The early episodes in black and white were done very serious and realistic. When they switched to color the episodes became outrageous and unbeliveable.

@markpaul-ym5wg

5 ай бұрын

FACT.

Thank you for this series. It brings back so many good memories --- and so solid a critique.

Wow, saw this was uploaded just today... I am blown away at all the research you seem to have put into this. Can't wait for more!

I was the same kid, only 8, in Alabama who remembers this premiere! I had a model of a rocket, possibly a Saturn, that I was desperately trying to build lol. Thank you for your memories.

@Obeijin

2 жыл бұрын

This was season 1 , the pilot was different ...

OMG YES!!!!!!!!! Thank you Irving! This is fantastic! Just started watching, will comment more later! Thank you again ever so much.

You can really hear musical elements that develop into sections of the scores for Star Wars and E.T. in the spacewalk sequence.

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

Not to diminish his later work, (for which he is MUCH more famous), but it is my personal opinion that his work for LIS was his greatest work! Great pieces that NEVER got old to hear! Amazingly, he also created them in a way so that different sections of different pieces could be spliced together perfectly! And he only composed for 2 or 3 episodes! It was reused through the entire show’s run! Hands down, the best soundtrack for a TV show EVER!!!

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

Williams scored ep1 Reluctant Stowaway, Ep 3 Island in the Sky, Ep 5 The Hungry Sea, and ep7 My Friend, Mr Nobody. Herman Stein scored the Derelict, and added new music for There were Giants in the Earth, (mixed in with previous Williams music), and Welcome Stranger! Everything after that was reusing the previous scores! New music in season 2, including Alexander Courage from Star Trek fame, and new composers in season 3. To me, none of those compare to the works of Williams and Stein!!

Billy Mumy wrote a series of comics furthering the adventures of The Robinsons and Dr. Smith in a less campy manner. Billy revealed Smith was an agent of inhabitants of the planet in the system of Alpha Centauri, not a hostile foreign power on Earth. Great reviews Irving!

“I hope that rope was under warranty”! You crack me up! I can see them saving it in case they got back to earth! “We want a refund”! “Do you have your receipt”? “No” “Sorry”!

Angela Cartwright is also the sister of Veronica Cartwright. They both played characters who did not have very much luck in space. :D

@dwashbur

5 жыл бұрын

True, though Angela just got lost. Veronica...somewhat worse than that!

@stevenwatchorn9816

5 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur Yes, I was thinking that after I wrote the comment. :D

Smith's turn to coward came from an in-universe and real life reason. Real life JOnathon Harris knew he was going to be killed off, so he started hamming it up and Smith was reborn. In-universe, the old LIS Technical manual said the J2 lift off was at full power 100%. Any person not in the protective freezing tubes would suffer eventual mental health damage from the lift off. Hence Smith's scream at lift off. The manual stated that any lift off that the crew was not in the freezing tubes would consist of full power only being at 80%

Hi Irving. I remember Jonathan Harris as Mr. Phillips, the hotel manager from "The Bill Dana Show", 1963.

@dwashbur

4 жыл бұрын

I never got to watch that because my dad didn't like Bill Dana. I might have to check it out one of these days now that I know he was in it. Thanks!

“He’d like to enter something, alright!” made me choke.

That might be the best bit of acting from Jonathan Harris starting at the eleven twelve mark. The sheer terror in his face when trying to contact Alpha Control was something to see. I might be one of the very few ones who actually likes this version of Dr. Smith over the campy, hamish, over the top cartoon villain he became!

Yes! This is one of my favorites. Thank you!

"He'd like to enter something, alright!" That's the funniest thing I've ever heard on here!

Interesting how as part of Dr. Robinson's airtight space suit he was able to make use of combat boots sprayed with aluminum paint!

Big fan of Irving's Zoo.

Hooray, you took my suggestion! And acted on it even sooner than I'd hoped! I'll be here for the duration, I can't wait to hear what you have to say on hillbillies, medieval knights and talking carrots!

It was rather amazing, in the 1st episode, that they gave Maureen the daring and gutsy job of going out in space to rescue John. I always felt it was a shame they didn’t give her more to do later on, instead they turned her into June Cleaver washing clothes and cooking meals! She was supposed to be a Doctor, herself!!

