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The King Kong Show Season 1 Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.