George of the Jungle: Episode 1

George of the Jungle: Episode 1
ABC
September 9, 1967
Cartoon
DVD
C

This inauspicious debut includes the GJ segment "The Sultan's Pearl" (C), the Super Chicken feature "The Zipper" (C+), and the Tom Slick story "The Bigg Race" (C-).  While the writing generally isn't as good as it would get, SC at least tries to be a little naughty about zippers and it features two passing hippies, while the jokes in TS are as weak as they always are.  Both GJ and TS resort to racial stereotypes, and TS is further weakened by the fact that no one recognizes that Tom only wins the race because another driver tows him along.

This is the 200th program I've reviewed, almost half of that Gilligan's Island.