On the heels of an unsold pilot for Sally Sargent, Terrytoons tried again, working with independent producer Fred Calvert (uncredited), and Hanna-Barbera vets such as Iwao Takamoto, to produce this next offering, "The Ruby Eye of The Monkey God". Keep in mind that by the time this had made its way to air in the winter of 1969, H-B already had The Arabian Knights, a super-team component of The Banana Splits, and Shazzan was in perpetual rerun on CBS.
Ali and his prospective girlfriend, Princess Jasmine (pronounced Yasmine) must protect a stolen ruby, and return it to its rightful place. Very little else is known about this short, which made its YouTube debut last month.
The closing credit suggests it was included in the syndicated package for Mighty Mouse, but never aired on WPIX, which had the rights during the 70's and early 80's.
Rating: B.
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