LOST IN SPACE COLORIZED SCENES FROM THE FIRST EPISODE IN 1965

[@chrislindsay3104]

I begged my mother to let me watch the premiere September 1965. I had flu, 102F fever, and could barely see the TV screen because of the tears. Thanks, Mom!

[@ericbarash8496]

Just remember one thing, season one was shot in color, only broadcast in black-and-white on CBS.

[@louistournas120]

@@ericbarash8496 How did they broadcast stuff that they record on film?

[@DenverTW]

@@ericbarash8496 Season 1 was shot in B&W. There were several second unit scenes from the pilot that were shot in color but the pilot and season 1 were shot in B&W. I wish they had been filmed in color as season one, primarily the first 5 episodes were amongst the best.

[@PaulGregory-y9t]

Was a brilliant series I love the robot 🤖

[@davidclaycomb5496]

I watched it for You! My mother always said, here they are on other planets, these people get more visitors than we do! 60 years later it’s still funny.

[@DenverTW]

This is still my all time favorite show. Even now, almost 60 years later. Takes me back to my childhood.

[@TillyOrifice]

Good Lord.

[@LydiaStarz]

Me too.

[@samuelalonso22]

Yes . 64 years old now and still love it

[@varanid9]

@@samuelalonso22 Huh, I'm 64, and I like it better than ever.

[@varanid9]

@@TillyOrifice Yes, my daughter?

[@nstooge]

The first season was by far the best season…

[@jasonrodgers9063]

In particular the first half of season one!

[@imswitchedon]

agree

[@michaelmcenery7515]

Yes before it became all campy with Smith

[@NATIVESUNSETS65]

@@michaelmcenery7515 You mean you didn't like " The Great Vegetable Rebellion " when the giant monster carrot Tybo turns Dr. Smith into a Celery Stalk ? 🤭🤭 Some consider this the episode where they Jumped The Shark , But they did go overboard with Smith's character . . . Remember Zeno The Outlaw Gunslinger ? With his unintentional kiddie six shooters 😄

[@NATIVESUNSETS65]

@nstooge 💯 Some of my favorites were "There Were Giants in the Earth" The Cyclops and the Chariot , " The Keeper " Michael Rennie from The Day The Earth Stood Still , "The Challenge" a young Kurt Russell as Quano who challenges will to a contest of strength and skill . All great episodes 👍🏻👍🏻

[@phil4977]

One of my favourite childhood tv shows

[@ericbarash8496]

The best ever shot for network television.

[@BillBadMule123]

I was 11 years old then

[@arthurcooper3484]

I haven't seen this in at least 50 years. I love it! Thank you.

[@user-vp1sc7tt4m]

Same here. I watched the video and remembered the whole scene. I can't remember what happened in the next!

[@rongendron8705]

I saw this episode in 1965 at age 19 & loved the show! It was set in the distant year of 1997, which was 32 years the future, but unbelievably, is now 28 years, in the past! This proves that "Sci-Fi" shows should not set their 'timeline' too close to the present, as older generations have come to the realization that "Time Flies"!

[@CyndisKrist]

I can totally appreciate this comment, I feel the same way. And the LIS comic books that came out in the 1990s show the Robinsons watching VHS tapes. It didn't exist in the 1960s, but went out of style in the real 1990s and was replace by DVD, which also went out of style and was replace with DVR and streaming!

[@RaySmith1662]

One of the best tv series of all time! ❤❤❤

[@hirameberhardt8643]

What about the TV show "TIME TUNNEL"

[@endtheliesnow5906]

Just the first season.

[@georgegbalzano9239]

WELL DONE!!! Marta Kristen looks even MORE STUNNING in COLOR!!!

[@imswitchedon]

Agree!

[@gerry-p9x]

The bell racing fire suits had slot to it

[@lkytmryan]

They had to do something about that in the remake. So sick of hollywood and their woke agenda. I mostly stick to older movies and shows now.

