Ten Times As Big As A Man

The King in a cartoon

I thought I had imagined it, stirred up the soundtrack and photos from some wild childhood fever hallucination, but no! The King Kong cartoon series did actually exist and heres a picture from one of the adverts to prove it. A lot of folk that ive asked about this have given me blank stares but a trawl through the interwebz has brought forth fruit! The show was made in 1966 and followed the adventures of King Kong as he befriends the Bond family, and helps save the world from other giant creatures and robots.
What I remembered most about this show was the soundtrack which had a thundering chorus with the words "King Kong! Ten times as big as a man!", and was quite heavy for an animated childrens series. (You can probably find it easily on Youtube).
It was on when I was a child in the late 70's and early 80's, along with the Godzilla/Godzookie cartoon but most only recall the lizards show. Im glad I did a little cyber digging if only to prove to myself I hadn't made the whole thing up.

Offensive? Or No?

First off, allow me to apologise for this quick blog. Its been a slow day. Bless you!



The above is a screen grab from a Huckleberry Finn game that was avilable on some game consoles a few years ago. Look at the cartoon of Huck's slave pal, Jim, on the bottom left corner. Edgy depiction or not? It reminds me of the derogatory cartoon sketches made of black guys in certain lunatic groups. Or maybe its just the harmless fact that the whole point of a caricature is to emphasise what stands out the most.