That sounds like fun, Patti!

For those who have cable, the Turner Classic Movies network is running classic horror movies all month long this year.  I did not post the link because I thought of it as OT for these boards, but I will just mention that is happening for anyone out there who has the access and wants to watch.

Some of the films being shown were mined for DS plot points, such as the Hammer Dracula cycle which they are showing one day later this month, so from that perspective it is at least semi relevant to DS.

G.

Thayer David appeared in two episodes of WWW--"The Night of the Samurai," which aired on Oct. 13, 1967 (and thus, a little over a month before he returned to DS in the role of Ben Stokes), in which he played a sinister Chinese (or was it a Russian who liked to dress Chinese?  I can't recall).  And "The Night of the Spanish Curse," in which he played the crazy guy impersonating the spirit of a dead Conquistador.  The latter aired on Jan. 10, 1969, but must have been filmed at some point in late 1968, I would think.

Thayer David was a very busy actor.  He may well have worked himself to death.  I did finally hear from Thayer's nephew that his passing was sudden and quite peaceful.  He sat down in a big chair to have a nap and never woke up.

Best,  G.

Fascinating--here's a Wikipedia entry on the Space Family Robinson comic book.  This must all be very familiar terrain for the better informed LIS fans out there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Family_Robinson

G.

The stock photo used for Wyndcliffe/ Windcliff in the series was not the Hudson Valley mansion.  Nobody can remember where the stock photo was taken.  I would think it was most likely something that was in an ABC library or office and they just grabbed it and used it on the fly.  But who knows, perhaps it was a house in either Essex or Newport.  I know fans have tried to find it and nobody has ever succeeded, so far as I am aware.

There are some good shots of the ruins of Wyndcliffe here:

http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/wyndcliffe/wyndcliffe.html

As you can see, salvaging anything remotely habitable from that is going to take millions of dollars.

G.

An example of how hoDS was reviewed in genre zine publications back at the time of its release:

http://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2016/09/cinefantastique-no-2-1971.html

G.

The big question is who is going to play Dr. Smith.  Unless they are going back to the original concept and not including Smith.  I saw a thread about the series a couple of weeks ago where somebody was saying it would have been great except for Dr. Smith.  I thought that was funny because the whole reason why I tuned in every week was Dr. Smith and what he was going to say and do next to the Robot and Will.

Oh the pain, the pain...

G.

A friend who is a huge CONSTANTINE fan reported today that a DVD set of the short-lived series will finally be released.  I think it is going to be a "made on demand" set which most likely means that it will be DVD-Rs rather than fully pressed discs, but there will be some extras.  The only thing she mentioned specifically was a video recording of a San Diego Comic Con panel for the series.

She mentioned 13 episodes which may include ones that were not aired.  If I see a link for the set, I will post it.

G.

OMGss that is a FABOU shot of Julia!

G.