This is a video we produced for the June 2007 launch of STS-117. During preflight activities, Irwin Allen's wife Shelia donated a B9 to the KSC Visitors Center.
That robot was the absolute COOLEST robot ever designed or to appear in Sci-Fiction. For ME anyway. When you look at it closely, examine the blueprints and what all it was supposed to be able to do both on and off screen it just BTM! (Blows The Mind) Especially for early 1960's thinking and with the limitations of what they had to work with. Robert Kinoshita just knocked it out of the park. IF I could have had a Jupiter 2 & B9 robot model as a kid I'd have been.. there is no scale for measuring the happiness. I did get one of those weird looking REMCO robots. Don't get me started.
Yes, the 1965 Remco robots were god-awful representations of B9. I swear the toy company rushed that to production and didn't bother to try producing a robot that actually looked like our hero.
... I had one or two when I was young... ...and many years later in the 1990s when they did the big screen movie, I had both versions of the Robot toys (the original and movie version) that they put out as merchandising related to the movie... ...come to think of it, in the 1980s I had a small wind-up version of the B-9 that was from Japan, Matsudya was the name of the company that produced it, if I remember correctly... ...they also produced a vinyl model kit in 1/8 scale, labeled Robot YM88 for some reason... ...(as a six year old kid I just thought that robot was the COOLEST thing)...
Lost in space was part of my childhood . No doubt this show may seem illogical , but bear in mind this was a great feat in those days. This show single handedly ignited curiosity about space exploration among millions of children. Of course not all of us could go to space, but .....the watching the show is very nostalgic. Please upload all episodes, especially featuring Penny.
Lost in Space was the greatest kids show ever made for TV even the grown-ups like them I will always love Lost in Space a lot of great episodes from beginning to the middle to the end three cheers for Lost in Space. May the memory of Lost in Space live forever.And do you know they're still out there Lost in Space...........
I was a young boy when this came out, it mesmerised me and thought that no other show could beat it , but then came Star Trek, and then all bets were off! Still a great Family Show!
...I watched both shows as a kid, loved them both... ...but watched and loved them both for different reasons... ...was Mr. Spock one year for Halloween... ... couldn't quite figure out how to do the Robot as a Halloween costume though 🤔😐... ...oh, well...
I was born in 1960 so LIS when I began to understand it in 66(?) was far more watchable to my child mind. Like a cartoon but with a really neat spaceship and robot. I remember one episode when all these weird creatures were released I was so afraid I hid behind the couch and watched it through my fingers. I couldn't grasp ST in it's first run though I remember trying to watch it. It came and went before I was ten. But in reruns after school ST finally clicked to me and my friends in the early 70's. And it's been ST ever since. Even turned up my nose at Star Wars as a kind of ST ripoff to me at the time. LIS I still love for the B9 and J2 but beyond the first season and half it gets hard to watch to me.
@@miklosernoehazy8678 Great! if you like it that way. Everyone has their own interpretations, to each his own.. Batman was considered campy even in it's own time back then. First time I heard it described that way I was like, HUH? What's that? Found out when I grew up.
R.I.P. Richard Tufeld and Robert May The voice and the performer who both helped put B9 The Robot to life over the 3 seasons (1965-1968) of "Lost In Space".
As an adult it seems a bit silly and funny now, but as a kid it seemed so "real" and intense at times... The first season was the best --- I like the Black and White episodes.
It's intense and serious if you think of it as an adult. In one episode, Smith tries to warn Will about an evil man. Will won't believe him. Doctor Smith laments, "The one time I'm telling the truth, he won't believe me."
Alas, within a few episodes it became the Zachary Smith Comedy Hour. Unlike Gene Roddenberry, Irwin Allen had no vision of what a show set in space could be.
Fun fact: The opera signer in the one clip was Irwin Allen’s wife, Sheila. She was the ship’s nurse in The Poseidon Adventure and the mayor’s wife in The Towering Inferno, both produced by Irwin Allen. Pays to know the boss!