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

Maureen was almost as underused as Judy was.

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur Yeah, for a “Family Show”, they really very quickly narrowed their target audience to pre-pubescent boys!! I don’t know any female LIS fans, (although there must be a few)! Create a story arc of Don and Judy having a real relationship? “Eeeewww, boys wouldn’t like that! They might actually kiss or something gross”!! Maureen was a Doctor, (of biology, I think), did she get to use it, or even to be a Mama bear and defend the family if the men were away? Not really.....That would get in the way of her cooking and doing the laundry! (Sigh, this was the mid 60’s)! Penny supposedly had an IQ of 165! Did she ever act like she did? Nooo! And poor Judy never got a chance to display her skills at musical comedy!!!

@jimbotc2000

3 жыл бұрын

Someone had to do the mundane, average daily chores, since they failed to bring along the maid.

Excellent this and the other videos. Thank you!

If Dr Smith can knock out a soldier with one blow, why was he such a coward?

@Obeijin

Жыл бұрын

Harris decided to change the character from serious to a joker ...

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

One word: Retcon Probably one of the quickest, and earliest Retcons in my memory.

@hifijohn

Жыл бұрын

Many people back then had an "off" button on the back of their neck one quick chop and they're out.

@terrencekanzig4270

Ай бұрын

That was the Kirk chop. Worked every time on 60’s tv.

I was hoping the robot was going to say "Danger Will Robinson or I Will Destroy you " lol

Gosh! You are funny- really tore the show apart :-)

I'm reasonably sure in a later episode they said that if Smith wasn't aboard the ship it would have been destroyed by colliding with an asteroid on the way to Alpha Centauri.

June Lockhart, in her mid 90s, still makes personal appearances at celeb meet and greets.

@dwashbur

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, she's one amazing person.

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

A lovely woman! I saw an interview with Bill Mumy, and he said June was WAY cooler than her TV persona! She was a rock’n’roll fan!!!

11:00, I never understood something here. Maybe I'm mistaken but I always assumed that the guard that Smith knocked out and pushed down the garbage chute went into a dumpster somewhere on the ground near the ship itself. Maybe if Smith hadn't panicked, he might have thought to send himself down that same garbage chute to escape since he was trapped inside the Jupiter 2.

@dwashbur

5 жыл бұрын

I thought that at first, but even if it was, I assume it got closed up the same time the hatches did.

@willmack5909

5 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. It's always nice talking trash with you Irving :D Keep up the sensational work and thank you for this most splendid surprise! Takes the sting out of Adamania coming to an end. I'll forever wonder if Adam West ever got to view any of your Adamania videos before his passing on June 9th 2017 :'(

@Herfortz

4 жыл бұрын

I loved the show and this episode but really nothing was right in this .... The waste chute would have needed an airtight inner and outer chute controlled from inside ..... The guard wouldn't have slid into a dumpster but instead after opening the outer chute he would have fallen a 2 story drop into a dumpster and that would have solved the mystery as to whether or not the guard survived ...... Dr. Smith could have attempted to open the upper main hatch manually ..... Why would he or Aolis 14 Umbra not know that the robot power is shut down before launch? ...... Why not just pull out the power pack if the Robinsons have no idea as to how it works? ..... Why does Dr. Smith need to suspiciously sneak down to the lower level only to come off as a top brass making an inspection? ..... Why would a top brass colonel be responsible for adjusting the helium nitrogen ratio instead of a maintenance crew or automatically adjusted by computer and if that was part of his job, why would he not know what deck it's on? ..... Why is John Robinson elected to be the leader when he can't even answer the General as to being ready without first consulting his wife who can't even answer with a simple "Yes"? ....... Major West who is the military pilot has to explain everything to him from the vector tapes to the UPS scanner ....... Why is Colonel Smith not in charge being that he hasn't even been convicted of suspicion of treason yet? ........ Major West says "I know you ...... You're that sneaky underhanded Colonel who I've had to take orders from for years but ...... NO MORE ..... and keep your mouth shut ..... In fact, we're not even gonna call you Colonel anymore ....... DOCTOR ..... SMITH !!!!! ...... Obviously Don didn't appreciate the fact that Colonel Smith was also a vital part of the emergency plan to revive him in case the unlikely event that something should go wrong so that everyone would know that they're in trouble because he is driving.

