The Quest family and their bodyguard investigate strange phenomena and battle villains around the world. Dr. Benton Quest is a research scientist who is frequently called upon for missions that require his scientific and technical expertise. He is usually accompanied by his son Jonny, his tutor/bodyguard Race Bannon, their bulldog with the distinctive mask-like eye markings named Bandit, and Hadji, an Indian orphan who has special abilities of his own. Together, they investigate mysteries, perform rescues and battle nefarious villains around the world, most notably Dr. Zin. One of my friends popped several episodes of this on a disc for me. Man I didn't even know this existed till now! It rocks hard.<br/><br/>Jonny is a cool little dude with his Hindu friend and little dog. And I love the spy-like adventures they have (my favourite eps are the ones with the villain Dr. Zinn in em); and all the dated scientific gadgets his dad comes up with is awesome. It's also nice how the eps are so varied in both story and location. I gotta get some more of these eh.<br/><br/>My girlfriend has some old books called Rick Brent's Electronic Adventures (or something like that). I read one and it's like Jonny Quest (even has the Hindu buddy, a laserbeam to the moon, little dog, etc). Maybe that's where they got the JQ idea. Anyhow it's a really cool idea. Too bad they don't show these cartoons now. I like this type of stuff a lot more than what's played these days. If IMDb had a rating for this, I'd be laying out a 9 on this one.<br/><br/>Good stuff here. If you haven't seen Jonny Quest, you should do yourself a favour and have a go at it. It's safe for all ages BTW. I have never seen the original since it was shown back in the sixties (it was probably syndicated in the states, and therefore seen on a regular basis) but it indicates the impression it made on me that I can still recall the programme after all this time.<br/><br/>The genre is so easy to identify now.<br/><br/>(Precocious youngster/highly intelligent father, life-threatening scenarios which are overcome by youthful, adaptability and the timely intervention of said father or relevant authoritative figures to the rescue). The cartoon version of Flipper or Skippy. Never any money or health problems… the great american dream.<br/><br/>But the thing that stands out in my memory wasn't the adventures, or the way he triumphed over adversary.<br/><br/>IT WAS THE MUSIC!!!<br/><br/>All the incidental stuff during the show that you're not supposed to notice but gets stuck in your brain. To my recollection there must be at least a dozen later programmes (probably, but I think not all Hanna/Barbara) which used snippets of the same music. Scooby Doo is one that instantly springs to mind.<br/><br/>I believe there is an updated, poorer version of this show on the go just now, (last couple of years), but there's no way it will ever surpass the original, and to me the best cartoon adventure series of them all!<br/><br/>GO GO JONNY.
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