When you Wish Upon a Frog (Book II of the Jim Henson at Disney saga)
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Oh that's just devilish to throw in there!
Can't wait to hear about that!
Lovely idea.
The Schools get money and the kids can watch Indy.
Know that's what I call a line up!
I know there won't be a separate post for those so I just want to ask if those wear animated or life action?
I can already see this shows formula:
- Dawg has a problem at school or at home
- His square parents can't reach him so he goes to his grandpa Indy
-Indy tells him a story from his youth
- Dawg uses the lesson learned to solve his problem
-Rinse and repeat
I honestly prefer this setup to what we got in our Timeline. It makes way more sense for Indy to tell stories to his grandson than to him just wandering through New York City and then reminiscing about his youth because of something he saw.
Also very ironic that not only are Indy's son and daughter in law both relatively "normal", but that one of them is portrayed by Carrie Fisher.
I wonder if they snuck in a set photo of Harrison Ford and her in Star Wars as background set dressing 😂
Speaking of Harrison Ford, I hope they got him to cameo for an episode or two. Maybe in a tale about a slightly older Indy.
Also the whole Phoenix family seems to be involved here. Only River is missing!
The "tall tale" aspect of the storytelling gives them the creative freedom to get away with weird stuff and seemingly implausible scenarios.
It also explains all the weird inaccuracies of the movies too.
Strike that River's back!
Which also makes it even more ironic whose playing his grandson!
Genius idea to combine the kid Indy and teen Indy segments into one, twitching them around every episode only lead to people getting annoyed by the kid segments in OTL.
I'm glad that Indy still met Hitler since he didn't do that in this Timeline.
Also I can imagine Dawg just rolling his eyes when he hears that!
"Sure Grandpa, you punched the future leader of the Nazis in the face. Did you get his autograph too?"🙄
Great chapter @Geekhis Khan
The Young Indiana Jones Saga- some serious 'star' power there.
I really like how this show sets off a string of public-private partnerships, kids educational shows are certainly more interesting ITTL than OTL!
"Warner Brothers’ Super Science with the Justice League on ABC" - that does sounds like fun! Live Action Superheroes or animation?
Having Joaquin Phoenix and River Phoenix in this would certainly add to the 'family resemblance' for the Indy lineage.
Jack Palance as Old Indy? Works for me.
"(famously punching a young Corporal Hitler in the face in one scene)." - and the audiences cheered!
"Eddie Murphy (“Old Jim Crow") - I bet that one never played on stations in certain parts of the USA.
"Star Wars sound legend Ben Burtt (“Attack of the Hawkmen”)" - I do hope this has The BRAIN BLESSED in.
I am now wondering what that 2nd Indy series is!
Nice chapter @Geekhis Khan
I really like how this show sets off a string of public-private partnerships, kids educational shows are certainly more interesting ITTL than OTL!
"Warner Brothers’ Super Science with the Justice League on ABC" - that does sounds like fun! Live Action Superheroes or animation?
Having Joaquin Phoenix and River Phoenix in this would certainly add to the 'family resemblance' for the Indy lineage.
Jack Palance as Old Indy? Works for me.
"(famously punching a young Corporal Hitler in the face in one scene)." - and the audiences cheered!
"Eddie Murphy (“Old Jim Crow") - I bet that one never played on stations in certain parts of the USA.
"Star Wars sound legend Ben Burtt (“Attack of the Hawkmen”)" - I do hope this has The BRAIN BLESSED in.
I am now wondering what that 2nd Indy series is!
Nice chapter @Geekhis Khan
I had a sorta similar idea for a Fantastic Four science edu-tainment show! I didn't have much beyond the obvious "The FF talk about various science topics every week". Possibly with the Richards kids as like the in-fiction targets for the lessons, standing in for the kids actually watching the show.
Honestly I'm surprised Marvel/Disney haven't done something like that in real life yet.
