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Skyrim together. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventurecomedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970 to January 2, 1971.^[3] The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices.

Production[edit]

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp had a 'seven-figure budget'^[1] with location filming, props and costumes, and the laborious staging and training of the animals. The filmmakers made the most of the budget, staging multiple episodes with the same settings and wardrobe, occasionally reusing the more elaborate chase footage. Lance Link drove a 1970 Datsun Sports 2000 while villain Baron Von Butcher (and his chauffeur Creto) used a late-'50s Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. The primates themselves rode Kawasaki MB-1 Coyote minibikes in a number of episodes.

Two of the three producers/creators were Stan Burns and Mike Marmer, former writers for Get Smart! Both resigned from their jobs as head writers on The Carol Burnett Show to work on Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.^[1]

According to The Believer, 'to make the dialogue fit the chimps’ lip action, Burns and Marmer went to ridiculous lengths. Voiceovers were ad-libbed on the set, giving birth to beautifully absurd moments of the chimps breaking into songs at the end of sentences or spontaneously reciting Mother Goose rhymes just so it would look right.'^[1]

Plot construction[edit]

Owing considerable lineage to Get Smart, the plot was always played for laughs and featured Lancelot Link and his female colleague, 'Mata Hairi,' whose own name in turn was a play on Mata Hari, in secret agent and spy satires. Link worked for A.P.E., the Agency to Prevent Evil, in an ongoing conflict with the evil organization C.H.U.M.P., the Criminal Headquarters for the Underworld's Master Plan.

APE's chief Darwin gave Link and Hairi their orders as part of his 'theory,' a play on the Charles Darwin (after whom the character had been named) theory of evolution. CHUMP's monocled chief Baron von Butcher inevitably hatched the latest plan to endanger the world. The Baron's network of international fiends included his shifty chauffeur Creto, mad scientist Dr. Strangemind, imperious Dragon Woman, drowsy Wang Fu, singing sheikh Ali Assa Seen, and the cultured Duchess. One or more would appear in each episode.

A regular weekly feature was chimp TV host 'Ed Simian' introducing a musical number by an all-chimp band, 'The Evolution Revolution.' An album of these songs was released on the ABC/Dunhill record label. There were also Lancelot Link comic books and other merchandise, including Halloween costumes. Another regular feature consisted of a short series of brief comedy sketches which showed a chimp sneezing causing a funny gag to happen.

A curious feature of the apartment set which Lancelot Link and Mata Hairi used as their base was that the sofa had a secret entrance/exit which was opened by simply lifting one of the cushions.

The episodes were all narrated, in a mock-sober delivery, by Malachi Throne.^[4]

The characters[edit]

A.P.E.[edit]

• Lancelot Link (played by Tongo, voiced by Dayton Allen imitating Humphrey Bogart) - His surname is possibly a reference to 'The Missing Link'
• Mata Hairi (played by Debbie, voiced by Joan Gerber. Mata spoke in a high, whiny voice reminiscent of the Jewish American Princess caricature popular at the time.) - Her name was a take-off on Mata Hari.
• Commander Darwin (voiced by Dayton Allen) - Named after Charles Darwin.
• Bruce - Official A.P.E. courier.

C.H.U.M.P.[edit]

• Baron von Butcher (voiced by Bernie Kopell) - Modeled on Kopell's character of 'Siegfried' in the television show Get Smart! Kopell is believed to have approached his voicings of the Baron as if Siegfried were the head of KAOS.
• The Dragon Woman (voiced by Joan Gerber) - Her name was a take-off on the Dragon Lady, a villainess in the Terry and the Pirates comic strip series.
• Creto (voiced by Bernie Kopell) - His name was basically a play on the word 'cretin.' Also a play on Kato, the Green Hornet's chauffeur and crime-fighting 'sidekick'.
• Wang Fu (voiced by Bernie Kopell) - His name was a play on Kung Fu.
• The Duchess (voiced by Joan Gerber)
• Ali Assa Seen (voiced and sung by Dayton Allen) - His last name was meant to sound like 'assassin.'
• Dr. Strangemind (voiced by Dayton Allen impersonating Béla Lugosi) - Name inspired by Dr. Strangelove.

