{"id":8732,"date":"2010-01-17T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2010\/01\/17\/colouring-book-theatre-raiders-of-los\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:10:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:10:44","slug":"colouring-book-theatre-raiders-of-los","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/colouring-book-theatre-raiders-of-los\/","title":{"rendered":"Colouring Book Theatre: Raiders of the Lost Ark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we have another great segment with our guest reviewer , Jason Lenzi<\/strong> from <\/span><\/em>Bif Bang Pow!<\/span><\/em><\/a> who does a far better job than me, so take it away Jason!<\/span><\/em>\u2018RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK\u2019<\/strong> Coloring\/Activity Book by Happy House, illustrations by Ken Barr, 1981<\/span>Ok, some years back, I had a massive Indiana Jones collection, one of the biggest in the US, I\u2019d venture to say. I had games, toys, lobby cards and one sheets from all over the world. And then, one day, I decided to sell it all, including the entire Kenner range of toys. \u2018Why\u2019 is a story for another day, but two of the few items <\/span>I hung onto were coloring and activity books for \u2018Raiders\u2019. <\/span>They\u2019re pretty odd items you don\u2019t see often, and easy enough to store, so I still got \u2018em. What\u2019s most interesting about them, to me, is the slightly adult and suspect nature to some of the pages. Looking back, \u2018Raiders of the Lost Ark\u2019 is a pretty dark and adult flick, that doesn\u2019t necessarily lend itself to coloring books. (editor’s note: kind of like <\/em>Dune<\/em><\/span><\/a>?) Let me explain <\/span>
Not a bad opening shot of our hero, and decent artwork. The first thing I think of looking at this again is how many drab crayon colors you\u2019d need to use to make this accurate.

Are those native butt cheeks peeking through? Why I do believe they are. That may be a first in a coloring book. For kids, anyway.<\/p>\n

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How good is THIS depiction of Harrison Ford? It never gets this good again in the book, but I\u2019d say this is one of the best renderings of him in any collectible. Well done, Ken Barr!<\/p>\n

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4. What would a coloring book be without a little torture scene? Boring, that\u2019s what! \u201cPass the orange, Joey, I wanna make this poker HOT!\u201d<\/p>\n


Now, I\u2019m no authority, but I\u2019d bet that Hitler\u2019s never made an appearance in a coloring book. Well, the \u2018Raiders\u2019 monkey is as close as you\u2019re gonna get then. What I especially love is that Barr took it further than the infamous scene in the film, and had our monkey friend do the Hitler \u2018tache as well. That trick deserves a fresh date.

Slightly inappropriate scene in a kid\u2019s coloring book #4: Indy getting hammered. Again, I don\u2019t own every coloring book ever made, but whiskey drinking pages must be a rarity, right?<\/p>\n

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And now the money shot. Every Indiana Jones fan knows there was originally a 3 or 4 page scripted fight scene between Indy and the Cairo Swordsman that Harrison Ford opted out of because of dysentery. He subsequently came up with the genius idea (Spielberg says he had the same idea as well) of just shooting the guy and getting on with his business. There ARE some few seconds of raw footage of the scene on the \u2018net, but this page gives another tasty little glimpse of what might have been.
Many thanks to Jason for doing these excellent guest reviews.
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Previously reviewed Colouring Books<\/span><\/a>If you have a colouring book you’d like to guest review, I’d like to hear from you<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we have another great segment with our guest reviewer , Jason Lenzi from Bif Bang Pow! who does a far better job than me, so take it away Jason!\u2018RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK\u2019 Coloring\/Activity Book by Happy House, illustrations by Ken Barr, 1981Ok, some years back, I had a massive Indiana Jones collection, one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448,290],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-448","tag-colouring-books"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/podcastmarker.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"rssradio":{"key":"rssradio","url":"","label":"RSSRadio","class":"rssradio","icon":"rssradio.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/pod-stallions\/ps","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/feed\/podcast\/default-podcast","embedCode":"

Colouring Book Theatre: Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/a><\/blockquote>