We go all the way back to 1968 for this weeks trip to "The Selection Box" for the sci-fi classic Land of the Giants...
Land of the Giants was decades ahead of its time in regards to special effects and production costs - setting a record for the most expensive show to produce at the time...
The premise of the show was basically about a group from Earth whose spacecraft, 'The Spindrift', crashlanded in the Land of the Giants - with the Giants being about 72 feet tall.
The greatest thing about the show is that there is no overall story arc, meaning every episode has a beginning, a middle and an end and you really don't have to invest a whole lot into the show if you don't want to...
It was created by Irwin Allen, who was responsible for some of the best Sci-Fi shows of the '60s and '70s, including Lost In Space...
This show used to be repeated when I was merely a young boy and for years I dreamed of visiting the Land of the Giants, so that I too could have adventures like Steve, Dan, Mark, Valerie, Betty, Fitzhugh, Barry and Chipper, but alas that dream was shattered about the same time as Santa Claus was, so I have to settle for watching repeats of the show on dvd - which is still better than living in the real world...
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