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Jonny Quest
Original Jonny Quest title card from 1964
Created byDoug Wildey
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Starring1964–1965:
Tim Matheson as Jonny Quest
Mike Road as Roger "Race" Bannon
Danny Bravo as Hadji
John Stephenson as Dr. Quest (five episodes)
Don Messick as Dr. Quest and Bandit

1986–1987:
Scott Menville as Jonny Quest
Granville Van Dusen as "Race" Bannon
Rob Paulsen as Hadji
Don Messick as Dr. Quest and Bandit
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Country of originTemplate:TVUS
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 (1964–1965); 13 (1986–1987)
Production
ProducersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time1964-1965–25 mins., 1986-1987–22 mins.
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkABC (1964–1965)
Syndication (1986–1987)
ReleaseSeptember 18, 1964 –
March 11, 1965

Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey.

Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, it featured more realistic art, characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows – which would later include Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio – and ran on ABC in prime time on early Friday nights for one season in 1964–1965.

After spending two decades in reruns, during which time it appeared on all 3 major US television networks of the time, new episodes were produced for syndication in 1986. Two telefilms, a comic book series, and a more modern revival series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, were produced in the 1990s. Reruns of Johnny Quest can be seen on Cartoon Network's classic cartoon channel Boomerang.

Original 1964–1965 show

Inspiration

Comic book artist Doug Wildey, after having worked on Cambria Productions' 1962 animated television series Space Angel,[1] found work at the animation studio Hanna-Barbera, which asked him to design a series starring the radio drama adventure character] Jack Armstrong.[2]

Wildey wrote and drew a presentation, using such magazines as Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Science Digest "to project what would be happening 10 years hence", and devising or fancifully updating such devices as a "snowskimmer" and hydrofoils. When Hanna-Barbera could not or would not obtain the rights to Jack Armstrong, the studio had Wildey rework the concept. Wildey said he "went home and wrote Jonny Quest that night — which was not that tough." For inspiration he drew on Jackie Cooper and Frankie Darrow movies, Milton Caniff's comic strip Terry and the Pirates, and, at the behest of Hanna-Barbera, the James Bond movie Dr. No. As Wildey described in 1986, producer Joe Barbera had seen that first film about the English superspy "and wanted to get in stuff like [Bond's code-number] '007' — numbers. Which we included, by the way, in the first [episode of] Jonny Quest. It was called 'Jonny Quest File 037' or something. We dropped that later; it didn't work. But that was his father's code name as he worked for the government as a scientist and that kind of thing.[2] Hanna-Barbera refused to give him a "created by" credit, Wildey said, and he and studio "finally arrived on 'Based on an idea created by', and that was my credit."[2]

The Saturday-morning TV animated series Jonny Quest debuted on ABC on September 18, 1964. As comics historian Daniel Herman wrote,

Wildey's designs on Jonny Quest gave a cartoon a distinctive look, with its heavy blacks [i.e. shading and shadow] and its Caniff-inspired characters. . . . The show was an action/adventure story involving the feature's namesake, an 11-year-old boy. The cast of characters included Jonny's kid sidekick, named Hadji, Jonny's globetrotting scientist dad . . . and the groups' handsome bodyguard, secret agent Race Bannon, who looks as if he stepped out of the pages of [Caniff's comic strip] Steve Canyon. . . . The look of Jonny Quest was unlike any other cartoon television show of the time, with its colorful backgrounds, and its focus on the characters with their jet packs, hydrofoils, and lasers. Wildey would work on other animation projects, but it was with his work on Jonny Quest that he reached his widest audience, bringing a comic book sense of design and style to television cartoons.[3]

Wildey did not design the more cartoonishly drawn, comic relief pet bulldog, Bandit, which was designed by animator Dick Bickenbach.[2]

Although they do not appear in any episode, scenes from the Jack Armstrong test film were incorporated into the Jonny Quest closing credits.[citation needed] They are the scenes of Jack Armstrong and Billy Fairfield escaping from African warriors by hovercraft. The test sequence and a number of drawings and storyboards by Wildey were used to sell the series to ABC and sponsors.[citation needed]

Scenes from the abandoned Jack Armstrong test film.

