Muffit
January 18th, 2004, 01:36 PM
Anybody remember the wonderful Irwin Allen 1966 TV show, The Time Tunnel? It was a fantastic show for the time (pun intended). Rumors last year were that both Time Tunnel and Lost in Space would soon be released on DVD. Well, so far we did get LIS this month, no word yet on Time Tunnel though. Funny thing is, there are many interesting bits of trivia and related aspects you may not have known.
Time Tunnel aired the very next day after Star Trek TOS. Time Tunnel starred Robert Colbert and James Darren, the latter being a 60's pop teen idol. He went on to costar in Star Trek : DS9 as the intuitive holographic night club singer (as the DS9 equivalent of TNG's Guinan). He was married to Miss Denmark of 1958 who probably knew another Time Tunnel costar, Lee Meriwether, who was Miss America of 1955. Miss Denmark's name was Evy, the same as the chimp in BSG. Lee Meriwether costarred in Star Trek TOS (the "I am for Kirk" episode). Time Tunnel was the most expensive TV show ever produced at the time, at $150,000 dollars per episode. It was supposed to be picked up for a second season, but at the last minute was cancelled, probably becuase of the expense (that's what TV Guide said in 1967). Sound like BSG? Cool trivia!
In 1990 the entire series including pilot was aired (I forget which channel), at an absolutely perfect time, while we were very near the time of my daughter's birth (helps quiet the anxiety!). Don't know if it's aired since then. Ooh, and in the episode Rendezvous with Yesterday (I think it was the Titanic episode), the guest star was none other than Michael Rennie, of Day the Earth Stood Still fame.
Just thought I'd ramble a bit! :)
:muffit:
P.S. Some neat links...
http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/
http://www.geocities.com/TvPilotGuy/timetunnel.html
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0060036/
Time Tunnel aired the very next day after Star Trek TOS. Time Tunnel starred Robert Colbert and James Darren, the latter being a 60's pop teen idol. He went on to costar in Star Trek : DS9 as the intuitive holographic night club singer (as the DS9 equivalent of TNG's Guinan). He was married to Miss Denmark of 1958 who probably knew another Time Tunnel costar, Lee Meriwether, who was Miss America of 1955. Miss Denmark's name was Evy, the same as the chimp in BSG. Lee Meriwether costarred in Star Trek TOS (the "I am for Kirk" episode). Time Tunnel was the most expensive TV show ever produced at the time, at $150,000 dollars per episode. It was supposed to be picked up for a second season, but at the last minute was cancelled, probably becuase of the expense (that's what TV Guide said in 1967). Sound like BSG? Cool trivia!
In 1990 the entire series including pilot was aired (I forget which channel), at an absolutely perfect time, while we were very near the time of my daughter's birth (helps quiet the anxiety!). Don't know if it's aired since then. Ooh, and in the episode Rendezvous with Yesterday (I think it was the Titanic episode), the guest star was none other than Michael Rennie, of Day the Earth Stood Still fame.
Just thought I'd ramble a bit! :)
:muffit:
P.S. Some neat links...
http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/
http://www.geocities.com/TvPilotGuy/timetunnel.html
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0060036/