I just realized I have (at least portions of) three versions of Journey to the West: a few volumes of Saiyuki, a tape or two of Dragonball Z, and a moldy-oldy but very charming old vid which was re-cut and re-voiced in the '60s for the Western kid audience, "Alakazam the Great!" It's apparently a faithful cartoon version from China.
I remember seeing "Alakazam" when I was, oh, about three years old, on TV, early-early in the morning, all by myself. I was enraptured. I think this is where I got turned on to Eastern mysticism, seriously.
Western voices included Frankie Avalon as Monkey and Dodie Stevens as his girl. Also included Jonathan Winters and Sterling Holloway.
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Date: 21 Mar 2011 11:13 pm (UTC)I just realized I have (at least portions of) three versions of Journey to the West: a few volumes of Saiyuki, a tape or two of Dragonball Z, and a moldy-oldy but very charming old vid which was re-cut and re-voiced in the '60s for the Western kid audience, "Alakazam the Great!" It's apparently a faithful cartoon version from China.
I remember seeing "Alakazam" when I was, oh, about three years old, on TV, early-early in the morning, all by myself. I was enraptured. I think this is where I got turned on to Eastern mysticism, seriously.
Western voices included Frankie Avalon as Monkey and Dodie Stevens as his girl. Also included Jonathan Winters and Sterling Holloway.
I just looked up the wiki, it's interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alakazam_the_Great .
My question is, how the hell did I end up with 3 versions of JttW? Oy!