Heroes and Sidekicks: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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Heroes and Sidekicks: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a TV special that aired on CBS on November 27, 1984.
Designed as a promotional piece for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, still playing in cinemas six months after its theatrical release, the special doubles as a showcase for the duet of a hero and their sidekick throughout television and movie history.
The Muppet Show is used to highlight the dynamic between Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear. Inserted following a brief feature on Laverne & Shirley, host William Shatner explains that Kermit and Fozzie "also try to deflect the terrors of each new, hard-earned day with comedy material." The scene from episode 311 in which Kermit silently reads "the greatest joke in the world" as written by Fozzie ("I got a better one") plays out, punctuated with a behind-the-scenes clip from Temple of Doom in which Steven Spielberg and Ke Huy Quan rehearse Short Round's "ha, ha, ha, very funny" dialogue from the film.
Other heroes and sidekicks are featured from Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, Batman, Every Which Way but Loose (Clint Eastwood), Smiley Burnette and Gene Autry, Gabby Hayes and John Wayne, Robin Hood, Smokey and the Bandit (Burt Reynolds), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Odd Couple, 48 Hours (Eddie Murphy), The End (Dom DeLuise), Keystone Teddy the Wonder Dog and Gloria Swanson, Scared Stiff (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis), Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, I Love Lucy, Snoopy and Woodstock, Laurel and Hardy, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Garfield and Odie, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto.
==External links==
* NY Times review by John Corry, Nov. 27, 1984
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