Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

1970
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

7.5 | en | Comedy

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970 to January 2, 1971. The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices.

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EP17  The Evolution Revolution / The Great Water Robbery
Jan. 01,0001
The Evolution Revolution / The Great Water Robbery

The Evolution Revolution: C.H.U.M.P. has deciphered the secret coded messages to other A.P.E. agents in the music of Lance and Mata's rock band. The Great Water Robbery: C.H.U.M.P. is holding the city's water supply hostage unless they are paid a huge ransom.

EP16  The CHUMP Code Caper / Weather or Not
Jan. 01,0001
The CHUMP Code Caper / Weather or Not

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EP15  The Spy Who Went Out in the Cold / Too Many Chumps
Jan. 01,0001
The Spy Who Went Out in the Cold / Too Many Chumps

The Spy Who Went Out in the Cold: Lance convinces the Baron that he has decided to defect to the C.H.U.M.P. side, in order to discover the Baron's secret plans. Too Many CHUMPs: To stop a wave of new C.H.U.M.P. agents, Lance and Mata must sabotage the Dragon Lady's junk.

EP14  The Golden Swwword / The Chilling CHUMP Chase
Jan. 01,0001
The Golden Swwword / The Chilling CHUMP Chase

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EP13  The Sour Taste of Success / The Baron's Birthday Ball
Jan. 01,0001
The Sour Taste of Success / The Baron's Birthday Ball

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EP12  The Dreaded Hong Kong Sneeze / The Great Bank Robbery
Jan. 01,0001
The Dreaded Hong Kong Sneeze / The Great Bank Robbery

The Dreaded Hong Kong Sneeze: The Baron plans to infect the world with an Asian virus. The Great Bank Robbery: After thieves rob a bank, Lance decides to steal the money back.

EP11  Landlubber Lance / The Temporary Thanksgiving Turkey Truce
Jan. 01,0001
Landlubber Lance / The Temporary Thanksgiving Turkey Truce

Landlubber Lance: To foil the Dragon Lady's plan to kidnap Commander Darwin, Lance goes undercover as a sailor on her boat. The Temporary Thanksgiving Turkey Truce: On Thanksgiving, Lance is on the hunt for secret microfilm.

EP10  The Great Great Race / The Great Plane Plot
Jan. 01,0001
The Great Great Race / The Great Plane Plot

The Great Great Race: A.P.E. challenges C.H.U.M.P. to an automobile race. The Great Plane Plot: Learning of the Dragon Lady's plan to kidnap a foreign dignitary, Mata goes undercover as an airplane stewardess.

EP9  The Reluctant Robot / The Royal Foil
Jan. 01,0001
The Reluctant Robot / The Royal Foil

The Reluctant Robot: Dr. Strangemind has invented a robot to kill Lance, but it turns out to be defective. The Royal Foil: Lance and Mata are assigned to protect a visiting king who is in the country for a medical procedure

EP8  Bonana / The Greatest Chase in the World
Jan. 01,0001
Bonana / The Greatest Chase in the World

Bonana: To foil the Baron's latest plan to take over the world, Lance and Mata go undercover at a dude ranch. The Greatest Chase in the World: Lance and Mata go on a great chase all over the world to try to catch the Baron and his cohorts.

EP7  The Surfin' Spy / The Missing Link
Jan. 01,0001
The Surfin' Spy / The Missing Link

The Surfin' Spy: Dragon Lady and Wang Foo are smuggling silver into the country. Lance has been posing as a lifeguard to aid in figuring out how their doing it. But Lance himself is also being watched by Creto and Baron. His cover blown, Lance escapes and returns as a surfer. The Missing Link: Lance awaits the arrival of his uncle Mortimer. When it takes longer than it should, Lance begins to worry that he may have met with foul play. When they find his briefcase, Mata and Lance call APE headquarters, who inform the agents that CHUMP is behind his disappearance.

EP6  Lance of Arabia / The Doctor Goes A.P.E.
Jan. 01,0001
Lance of Arabia / The Doctor Goes A.P.E.

Lance of Arabia: Prof. Sir Reginal Ressis, archeologist and APE agent, is on assignment to discover the hiding place of CHUMPs ill-gotten horde of gold. But CHUMP gest word of this and sends Ali Assassin to kidnap him. Lance and Mata both set out to rescue him. The Doctor Goes A.P.E.: Darwin calls Lance and Mata in for an emergency meeting. CHUMP has taken pictures of all their agents and it's up to the two agents to steal the mircofilm. Baron is going to the doctor for his annual check-up and instructs Dr. Strangemind to have the microfilm sent to him there. Lance and Mata decide to intercept the film there disguised as doctors.

EP5  The Great Brain Drain / The Great Double Double Cross
Jan. 01,0001
The Great Brain Drain / The Great Double Double Cross

The Great Brain Drain: Dr. Strangemind has created a potion that makes the drinker start acting like a child. Baron plans on using this potion on all the world leaders in his quest for world domination. Lancelink goes in to intercept the potion, but in an act of desperation winds up drinking it. With Link now imprisoned by CHUMP, Mata has to come rescue him. The Great Double Double Cross: Mata and Lance both show up at APE headquarters at 3AM. Unbeknownst to everyone else, it is really Baron and Dargon Lady posing as the two agents. The next day, the whole office has been ransacked and a list of APE's top agents was stolen. Darwin gives the two real agents 24 hours to return the list to APE headquarters to clear their name.