The show's working titles were The Saga of Chip Baloo, which Wildey said "wasn't really serious, but that was it for the beginning",[2] and Quest File 037.[4][5][6] The name Quest was selected from a phone book, for its adventurous implications.[2][7]

Characters

The Quest team. Front row (left to right): Dr. Benton Quest and "Race" Bannon. Back row: Jonny Quest, Hadji, and Bandit.
  • Jonathan "Jonny" Quest is an 11-year-old American boy who lost his mother at an early age. Though unenthusiastic in his schooling, he is adventurous and generally athletic, with a proficiency in judo, scuba diving, and the handling of firearms. He takes on responsibility willingly, attending to his studies, and treating adults with respect. His voice was provided by actor Tim Matheson.
  • Dr. Benton C. Quest is Jonny's father and a US government scientist, considered to be "one of the three top scientists in the world," with interests and technical know-how spanning many fields. Raising Jonny and Hadji as a single father, he is conscientious and decent, though willing and able to take violent decisive action when necessary for survival or defense. Benton Quest was voiced by John Stephenson for five episodes, and by Don Messick for the remainder of the series.
  • Roger T. "Race" Bannon is a special agent / bodyguard / pilot from Intelligence One. Governmental fears that Jonny could "fall into the wrong hands" resulted in the assignment of Bannon to guard and tutor him.[8] Race was born in Wilmette, Illinois, to John and Sarah Bannon.[9] He is stated to be an expert in judo, having a third-degree black belt as well as the ability to defeat noted experts in various martial arts, including sumo wrestlers. The character was was voiced by Mike Road, with his design modeled on actor Jeff Chandler.[10] The name is a combination of Race Dunhill and Stretch Bannon from an earlier Doug Wildey comic strip.[2] The surname Bannon is Irish (from 'O'Banain') meaning "white"[11], [12].
  • Hadji is a streetwise, 11-year-old Calcutta orphan, who becomes the adopted son of Dr. Benton Quest.[13] Rarely depicted without his bejeweled turban and Nehru jacket, he is proficient in judo, having learned it from an American Marine. The seventh son of a seventh son, Hadji seems to possess mystical powers (including snake charming, levitation, magic, and hypnotism) which may or may not be attributed to parlor trickery. The Quests meet Hadji while Dr. Quest is lecturing at Calcutta University; he saves Dr. Quest's life (by intercepting a throwing knife intended for the doctor with a basket lid) and is subsequently adopted into the Quest family.[14] Though slightly more circumspect than Jonny, he can reliably be talked into participating in most any adventure by his adoptive brother. He is voiced by Danny Bravo. In the sequel series The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Hadji is revealed to be an Indian prince, and is given the last name Singh.
  • Bandit is the name of Jonny's pet, a small white bulldog. He has been so named because his eyes have a black, mask-like coloration around them. Bandit largely serves as comic relief, but is occasionally instrumental in foiling antagonists. Though unable to speak, in the manner of some other Hanna-Barbera cartoon dogs, he seems uncannily able to understand human speech and is capable of complex facial expressions. Don Messick provided Bandit's vocal effects, which were combined with an archived clip of an actual dog barking.[citation needed] Creator Doug Wildey wanted to have a monkey as Jonny's pet, but he was overruled by Hanna-Barbera.[2]

The Quests have a home compound in the Florida Keys (on the island of Palm Key), but their adventures take them all over the world. The Quest team travels the globe studying scientific mysteries, which generally end up to be explained away as the work of various bad guys. Such pursuits get them into scrapes with foes that range from espionage robots and electrical monsters to Egyptian mummies and pterosaurs. Although most menaces appeared in only one episode each, one recurring nemesis is known as Dr. Zin, an Asian criminal mastermind. The voices of Dr. Zin and other assorted characters were done by Vic Perrin. Race's mysterious old flame, Jade (voiced by Cathy Lewis), appears in two episodes, as do the characters of Corbin (an Intelligence One agent) and the Professor (a scientist colleague of Dr. Quest's). The 1993 made-for-TV feature Jonny's Golden Quest included in its plotline the concept that Race and Jade had been briefly married years earlier, but it also depicted Race and Hadji in place with the family at Mrs. Quest's death, in direct contradiction to explicit statements in the original series.

