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| Tales of the Gold Monkey | |
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 Jake and Sarah in Tales of the Gold Monkey | |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Created by | Donald P. Bellisario |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Mike Post & Pete Carpenter |
| Composer | Frank Denson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 22, 1982 – June 1, 1983 |
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Tales of the Gold Monkey was an American adventure drama television series[1][2][3] broadcast in prime time on Wednesday nights by ABC from September 22, 1982, until June 1, 1983.[4][5][6] Debuting the year following the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark,[3] the series featured early aviation, indigenous locals, and cliff-hanging action. Creator Don Bellisario said it was based on the 1939 Howard Hawks film Only Angels Have Wings.[7]
- ^ The New York Times Archived October 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tales Of The Gold Monkey: The Complete Series". The A.V. Club. June 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Tales of the Gold Monkey: The Complete Series". dvdtalk.com.
- ^ New York Magazine, 20. Sept. 1982, p. 48.
- ^ Douglas Kellner: Foreword: Television criticism and contemporary US politics, in: Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret J. Tally (eds.): Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television Washington as Fiction, London/New York: Routledge 2017.
- ^ A. Bowdoin van Riper: Baa Baa Black Sheep and the Last Stand of the WWII Drama, in: Anna Froula and Stacy Takacs (eds.): American militarism on the small screen, New York: Routledge, 2016, pp. 77–92.
- ^ Alex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. 4th Edition. New York: Penguin, 1996, 816.