The Boring Life of Indiana Jones

There is a scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in which Indy mentions that he rode with Poncho Villa at one point. For some reason I immediately recognized it as an allusion to an episode of "Young Indiana Jones", which got me thinking: just how much adventure has George Lucas et al. crammed into the life of Indiana Jones? Does he even have time to sleep? Apparently not. I discovered this website that uses the movies, TV shows, and books to reconstruct an Indiana Jones timeline. Utterly fantastic! I find it amazingly coincidental that Indy managed to be at the right place at the right time for pretty much every single important event in the first half of the 20th century. And that's why he will forever be our mascot.

NOTE: As of this posting, the timeline does not have an entry for the year 1957, when the new movie takes place. I hope this stays blank for a while so as to not spoil anything for those who haven't seen the new film yet. But if you're scrolling and there's an entry for 1957, just skip it.