[@alantasman8273]

@@lkytmryan Same here,

[@aryanscience]

Her dad was a Nazi and was killed in battle in the last days of WWII..

[@TheTferrer]

This is a job well done! I saw this season when I was 8 years old. It brings back good memories.

[@imswitchedon]

Thank you !

[@cranez006-d5l]

I was 8 also, and was absolutely in love with Penny!

[@ireneczornyj3425]

My brother liked this show. Thats how I got hooked onSci Fi. Thats was my favourite show. Then came along Star Trek. I was 7 or 8 at the time.

[@imswitchedon]

Those were the days

[@kennethreed2186]

A blast From my Past 😊

[@DJ-bj8ku]

Loved watching this again. It was a great part of my childhood growing up in the 60s and 70s. I’ll always be partial to black and white. It enhanced the danger.

[@deonwhite5430]

Thank you 🙏 for sharing and I watch MeTv to watch the reruns

[@MikeTuma-i5i]

Wonderful job! I'd love to see the whole first season colorized. I'd love to see "My Friend, Mr. Nobody" colorized. The opening where Penny walks down to the pond; the whole opening sequence and the ending where he turns into a Milky Way.

[@imswitchedon]

@@MikeTuma-i5i I will try and do some from Mr Nobody, I have been reluctant to do another because it is hard to achieve a good result.

[@rodfaragini7110]

As a kid i was fascinated by this show and do recall this first episode.

[@antonnym214]

I think Marta Kristen was my first love, and I was five years old! The show was great, too. Especially the good, hard sci fi we got from the first season.

[@RSTI191]

I gotta go with Mom... June Lockhart was just slammin'...

[@roadmonitoroz]

Personally I preferred Penny, but I was a kid when watching this.

[@eyerock36]

It got campy after that.

[@RSTI191]

I gotta go with with Mom. June Lockhart was the cat's pajamas

The first season more closely resembled solid science fiction.I have the entire series on dvd,but I 'm going to stop when I get to season 2.That's where the silliness starts.The colorization here looks amazing.

[@imswitchedon]

Thank you

[@daytripperhd]

Yep. Producers forced it to get silly

[@Loenthall88]

One can imagine what it would have been like if it had retained the original spirit of the first season.

[@brianwalsh7991]

One of the best episodes from a really good first season. It's a shame the show shifted from a family, action-adventure sci-fi series to camp comedy.

[@imswitchedon]

yes I agree

[@CyndisKrist]

This is wonderful! Love it colorized. Thanks!

[@imswitchedon]

Thank you

[@kinpatsu6366]

Thank you! Growing up I wanted to be Will Robinson SO BAD!

[@bradwooldidge6979]

I remember watching this the first time it aired. I was seven!

[@benjimenfranklin7650]

Yes that was a great time to be a kid . 😊 I was 5.

[@fjccommish]

To see Earth in color while lost in space, never to return. OH THE PAIN!

[@imswitchedon]

indeed

[@melomane2010]

My very first memories of TV was the first season of “Lost in Space”, which launched a lifelong love for science fact and fiction. I was only two years old but I definitely remember watching it and it wasn’t a repeat. Dr. Smith and the Robot scared the crap out of me 😂

[@robot2347]

Great job.Enjoyed the first year clips in color.I wish they would release the whole first season in color!

[@imswitchedon]

Thank you, yes so do I !

[@frankreynolds445]

@@imswitchedon The Derelict episode will be awesome in color.

[@philiplawless81]

Dittos!

[@DonatoDamiano-r2g]

Absolutely! Positively! Yes!

[@hawkmaster381]

Thank you, Erwin Allen for F**KING up such a great series! And that goes for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as well.

[@ralphangioli4852]

Allen saw all his sci fi shows as goofy kids shows that he saw as money makers. He never took them seriously. If you told him 60 years ago that the now adult fans of Lost In Space would be having serious discussions on the show and storyline quality he would’ve thought you crazy.

