On Thursday 01 February 2007 00:27, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 08:29:16PM -0500, Max Hyre wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 01/31/07 16:58, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > >> Maybe, but we'll never see an American 'toon that'll top Johnny > > >> Quest. > > > > > > I mentioned /JQ/ to my son the other night. "What's /Johnny > > > Quest/?" > > > > > > We're so old. And I'm too young to have watched JQ first runs. > > > > When I was maybe 10, reading the entire science fiction > > section of my local library, I came a cross a book whose > > protagonist was Johnny Quest. He was searching for his > > father, and it was involved, IIRC, with an underwater city. > > > > Much later I became aware of _Johnny Quest_ the cartoon, > > and wondered whether it was the same. Anyone know? > > The wife says Johnny Quest the cartoon was about Johnny, his friend > Hadji, and Johnny's father in various adventures. She doesn't think > it is based on any books, but then she did read much at that stage... > THe underwater city thing doesn't ring a bell at all. Still, could be > based on the idea.
I never thought of the toon being based on a book. I know that was not the case, but that doesn't rule out that there could have been books based on the series. I also know the series was the first toon (at least in USA) where they actually researched what they were writing about before writing the script. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