Animation technique

As the first major studio devoted to television animation (with previous studios, such as Warner Bros. and Disney, devoted to animation for theatrical release), Hanna-Barbera developed the technique of limited animation in order to cut corners and meet the tighter scheduling and budgetary demands of television. As opposed to full animation, this means that characters generally move from side to side with a sliding background behind them and are drawn mostly in static form, with only the moving parts (like running legs, shifting eyes, or talking mouths) being re-drawn from frame to frame on a separate layer.

This was particularly true of Jonny Quest. The series' visual style was unusual for its time, combining a fairly realistic depiction of human figures and objects with the limited animation technique (although not so limited as that of Hanna-Barbera's contemporaneous daytime cartoons). The series made heavy use of rich music scores, off-screen impacts with sound effects, reaction shots, cycling animations, cutaways, scene to scene dissolves, and abbreviated dialogue to move the story forward, without requiring extensive original animation of figures. For example, objects would often reverse direction off-screen, eliminating the need to show the turn,[15] or a running character would enter the frame sliding to a stop, allowing a single drawn figure to be used.[16]

Network run and Saturday morning reruns

Jonny Quest first aired on September 18, 1964 on the ABC network, in prime time, and was an almost instant success, both critically and ratings-wise. It was canceled after one season, not because of poor ratings, but because each episode of the show went over budget.[citation needed] Like the original Star Trek television series, this series would be a big money-maker in syndication, but this avenue to profits was not as well-known when the show was canceled in 1965. Reruns of the show were broadcast on various networks’ Saturday morning lineups beginning in 1967.

Controversy

Jonny Quest became one of the main targets of parental watchdog groups such as Action for Children's Television (ACT) for its multiple onscreen deaths, murder attempts, use of firearms and deadly weapons and tense moments.[citation needed] Reruns were taken off the air in 1972, but returned to Saturday morning, in edited form,[citation needed] sporadically afterward.[citation needed]

Music

The percussion-heavy big band jazz theme music for the 1960s series and each episode's score were all composed by Hoyt Curtin. In a 1999 interview, he stated that the jazz band for the series consisted of 4 trumpets, 6 trombones, 5 woodwind doublers, and a 5 man rhythm section.[17] Alvin Stoller or Frankie Capp usually played drums.[citation needed] While a string section comes in at moments of tension or pizzicato for comic relief, the score is primarily driven by a big brass sound. Curtin stated that the band took about an hour to record the main theme. It contained a trombone solo performed by jazz veteran Frank Rosolino, and a complex riff in which the trombone players were physically unable to keep up with the rapidly changing slide positions needed.[17] Cues in the series were generally recorded in one take, done by a regular group of union session players who could "read like demons". The cues were, of course, later recycled for other Hanna-Barbera series (The Herculoids, The Fantastic Four, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, etc.).

For the later animated series, the music was adapted for orchestra and added major dramatic and intriguing tones.

The original version of this theme song became available on the CD entitled Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.2: From the 50s and 60s, produced in 1990, and on that recording the composition is called merely Jonny Quest.

Merchandise

A simple substitution code ring was offered as a promotion by PF Flyers. The ring featured a movable code wheel, magnifying lens, signal flasher and a secret compartment. The code was implemented by a rotating circular inner code dial marked "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" and a fixed outer code marked "WEARPFSLQMYBUHXVCZNDKIOTGJ", i.e. "Wear PFs".

Home video

Various episodes of the "classic" series have been released on VHS over the years.

On May 11, 2004, Warner Home Video released Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season on DVD in Region 1, which features all 26 episodes of the original series.[18] Of note, some of the episodes on this release have been edited for content and also feature incorrect closing credits.[citation needed]

The New Adventures of Jonny Quest

Main article: The New Adventures of Jonny Quest

By the mid-1980s, the edited episodes of Jonny Quest were part of the syndication package The Funtastic World of Hanna–Barbera. Each episode was time-compressed and edited to reduce the runtime from 25 to 22 minutes, with edits focused on the comical scenes with Bandit. Thirteen episodes were produced in 1986 (although some sources state 1987) to accompany the originals in the Funtastic World programming block. These episodes were referred to simply as Jonny Quest in their opening title sequence (the same ones seen on the original series since the censoring), and were noticeably less violent and more "kid-friendly" than the 1960s originals, and introduced the new regular character Hardrock ("The Monolith Man"), an ancient man made of stone. Hardrock did not return in any later versions of the program.