EP4  C.H.U.M.P. Takes a Holiday / To Tell the Tooth
Jan. 01,0001
C.H.U.M.P. Takes a Holiday / To Tell the Tooth

C.H.U.M.P. Takes a Holiday: When C.H.U.M.P. holds a convention, Lance takes the opportunity to steal their secret codes. To Tell the Tooth: A dentist working for C.H.U.M.P. has been inserting secret radio transmitters into the teeth of military officials.

EP3  The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace / The Great Beauty Contest
Jan. 01,0001
The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace / The Great Beauty Contest

The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace: The Baron's motorcycle gang steals A.P.E.'s payroll. The Great Beauty Contest: A Soviet beauty queen from Siberia wants to defect.

EP2  The Lone A.P.E. / Missile Beach Party
Jan. 01,0001
The Lone A.P.E. / Missile Beach Party

The Lone A.P.E.: On a chicken ranch, Lance foils the Baron's chicken rustling plot. Missile Beach Party: Dr. Strangemind and the Baron are blowing up missiles, so Lance turns the tables on them.

EP1  There's No Business Like Snow Business
Jan. 01,1970
There's No Business Like Snow Business

Lance Link becomes aware that CHUMP plans to steal the most valuable jewel in the world, The Star Of Karachi Diamond. Estimated value: $3 million. Baron puts Ali Assassin in charge of stealing the diamond, who will then bring it to Baron at the Big Mountain Ski Resort. Baron will then give it to the Dragon Lady who smuggle it into Hong Kong and sell it to a diamond merchant. Link and Mata decide the best place to foil the plan is at the Big Mountain Ski Resort, where the go undercover as ski instructors.

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Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970 to January 2, 1971. The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices.

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Wreckerroy Really appreciated this show in 1970. My kids now understand who I am as a person by watching this with me. The humor and the vibe here are who I am and match my values to a tee. 1) Never take yourself too seriously 2) Regardless of the situation keep the right perspective. 3) Enjoy your life and what it has to offer to the fullest extent. There are many other life lessons I have gleaned from the various episodes of Lance. Just keep an open mind and a true heart. Learn to appreciate and accept other people and cultures. Understanding and patience are the attributes of good character. Aggression and impulsive behavior should be avoided. Suffice it to say this is a funny satiric period show that describes the ethos and freedom of a simpler more innocent time. Thank you for producing it and I'm glad I can enjoy it once again.
MartinHafer To me, the best kids shows are the ones that both kids and parents can enjoy together. Well, "Lancelot Link" is definitely NOT a program that the parents can watch...as after about five minutes the novelty will wear off and the parents will be praying for their own death! It simply is a chore to watch this show unless you are a child. Think about it....the show is nothing but chimps dressed up in human guise and acting out (very crudely) a James Bond-style show. As a 6 year-old, I was even bored by it--though I had friends who watched it regularly. Heck, when I was a senior in high school, I even knew a guy who skipped school just to watch it!! So, obviously someone liked it. But then and now, I simply don't get it and it's a one-joke show that you'll either tolerate or it will annoy you to no end...especially if you are older than 5.
jonesy74-1 Amusing at first... got old real fast. I thought it was cute for about ten minutes. It was inevitable that someone would create a series where Chimps acted and talked like humans (after all, Mules and Horses had talked in movies and on t.v., hadn't they? Why not Chimpanzees?).Mel Blanc supplied the Humphrey Bogart voice for Link. What really got to me was Lance's Chimp girlfriend, Mata Hairy(?), with her smarmy voice bleating out, "Laaaanshalot," a la Edith Bunker.It aired on Saturday afternoons in my town where the t.v. would be running but the family was involved in other pursuits and giving it momentary nods of attention. Plot? What plot? Cute monkeys acting like a detective and his secretary/girlfriend. Why pay attention to a plot?A lot of thought and creativity went into the show but it just couldn't hold my attention. I'm glad for those who liked it and were entertained by it.
raysond When I asked people about this seldom seen and forgotten show,I noticed I get a strange look. However,I vividity remember this show as a child back in the early 70's when it was shown mostly on Saturday Mornings. This was a show that had a combination of "The Monkees" mixed throughly with key elements of Robert Vaughn's spy spoof,"The Man From U.N.C.L.E" (in which you had a chimpanzee in the Robert Vaughn role and a man in a gorilla suit played the head agent in the Leo G. Carroll role)for good measure and believe me it didn't last long when it premiered in the fall of 1970. The series was cancelled that same year.It may have been fun back in its heyday but executives at the network as well as kids weren't buying it one bit since it was pathetically stupid as one of the worst children's TV shows of all time--second to another monkey show called "Me And The Chimp"(case in point-kids were watching it). The show back in its day was part of ABC-TV's(which the show originally ran)grand and sometimes lame lineup of live action and cartoon shows which were mostly shown on Saturday Mornings under the supervision of the head of children's programming for ABC at the time--the late producer-animator Chuck Jones which in point had shows like during his tenture were "The Curiousity Shop","Make A Wish","The Funky Phantom","Goober and the Ghost Chasers","The Jackson Five",not to mention the animated shows like "Lassie's Rescue Rangers" and he alsohad under his belt "The Superfriends"(the first two seasons only) and his own short lived series called "Chuck Jones Presents".PS-THe producer of Lancelot Link was Alan Landsburg who produced several shows under his tenture which included the Leonard Nimoy documentary "In Search Of...","That's Incredible!",and the sitcoms "Gimme A Break",and "Kate and Allie".