A space wizard conjures up a spaceship so that Doctor Smith can return to Earth.A space wizard conjures up a spaceship so that Doctor Smith can return to Earth.A space wizard conjures up a spaceship so that Doctor Smith can return to Earth.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
- (as Billy Mumy)
Joe E. Tata
- Zalto's Dummy
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIt is the first television appearance of Al Lewis after Universal Studios ended its production of The Munsters (1964), in which he played Grandpa Dracula.
- GoofsZalto didn't reveal his name to Dr. Smith when they first met. Yet, after he appeared in the ship then disappeared, Dr. Smith called him by name.
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Schtick for Al Lewis
Funnyman Al Lewis, always memorable for his stints on "Car 54" and "The Munsters", plays a nutsy and egotistical magician, with lousy ventiloquist's dummy in tow, in this rather mindless segment.
Though Lewis gets to pull faces and basically ham it up, Dr. Smith is the central character here, dominating the show as he often does, with Mumy and Cartwright as his young straight men/women. Storyline is dumbed down even more than usual, making this a difficult sit-through for an adult. Basically the silliness perpetrated by Lewis is meant as a diversion for the youngest viewers of the show, but looking back at my own childhood and tv watching habits I would suggest that a good old story about a ventriloquist and his dummy, especially a darker one (classics like "Devil Doll" come to mind) are far preferable, as long as the kid is old enough to not be prone to nightmares.
Though Lewis gets to pull faces and basically ham it up, Dr. Smith is the central character here, dominating the show as he often does, with Mumy and Cartwright as his young straight men/women. Storyline is dumbed down even more than usual, making this a difficult sit-through for an adult. Basically the silliness perpetrated by Lewis is meant as a diversion for the youngest viewers of the show, but looking back at my own childhood and tv watching habits I would suggest that a good old story about a ventriloquist and his dummy, especially a darker one (classics like "Devil Doll" come to mind) are far preferable, as long as the kid is old enough to not be prone to nightmares.
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- lor_
- Feb 3, 2019
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