RIP Ron Ely

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Passed away aged 86.

We'll always remember that banging theme tune.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

The only Tarzan for me.
We all tried to imitate his famous call at infants school, with hilarious results.

 

[Beverleyred]

Just goes to show, living in the jungle with no processed foods, helps you live to a ripe old age. RIP Tarzan (Ron).

 

[Norman_Conquest]

There was only one Tarzan and that was Johnny Weismuller - Ron Ely was a good second.

RIP

 

[HarryVegas]

You Tarzan,
me young fan;
Saturday mornings
With loin cloth man.

Later swinging from a rope
trying not to fall,
a hint of desperation
in me Tarzan call.

 

[HarryVegas]

... and then of course there is the God that is Brian Blessed. Well worth a watch and a laugh ...

 

[Reidydog]

The only Tarzan for me.
We all tried to imitate his famous call at infants school, with hilarious results.

It was Johnny Weissmuller's call in the tv series.

 

[Mwelolo]

Ungawa.

 

[rkangel]

Doc Savage for me.

 

[Beverleyred]

Ungawa.

Was it?
Gawa that meant - Go
Ungawa that meant - Come back
Or have I got that the wrong way round, or completely wrong.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

It was Johnny Weissmuller's call in the tv series.

Really?
Now you've spoilt it.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Happy memories..

 

[Zoophonic]

Passed away aged 86.

We'll always remember that banging theme tune.

Yes essential viewing on a school holiday morning if I remember. The little boy who played Jai sadly passed away in 2008 aged 52.

Series was filmed in Mexico (not Africa) with the shot of Tarzan in the credits at Iguazu Falls in Brazil.