[@gregford2103]

Both shows were better in B/W, but that's probably because they could afford better writers since they weren't shooting in color. Both shows still had some excellent color episodes, with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's being the ones that focused on espionage-related stories.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

_Time Tunnel_ was good the first season. Fortunately, it didn't go two seasons. Irwin Allen had only one good season in him.

Hint- edit the episodes to get rid of the stupid parts,and see what you have left.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

​@@gregford2103, The cost of shooting in color was minor, especially when one considers the total production cost of the show was the highest in TV history, up to that time.

[@ICONICVINYLREVIVALRECORDS-l4m]

Great to see this in colour!

[@ConradSpoke]

This is one time colorizing is a great idea. (And a reminder that Dr. Smith started as an utterly amoral, sadistic butcher. Amazing retcon.)

[@vitameatavegamin4236]

Doctor Smith was My Fave!

[@PS-user-bcad1951]

By far the best Sc-Fi show ever. The ultimate escape from the rat race. As it was originally shot in colour even though it aired in B&W for the first season, it's a pity that when it was released on DVD and later Blu Ray it should have been released in colour for all three seasons, they should have released it in 4k as well, admittedly season one in B&W did have it's charms. Again it's the best of the best and I haven't stopped watching since it's release in 1965.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

I was 8. Still catch reruns. Had a model of the Jupiter. Wish I had kept it. Always wanted one of the chariot & robot

[@CraigWhitley-c1m]

I really enjoy watching it as a kid and always now❤❤❤love it

[@CraigWhitley-c1m]

This is the best and my most favorite Family Space Episodes ever

[@davidbowman4259]

Such memories. Loved watching this, "The Twilight Zone" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

[@LouisCapps-p3z]

The best. Great music 🎶. Time tunnel, land of the giants

[@arthurkaye8999]

Danger ! Danger Will Robinson.

[@davidoran123]

I was 11 and so excited for this show, I was right there with them in the Jupiter 2

[@thenostalgicpodblast]

AMAZING!!!!!! In 2000 Sony colorized seasons 1 & 2 of "Bewitched" as well as season 1of "Jeannie" to great effect! It's mind-blowing that "Lost in Space" season 1 was not yet colorized officially by 20th Century Fox. Perhaps the Walt Disney Company will finally do just that! Meanwhile, excellent work!~

[@imswitchedon]

Thank you, very difficult to achieve a perfect result.

[@tonyeye101]

I hadn’t seen that since it first aired. I love the colorization.

[@imswitchedon]

@@tonyeye101 thank you

[@spvillano]

@@imswitchedon we have come a long way from Turnerization of B&W works!

[@lincolnlawyer9704]

Big fan of the show when I was a kid. I had models of both the Jupiter 2 and the robot in my room.

[@lesilluminations1]

Absolutely loved that show.

[@davidme9698]

I was 10 when this series came on. Loved it and I think if I saw Mr. Smith in a dark alley now I would be thinking of stretching him out!

[@furryfriend43]

The music cue at the end of the Robot's announcement was quite chilling. A sample of John Williams excellent music making!

[@michaelgrant7322]

🏆 THEY SHOULD COLORIZE THE ENTIRE FIRST SEASON.. . IT WOULD BE GREAT 👍

[@bootoxkikka]

The Netflix remake was awkward, switching things around, and nowhere near as cheesy as this original (cheesy in a good sense). But the new one is worth a watch and well done. I loved this '60s original. As a family, we watched it on our black-and-white TV. Dr. Smith was a badass, evil sabotage spy in this first episode. But something happened afterward that made him a snibbling coward.

[@imswitchedon]

Yes he should have stayed the same character as episode 1 in my opinion.