Additional characters[edit]

• Marty Mandrill - Former songwriter for The Evolution Revolution turned C.H.U.M.P. spy.
• Unnamed Orangutan - Appeared in cameos as a picturesque extra. Often referred to by Lance as 'that weirdo'.
• Blackie - The drummer in The Evolution Revolution.
• Ed Simian - A parody of famous television MCEd Sullivan.
• Parnelli Smith - An auto racing champ and supplier of cars to A.P.E., his name was a take-off on former Indy 500 champion Parnelli Jones.
• Bart Sparks - MC of the Miss Globe contest (parody of Miss America host Bert Parks).
• Herman - C.H.U.M.P. henchman.

The Evolution Revolution[edit]

This all-chimp band, dressed in colorful hippie-style wigs and wardrobe, featured Lancelot Link (played by Tongo) on guitar and Mata Hairi (played by Debbie) on tambourine, with Blackie as 'Bananas Marmoset'^[5] on the drums. 'SweetWater Gibbons' (in fringed vest and granny glasses) was credited for playing Farfisa organ,^[5] although the organ usually pictured in the clips was a Vox Continental organ.

In the episode 'The Evolution Revolution', it was established that the band's music was used to communicate coded messages for A.P.E. agents.

The songs were usually co-written and performed by Steve Hoffman,^[6] in the Bubblegum pop style then in vogue; Hoffman received 'voices' credit along with the various character actors. A Lancelot Link record album was released on ABC/Dunhill,^[6] as well as a single titled 'Sha-La Love You', a song originally intended for The Grass Roots; the music shared some of its style with the music of The Grass Roots, who used the same recording facilities and studio musicians.^[7] Some songs contained heavy guitar riffs, reflecting the growth of hard rock.

An Evolution Revolution song, 'Wild Dreams, Jelly Beans', was later covered by the Spanish alternative rock band Hello Lilliput.

Episodes[edit]

The show's first season episodes were an hour long each and also included Warner Bros. cartoon shorts from that animation studio's final years. The second season consisted of repeats from the first season with the cartoons removed.^{[citation needed]} The original network broadcast included a laugh track; this was later removed for the syndicated and video releases.

Sources vary as to the number of episodes;^[1][2] the following list is taken from TV.com:

1. There's No Business Like Snow Business
2. The Lone A.P.E. / Missile Beach Party
3. The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace / The Great Beauty Contest
4. C.H.U.M.P. Takes A Holiday / To Tell The Tooth
5. The Great Brain Drain / The Great Double Double Cross
6. Lance Of Arabia / The Doctor Goes A.P.E.
7. The Surfin' Spy / The Missing Link
8. Bonana / The Greatest Chase In The World
9. The Reluctant Robot / The Royal Foil
10. The Great Great Race / The Great Plane Plot
11. Landlubber Lance / The Temporary Thanksgiving Turkey Truce
12. The Dreaded Hong Kong Sneeze / The Great Bank Robbery
13. The Sour Taste Of Success / The Baron's Birthday Ball
14. The Golden Sword / The Chilling C.H.U.M.P. Chase
15. The Spy Who Went Out In The Cold / Too Many C.H.U.M.P.s
16. The C.H.U.M.P. Code Caper / Weather Or Not
17. The Evolution Revolution / The Great Water Robbery

All titles were shown in the Roberta typeface in Scanimation form (except The Great Bank Robbery, where the word 'bank' was eventually smash cut out).

Syndication[edit]

Reruns aired for one season on Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite during the late-1980s;^[1] the program was also shown on Nick at Nite’s TV Land for a brief time in 1999 as part of their 'Super Retrovision Saturdaze' Saturday morning-oriented overnight prime programming block. The Comedy Channel (now Comedy Central) aired reruns of this as well as Gerry Anderson stop-motion series Dick Spanner, P.I. in a block hosted by detective-themed stand-up comedian Tommy Sledge. It aired internationally in such countries as Bulgaria.

