Mata Hairi from ‘Lancelot Link – Secret Chimp’ worked for A.P.E. (Agency to Prevent Evil)
It’s Mata Hairi from ‘Lancelot Link – Secret Chimp’. The action/adventure comedy series aired from 1970 to 1971 and featured a cast of chimpanzees who were overdubbed with human voices. Producers Stan Burns and Mike Marmer went to ridiculous lengths to make the chimp’s lip movements match the dubbing. They had the voice overs ad-libbed on the set which is how they got those absurd moments of the chimps breaking into song and nursery rhymes look just right. For those wondering, the plot of the show reads as follows: “A member of pop band Evolution Revolution, Lancelot Link is called upon by the Agency to Prevent Evil (APE), in their ongoing fight against CHUMP.”
