I liked Harrison's brief appearance as indiana jones again in this show. And honestly the 90s would've been the perfect time for a 4th film.

*My favorite weird Indiana Jones story:* That comic where Indiana Jones finds the crashed Millennium Falcon in the Pacific NW, complete with a Han Solo skeleton, and an old surviving Chewbacca (who is mistaken for the legendary bigfoot). It's an oddly haunting story.

The whole WW1 arc is something I go back to over the years. It’s only a handful of episodes, but it holds up well.

I remember watching this episode when it aired. It was a HUGE DEAL that Harrison Ford was going to appear as Indy, and my sister and I couldn't wait. Stars as big as Ford just didn't do TV back then. Anyway, the episode was great, and we were loving it UNTIL local news cut it off with about 10 minutes left to cover the big blizzard hitting New England. We were livid. Lol

The look of Harrison Ford in this episode is so cool, with all the heavier winter clothes and a big bears is awesome. And that’s it.

The thing is, Young Indy DID have an intended arc. The plan was supposedly to show Indy become progressively more cynical in regards to women and doing the right thing. We were going to see him go on an adventure with Belloch where he first learns of the diamond from TOD, see how he meets Abner Ravenwood and his daughter Marion. His messed up love affair with Marion and the subsequent falling out with them both, leaving Indy to go off on his own. This leading him to become the cynical man who only cares about Fortune and Glory we see in Temple of Doom.

I wish we had gotten more Indiana Jones films in the 90s. I know many people like to say that the franchise should have ended with Last Crusade, but that’s only because there hasn’t been a great film since. It’s all about the quality of the writing. In the end, Indiana Jones is more like James Bond than Star Wars.

I had "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" when it came out. I was always sad that that title never got turned into a film in the early 1990s.

George Lucas second guessed himself after so many negativity from critics. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as a show was perfect. I was in-between young and teenage Indy when the show came out I loved both of their adventures. Explains why he developed love of history, archeology, respect for museums, how he knows so many languages, and why he never had a normal social life to settle down. And as for grandpa Indy, like our own grandparents, personalities change and I can see him as a cantankerous Elder, just like he was in KotCS. George began second guessing himself at this point because of critics and led to these poor decisions. He needed to follow his heart and leave the show alone.

One neat thing is that when they release "The Adventures pf Young Indiana Jones on DVD; they included 30-50 minute documentaries with each episode/movie on the different historical figures/subject matters on the DVD sets. Definitely worth a purchase.

So glad this is getting more recognition. Its so cool/niche/random but it feels just like any of the movies

Glad to see the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles back on Disney+! I do wish we got them in their original format.

This was actually the one time a Post-Last Crusade Indy actually worked. It was a small adventure in the twilight of his career and a perfect epilogue.

I remembered it. It was probably the episode I watched the most. He had the beard and longer hair, due to the fact that he was filming The Fugitive at the same time. This is what I was hoping Indy 4 was going to be like. I remember that saxophone saving the day.

Compared to some of the crap we're getting on TV nowadays, the Young Indiana Jones Chronicle is a masterpiece.

Trust me when I was a kid growing up in the mid 90s this was the best TV we had. It was well worth the watch.

I loved this blues episode! Such an amazing surprise to see Ford in the series. Specially since I never expected it! And to find out the episode turned out to feature Indy meeting a bunch of my musical heroes on stage and jam with them.. Damn, blew my mind! So much fun! And btw.. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is awesome...! By far the best Indy game ever! Thanks so much for the cool video, and the fun memories!

I loved this show. I still feel it has some of the best WWI scenes in cinema.

I personally loved this show, and was sad to see it go. I'm glad to now be able to rewatch all of it on Disney plus, but definitely teenager Indy are the more exciting adventures.

Fantastic video but please don’t start doing that “nobody wants to see…” or “Who is this for?” commentary; that’s whatcultures thing, and they only sound arrogant when they do it. The only thing I don’t want in life is for other people telling me what I want. That being said, you’re an awesome channel and this was a fantastic video about a show I have nothing but fond memories for from my childhood. keep up the amazing work on your channel bro!

I like the blues. Gray Cloud is Saginaw Grant, who passed away recently.

They’re were called “bookends” not “wrap arounds”, and the Harrison Ford bookend was the only one of them that survived - the rest of “old” Indy bookends were mercifully excised when the episodes were changed from hour long entries into two hour two “films”.

Growing up I loved Young Indiana Jones, and I love the DVD collection. They are great entertainment.

