Monkey!
One of my favorite shows growing up as a kid.
From Wikipedia:
Monkey is the dubbed English language version of the Japanese television series Saiy?ki (????), based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en.[1] It was originally produced by Nippon Television (NTV) and International Television Films in association with NHK.
The series ran for two seasons of 26 episodes each. The first season ran from October 1978 to April 1979. The second season ran from November 1979 to May 1980. Both seasons had footage shot on location in north-west China and Inner Mongolia.
The show is unusual in that it was performed by Japanese actors in China and then dubbed into English. The English language version was produced by the BBC and broadcast in the United Kingdom in November 1979, and in Australia in May 1981. The script for the dubbed dialogue was written by David Weir. It ran for only 39 episodes, because at the discretion of the BBC select episodes were not dubbed for the original run. These remaining episodes were dubbed by Fabulous Films Ltd in early 2004 by the original actors following a successful release of the English dubbed series on VHS and DVD. The missing 13 episodes were shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2004.
More Monkey here.
Some interesting Monkey facts:
- The actress who played Tripitaka died of cancer at a young age
- The actor who played Sandy declared bankruptcy in 2001
- The actor who played Pigsy played the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler On The Roof in Tokyo
Update: I was always a fan of the Monkey Cloud.
No, not that one.
Please share your favorite monkey memories.