This was my all time favorite. Wednesdays were the longest day of the week. Seemed like the clock stopped. Then the hour from 7:30 to 8:30 PM flew by. I remember the first time I saw an episode in color. WOW! Couldn't believe my eyes. The all the kids met on the playground early on Thursdays to reenact the last night's episode.
Lucky. I wanted to watch Lost in Space in the worst way but we lived in Alabama at the time. For some stupid reason, they wouldn't show it. The news ended with Walter Cronkite saying "Stay tuned now for Lost in Space." And then they would show something else. I was twelve years old at the time and I remember how angry it made me.
Wow!... Now this brings back memories from my childhood. This brings me a smile from a time when life was much more easier and less stressful. Thanks for posting and taking me back to my early memories of my childhood days of watching television.
Don't forget "I detect no intelligent life in cave Will Robinson.. then Dr. Smith walks out all non-nonchalantly out of cave. lol lol Used that line on playground for weeks. (never seen you looking better Normajean good name).
Hello ,I grew up in the space age , and Lost in Space was a joy to watch , The memories of this show are burned into my memory forever. Thank you for the walk down memory lane . Dan from Canada out .
5:27 One of the greatest musical performances in TV history - I remember it as though it were yesterday! "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, BOOM." Sends chills down my spine just thinking of it!
If they had only stayed true to the original pilot, and avoided the silliness, but it will always be in my top 3 of TV shows from childhood and still today, the other 2 being Jonny Quest and Dark Shadows.
I personally loved the Jupiter 2 and when they were flying through space and landing or taking off and the sound effects from the ship were the best...
I have the robot replica about 10", that has Bob Mays voice. Bought it 22years ago, still have it and a model of Jupiter 2. When Star trek came on, then I became more of a fan of that, most sci fi I enjoy. I don't go around saying ones better than the other, I just let all of it stand for itself in presenting entertainment, as all shows are meant to be, enjoy each for what it is.
", the spacecraft has passed the limits of our galaxy." Hm? Was headed to Alpha Centauri, just a little over 4 lightyears away, yet somehow, in no time flat, flew right by, and went WAY PAST the limits of our galaxy! Well, "Lost in Space" was never known for its scientific accuracy, I guess:) That said, I loved it as a little kid, and still do as a big kid!:D
...some of the music for the background and atmosphere of the show was composed by Robert Drasnin... ...a young John Williams (of Star Wars fame) composed the theme for the first season...
Narrow Gate, John (Johnny) Williams wrote much more than the two themes, including nearly all of the compositions that were heard during first season episodes and used extensively thereafter. There were a set of videos pn YT (they may still be around) that broke down the brilliance of Williams' work, in the cues for "My Friend, Mr. Nobody", by someone who really knows his musical chops. They're worth seeking out, as they (and the erudite comments accompanying them) make an already moving episode, even more poignant, in retrospect. No, Williams never won any awards for his work on LIS, to my knowledge, certainly not any Emmys, though he was most deserving of consideration. Honestly, I'm not sure when awards for music scores began to be part of the Emmy Awards, though I find it very dubious that the Academy of that day, would have even given thought to so honoring a SF program, no matter how exemplary the music. Interestingly, from what I've gathered, Williams has never publicly commented on his contributions for LIS (he had done TV work before it), almost as if he were repudiating it, or distancing himself from being associated with the show, which is truly unfortunate.
One of the great things of this early series is that the music was made by John Williams, truly a genius of incidental music. I just love it! Actually I have the same age as Bill Mumy and was a very cool character from great child and great actor. Irwin Allen, with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, two series that made me grow my interest in science and technology.
@@alpha-omega2362 A cowardly JOKE. How many of us ever wished Prof. Robinson or MaJ. West would get enough of his over the top cowardice and just let him have a one good solid smack right in the nose or belly.?! The Robot STILL RULES overall!!!
Without Dr. Smith, Lost in Space is a brilliant serial. Watch the unaired episode of Lost in Space ( Nowhere to Hide) episode 1 is the same episode as the unaired episode Nowhere to Hide, The Reluctant Stowaway,.
LIS started out as a serious type of a space exploration action adventure show, then evolved into the campy territory. But when you're 7 years old you don't mind campy.
