Ready Jet Go! Pilot



The pilot to the hit PBS cartoon Ready Jet Go! was shown to a test audience of children, but has yet to be released to the public.

A pilot is known to exist.

''“There’s so much we learned from testing [the initial pilot] with kids,” said Lesli Rotenberg, general manager of PBS children’s media. “Even though this wasn’t geared to younger kids, we didn’t want to completely lose them, so the solution was to develop this character, Mindy, who represents younger kids and asks the questions a young child would ask about science and space.”''

Wind Dancer Films, the company that produces Ready Jet Go! previously had a few clips of what appeared to the pilot in their old company reel. Jet, the main character, had a drastically different appearance. His hair was thinner, and he wore a yellow raglan with a grey alien on it, as opposed to the blue spacesuit that he wears in the final show. The saucer also looked different; it was blue and orange instead of silver and blue.

However, Wind Dancer Films most likely took notice of this and updated their company reel to wipe away any clips from the Ready Jet Go! pilot, and replaced them with clips from the final show.

All that is known about the pilot:
 * Jet had a different appearance.
 * The saucer had a different appearance.
 * It was animated in CGI just like the final show.
 * It was geared towards older kids.
 * Sean and Sydney were in it.
 * The character of Mindy wasn't in it. Considering the reputation she would go on to gain once she was added to the final show, that was DEFINITELY for the better.

It is unknown if the theme song was the same, the voice actors were the same, or if any of the other characters were included like Carrot, Celery, Face 9000, Sunspot, Beep and Boop, Dr. Rafferty, Dr. Bergs, Mitchell, and Lillian.

If anyone could somehow archive this link in the Wayback Machine so we can get access to the old Wind Dancer Films reel, that would be great! NeptuneID13 (talk) 21:53, April 14, 2019 (UTC)