British East Africa, September 1909 (18 Mar. 1992)

Professor Indiana Jones visits the Metropolitan Foundation for Educational Quality where the Annual Celebrity tennis shoe auction and diner is being held. He begins to entertain the snobby ... See full summary »

Directors:

Carl Schultz, Ellery Ryan

Writers:

Matthew Jacobs, George Lucas (story)

Stars:

Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Corey Carrier	...	Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr.
Margaret Tyzack	...	Miss Seymour
Ruth de Sosa	...	Anna Jones
Lloyd Owen	...	Professor Henry Jones, Sr.
George Hall	...	Old Indy
Isaac Senteu Supeyo	...	Meto
James Gammon	...	Teddy Roosevelt
Paul Freeman	...	Frederick Selous
Tim Machin	...	Kermit Roosevelt (as Timothy Machin)
Edward Tudor-Pole	...	Medlicot
Paul Birchard	...	Heller
Toby Stark	...	Earing
Frances Taylor	...	Norma
Lee Freeman	...	Selina (as H. Lee Freeman)
Jeffrey Pillars	...	Tom

Storyline

Professor Indiana Jones visits the Metropolitan Foundation for Educational Quality where the Annual Celebrity tennis shoe auction and diner is being held. He begins to entertain the snobby people at his table by recounting a safari to British East Africa in 1909. There, Indy became determined to find the fabled Fringe-Eared Oryx for former US President Teddy Roosevelt. He befriended Meto, a Massai boy around the same age as himself at the time. Despite their language barrier, they find out where to find the last remaining Oryx.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Mystery

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Details

Language:

English Masai

Release Date:

18 March 1992 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Nairobi, Kenya

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paul Freeman who played the main villain in Raiders of the Lost Ark turns up as Serous.

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Goofs

When Meto puts down the binoculars after Indy shows him how to use them, he is holding them the wrong way round.

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Quotes

Teddy Roosevelt: Beasts such as these belong in a museum, for everyone to share.
Frederick Selous: Besides, it's wonderful sport.
[raises his glass]

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Connections

Referenced in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom (1999)

User Reviews

Hunting in the Garden of Eden!

The British East Africa episode delivers a strong message to those who think killing animals and disrupting the balance of Nature won't have consequences. And we see that even people we think of as great (Theodore Roosevelt) did their share in destroying this planet's Ecology.

Indy, his parents and Miss Seymour join Theodore Roosevelt and famed hunter Frederick Selous on a safari in British East Africa (Kenya). Even though they successfully hunted down lions and other exotic animals, they fail to locate a rare species of the oryx. Indiana and one of the local tribe boys, Meto, try to find the animal, but loose track of the time. Indy's father and Roosevelt search for him, while the two boys are collecting clues on how the interrupted balance of nature is responsible for the absence of the oryxes.

The cinematography of this episode is absolutely stunning and there's quite a bit of action for a Corey Carrier episode. We also see Paul "Belloq" Freeman as Frederick Selous (one of the main inspirations for the novel hero Allan Quatermain). Definitely a great episode. (10/10)