Lost In Space - Dr. Smith Vs The Robot

Jonathon Harris Vs Bob May

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

The funniest thing they did on this show is when they made the robot more human, and he started back talking to, insulting and making fun of Smith!! One of the best comedy teams ever!

[@jarmyvicious]

Salut, I am immediately reminded of "Invader Zim".... ZIM and GIR, going at it! This is a question for Jhonen Vasquez; "Was "Lost in Space" inspiration for the Nickelodeon cartoon? Cheers!

[@dannyparis3383]

Jonathan Harris and the robot always stole the show their chemistry was off the chain crazy as hell hilariously

[@melissaferguson5892]

And this is what I grew up with. Thank god.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

One of the best tv characters in history

[@edwardandrade4390]

Who else remembers this awesome show as a kid? Best times, best shows

[@lindarock4128]

yup happy times the only thing i can say now is the pain the pain

[@Boundlessness]

I wasn’t even alive until 2003 but all these insults are hilarious. Y’all had some elegant roasts

[@MichaelMyers-pj2uk]

I grew up spending a lot of times with my grandparents as a kid. They didn’t have internet or cable. Just an antenna and one station played old TV shows and Lost in Space was one of those shows and forever gave me a love for older cinema. Movies and Tv shows just aren’t as ambitious and shows like Lost in Space

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Teenager 1978-82, Re-runs (WLVI T.V. Station, Boston), "West"ern Mass. RIP Mark Goddard Major West!

[@susanb2015]

It was about 1970 and they played reruns of Lost in Space. Land of the Giants. and the Twilight Zone at night.

[@mister-v-3086]

After the first season, it could have been Re-titled, "The Dr. Smith, Will, and the Robot Show." It suited my quirky sense of humor, but what amazed me was that my Grandmother liked it. Whenever Dr. Smith let out his howl of fright and hid behind Will, the rocker picked up speed, she'd let out with, "Oh, That old fool!" and cackle for half an hour. To this day, I think that was some wonderful.

[@MoosevilleNational]

I don't care how campy and silly it got, that was all part of the charm, and in the end, it was just pure escapist fun! Love this show!!

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Well, I wish the show at least had some better stories and plots, but I loved the comedy between Smith and the Robot!! Don vs Smith was always good too! It always felt like this was the day Don would blow a gasket and knock Smith’s block off!

[@raccuia1]

@@rockwellrhodes7703 you're right. It's full of bubble headed boobies and ninnies.

[@lastmanonearth71]

With all due respect for the cast of "Lost in Space", Jonathan Harris, made this series work! With his constant barrage of acerbic personal attacks upon the Robot, and the occasional "shot across the bow", at the Major, just a superb staccato of "put-downs", just magical, indeed!........

[@ArchibaldBagge]

Jonathon Harris is a genius.

[@marcosantonioleite3769]

Tradução

[@TaercEum]

@@marcosantonioleite3769 Tradução? Do Programa enteiro? 😂

[@MikeKye200]

After all these years, I still miss Jonathon Harris.

[@turinmormegil7715]

The show only needed Smith, the robot and the boy to work. The interaction between the three of them is genius.

[@user-ht1xu4gv2u]

Forgot. The BLOOP

[@turinmormegil7715]

@@user-ht1xu4gv2u lol

[@Warhammerdude980]

Have all the seasons of DVD, always puts me in a good mood to watch an episode.

[@johnbockelie3899]

" You will never take me alive!!" ' your condition is unimportant."

[@forcedtomaskthyface]

Might be a good time to start watching some of those dvds

[@tomkelly1442]

I’m so jealous

[@michaelhoolihan5849]

Alongside 60's Batman, the best of a golden period of TV. Dr Smith is possibly the greatest character of the era. So, so, many great characters and concepts. An inspiring time that reflects favourably.

[@GizziMoD]

We used to race back on Sunday to watch this after our house chores.... what a show

[@paulam5864]

This is one of my favorite childhood shows! l love the Robot and Dr Smith's hysterics!

[@radioroger1683]

Early black and white were good, Then it turned very childish and stupid

[@Wixom2200]

Dr. Smith constantly was lighting up the Robot. Insane!!! Crazy comical lines.LOL

[@alejandrocandelario9621]

I'm 19 and I would always watch this with my dad, who grew up with the show. Good times.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

35 and I remember watching this with my dad when the Sci-fi channel would show these reruns 🤣

[@BWKAPPA]

Jonathan Harris (Smith) absolutely made the show!

[@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4]

Sometimes I couldn’t handle his character’s stupidity.

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

@@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4 He was no worse than Gilligan.

[@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4]

@@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753 dr smith was selfish, did thing out of selfish motives. Golligan was just trying to honestly be helpful, he was just clumsy.