DVD release[edit]

In June 2006, most of the episodes were released on a 2-DVD set by Image Entertainment.

On May 29, 2012, SBM Productions and Film Chest released the complete series on a 3-disc collector's edition. The Chimpies skits and Evolution Revolution music videos were included as separate items as well as inside the various episodes. The documentary I Created Lancelot Link was included in the bonus features, along with an interview with the original producer Allan Sandler, an interview with music composer Bob Emenegger, and an interview with Tongo, the chimp who played Lancelot in the series.

Documentary[edit]

A 1999 documentary short, I Created Lancelot Link, was made by Diane Bernard and Jeff Krulik;^[8] it includes a reunion between the show's two creators and was 'shot in shlocky Hi-8 video, and [featuring] an entertaining juxtaposition of anecdotes from Burns and Marmer and some of the show's finest moments.'^[1]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefgLancelot Link from the September 2003 issues of The Believer
2. ^ ^abLancelot Link, Secret Chimp Episode List from TV.com
3. ^Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 255. ISBN978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
4. ^Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 276–277. ISBN0-8108-1651-2.
5. ^ ^ab'Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution' Original Album Liner Notes
6. ^ ^ab'Lost Treasures - Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution'. Pop Geek Heaven. January 29, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
7. ^'Lancelot Link Secret Chimp (part 2)'. TVparty.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
8. ^I Created Lancelot Link on IMDb

External links[edit]

• Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp on IMDb
• Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp at TV.com
• Evolution Revolution Album Copy provided by producer Bob Emenegger
• Lancelot Link at Grand Comics Database Lancelot Link comic books

Black Scorpion TV series DVD coverGenreStarringBT (Brandon Terrell)Enya FlackTheme music composerDavid G. RussellCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. Of seasons1No. Of episodes22ProductionExecutive producer(s)Producer(s)Marta M.

MobleyCraig J. NeviusReleaseOriginal networkOriginal releaseJanuary 5 –June 30, 2001ChronologyPreceded byBlack Scorpion is an action-crime TV series that aired on the in 2001. It aired in Canada on. The series is based on two TV-movies: (1995) and its sequel (1997). The show focuses on a female police officer who, by night, takes to the streets and fights crime as the the Black Scorpion.Episodes from the series combined into movies with 1.1 and 1.2 as released in 2001 and Episodes 1.1, 1.3 and 1.8 as released in 2002.The series was available on in North America.

Contents.Lead character Darcy Walker The Black Scorpion's real name is Darcy Walker, played. She lives in Angel City (a fictionalized version of ), where she works as a police detective. Darcy's father was shot by the city's crooked district attorney. Was arrested, but the charges were suspiciously dropped. That was when Darcy decided to take to the streets as the vigilante, Black Scorpion.

In the original Corman films, the role of Darcy was played. In the series, she is a red-headed enforcer with a badge who enforces the law more efficiently without the badge as her crime-fighting alter-ego, Black Scorpion. She appears to be a big fan of the color black, a fact she made clear during an interview after being asked with such a trivial question which would explain the color of her costume. However, as shown in the first episode, her choice of the scorpion relates to an old fable about a scorpion trying to cross a river, which her father told her.Black Scorpion Apart from being an excellent hand-to-hand fighter and an expert with computers, Black Scorpion has no superpowers. She relies on various specially developed technologies, chief among them the a car called the Stingray with voice command weaponry and with a disguise capability to make it look like a regular Corvette. The 'Scorpionmobile' in the first episode was the movie version, and was destroyed so a new version was created for the run of the series.

Only one exists in the world, and is owned by Nate Truman of StarCarCentral.com. She also wears a ring that shoots powerful blasts of energy, and possesses a similar transformation capability to the Stingray for when Darcy needs to switch into her heroine costume in the field.Other major characters. Detective Steve Rafferty: Darcy's partner and love interest. Apart from Darcy, Steve is the best cop on the force. At present, he is on a mission to unmask the Black Scorpion. Darcy wants to tell Steve that she's the Black Scorpion, but whenever she tries, the opportunity slips away.

