Comments on: The Robinsons: Lost In Space http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/ Ramblings of an Old Man on Old-Time and Contemporary Radio, Television, the Arts, and the News; includes OTR Podcast Tue, 6 Jan 2009 07:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: kellie http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/#comment-3276 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:03:55 +0000 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/#comment-3276 David was played by Gil Mckinney, a guy a went to school with back in Texas. He's played on a few tv series in small parts and also in the movie "Elvis Has Left the Building" with Kim Basinger. David was played by Gil Mckinney, a guy a went to school with back in Texas. He’s played on a few tv series in small parts and also in the movie “Elvis Has Left the Building” with Kim Basinger.

]]> by: TJTropea http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/#comment-1612 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:43:02 +0000 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/#comment-1612 I just received my DVD copy of the Pilot episode. I am 47 years old and was a very big fan of the original series... (Although I never did like the course the original series went... It seem to become the Will Robinson/Dr Smith/Robot show. And of course.. I fell in love with Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson).. (despite me being gay.) Anyways... I absolutly LOVED the pilot. It was action packed.. exciting, I loved the new cast... BTW.. why won't WB mention who the HOTTIE was who played David Robinson... Heck... He made the show for me! I didn't care for the fact that they made Penny an infant. I think they should have went ahead and let her be a little older and of course between Judy & Will. The other thing I didn't care for... but I can only assume was that the Robot didn't appear to be fully constructed. Again.. I can only assume that as the show continued.. This would have been a project for Will and eventually.. Will would have completed the Robot and we'd have a mobile Robot to interact with the Robinsons & Don West a little more. The MAJOR thing I didn't like about it was the show was not picked up. From reading on the net, a lot of the die hard Lost In Space fans weren't to happy about the show.. mostly because there was no Dr Smith. I can't stand Dr Smith anyways.. and felt it wouldn't have hurt the show without him.. but the inclusion of David Robinson would have made things a lot better.. (Not to mention to give the younger females and gay men something hot to look at besides Don and John .. who aren't so bad to look at either!) Heck.. the guys already have Judy to gawk over. It would be nice to have seen the pilot get picked up.. and somehow had David Robinson manage to follow the his family through the worm hole and reunite. SO... after countless hours of searching the net... Does ANYONE know who played David Robinson???? TJ I just received my DVD copy of the Pilot episode. I am 47 years old and was a very big fan of the original series… (Although I never did like the course the original series went… It seem to become the Will Robinson/Dr Smith/Robot show. And of course.. I fell in love with Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson).. (despite me being gay.)

Anyways… I absolutly LOVED the pilot. It was action packed.. exciting, I loved the new cast… BTW.. why won’t WB mention who the HOTTIE was who played David Robinson… Heck… He made the show for me! I didn’t care for the fact that they made Penny an infant. I think they should have went ahead and let her be a little older and of course between Judy & Will.

The other thing I didn’t care for… but I can only assume was that the Robot didn’t appear to be fully constructed. Again.. I can only assume that as the show continued.. This would have been a project for Will and eventually.. Will would have completed the Robot and we’d have a mobile Robot to interact with the Robinsons & Don West a little more.

The MAJOR thing I didn’t like about it was the show was not picked up. From reading on the net, a lot of the die hard Lost In Space fans weren’t to happy about the show.. mostly because there was no Dr Smith. I can’t stand Dr Smith anyways.. and felt it wouldn’t have hurt the show without him.. but the inclusion of David Robinson would have made things a lot better.. (Not to mention to give the younger females and gay men something hot to look at besides Don and John .. who aren’t so bad to look at either!) Heck.. the guys already have Judy to gawk over.

It would be nice to have seen the pilot get picked up.. and somehow had David Robinson manage to follow the his family through the worm hole and reunite.

SO… after countless hours of searching the net… Does ANYONE know who played David Robinson????

TJ

]]> by: Original B-9 Robot http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/#comment-1607 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:02:50 +0000 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2005/06/02/the-robinsons-lost-in-space/#comment-1607 Hello, my name is Barry Fritz, member of the B-9 Robot builders club and owner of the head of the robot that appeared on the pilot of "The Robinsons: Lost in Space". You mentioned: "(if you see the pilot, watch closely on the workbench for pieces of the original series robot)." Thank you so much for such a great write-up and mentioning my Robots head appearing on the pilot. Although it is not the orginal 1960's hero robot's head....it is as close to the orginal as I could make it and I am very proud that it made its way to Vancouver Canada to be filmed on the Pilot. I too am disappointed that the pilot did not get picked up. I recently got a very fuzzy VHS tape copy of "The Robinsons: Lost in Space". pilot on eBay. I was very pleased to see such a big close up of my robot's head! Currently I'm working on a lot of other projects for a local TV clown here in Seattle, from the 60's, named J.P. Patches http://www.jppatches.com/ although not very robot related, a lot of fun! I am currently making the clown noses that J. P. is wears and I am making figurines of him and his side kick Gertrude and selling them on ebay as I have them, now and again. Thanks again for the mention! Take care* Barry Fritz (Seattle Washington) Hello, my name is Barry Fritz, member of the B-9 Robot builders club and owner of the head of the robot that appeared on the pilot of “The Robinsons: Lost in Space”. You mentioned: “(if you see the pilot, watch closely on the workbench for pieces of the original series robot).” Thank you so much for such a great write-up and mentioning my Robots head appearing on the pilot. Although it is not the orginal 1960’s hero robot’s head….it is as close to the orginal as I could make it and I am very proud that it made its way to Vancouver Canada to be filmed on the Pilot. I too am disappointed that the pilot did not get picked up. I recently got a very fuzzy VHS tape copy of “The Robinsons: Lost in Space”. pilot on eBay. I was very pleased to see such a big close up of my robot’s head! Currently I’m working on a lot of other projects for a local TV clown here in Seattle, from the 60’s, named J.P. Patches http://www.jppatches.com/ although not very robot related, a lot of fun! I am currently making the clown noses that J. P. is wears and I am making figurines of him and his side kick Gertrude and selling them on ebay as I have them, now and again.

Thanks again for the mention! Take care*

Barry Fritz (Seattle Washington)

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