ONE HIT WONDERLAND: “Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora
Tarzan the ape man inspired one of the weirdest hits of the ’80s, but was there more behind the band who made it?
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@christianhansen432
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I love Dee D Jackson and Cosmic Curves slaps. So to hear Jimmy was on Automatic Lover was a nice surprise.
@Jimm-f6v
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
If not for Tarzan Boy – Jack Perry's wrestling career would have never gotten out of highschool gyms
@jirouetecia6799
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I associate the song with a vinesauce stream, and Jungle Boy Jack Perry
@DreFromMaine8472
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I remember in 1993 how this song was used in Listerine commercials. I wonder why it was in the third TMNT movie, though!
@DreFromMaine8472
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
This song is also the theme of "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry in AEW, he and Luchasaurus are Jurassic Express!
@emperormegaman3856
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
1:19:16 The world was this close from getting an act called "Detroit Disco City".
@battleforkrabisland74
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Missed opportunity during the "Woody Boogie" segment to say: At least this isn't the most obnoxious song about woodpeckers, and play a clip from "Woodpecker No. 1" by Merzbow.
@TachoNacho
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Italo disco is fire, Baltimora was fire, Tarzan Boy is fire, 80s were fire and the music video is fire. I don’t like how much the dude is hating on truly good stuff in this video.
@Bluman2
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
This song stinks real bad
@elenasayshi
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
2:01 i'll have you know Jungle Jack Perry and the Jurassic Express are not particularly regrettable
@lazyidiotofthemonth
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
giant? he's only 5'8"
@svenjansen2134
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
There was also another Woodpecker song: Woodpeckers from Space. Believe it was Dutch and very very corny.
@ChaoticMeatballTV
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Enjoyed learning about this random song and the artist behind it, disappointed by no mentions of how my generation knows this song: as Jungle Boy Jack Perry's theme in All Elite Wrestling… scratch that my generation doesn't have a lick of common culture.
@BreezeDorling
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Jungle boy Jack Perry
@BlackstreetBoys2Men
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
My association with this song is Jungle Jack Perry from AEW
@michaelkoch7488
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
There's one other case of ItaloDisco sneakily hitting the US. Laura Branigans hits Gloria and Self Control are both covers of Italian songs.
@spiderlime
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
pardon me, but the filmation series was great! anyhow, i recently discovered the studio version of tarzan boy with the dancing animals, and i wonder what the winged monster with horns is supposed to be: a pterodactil?
@Sohocobblestone
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
6:02 Don't look up what Baltimore Ireland is famous for. It's not pretty.
@SuperSaiyanGuyver
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
'What do you write after Tarzan Boy" should've been "Look up Frank Frazetta's entire catalogue and gay it up." One imagines John Carter could be useful.
@rosaliazurita611
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Love your channel Todd, been bingeing it.
Growing up in the 80’s in Chicago Italo Disco was huge in the clubs and on certain radio stations that would play mixes from the hottest Dj’s at the time on the weekends, namely the hot mix 5, 83’ and 84’ peak yrs for Italo disco in Chicago and NY
@bassfunkmaster85
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
5:30 what a sick dance move
@auguststafford
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
“subtextually”
@Mikieromucho
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Venezuelan here, my dad loves Italo Disco so I guess It goes from Italia to Great Britain and Venezuela where it settled
@HeadphonesUK
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I did spot the Woody Woodpecker laugh right away thanks to the 90s revival series on Fox Kids I grew up with, which was a pretty decent show
@corntastrophy
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I knew italo disco from vaporwave
@safroamurai
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
R.I.P Jimmy…you rock bro…keep dancing in heaven
@Human_Statue
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
well bit of trivia but Baltimore was settled by Catholics in the mid 17th century, strangely enough.
@ThatFanBoyGuy
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Wasn't this song on the soundtrack to Black Mirror Bandersnatch?
@tegan_paige
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I am a Canadian born in 1994 and my association with this song comes from visiting my American ex-boyfriend in Florida and hearing this played at the Orlando City Soccer game in 2015.
@kidwaryodproduction
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
3:30 Fun Fact : In 1983. Frank Farian released special album "Mad – For Dancin' – 28 Superhits Nonstop" have a single "The Bushman" and have a guy wearing Moon Mask portrayed as The Bushman.
This guy is 18 years old Robert Pilatus who later well known as one-half of Milli Vanilli.
@Montahue
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Im old. I was 14 in 1985 standing outside the local youth disco waiting to get in. It was in the coldest of swedish winter and I had for the first time just finished 4 strong beers. I was freezing my ass off and when I finally was let inside the indoor heat struck me at the same time this song started playing. It is so engraved into my body that if it would be played at my funeral my corpse would start twitching.
@kelliemayle9701
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
6:00 You know I have never been to Baltimore and never had any interest or at least have no memory. Been close enough to it though since I’ve been to both D.C. and Philadelphia since my cousins lived around both areas.
@Dalejr88rox
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Are we sure Jimmy McShane isn't a distant relative of Grant O'Brien? The resemblance is uncanny
@ravenxz3r0x14
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I love disco music
@RealMegaghost
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Anyone only know this song because of aew jungle express lol
@daol2038
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
Damn, I didn't know Grant O'Brien was that old and Italian
@nickmesogianes4638
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I can only see Jungle Jack Perry the wrestler when i hear this 😅
@SadieStarlight
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
not a single mention of jungle boy???
@Fsr.130-I5G
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
5:53 More Heartbreak!
@lidoeg2
August 4, 2026 at 10:53 am
I was at a dance party a couple weeks back doing italo house disco and this song came on and I swear everyone LIT UP, it just FEELS big and happy on the dance floor, I first heard it as a needle drop in Becoming A God in Central Florida where it's used for a dude joyously quitting his job and it's perfect