Jet Propulsion (partially found pitch pilot of "Ready Jet Go!" PBS Kids CGI-animated series; 2013)
A still from the pilot.
Status: Partially Found
Ready Jet Go! was a CGI-animated children's series created by Craig Bartlett that aired on PBS Kids from February 15, 2016 to May 6, 2019. It later returned in 2023 with a feature film entitled Space Camp. The educational objective of the show is to teach its young audience about astronomy and earth science, starring a human-like alien named Jet Propulsion.
In 2013, a pilot entitled Jet Propulsion was created to pitch the series to PBS. It is drastically different from the final show.
History
The pilot, produced by Wind Dancer Films[1] in 2012[2] was screened to a test audience of children in 2013, and it never aired on TV. It was originally a show targeted towards older children, much like Arthur or Cyberchase. However, in order to capture the attention of younger kids, Mindy, a character who was not in the pilot, was added to the final show. [3] The pilot was 11 minutes in length, much like an average episode of the final series. One of the crew members was Raymie Muzquiz, who was a storyboard artist for it.[2]
Differences
Some things that distinguished the pilot from the series were:
- Jet had a thinner face, thinner hair, purple eyes, and an orange-and-yellow raglan with a stereotypical alien on it.
- Sean was skinnier and wore a green shirt with a spaceship on it and cargo shorts. His original goal was to win the Nobel Prize.[1] In the show, this was changed to him wanting to lead the first human mission to Mars.
- Sydney was lighter-skinned, wore her hair in a braid, and wore a pink and purple outfit.
- Sunspot was plumper and cream-colored.
Availability
The pilot was never released to the public. The only footage available comes from a demo reel from Wind Dancer Films. A few screenshots from the pilot can also be accessed on their site via the Wayback Machine.[4]
Gallery
Images
The only other known screenshot of the pilot.
The characters designs from the final show.
Footage
See Also
Bumpers
- Bookworm Bunch (partially found interstitials from PBS Kids channel block; 2000-2001)
- PBS Kids (partially lost schedule bumpers and interstitial material of TV channel block; 1999-present)
- PBS Kids Vote-A-Rama (lost bumpers of "Arthur" themed marathon; 2002)
- Someday School (partially found PBS Kids channel block; 1998-2000)
PBS
- Adventures with Kanga Roddy (partially lost PBS children's series; 1998-2000)
- Backyard Safari (partially found PBS children's educational series; 1997)
- Barney & Friends "Season 9" (partially found alternative version of PBS children's series; 2004-2005)
- Christmastime with Mister Rogers (found holiday TV special; 1977)
- Lamb Chop's Play-Along (partially lost PBS children's puppet series; 1992-1995)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict" (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)
- The Puzzle Place (partially found PBS puppet series; 1994-1998)
- Reading Rainbow (found Johnny Kemp opening sequence for PBS children's educational series; 1999)
- Shining Time Station (found season one intro of PBS series; 1989-1990)
- Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
- Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Auld Lang Gone" (non-existent episode of PBS children's game show; 1992)
- Zoom (found pilot of revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1995)
- Zoom (partially lost revival of PBS children's series; 1999-2005)
PBS Kids
- The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)
- Curious George (lost test pilot of PBS Kids animated series based on books; existence unconfirmed; 2004/2005)
- Cyberchase "The Poddleville Case" (found test pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 1999)
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated musical series; 2006-2008)
- Dragon Tales "One Small Step for Cassie" and "Circle of Friends" (lost pilots of PBS Kids animated series; 1999)
- The Good Night Show with Melanie/Leo (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2005-2006)
- The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2006-2017)
- Kratts' Creatures (found PBS children's educational series; 1996)
- Make Way for Noddy (partially found PBS Kids version of British children's TV series; 2005)
- Molly of Denali (partially found pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated series; 2018)
- Nature Cat (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; early 2010s)
- Peg + Cat (partially lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 2011)
- Preschool Musical... On a Stick (partially lost PBS Kids Sprout "High School Musical" parody; 2008)
- Seven Little Monsters (found episodes of PBS Kids animated series; 2000-2004)
- Space Race (partially found PBS Kids web series; 2011)
- Super Why! (partially found British dub of PBS Kids CGI animated series; late 2000s-2010s)
- What's The Big Idea? (partially found pitch pilot of "Sid The Science Kid" PBS Kids CGI animated series; 2007)
- WordGirl (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
- WordWorld (found test pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated educational series; 2005)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20130115025611/http://www.winddancer.com/film-tv/upcoming-tv/jet-propulsion
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/8401328/2012-resume-pdf-for-download-raymie-muzquiz
- ↑ https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/seattle-native-returns-to-the-small-screen-with-ready-jet-go/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141121132000/http://winddancer.com/tv/upcoming/