Steve may also have a crush on the Black Scorpion, which visibly upsets Darcy, forming a bizarre love triangle between Steve, herself, and her costumed alter-ego. He is played. Of special note, Scott Valentine played a cameo in the second Black Scorpion film as minor thug. Specs and Slugger: A pair of incompetent cops that work with Darcy and Steve. Often the pair get into car crashes while chasing Black Scorpion. They are played by Shane Powers and respectively.

Of note they are the only characters, save Gangster Prankster and Aftershock, to return for the series with their original actors. Argyle Sims: Darcy's personal mechanic, he is the only person whom Darcy allowed to know her identity unconditionally, since he freely gave her most of her more hi-tech equipment.

He is somewhat a mentor figure to her at times, but his role is watered down somewhat in the series, only seeming to appear when a new gadget is needed. In one episode, he garbed himself as the 'Argyle Avenger', after tipping off Detective Steve Rafferty who couldn't make it in time, in order to aid Darcy (Black Scorpion) foil the antagonist's plot. He is played by (listed as BT in the credits).

Tender Lovin' (Veronica): Argyle's girlfriend and a former hooker. She and Argyle are constantly arguing about relationship issues. She is played by.

Arthur 'Artie' Worth: Angel City's extremely corrupt Mayor. Often involved in various shady deals either to fund his campaign for reelection or his extravagant lifestyle. Many criminals in the city are created because of this, including his own. He is played by.

Dr. Phineas Phoenix: A scientist who deals in reanimating the dead, and creating clones.

His goal is to take a criminal and reform him into a productive member of society. As a result, several of Black Scorpion's enemies return from fatal defeats at her hand (Breathtaker, Inferno and Gangster Prankster). He is played by. Capt. Henry Strickland: The equally unqualified chief of police in the Angel City precinct and the morbidly obese senior officer of Darcy, Steve, Specs & Slugger and all the rest of the force. Rather than conduct serious police work, the bad Captain spends more stuffing his face and chasing after either Specs and/or Slugger whenever they getting up to something stupid. His first assignment while on the police force as a junior officer saw him unjustly imprison Ben Tickerman for a crime he didn't commit.

A hallucinogenic intoxication brought on by Breathtaker showed his worst nightmare as being subordinate to the vigilante Black Scorpion who was chief of police, indicating some mild insecurities about his job position. He is played by.Villains Returning enemies. Breathtaker : The first villain Black Scorpion fought, and the reason for her existence. Due to brain damage suffered from a gunshot wound, Dr. Noah Goddard is unable to breathe without a special armor he created. After losing his career due to his condition, Goddard became the super-villain Breathtaker, and vowed revenge upon the City of Angels via an asphyxiating gas.

His killing of Darcy's father is what drove Darcy to become Black Scorpion. Despite dying in the first Black Scorpion movie, Breathtaker is resurrected by Dr. Phoenix.Weapons: Gas dispensers. Aftershock : Originally a benevolent seismologist, Professor Ursula Undershaft became the super-villain Aftershock after Mayor Worth ordered the sabotage of a machine she created that could predict earthquakes, as he had hoped to collect on earthquake insurance. With her public image in shambles, Undershaft set out on a rampage of revenge, ultimately planning on creating a massive earthquake that would demolish the city. Seemingly dying after supposedly sacrificing herself to stop her plan in the second movie, Black Scorpion II: Aftershock, the series reveals that she survived and landed in a coma, from which she awakes, and resumes her vendetta.

Later died for real when crushed under falling debris, but was soon resurrected by Dr. Phoenix.Skills: SeismologistWeapons: Shockwave gauntlets. The Gangster Prankster : The older brother of Argyle, Luther Simms was driven mad when their parents were shot by dirty cops, and he laughed, thinking it was a joke.until he saw the blood was real. Now stuck with a nightmarish permanent grin on his face, Luther became the super-villain, the Gangster Prankster, and sought to avenge his parents. Unlike Aftershock, the Gangster Prankster died for real in the second movie, and was brought back by Dr.

