|
By Craig Fuqua
(c) 2004
Each episode of "Jonny Quest" originally
aired with distinct end credits. However, these credits
haven't always stuck with their shows.
Generic, rolling end credits were substituted for all
episodes when they first ran as part of
"The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera"
in 1986. For the second run in this syndication
package, the original end credits were used for each
story. The quality of the end credits was low for
some of the early stories.
When the Turner corporation acquired the Hanna-Barbera library
in 1994, the credits for "Skull and Double Crossbones"
were used for nine other episodes. This is detailed in
Jonny's Credit Problems.
The main problem with this is that John Stephenson received
no credit for his work as Dr. Quest on five of those stories.
It's unlikely this was a deliberate attempt to remove
Stephenson's name from the credits. At the time, I suspected
it was related to the quality of the prints available.
In the mid-1990s, Turner Entertainment released eight stories on
VHS. Those episodes were digitally remastered, and I presume that
all 26 stories were remastered at the same time. Seven of the
eight titles in the VHS release used the end credits for
"Pursuit of the Po-Ho," the only episode for which
series creator Doug Wildey received no credit. The reason for this
is unknown to us, but I've confirmed the absence of Wildey's credit
on a 16mm print of this story from 1965.
In 2000, digitally-remastered versions of all 26 stories
were shown on TNT. As with the VHS releases, the "Po-Ho"
credits were used for the vast majority of episodes. The same
masters were used for Boomerang channel when it launched.
I'd hoped that the DVD release would feature the original, distinct
end credits for each episode, but that's not what happened. Instead,
the credits for "Po-Ho" were used for all stories except
"Double Danger," which has the end credits for
"The Curse of Anubis."
This set of end titles is presented here to honor the people who worked
on "Jonny Quest," in particular Doug Wildey. The images were
taken from a set of 16mm prints from one or more time periods. Because
of this, the quality varies and some names are hard to read.
|