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The King Kong Show

  • 1966-1967
  • 1 season
  • ABC
  • Animation, Science Fiction
  • TV-Y7-FV

An animated series about the adventures of King Kong and his young pal Bobby Bond. Also featured were the adventures of "Tom of T.H.U.M.B.", a 6" tall secret agent.

Season 1 Episode Guide

50 Episodes 1966 - 1967

Episode 1

Under the Volcano

Sat, Sep 10, 1966

While exploring a long dormant volcano on a neighboring island, the Bond family is captured by the inhabitants of an underground kingdom. Kong races to the rescue, but the villains have prepared a trap for him as well.

Episode 2

The Treasure Trap

Sat, Sep 10, 1966

Bobby discovers an ancient sunken ship. As he explores the wreck, an earthquake strikes Mondo Island and traps Bobby underwater.

Episode 3

The Horror of Mondo Island

Sat, Sep 17, 1966

When Phantasium is discovered, a greedy mining corporation arrives on Mondo Island to dig up the rare metal. Bobby uses a war-painted Kong to send the miners packing before they destroy the island's ecosystem.

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Episode 4

Dr. Who

Sat, Sep 17, 1966

The evil scientist kidnaps King Kong. This short features many elements that would later appear in KING KONG ESCAPES, including a main villain who knocks out Kong with gas bombs then carries him from Mondo Island with helicopters.

Episode 5

Rocket Island

Sat, Sep 24, 1966

Dr. Who disrupts the launch of the Gemini Capsule in order to blackmail the US for 10 million dollars.

The King Kong Show Season 1 Rocket Island

Episode 6

The African Bees

Sat, Sep 24, 1966

A giant swarm of aggressive bees descend on Mondo Island, and King Kong uses his brains to protect Professor Bond and a moronic Texas millionaire.

Episode 7

The Hunter

Sat, Oct 1, 1966

A safari hunter named Ulrich Von Kramer uses Bobby as bait to trap the biggest game of all, King Kong. This story features some hilarious monologues from the egotistical Von Kramer and a battle between Kong and a Triceratops.

Episode 8

The Spacemen

Sat, Oct 1, 1966

A pair of weird aliens land on Mondo Island to get animal specimens (including Bobby and Captain Englehorn) before they conquer Earth.

Episode 9

The Jinx of the Sphinx

Kong and the Bond family travel to Egypt to investigate reports of a monster sphinx destroying ships on the Suez Canal. The sphinx turns out to be the first robotic creation of Dr. Who.

Episode 10

The Greeneyed Monster

Kong gets jealous when Bobby looks after Capt. Englehorn's pet dog. This episode includes a giant vulture-like bird wearing a hat (!?) that tries to eat the pup.

Episode 11

The Top of the World

Dr. Who establishes a base at the North Pole and begins to melt the arctic ice with his atomic invention, the Meltifier. As Alaska begins to flood, the Bond family arrives to save the world with the help of King Kong.

Episode 12

The Golden Temple

Bobby and Professor Bond discover a sunken Etruscan temple off the coast of Mondo Island but, when the professor tries to explore further he is sucked into an underwater whirlpool.

Episode 13

The Electric Circle

An evil scientist decides to turn Mondo Island into a nuclear missile base for his country, so he kidnaps Bobby as bait to lure Kong into an electric trap.

Episode 14

Mirror of Destruction

On a remote island near San Francisco (?!), a scientist has constructed a giant heat cannon. Dr. Who takes the inventor hostage, then lures the Bond family to the island in order to use the mirrored weapon to kill King Kong.

Episode 15

Tiger Tiger

Two perfectly preserved sabretooth tigers are found frozen at the North Pole. When Professor Bond thaws them out, the giant cats revive and attack an Eskimo village.

Episode 16

The Vise of Dr.Who

Dr. Who lures the Bond family and Capt. Englehorn to a fake children's home and traps them in a metal room with freezing and burning walls that slide inward like a giant trash compactor. Can Kong save them?

Episode 17

King Kong's House

While looking for fossils in a large cave, Professor Bond and Bobby are sealed in by a sudden rockslide and have to deal with a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The King Kong Show Season 1 King Kong's House

Episode 18

MechaniKong

King Kong is accused of attacking New Guinea, but the real culprit proves to be Mechani-Kong, a giant robot created and operated by Dr. Who. To clear his name, Kong goes toe-to-toe with his robot double.

Episode 19

The Giant Sloths

King Kong battles a pair of prehistoric giant, clawed ground sloths.

Episode 20

The Legend of Loch Ness

The Bond family head to Scotland to investigate reports of the Loch Ness Monster, and Kong soon finds himself in a life-or-death struggle with the legendary lake serpent.

Episode 21

Dr. Bone

Episode 22

No Man's Snowman

Episode 23

The Desert Pirates

Episode 24

Command Performance

Episode 25

The Sea Surrounds Us

Episode 26

Show Biz

Episode 27

The Wizard of Overlord

Episode 28

Perilous Porpoise

Episode 29

The Trojan Horse

Episode 30

The Man from K.O.N.G.

Episode 31

Caribbean Cruise

Episode 32

Diver's Dilemma

Episode 33

The Great Sun Spots

Episode 34

Kong Is Missing

Episode 35

In the Land of the Giant Trees

Episode 36

Captain Kong

Episode 37

Statue of Liberty Play

Episode 38

Pandora's Box

Episode 39

The Thousand Year Knockout

Sat, Jan 21, 1967

Professor Bond brings his family to Paris for a public exhibition of King Kong.

Episode 40

Desert City

Episode 41

Eagle Squadron

Episode 42

The Kong of Stone

Episode 43

Murderer's Maze

Episode 44

The Great Gold Strike

Episode 45

It Wasn't There Again Today

Episode 46

The Mad Whale

Episode 47

The King Kong Diamond

Episode 48

Anchors Away

Episode 49

A Friend in Need

Part 1 of the series pilot; featuring the Bond Family's arrival on Mondo Island, King Kong's battle with the Tyrannosaurus, the first meeting between Kong and Bobby, and the sea battle between Kong and the Kraken.

Episode 50

The Key to The City

Part 2 of the series pilot; a storm at sea washes King Kong to New York City. Kong climbs the Empire State Building, and the Bond family must stop an overzealous military from attacking the giant ape.

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