A feature length animated telefilm, Jonny's Golden Quest, was produced by HannaBarbera for USA Network in 1993, which again pitted the Quest team against Dr. Zin, who murders Jonny's mother in the film. Jonny’s Golden Quest also reused the storyline of the recent series' episode "Deadly Junket," wherein a little girl named Jessie Bradshaw, the daughter of a missing scientist, asked the Quest party to help find her father. Here she is revealed to be lying about her parentage at Dr. Zin's behest, and to Race's surprise is actually his and Jade's daughter. Jessie would appear as a character in all subsequent versions of the Jonny Quest property. A second telefilm, Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects, was produced for TNT in 1995, and was promoted as being the final iteration of the "Classic Jonny Quest"[citation needed].

All three of these productions featured the voices of Don Messick and Granville Van Dusen as Dr. Quest and Race Bannon, respectively. Messick also reprised performing the "voice" of Bandit in the series, but the features had this done by Frank Welker.

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

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The cover for a VHS collection of episodes from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.
Main article: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, premiered on all three major Turner Broadcasting System entertainment cable channels (Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT), and met with mixed ratings and reviews. The characters were aged, with Jonny, Hadji, and Jessie becoming teenagers. Dr. Quest's compound has moved to a rocky island off the Maine coast.

Production on the series had been problem-laden since 1992, and when it was finally broadcast, it featured two different versions of its own Jonny Quest universe: the first batch of episodes (referred to as the "season one" episodes) gave the Quest team a futuristic look, while the second batch (referred to as "season two") harkened back to the original 1960s episodes. Several of the "season one" adventures in this series took place in a cyberspace realm known as "Questworld", depicted using 3-D computer animation. Both "seasons" aired during the 1996–1997 television season, and the show was canceled after 52 episodes (26 of each season). A live-action movie was planned to debut following the series premiere but never materialized.[19]

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest returned in the late 1990s on Cartoon Network. It was part of the original Toonami rotation when the block launched on March 17, 1997 and aired consistently on Toonami until September 24, 1999. It then continued to air sporadically until December 14, 2002. The first 13 episodes of the first season were released to DVD on February 17, 2009.

Other media

Feature film

In the early 1990s, Turner planned a "Year of Jonny Quest" marketing campaign to feature a new television series, the release of classic episodes on VHS, the creation of two new animated movies in classic continuity (Jonny's Golden Quest and Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects), and the production of a live-action film.[20][21][22] Director Richard Donner, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, and Jane Rosenthal optioned the rights for the live action film, having expressed interest in the property soon after Turner's acquisition of Hanna-Barbera.[19][20][23] Slated to begin production in mid-1995, filming was pushed back to 1996 and ultimately never began.[23] By early 1996, the project had already fallen well-behind development of other films, such as a live-action Jetsons movie.[24]

Warner Bros. has announced that the live-action "Jonny Quest" film is in production and is expected for a release in August 17, 2012.[25]

Comic books

A Jonny Quest comic book (a retelling of the first TV episode, "Mystery of the Lizard Men") was published by Gold Key Comics in 1964. Comico began publication of a Jonny Quest series in 1986, with the first issue featuring Doug Wildey's artwork. The series was written by William Messner-Loebs and ran for 31 issues, with 2 specials and 3 "classic" issues drawn by Wildey retelling Quest TV episodes ("Shadow of the Condor", "Calcutta Adventure", and "Werewolf of the Timberland"). Wildey drew several additional covers, as did Steve Rude and Dave Stevens. The series also spun off a 3-issue series named Jezebel Jade — drawn by Adam Kubert — which told the story of Jade's relationship and adventures with Race Bannon.

Computer games

In 1991, Hi-Tec Software published Jonny Quest in Doctor Zin's Underworld, an officially licensed Jonny Quest platform game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 home computers.

In 1996, Virgin Interactive published Jonny Quest: Cover-Up At Roswell for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.