Happy birthday (RIP) to Jonathan Harris, born on this date in 1914.

@coliedrake2206

2 күн бұрын

The voice of Lucifer on Battlestar Galactia

This show has the original, and best, version of the theme, and some excellent incidental music, by "Johnny" Williams, who had a long and fruitful association (including several Oscar nominations) with show creator and 1970s disaster film impresario Irwin Allen.

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he did do the theme songs for all Seasons. But the theme songs were very minor in comparison to what you call the “incidental” music. THIS was the music that made LIS!!! The best musical soundtrack for ANY TV show, in my opinion!! I sincerely believe this show would never have been as popular and successful without this music!! The amazing thing is that is was able to be reused and recycled over the next 3 years without it ever getting dull or repetitive!!!

I might as well go back to the beginning and continue in order with the comments. My good LIS buddy and I say this is the top number one ranked episode of the series. In fact, the "fabulous first five" are out of this world elite and un-toppable adventure and drama, and some of the best small screen viewing in history. They are the TOP FIVE, and "The Reluctant Stowaway" is the number one in many ways. :-]

Just discovered your channel today. Love it!!!

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the zoo!

Hi Irving! So glad you decided to cover this show. As a child of the ‘60’s, this was my FAVORITE SHOW! So expect to see many comments by me! Especially for this episode, since it was groundbreaking! Would like to say it set the tone for the series, (it did for about half of S1, but the tone shifted greatly when Evil Smith transformed into “Gilligan” soon after.

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to have them!

Best episode of the series

Dear rving's Zoo, Just came across ur "Lost in space" posts, & got instantly hooked! I'm old enough to ve watched the show when it 1st got released. I thought the show was stupid, cheesy, & full of flaws! but we watched it enthusiastically everyweek, to poke fun at it! Keep up the good work! Love it.

@dwashbur

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the zoo! Please stick around and enjoy!

I’m really enjoying your commentaries. Jealous that you saw these shows in their original broadcasts. I discovered LIS as a very small boy during the early TV syndication reruns. It came on every weekday evening at 5:00 or 6:00. We had a black and white TV with a big dial that made an audible “clunk!” as you changed channels. I was so small I did not have the strength to move the dial, so I was to a degree at the mercy of my older brother’s whims. I can still hear my mother say to him “let your little brother watch the show with the robot”. I didn’t know how to read yet, so I could not read the title card. To me it was just “the show with the robot”.

@dwashbur

Жыл бұрын

Our first color TV had a feature I haven't seen since. The big dial was programmable. On the back of it there were little slide tabs, like you might find for setting an analog timer. Set those on the channels you want - the 3 that were available - and the front of the TV had "forward" and "backward" buttons. Push one and the dial would turn to the next programmed stop. Not exactly a remote, but sort of the next best thing. If somebody was hogging the TV and it was time for the Flintstones, I just rushed over and pushed the button. Never got challenged, so apparently those buttons were named "checkmate"!

YES!!!!.......LlS! Thank you, Irving!......Can you do the 5-4-3-2-1 LIS countdown when you start? How many seconds can you post from the show before it breaks some copyright or KZread rule? BTW, I think covering LostIn Space will at least double your subscribers!

@johnbockelie3899

4 жыл бұрын

We forgot the magnetic boots!.

@johnbockelie3899

4 жыл бұрын

A bargain store rope on a billion dollar space craft ???. No magnetic boots???. The American flag planted by Apollo 11, came from a local.Sears store in Florida. So there.

@jimbotc2000

3 жыл бұрын

That countdown is only for way over in Season Three.

18:26 Forgot that the rest of her hair should be floating, too (but with 1960s TV technology, this is actually pretty good; probably saved for the introductory show for that reason.

Yeah, Dr. Smith finally gets bad ass and beats the crap out of a guy!

That rope was made by the lowest bidder, of course.... And if Dr. Smith hadn't destroyed the mission 8 hours after launch, Morton Thiokol would have 60 seconds after it.

When The Robinson family enter the tubes You can hear the background music 🎶 used again when they land on Earth 🌎 the Episode, Visit to a Hostile Planet

For yrs I wondered why the robot was narrating this. At the time I thought he was real.

