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Writers:
Stan Burns (writer)
Mike Marmer (writer)
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Release Date:
12 September 1970 (USA) more
Plot:
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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Silly talking ape shtick - more (11 total)

Cast

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Dayton Allen ... Lancelot Link (1 episode)
Joan Gerber ... Mata Hairi (1 episode)
Bernie Kopell ... Various Characters (1 episode)
Malachi Throne ... Narrator (1 episode)
Steven Hoffman ... Various Characters (1 episode)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Lancelot Link Secret Chimp Hour
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Runtime:
30 min (1971-1972) | 60 min (1970-1971)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
APE stood for Agency to Prevent Evil. more
Quotes:
Lancelot Link, Mata Hairi: What's your theory, Darwin? more
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1 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Silly talking ape shtick -, 27 September 2005
Author: jonesy74-1 from United States

Amusing at first... got old real fast. I thought it was cute for about ten minutes. It was inevitable that someone would create a series where Chimps acted and talked like humans (after all, Mules and Horses had talked in movies and on t.v., hadn't they? Why not Chimpanzees?).

Mel Blanc supplied the Humphrey Bogart voice for Link. What really got to me was Lance's Chimp girlfriend, Mata Hairy(?), with her smarmy voice bleating out, "Laaaanshalot," a la Edith Bunker.

It aired on Saturday afternoons in my town where the t.v. would be running but the family was involved in other pursuits and giving it momentary nods of attention.

Plot? What plot? Cute monkeys acting like a detective and his secretary/girlfriend. Why pay attention to a plot?

A lot of thought and creativity went into the show but it just couldn't hold my attention. I'm glad for those who liked it and were entertained by it.

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