#edgarriceburroughs - Every Day With Edgar Rice Burroughs - October 16, 2025

 October 16, 2025 and forty-nine years ago on this day in 1976, episode # 6, “Tarzan’s Return to the City of Gold,” of the animated Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle television series, was broadcast. The series featured Robert Ridgely as the voice of Tarzan when Tarzan was speaking. Danton Burroughs provided the Tarzan yell.

In many ways, the series is the most faithful of all screen-based adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan and featured a number of "lost cities" from the original novels. The rotoscoped animation is based upon the work of Burrough's favorite Tarzan artist, Burne Hogarth.

All the episodes and even more information are listed at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag0/0014.html#filmation

Tarzan goes back to the City of Gold to rescue Orando, the younger brother of a traveler from the first episode, who is held captive by the evil Queen Nemone. The episode centers on Tarzan's effort to free the boy, while the queen uses Orando as bait to recapture Tarzan with the help of her soldier, Tomos. Joan Gerber was the voice of Queen Nemone. Ted Cassidy and Linda Gary also voiced characters in the episode.

The drabble for today, “I’ve Come for the Child,” was inspired by the episode.

Queen Nemone snarled, “Tarzan, you promised you’d never return.”

“I did. The last ti

me I was here, you’d kidnapped Thia, a boy from Athne, the city you war against. Now you’ve taken his brother, Orando.”

“If I hold one of their children as a hostage for their good behavior, they’ll hesitate to attack.”

“No, Queen,” replied Tarzan. “People react badly when you threaten children.”

“I don’t believe you.”

“People may walk away their possessions and their homes, but they’ll almost always fight for their children.”

“I’m not convinced.”

“Queen, I came back, didn’t I? What more proof do you need?”