Today at lunch someone offhandedly mentioned the island of Bora-Bora, and I had a vivid flashback to Tales of the Golden Monkey, a TV series from 1982, starring Stephen Collins. I saw it on TV in Spain, dubbed, sometime in the mid-eighties, and even though it only ran one season, I loved it.
So I dug around the Internets a little bit, and found a host of links. It seems that there is quite a rabid fan base out there (but isn’t there always, on the Internet) complete with anniversary meetups. It was a Bellisario production (Black Sheep Squadron, Magnum P.I., Quantum Leap, JAG), and has that feel to it. The theme song is very A-Team though not as catchy.
So you can share my trip down memory lane:
- IMDB
- John Kenneth Muir’s retro article on the show
- Unofficial Official Site
- Pictures and Audio from the above site
- DVD Sets for sale: 13 DVD Collector’s Set ($50) and 4 DVD Value Set ($20)
“Golden monkey,” “Rabid fan base.” I love it.