Uh-oh! Chongo! Created by Richard Donner for The Banana Splits Adventure Hour in 1968, Danger Island was a serial in the tradition of those which once played movie houses on Saturday afternoon. The action never let up over the course of the show's run, and it became the single most popular attraction on the parent show.
They meet up with Morgan, the survivor of an earlier shipwreck, and a bizarre character named Chongo, who could not speak. The show premiered on the first episode of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour in 1968 and ran until 1969; it was rebroadcast in its entirety for the Splits' remaining seasons.
Individual episodes to do not exceed ten minutes, and always finish with a cliffhanger.
Main Cast: Frank Aletter: Professor Irwin Hayden Victor Eberg: Mu-Tan Kim Kahana: Chongo Rockne Tarkington: Morgan Ronne Troup: Leslie Hayden Jan-Michael Vincent: Link Simmons
Kahana claims that he has never been able to shake, "uh oh Chongo!" He says that "when someone who remembers the series finds out" that he played that part, "that is the first thing out of their mouths!" The former Saturday morning star and indefinite racial stereotype now runs a stunt school and film production company in Groveland, Florida.
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