Hacker Cinema
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
1970 · TV series · 30 min episodes · 1 season
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.
1 positive1 negativefrom 2 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
2 comments on Hacker News
Agreed! 1970 "Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp". Watch an episode on YT[1]. Totally bonkers. This should could not be made today. (Chimps forced to snow ski with a Peregrine Falcon tied to it's shoulder? So dangerous)
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ctZI9_oyo
We use Microsoft Link for our phone system at work (recommendation: NEVER use MS Link).
My first thought was to compare it to "Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp" [1] which was a slightly bizarre show in the 70's, mostly intended to be funny.
I didn't much like it then, and couldn't even watch a whole episode this year. In discussing it with a co-worker, he pointed out that some people find monkeys inherently funny, so they'd get a kick out of it.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Link,_Secret_Chimp