There are strong rumors (only rumor)that Universal is wanting to release the 1980's Adventure series Tales of the Gold Monkey on DVD in the spring of 2008 the same time that the new Indiana Jones film will be released to theaters.Tales of the Gold Monkey is Set in the south Pacific in 1938, it features an ex-Flying Tiger who flies an air cargo delivery service named Jake Cutter (Stephen Collins) who flies a red and white Grumman Goose called Cutter's Goose. Jake's best friend is his mechanic Corky (Jeff MacKay), a good-hearted alcoholic whose memory is hazy as a result of the quantity of booze he consumes. However, a one-eyed Jack Russell terrier named Jack, who barks once for "no" and twice for "yes" (or the opposite if it suits him) would dispute just who Jake's best friend really is. Jack wears an eye patch, but used to have a false eye made of opal that Jake lost in a poker game -- and refuses to let Jake forget it!
Jake's love interest/U.S. Government spy contact is Sara Stickney White (Caitlin O'Heaney). She sings in the Monkey Bar as a cover for her espionage activities. The Reverend Tenboom (John Calvin), a phony man of the cloth who likes to "bless" the natives, is in actuality a Nazi spy named Willy, with interests in both sides.
Roddy McDowell played "Bon Chance" Louis (Ron Moody in the pilot). He is the owner of the Monkey Bar and the French magistrate for the setting of the series, Bora Gora island. Jake's nemesis is the Japanese princess Koji (Marta DuBois), a Dragon Lady type of character who has eyes for Jake. Koji's devoted bodyguard is Todo (John Fujioka), a fierce practitioner of Bushido and loyal to the princess. (Although Calvin, DuBois and Fujioka were billed on the opening credits of each episode, they actually only appeared on a semi-regular basis in a handful of episodes.)
The title is derived from the bar where the characters gather, which features a golden monkey statue. Originally, the series was to be called "Tales of the Brass Monkey".[citation needed] There was a cocktail mix at the time called "Brass Monkey." They requested that the show change the title to prevent a confusing association. However, in several episodes it is revealed that the statue at the bar was indeed brass and not really gold. Unknown to the characters, the island where the statue was found does contain a massive structure apparently made of solid gold that does resemble a monkey, but they never learn the truth.
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I can't wait to see the Monkey bar again! Incidently as this the Gallifreyian Gazette I have to point out Jake Cutter (ex-flying Tiger) must also be a timelord! The Flying Tiger didn't start operations until after December 1941, three years Jake said he was an 'ex' in 1938?
The Flying Tigers were American volentiers fighting the Japanese invasion in China in the late 30s, before WWII was begun. They flew P-40 Tomahawks and were very successful against the Japanese. Which gave the Japanese the American war plane info to create the newer version of the zero line prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. See the true Flying Tiger Ace & hero, Pappy Boyington; who went Marine air core later in WWII.
The Flying Tigers were American volenteers fighting the Japanese invasion of China in the mid to late 1930s, before WWII begun. They flew P-40 Tomahawks and were very successful against the Japanese pilots. But it gave the Japanese, the American war plane info to produce the newer version of the Zero line for the attack on Pearl Harbor. See the true Flying Tiger Ace & hero, Pappy Boyington. Who went Marine air core later in WWII, see the Black Sheep series. I wish they would put this great series and some of the older movies on video too. If these marketing people did it the right way they would sell big time. Most of the modern stuff done now is without substance or great writing anyways, its fluff crap like reality TV. Big surprise why people are watching the cable channel shows instead of the big networks anymore, its about a quality show, not the fad crap stuff the networks put out. The networks are so lame they copy Leverage, Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Primevil, Almost Human, WH 13, History channel, SY FY.... The networks are dolts without orginal ideas, all they think of is marketing only. idots
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