dvd already.

[Scarletspeedster68]

I agree, though that would be up to the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs who owns the rights to Tarzan.

[tittapalooza]

i agree.i've looked.if you find it please let me know.i'd appreciate it.

[retromann1]

My Saturday mornings on CBS at 5 years old eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes.

The Memories.

[fallguymann]

To be a kid again on Saturday morning.

[HomeTownPublishing]

those were the days

[CyberOrca]

i like this cartoon, like i'm going back to my childhood.....great..^_^

[tartwix]

this show was the shit!

[ultimatecap1941]

The best cartoon ever, anybody who grew up watching cartoons after the early 1980s has no clue

[goldslip]

wow...ya'll trying to take me back to childhood or what? heheh. this is KEWL! ^_^

[treebella23]

I said it before & I'm goin to say it again, 70's were the best years!!

[justin811j]

This is much better than the Disney version!

[justin811j]

The animation was ahead of its time. It's still superior to any I've seen today. Makes me glad that I grew up watching shows like this and Flash Gordon. It was said that Bob Ridgely's facial expressions were used in animation in both shows.

[fallguyman]

Get out the cereal and milk.

[SidJustice1]

ROFL! No doubt!!

[fallguyman]

RIP Robert Ridgely voice of Tarzan who died in 1997.

[stewiefg2005]

Yes! I am 7 again and like you I had my bowl of cereal as well! :)

[fallguyman]

OMG! I am 5 again and reliving the golden days of Saturday morning from the mid 70's to mid 80' were the best.

[SidJustice1]

CBS late Saturday morning, right?

[fallguyman]

Yes around noon or so like the end of the great cartoon lineup that ran to like 1:00 or 1:30 on CBS along with Zorro and Lone Ranger.

[mikefranky]

Yeah true what you are saying,they were awsome times!!

[shortfilmbigshot]

..beauty and danger..

[bigg3469]

I love this series! One of Filmation's best Animated Action shows of the 1970's!

[Dannavy85]

Actually this cartoon was made in 1974, I remember watching it before going to Sunday School in Boston.

[aldoyoung]

i used to enjoy this as a nipper............

[karrdiffkid]

wicked, forgot all about that till then!

[jimbo01111]

omg i thought i was 7 years old again as soon as i heard this hehe

[MultiColoredPearls]

How wonderful to see this again. I have missed this cartoon on Saturday Mornings. I feel so sorry for children now, there isn't ever anything worth watching on Saturday mornings, that I would have liked. And actually I think the quality of this cartoon is much , much better than what you find today. The material was written with character. There was nothing like a glass of chocolate milk and sitting down to Tarzan and then The Land of the Lost.

Does anyone know who was the voice of Tarzan?

[Scarletspeedster68]

The voice of Tarzan was portrayed by the late actor Bob Ridgely, who also was the voice of Thundarr, the Barbarian (1979-81). He also made guest appearances on two other Filmation produced shows, Uncle Croc's Block (1975-76) as the $6.95 Man and on an episode of Ark II (1976-79) as Don Quixote. I hope this answered your question. :)

[Davidt33]

Yes. His name was Bob (or Robert) Ridgeley. He was also the voice of Flash Gordon. He also appeared in the movie Robin Hood Men In Tights. He unfortunately died in 1997.

[DanniDotNet]

Okay yeah, I agree a lot of cartoons suck nowadays, but COME ON PEOPLE! There's better animation in Tom & Jerry. Ugh, not every cartoon made over 30 years ago is solid gold.

[DanniDotNet]

No, but I know good old cartoons when I see them. Trust me, I've seen my share of blasts from the past. And sorry to rain on your parade (and I understand how you feel about seeing old cartoons from your childhood) but seriously, let's be reasonable...

[DanniDotNet]

No, I'm a person with an opinion, just like you. Just because I don't like Tarzan doesn't mean I'm immature.

[twolaneblacktop3000]

fuck you ASSHOLE. FOR I AM TARZn LORD of the jungle arrrrrrrrrrrrrrhrhrhrhrhrhhhhh ahahahahahaaaarrrr

[DanniDotNet]

Dude, I sure hope you're not an adult.

[twolaneblacktop3000]

who says im a dude?

[jackjude]

Better animation in Tom and jerry, Tom and Jerry in a diffrent league to stuff of this era. It's incredibly well animated and drawn, a strange comparison indeed. Still these were done cheaper and lasted 25mins

[DanniDotNet]

My point exactly. So why should someone say that this is better than a more modern cartoon?

[jackjude]

because it's narritive is better, proper story telling rather than comic asides, pop culure references, or tiring wackiness; which you get on the TV cartoons of today.

[DanniDotNet]

Might I suggest NOT watching those saturday-morning kiddie cartoons and actually widening your horizons to examine cartoons with actual depth, like Avatar: the Last Airbender, South Park, and Boondocks.

[ratesforless]

Only Boondocks would make the list. The rest would've been left on the cutting room floor 30 years ago...

[vulture3112]

Cool music

[zecle]

ZOMG !! the difference between this and the disney version is the same as the one between 60s Spiderman and the movies: the animation is EXXXTREMELY SLOW !! omg ! look how he jumps ! how he swings with the lianas ...

[harrow177]

Yeah! I remember this.. I always thought it was a classic. Then again I got mixed with Bungle from Tv's Rainbow!

[RebelVoDKa]

Blimey.... the years melt away when I watch this.

Haven't seen it this side of 1980, but I remembered most of the monologue.

[ninelivecat]

Used to be on Thursday evening at Tea Time on BBC 1

[OUmillenium]

Watched this as a kid. Same company/voice as Flash Gordon cartoon. Loved em.