Heroes and Sidekicks Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 01

''HEROES and Sidekicks - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,'' the CBS special on Channel 2 at 8 tonight, is really about two things: movie heroes and their pals, and the glories of the Stephen Spielberg-George Lucas film. The connection between the two is that the swashbuckling archeologist Indiana Jones has a sidekick, and that this is in the great Hollywood tradition. In fact, it seems to be the apotheosis of the tradition. Jones's sidekick, Short Round, ''is the perfect sidekick,'' William Shatner, the narrator, says, ''loyal and funny.'' Short Round is played by a 12-year-old Vietnamese boy, Ke Huy Quan, who, in one of the excerpts we see from the Spielberg-Lucas film, says, ''Okey dokey, Dr. Jones,'' and clearly is prepared to risk his life for Harrison Ford. http://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/27/arts/tv-review-heroes-and-sidekicks-special-tonight-on-cbs.html Listen to the Indy Cast online: http://www.forcecast.net/c-indycastnews.asp ...or on iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indycast-indiana-jones/id275916349