[@Doug5007]

The robot made the show also. I see where the inspiration came from for CP30

[@BWKAPPA]

@@Doug5007 Absolutely! Dr. Smith would be nothing w/o the Robot. They were linked from the beginning when Smith attempted to use the robot for destruction. Also Will Robinson. As a matter of fact they wanted to make a series right b/f Harris died w/the three of them returning to Earth. GREAT SHOW. HARRIS WAS BRILLIANT. "Oh the pain!" "Oh how lovely!"

[@starbuck2233]

Awesome..johnathan harris and the robot made that show...worth watching just for that...very good show....

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

"You fugitive from a junk heap." hahahaha

[@lucianogranie4247]

Never fear...Smith is here....

[@mikeoh6348]

my absolute favorite

[@walleclyde8759]

oh dear...Smith is here.

[@RJNumber45]

"... you quivering quintessence of fear.."

[@jeremybk54]

one of my favorite parts of the original series was watching the two argue and mock one another

[@Marcos5pb]

Does anyone remember if he used "sardine can" as an insult to the robot?

[@mitchellpak1666]

Lost in Space was a ludicrous show but the interplay between Smith and the Robot was priceless.

[@TheItsmegp46]

Silence you Babbling Birdbrain!

[@stevefranklin8052]

itsmegp46 yes sir, this dude probably wasn't even alive then to watch this great show. I was 6 when it 1st aired totally loved it, Still do lol.

[@TheItsmegp46]

I was 11. I watch it often on Hulu. When I babysit the grands, we binge watch.

[@Arbron]

I remember this show being re-aired in the mid-90s. I was under 10 myself at the time, but I loved it. Must go back to it someday. (Who says youngsters can't appreciate something from before our time?)

[@sirfer6969]

Absolutely. I watched my first full episode last night and the robot is hilarious.

[@alaskanmal63]

One of my favorite tv shows as a child.

[@hifrommike2120]

Hysterical. I loved this show growing up, one of the best things about growing up in the 60s.

[@InFltSvc]

Mr. Harris really saved this show and was the one that made it all work turning it from Sci-Fi into first and only time of a comedy Sci-Fi

[@jarmyvicious]

Salut, I am immediately reminded of "Invader Zim".... ZIM and GIR, going at it! This is a question for Jhonen Vasquez; "Was "Lost in Space" inspiration for the Nickelodeon cartoon? Cheers!

[@rhondathompson6942]

i miss this show rip johnathon harris

[@xucaen]

rhonda thompson did you get the remastered Blu Ray box set? It's awesome. New commentaries, too.

[@rhondathompson6942]

no but ill have to go out and buy it thank you 4 the imfo

[@lexieheiz1341]

rhonda thompson what show is it

[@xucaen]

Lexie Heiz Lost in Space

[@hillyhog7828]

I think I've watched this nearly a hundred times and still laugh. Brilliant.

[@floridaredneck]

I didn't see the show when it aired, but what I've learned what's great about Mr. Harris is that he wanted to be a star, he was a star and he loved enjoying letting everyone know he was and, that he loved being a ham. He was the Shakespeare of modern comedy. I was about 6 when this was on, but we only have one TV and you had to "earn" TV time, you didn't just sit down and watch what you wanted. I used my points to watch Zorro, and didn't know for 55 years that he was also in Lost In Space. We had to ask permission to use the phone too and "yes" was not always the answer you got, and no explanation was offered and you didn't ask for one either. Like many others, I only saw this in re-runs as an adult. I can see how the show developed around the Dr. and the robot and it's great to know Mr. Harris loved what he was doing and admired by so many, and that he was aware of it. He was much like Mr. Spock in that regard, to become a legend and and icon as both his character and the person.

[@anonymouscrank]

How could Dr. Smith have missed calling Robot a “clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk!” Ah, yes. MGM lawyers.

[@ericsmith8336]

The dysfunctional, yet humorous relationship between Dr. Smith and the Robot was the true prime of the show, everything else followed.

[@nrsratchet31]

At 5:44 the robot swings that purse at Dr. Smith's head lol. Love this show.

[@RobertSmith-km6gi]

In college my math professor always called me Dr. Smith. I finally asked him why and he replied “Because you’re lost in space”. I took it to heart and that is how most of my friends refer to me to this day over 50 years later.

[@antoinettemedina]

hilarious ~ i laughed so much @ 5:45 - nearly clobbering dr. smith with the swinging bags. this show brings back many memories as a child watching the show - thanks for posting!

[@richardwatts9924]

Great memories. How are you?

[@waverly24]

Classic line at 5:16 "I'm burning up alive and you bring me a cake, you pot-bellied prankster!!"

[@TheSteelStallion]

"You could pretend!"

[@marvinjones4415]

That line killed me!!!

[@stanadams371]

It was genius and absolutely hilarious

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

The writers were better at comedy, but sucked at SciFy or adventure drama, (in the last 2 years)!

