Tales of the gold monkey

[Furt]

Got to admit as a kid I was obsessed with this. I loved the pilots water plane - correct me if I'm wrong called "Cutter's Goose"?

The horrible monkeys of the title scared the living crap outta me.

[dadlamassu]

Available from HMV



http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=238440

[rjandron]

Looks like that's a UK-only release. We'll have to wait until Spring 2010 for the North American release in Canada.

[Schweizer]

It's supposed to be released on Region 1 in February.  I was within minutes of ordering the English version (released this month) when I saw the announcement.

I have bootlegs, and definitely concur - it IS a great show, and a great resource of pulp ideas.

[Barry S]

Got to admit as a kid I was obsessed with this. I loved the pilots water plane - correct me if I'm wrong called "Cutter's Goose"?

The horrible monkeys of the title scared the living crap outta me.

Yes it was a Grumman Goose, called "Cutters Goose". I have a 1/72nd scale model of one along with specific decals for Cutter's Goose that someone in the US had created and were selling on eBay. It sits unpainted until I can afford to get it done properly as I'm sure I'd muck it up.

Great Show and one of my all time favorites as a kid.

[Plynkes]

Plynkes - The Bearcats, 1971, 13 episodes, starring Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole.  The car was a Stutz Bearcat, hence the name.

Thanks, Archangel. And only two years after I asked about it. 

In the mean time I had looked it up ont' net, and even found pictures.


It looks just as cool as I (vaguely) remember it. What's not to like about a veteran car with an MG on it?

[archangel1]

Here's a link for those interested in building Jake's bird.  Decals are available in both 1/72 and 1/48.

http://www.drawdecal.com/goose/goose.htm

The first modelling link onsite even shows a build for Blackhawk's Skyrocket.

[Barry S]

Thanks for the link 

[Keith]

Oh good grief - thats a very welcome blast from the past!

[warrenss2]

I loved these TV shows. It has brought back pleasant memories.

There was another TV series, that I used to beg my mother to allow me to stay up late to watch, that I liked, "Adventures in Paradise". http://capitainetroy.free.fr/eng/home.html

One of these days I going to get them all in DVD.

I really remember only small bits and pieces here and there... I guess I liked it so much because the guys were sailing around in a schooner. Something that I have always wanted to do in real life. 

[Doomsdave]

I used to watch both "Bring'em Back Alive" and "Tales of the Gold Monkey" Very fond memories from my youth. We used to tune in every week for 'Gold Monkey' as we called it.   Great memories. 

[Paul Hicks]

Disney's Tale Spin was rip off spin off of Tales of the Golden Monkey. My one memory was of the main character hiding as a Mud Man and just loving the show.

Paul

[Nathoruuk]

Lindberg makes an affordable 1/48 Goose.

http://www.lindberg-models.com/air_model70512.html

I bought two of them myself: one to paint navy colors and the otehr to make Cutters Goose. I haven't finished them yet. They are rugged models, not too bad for wargaming. The dorsal top is removeable so one can access the interior of the plane. It does not have an interior though, so it would all need to be scratchbuilt if one wanted. It's number 482 on my to-do list.

[zapper]

If I recall correctly, Tales of the Gold Monkey and Bring Em Back Alive went head-to-head on different networks each week and you had to choose which one to watch.  I have bootleg sets of each of these shows and they are excellent souces of scenarios.

I loved Tales of the Gold Monkey.

I liked Bring Em Back Alive, but not as well.  It was a 100% fictional tale using the name of the real adventurer Frank Buck, who some may know appeared as himself in the 1949 comedy Africa Screams.

[General]

Netflix has the DVD's for "Tales of the Gold Monkey".