# Tarzán

Tarzán is a television series that aired in syndication from 1991–1994. 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 in syndication in the United States.
This was the first Tarzan series to feature Jane Porter as a major character, the 1966 series having excluded her as part of the "new look", and Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle having featured her in only one episode.
Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the original 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 of Thousand Oaks, California's Animal Actors of Hollywood. He would subsequently perform as a stunt double for the Bowmanville Zoo's two lions, Caesar and Bongo, for Paramount's The Ghost and the Darkness. The other lion that acted in this series was Josef of Salinas, California's Monterey Zoo. Disney's animation studio used him as a live action model for Mufasa in Disney's animated production of The Lion King around the same era.

## Cast

* Wolf Larson as Tarzan
* Lydie Denier as Jane Porter
* Sean Roberge as Roger Taft Jr.
* Malick Bowens as Simon Govier (season 1)
* Errol Slue as Jack Benton (season 2)
* William S. Taylor as Dan Miller (season 3)

## Episodes
### Season one (1991–92)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air 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 |

### Season two (1992–93)

* “Tarzan and the Missile of Doom”
* “Tarzan and the Forbidden Jewels”
* “Tarzan and the Broken Promise”
* “Tarzan and the Amazon Women”
* “Tarzan and the Karate Warriors”
* “Tarzan and the Lion Girl”
* “Tarzan and the Deadly Delusion”
* “Tarzan and the Primitive Urge”
* “Tarzan and the Mysterious Sheik”
* “Tarzan and the Runaways”
* “Tarzan Meets Jane”
* “Tarzan and the Wayward Balloon”
* “Tarzan and the Fugitive’s Revenge”
* “Tarzan and the Mutant Creature”
* “Tarzan Rescues the Songbird”
* “Tarzan and the Fire Field”
* “Tarzan and the Movie Star”
* “Tarzan and the Fountain of Youth”
* “Tarzan and the Law of the Jungle”
* “Tarzan and the Shaft of Death”
* “Tarzan and the Polluted River”
* “Tarzan’s Dangerous Journey”
* “Tarzan and the Toxic Terror”
* “Tarzan and the Earthly Challenge”
* “Tarzan and the Mysterious Fog”

### Season three (1993–94)

* “Tarzan and the Hollywood Adventure”
* “Tarzan and the Witness for the Prosecution”
* “Tarzan and the Rock Star”
* “Tarzan and the Odd Couple”
* “Tarzan and the Return of the Bronx”
* “Tarzan and the New Commissioner”
* “Tarzan and the Stoneman”
* “Tarzan and the Deadly Cargo”
* “Tarzan and the Sapphire Elephant”
* “Tarzan and the Fear of Blindness”
* “Tarzan and the Mating Season”
* “Tarzan and the Gift of Life”
* “Tarzan and the Death Spiders”
* “Tarzan and the Russian Invasion”
* “Tarzan and the Fiery End”
* “Tarzan and the Curse of Death”
* “Tarzan and the King of the Apes”
* “Tarzan and the Evil Twin”
* “Tarzan and the Dangerous Competition”
* “Tarzan and the Pirates Revenge”
* “Tarzan and Cheeta’s Desperate Adventure”
* “Tarzan and the Sixth Sense”
* “Tarzan and the Ring of Romance”
* “Tarzan and the Night Horrors”
* “Tarzan and the Jewel of Justice”

## Legacy

The show inspired the poem “Sunday, Tarzan in His Hammock” by Lewis Buzbee, which he wrote as "...revenge against Tarzan and cheerful aerobics instructors everywhere.”