In India, the Hindi-dubbed version was a in the cable-TV economy. It ran for years during summer vacations. Today, critics recognize that the film broke ground for talking-animal comedies, paving the way for The Nutty Professor and even Paddington . And for Indian fans, the 1998 Hindi dub is the definitive version.

In the 1998 version, when a monkey throws poop at a cop, the Hindi dub added a sound effect and the cop yelling "Yeh kya hai? Golgappa?" You cannot compete with that level of creative liberty.

Until then, the search continues. Keep your external hard drives ready. Keep asking the old video store owner. The Doctor is in... but only if you speak Hindi.