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In 1964, Jonny Quest aired to rave reviews as the first, adult action/adventure cartoon in prime time. It had cool jazz music by Hoyt Curtin and terrific, high contrast pen and ink design work by Doug Wildey. As an animator and long time JQ junkie, I had always wanted a set of Jonny Quest action figures but, due to high production costs, the show only lasted one season; not long enough to spawn any kind of serious toys or other merchandising tie-ins. So, almost 50 years later, I made my own. Here is my Valentine to one of the coolest, if not THE coolest, cartoons ever to spin up the imagination of a 53 year old man now going on six. Enjoy!

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If you want to see behind the scenes on how this was produced, go to rogerevans.tv/jq_page2.html

NEW! For a hi-rez gallery, go to jonnyquest.tv/jonny_quest_gallery.html

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videostock66 5 months ago

Well done!
Motion Machine Studio 5 months ago

Ha, this is fantastic!
Roger D. Evans 5 months ago

Thanks! It was very satisfying to see it all come together.
Cristiano Lopes Saito 5 months ago

Amazing work! I've just posted it to my followers on Twitter (@clsaito) and Google Reader!
Matthew Lopes 5 months ago

Holy crappers- this is fantastic. Amazing job.
Corrupiola 5 months ago

gr8 work :)
LaMar Ford Jr. 5 months ago

Awesome work.
Tom Wilson 5 months ago

Wow! That was fantastic!
Steve Armstrong 5 months ago

Stunningly Fantastic!!!
Super8punk 5 months ago

Sweet!
Batesy 5 months ago

fantastic work!
Ryan 5 months ago

Smosh shared this on their site!!
smosh.com/smosh-pit/lists/amazing-johnny-quest-claymation-opening
Roger D. Evans 5 months ago

Holy mackerel! Over 4000 views in one day! Thanks, everyone! Nice to know people appreciate the work.
pjlala 5 months ago

UNBELIEVABLE! I can't even begin to fathom how many hours this must have taken to produce. You certainly have captured it perfectly...and you have Race, (my cartoon heart-throb) down to a T! SIMPLY FABULOUS!
Gregory Nemec 5 months ago

You are my hero.
Russell Nemec 5 months ago

Absolutely beautiful!
Don Roff 5 months ago

Fabulous, absolutely fabulous. Thank you for making this --it's a keeper. Phenomenal work.
Jason Chalker 5 months ago

Well done!!!
Stephen Kloecker 5 months ago

epic
Jim Perry 5 months ago

This video is all kinds of awesomeness.
Peter Montgomery 5 months ago

Roger,

Extremely well done. This sort of thing is usually well intentioned but misses the mark. Your effort hits the mark beautifully. I appreciated the motion blur and good camera work that raised this another notch.

Too bad this isn't a trailer for an actual feature as it would be a pleasure to watch.
Erik Girndt 5 months ago

That was so BOSS!!!
Roger D. Evans 5 months ago

Again, I am overwhelmed by the support I'm getting on this little project. Thank you all for kind words. It was truly a labor of love.
mpared 5 months ago

absolutely brilliant ...its up at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done
Doug Daulton 5 months ago

Brilliant!
John Kovo 5 months ago

Your concept brought it all alive better than my memory from the 1960's.... Thank You for this!
trike 5 months ago

You are a god amongst geeks, sir. Where shall I deliver the virgins?
Christopher Walsh 5 months ago

Looks great. Who animated it?
William Krause 5 months ago

Love it!
Calvin Wu 5 months ago

cool
Solo Galura 5 months ago

That was amazing! You guys did a great job!
Benjamin E. Greene 5 months ago

This is brilliant! Love every frame! Brought back a lot of fond memories and to this day! Thank you, Mr. Evans and too your Team :-)
John Brune 5 months ago

That was the coolest tribute I have ever seen! Great work! I can't wait to show my kids--who've become familiar with the show thanks to DVD.
movingtargetla 5 months ago

It's like I'm looking in a mirror and the mirror is saying: "Stop smiling. Stop enjoying this. This is insane."
The most joyously epically wonderously psychotic video I can remember. You are my new hero. Thank you.
Bruce Hennigan 5 months ago

I haven't smiled this big since Johnny kicked butt in the Sargasso Sea!
Roger D. Evans 5 months ago

