TV -- ain't what it used to be
Apr. 9th, 2004 12:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hafitalI must share.
A side effect of my job has me occasionally researching odd bits of forgotten TV shows from long ago.
Does anyone remember a TV show called Tales of the Gold Monkey? When I saw the title I had to find out more:
The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed dog Jack and his mechanic Corky. Other companions were Bon Chance Louie, the local magistrate and owner of the Monkey Bar hangout, Sarah Stickney White, the bar's singer who was actually an American spy, and Dutch minister Willie Tenboom who was actually a German spy. Rounding out the cast of schemers was Princess Kogi, ruler of the nearby island of Matuka, and the samurai warrior Todo who commanded her private army.
Bahahahhaaaa. Corky the Mechanic? The Monkey Bar hangout?? Boragora! (that's right next to Bora Bora, don'tcha know) Spies! The samurai Todo!! Why isn't this show on TV now!?!
And the other one I found was Love, Sidney, with Tony Randell, who makes me think of my 10th grade European History teacher because they looked identical, yo.
The part that got me with this one was:
The story derived from the 1980 TV-movie Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend , but with a crucial change: in the movie Sidney was gay, information that somehow got mislaid in the sit-com, where Sidney was just mysteriously celibate.
*snort*
p.s. this is my first post to LJ from this job. less than a week and I'm slacking off already. heh.
A side effect of my job has me occasionally researching odd bits of forgotten TV shows from long ago.
Does anyone remember a TV show called Tales of the Gold Monkey? When I saw the title I had to find out more:
The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed dog Jack and his mechanic Corky. Other companions were Bon Chance Louie, the local magistrate and owner of the Monkey Bar hangout, Sarah Stickney White, the bar's singer who was actually an American spy, and Dutch minister Willie Tenboom who was actually a German spy. Rounding out the cast of schemers was Princess Kogi, ruler of the nearby island of Matuka, and the samurai warrior Todo who commanded her private army.
Bahahahhaaaa. Corky the Mechanic? The Monkey Bar hangout?? Boragora! (that's right next to Bora Bora, don'tcha know) Spies! The samurai Todo!! Why isn't this show on TV now!?!
And the other one I found was Love, Sidney, with Tony Randell, who makes me think of my 10th grade European History teacher because they looked identical, yo.
The part that got me with this one was:
The story derived from the 1980 TV-movie Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend , but with a crucial change: in the movie Sidney was gay, information that somehow got mislaid in the sit-com, where Sidney was just mysteriously celibate.
*snort*
p.s. this is my first post to LJ from this job. less than a week and I'm slacking off already. heh.
