| 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 |
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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. Cooke Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | TF1 (France) First-run syndication (United States) |
| Release | October 6, 1991 (1991-10-06) – 1994 (1994) |
Tarzán is a television series that aired insyndication from1991–1994. 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 insyndication in the United States.
This was the first Tarzan series to featureJane Porter as a major character, the1966 series having excluded her as part of the "new look", andTarzan, Lord of the Jungle having featured her in only one episode.
Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the1966 TV series, played a villain named Gordon Shaw in the first-season episode “Tarzan the Hunted”.
Juma the Lion was performed by two trained male adult African lions. One of them was Sudan ofThousand Oaks, California'sAnimal Actors of Hollywood. He would subsequently perform as a stunt double for theBowmanville Zoo's two lions, Caesar and Bongo, for Paramount'sThe Ghost and the Darkness. The other lion that acted in this series was Josef ofSalinas, California's Monterey Zoo. Disney's animation studio used him as a live action model for Mufasa in Disney's animated production ofThe Lion King around the same era.[1]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tarzan and the Poisoned Waters" | Henri Safran | Patricia Maximilian | October 6, 1991 (1991-10-06) | 113 |
| 2 | 2 | "Tarzan and the Silent Child" | Henri Safran | Maria Justina | October 13, 1991 (1991-10-13) | 111 |
| 3 | 3 | "Tarzan Tames the Bronx" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Hayes | October 20, 1991 (1991-10-20) | 121 |
| 4 | 4 | "Tarzan and the Picture of Death" | Gérard Hameline | Steve Hayes | October 27, 1991 (1991-10-27) | 103 |
| 5 | 5 | "Tarzan and the Unwelcome Guest" | Gérard Hameline | Steve Hayes | November 3, 1991 (1991-11-03) | 115 |
| 6 | 6 | "Tarzan and the Caves of Darkness" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | November 10, 1991 (1991-11-10) | 101 |
| 7 | 7 | "Tarzan and the Woman of Steel" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Misha MacDonald | November 17, 1991 (1991-11-17) | 122 |
| 8 | 8 | "Tarzan and the River of Doom" | Henri Safran | Steve Hayes | December 1, 1991 (1991-12-01) | 116 |
| 9 | 9 | "Tarzan and the Killer Lion" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ted Julien | December 8, 1991 (1991-12-08) | 106 |
| 10 | 10 | "Tarzan's Christmas" | Henri Safran | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15) | 114 |
| 11 | 11 | "Tarzan and the Orphan" | Henri Safran | Ted Julien | January 19, 1992 (1992-01-19) | 118 |
| 12 | 12 | "Tarzan and the Mystic Caves" | Henri Safran | Steve Hayes | January 26, 1992 (1992-01-26) | 110 |
| 13 | 13 | "Tarzan and the Pirate Treasure" | Henri Safran | Misha MacDonald | February 2, 1992 (1992-02-02) | 104 |
| 14 | 14 | "Tarzan in the Sacred Cave" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Hayes | February 9, 1992 (1992-02-09) | 105 |
| 15 | 15 | "Tarzan and the Killer's Revenge" | Henri Safran | Misha MacDonald | February 16, 1992 (1992-02-16) | 124 |
| 16 | 16 | "Tarzan's Journey into Danger" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | February 23, 1992 (1992-02-23) | 102 |
| 17 | 17 | "Tarzan and the Extra-Terrestrials" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Maria Justina | March 1, 1992 (1992-03-01) | 117 |
| 18 | 18 | "Tarzan the Hunted" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Hayes | March 8, 1992 (1992-03-08) | 107 |
| 19 | 19 | "Tarzan and the Enemy Within" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Anna Sandor & Bill Gough | March 15, 1992 (1992-03-15) | 123 |
| 20 | 20 | "Tarzan's Eleventh Hour" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ted Julien | April 12, 1992 (1992-04-12) | 108 |
| 21 | 21 | "Tarzan and the Deadly Gift" | Gerard Hameline | Steve Hayes | April 19, 1992 (1992-04-19) | 119 |
| 22 | 22 | "Tarzan and the Savage Storm" | Henri Safran | Misha MacDonald | April 26, 1992 (1992-04-26) | 109 |
| 23 | 23 | "Tarzan and the Golden Egg" | Gerard Hameline | Steve Hayes | May 3, 1992 (1992-05-03) | 112 |
| 24 | 24 | "Tarzan and the Test of Friendship" | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Misha MacDonald | May 10, 1992 (1992-05-10) | 120 |
| 25 | 25 | "Tarzan in the Eye of the Hurricane" | Henri Safran | Ted Julien | May 17, 1992 (1992-05-17) | 125 |
The show inspired the poem “Sunday, Tarzan in His Hammock” byLewis Buzbee, which he wrote as "...revenge against Tarzan and cheerful aerobics instructors everywhere.”[2]
| Preceded by | Tarzán 1991–94 | Succeeded by |