Wow. Over 11,000 views in one day! This is simply nuts! That so many people seem to connect with this little for-fun project is amazing to me. Thanks everyone for all the kind words. Means a lot.
Niklas Großmann 5 months ago

You sir, totally win! Featured on actuallygee.blogspot.com
Manny Grillo 5 months ago

Awesome! Thanks for making this.
Jim Belfiore 5 months ago

This is beyond fantastic. I especially love all the detail you put into the riggings, jigs, and custom tools you had to build (and documented!) just to capture 24 frames in some of your shots. (My wife and I spend hours last night just reading through some of the shot list - the mummy was particularly ingenious.)

Fan-friggin'-tastic!
Cloud_S 5 months ago

I'm glad "crewofomens" on tumblr posted this, because I simply love it! Amazing detail in this recreation of the intro. I often forget the show only lasted one season, because the stories are just so good! Currently reading over the behind the scenes info, and you're amazing! :D
Scott Mawhiney 5 months ago

This is so cool on so many levels, I don't even know where to begin! Amazing work, sir!
Mark Dowman 5 months ago

Nailed it! Thanks for getting inspired and running with it.
Dan Dassow 5 months ago

Roger, Wow! This is utterly amazing! Shot for shot this an absolutely perfect recreation of the original intro. Both my wife and I enjoyed watching Jonny Quest when it first aired. We did our best not to miss an episode. As a fellow fan of the show, I wish to thank you for taking the time and effort for making this clip. Someone posted a link on the "Jonny Quest" IMDb discussion board.
Mauricio Lopes 5 months ago

Dear Roger,

Absolutely amazing and brilliant!
I´m 50 years old and I was extremely happy to remember this TV Show (very good times).
Keep up with this work and make some full episode :-))

Wonderful and outstanding job.
Congratulations!!!!!!
Mauricio Lopes.
Rio de Janeiro/Brasil.
skellener 5 months ago

Coolest thing I've seen in....like....forever! Awesome job Roger!
javiriva 5 months ago

Brilliant! Thanks!
miguel camilo 5 months ago

excellent work!
Carol Wells 5 months ago

=Bowing with respect=
What a gem of a project. Thanks for showing us behind the scenes, too -- absolutely fascinating!
Fernando Fuhrken 5 months ago

Not that much. Just awesome! :D
Phil Patnaude 5 months ago

This was great! Good job Really enjoyed it...
Oliver Gafford 5 months ago

Fantastic work... I love the the behind the scenes details...
dogfood411 5 months ago

This is, indeed, one of the best things on the Internet and has justified every minute I've spent wandering the cat-riddled e-wasteland. With this heady success, though, you must charge on, creating another floor for your mansion upon Olympus: the Space Ghost opening sequence.
Robert Bernasky 5 months ago

Oh, I like that idea. Spaaaaaaaaaaaace Ghoooooooooooost!
Alan McCoy 5 months ago

Thanks! My seven-year-old self just gave adult me a big hug.
John C. Worsley 5 months ago

Fantastic work. How long did this take you!
Joseph Francis 5 months ago

very nice
Mirco Wilhelm 5 months ago

Wow! This is one awesome reconstruction :D
Matthew Johnson 5 months ago

Absolutely Amazing!
I would watch this for hours on end.
I may have to sacrifice the amount of money I spend on mail ordering Quisp cereal for breakfast to watch an episode of your JQ adventures but with Halloween approaching I should be able to get by on Frankenberry until your first full episode is complete.
I feel obligated to pull out my bearded GI Joes and Evel Kinevel's Scramble Van and shoot a movie.
Terry Smith 5 months ago

Awesome - however, I noticed you left out the politically incorrect bone-in-the-nose-black-african-spearchucking scene...

Oh well, such are the times...
Roger D. Evans 5 months ago

That shot is in the end titles.
animatieblog 5 months ago

Cool tribute. Well done, sir!

We've shared it with our readers at animatie.blog.nl/tv/2011/09/12/jonny-quest-in-stop-motion
Jay Dugger 5 months ago

Adulthood has the unique privilege of keeping faith with one's younger self's hopes and dreams. Live long, work hard, and your childhood's wishes can come true.

