On 1/21/2011 3:17 PM, Charlie E. wrote:   
      
   > Steve,   
   > Lost in Space basically was the first of the Irwin Allen series.  It   
   > made Time Tunnel (mentioned as the most expensive), Voyage to the   
   > Bottom of the Sea, and all his other shows possible.   
      
   Um, you might have this backwards.   
   IIRC, VttBotS (the movie) debuted in 1961, thus giving Irwin Allen the   
   opportunity   
   to make Lost in Space and his other series.  BTW, the original movie had my   
   favorite Techno-Mage, Michael Ansara, as part of the cast.   
      
   Mike   
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