George of the Jungle: Evolution

Hello fans, George of the Jungle has evolved in 50 years.

In 1967: my mother Patricia has had watched the original show (but in Spanish) as a young kid. Do you know that the original George is likely a feral caricature, of a dead and disliked 1960's athlete called George Eiferman!

Eighteen years later: Trish was twenty two, when Weird Al Yankovic (a satirist that The Hobbyist currently loves) did an eighties style cover of the original theme. It's also notable for being the only straight Weird Al cover ever released. Twelve years later, the same Weird Al cover came into the film credits.

Fast forward to 1997 and 2003: Trish (now an adult) was married to Goran for five years, when Disney's lukewarm film version got released in the peak of 90's summer goofiness. Thankfully, when The Hobbyist was a tot, the panned straight to video sequel gave millennials (plus the boomers and gen x) a glimpse of George having a kid! For 1997, 'Presidents of USA' (I meant a less known alt rock band. Also surprising: my PUSA CD now resides at the art class.) did a 'bongos-style remake' of the old school intro, while in 2003, the same thing went into a silly mess, when it got sung by Jeff Scott Soto..

Fast forward again to 2007: the Revival show first appears, this time my brother The Hobbyist (as a kid) had watched (and discussed about) the show on the once-fabulous ABC Kids, because that same channel has had both tot and teen shows until early into the 2010's. The original intro has had enough time to get obsolete, so it got replaced by a then-new theme full of hip hop jives and millennial comedy.

Fast forward more to 2015 and 2016: The Hobbyist (now teenaged) currently dislikes the show (in its second season), while he and I both went to the crap middle school for two years. There's one more year to go for Season 2 to get (first) released in more countries, as we got our second year at the middle school. In March 2017, as the second season retires, we were 3 months into the final middle school day. The 'raps-and-jives' have become typical of the first season, while the new intro recalls memos of the sixties.

Now this year: The Hobbyist (now taller) and I have both become Selwyn college students, since the franchise 'George of the Jungle' reached a fifty year mark. Since I am now a future video maker, I think modern day George is the one that I love the most, because he's a (once puny and cute but now big and muscly) chest beating guy whose jungle king spirit marches on!