Pursuit of the Po-Ho
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| Network | ABC |
| Premiere date | October 9, 1964 |
| Starring | Tim Matthieson Danny Bravo John Stephenson Mike Road Don Messick Cathy Lewis |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | William D. Hamilton |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
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"Pursuit of the Po-Ho" is the fourth episode of Jonny Quest season one. It aired on October 9, 1964 on ABC. It was written by William D. Hamilton, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.
While going to the aid of a captive fellow scientist in the Amazon jungle, Dr. Quest is abducted – for ritual sacrifice – by a violent tribe of native warriors.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Race: Alright, you ignorant savages! Get a good look at Aquezio, you heathen monkeys! Dr. Quest, I'll be back later! Take it easy! And you savages better lay off or I'll take your village apart stick by stick!
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Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 9, 1964 on ABC
- United Kingdom and Ireland: November 29, 1966 at 4:55 pm on BBC One
Behind the scenes
- Audio of Race insulting the tribe with the names "ignorant savages" and "heathen monkeys" was removed when Turner Entertainment bought the rights to the Hanna-Barbera library in the 1980s, likely due to its politically incorrect nature. The edited episode was included on the DVD in 2006, but was restored in the 2019 Blu-ray release.[1]
Errors
Legacy
In popular culture
- Main article: List of pop culture references to Jonny Quest
- In the Toby Danger segment of the second Freakazoid! episode, Dash O'Pepper, a parody of Race, refers to the casino players as "heathen monkeys" which is a reference to the racially infamous line Race made as mentioned above.
- Mike Pence, the Vice President to the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump, has been compared to Race, which led to a string of animated segments on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where non-sequential archival footage of Race from the original series would be used for reactions to whatever dumb thing President Trump had said in that week. In the cold opening for the October 4, 2019 episode, the final scene is of Pence/Race turning his head to see that the mysterious sound was coming from Koko the monkey, but instead of Bandit jumping up to get Koko, it is of Trump finally finding where Pence/Race had been hiding from him.
(Trump voice) Peekaboo!
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- August 15, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season on DVD.
- June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
- June 11, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series on Blu-ray Disc.