[@jimp.7286]

What's funny about this is that our family , (minus dad who hated shows like this),.sat and watched this first episode as it premiered,...in black and white. Blurry black and white - with occasional snow/interference from a troublesome rabbit ear antenna. It didn't look or sound anything like this. It's almost as if this is a completely unrelated show that never existed in the real world. Like an A.I. creation....until the doctor screws things up. That part is familiar.

[@CraigWhitley-c1m]

I just love it and I still watch it now

[@daytripperhd]

Have to say the set is very realistic and the effects are pretty sarn good

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

When Dr. Smith was presented as a sinister character to be feared, not a silly buffoon. I wish Irwin Allen had stuck with the formula that made season 1 so great.

[@gregford2103]

Actually, I think Jonathan Harris has a lot to do with the change in character. He basically argued that in Smith's original form, fans of the show would have wanted him killed off.

[@ALBERTRANDALL-p9x]

​I would've, he made me sick. 🤮​@@gregford2103

[@towringer]

​@gregford2103 I'd heard the same thing. Harris was worried that after 5 or 6 episodes as a nasty, his character would be killed off, and he would be unemployed.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

A lot of us old farts do. It could have run for several more seasons maybe. Who knows

[@eyerock36]

C’mon, man - you’re leaving us hanging!

[@gregsonvaux4492]

I like the pinkie to pinkie jump-start device. It is so much easier than CPR.

[@Mark-td5ux]

❤❤❤ this show!!

[@DanWint]

When I watched it in B&W, it looked so much more advanced.

[@dinosaur6756]

I first saw the girl who plays Penny (Angela Cartwright) in The Sound of Music (she played Brigitta) and had such a crush on her when I was a little kid. I used to watch this show just to see her. Her long black hair and those eyes just made me swoon. ❤ As much as I adored Penny, I hated Dr. Smith.

[@RobertCrawford-s9b]

One of the Best Shows ever…

[@FreyaTait]

Col. Smith, MD. I wish they had kept him that way.

[@jimsaldana2302]

Had such a crush on June Lockhart and she looks incredibly beautiful in color.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

Check out later episodes of Petticoat Junction. She's in it. My crush was Lori Saunders(Bobby Jo)

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Awesome seeing it in color, but I prefer it in B&W.

[@brianfretwell3886]

Good, but showing all the normal "Artificial Intellegence" colorisation faults. The prorgram needs much more training to gove consistant colour from frame to frame over a complete local area.

[@vulpo]

It missed people's ears in some scenes, but pretty good overall.

[@brianfretwell3886]

@@vulpo I was referring parts of to the grey and blue uniforms going pink/orange when the wearer moves. Seen from 1.10" to 2.30" especially.

[@Fifty8day]

No one cares except you.

[@thenostalgicpodblast]

One adjustment: the Robot's chest plate light is orange. Claws were silver (not red yet), so that's accurate.

[@ClassicRefuseTrucks]

As a kid this was suspense at its best. As an adult, I think Dr. Smith would have been executed by Major West sometime during the second episode

[@johnparker4538]

Just wonderful.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

OK, so the Jupiter 2 has a garbage chute that empties into a dumpster. How does that work while in space?? !!!

[@imswitchedon]

Good question!

[@malbourne805]

I'm guessing that this system was closed off just before launch.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@imswitchedon The chute was obviously used during the construction stage. You'll notice when Dr. Smith dumped the soldier (who should never have turned his back), he fell into a trailer marked "waste disposal." (There were no private contractors.) In that trailer were dirty canvas tarps that were used as drop cloths while the interior was being painted. After the ship was launched, the chute could be used in space in the event of an emergency.

[@arthurkaye8999]

@@jasonrodgers9063 haven't you heard of "space junk" floating around in space. Well there's your answer. 😁

[@SurroundedByGiants]

This show started out great. Wish they hadn't gone goofy with it.

[@ALBERTRANDALL-p9x]

Allen sucking up to the sponsors had something to do with that.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

​@@ALBERTRANDALL-p9x, What did the sponsors have to do with his decision-making? I've never heard that and it seems dubious as the show was a ratings success.