Thank you very much.
Gurdonark 5 months ago

Thank you for taking me back to younger days. I wish a new Jonny Quest movie could be made using your technique.
Benjamin Arnedo 5 months ago

That was soooooo awesome!!!
aj kandy 5 months ago

Fantastic work. I can't imagine how many hundreds of hours went into this clip... Thanks for bringing back some Saturday morning memories!
George SR 5 months ago

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for making AND for sharing Roger!
Daniel Mydlack 5 months ago

Spectacular, Roger. Just sublime. I'm 52 and it took me back instantly. It is better than the original!
bob jaroc 5 months ago

well done roger, its amazing to see it after all this time reading about the progress on filmshooting, that reminds me, i must dust off my workprinter......
Fábio de Albuquerque Vilalba 5 months ago

OMG!! it was wonderful.

congrs.
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AVARY 5 months ago

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Mortimer Brewster (J. DeGraff) 5 months ago

My favorite cartoon from my childhood,thanks so much for the new re imaging !!
Ben 5 months ago

Wonderful made! Added to vimeo.com/channels/hdtime
Shannon Shea 5 months ago

Wow Roger! Impressive as HELL! Great work, I can't wait to check out your behind-the-scenes stuff. Now, do the HERCULOIDS!
WILLIAM DOIG 5 months ago

waw,cooler than cool.
Miro Kantarsky 5 months ago

Unbelievable! Fantastic! Out of this world!
Congratulations to all Creators of this marvel. Thank You.
Andrew Doig 5 months ago

outstanding,any chance of doing some more
George Fox 5 months ago

Fantastic!
roger batista 5 months ago

Great jpb ! Thank's :º)
Pablo Marques 5 months ago

so many childhood memories sprout from watching this. so good!
John C. Chu 5 months ago

Love!
Mike Loucks 5 months ago

This is outstanding! Well done.
Mike Browne 5 months ago

Awesome! This took me waaaaaaay back. :)
Dave Travels 5 months ago

Freaking Awesome dude!
Jim Stroud 5 months ago

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU for making this video. It was TRULY amazing and the love you have for the Quest team shined through. So glad that Dr. Zin was was not able to thwart your plans in bringing this gift to humanity and geeks everywhere. My best to Jade.
Oluseyi 5 months ago

Awesometastic!
John Heiser 5 months ago

Holy Carp! I loved JQ as a kid and am thrilled with this nouveau version of the opening. Would love to see a revival of the show.
Thanks to Benjamin Herschleder for posting the link on the Avid-L.
Roland White 5 months ago

Wow that was very good!
KingBubbaTruck 5 months ago

I can't tell you how much I loved this. Fantastic.
Now, Can someone tell me why they haven't done a 'reboot' or live action remake of this yet? I can only hope hollywood will catch on and use the popularity of this video to put together something!
Kevin Beauchamp 5 months ago

Completely in awe of this. Simply amazing.

This deserves the attention it's getting. Fantastic job!
ukimalefu 5 months ago

Oh-My-God!

That was SO awesome.

Somebody give money to this man. Millions! Make that into a full movie! or a series! Here's some more exclamation points because I liked it so much!!!
Mike Evans 5 months ago

A lot of views may be from the front page of "ain't it cool", that's how I found it. Great work and focus!
Tenfresh 5 months ago

My god. Best thing EVER.

You completely sent chills down the spine of this Jonny Quest fan.
Andy Barbieri 5 months ago

Awesome! Brilliant work!
Darlene Marmol 5 months ago

I teach 9th grade and I have 2 students who do stop motion videos in their spare time. They will love this. Brilliant!
Dan Workman 5 months ago

Thank you. That was simply fantastic.
Steven L. Austin 5 months ago

Sir, you've made my day... week... MONTH!
I'm jealous that you thought of it first, and damned glad you executed it so well. Will pass along the link to all my buds in the stop-mo community. THANK YOU!!!!!
G-Man 5 months ago

As I was watching this incredible recreation of one of my favorite TV shows...I could feel the smile widening until the ends reached my ears! My wife said I could not stop grinning for about 4 hours. Bravo Roger! Bravo!
Diego Muñoz P. 5 months ago

You made my day!
Felipe Rojas 5 months ago

You just made my week, this is so cool!
Chofra 5 months ago

Thank you... really! Thank you!