The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour

The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour is an animated television series produced by Filmation that aired on CBS during the early 1980s.^[1]

The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour
Also known as	The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour
Written by	Arthur Browne Jr. Andy Heyward Dennis Marks Tom Ruegger Misty Stewart-Taggart Fran Striker George W. Trendle
Theme music composer	Ray Ellis Norm Prescott
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Don Christensen Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer
Cinematography	R.W. Pope
Editors	Ron Fedele Joe Gall Hector C. Gika Tom Gleason Jim Puente Robert Waxman
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Filmation
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 13, 1980 (1980-09-13) – 1982 (1982)
Related
Tarzan and the Super 7

The series consisted of reruns of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle paired with new episodes of Filmation's versions of The Lone Ranger and, in the second season, The New Adventures of Zorro, at which point the series was retitled The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour. The series ran from 1980 to 1982.^[2]

Don Diamond who voiced Sergeant Gonzales in this animated series previously portrayed Corporal Reyes in Disney's 1950s live-action series of Zorro.

Voice cast

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1980–1982)

Main article: Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle

• Robert Ridgely as Tarzan

The Lone Ranger (1980–1982)

Main article: The Lone Ranger (1980 TV series)

14 episodes, each consisting of two 15-minute shorts.

• William Conrad as The Lone Ranger (credited as "J. Darnoc", Conrad spelled backwards)
• Ivan Naranjo as Tonto
• Frank Welker as various characters (uncredited)

The New Adventures of Zorro (1981–1982)

Main article: The New Adventures of Zorro (1981 TV series)

• Henry Darrow as Zorro / Don Diego de la Vega
• Julio Medina as Miguel
• Eric Mason as Captain Ramon
• Don Diamond as Sergeant Gonzales

Home media

BCI Eclipse Entertainment (under its Ink & Paint classic animation entertainment brand) released The Lone Ranger (which was formerly owned by Entertainment Rights and was later acquired by Classic Media, then it was bought by DreamWorks Animation in 2012 and renamed into DreamWorks Classics and ultimately become the property of Universal Studios as of 2016) and The New Adventures of Zorro on DVD. However, the rights to the Tarzan property rest with the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and as such, their authorization is needed for the series to be released.

• The New Adventures of The Lone Ranger and Zorro - Volume One (December 18, 2007)
• The New Adventures of The Lone Ranger and Zorro - Volume Two (July 15, 2008)

References

1. Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 282–285. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 624–627. ISBN 978-1538103739.

External links

• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle at IMDb
• The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour at IMDb
• The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour at IMDb