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

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:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 4 of 25)

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)

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:

Milligan left 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." The storyline to handle his departure was that Will Marshall disappeared, having may or may not returned home, and at the same time, Uncle Jack (Ron Harper), his brother, while searching for the trio, stumbled onto the Land of the Lost and was reunited with his niece and nephew.

Quotes:

[The alien Enik has made a startling discovery about the temporal doorway that has led him and the Marshalls to this world]
Enik: I cannot leave here. Nothing can leave here, unless an object of equal mass and temporal energy enters.
Will Marshall: Well, that means we can't leave either, unless three other people come in.
Enik: Yes, but there is more. You should not be here at all. Your presence here is the source of my problem. Look...
[Enik opens the time doorway onto a view of the Grand Canyon]
Will Marshall: It's Earth! Enik, if I had a parachute I could jump through!
Enik: Wait, there is more.
[Next Will sees himself, Rick, and Holly]
Will Marshall: That's us, on the river!
Enik: Pay attention now, this is the troubling part.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Cameron Diaz/Green Day (#30.16)" (2005)

This show rules - forget the crappy 1991 remake!

Yes! This is the BEST Sid and Marty Kroft show that ever was. The first two seasons are brilliant from the great theme song ("Marshall, Will, and Holly on a river expedition ran into the greatest earthquake ever knoooooooown....." to the above average scripts, special fx, and acting.

However, the third season really fell apart and the two kids on the show starting singing these horrible musical numbers. Also, their dad left the show to be replaced by their uncle and the scripts got hokey and contrived.

All that being said...My overall of the opinion of the show remains really favorable though. The Sleekstacks scared the doo-doo out of me as a kid although they never could move any faster than in a shuffle. For a kid's show, this one was REALLY good and I will remember it forever.

Forget the 1991 remake...It is stupid beyond belief isn't even worth comment.