Land of the Lost

TV Series
1974–1977
TV-G
30m

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Dinosaur Adventure Adventure Family Fantasy Sci-Fi

A family finds themselves fighting to survive in a land populated by dinosaurs and otherworldly beings.A family finds themselves fighting to survive in a land populated by dinosaurs and otherworldly beings.A family finds themselves fighting to survive in a land populated by dinosaurs and otherworldly beings.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

Episodes43

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Wesley Eure

Will Marshall

• 1974–1976

Kathy Coleman

Holly Marshall

• 1974–1976

Spencer Milligan

Rick Marshall

• 1974–1975

Phillip Paley

Cha-Ka

• 1974–1976

Walker Edmiston

Enik…

• 1974–1976

Ron Harper

Uncle Jack

• 1976

Sharon Baird

• 1974–1975

Jon Locke

The Sleestack Leader…

• 1976

Bill Boyd

Sleestak

• 1976

Cleveland Porter

Sleestak

• 1976

Scutter McKay

• 1975

Jack Tingley

Sleestak

• 1974–1975

Mike Westra

Sleestak

• 1974–1975

Joe A. Giamalva

• 1974

Scott Fullerton

Sleestak

• 1974–1975

Dave Greenwood

Sleestak

• 1974

Bill Laimbeer

Sleestak

• 1974

John Lambert

Sleestak

• 1974

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xman1974

This show rules - forget the crappy 1991 remake!

Yes! This is the BEST Sid and Marty Kroft show that ever was. The first two seasons are brilliant from the great theme song ("Marshall, Will, and Holly on a river expedition ran into the greatest earthquake ever knoooooooown....." to the above average scripts, special fx, and acting.

However, the third season really fell apart and the two kids on the show starting singing these horrible musical numbers. Also, their dad left the show to be replaced by their uncle and the scripts got hokey and contrived.

All that being said...My overall of the opinion of the show remains really favorable though. The Sleekstacks scared the doo-doo out of me as a kid although they never could move any faster than in a shuffle. For a kid's show, this one was REALLY good and I will remember it forever.

Forget the 1991 remake...It is stupid beyond belief isn't even worth comment.

The_Core

The story counts...

Cheesy music, sets and acting don't detract from the excellence of some of the stories in this TV series, some co-written by Science Fiction greats like Larry Niven. This series was one of my favorites as a kid and helped spark a lifetime interest in Science Fiction... and eventually science as well. I didn't end up a scientist per-se, but some of these stories are great and still watchable (and some are just plain dumb). No specific names or numbers to recommend... watch 'em if you can find 'em and try not to wince at the cheese of the "special effects" and weird mix of banjo and synthesizer music.

powersroc

a fun place to get lost in

This was an intriguing Saturday morning TV series created by Sid & Marty Kroft. The Marshall family;father Rick,son Will,& daughter Holly are out on a camping trip when the raft ride they take plunges down a waterfall & into a crevasse following an earthquke.In this unknown world they encounter prehistoric animals,the remains of a very old city carved out of stone,a race of humanoid lizards,& mysterious pylons located throughout the jungle.Wonderful stop motion animation was used in this show,a special fx rarely seen on television shows.There was also some terrific matte work depicting this lost land.The actors were appealing,& David Gerrold,Larry Nivan,D.C.Fontana,& Theodore Sturgeon were some of the top flight talent contributing scripts to the show.It was a kids show that aspired to bring spectacle,nifty fx,& quality writing to each episode.

richard.fuller1

This thing is almost thirty years old now!

I used to argue with my brother over this show. I wanted to watch 'Valley of the Dinosaurs' and he wanted to watch this one. To tell the truth, he was in the right, and I never did watch Valley on a regular basis.

It still has some corn to it, the acting was over the top from all three players, but I just took it that they took after their father. This was about the only show that it never bothered me that there were unanswered questions about things that happened, like the pylons, the skylons and sleestax (the way it was written on the wall). I used to think they had enough to contend with with Grumpy and Big Al and Big Alice without getting sleestax on top of it. Definitely one of the better of the Sid & Marty Krofft shows, if not the best, better than Pufnstuf. The show may have held on if Spencer Mulligan, as Dad, had not left. It wasn't the same show.

travis-74

Talk about Must See TV

NBC would be proud of the Fact that this show was most definitely Must See TV for me in the 70's. I absolutely Looooovvvvveeeed Kathy Coleman as Holly. Wesley Eure (also Mike Horton on Day's of our Lives at the time) sang the title song.

I felt it had great special effects with the stop motion animation on the dinosaur scenes. Although recently On VH1's 70's tribute, I saw some scenes, in pretty bad video chroma-key.

Easily the best Kroft show. Remember, HR Puffenstuff (for crying out loud.) I would hang up on anyone who called me when LoTL was on. In season 3 when Chaka started speaking English and Spencer Mulligan was gone the show went straight into the crapper. But that Kathy Coleman. Love her, Love her, Love her! I last saw her on TV in an Arthur Treachers Advertisement, (God give me strength.) Good times, fer sure. According to imdb she hasn't acted since and tribute sites say the same.

Shame, she was HOT!

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Trivia
Only three Sleestak costumes existed. The production team had to merge shots and use editing tricks to make more appear on screen.

Goofs
Throughout the course of the series, none of the characters' clothes or shoes are ever torn, or wear out. Further, despite Holly physically growing over the course of three years, she never grows out of any of her clothing.

Quotes
[The alien Enik has made a startling discovery about the temporal doorway that has led him and the Marshalls to this world]
Enik: I cannot leave here. Nothing can leave here, unless an object of equal mass and temporal energy enters.
Will Marshall: Well, that means we can't leave either, unless three other people come in.
Enik: Yes, but there is more. You should not be here at all. Your presence here is the source of my problem. Look...
[Enik opens the time doorway onto a view of the Grand Canyon]
Will Marshall: It's Earth! Enik, if I had a parachute I could jump through!
Enik: Wait, there is more.
[Next Will sees himself, Rick, and Holly]
Will Marshall: That's us, on the river!
Enik: Pay attention now, this is the troubling part.
Will Marshall: That's the rapids we were on.
[The time doorway replays - via stock footage of the show's title sequence - Rick, Will, and Holly being swallowed into a cavern by a monstrous earthquake, descending down underground rapids, and plunging down a monstrous waterfall - but Will notices an anomoly the audience cannot see]
Will Marshall: Enik... where's the mist for the doorway?
Enik: I do not know
[Will now realizes what Enik means by his earlier comments]
Will Marshall: We... we were all killed. Weren't we.
Enik: Obviously. You should not be here now.