Perhaps a hybrid program. Carton parts with live action educational segments?
I would like to say that the Indiana Jones edutainment show is a brilliant move towards the Carmen Sandiego way of teaching.
However, as far as what was produced in its wake, would Disney's Math Madness Starring Mickey and the Muppets get reruns on Disney Channel? I want to see if I can place that show in my guest post.
However, as far as what was produced in its wake, would Disney's Math Madness Starring Mickey and the Muppets get reruns on Disney Channel? I want to see if I can place that show in my guest post.
I wonder if there will also be a Harrison Ford guest starring episode in ITTL Young Indiana Jones similar to what happened in OTL in that one episode.
I sure would like it if that episode was a passing of the torch episode implying that Indiana Jones is not a name but a title
When I finally watched The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles it was on DVD from the library and as such I can't relate.
When I saw them on DVD the had put them in chronological starting with kid Indy and progressing to teen Indy so again I can't relate if the episodes original switched between the two in the original run.
A live action version might work better for this than what we got OTL:
If the plot is the same I'm not sure how:
Passing the torch to who?
To the young IndyWhen I finally watched The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles it was on DVD from the library and as such I can't relate.
When I saw them on DVD the had put them in chronological starting with kid Indy and progressing to teen Indy so again I can't relate if the episodes original switched between the two in the original run.
A live action version might work better for this than what we got OTL:
If the plot is the same I'm not sure how:
Passing the torch to who?
River Phoenix is young (teen) Indiana Jones not some new character.
The Young Indiana Jones Saga is the adventures of Indiana Jones before his first film, but did you think it was?
Considering when Dennis Quaid is born it's possible for him to have an older brother which means we can not only still have Mutt Jones but with Chris Pratt as Mutt:
I think that Super Science should be animated if its further discussed. Will allow for more exciting stuff to show up that live-action CG and puppets could.
Perhaps characters like Batman, Cyborg, and Flash would be the most prominent out of the lineup as the most science-oriented out of the JL, as well as another science hero I'm not aware of (Mister Terrific? Only one who comes to mind off the top of my head). Wonder Woman may be a bit problematic for a science as she's magic and explicitly child of a god, however; maybe that part will be downplayed or she won't appear here?
All this talk about edutainment cartoons makes me wonder what will come of other classics of the era, like Magic School Bus and Bill Nye. Given the latter is Disney IOTL, it stands reason to bring it up.
Perhaps characters like Batman, Cyborg, and Flash would be the most prominent out of the lineup as the most science-oriented out of the JL, as well as another science hero I'm not aware of (Mister Terrific? Only one who comes to mind off the top of my head). Wonder Woman may be a bit problematic for a science as she's magic and explicitly child of a god, however; maybe that part will be downplayed or she won't appear here?
All this talk about edutainment cartoons makes me wonder what will come of other classics of the era, like Magic School Bus and Bill Nye. Given the latter is Disney IOTL, it stands reason to bring it up.
Bill Nye might actually benefit from direct ownership by Henson!Disney - they'll back him up on teaching evolution instead of quietly cancelling him.
This version of Young Indy sounds fun. It's the sort of thing a nerdy kid like me would love (I liked the history in the OTL version as well.)
(Wait, hang on, let me do the maths...) Sorry, the sort of thing a nerdy young adult who still watches stuff aimed at kids would love.
I love that Henry Jones IV is nicknamed "Dawg"; an allohistorical reference to both the origin of Indy's nickname OTL (which I don't think happened in Judgement of Anubis?) and Mutt from OTL Crystal Skull.
(Wait, hang on, let me do the maths...) Sorry, the sort of thing a nerdy young adult who still watches stuff aimed at kids would love.
I love that Henry Jones IV is nicknamed "Dawg"; an allohistorical reference to both the origin of Indy's nickname OTL (which I don't think happened in Judgement of Anubis?) and Mutt from OTL Crystal Skull.
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