I’ve just learned that Tales of the Gold Monkey, one of the “holy grails” of my misspent youth, will get its official DVD release on June 8. You can read the details here, if you’ve a mind to.

It looks like it’s going to be a nicely done set, with a 36-minute retrospective documentary (rare for these old television shows), a number of photo galleries and episode commentaries, and a collectible booklet. That’s impressive treatment for a series that lasted only one season way back in 1982! And I even like the package art, which is usually a big weak spot for TV-show DVDs. Although I do have to admit that the Gold Monkey artwork looks a lot like what was done for the Young Indiana Jones series; I guess Gold Monkey never will manage to shake off that particular association, will it?

In any event, this makes me irrationally happy… the last week or so has been pretty crappy, for reasons that will be revealed shortly, and this little jolt of good news is welcome distraction indeed.

Oh, and if you have no idea what the hell I’m even talking about, I’ve previously written about Tales of the Gold Monkey here and here.