Phoenix, when the doctor tried to rehabilitate him. Naturally, it backfired, and Simms resumed his super-villain career.

He died again in his second appearance in the series when Argyle exposes him to his own lethal gas, causing him to literally explode from laughing.Skills: Criminal mastermind with a warped sense of humor.Note: Expy of.New enemies. FireArm : A former cop in the City Of Angels, Jack Aimes was forced into early retirement when the actions of the psychotic General Stryker cost him an arm. Outfitted with a prosthetic gun arm, Kove resurfaced As FireArm, and set out to force Mayor Worth to repeal a proposition that would stipulate the waiting period of weapon purchases. He seemingly dies when he blows up his headquarters, but not before getting his revenge on Stryker.Weapons: Prosthetic gun arm. Hurricane (Athena Massey): Exposed to the toxic waste in the city's ocean (put there by Mayor Worth's goons on his orders), marine biologist Gail Weathers gained the ability to psychically control the weather. With her equally mutated henchmen, The human-octopus hybrid Squids, Weathers reinvented herself as Hurricane, and plotted to flood the city.Powers: Weather control.

Flashpoint : The top photojournalist at the Angel's Herald, Cameron Albright was obsessed with uncovering Black Scorpion's secret identity. This would ultimately be his downfall, as when he attempted to snap a pic of her unmasked face while she was facing the Red Dragons, and she used her Scorpion Ring to stop him, accidentally blinding him in the process. Now wanting revenge, despite his eyes being fixed by advanced laser surgery, Albright became the super-villain Flashpoint, and sought to blind the rest of the city, so they could live in darkness like him.Skills: Ex-photojournalist; criminal mastermind. Inferno : Originally a dedicated firefighter who struck up a romance with Darcy, Adam Blaze stil resolved to help people after Mayor Worth made cutbacks that cost him his job. While chasing an arsonist (who was Mayor Worth's former cellmate, and acting on his orders), Adam was hit by solar energy, causing him to burn anything he touched.

Driven mad by this, Adam became Inferno, and died at the end of his first appearance. He was later resurrected by Dr. Phoenix.Powers: Incinerating touch. Medusa : Disfigured due to a schoolyard prank, Minerva Stone was cruelly nicknamed Medusa, until the day she found magic mineral water that restored her beauty. She then developed a cement gun that turned people to stone, which she then used on all the bachelors that visited her spa in Angel City, placing them in her garden, with Steve being one of her victims.Skills: Criminal mastermindWeapons: Cement gun. Clockwise : Wrongfully imprisoned on faulty charges for twenty-five years by then beat cop Henry Strickland, Ben Tickerman learned how to make clocks in prison, and became obsessed with time. Upon release from prison, Tickerman and his three henchmen, the tall Big Hand, the diminutive Small Hand, and the sexy Hourglass, became the time themed terrorist, Clockwise, and set about avenging himself upon the people responsible for his imprisonment, using a special device he created to accelerate their aging process.

He was later killed when Black Scorpion reflected the deceive's beam back on, rapidly aging him to dust.Skills: Criminal mastermind with mastery of precision timing; EngineeringWeapons: Time freezing stopwatch; Age accelerating device. Aerobicide : A misandrist who, after excessive exercise destroyed her muscles and cost her the use of her legs, was outfitted with cybernetic implants that increased her strength and agility to superhuman levels. Hellbent on reducing the male population of the city, Suzy Pain now named Aerobicide and her two female goons, Bend and Stretch targeted rich men and literally had them exercise to death, then stole their money. Aerobicide was eventually killed when Black Scorpion took control of her implants, and gave her a taste of her own medicine.Powers: Cybernetically enhanced strength and agility. Pollutia : A former student of Breathtaker, Dr. Ariel Haze was dedicated to protecting the environment, but her contact with him cost her her job.

Wanting to help her former mentor, Haze attempted to steal a chemical that would help Breathtaker breath without his armor. During a fight with Black Scorpion, the chemical spills on Haze, enabling her to transmute her body into smog. Dubbing herself Pollutia, Haze sets out to kill all polluters.