Brings back many memories, I never missed an episode growing up as my father and were, and are huge Indy fans. Thanks for making this

I enjoyed this show when it was initially on and when it came out on DVD later I appreciated the child episodes more than the initial run. Felt sorry for the child, his parents taking him on a grand world wide adventure before he was old enough to appreciate it. He just wanted some friends his own age.

If we got a season 3 George Lucas was going to show how Indiana meet Marion

I noticed the episode with the mailbox was directed by Vic Armstrong - he was Ford's stunt double on the original 3 films (and the overall stunt co-ordinator).

When I was a kid I devoured as much of the movies when they came out on VHS as i could. Loved them so much

We really were robbed of a mid-1990s Ford in a dark Russians/Cold War Indy movie, with Connery appearing for a few scenes again before he retired. I blame the success of Jurassic Park and Spielberg doing the sequel Lost World right after. I think a 1996 Indy adventure (after the Tom Clancy films and before Air Force One) would have been perfect both for the series and for Ford's career at the time. In fact, Ford only made one film in '95, a light drama Sabrina, and no films in 1996. This could have been the most James Bond-esque entry of the series with Indy trying to solve some mystery surrounding an artifact the Russians had discovered or something.

I never forgot the Young Indiana Jones, and I never will. George Hall's performance as old Indy is the reason I'm insistent that Indy should don an eyepatch at Dial of Destiny.

We just watched this particular "Young Indiana Jones" last night. I still remember the ads on ABC: excitedly touting the return of Ford. People were thrilled.

I don’t find anything strange about Ford’s appearance on the show, and certainly not so strange as the query “who was this for?” That’s such a peculiar question. I also take serious issue with “Lucas’ overemphasis on detailed backstories that don’t serve to deepen or expand the characters”, as that’s very much exactly what the series *does* do. I love the show precisely because it does just that, and makes Indy a lot more interesting than just another ordinary action-adventure movie hero. He’s more compelling as a person for this show being around.

It’s nice to have someone hark back to this series, there’s lots I remember fondly about it from when it first screened. The original run was good fun, and I really liked the character of Remy Baudouin. I also liked old Indy, and think it’s a shame he was cut from the re-edits. So I give your review a 6/10 for nostalgia value. Keep up the good work!

Fun Fact: River Phoenix, who played Young Indiana Jones in Last Crusade, was offered the title role but turned it down since he didn't want to return to television.

The mystery of the blues is an incredible episode. It had genuine and pure commentary on race relations, great action, great character development and backstory, and a fun Harrison Ford cameo that as a kid made me feel like even if his big adventures were done, i knew he was still trotting around and having misadventures here and there. I also loved how well it lined up with his story from the books. I wish Shannon would have made it into the young indy show.

I think I saw part of this episode a couple of months ago, didn’t realize Indy loved music so much

I love how Dial of Destiny both retcons and validates elements of Young Indy Chronicles.

By far my favourite episode and that’s not even counting the Harrison Ford moments.

I vaguely remember Young Indiana Jones, but don't recall Harrison in any eps.

3:07 nerdstalgic: ”by playing a high pitched C flat” - *Indy proceeds to play a mid pitch A flat*

As a blues musician, seeing Indy being it too as a teenager sort of sealed the deal. Means me and the good doc could've enjoyed jamming together. It built on an already beloved character. Fortune and glory kid. Fortune and glory.

7:07 The first thing I thought of when I saw that elderly actor with the eyepatch was legendary director John Ford. He's not an exact likeness but there is a certain similarity between the two men at first glance.

I had no idea Harrison Ford also reprised his role in this show! That's awesome.

The young Indiana Jones chronicles was something I have watched when I was younger and I still revisit it now time to time

PLEASE do a video on Indy and the Fate of Atlantis. One of my favorite games of all time!

Thanks for doing this! I vaguely remembered watching this as a kid, but it faded into Mandela Effect territory where I remember ' Indy with a Sax ' but no one else did!

I watched that a few times, I don’t remember it, and I wouldn’t have remembered having watched it without this video. Thanks!

My favorite show of all time, looking forward to re-visting on Disney+

We used to tape these episodes on our VCR when they aired. I rewatched these so much.

"The show was about a young Indiana Jones globetrotting and meeting famous people. This wasn't very good. It would've been better if the show was about a young Indiana Jones globetrotting and meeting famous people." - Nerdstalgic Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Also, it's THX-1138. Not TH.

