Tarzan 1966 Internet Archive Exclusive Now

: Related content from the later 1966 animated era, such as the " Lone Ranger Cartoon Collection 1966 ," is also available.

Because the rights are a nightmare. The Tarzan estate (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.) has famously suppressed the 1966 pilot. Rumors suggest it’s because Riordan’s Tarzan was openly bisexual in the unaired second episode (a claim CelluloidGhost hints at in the upload notes, though that episode remains missing). Others say the estate simply hates the depiction of the apes as violent, non-comedic creatures.

The episode opens with ten minutes of zero English dialogue. We see a young Jane (played by a fierce, pre- Mary Tyler Moore actress named Lynn Loring) lost in a volcanic region. She isn't screaming. She is using a compass and a machete. The show treats her as an equal, not a damsel. When Tarzan finally appears, he doesn't save her; he asks her, "Why are you burning the mahogany trees?" It’s an ecological critique wrapped in adventure.