Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp (1970– )

A member of pop band Evolution Revolution, Lancelot Link is called upon by the Agency to Prevent Evil (APE), in their ongoing fight against CHUMP.

Creators:

Stan Burns, Mike Marmer

Stars:

Dayton Allen, Joan Gerber, Bernie Kopell

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dayton Allen	...	Lancelot Link (2 episodes)
Joan Gerber	...	Mata Hairi (2 episodes)
Bernie Kopell	...	Various Characters (2 episodes)
Malachi Throne	...	Narrator (2 episodes)
Steven Hoffman	...	Various Characters (2 episodes)

Storyline

A member of pop band Evolution Revolution, Lancelot Link is called upon by the Agency to Prevent Evil (APE), in their ongoing fight against CHUMP.

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Plot Keywords:

james bond spoof | chimpanzee | spy spoof | spoof | slapstick comedy | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Lancelot Link Secret Chimp Hour

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Sandler-Burns-Marmer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 30 min (1971-1972) 60 min (1970-1971)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

APE stood for Agency to Prevent Evil.

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Quotes

Lancelot Link, Mata Hairi: What's your theory, Darwin?

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Connections

Featured in I Created Lancelot Link (1999)

User Reviews

Comment

When I asked people about this seldom seen and forgotten show,I noticed I get a strange look. However,I vividity remember this show as a child back in the early 70's when it was shown mostly on Saturday Mornings. This was a show that had a combination of "The Monkees" mixed throughly with key elements of Robert Vaughn's spy spoof,"The Man From U.N.C.L.E" (in which you had a chimpanzee in the Robert Vaughn role and a man in a gorilla suit played the head agent in the Leo G. Carroll role)for good measure and believe me it didn't last long when it premiered in the fall of 1970. The series was cancelled that same year.

It may have been fun back in its heyday but executives at the network as well as kids weren't buying it one bit since it was pathetically stupid as one of the worst children's TV shows of all time--second to another monkey show called "Me And The Chimp"(case in point-kids were watching it). The show back in its day was part of ABC-TV's(which the show originally ran)grand and sometimes lame lineup of live action and cartoon shows which were mostly shown on Saturday Mornings under the supervision of the head of children's programming for ABC at the time--the late producer-animator Chuck Jones which in point had shows like during his tenture were "The Curiousity Shop","Make A Wish","The Funky Phantom","Goober and the Ghost Chasers","The Jackson Five",not to mention the animated shows like "Lassie's Rescue Rangers" and he also

had under his belt "The Superfriends"(the first two seasons only) and his own short lived series called "Chuck Jones Presents".

PS-THe producer of Lancelot Link was Alan Landsburg who produced several shows under his tenture which included the Leonard Nimoy documentary "In Search Of...","That's Incredible!",and the sitcoms "Gimme A Break",and "Kate and Allie".