[@KennethFord-y7c]

Had no idea he was originally a Col.

[@johnmassung]

My favorite Dr Smith line : "Oh the pain, the pain ... Will, fetch me a pillow please".🙂

[@morgangallowglass8668]

Bravo!

[@ubetucan2747]

Special effects are amazing, the meteors look exactly like scrunched up balls of Alfoil.

[@lja64]

Loved this show. Listened to a radio interview with Major West, he was so negative.

[@Melbournelost66]

I loved and still do love lost in space. I don’t think the quality of the colourisation is very good. But I’d love to see the whole first season done.

[@chopjockey]

Major West's arm when he fell out the cryo tube LOL And there are no "Meteor Storm's" in space...

[@kyshtym]

or apostrophes in "meteor storms."

[@Ryan-x7y]

Penny looks so much hotter in color❤

[@UpsheetscreekWOapaddle]

Angela Cartwright (Penny) was my fantasy love 🤩 A tad older than me. She still looks good. Look up some current photos

[@ralphus44]

Nice attempt at the colorization. Still some color blotching and fading but keep working at it. And great to see the original pilot; it was much better when Dr. Smith was evil instead of the ninny he became later.

[@peteralcuri4205]

Why didn't smith go through the waste disposal he could of gotten out right before the ship took off

Sh**! Major plot hole!

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@peteralcuri4205, Well, aside from anything else, he most likely would've been incinerated when the ship took off.

[@JohnPitts-k2o]

Give these guys a break for crying out loud but you are right , I hope they will get better

[@Steve-ou8nw]

The Jupiter 2 set was the most expensive set ever built for tv at the time. Over $100k.

[@imswitchedon]

@@Steve-ou8nw I didn't know that!

[@malbourne805]

There was an episode where it was discovered that Dr. Smith's unexpected added weight actually prevented the Jupiter 2 from being destroyed by the asteroid field (it also caused their predicament). I can't remember which episode that was, but it was one of the stranger episodes, I think. So, in a way, his presence saved the Robinsons and the ship.

[@towringer]

That was a third season episode. I believe the title was "The Time Merchant".

[@markleighton8655]

Correct

[@ALBERTRANDALL-p9x]

That is true, but doctor Smith was unaware of that, his mission was to blow up the Jupiter 2🛸, the fact that his extra weight caused them to go off course was the whole reason for the show.🛸

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@malbourne805, Yes, that created quite the paradox. Smith; couldn't live with him, couldn't live without him!!!

[@rosariodagosto6484]

The. Best. Chil. Show. Ever. I. Was. 9. 10. Cant. Remember

[@RHampton]

Hey this is awesome.

[@imswitchedon]

Thanks, very difficult to achieve a better result!

[@nelljrbr]

It's a shame that neither the movie nor the new version managed to be as good as the original series.

[@Neville60001]

The movie and the new series are better than the original series, especially the later seasons of the original.

[@cntygrlby2006]

@@Neville60001 In regards to the "Big Screen" version of LIS, I was @ the edge of my seat when the (I can't remember the name of the lower ring section) started spinning & was waiting for an ear drum blowing of the atomic engines whine to be disappointed w/ typical rocket engines, not to mention that the J1 was just a shell for launch. That was it for me in regards to the movie-tho did like it overall......

[@Neville60001]

@@cntygrlby2006, I could care less about the J2 of the movie being different from the TV show; that was the whole idea. Why should the movie be like the TV show exactly? Or the recent TV show? I did like the first season of the original TV series, but that was it.

[@CraigWhitley-c1m]

The Jupiter 2 is an Awesome and remarkable Ship it would be useful.if we really had a functioning Saucer Spacecraft Now

[@InFamousProductions]

man, I gotta learn that karate chop.