I love this commentary!

This answered many questions for me. Thank you!

You forgot that Angela Cartwright was coming off of The Sound of Music!

“Deep thrust telescopic probes”? Surprised that got past the censors!

@dwashbur

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the phrase had really taken on that connotation at the time. Or somebody spiked the censor's coffee.

Actually, the ship could be using a form of ion propulsion, which involves generating forward thrust by shooting a lot of charged particles backward, which is what the electricity is created for. Maybe that's a LITTLE more cool... :D

ATTENTION: For those of you who have MeTV. They have finally recycled back to season one! Episode one will air at 1AM EST, Sunday morning, Jan 30th. I just DVR the series and watch at my convenience, but don’t have season one yet, (the best season, when it was a real show)!

Throughout the whole series the rest of the crew never found out Smith was a foreign agent that sabotaged the ship

@brianarbenz7206

2 жыл бұрын

Of course there was never a conclusion -- Irwin Allen pulled the plug after CBS said they wanted changes to make the show more esoteric, less monster-oriented. No one told Allen how to do his shows, so he walked, leaving them in space.

Wonderful! I hope you'll be reviewing "My Friend. Mr. Nobody," in my opinion the best of the Season One episodes. (Hey, how come Smith couldn't clobber someone like he did the guard here in any subsequent episodes? Would've come in handy!)

@dwashbur

5 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

@Herfortz

4 жыл бұрын

He did one other time to a clone of himself I think in season 3.

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur Too be continued!! Next week! Next......

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Harris was able to rewrite his own character and his own lines, (something quite unheard of back then)!! Irwin Allen saw the results, and told him to, “Keep it up”! Alas, Smith was reduced to a cowardly worm who would try to get out of jams only by lying, being conniving, or brown-nosing as opposed to any physical violence!!

Nice review! Have you ever considered reviewing the original Star Trek series?

6:02 I thought he was to cowardly to karate chop. 23:40 LOL

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

He definitely was later on! At the very beginning, he was supposed to be a dangerous spy! Jonathon Harris rewrote his own lines later on to soften Smith into a comedic character! All earlier knowledge he had was wiped away!

ALSO, Smith was a Colonel, and West was a Major. He could have pulled rank, but Don was the Captain at this point, and Smith could not do diddley!

the microphone on the Jupiter 2 was a old Johnson 5 channel CB Microphone.

This episode, (stretching into episode 2), was the first and last time they really gave Maureen anything meaningful to do! They should have done more with her. I know, this was the ‘60, where every wife was “just a housewife”, like June Cleaver in space! I’m sorry than she didn’t get featured in more episodes. Even in the ones where then men were gone, she was stuck with Smith, who hogged the whole show! Maureen should have bxxxh slapped Smith in those few episodes, like when he tore apart all their guns!!

Of all the years I've been watching Lost In Space it was never mentioned in the show what made Dr. Smith scream as the Jupiter lifted off from Earth. There's a bright glow around the Jupiter 2 and a high pitch sizzling sound within the spaceship just before he let out that scream. There's is some Lost in Space fan website explaining the Jupiter 2 had an Anti- Gravity Drive, which in turned causing the glow around the spaceship at lift off and not effect the Robinson Family and Major West while they were in a state of suspended animation. Dr. Smith's launch into space wasn't a pleasant one.

@geezler4083

4 жыл бұрын

At that exact moment Zachary thought "oh no my delicate back"

@Herfortz

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it's simpler than that ..... G force ...... The Jupiter 2 is rising at a much faster rate than that of a conventional rocket ...... Dr. Smith is able to get up only after the Alpha Control voice announces that the spaceship is now passing through the point of maximum dynamic pressure.

@MsBackstager

4 жыл бұрын

@@geezler4083 Oh the pain, the pain.

That look Don gave Judy was priceless! He looked her up and down! Just knew they were going to do it! Sadly, they backed up on this, because the producer wanted it to be aimed for young boys who didn’t want any mushy kissing and romance in their show! Even between the married John and Maureen!! It would have been cool to have had some Don and Judy episodes, or John and Maureen episodes where they had to work together. Even some Will and Penny episodes where they had to work together and gain respect for each other! But that’s coming from my adult mind now, not from my adolescent mind then! Still, it would have been a better replacement for some of the crap shows they did later on!

