Probably somebody who works on the show is a fan.

Because WE ARE EVERYWHERE. lol

G.

Fans,

This 1972 Italian-Austrian horror film, BARON BLOOD (1972), directed by legendary giallo auteur Mario Bava and starring Elke Sommer and Joseph Cotten, includes a number of examples of what I think of as "DS moments."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrKL8N2pOq8

Just sharing it for those in search of seasonal viewing.

G.

Sounds fab!  Have a great day!

G.

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.