1967-68 Television Season 50th Anniversary Tribute: Lost In Space (Season 3)

Lost in Space - season 3! In our conclusion of our weeklong fond look back at the series, there indeed were quite a few changes in this final season. A new look, new style, new storyline focus, new title sequence, new theme song. Indeed, Irwin Allen was trying to get the series back to its roots with more focus on the Robinson family, and space travel.

Special mention must be given (as noted in this clip from the 1998 Television Special 'Lost In Space Forever'/Narrated by John Laroquette) to:

* New theme song creator (the original theme song was very good as well) John Williams.

* The special effects (the cool Space Pod!!) talent that was working with Irwin Allen on Lost In Space - in particular L.B. Abbott

* Costume designer (awesome space uniforms!) Paul Zastupnevich.

* The Robot designer (as well as Robby the Robot designer) Robert Kinoshita

Season 3 had an amazing look, combining special effects, color film, terrific costumes, and interesting storylines in early episodes of that third season.

But this was a time of the age of Aquarius, hippies, cool, and way out, groovy lifestyles, and Lost In Space was not immune to that theme. By the end of its run in 1968, the show went back into camp-overdrive! Still, as a little boy watching the show, it was all good.

Praise goes to the cast:

Guy Williams
June Lockhart
Jonathan Harris
Mark Goddard
Marta Kristen
Angela Cartwright
Bill Mumy
Bob May and Dick Tufeld

and crew that soldiered on during this later end of season three.

And special thanks to Irwin Allen, who always had his heart in the right place, even if the scripts, concepts and production processes were not always in synch with the cast and crew. Irwin had an amazing season in 1966-1967, with three high concept and successful series on the television schedule: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968), Lost in Space (1965-1968) and Time Tunnel (1966-1967... more on that later next season!). After these three series left the air at roughly the same time, Mr. Allen had one more hit television series: Land of the Giants (1968-1970... more on this series in future here at Television Vanguard), before turning his full attention back to feature films and great success there in the 1970s.

Enjoy!

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