Reception

In January 2009, IGN named Jonny Quest as the 77th best in its "Top 100 Animated TV Shows".[26]

Music

A concert-goer called Johnny Quest is referenced by Less Than Jake on their album Losing Streak from 1996 in the song title Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts.

Bloodhound Gang referenced Jonny Quest on their album Hooray For Boobies on the song Mope.

Powerglove covered the theme song to The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest on their album Saturday Morning Apocalypse.

Parodies and homages

The characters and setting of Jonny Quest have frequently been the subject of brief parodies, especially in later animated programs, some of which have aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block. (Time Warner owns both Cartoon Network and the rights to the entire Hanna-Barbera library, including Jonny Quest, which is why Cartoon Network was originally conceived.) In addition, there have been several substantial references to the show:

  • Adult Swim's The Venture Bros. features characters who are satirical analogues of the Jonny Quest cast: Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, his bodyguard Brock Samson, and his sons Hank and Dean. Flashbacks reveal that Rusty is himself the son of a Benton Quest analog, now coasting on the fame of his late father. During the first season, the creators of the show realized that Cartoon Network's parent owned Jonny Quest and began using the actual characters, including Jonny as a paranoid drug addict severely damaged by the constant danger his father put him in, Race Bannon as a OSI agent that Brock Samson calls "one of the best" until his death, and Hadji as a hard-working competent engineer for Rusty's successful brother Jonas Jr. However, starting with the third season, the Jonny Quest characters were renamed: Jonny was renamed "Action Johnny", Race Bannon was referred to as "Red" and Dr Zin was simply called "Dr. Z"; there was no in-show explanation for the change.
  • Adult Swim's Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law features the cast in several episodes. In "Bannon Custody Battle", Bannon and Dr. Quest fight for custody of Jonny and Hadji, and in "Return of Birdgirl" the men try to marry. Other episodes featured the Lizard Men from "Mystery of the Lizard Men", the mummy from "Curse of Anubis", a yeti from "Monsters in the Monastery", a gargoyle from "The House of the Seven Gargoyles", the robotic spider from "The Robot Spy", etc.
  • An 8-minute parody appeared in 1995 on the animated series Freakazoid!, under the title Toby Danger. A (somewhat) loving parody of Jonny Quest, featuring the voices of Scott Menville, Don Messick (in his last role before he died) and Granville Van Dusen (all of whom provided voices for JQ). This was originally written by Tom Minton as a twelve minute stand-alone short for Animaniacs, but slotted into Freakazoid! after that series was green-lighted and had an eight minute opening. The completed twelve minute Toby Danger storyboard was trimmed by director Eric Radomski to fit into the available Freakazoid! time slot.
  • In the episode "Channel Chasers" of the show The Fairly Oddparents, one of the shows Timmy Turner goes into is called "Jonny Hunt" where the lead character is a brown haired kid, with a pet raccoon.
  • Matt Fraction's spy-fi comic book series Casanova features a genius villain going by the name of Sabine Seychelle, who works with a large Indian bodyguard named Samir; Fraction recounts his inspiration for them in the text column at the end of Casanova #4 that "I liked the idea of Jonny Quest, all adult and crooked. The son of an adventure scientist and his bePolo'd sidekick would grow up...how, exactly? Bent, I supposed. Weeeird. The kind of guy that would create phenomenal machines...and then sleep with them three at a time."[citation needed]
  • The animated series Johnny Test is named similarly, and also features a blond-haired protagonist and his dog, as well as having twin sister scientists (similar to JQ's father), and even has a red haired female protagonist whom he initially dislikes but grows fond of in several episodes.
  • Brazilian pop rock band Jota Quest is named after the series. Originally, they performed under the name J. Quest, but to avoid legal conflict with Hanna-Barbera, the J. was expanded to Jota (the Portuguese name for the letter J) from their second album onward.[27]
  • In the TV show, Community, Troy and Abed sneaked into the dean's office and made random announcements via the college's PA system. Abed announced, "Announcement #3: I am not Hadji from Jonny Quest."[citation needed]
  • In an episode of The Steve Harvey Show, Bullethead dresses as Jonny Quest, while Romeo dresses like Hadji, to get back into Steve Hightower's good graces (and back into his class).[citation needed]
  • The Indianapolis-based punk band, Racebannon, takes its name from the Jonny Quest character.
  • Jet Jungle, a South African radio play and comic-book character may well have been influenced by Jonny Quest. Both Race Bannon and Jet Jungle are black belts with white hair, a fact noted by the distributor of the Jet Jungle figurine, Mego.
  • In 2010, artist/author/film maker Roger D. Evans started work on a stop motion recreation of the Jonny Quest opening title sequence. His behind the scenes blog can be found HERE .
  • Among the DVD extras for the animated film "The Incredibles" is a short called "Jack-Jack Attack", whose title screen features the same music sting that began each Jonny Quest episode.

