Stoo said:
Does anyone know EXACTLY when the McDee's VHS promo was available/took place in 1991?
I'm not sure, but I
think it might've been around October, for some reason, but don't hold me to it. Surely there must be some publicity of the period someone here could dig up.
As mentioned earlier, there were actual McDonald's commercials themselves for the promo - at least two of them and perhaps more, IIRC. I specifically remember one of them using footage from the Tri-Motor flight / map montage from
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (I think there were three spots, each featuring scenes from a different movie), and they all mentioned that the three movies were now available at McDonald's (!) at this special price for a limited time (I don't think the McD's commercials said anything about the
YIJC promo spots on the tapes; it would have come as a complete surprise to most people buying them). Anyway, if we could find an old tape with one of those commercials for this promo, other topical references on the tape (or perhaps some dates in the commercial(s) itself/themselves) could pin it down for us.
Stoo said:
What a G_dsend. Just noticed even MORE UNUSED FOOTAGE and alternate shots! The MUSIC is UNIQUE! Details to follow...
The music is, I believe, stock library music chosen for its general "adventury" sound, and (I'm almost certain, though not quite) not something specifically composed for the show or any other
Indy-specific project. I've heard it one other time, when it was used for a superhero-themed sketch on a '90s TV comedy series - Fox's
In Living Color, IIRC. Virtually all I remember of it was this same music accompanying shots of one of the Wayans brothers flying around in a red tights ensemble.
Stoo said:
The promo is a treasure trove and earliest (to my knowledge) glimpse of the TV show. I hate to go against lonestriker's judgement but this topic deserves to be in the Young Indy section. It's too precious for YIJC fans to miss!
It was indeed my own first glimpse of actual motion footage from the show, though I believe I'd already seen still photos from the production in the pages of
The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine, the fan club publication that later became
The Star Wars Insider.