George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle is an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan. It ran for 17 episodes on Saturday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on American TV network ABC. The half-hour program was distributed for many years by Worldvision Enterprises, currently part of CBS Television Distribution.

In the opening title, George is depicted swinging on vines, repeatedly slamming face-first into tress or other obstacles even as the theme-song writers warn him to "watch out for that tree!" Another running gag is that George keeps forgetting that he lives in a treehouse, falling to the ground every time he leaves home. George's "beloved mate" is Ursula, a Jane-like character far brighter than George, whom George refers to as "Fella". George's closest friend is an ape named Ape who like Ursula is far more intelligent than George. He has a pet elephant named Shep, who behaves like a lap dog, as George refers to him, a "great big peanut-lovin' poochie", and who he thinks is a dog. Also of note is the Tooky Tooky the toucan famous for his call: "Ah ah ee ee tooky tooky." In 1997, the segment was adapted into a live-action film titled George of the Jungle. Brendan Fraser played the title role, with Leslie Mann as the lovely Ursula Stanhope, John Cleese as the voice of Ape, and Thomas Haden Church as the villain. A direct-to-video sequel George of the Jungle 2, starring Christopher Showerman as George, was released in 2003.

The cartoon series features the voices of Bill Scott as George. June Foray as Ursula. And Paul Frees as Ape.