In her final battle with Black Scorpion, Pollutia was sucked up by the Stingray's Aero Vacuum, and trapped in a bottle.Powers: Smog conversion. Greenthumb : A whose heart was shattered by Mayor Worth's bimbo secretary, Babette, Eugene Gardner turned to a life of crime as the vile vegetation villain, Greenthumb. Still infatuated with Babette, Greenthumb unleashed a deadly pollen on the city on Valentine's Day, and blackmailed the city for the antidote. He died when he was eaten by one of his own plants.Skills: Florist, chemistryNote: May be inspired by the villain,. Mindbender : Dr.

Sarah Bellum once a promising computer scientist and housing advocate, implored the Mayor to fund her VR simulation research for the homeless of Angel City. Bitterly rejected she would resume her research into virtual reality when an attempted robbery of her computer system caused a surge while she's immersed in her own video game frying her mind. Now becoming the voluptuous as is deadly Mindbender, she schemed to use her digitizing skills to entrap individuals within her pixelized domain. Engineering it to kill those in the real world when they die in the virtual one.

Fantastical. You can turn any event or task into a template.Once saved, templates live underneath the parser in Fantastical’s compose screen; tapping one instantly recreates all details for an event or task, including its due date, location, invitees, and other metadata. At the moment, most of my calendar events consist of repeating items, so I don’t have a need for complex templates I can recreate with one tap; however, I can imagine that folks who deal with meetings and recurring events on a non-fixed schedule may enjoy the benefits of a template system.

She was left trapped in her own broken reality after her defeat by Black Scorpion.Skills: Virtual Reality Programming. Slapshot: Former hockey pro and old friend of Steve's, Ricky Blade was purposely injured by his own teammates and left paralyzed from the waist down. Given a high tech battle suit that restored the use of his legs and gave him super strength, he took the name Slapshot and sought revenge on his traitorous teammates with help from his cheerleader henchwomen. He was defeated and arrested by Black Scorpion with help from Steve.Skills: Hockey playingWeapons: Cybernetic battle suit; Metal hockey stick; Explosive hockey pucks. Angel of Death: Detective Angela Archer, whose father was a preacher who was killed by a thief, was relieved of duty for excessive force. Using arsenic-laced lipstick and taking the name Angel of Death, she sought to rid the streets of all criminals with her kiss of death. Her endgame was to fill the prison with poison gas to kill all the inmates, but was foiled by Black Scorpion, ironically with help from the city super-villains, and arrested.Skills: martial artsWeapons: arsenic-laced lipstick.

Stunner: Deputy Mayor Edwina Watts is the bemoaned right hand woman of the sleazy Mayor Arthur Worth. Often made the butt of the joke due to having been scapegoated by her inept boss for every one of his failed political bankrolling schemes. She's near fatally electrocuted when a prisoner execution goes awry, having gained the power to absorb and redistribute energy.

Watts takes on a new guise with the codename Stunner and wreaks electric havoc on the city of angels in an attempt to usurp Mayor Worth's position. She was eventually defeated by Black Scorpion who used her stun ring to siphon her electrical energies then stun her into unconsciousness.Powers: Electrical Channeling. Vox Populi: Considered to be the worst musical talent in all Angel City, Vox and her band The Bleeding Eardrums would often cause trouble after every gig they'd play. Regularly resulting in the brutal injuries of most of the audience.

Contracted by the corrupt Mayor Worth to air hypnotic songs to boost his reelection campaign. She was eventually beaten and done in by the Black Scorpion, being blasted off a roof with her own guitar.Skills: (terrible) musicianWeapons: sound manipulating guitarEpisodes No.TitleFeatured villain(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air date1'Armed and Dangerous'FireArmGwyneth GibbyJanuary 5, 2001 ( 2001-01-05)Series pilot. Black Scorpion goes head to head with FireArm, a former cop who lost his arm due to the actions of an urban military group. But the leader of the group may be a bigger menace than the new villain.2'Wave Goodbye'HurricaneRobert Spera& Craig J.