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{{quote|''It had the romance of the 1930s, the bigger-than-life hero with the leather jacket, and the elements of intrigue of that time period. It was a lot of fun. That plane [the
Tropical islands, [[Two-Fisted Tales|high-flying
An early [[Donald P. Bellisario|Belisarius
While short-lived, ''Tales of the Gold Monkey'' was critically acclaimed (winning several Emmys) and had a notable influence on future shows, including the animated [[Spiritual
The cast included:
* Stephen Collins as ''Jake Cutter'', our [[Ace
* Jeff MacKay as ''Corky'', Jake's [[The Alcoholic|alcoholic]] [[Mr. Fixit|mechanic]] and occasional co-pilot
* Caitlin O'Heaney as ''Sarah Stickney White'', an American spy undercover as a bar singer and Jake's quasi-[[Love
* Roddy McDowall (Ron Moody in the Pilot) as ''Bon Chance Louie'', French magistrate and owner of the [[Local Hangout|Monkey
* John Calvin as ''Rev. Willie Tenboom'', a Dutch priest and German spy with more devotion to his libido than to the Reich
* Marta DuBois as ''Princess Koji'', half-Japanese [[Dragon
* John Fujioka as ''Todo'', Koji's samurai henchman
* Les Jankey as ''Gushie'', Louie's wheelchair-bound partner and [[The
* "Leo" as ''Jack'', Jake's impossibly intelligent one-eyed bull terrier
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* [[Ace
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Corky
* [[All Myths Are
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: mostly averted (save for the hairstyles and other giveaways of its 1982 origins) but has a few notable anachronisms:
** Though set in 1938, it features Japanese Zeros (not developed until 1939 and not operational until 1940)
** Jake is a former member of the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers), which didn't exist until 1941.
** Samurai in full O'Yoroi armor (possibly justified as ceremonial)
* [[Animal Athlete
** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|
* [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]: Todo's Samurai armor
* [[Back-to-Back
* [[Badass
* [[Bar Brawl]]: a staple of the show, naturally, along with a [[Running
* [[The
* [[Big Bad]]: Princess Koji
* [[Big Damn
* [[Bottle
* [[Camp]]: volcanoes, Bigfoot, native rituals, samurai, and a "talking" dog
* [[Chased by Angry
* [[Chivalrous
* [[Cool
* [[Creator
* [[Crew of
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The Grumman Goose was introduced in 1938... as a ''brand new model''. Even the first prototype flew less than a year before the setting of the show. However, this may not be an issue as the Goose wasn't necessarily presented as old, but as a salvage they had to repair.
** In addition, Jake could not have been a veteran of the Flying Tigers, given that they first saw combat in 1941.
* [[The
* [[Dragon
* [[Dream
* [[Donald P.
* [[Double Meaning
** The original name for the series, "Tales of the ''Brass'' Monkey" applies as well...
* [[Edited for
* [[Everything's Better with
* [[Everything's Better with
* [[Executive
{{quote|'''Donald Baer (director):''' The network didn't like the lush look of the series. They wanted it to be light and sunny, like a kid's show. They saw it as bright. The villains had to be clear cut and the very idea that characters might speak with foreign accents really bothered them. It was unbelievable. Everything had to be articulated and clear and the intrigue was not what they were looking for, so the show was considered controversial. Right after the pilot, we had a meeting with network staff in Bellisaro's office, and Don was reciting some of the developing story lines. We were all nodding our heads...it was great stuff. But the network staff just sat there and said, "No, that's wrong. Don't do that."
'''Tom Greene (writer):''' The studio kept pushing for mud people and monkey people and other elements that would play up the similarities [to '[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'']. }}
* [[Expanded
* [[Expansion Pack
* [[Eyepatch of
* [[Femme
* [[The
* [[Good Guy
* [[Heroic
* [[If It Swims, It
* [[Intellectual Animal]] and [[Talking Animal]]: Jack (barks once for "no", twice for "yes")
** He's even multilingual: "Speaks" Japanese ("The Lady and the Tiger") and Spanish ("The Late Sarah White")!
** Possibly also a case of [[Real Life Writes the
* [[Jungle
* [[Keep Circulating the
* [[Kick the
* [[Let Them Die
* [[Local
* [[Loveable
* [[Love At First Punch]]: Jake's introduction to Sarah is her hitting him with a champaign bottle
* [[Moral
** Certain "cold weather effects" to "brass monkeys" may have been another factor.
* [[Mr.
* [[Mysterious
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Jack (a one-eyed Jack Russell terrier)
* [[Non-Indicative
* [[Nubile
* [[Pass the
* [[Penal
* [[Plot-Driven
* [[Punch Clock
* [[Quicksand
* [[Ragtag Bunch of
* [[Rare
* [[Rule of Cool]]: pretty much runs on it
* [[Screwed by the Network]]
{{quote|'''Jeff MacKay:''' Between the time we finished shooting the season and were waiting to hear about renewal, I had contacts at the other networks, and they all told me that CBS and NBC were programming against our show. The other networks were assuming Gold Monkey would be a successful part of the ABC line-up for the next five years or so. But ABC didn't have the same confidence in us that our competition did. The word ''asshole'' leaps to mind.}}
* [[Shoot the
* [[Sinister
* [[Spiritual
** Influenced its own Spiritual Successor in Disney's ''[[Tale
* [[Stock
** No they didn't {{spoiler|destroy their expensive main set}} in the dramatic conclusion of "The Distant Sound of Thunder", that was footage from the 1961 Spencer Tracy/Frank Sinatra film ''The Devil at 4 O'Clock'', whose bar plans were copied when building the Monkey Bar!
** Some very conspicuous stock footage shows up whenever they showed the Pan Am clipper in flight -- suddenly the show's in black and white.
* [[Stupid Jetpack
* [[
* [[The
* [[Those Wacky
** While Reverend Tenboom ''is'' German, he is ''not'' a Nazi.
* [[Two-Fisted
* [[Unresolved Sexual
* [[What a Piece of Junk!]]: Cutter's Goose
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