Well ahead of its time and the creations they came up with Irwin Allen was a genius and I loved all his disaster movies like The Poseidon Adventure !!!!
The B-9 Robot was designed by the same creator that built Robby The Robot back in the 1950's. Robby the Robot made two guest appearances on Lost in Space "War of the Robots' great episode. The B-9 Robot was voiced by the shows' announcer Dick Tufeld and the Robot suit was operated from inside by stunt actor Bob May. These two men literally brought the Robot to life for us kids. Irwin Allen did not want it known who operated the Robot suit until after he died. Bob May never got credit during the show for operating the Robot suit.
Today tv shows are not like the good old days. This show held my attention, captivated me and made me a happy little girl. Always was something to look foward to each day. My memories are fond. I will always love Lost in space.
We were young and easily amused. I LOVED Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as a kid, now I find it unintentionally funny with rubber tentacle monsters recycled from filming Lost in Space the month before...
Couple of years ago I purchased The Complete Series of L.I.S. on DVDs at a Walmart Supercenter. At that time 19.99 for all 3 Seasons. Barnes & Noble stores also had the Complete Series in stock, the price was higher for the boxed set. Best to call first to see if they have any in stock before going into B&N.
ntvypr, I think many more kids were habituated to being outside and active during the main part of that interval, the summer absence from school, than has been the case with children of much more recent generations.
Twice a week! Same Bat Time, same Bat Channel! Burt Ward came to the local Chevy dealership in like 1967 and I got to meet him and get an autographed pic from him. Had the Biff! Bam! stuff on the pic like the show.
Fixed the problem with "hyperdrive". They had it but couldn't navigate safely without a navigational anchor at the destination system...Hapgood was a test pilot who violated protocol and used his test hyperdrive beyond mission parameters and disappeared setting the program back decades. Sorry, can't do anything about Tybo the talking carrot or "passing through the Zenian galaxy in the night". It's interesting that it really doesn't take much to get the show into sense if one drops the goofy kiddy episodes. Season 1 cries out for just some minor tweaks like hyperdrive above. It gets some things remarkably right, like remembering they're on a different planet that acts and evolved differently. They could also have remembered Maureen was a trained microbiologist with PhD.
He was definitely a force to be reckoned with. When all is said and done Dr. Smith and the Robot were the last two to be seen on screen at the end of the last episode The Junk Planet when originally they were not cast yet in the un-aired pilot. Episode 83.
Tjfreak, One wonders why it didn't kill him, unless the Robot had some cognizance of Smith (having programmed his orders) and made the determination that he was just getting in the way of his mission, and consequently, didn't need to be eliminated.
You see Billy Mumy doing his Johnathan Harris impression. No wonder he perfected it after starting so young. Watch later interviews and you'll see what I mean.
Remember, in season 3 the Time Merchant disclosed that if Smith's extra weight did not change the navigation of the ship it would've been destroyed by an uncharted asteroid within 3 months , and they would all cease to exist.
Warren Hoffman, Yes, and it does pose an interesting paradox of sorts. For the Robinsons, they barely survived with him, but they definitely wouldn't have without him. Although a speck of dust, compared to ST, I do find it interesting to be attentive to the show's canon. There are a number of interesting tidbits to catch and file away, if you've a mind to. To say nothing of retconning certain elements, such as a plausible reason for the marked change in Smith's personality, aside from Irwin Allen's encouragement of Jonathan Harris' creativeness in staving off his worry that Smith's character would be soon eeeliminated. I've read widely that the impact of being directly exposed to the forces at play in the Jupiter's liftoff, and his subsequent presence during flight, initiated a physiological process that, over time, engendered a kind of sundowning effect on Smith. While certainly nothing more than head canon, I've seen it referred to enough, that I feel that it does hold some palpable currency.
When a 3 season TV sci-fi adventure, becomes a legendary phenomenon such as this and Star trek. You know you have done something right!I sure wish they could do something right today. This show has many fond memories for me. The Pure genius of the performances had me glued as a little child once a week to the TV screen.And myself and the neighborhood Friends were "Lost In Space" on many occasions as we played in the woods surrounding Ashtabula Ohio.
