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MediaFlurrymediaflurry@nexus.torment.ca
2025-10-28

Land of the Giants (1968) opening titles

youtube.com/watch?v=BW24ZsadfiQ

#LandOfTheGiants #Television

Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-09-22

Land of the Giants premiered on US TV on 22 Sept 1968.

In the UK, I discovered it in 1969 through Joe 90: Top Secret comic, then finally saw the series on ITV in ’72.

Land of the Giants came into my life at a very important time. I was being traumatised by a real-life ogre of my own – my drunken and violent father. Whenever I suffered another “accident”, I thought of the crew of the Spindrift. If they could survive their ordeal, then so could I.

I will always be grateful.

(Pictured: Land of the Giants comic-strip from Joe 90: Top Secret comic.) Land of the Giants premiered on American television on 22nd September 1968. My own first sighting of Giants was in 1969 with issue 1 of Joe 90: Top Secret comic, in which the opening episode – The Crash – was adapted as a two-page strip illustrated by the great Gerry Haylock. (This was also the comic that first introduced me to Star Trek.) I was immediately grabbed by this space-age take on Gulliver’s Travels. There were bubble-gum cards, colouring books, novels, annuals and model kits to collect, but I had to wait until April 1972 before my then-local ITV station broadcast the show itself. Every Friday afternoon at 4.50, I’d be sat in front of the colour telly at my Nan’s house, watching. Sadly, the station dropped Giants after a measly thirteen episodes and replaced it with Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Still, Land of the Giants came into my life at a very important time. At that time I was being traumatised by a real-life ogre of my own – my drunken and violent father. Whenever I suffered yet another of my “accidents”, I thought of the crew and passengers of the Spindrift. If they could survive their ordeal, then so could I. Today, Land of the Giants might seem silly and rather dated, but it saved me – and for that, I will always be grateful.In 1969, Land of the Giants' opening episode – The Crash – was adapted as a two-page strip in Joe 90: Top Secret comic, illustrated by the great Gerry Haylock.
Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-06-12

June 12, 1983: On this day in the distant future/past, sub-orbital passenger flight 612, en route from Los Angeles to London, ran into some very big trouble...

Raurquizraurquiz@c.im
2025-05-16

#remembering #yvonnecraig #actress #batgirl #batman #orionwoman #startrek #marta #whomgodsdestroy #theyoungland #fantasyisland #modsquad #kojak #mannix #KissinCousins #LandoftheGiants #TheSixMillionDollarMan #StarskyandHutch #olivia #MarsNeedsWomen #DigginUpBusiness #startrek58 @trekcore

Raurquizraurquiz@c.im
2025-05-02

#remembering #donmarshall #actor #boma #startrek #TheGalileoSeven #landofthegiants #thelieutenant #thethingwithtwoheads #daktari #terminalisland #buckrogersinth25thcentury #TheIncredibleHulk #LittleHouseonthePrairie #FinderofLostLoves #highwayheartbreaker #startrek58 @trekcore

Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-04-28

As it happened, I already owned a variation of the same pose on one of my precious Land of the Giants bubble-gum cards.

Land of the Giants bubble-gum card No. 16 titled Nightmare Alley! The text beneath the picture reads: Steve, Dan and Betty emerge from a manhole beneath a car.
Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-04-28

Land of the Giants listing from TV Times, dated 28th April, 1972.

My nine year-old self was delighted by the publicity picture. Such things were to be treasured back then, and I recall carefully cutting this one out and pasting it into my scrapbook.

Funnily enough, the exact same picture appeared in TV Times the following week. That was fine, though—I could never have too many pictures of Land of the Giants.

Land of the Giants listing from TV Times, dated 28th April, 1972. This is from the edition covering the Granada region, which is where I was living at the time. While other regional channels had started showing Land of the Giants in 1969, I had to wait until 1972 to see it. My nine-year-old self was delighted by the publicity picture. Such things were to be treasured back then, and I recall carefully cutting this one out and pasting it into my scrapbook. Funnily enough, the exact same picture appeared in TV Times the following week. That was fine, though—I could never have too many pictures of Land of the Giants. In fact, I already owned a variation of the same pose on one of my bubble-gum cards.
Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-04-01

I'm constantly posting anniversaries and birthdays, but some are a little more special to me than others. Case in point...