I grew up watching the 23 episodes of adventures of Young Indiana Jones. When you started off the video talking about Ed Hall, I was questioning my memory because I had no idea that even existed.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is always my favorite movie

Young Indy was a really ambitious, high-budget show for its time, and some of Lucas' best work. No all of it holds up 30 years later, but a lot does. The expectation of the show is that you have an interest in history-when you ask, "Who is this for?" Your loss if you dont.

1:23 John Ford cosplay but with the eye patch over the right instead of the left.

When that show came out, I was excited but then constantly found myself looking for the adult Indiana Jones in the youngsters... and then lost interest because he wasnt really there. Its kinda the same for me with any show depicting the backstory of a character played by a different actor.

It was for me I just watched it last night. The episode was a banger.

I feel like with the fairly high-quality of tv shows nowadays, a redo of this show might actually work. (Though I'd say it would also benefit if it steered more towards an older audience.)

"High-pitched C flat" Plays a mid-range note, and C flat is better known as B.

Mystery of the Blues was pretty good. I just wish that the home video releases had kept the OTHER Indy bookends intact with George Hall as elderly Indy. But then again who could have guessed Harrison Ford at 80 would still look like Harrison Ford ? (Apparently Indy is 70 in Dial of Destiny, because it is mainly set in 1969 and Indy was born in 1899.)

Never thought I would miss the days of Young Indiana Jones, but man, I do now...

Oh yeah I remember this show this is the one where we find out Indiana Jones served in World War 1.

Thank goodness SOMEONE remembered THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES. I enjoyed the show in the 90s but it may have been the third reincarnation of the series mentioned in the video. Never saw the Harrison Ford episode but he looks great and it’s a fantastic story where science wins the day. Very educational. And FUN. Where is the fun these days ? At Nintendo ? At Sony ? Seems that way

5:05 - The pinnacle of television entertainment.

Kinda just rolls back to the one central fact: Only Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones. But there are those who we nod at with respect, like Sean Patrick Flannery (who got me into Boondock Saints) and River Phoenix.

Now, I’m watching the young Indiana Jones chronicles from Disney + until I rewatch the 4 Indiana Jones movie until the fifth movie comes out on June 30.

I swear I went straight to this episode earlier today when I learned that the show is now on Disney plus.

I did a rewatch of this series about a decade ago and I would call it a kind of cool mess. It definitely has good moments and maybe even a few good episodes, but you are right that it's tonally all over the place and there's not much cohesion between the episodes. I also think having him interact with every historical figure during the early 1900s kind of ruins both the feel of the Indiana Jones franchise while adding a ridiculous factor to the character (I say this as an archaeologist who loves history). There are definitely interesting choices made with this series, and sometimes they work, and sometimes they outright don't. It is weird that they have yet to upload this series onto the Canadian version of DisneyPlus, but even if they do upload it anytime soon, I don't know if I have enough interest or time to dedicate to giving this series another go. Yet, I think they should upload it anyways. It was an interesting experiment from George Lucas and there is some good in it amongst the bad and messy elements.

I liked the young Indiana Jones Chronicles even though they weren't perfect.

Let's be honest though, there's some brilliant episodes in this series (all being the older young indy), that have fun action set pieces and good historical background. Most of the WW1 Western Front seem to be really great, the Somme episode i really liked. the East Africa 1916 episode is great, the Congo 1917 episode is a splash of Heart of Darkness and interesting moral, the Palestine 1917 episode is pure action but very fun (with young Daniel Craig and Catherine Zeta-Jones) and a big cavalry charge at the end. An especially fun episode is Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom, also set in East Africa, and involving some classic Indiana Jones set pieces. Personally, as a student of history, I love that this show actually shows WW1 in East Africa, something that is really never covered in TV or Film. And the show is not naive either, there seems to be decent historical research and good morals for teenagers. Wish more ppl would've grown up with this, had some fun and learned a few things on the side.

I loved The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episodes with Sean Patrick!

I can't speak to other weird Indiana Jones appearances but I can speak to one other extremely weird movie-to-TV Harrison Ford appearance. Five words: _The Star Wars Holiday Special_

“Playing a high pitched C flat” thats a funny way of saying playing a B note

I loved the young indie movie length episodes. I really wish Disney plus would put them on so I can share it with my kids.

