I do deserve to be beaten by garlic cloves, MB! How did I miss that? But now that I think about, I do sorta recall hearing something about the LIS remake.
But like Gothick says, I can't imagine it without Dr. Smith. I actually think it would be a far more interesting series if they keep the Colonel (that was his rank) as an evil character, rather than the loveable buffoon he became in the original (which was by Jonathan Harris' own design). He was far more interesting in the first coupla months episodes where he ramained a cunning danger to the family, doing everything from trying to murder them to betraying them to vicious aliens in order to save his own neck. Anyway, I guess that's enough of that, since this is a DS and not LIS board, but it was fun to reminisce about another one of my old favorite shows for just a few minutes. By the way, as a last and final end, the part of Dr. Zachary Smith was originally to go to Carroll O'Connor, but he had to back out because of scheduling conflicts with his involvement in filming the movie version of Michener's Hawaii. It woulda been interesting to see Dr. Smith calling the robot a "Meathead", though.
Gerard (Who's Trying To Picture Jean Stapleton Playing Elizabeth Collins Stoddard - "Roger! Burke! Please don't fight today! It's Henry Mancini's birthday!" "And then, in the middle of the seance, this big can of mm-MM-mm - in heavy syrup - came flying across the room and hit Vicki in the head!")