Happy 80th Birthday to Heather Young, alias 'Spindrift' stewardess Betty Hamilton from Land of the Giants, one of my earliest crushes.

Bubble-gum card featuring Heather Young as 'Spindrift' stewardess Betty Hamilton from Land of the Giants.Bubble-gum card featuring Heather Young as 'Spindrift' stewardess Betty Hamilton from Land of the Giants.Bubble-gum card featuring Heather Young as 'Spindrift' stewardess Betty Hamilton from Land of the Giants. I have a nice collection of Land of the Giants publicity photographs, but one grail item is the photo that was used for bubble-gum card 49, "Rough Landing!" The fun thing about the picture, for me, is that it shows something that didn't actually happen on the show, Betty never had to land the Spindrift. Aside from the opening episode or the odd occasion where the spaceship was carried off by a giant, the Spindrift stayed grounded in the forest where it had crash-landed. So I love the fact that actress Heather Young is acting out flying the Spindrift for a publicity still, and kudos to the photographer for staging it.Bubble-gum card featuring Heather Young as 'Spindrift' stewardess Betty Hamilton from Land of the Giants.
Moviz Arkmovizark@mastodon.world
2025-02-27

Akiva Goldsman Is Bringing Back Three Classic Sci-Fi Shows!! #TheTimeTunnel, #VoyagetotheBottomoftheSea, #LandoftheGiants, #StarTrek, #AkivaGoldsman

movizark.com/2025/02/27/akiva-

Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-02-26

Will these reboots, IF they happen, manage to capture the charm and the spirit of the original series? Stay tuned.

deadline.com/2025/02/akiva-gol

HOTCHKAHotchka@mstdn.plus
2025-02-26

Legendary Television and Akiva Goldsman will be developing new versions of classic TV series 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Land of the Giants" and "The Time Tunnel", possibly creating a shared universe.

#VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea #LandOfTheGiants #TheTimeTunnel #AkivaGoldsman #LegendaryTelevision #Entertainment #Television #TV #Streaming

Miguel L.mklopez
2025-02-25

Oscar-winning writer, producer and director Akiva Goldsman is working on modern TV remakes of three classic Irwin Allen sci-fi series: , and deadline.com/2025/02/akiva-gol

Deadlinedeadline
2025-02-25

Akiva Goldsman To Reimagine 3 Classic Irwin Allen Sci-Fi Titles For TV With Legendary Television

deadline.com/2025/02/akiva-gol

Deadlinedeadline
2025-02-25

Akiva Goldsmith To Reimagine 3 Classic Irwin Allen Sci-Fi Titles For TV With Legendary Television

deadline.com/2025/02/akiva-gol

Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-02-08

Before he hit the big time, John Williams was Johnny Williams, and he composed the theme tunes for Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. Here he is letting the creator of those series, Irwin Allen, play with his baton (I suspect there's a crude joke there, but I'm really not the sort of chap to make it).

Happy Birthday, Johnny... John.... Mr Williams... Sir!

Before he hit the big time, John Williams was Johnny Williams, and he composed the theme tunes for Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. Here he is letting the creator of those series, Irwin Allen, play with his baton (I suspect there's a crude joke there, but I'm really not the sort of chap to make it).
Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-02-04

Happy Birthday to Gary Conway, a.k.a. Captain Steve Burton from Land of the Giants, a TV series that is very special to me.

Long ago, when my age was numbered in single figures, I was terrorised by a 'giant' of my own - a drunken and violently abusive father. Watching Captain Burton and the other diminutive Earthlings win through each week gave me something precious... hope. If they could survive their ordeal then so could I - and I did. I remain forever grateful.

Land of the Giants bubblegum card featuring Gary Conway as Captain Steve Burton, one of the diminutive Earth people marooned on a planet of giants.Land of the Giants bubblegum card featuring Gary Conway as Captain Steve Burton, one of the diminutive Earth people marooned on a planet of giants.
Raurquizraurquiz@c.im
2025-01-28

#happybirthday #susanhoward #actress #mara #klingon #startrek #dayofthedove #theflyingnun #dallas #petrocelli #moonshinecountyexpress #missionimpossible #theloveboat #griff #mannix #IDreamofJeannie #LandoftheGiants #bonanza #columbo #BarnabyJones #superdome #CometheMorning #startrek58 @trekcore

Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-01-22

Just another day in the Land of the Giants.

