LANCELOT LINK - EVOLUTION REVOLUTION

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American television show that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970, to September 2, 1972. The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices. The first season aired hour-long shows that included recent Warner Brothers cartoons. The second season consisted of repeats from the first season with the cartoons removed. The network episodes added a laugh track; later syndicated and video versions do not.
This all-chimp band, dressed in extreme, colorful flower-child wigs and wardrobe, featured Lance Link (played by Tonga) on guitar and Mata Hairi (played by Debbie) on tambourine, with Blackie as "Bananas Marmoset" on the drums. "SweetWater Gibbons" (in fringed vest and granny glasses) was credited for playing Farfisa organ (although none of the chimps' actual names was disclosed in the show credits...lets not forget, these were secret agents with 'secret identities').
In one episode (appropriately entitled "The Evolution Revolution"), it was established that the band's music was used to communicate coded messages for APE agents.
The songs were usually co-written and always performed by Steve Hoffman, in the "bubblegum" style then in vogue. (Hoffman received "voices" credit along with the various character actors.) A Lancelot Link record album was released on ABC/Dunhill, as well as a single titled 'Sha-La Love You'. The musical sound was almost interchangeable with the music of The Grass Roots, who used the same recording facilities and the identical studio musicians. ("Sha-La Love You" had actually been intended as a Grass Roots record.) Some songs contained heavy guitar riffs, reflecting the growth of hard rock and heavy metal.

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[themindminder]

My ex wife plays tamberine

[wallofvideo]

they used to drop acid backstage with the banana splits.

[BrianMChampion]

Only a Great Designer could account for the emergence of beings capable of producing this kind of high art.

[abcbatman1966]

Too late...I already joined the Creation Science Alliance...

[CosmicFork]

Lancelot Link and The Evolution Revolution = Acid-Crazed Simians...

[DrHogfan]

if that lady would have let her chimp play guitar maybe he wouldn't have ate her face off.

[bodazaffa1]

Lancelot Link (played by Tonga, voiced by Dayton Allen; his name was most likely inspired by the term "missing link"[original research?])

Mata Hairi (played by Debbie, voiced by Joan Gerber; her name was a take-off on Mata Hari)

[brendandawna]

These were the real Monkees....

[mickeyl01]

The drummer's name is Blackie, IMHO he was a far better drummer than Animal on Sesame Street and waaaaaay better than Neil Pert or Karen Carpenter