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What were the best episodes of the television series Tarzan?


I'm doing an article in 2016 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this classic television series starring Ron Ely that originally aired on NBC for two seasons and produced 57 episodes in color from 1966 until 1968. I'm trying to find out what were the best episodes from this series that stood out......
I'll start with two of the episodes from Season 1.....
"The Last of the Supermen"
"The Pearls of Tanga"
Were they're any more from either of the 2 seasons that this show aired?
What were your favorite "Tarzan" episodes that stood out as the best of the series? [email protected]

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The episode from Season 2 that co-starred Motown artists Diana Ross and the Supremes playing convent nuns.

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I'm trying to find a few decent episodes now... I did like S1 - e 15 "The Ultimate Duel", in which a scientist pits his massive computer against Tarzan. There's also a drone aircraft in this episode and a fair amount of action.

Ultimately it does not lead to the conclusion ERB's Tarzan would accept. The "real" Tarzan would have killed the scientist with no qualms. This TV Tarzan will, naturally turn the malefactor over to the authorities for treatment as he was, obviously, mentally ill.

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Since it's been decades since I've seen the show, the only thing I can remember is when boy Jai fell asleep on the giant lilly pad and started going down river to Victoria Falls, and the one where Tarzan had to accept the challenge of the black man in contest.

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Any episode in which Tarzan fought Woody Strode.

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