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Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp

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Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970 to January 2, 1971. The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices.

Sep 11, 19701 seasons17 episodesEndedEN

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Joan Gerber

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Dayton Allen

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Mel Blanc

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Malachi Throne

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Bernie Kopell

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Seasons

Season 1

17 episodes

Premiered Sep 11, 1970

Episodes

1–6 of 17

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Ep 1

There's No Business Like Snow Business

Sep 11, 1970

Lance Link becomes aware that CHUMP plans to steal the most valuable jewel in the world, The Star Of Karachi Diamond. Estimated value: $3 million. Baron puts Ali Assassin in charge of stealing the diamond, who will then bring it to Baron at the Big Mountain Ski Resort. Baron will then give it to the Dragon Lady who smuggle it into Hong Kong and sell it to a diamond merchant. Link and Mata decide the best place to foil the plan is at the Big Mountain Ski Resort, where the go undercover as ski instructors.

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Ep 2

The Lone A.P.E. / Missile Beach Party

Sep 18, 1970

The Lone A.P.E.: On a chicken ranch, Lance foils the Baron's chicken rustling plot. Missile Beach Party: Dr. Strangemind and the Baron are blowing up missiles, so Lance turns the tables on them.

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Ep 3

The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace / The Great Beauty Contest

Sep 25, 1970

The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace: The Baron's motorcycle gang steals A.P.E.'s payroll. The Great Beauty Contest: A Soviet beauty queen from Siberia wants to defect.

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Ep 4

C.H.U.M.P. Takes a Holiday / To Tell the Tooth

Oct 1, 1970

C.H.U.M.P. Takes a Holiday: When C.H.U.M.P. holds a convention, Lance takes the opportunity to steal their secret codes. To Tell the Tooth: A dentist working for C.H.U.M.P. has been inserting secret radio transmitters into the teeth of military officials.

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Ep 5

The Great Brain Drain / The Great Double Double Cross

Oct 8, 1970

The Great Brain Drain: Dr. Strangemind has created a potion that makes the drinker start acting like a child. Baron plans on using this potion on all the world leaders in his quest for world domination. Lancelink goes in to intercept the potion, but in an act of desperation winds up drinking it. With Link now imprisoned by CHUMP, Mata has to come rescue him. The Great Double Double Cross: Mata and Lance both show up at APE headquarters at 3AM. Unbeknownst to everyone else, it is really Baron and Dargon Lady posing as the two agents. The next day, the whole office has been ransacked and a list of APE's top agents was stolen. Darwin gives the two real agents 24 hours to return the list to APE headquarters to clear their name.

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Ep 6

Lance of Arabia / The Doctor Goes A.P.E.

Oct 15, 1970

Lance of Arabia: Prof. Sir Reginal Ressis, archeologist and APE agent, is on assignment to discover the hiding place of CHUMPs ill-gotten horde of gold. But CHUMP gest word of this and sends Ali Assassin to kidnap him. Lance and Mata both set out to rescue him. The Doctor Goes A.P.E.: Darwin calls Lance and Mata in for an emergency meeting. CHUMP has taken pictures of all their agents and it's up to the two agents to steal the mircofilm. Baron is going to the doctor for his annual check-up and instructs Dr. Strangemind to have the microfilm sent to him there. Lance and Mata decide to intercept the film there disguised as doctors.

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