We discussed Tales of the Gold Monkey – now it would be bad form not mentioning the other pulp show of the ’80s.

And the other pulp show of the ’80s was, of course, Bring ’em Back Alive, which ran for 17 60 minutes (45-minutes according to other sources) episodes and then folded, in 1982.

The set-up: Frank Buck (Bruce Boxleitner in his pre-Sheridan youth) is a big game hunter turned animal collector in Southeast Asia and… well, and that’s it.

The main problem, to me, when it comes to Bring ’em back Alive is, the sense of void which lurks sometimes beneath the Gold Monkey stories, here strides frightfully across the script.

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