IndyFrench

The quest to become Indiana Jones started during a Showtime broadcast of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 1982. The next day, Michael was equipped with a binoculars case, a jump rope and a Members Only jacket, fighting imaginary Nazis out of the bed of his father's parked pickup truck.

Michael didn't see “Temple of Doom” in the summer of 1984. His parents said, “Too scary.” That didn't abate his interest in Indiana Jones. In 1989, a few weeks before the release of “Last Crusade,” Michael's mother gave him his first Indiana Jones hat and it never left his head. At 14, his grandfather gave him his first bullwhip and taught him to use it. Thanks to Indiana Jones, they found common ground.

In 1998, Michael found IndyGear.com and quickly got involved with the online Indy community as “IndyFrench.” By 2001, he was in Los Angeles and connected with many of the IndyGear staff members and started writing Indiana Jones articles on the Internet.

Michael's journey to find Dr. Jones' threads came full circle in 2005 when he was brought into Indygear as a moderator for Club Obi Wan, but he had a few bridges to cut until 2008, when he was able to take up permanent residency as a staff writer at IndyGear, his second home.

He eventually did see “Temple of Doom” by the way...in 1994.