Land of the Giants

This was one of Irwin Allen's sci-fi / fantasy tv series. In 1956, he made the pseudo-documentary "The Animal World" with prehistoric beasts supplied by Ray Harryhausen & Willis H. O'Brien (you may remember them from Beast Of Hollow Mountain and its later movie remake Valley of Gwangi), followed the next year by his bizzaar "Story of Mankind" with fading film star Hedy Lamarr as the teenage Joan of Arc, Harpo (of the Marx Brothers) as Sir Isaac Newton, and Peter Lorre as Nero (no it was not a comedy), Vincent Price & Ronald Coleman probably have the best scene as opposing lawyers in Heaven debating whether the Earth should be destroyed (like I said, this was not a comedy). But Allen really hit big with his low-budget movie The Lost World (1960 remake of Willis O'Brien's silent classic, both based on the novel) which rode the wave of 1950s monster movies that also launched Godzilla.

The Lost World made enough money to finance a series of Irwin Allen movies (most starring fading movie stars), and a movie called Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in 1961, which led to his 1st tv series, by the same name (1964-68). Lost In Space followed (1965-68) and CBS was so delighted with "Lost" that they turned down Star Trek. Next he tried The Time Tunnel 1966-67), and "Land of the Giants" (1968-70), which had the same basic plot as a 13-episode black-&-white tv series "World of Giants" (1959, from the 1957 producer of The Incredible Shrinking Man). Then he left tv to make movies with the brief exceptions of "Swiss Family Robinson" (1975, no relation to Disney's movie), and "Captain Nemo" (no relation to anything credible). For some reason, one of his favorite tv writers would be Harlan Ellison, with whom he would have the occasional disagreement (no you can't have the people turn out to be reptiles wearing rubber masks you idiot Producer...)

Here's a list of upcoming episodes on the Sci-Fi channel. By the way, you can click here for a list of Irwin Allen's more memorable movies.
One of his most popular since September 11, 2001, has been the realistic Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen as the Fire Chief.

01-MAY-02  RETURN OF INIDU   
02-MAY-02  RESCUE (repeated @ 5:00 AM) 
03-MAY-02  SABOTAGE   
07-MAY-02  SHELL GAME   
08-MAY-02  THE CHASE   
09-MAY-02  THE MECHANICAL MAN (repeated @ 5:00 AM) 
10-MAY-02  SIX HOURS TO LIVE   
13-MAY-02  THE INSIDE RAIL   
14-MAY-02  DEADLY PAWN   
15-MAY-02  THE UNSUSPECTED   
16-MAY-02  GIANTS AND ALL THAT JAZZ (repeated @ 5:00 AM) 
17-MAY-02  COLLECTOR'S ITEM   
20-MAY-02  EVERY BOY NEEDS A DOG   
21-MAY-02  CHAMBER OF FEAR   
22-MAY-02  THE CLONES   
23-MAY-02  COMEBACK (repeated @ 5:00 AM) 
28-MAY-02  A PLACE CALLED EARTH   
29-MAY-02  LAND OF THE LOST   
30-MAY-02  HOME SWEET HOME (repeated @ 5:00 AM) 
    No more 5:00 repeats
03-JUN-02  OUR MAN O'REILLY   
04-JUN-02  THE DELTA EFFECT   
05-JUN-02  PAY THE PIPER   
06-JUN-02  THE SECRET CITY OF LOSING   
07-JUN-02  PANIC   
10-JUN-02  THE RETALIATOR   
11-JUN-02  DOOMSDAY   
12-JUN-02  A SMALL WAR   
13-JUN-02  THE MARIONETTES   
14-JUN-02  WILD JOURNEY   
17-JUN-02  GRAVEYARD OF FOOLS   
18-JUN-02  THE CRASH   
19-JUN-02  GHOST TOWN   
20-JUN-02  FRAMED   
21-JUN-02  UNDERGROUND   
24-JUN-02  TERROR-GO-ROUND   
25-JUN-02  THE FLIGHT PLAN   
26-JUN-02  MANHUNT   
27-JUN-02  THE TRAP   
28-JUN-02  THE CREED 
Time Tunnel has moved to 5am Friday night/Saturday morning

Episode Titles In Original Broadcast Order

SEASON 1

1. The Crash
2. Ghost Town
3. Framed
4. Underground
5. Terror-Go-Round
6. The Flight Plan
7. Manhunt
8. The Trap
9. The Creed
10. Double Cross
11. The Weird World
12. The Golden Cage
13. The Lost Ones
14. Brainwash
15. The Bounty Hunter
16. On A Clear Night You Can See Earth
17. Deadly Lodestone
18. The Night Of Thrombeldinbar
19. Seven Little Indians
20. Target: Earth
21. Genius at Work
22. Return Of Inidu
23. Rescue
24. Sabotage
25. Shell Game
26. The Chase

SEASON 2

27. The Mechanical Man
28. Six Hours To Live
29. The Inside Rail
30. Deadly Pawn
31. The Unsuspected
32. Giants, and All That Jazz
33. Collector's Item
34. Every Dog Needs A Boy
35. Chamber of Fear
36. The Clones
37. Comeback
38. A Place Called Earth
39. Land Of The Lost
40. Home Sweet Home
41. Our Man O'Reilly
42. The Delta Effect
43. Pay The Piper
44. The Secret City Of Limbo
45. Panic
46. The Retaliator
47. Doomsday
48. A Small War
49. The Marionettes
50. Wild Journey
51. Graveyard Of Fools

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