And these days there are ways to convert radiation directly into electricity. It's just not yet practical to do it on a large scale.

@dwashbur

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe in 1965 the writers assumed by 1997 somebody would figure it out?

Was there another show that took place in space where a family and their babysitting accidentally got stuck in space?

Irving! Irving! Irving! Next Zoo.

This guy is really funny. I'm sure you can play "pong" on the Jupiter 2's computer.

Hi Mr Irving, I have become a big fan of this channel especially the videos of afamania and these other old shows. I was wondering in the future if you would have a look at the shows The lone Ranger and Zorro. Look forward to more videos.

The first episode is the best episode. But did you notice when Colonel Smith gets on the ship's radio transmitter trying to contact Alpha-Control, he referred to himself as General Smith? I've watched the pilot episode many, many times and I just recently noticed the error Dr. Smith made. 😊

It has often been said that Smith was supposed to be killed off early on, but I can’t imagine that. This was such a “family-friendly” show that death was very rare, (except for animal monsters)! They would never use the word “kill” or “murder”, (the term was always “DESTROY”)! The only exception was the IDAK Android, (Crush, Kill, Destroy)!!! I now see where they had one chance: during “Invaders From the Fifth Dimension”. When the Aliens released Will, they could have taken Smith, saying, “Oh well, you will have to do”! This way, he would not be killed; simply taken away. At the end of that one, I had a hard time believing that the Robinsons would EVER allow Smith near the kids again! Oh well, really can’t imagine where the show could have gone from there. Smith had become the major antagonist, and literally set up every peril in the rest of the series!

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that the Robinsons never learned how to deal with Smith is one of the series' great frustrations.

@Geezer-yf8hv

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur Yes, to be realistic, no intelligent, caring parent would want their kids to hang out with Smith. Since John Robinson was supposed to be the epitome of the intelligent, caring parent, it created quite a contradiction, or paradox! I have this fantasy, I’m gonna pester one of these guys who do the CGI recreations. We need “101 ways to Kill Smith”! At least 10 kills by Don: putting Smith in the airlock and ejecting him into space! Running over him with the Chariot! Throwing him into the power core and seeing a brownish “fart” come out of the engines, Smith gets on the elevator, Don pushes a button, and Smith drops out the bottom of the ship like the Space Pod!! A whole set of John just shooting Smith with a laser after putting the kids in danger!!! Smith encountering the giant Cyclops and being grabbed up and bitten in half! Every Smith “experiment” or special project blowing up in Smith’s face! Every single time a monster appeared, and Smith grabbed and held Will as a human shield, the “monster” gently and gingerly frees and moves Will to the side, then proceeds to brutally kill Smith...etc!!! With every death including one of Smiths insane screams!!! Lol!!! I’m sick because I’m laughing my ass off just imagining this!!!

@MrJacMac1968

3 жыл бұрын

@@Geezer-yf8hv The Robinsons blasting off a planet without Smith .Later he dies of thirst and malnutrition because he is to stupid to get any water or food

Jupiter one would have been a test vehicle

Dr. Smith is hero. 13:35 See: Time Merchant

@bchick7598

4 жыл бұрын

So true, you. He sacrificed his life on Earth to save everybody. I don't know if that cancels out the other 999 times that he tried to sell everybody out and have them killed but he did sacrifice a life in prison on Earth to save them by escaping the sabotage and treason charges he would have faced so it was a sacrifice but at the same time it was saving his ass and it was also saving everybody else's ass compared to the times that he sold out their asses. It's kind of a 24 and or catch 25.

ah.. those deep thrust probes.

So, just to add more fuel to the fire, I agree with you wholeheartedly about all the scientific and technical info being TOTALLY screwed up! In the pilot “Nowhere to Hide”, they said the ship was traveling near the speed of light, yet would take a hundred years to get to Alpha Centauri, (4.6 light years away). They crashed after 3 and a half years, yet Will speculated they might be on Mars!!! THEN, in the revised “Reluctant Stowaway”, they said the trip would take 5 years, but they went into a “hyperdrive” for 3-5 minutes, and suddenly have exited our galaxy?? As you said, why didn’t they use hyperdrive to get to AC in one day, or less? I guess the easy answer is back in these days, you had to be an actual astronomer or research the facts at a library!! We didn’t have Google or Wikipedia to look up facts back then. It was said that NASA actually wanted to be consultants for this show, but soon found out that no one involved with the show was interested with facts!! It didn’t fit their storyline!!! NASA gave up and quit!!!