Episode guide

1964–1965

No. Title Original airdate
1"The Mystery of the Lizard Men"18 September 1964
Pilot episode, before the introduction of Hadji: While investigating the disappearance of shipping in the Sargasso Sea, Dr. Quest discovers a secret laser base (operated by a foreign provocateur and protected by lizard-suited scuba divers) hidden aboard an old shipwreck.
2"Arctic Splashdown"25 September 1964
A foreign submarine crew races Dr. Quest and his recovery team (aboard an American icebreaker) to a downed experimental missile on the arctic ice cap. First appearance of Hadji.
3"The Curse of Anubis"2 October 1964
A former archaeologist friend (turned Arab nationalist revolutionary), who is being stalked by a vengeful mummy, attempts to frame Dr. Quest for the theft of a priceless artifact in Egypt.
4"Pursuit of the Po-Ho"9 October 1964
While going to the aid of a captive fellow scientist in the Amazon jungle, Dr. Quest is abducted (for ritual sacrifice) by a tribe of hostile native warriors.
5"Riddle of the Gold"16 October 1964
While investigating a bar of fake gold from a supposedly exhausted mine in India, Dr. Quest uncovers an alchemist counterfeiting ring (conceived by his nemesis, Dr. Zin, and operated from the palace of a maharajah impostor) that could damage the world financial market. (Dr. Zin episode)
6"Treasure of the Temple"23 October 1964
While on an archaeological expedition to an ancient city in the Yucatán jungle, Dr. Quest is threatened by a ruthless British treasure hunter (and his native Indian confederates), searching for riches in the same ruins.
7"Calcutta Adventure"30 October 1964
While investigating a mysterious illness in India, Dr. Quest discovers an underground nerve gas factory (operated by a master criminal and protected by hazmat-suited guards) hidden high within a remote mountain range. (Flashback episode, recounting the adoption of Hadji.)
8"The Robot Spy"6 November 1964
The Quest nemesis, Dr. Zin, sends a giant, cyclops, robot spider (by flying saucer-like craft) to a U.S. government research facility in the American Southwest to steal the secrets of a ray gun project on which Dr. Quest is working. (Dr. Zin episode)
9"Double Danger"13 November 1964
An impostor disguised as Quest family bodyguard, Race Bannon, is infiltrated into Dr. Quest's expedition to gather a rare pharmaceutical plant by his nemesis, Dr. Zin (who covets the plant's potential mind-control properties), in the jungles of Thailand. (Dr. Zin/Jade episode.)
10"Shadow of the Condor"20 November 1964
After an emergency landing in the Andes mountains, Quest family bodyguard Race Bannon is challenged to an aerial dogfight by an old German fighter ace (who keeps a collection of vintage aircraft at his Bavarian-style castle in South America) of World War I fame. The Baron’s guns are loaded – Race Bannon’s are not.
11"Skull and Double Crossbones"27 November 1964
A new cook aboard the Quest research vessel betrays his employer to a band of Mexican pirates (seeking sunken treasure, discovered by Jonny) in the Caribbean Sea.
12"The Dreadful Doll"4 December 1964
While researching marine biology in the Caribbean, Dr. Quest discovers a phony witch doctor, who is protecting a secret submarine base (under construction by a criminal contractor) with his supposed voodoo powers.
13"A Small Matter of Pygmies"11 December 1964
