Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)
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| Created by | Sid & Marty Krofft, Allan Foshko and David Gerrold (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Spencer Milligan (Seasons 1 and 2) Wesley Eure Kathy Coleman Phillip Paley Ron Harper (Season 3) |
| Theme music composer | Linda Laurie |
| Composer(s) | Jimmie Haskell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | est. 27 min. per episode |
| Production company(s) | Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 7, 1974 – December 4, 1976 |
Land of the Lost (1974–1976) is a children's adventure television series created (though uncredited) by David Gerrold and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, who co-developed the series with Allan Foshko. During its original run, it was broadcast on the NBC television network. It later aired in daily syndication in the early 1980s as part of the "Krofft Superstars" package. In 1985, it returned to late Saturday mornings on CBS as a replacement for the canceled Pryor's Place - also a Krofft production. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel in the 1990s. Reruns of this series were aired on Saturday mornings on Me-TV but are streamed online at any time on their website. It has since become a cult classic and is now available on DVD. Krofft Productions remade the series in 1991, also titled Land of the Lost, and a big budget film adaptation was released in 2009.
Land of the Lost details the adventures of the Marshall family (father Rick, and his children Will and Holly) who are trapped in an alternate universe inhabited by dinosaurs, a primate-type people called Pakuni, and aggressive humanoid/lizard creatures called Sleestak. The episode storylines focus on the family's efforts to survive and find a way back to their own world, but the exploration of the exotic inhabitants of the Land of the Lost is also an ongoing part of the story.
An article on renewed studio interest in feature film versions of Land of the Lost and H.R. Pufnstuf commented that "decision-makers in Hollywood, and some big-name stars, have personal recollections of plopping down on the family-room wall-to-wall shag sometime between 1969 and 1974 to tune in to multiple reruns of the Kroffts' Saturday morning live-action hits," and quoting Marty Krofft as saying that the head of Universal Studios, Ronald Meyer, and leaders at Sony Pictures all had been fans of Krofft programs.
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