Pages from the Land of the Giants colouring book,
Whitman Publishing, 1969.




"The steering system is ruined, Dan," declares Captain Steve Burton. Page from the Land of the Giants coloring book, Whitman Publishing, 1969."I'll check the 2-way radio, Steve," says Dan Erickson. Page from the Land of the Giants coloring book, Whitman Publishing, 1969.Mark Wilson makes repairs. Page from the Land of the Giants coloring book, Whitman Publishing, 1969."Have some coffee, Miss Scott." Stewardess Betty Hamilton hands a cup of coffee to Valerie Scott. Page from the Land of the Giants coloring book, Whitman Publishing, 1969.
Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-01-18

Land of the Giants is the, erm, big draw in this advertisement for issue 2 of Joe 90: Top Secret comic.

Advertisement for issue 2 of Joe 90: Top Secret comic gives prominence to a photographic still from Land of the Giants, in which a giant scientist studies Valerie Scott (played by Deanna Lund), who he literally holds captive. If you'd like to hear me talk about my life-long love of Land of the Giants, you can do so here: https://shows.acast.com/a-fan-of-a-certain-age/episodes/episode-3-land-of-the-giants
Doctor RooDoctor_Roo
2025-01-18

Issue 1 of Joe 90: Special Agent comic, cover-dated 18th January, 1969.

In my personal history of being a geek, this comic is an important milestone. It's where I was first introduced to Star Trek and Land of the Giants, two U.S. Sci-Fi series that have had a major (and very positive) effect on my life.

The cover of issue 1 of Joe 90: Special Agent comic, dated 18th January, 1969. Spare a thought for poor old Joe 90, who starred in what was almost, but not quite, the least interesting strip in his own comic (the least interesting strip in the comic was actually something called Ninepence + Tenpence = Sport, about two Inuit kids who are sporting prodigies. Yawn!).The Star Trek strip from Joe 90: Top Secret comic which made its debut in January, 1969. I was six years old and Star Trek had yet to appear on the BBC, which might explain how I failed to grasp that the strip was based on a television series. In fact, when a trailer eventually appeared for the show, I was amazed that not only had someone made a TV based on that comic-strip, but that they had found actors who looked just like the drawings! Well, as I said, I was very young, but I eventually figured it out. Likewise, the writer eventually figured out it was Captain Kirk not Kurt. If you would like to hear me talk more about this, then you can do so here: https://shows.acast.com/a-fan-of-a-certain-age/episodes/episode-1-growing-up-star-trek In 1969 City Magazines launched Joe 90: Top Secret as a companion comic to TV21 (the title character being Gerry Anderson's latest TV show after the successes of Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet). For me, one of the highlights of the Joe 90 comic was the Land of the Giants strip, based on Irwin Allen's TV series about a spaceship stranded on an Earth-like planet populated by giants. The first three issues of the comic ran an adaptation of the first TV episode, 'The Crash,' before going its own way with all-new original stories. The strip was beautifully illustrated by Gerry Haylock who remained the artist on the strip for the rest of the 34 issue run of the comic. The Land of the Giants strip continued in TV21 when the two comics merged. One error that continued throughout the strip's run was that the spaceship was mistakenly called the Spendthrift rather than its correct name, Spindrift.In 1969 City Magazines launched Joe 90: Top Secret as a companion comic to TV21 (the title character being Gerry Anderson's latest TV show after the successes of Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet). For me, one of the highlights of the Joe 90 comic was the Land of the Giants strip, based on Irwin Allen's TV series about a spaceship stranded on an Earth-like planet populated by giants. The first three issues of the comic ran an adaptation of the first TV episode, 'The Crash,' before going its own way with all-new original stories. The strip was beautifully illustrated by Gerry Haylock who remained the artist on the strip for the rest of the 34 issue run of the comic. The Land of the Giants strip continued in TV21 when the two comics merged. One error that continued throughout the strip's run was that the spaceship was mistakenly called the Spendthrift rather than its correct name, Spindrift.

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