June 21 |
Ron Ely must gave thanked God
for Workman's Comp while he was staring in the 1966-68 NBC TV series
Tarzan. The 6'4" athletic actor kept on insisting that he do his own
stunts which led to a total of 15 serious injuries including:
Ron was the 15th screen Tarzan and won the part over 300 competitors. He tried to make the role closer the the the original series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs Burroughs who created his Tarzan character as an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by apes who later returns to civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. After Ron won the role as Lord of the Apes, he said "Ever read the original Tarzan stories? They're beautiful. About an educated man who returns to the environment he knows best, the jungle. There he seeks truth, honor, and man's lost humanity to man. This Tarzan is the part I've been waiting for all my life." AfterTarzan was cancelled by NBC, Ron starred in in two films made from that series in 1970. Ron then went to Germany where he made a few action films that were popular with the Germans. However, in Germany, David Hasselhoff is also considered a major star. Ron's other semi-memorable film role was as Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze (1975) . He then capped his show biz career as the host of TV's "Miss America" pageant on from 1979-81 annd starred in the 1987 Canadian-filmed revival of Sea Hunt. Ron primarily left the big and small screens in the 90s when he began to write mystery novels . So
to celebrate Ron's birthday, we suggest watching Tarzan's Deadly Silence
(1970) and enjoying a plate of tasty Tarzan Strips
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Ingredients |
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3/4 cup flour
2 eggs 1 cup cornflake crumbs 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
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1 packet French onion soup mix 16 chicken tenderloins, trimmed Canola oil cooking spray Sweet chili sauce or tomato sauce, to serve |
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Instructions |
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Serves 6 © 2011 Gordon Nary and Tyler Stokes |