When members of his extended family go down in a plane crash over uncharted jungle, Dr. Quest must rescue them (with the help of local authorities) from a tribe of hostile Pygmy warriors.
14"Dragons of Ashida"18 December 1964
On a visit to Japan, Dr. Quest finds that an old biologist friend (having gone insane) is breeding over-sized carnivorous lizards for the purpose of hunting human prey.
15"Turu the Terrible"25 December 1964
While searching for a rare strategic mineral in the Amazon jungle, Dr. Quest discovers a pteranodon trained by a wheelchair-bound slave driver to capture native workers needed for his mining operation.
16"The Fraudulent Volcano"31 December 1964
While investigating unusual eruptions on a tropical island, Dr. Quest discovers a secret ray gun base (operated by his nemesis, Dr. Zin, and protected by hovercraft-mounted guards), hidden deep within a local volcano. (Dr. Zin episode)
17"Werewolf of the Timberland"7 January 1965
While hunting for petrified wood samples in the forests of Canada, Dr. Quest is threatened by a gang of lumberjacks (one of whom disguises himself as a werewolf) intent on protecting their gold smuggling operation.
18"Pirates From Below"14 January 1965
The Quest family home in Florida is attacked by foreign (submarine-borne) agents, intent on stealing a new undersea crawling vehicle that Dr. Quest is developing for the United States Navy.
19"Attack of the Tree People"21 January 1965
Jonny and Hadji are marooned (by shipwreck) on the jungle coast of Africa, where they are adopted by a tribe of friendly apes who protect them from a pair of Australian poachers, intent on kidnapping them for ransom.
20"The Invisible Monster"28 January 1965
Dr. Quest comes to the aid of a fellow scientist who has accidentally created an (invisible) energy monster on a South Pacific island.
21"The Devil's Tower"4 February 1965
While doing atmospheric research in Africa, Dr. Quest discovers an inaccessibly high plateau, populated by prehistoric cavemen, who have been trained as slave laborers (for diamond mining) by a Nazi war criminal in hiding.
22"The Quetong Missile Mystery"11 February 1965
While investigating the contamination of fish in China, Dr. Quest discovers a secret missile base (operated by a rogue general and protected by tree-top posted guards) hidden deep within a local swamp. (Title card shows "The 'Q' Missile Mystery" for the 1964–65 season's re-run of this episode.)
23"The House of Seven Gargoyles"18 February 1965
On a visit to the castle residence of a fellow scientist in Norway, Dr. Quest must help protect his friend's latest invention (an anti-gravity generator) from a cat-burglar, disguised as a gargoyle on the roof, who regularly breaks into the house.
24"Terror Island"25 February 1965
Dr. Quest is kidnapped by a rival scientist who needs help with his experiments to create giant (crab, spider, and lizard) creatures at a secret laboratory compound in Hong Kong. (Jade episode.)
25"Monster in the Monastery"4 March 1965
During a Quest family trip to Nepal, a band of terrorists in yeti disguise attempt to overthrow the local spiritual/government leader (a Dalai Lama-style figure) who is an old friend of Dr. Quest's.
26"The Sea Haunt"11 March 1965
Responding to a maritime distress call in the Java Sea, The Quest family is stranded aboard an abandoned freighter ship with an (amphibious) sea monster.

