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Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

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Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
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Premiere September 12, 1970
Finale January 2, 1971
Creator Stan Burns &
Mike Marmer
Network/Provider ABC
Style 60-minute/30-minute children's comedy
Company SBM Productions
Seasons 1
Episodes 17
(List of episodes)
Origin USA

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is a live-action children's comedy series that aired on ABC.

Populated entirely by chimpanzees, the series centered around Lancelot Link, secret agent for APE--the Agency to Prevent Evil. The head of APE is Darwin and Lance's assistant is Mata Hairi. Together they must thwart the evil plans of CHUMP (Criminal Headquarters for Underground Master Plan), headed by the monocled Baron Von Butcher and assisted by the likes of Ali Assa Seen, Duchess and Dr. Strangemind.

Also featured on the show, hosted by Ed Simian (doing an Ed Sullivan imitation), are Chimpies (a series of blackouts), and music by the rock band the Evolution Revolution.

During the first season, Warner Bros. cartoons were featured. These were cartoons running from the late 1950s to 1969 and featured WB characters not seen on TV before--Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse, Chimp and Zee, Bunny and Claude (created to capitalize on the 1967 Warren Beatty film Bonnie & Clyde), and Rapid Rabbit. The cartoons were taken out in season 2 after the series was shortened to a half hour.

Contents

Cast

Actor Character
Main Cast
Dayton Allen Lancelot Link
Darwin
Ed Simian
Freddy
Joe
Ali Assa Seen
Dr. Strangemind
Wang Fu
Joan Gerber Mata Hairi
Dragon Lady
Duchess
Bernie Kopell Baron Von Butcher
Malachi Throne Narrator
Steve Hoffman Evolution Revolution (singing)

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
ABC
Season One September 12, 1970 January 2, 1971 17

In-Depth

DVD Releases

Title Release Discs
Complete Series  (Region 1)
The Complete Series June 13, 2006 purchase 2

External Links