World of Giants

I was very young when this series was on television but still remember it. I think that very few people actually saw it since it only lasted for 13 episodes and it was in the days when many areas only had a tiny handful of channels to choose from. I am very fortunate to have one surviving episode of the show on tape. It is "Look Up At a Giant" and I believe it is the pilot episode. I can't say for sure, but I am certain that Irwin Allen got his inspiration for 'Land of the Giants' from this series. It is true early science fiction at its best and would be more well remembered today if it had lasted two seasons instead of just one. I hope it resurface on disc someday but I doubt it will happen.

In Chicago, I remember this show when I was very young, but I don't remember the station. I think they had a triple after school sci-fi marathon. One show was The Invisible Man, then this show WOG, which I only remember as "The Little Man", and Science Fiction theater. CBS and ABC also had after school movies, which were often horror or sci-fi flicks. I can't remember if this triple marathon came after one of those movies or were on a different channel. Does anyone else remember this?

As far as WOG, I remember the doll-like house, and his getting chased by a cat or dog?

I really hope they release all the episodes on DVD, if possible. It would also be great if they made a mini series, if they could maintain the great quality of writing and acting of the original.

World of Giants.

The scenes which are most vivid for me are the ones in which Arthur Franz carried Marshall Thompson around in a briefcase. Thompson was seated in a little chair inside the case. I remember thinking at the time that was a pretty cool set-up. Thompson could then hop out of the briefcase and do his espionage type work and hop back in before Franz returned to pick him (and the briefcase) up.

Seems that most of the plots had something to do with spying on the deadly red menace (although it was never named as such). But then, this program followed the all-too-real Red Scare of the fifties.

Yeah, Mike, I remember this one. However, I have never seen reference to this show in any form, except here at IMDb. Looks like at least two people saw this show.

I do remember this series. Mel traveled in a briefcase with a special chair (and later a door built into the same briefcase so he could come and go without the case being left open). I also remember his house being hidden behind a painting in the wall. I can also recall the episode where the villain attacked Mel in his house....I seem to remember that this particular story ends with Mel insisting that his fellow cast exercise as part of a fitness program. Sorry if this seems fragmented; I'm writing as I recall a series shown when I was 7 years old.

Thanks...I hope we can someday unearth this short lived (but really interesting) series.

Like the rest of you, I'm happy to know that I didn't hallucinate seeing this show. I don't know if it was during the show opening or maybe during promos for the show, but I distinctly remember and eerie, echo-y voice saying "WOG" (vocalizing the W.O.G. abbreviation of "World Of Giants"). I also remember as part of the show opening, a pov shot of the bottom of a giant shoe coming down--as if you were being stepped on. I can't recall many specifics or details of episodes but I have a vivid sense-memory of being weirdly affected by this show--so much so that to this day, just the title makes me feel a little odd. It was a great show that was really kind of disturbing and off center, and it definitely gave me the creeps (in a good way) as a kid. I haven't seen of heard of any episodes being available anywhere, but if something ever turns up, I'd be really excited (and a little nervous) about seeing it again.