[@wavester46]

The Green Lady, The Dr Smith clone machine and the giant talking carrot needing moisture are what the Robinsons have to look forward too!

[@imswitchedon]

Indeed

[@daytripperhd]

This is b4 the producers forced the show to get silly for kids. I loved the first season

[@saganandroid4175]

I look forward to an even better version as software improves.

[@HowardMoses]

This was interesting. I's like to see the who thing and see the strobing cleared up.

[@hugocoronel824]

Guy williams se bajo de tornado y subió a la nave espacial

[@PeBoVision]

That garbage chute style waste disposal must wreak havoc on cabin pressure. Somebody oughta seal that thing.

[@imswitchedon]

That`s a good point!

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

The Robot's voice box (even in the black and white episodes) was orange when lit up. The belly lights were in color as well.

[@roadmonitoroz]

I have this on DVD 1:40 To shoot holes in it... Why would a space ship have a waste disposal with spring loaded doors (with no air tight seals) that dumps straight out of the side of the ship into a conveniently placed dumpster ? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't space a vacuum ? Wouldn't they lose any heat / cooling out through the spaces ? 3:15 Instructions... Slide through the waste disposal shoot and land on top of the guy you pushed through there / on the mattress he landed on then go home and await payment.

[@imswitchedon]

Yes, the waste disposal shute must have caused havoc in space 🤣

[@Mcramos68]

Excelent!

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

Much seeing this in color with Penny and Judy in those spacesuits.

[@moriartymw]

The fist episodes were quite amazing. When Dr. Smith started taking over the show, they started repeating half the previous episode each time, and adding a dozen commercials each episode it got tedious really quick... But then we had the Original series of Star Trek so that took its place and was much better IMHO.

[@Jeff-ql3tg]

I have always wanted to learn how to do that karate chop, I tried several times on people but they kept getting back up 😮

[@calvinjackson8110]

The colorization in this cover pic is beyond razor sharpness. It must have utilized AI technology or some advanced software beyond the usual. It is so unbelievably sharp. Flawless work!! I wish I could apply it to some family pictures I have to sharpen and color the images. If anyone know the name of this process and if it is for purchase or service please inform me.

[@imswitchedon]

Thank you, I normally try a few different processes to see which gives the best result, I think I used Topaz Gigapixel for that one.

[@calvinjackson8110]

@imswitchedon is it something that can be purchased? Does it take years to learn how to use it? What kind of images can it be used on? Videos only? What about saved scanned images of photos?

[@imswitchedon]

@@calvinjackson8110 It can be purchased for $99 and you can use any image on it (not video there are specific ones for that) as for using it, it is straightforward and there is bound to be a youtube video to show you how.

[@calvinjackson8110]

@@imswitchedon thanks !

[@BrettMcS]

When the first colour episodes came out and everyone saw that the robot's pincers were a bright safety orange! Made sense in retrospect!

[@wildcatherder]

It needs less Dr. Smith and more June Lockhart in a silver spacesuit but really good job. :) She got me through puberty.

[@barrysims9906]

such a tease.

[@Roadie_342]

I was 11 yr old when this show premiered, It was so hyped, and as usual it didn't meet the hype. It was CBS response to the critical acclaimed Star Trek show on NBC. Unfortunately where I live we did not have a NBC affiliate , so was force to watch Lost in Space. I did realize how inferior Lost In Space was until years later, when i got to see Star Trek

[@susanwoosnam1697]

June Lockhart, about three decades later, in Babylon 5.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

The first season of Lost in Space was great. The rest of it was bogus. Irwin Allen had _maybe_ one good season in him. _Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_ was great the first season. _Time Tunnel_ was (mercifully) cut short after a good first season. _Land of the Giants_ sucked from the very first episode.

[@paulborneo7535]

"In exactly eight hours, destroy." Story of my life.

[@gregknudson8700]

Say what you want about Marta Kristin. I was in love with Angela Cartwright. My first childhood crush!