# ID this 80's TV show from my maddeningly vague recollection **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572 "2004-04-28T22:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/1 "2004-04-28T22:54:49Z")
OK, this must have been in the early 80’s. I remember really liking this show but I couldn’t remember any details at all (if that makes sense). I very recently remembered this one detail that may spring it from your mind. Guy is some sort of adventurer, and he has a dog with a glass eye. The dog barks twice for “yes” and once for “no” (or vice versa) and the adventurer forgets which is which - thinks he meant “yes” when he really meant “no” - so thinking he had the dog’s permission he removes his glass eye and loses it in a card game. For the rest of the show the dog is mad b/c he lost his glass eye. That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/2 "2004-04-28T23:09:13Z")
It was part a short lived series call “Bojangles & Friends!" starring Sammy Davis Jr. about an ex-dancer/hobo’s adventures with his dog. One part you’re slightly mis-remembering is that Bojangles mixes up the dog’s instructions because he “drinks a bit” and the dog gets seriously pissed at this. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/3 "2004-04-28T23:13:13Z")
How about [Tales of the Gold Monkey](http://epguides.com/TalesoftheGoldMonkey/)? ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/4 "2004-04-28T23:16:15Z")
Someone [here](http://inthe00s.com/archive/inthe80s/bbs4/webBBS_4118.shtml) suggests that it was [_Tales of the Gold Monkey_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083488/), an Indiana Jones inspired tropical island adventure series. Stephen Collins, currenlty of _Seventh Heaven_, starred. Then again, maybe **astro** is right. I don’t remember the '80s as being filled with glass-eyed dog tv shows, but I may be mis-remembering. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/5 "2004-04-28T23:51:55Z")
Beyond question, _Tales of the Gold Monkey_. May I add, that I loved that show. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/6 "2004-04-29T00:18:19Z")
HOLY FLURKING SCHNITT!!! It was definitely Tales of the Gold Monkey! Good gravy, upon seeing the picture from **GorillaGirl** ’s link, my mind just filled in all the details like Dory suddenly remembering everything in _Finding Nemo_. He had a seaplane and was an Indiana Jones type, it was set in the same time period as ROTLA, and the guy from _Magnum P.I._ (Mac) was his sidekick! Unfortunately none of the episode guides say anything about him losing his dog’s glass eye in a card game. **Bosda** , do you remember that? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/7 "2004-04-29T00:32:37Z")
I remember the show, and also him losing the glass eye. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-tv-show-from-my-maddeningly-vague-recollection/242572/8 "2004-04-29T02:32:35Z")
The pilot episode started with the poker game in which the dog’s eye was lost. Notably, at around the same time, a pre-B5 Bruce Boxleitner starred in a similar (and similarly shortlived) adventure series called _Bring 'Em Back Alive_, though it turns out the source material is far older than Indiana Jones.