Production credits

Original Version Produced & Directed By: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

Written By: Walter Black

Story Direction: Lew Marshall

Supervising Art Director: Doug Wildey

Featuring The Voice Talents Of: Mike Road, Tim Matbillion, John Stephenson, Danny Karben

Story Supervision: Arthur Pierson

Other Voices: Dig Pierson, Don Messick, Darng Young, Heary Corben

Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin

Animation: George Gopyerr, George Nicholas, Bil Keil, Irv Spence

Animation Director: Charles A. Nicholas

Layout: Dick Bickenbach, Tom O'Loggcolin, Nue Collin, Navisiz Pennington

Production Supervisor: Howard Hanson

Technical Supervision: Frank Paiker

Ink & Paint Supervision: Roberta Grenbeiturent

Continutiy: Bad Gusdivilson, Kyle Nelson

Camera: Charles Flekal, Norman Stainback, Bob Collins, Roy Wade, Eugene Bacht

Film Editing: Warlen Leighton

Sound Direction: Buddy Myers

Jonny Quest © 1964 Hanna-Barbera Productions

A Hanna-Barbera Production

A Screen Gems Film Presentation

New Version Produced & Directed By: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

Written By: William D. Hamilton

Story Direction: Paul Sommer

Featuring The Voices Of: Mike Road, Tim Matthieson, John Stephenson, Danny Bravo

Story Supervision: Arthur Pierson

Other Voices: Don Messick, Cathy Lewis, Nestor Paiva, Henry Corden

Musical Direction: Hoyt Curtin

Animation: Hugh Fraser, Harvey Toombs, Edwin Aardal, Jack Parr

Animation Direction: Charles A. Nicholas

Layout: Walt Clinton, Alex Ignatiev, Bruce Bushman

Backgrounds: Robert Gentle, M. Mike Kawaguchi, Leo Swanson

Production Supervision: Howard Hanson

Technical Supervision: Frank Paiker

Ink & Paint Supervision: Roberta Greutert

Continutity: Marceil Ferguson, Evelyn Sherwood

Camera: Charles Flekal, Norman Stainback, Bob Collins, Roy Wade, Eugene Borght

Film Editing: Ed Warschilka

Sound Direction: Budddy Myers

Jonny Quest © Copyright 1964 Hanna-Barbera Productions

A Hanna-Barbera Production

References

  1. ^ Herman, Daniel. Silver Age: The Second Generation of Comic Artists (Hermes Press, Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania, 2004) p. 195. Trade paperback ISBN 1-9325-6364-4, ISBN-13 978-1-9325-6364-1
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Olbrich, David W. "Doug Wildey, an interview with the creator of Jonny Quest", Amazing Heroes #95 (ISSN 0745-6506), May 15, 1986, p. 34. WebCitation archive.
  3. ^ Herman, pp. 195-196
  4. ^ Castleman, Harry, and Walter J. Podrazik, Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows]], Prentice Hall Press, 1989.
  5. ^ Brooks, Tim and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Ballantine Books, 1995 (sixth edition).
  6. ^ TV Guide Guide to TV (Barnes and Noble Books, 2004)
  7. ^ Barbera, Joseph (1994). My Life in "Toons": From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing Company. p. 152. ISBN 1-57036-042-1.
  8. ^ "The Mystery of the Lizard Men," Jonny Quest, 18 September 1964.
  9. ^ "Double Danger," Jonny Quest, 13 November 1964.
  10. ^ Quest documentary, part 11.
  11. ^ http://www.xs4all.nl/~bultman/BB/surnames.html
  12. ^ http://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=bannon&capname=Bannon&letter=b
  13. ^ Boucher, Geoff (2009), “Hero Complex: In Search of Jonny Quest”, Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2009.
  14. ^ "Calcutta Adventure". Jonny Quest. Season one. Episode seven. 30 October 1964. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |serieslink= (help)
  15. ^ Quest documentary, part 5.
  16. ^ Quest documentary, part 6.
  17. ^ a b Quest documentary, part 16.
  18. ^ Jonny Quest at TVShowsOnDVD.com
  19. ^ a b Lefton, Terry (1995-06-19). "Turner Relaunches 'Quest'". Brandweek. 36 (25). VNU eMedia, Inc.
  20. ^ a b Strauss, Bob (1995-07-30). "On the set, it's either her way of the highway – Shuler-Donner's insistence just a way to show she cares". Daily News of Los Angeles.
  21. ^ Timm, Lori (1994-09-15). "Cue card> Lost on Quest for broad appeal". Peoria Journal Star p. C1. Peoria Journal Star.
  22. ^ Carter, Tammi (1995-11-19). "Fine tuning". The Times-Picayune p. T51. The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation.
  23. ^ a b Hollywood Reporter (1994-04-25). "Live-Action `Johnny Quest' in the Works". The San Francisco Chronicle p. E3.
  24. ^ Hettrick, Scott (1996-03-18). "Turner lets Virgin put spin on new Quest CD-ROM, $1 mil marked for game based on toon". The Hollywood Reporter. BPI Communications, Inc.
  25. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083850/
  26. ^ "IGN - 77. Jonny Quest". Tv.ign.com. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  27. ^ "Jota Quest web site". Jotaquest.com.br. Retrieved 2010-08-26.


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