AnnieJones said:
In this episode,there are two scenes that Stratemeyer's books appear in.In the one scene,it shows Indy reading Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Electric_Runabout )
Since I needed something to lull me to sleep and this book is in the public domain now I downloaded it and made my way through it. The good news is that it's a better read than
Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates - I could stay awake for more than two pages at a time with the young inventor. But it's not a literary classic for good reason; the characters are poorly developed, the plot is weak, and there's not much of an adventure.
Three things stood out to me. First, Tom is not the young boy adventurer that I remembered and that later analogues like Jonny Quest portray - he's in his late teens, at least; a much better fit for an Indy about to go off to fight in WWI. Second, there's the strong implication that he and his sweetheart, Mary Nestor, are up to some serious hanky-panky off-screen.
Lastly, though - the book features some whip cracking as a pivotal plot element! No, it's not the young Mr. Swift doing it, but it's one more tie to our favorite adventurer.