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

I can't say I blame them.

It seems that if the ship has such powerful engines, 200 extra pounds shouldn't matter.

@dwashbur

5 жыл бұрын

It's about physics, not propulsion. Newton's first law says an object in motion tends to stay in motion and in the same direction unless acted on by an outside force. The Jupiter 2's trajectory was calculated precisely and with Newton's law in mind. The extra weight causes a change in momentum because it will now take more outside force to act on the motion, i.e. it takes more to steer the ship, and that hasn't been accounted for. It's all mathematical and crap that's beyond me, but I do understand that much: the extra weight means the thrust etc. that they calculated is wrong now, and that's what threw them off course and into the meteor swarm.

@stevenwatchorn9816

5 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur What I meant was, all that is only a problem for ships which are only carrying a certain amount of fuel. Combustible fuel has to be carried in some other form (liquid, usually), so it can be burned. To make the trip as efficient as possible, it is desirable to carry as little fuel as possible; so using it as little as possible is preferred. This means calculating very carefully to use gravitational attraction of large bodies as much as possible. Changing the mass even a little throws off the trajectories. But with the "atomic power," the fuel supply is relatively inexhaustible, and has a fixed mass (supposing the water, if any, is condensed and recirculated). So they can just plot the most convenient trajectory and go, regardless of small changes in on-board mass. The engines could run all the time. An imperfect analogy is to a jet airliner, which has certain calculations involved in its flight, but is not thrown off by whether one passenger does not show up. However, since the details of the propulsion are not the point of the show, it's only speculation either way. :)

@dwashbur

5 жыл бұрын

A valid point, but it would require the onboard computer/guidance system/pinball machine to be programmed for what to do in the event of a change in mass. I get the feeling nobody remembered to do that. But as you said, propulsion was so not the point so we're both blowing smoke :)

@stevenwatchorn9816

5 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur The ship runs on Plot Conveniencium! :D

@TednGilbertAZ

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Watchorn - they used Deutronium.✅

I thought you will let us see the first chapter of the series, oh well i'll keep searching

Irving, you do not look like Don DeFore. And how come when Hazel meows she doesn't say "Mr. B"?

Thanks for the video however I missed what you said, what is Don and Judy going to do when they get to Alpha Centauri?

@dwashbur

4 жыл бұрын

"Oo la la." The audio is reversed.

@johnbockelie3899

4 жыл бұрын

So the guard arrests Smith and the show never happened.

@johnbockelie3899

4 жыл бұрын

Judy was eye candy in space. They even wanted a love plot.between Don and. Judy, then the network said no. So., Don remained single, and Judy a space spinster.

Huston -- we got a lot of problems.

18:25 Penny's ponytail floats but DS's tie still reacts to gravity?

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

The ponytail is fake. It's made of upsadaisium.

@zengreen7

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur LOL!

It was different from any other family show at the time it was on

The early eps were written by early tv's better writers shimon wincelberg who also went by the name s.bar david who also write two star trek eps: the galelio seven and dagger of the mind. He did an ep of time tunnel and voyage and i heard he was still writing scripts as late as law and order. Probably the best writer Irwin Allen had. I remember a two man writing team who worked on episodes of Voyage to the bottom of the seas first two season that were pretty good too. It seems that the better writers worked on star trek, outer limits and twilight zone.

I wish y'all could play a full episode of Lost in space without lollygagging around

@dwashbur

2 жыл бұрын

Amazon is your friend.

@Obeijin

2 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur So is you tube ...

@zoezulma594

2 жыл бұрын

IZ's commentary makes the episodes watchable.

So Dr. Smith Karate chops the guard, and pushes him out of the garbage disposal. There just happens to be a bin outside, just before the launch? And a garbage disposal on a space ship??? Also how long does a Karate chop knock a guy out for? Surely he would have woken up and said something.

@Obeijin

2 жыл бұрын

And never seen again . I missed that one ..

