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Quests Galore
Jonny's Final Quest: Prepare to say farewell to Jonny Quest as you know him. That's because Turner Entertainment and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons are launching a revised version next year with new designs, new music and yes, new voices.
But first, TNT will air a two-hour TV movie of Jonny in his "last" appearance as an 11-year old. It's a sequel to Jonny's Golden Quest, the 90-minute TV movie that premiered in April 1993. Originally Jonny's Global Questions, the title changed to Jonny's Global Impact, and now it's Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects. It was actually made more than a year ago and scheduled to air last fall to precede the new Quest series—but production problems delayed the new Quest until 1996. Thus, the TV movie's broadcast was delayed well.
In Cyber Insects, Jonny (Kevin Michaels) goes to outer space for the first time as arch-fiend Dr. Zin (Jeffrey Tambor) threatens humanity with weather-altering satellites and killer insects. Reprising their roles are Don Messick as Dr. Benton Quest and Bandit, Sonny Granville Van Dusen as bodyguard Roger "Race" Bannon, Rob paulsen as Hadji (will he pronounce "Sim sim, salla bim" correctly this time?) and Anndi McAfee as Race's daughter Jessie. A surprise guest star is Tim Matheson, the original Jonny Quest, as the comptuer, 4-DAC.
Other voices include Teresa Saldana as Belage, Olivia White as Scientist 426, Victor Love as World Leader, Hector Elizondo as Atacama and Robert Ito as Scientist 427. The film was written by David Bennett Carren and J. Larry Carroll, based on a story by producer/director Mario Piluso.
TNT will premiere Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects at 7 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 19, followed by encores at 9 and 11 p.m. Repeats will be broadcast November 23, 24, 25, 26 and December 1.
