A foreign power uses the Sargasso Sea to conduct laser experiments and employs "lizard men" to scare away potential interlopers.A foreign power uses the Sargasso Sea to conduct laser experiments and employs "lizard men" to scare away potential interlopers.A foreign power uses the Sargasso Sea to conduct laser experiments and employs "lizard men" to scare away potential interlopers.
Mike Road
- Race Bannon
- (voice)
Tim Matheson
- Jonny Quest
- (voice)
- (as Tim Matthieson)
Vic Perrin
- Roberts
- (voice)
- …
Nestor Paiva
- Frogman 1
- (voice)
- …
Doug Young
- Airplane Skipper
- (voice)
- …
Don Messick
- Bandit
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
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- TriviaRace tells Jonny that sargasso is the Portuguese word for grapes; it isn't. Portuguese sailors named the Sargassum seaweed after the wooly rock rose, a plant that grows in Portugal.
- GoofsWhen the submarine commander first grabs the periscope, both of his hands are flesh-colored with normal fingernails visible. After the brief view through the periscope has been shown, the commander's hands still holding the periscope have changed to the same green color as the lizard-suit he is wearing, but his normal fingernails are still visible, not the claws of the lizard gloves.
- Quotes
Roberts: Is our man Race Bannon still assigned to guard the doctor's boy?
Mr. Corvin: Twenty-four hours a day as tutor, companion and all-around watchdog.
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Groundbreaking and still fun to watch
The original Jonny Quest show was a groundbreaker in the sense that it was a cartoon that ran in prime time on ABC in 1964-65. While it had a devoted following, decades of popular reruns confirm that, the series only lasted one season. It featured Jonny, the son of super scientist Dr. Benton Quest and special ops sensation Roger (Race) Bannon, assigned to protect the Quest's. There was no wife of Benton in the group. The show was designed to be science fiction derived from known modern technologies, so not a great deal of extrapolation was needed on the part of the viewer.
This is the first episode in the series, so the main characters and their backgrounds are presented. Ships are mysteriously being lost in the Sargasso Sea and the only survivor mumbles deliriously about giant lizards. Dr. Quest and his group are dispatched to investigate, and they encounter and battle the evildoers.
What made the series so fun is that while he is a boy, Jonny is a full action figure, fighting alongside Race and being the hero to all adolescent boys that watched him. Jonny's dog bandit is also a contributing member of the team, he takes direction very well and helps Jonny and Race escape. This is another one of those series that ended well before it should have. Unlike most cartoons, the dialog is superb and somewhat adult. For example, Jonny: "Foolish question number one, does it hurt Race?" Race: "Only when I say ouch."
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What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of The Mystery of the Lizard Men (1964) in Australia?
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