@robherzog6094

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the garbage hatch that led to the garbage bin was just to handle trash associated with stocking the ship prior to launch. Once launch prep ended, the bin was rolled away, and the hatch closed for good.

The first robot was malignant. This one was B-9.

@terrencekanzig4270

Ай бұрын

Aaah…I see what you did there… B9, benign😂🙄

His First Screaming.....

@Geezer-yf8hv

2 жыл бұрын

This was a little different, this was a blood curdling scream, not his hilarious cowardly scream. Supposedly from the shock of the intense G-force hitting him. Later in the series, when he started the “comedic villainy”, I always looked forward to his ridiculous screams! Almost EVERY show had one! (I tried to get my kids into Lost in Space when they were around 6 or 7, I had it one VHS, when they heard that scream, it scared the shit out of them)!!!

Whatever happened to that guys body in later episodes ?

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

Who? The security guard? He’s dead, Smith murdered him, as far as we know! A few minutes before launch, and they haven’t moved the construction dumpster? They probably left it there to be incinerated before liftoff!! EDIT: it was 6 hours before launch? He would really unconscious for that long?

They just woke up and didn't have to pee?

@deanevangelista6359

7 ай бұрын

The subject of toilets on the Jupiter ll was never addressed. Maybe they used the airlock, and jettisoned their waste. “In space, nobody can hear you fart.”

" Sold out " ? I thought he was already some kind of secret agent ...

@dwashbur

Жыл бұрын

The overall impression I got was of a career officer who decided to go rogue for whatever reason, but it's never spelled out one way or the other. So you could be right.

@Obeijin

Жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur Maybe we'll never know for sure . I'm not sure who he was trying to talk to on that little two way radio . Harris really changed the direction of the show . Probably would have become boring had it stayed too serious . Was still my favorite show when I was in the 8th grade .

@Geezer-yf8hv

Жыл бұрын

Certainly, Smith would NOT be spy material if he was like he was later in the show. He was definitely cold blooded in the beginning, and knew his actions would kill them all, including women and children, and continued that way through Ep3, when he told the Robot to kill any of the Robinsons he found alone! I still figure him just to be a greedy ass who did it just for the money!

Boy oh boy that dr.Smith sure is a gay blade

@MsBackstager

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathon Smith was born in Brooklyn, NY and changed his accent and "man"nerisms. He once said that we was "affected."

@jimbotc2000

3 жыл бұрын

He did not act anything "gay" in the beginning.

At 8 years old, I was already looking at Judy, but at 8 years old, I was already wondering how long it would take to relieve over-population, 6 people at a time.

@dwashbur

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! I hadn't thought of that, and they never really said what the long-range plan was.

@jamesharbold

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwashbur It stated early in the episode the plan was to send 10 million families a year, which seems absurdly ambitious. Think of the number of ships they would need if they were all the size of the Jupiter 2! But that is how they were going to populate Alpha Centauri!

@Geezer-yf8hv

2 жыл бұрын

Judy was always so beautiful. Such a shame they didn’t use her more. She was another wasted character. This is the main thing that aggravates me about this show. Every member of the cast should have been featured in their own episodes now and then. John had quite a few in the first season, but got pushed into the background later. Don never really had a featured episode until S3, and both times he was teamed up with Smith, (the Space Fugitives and Space Primevals). Maureen never had a meaning episode of her own. Even the episodes where the men were away, she was always stuck with Smith and played the exasperated housewife while he caused trouble. Judy had Attack of the Monster Plants, and was featured in One of Our Dogs is Missing as the object of desire for a weird quicksand gorilla! Then we had the awful S3 Space Beautify. Penny probably did the best of those outside the Golden Trinity of Smith, Will, and the Robot. Her episodes were VERY GOOD, and she showed herself a great actress when they gave her the material. S1’s Mr Nobody and Magic Mirror come off as extremely sincere and heartfelt! She was featured in some S2 and 3 episodes, but these were too stupid and silly to enjoy, although Angela Cartwright did her best, the material was just too awful!

there were plans for using atomic bombs to propel spacecraft as well as an attempt to create a nuclear powered airplane

Of all the so-called advanced technology, why do they highlight an elevator? So the robot can move about freely?

I wanted to look like Angela C.

