She's so pretty. I did watch Lost in Space, even in its 2nd and 3rd year with all the walking carrots that someone thought would be scary monsters ... and the ever-sillier Dr. Smith and his angsty friendship with Will Robinson.
It sure seemed like there was a psychedelic influence creeping into TV at the time. LOST IN SPACE went from being somewhat serious to ridiculous, and VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA went completely off the rails. I've watched parts of a few episodes of that lately on MeTV, and saw the crew battling werewolves, ETs, and the vengeful ghost of Blackbeard, while the actors cast sidelong glances at each other and gamely struggled to deliver their lines with straight faces.
For a long time I've wondered if the writers of Paul Henning's shows were avidly experimenting with mind expanding substances, because a lot of BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and, to an even greater extent, GREEN ACRES episodes were downright surreal.
I am fascinated by these comments about shows I really did not much pay much attention to at the time. Thanks for showing me a different aspect. Also, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. got extremely silly at this time.
In January 1966, BATMAN debuted and was a huge nationwide craze. That show had immense cultural influence.
So many writers, actors and singers were dropping acid that I think it must explain why pop culture basically lost its mind for a year or two. Just look at the Beatles, movies like HELP! and albums like SGT PEPPER. Not long earlier, they were content doing Chuck Berry songs.
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For a long time I've wondered if the writers of Paul Henning's shows were avidly experimenting with mind expanding substances, because a lot of BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and, to an even greater extent, GREEN ACRES episodes were downright surreal.
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In January 1966, BATMAN debuted and was a huge nationwide craze. That show had immense cultural influence.
So many writers, actors and singers were dropping acid that I think it must explain why pop culture basically lost its mind for a year or two. Just look at the Beatles, movies like HELP! and albums like SGT PEPPER. Not long earlier, they were content doing Chuck Berry songs.
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Producers in both cases wanted to go for the camp, and ruined good premises for those dramas.
Bah!
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