The Pharoah's Carlos from American Graffiti) and Cheetah the Chimp to provide the less-serious, comedy relief tone to the show. Ely's Tarzan was articulate and educated. Ely's Tarzan was reminiscent of Hawaii Five-O's Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord). Ron played Tarzan serious and straight, dealing with poachers and jungle baddies of all sorts as though it were natural for a partially naked man to be a quasi-jungle policeman/detective. Unlike campy Batman, the show took itself seriously and yet, Ron Ely running around in a loin cloth week by week on prime time, didn't seem out of place. The show was also contemporary with Star Trek. Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward and The Green Hornet with Van Williams and Bruce Lee.
An unlikely show, in a sense, it played well amidst the superhero genre that was somewhat prevalent at the time - i.e. Aside from Johnny Weismuller, Ron Ely is my favorite Tarzan.
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