"Land of the Lost" (1974) TV series 1974-1977

Creators:

Marty Krofft
Sid Krofft
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

7 September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A family is thrown back in time and must survive in a dinosaur dominated land.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Earthquake | Land Of The Lost | Missing Link | Sibling Rivalry

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Wesley Eure	...	Will Marshall (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Kathy Coleman	...	Holly Marshall (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Philip Paley	...	Cha-Ka (42 episodes, 1974-1976)
Spencer Milligan	...	Park Ranger Rick Marshall (30 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Directed by
Bob Lally		(12 episodes, 1974-1975)
Dennis Steinmetz		(11 episodes, 1974)
Gordon Wiles		(8 episodes, 1975)
Joseph L. Scanlan		(7 episodes, 1976)
Rick Bennewitz		(6 episodes, 1976)

Series Writing credits
Marty Krofft		(13 episodes, 1976)
Sid Krofft		(13 episodes, 1976)
Dick Morgan		(9 episodes, 1974-1975)
David Gerrold		(5 episodes, 1974)
Jon Kubichan		(5 episodes, 1976)
Larry Niven		(3 episodes, 1974)
Tom Swale		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
William J. Keenan		(3 episodes, 1975)
Samuel Roeca		(3 episodes, 1976)
Margaret Armen		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Joyce Perry		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Produced by
Marty Krofft	....	producer / executive producer (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Sid Krofft	....	producer / executive producer (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Albert J. Tenzer	....	executive producer (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Gene Warren	....	associate producer (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Dennis Steinmetz	....	producer (17 episodes, 1974)
Tom Swale	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1975)
Jon Kubichan	....	producer (13 episodes, 1976)
Jim Washburn	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1976)

Series Original Music by
Jimmie Haskell		(30 episodes, 1974-1976)
Michael Lloyd		(13 episodes, 1975)

Series Cinematography by
Stephen H. Burum		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Bill Breshears		(unknown episodes)
Jimmy B. Frazier		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Herman F. Zimmerman		(30 episodes, 1974-1976)
Elayne Barbara Ceder		(13 episodes, 1975)

Series Makeup Department
Maurice Stein	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1976)
Michael Westmore	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
John Braislin	....	executive in charge of production (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Barth	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1974-1976)

Series Art Department
Mentor Huebner	....	designer (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Kirk Axtell	....	assistant art director / associate art director (17 episodes, 1974)
Max Pittman	....	head props / property master (2 episodes, 1974-1976)

Series Sound Department
Gordon Klimuck	....	audio (1 episode, 1976)

Series Special Effects by
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant (1 episode, 1974)
Gene Warren	....	stop motion director (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Gene Warren Jr.	....	animator (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Pete Kleinow	....	animator (30 episodes, 1974-1976)
Wah Chang	....	dinosaur character design (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Harry Walton	....	animator (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
John Huneck	....	animator (13 episodes, 1975)
Janet Riley	....	animation supervisor (13 episodes, 1975)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Hall	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1976)
Parker Roe	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1976)

Series Casting Department
Ruth Conforte	....	casting (1 episode, 1976)

Series Music Department
Wesley Eure	....	vocals: theme song (13 episodes, 1976)

Series Other crew
Caroljane Rapp	....	associate director / assistant to producer / ... (18 episodes, 1974-1976)
David Gerrold	....	story editor (17 episodes, 1974)
Tom Swale	....	production coordinator (17 episodes, 1974)
Dick Morgan	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1975)
Samuel Roeca	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1976)
Victoria Fromkin	....	linguistics consultant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974-1977) (1978) (USA) (TV)
• Rhino Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Rhino Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Rhino Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Rhino Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)

Special Effects

• Excelsior! Animated Moving Pictures
• A&A Special Effects (1976) (as AA Special Effects)

Runtime:

30 min (43 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Trivia:

Spencer Milligan (Park Ranger Rick Marhall) left the television show after the first two seasons over a salary dispute with creators Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft. In an interview for the 2009 movie, Milligan said "We had a difference of opinion, let's put it this way, on using my face for stuff and paying me - lunch boxes, compasses - where they were selling them and I thought it was only fair that everyone should get their fair share." To handle his departure, the storyline was that his character, Rick Marshall disappeared, having may or may not have returned home, and at the same time, his brother, Uncle Jack (Ron Harper), while searching for the trio, stumbled into the "Land of the Lost" and was reunited with his niece and nephew.

Quotes:

Will Marshall:It's funny - I've walked this way hundreds of times and I've never seen this pylon.
Enik:Nor I, Will Marshall. And I have been in this valley many times longer than you.
Cha-Ka:Cha-Ka think it's *new* pylon!
Will Marshall:Either that, Cha-Ka, or it's been invisible all this time.
Enik:That is not logical.
Will Marshall:Now, Enik, if you've been in the Land of the Lost that much longer than we have, you ought to know by now that not everything here is logical.
Enik:That is logical.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Bay City Rollers Show: Episode #1.1" (1978)

This thing is almost thirty years old now!

I used to argue with my brother over this show. I wanted to watch 'Valley of the Dinosaurs' and he wanted to watch this one. To tell the truth, he was in the right, and I never did watch Valley on a regular basis.

It still has some corn to it, the acting was over the top from all three players, but I just took it that they took after their father. This was about the only show that it never bothered me that there were unanswered questions about things that happened, like the pylons, the skylons and sleestax (the way it was written on the wall). I used to think they had enough to contend with with Grumpy and Big Al and Big Alice without getting sleestax on top of it. Definitely one of the better of the Sid & Marty Krofft shows, if not the best, better than Pufnstuf. The show may have held on if Spencer Mulligan, as Dad, had not left. It wasn't the same show.