Dick Turfield is the narrator yes the Voice of The Robot 🤖

Why don't meteors co-orbit with their parent comet?

@dwashbur

Жыл бұрын

Comets leave a lot of debris behind. If you've ever seen a big meteor shower, or read about one or watched a video, those are remnants of comets. They leave a trail behind them and every so often the Earth passes through one of those trails and we get a nice nighttime light show. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower#Perseids_and_Leonids

DOESNT WANT OF THE ARMY GUYS REFER TO MRS ROBINSN AS Ann WHUCH IS June's REAL NAME

Robot was the main draw here and Netflix Robot got rule 34'd.

@BesterP12

5 жыл бұрын

At least I don't think this robot got 34'd? I can't imagine those pincers looking comfortable, but there was probably someone.

@charlescameron6017

Жыл бұрын

@@BesterP12 See the prolific artist named Zimmerman

Gee isn't the narrators voice in the beginning the same voice as in THE TIME TUNNEL? mmmmm

@the60skid48

3 жыл бұрын

Dick Tufield did all the Narration on all of the Irwin Allen shows as well as the Robot’s voice on LIS.

A shame the show turned into a joke .

@anthonycantu8879

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree!

@legiontheatregroup

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I think the downfall of Lost in Space was that it needed a single dedicated show runner to keep the scripts, direction and acting consistent. Irwin Allen from what I have read was busy with many projects at the time. So the tone of Lost In Space varies a lot, even within a single season. Even as a kid I did not care for Dr Smith’s character although I know many people love him. Again, problems with consistency of tone. The Robinson family and Don were, for the most part, playing it straight as a sci fi adventure in outer space. Jonathan Harris seemed to be performing in an entirely different show from everyone else - some sort of burlesque comedy. That never really worked for me, but I know many others enjoy it.

@elmerfudd6305

Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed all of season 1 About 85% of season 2 About 70% of season 3 Jonathon harris(smith) said His character had to lose the mean And straight or he was fearful he might Be killed off,,, well really harris did keep his character rolling on, but only for 2 more seasons as people Got tired of the silly camp evil Smith show...Irwin Allen said to harris Whatever your doing do more,, so really Irwin Allen and Jonathon Harris killed lost in space..!!

Yes they did find out why he was on the ship season 2 episode 6 I think it was called prisoners of space season 3 the time merchant look it up Mr irvand land. Did you look it up yet puppet head

@leifskjoldal8042

Жыл бұрын

Did you look it up yet Mr Ivan land if I spelled your name wrong oh well I need a reply from you now

Judy was window dressing

Alfa controller...West Virginia...

Why can't it just be uploaded as it is - no need for commentary, nor screens that have the background taking up 60-70% of the screen-space and so you're left to watch a classic TV series on a screen the size of a postage-stamp - Aaaaargh ! Sorry, rant over !

CBS said no to Star Trek because they this one But they could have made a killing if both Were on the same network

@soulbrosampson

11 күн бұрын

Star Trek had poor ratings at the time.

Would like to watch it with the annoying narratives

@dwashbur

2 жыл бұрын

Then Amazon is your friend. You can get the whole DVD set there just like the rest of us did rather than trying to get something for nothing.

@Geezer-yf8hv

2 жыл бұрын

See my post on the main thread, If you have MeTV. I would prefer the DVD set myself, so I didn’t have to fast forward through commercials!

@tiptoetulipes3073

2 жыл бұрын

I do have a Netflix subscription and can watch it on my phone or TV. The problem is you click on a scene and you get a bunch of useless talk and there are more and more popping up with out warning

This Show was great as a kid in 65/66. But it’s completely ridiculous, insipid and void of any logic and common sense now. The music and all the SET toys still hold up but the story writing is beyond obscene. Sad the reboots/remakes are not anywhere near this caliber, they are worse. 😂. Nostalgia is the only thing that keeps the Irwin Allen shows alive.

@robherzog6094

2 жыл бұрын

I dunno. I became enthralled with Irwin's shows, especially Lost in Space, as a kid. And I still think they have considerable charm. If some of the plots didn't make logical sense, then oh well. I think season one hold up especially well. But of course you are entitled to your opinion.

This is a children's show, duh

@dwashbur

3 ай бұрын

Um, hardly.