I remember someone saying that Bobby Caldwell in the video "What You Won't Do For Love" looked like Indiana Jones, and you thumbnail just proved him right. I had to double check it actually was Harrison Ford 😄

I remember the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles show. I used to watch it all the time back when it was on. I totally forgot about the old man Indiana Jones at the beginning and end of the shows though. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen those. It would be interesting if they worked that into canon by having Indiana lose his eye somehow in this next film.

I think it was a VHS but I completely remembering these shorter films they compiled from the episodes. Because I remember the day me and my friends saw them in the new release section and we're like oh my God there's new Indiana Jones movie. Oh young Indiana Jones movie. Well nothing to worry about, it's not like they would have just read that I ended the television show with some editing. I had no clue the TV show at Old Indiana Jones . I love this type of random trivia with movies and TV shows. I'm almost as surprised when I found out the Golden girls had a spin-off show.

I loved this show growing up. I had been reading all Young Indy books, some of which should have been made episodes themselves. I wish they would reprint those for the kids now. I would give them a nostalgic read through. ❤

I watched this show (or shows... or movies) as a kid and I remember I couldn't believe it the time OG Indy showed up with that beard, it was a real treat.

Hello from France 😀, 5'25 "Monsieur Défense" it must be what is written on the prohibition sign behind him

I just really wish the original series got a remaster as they originally aired.

i always thought that this was what was intended for river phoenix. that lucas/spielberg either had that last crusade intro to setup a young indy show with him, or that the intro inspired them to do a young indy show with him.

All things considered I can't tell whether this show is better than it has any right to be or worse than it has any right to be considering the concept and the team behind it. It's legendary all the same. I didn't watch this on TV in the 90s but somehow I stumbled across it on my own in the early 2000s-2010s and honestly the educational aspect really worked for me. It was the first thing to spark my interest in World War I and my curiosity never really died. It talks about big events, but big events that schools don't really cover in America anymore. It will always have a place in my heart so I'm glad someones talking about it.

Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis should have been a movie. perfect game

I liked this series WAY more than "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"... Indy SHOULD be recast (like Bond) there are a lot of great stories to be told.

Who is this for? Me that’s who. I will always defend this show. Old Indy for the win.

I remember as a kid going to Pizza Hut when this show was just coming out and one of the promotional items was a magnifying glass that was shaped like a zippo lighter with the lens sliding out.

We never learned how Old Indy lost his eye.

I really like the show!! I also thought the opening / endings with the "older" Indy were hilarious!!

I remember liking this show as a kid.

The show is really great. While it does not hold up visually, the charm and sens of adventure remains.

Wait, is the section from 5:39-5:58 footage from the Austrialian movie The Lighthorseman? That's the same actor and set up as the movie...

"The Young Indiana Jones "series was cool ! And at time cool seeing Harrison Ford as Indy again at that time ,In which it aired on tv .Since this was before "The Fugitive " hit the big screens at that time ,And a cool movie by the way .Since that's why Indy as beard in the episode movie of the time ,And I kinda wished the series had kept going on .But I guess people did like watching Indy getting history along of growing up .And at slower pace .

Fun fact - George Hall was 77 when he played old Indy, three years younger than Ford is now!

@nerdstalgic can you please make a Joe dirt episode?! It’s such an amazing classic and SO many people love it and it’s easily David spades best movie. I promise you it will get the views and if it doesn’t I solemnly swear here and now I will watch the video 10000000 times just to keep ur stats up just pleaseeeee do a joe dirt episode I’m begging!

I have the complete show on DVD. I'm not sold on the idea to recut the episodes and get rid of the bookends with George Hall. That should have been optional. But I like that they put them all in chronological order as time progresses throughout the show and the bonus materials are out of this world awesome. Tons of documentaries about the history of the time, the persons he meets. It's almost better than the show itself.

Young Indiana Jones is my childhood. It shaped literally so much of who I am as a person. The show had so much heart to it. You may say it didn't deepen his character at all, but I would have to disagree. Even the Corey Carrier episodes are golden, in my opinion. Yeah, you have to suspend your machismo and embrace childhood a little, but they are entertaining and full of some great moments (Indy and Tolstoy traveling across Russia... Indy and his father getting trapped in wooden elevator, dangling below a mountain monestery...)

I've seen and enjoyed quite a few of the film versions of these, I had no idea that the original TV shows had those awful-looking old man wraparounds

Never even heard of this and that's strange.

Best episode of young Indiana Jones is when he has to fight Dracula, that was awesome!

8:34 That's a young Jeffery Wright.