JQ, PF and BF
Categories: Internet, My life, Quicktimes, The World Outside
I just finished watching this voluminous documentary on the 1960’s TV show Jonny Quest. It was one of my favorite shows and now I know too much about why. It seems the show was ground breaking in so many areas that someone felt the need to make a two hour and twenty one minute documentary on the subject. It is a bit long winded, I admit, yet I enjoyed watching it all in my own little private idaho.
But this post is not about the documentary, which has been released to the internet by the creator and can be watched in 27 parts on Youtube starting here, or you can go to the blogger who broke the story and download over 100 segments at 100 megabytes each for a full DV quality version that taps in at over 10 gigabytes. You can also grab a torrent of said files after concatenation of the entire 2:21 doc weighing in at about a gig here (this last one is clearly the most convenient and you do not even have to be scared about going to Piratebay to get it as it has been freely distributed by the creator.
But, still this is not what I have decided to blog about.
The reason I had to post something was that about 2/3 the way through the documentary, there was a whole section on commercial tie-ins for JQ and my jaw hit the freakin’ floor when the words P.F. Flyers came across the screen.
Now, Jonny aside, P.F. Flyers were the coolest thing that ever existed, because they were REAL and I can guarantee you that many tests were done that proved P.F.’s did exactly what they were reported to do, enabled you to run faster and jump higher! It’s a fact and it worked and they were so far ahead of there time that all these shocked absorbing sneakers on steroids owe a moment of gleeful gratitude to old BF Goodrich for designing the worlds first air shoe.
Jonny Quest and P.F. Flyers, this is one of the greatest moments of synergy in the last 100 years, just look for yourself.
Oh, and the triple cool part, P.F. Flyers are back, you can actually still run faster and jump higher than the next dude. Sure, they messed them up and went all retro, but who cares, these kicks rock!