[@George-pp2hr]

Love Doctor Smith's wise liners at the robot. That was all Johnathan. He was a hell of a credit to the show as well as a permanent guest star. A great ever show for all of us loyal.All the cast did superbly. Wonderful all. George in Ausland.👍✌️

[@erikskarvan6895]

Epic TV. Love Dr. Smith & the Robot. These cats are like a comedy team. Watched as a kid all the time.

[@thejupiter2574]

I loved it when the writers or Mr. Harris, allowed the Robot to get bold enough to give an insult back and too finally talk back to the good Dr. Robot: "It is Dr. Smith that is the Bubble headed Booby. snicker, snicker, snicker ."" When Mr. Harris did his One Man Shows down in Australia for his adoring many fans down there, he, Mr. Harris would open his shows with exchanging insults and dialog with a lit up functioning LIS B-9 Robot unit and the fans young and adult went nuts . On a hysterical interview posted on youtube with talk show host Mr. Conan O"Brien, Mr. Harris told all about his character and the LIS robot and how Mr. Harris would keep a notepad by his bed and would create and write down every single insult for the Robot. It wasn't the writers that created the memorable insults it was Mr. Harris :)

[@tollbar5468]

Never fear, Smith is here!

[@maryellengilvey1791]

My brother and I use to watch this show all the time. They went to different planets, the entire family and the robot.

[@dhart8451]

Watched the show when I was in grade school. Could not wait each week for the next episode, even if the robot was a babbling buffoon !!

[@francinewilson3798]

Loved the expression from Dr Smith "you Bubble headed Booby! Loved it!

[@windstorm1000]

'jabbering Judas' is my very favorite. the witty exchanges between Smith and the Robot (more than a moral match to Smith's selfishness) are easily the best thing about the show---Jonathan Harris's bon mots added a needed edge to sickly sweet family space show and raised it to a level that Oscar Wilde (and a discerning audience) delighted in. Beautiful tribute and wonderfully edited--thank you for putting it together! Fun!

[@jbooks888]

Oh do go on, you ludicrous popinjay.

[@nrsratchet31]

Metallic murderer!

[@Marcos5pb]

Oscar Wilde, the Irish writer???

[@amastinger9]

Thank you, I've laughed so much I've got tears in my eyes. These 2 had the best relationship and dialogue hahahahaha

[@amastinger9]

I know right...Dr Smith is a riot hahahah

[@stevef9876]

Everyone can relate to that dr. smith and robot dynamic. Everyone is looking for a patsy, someone to push around, kids love the robot and dr. smith.

[@cbltex]

Watching the rest of the cast about to lose it makes you wonder how many takes were needed sometimes :0

[@chriswebster1099]

"You jabbering Judas!" LMAO!

[@IZRElLO747]

Yes huh?

[@raymiemac71]

Now this is one of the best comedy duo's.. loved it.

[@CosmicStargoat]

Simply wonderful. Great series and Dr. Smith made it what it was.

[@abudujana13]

😅😂😅🤣😅 Dr. Smith is SOOOOOO funny!! Thanks for the video, FIRSTCOWTAILS

[@ringsakhaten7935]

So awesome. Doctor Smith is a delightful doll ;)

[@apkn1955]

My back is extremely delicate today.

[@Arbron]

"My back is a disaster area!"

[@rgkrazor8788]

Oh the pain..the pain

[@tomkelly1442]

So classic

[@tomkelly1442]

Best use of the internet ever. Bringing back the comedy giant Jonathan Harris. Even funnier than I remember

[@JTrav-lr3oc]

Thank you for this! I loved the Robot and Dr. Smith together. The best part of the show!

[@DionysusAlS]

'Quiet, you disreputable dunce.'

[@RJNumber45]

"...Alien origin indeed, you ill-informed ignoramus..."

[@tomkelly1442]

RUSH plus Dr. Smith. Greetings brother

[@Giondenver]

How I miss this show !!! Saw every episode as a kid .

[@chrispeplinski7306]

dr smith was the best at insults

[@IZRElLO747]

He sure was

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Jonathan wrote them himself

[@maxmulsanne7054]

The robot wasn't too bad either with his mono-tone, civilized responses.

[@mellowfellow6816]

Over 20 years since I last watched repeats of this on TV, I was too young and naive to fully appreciate these characters. Looks like I need to watch it again.

[@xucaen]

Melo Boy get the Blu Ray box set! The commentaries alone are worth it.

[@jimpierce3138]

It’s on ME TV, Saturday nite at 3am

[@critter7052]

rest in peace, Jonathan Harris...."oh dear...OH....the pain....".........thanks for posting!

[@IZRElLO747]

Yep! Oh the pain the pain

[@simonvickers7959]

Dr. Smith, Greatest T.V Character EVER!!!

[@bobcat3954]

My roll models growing up....Gilligan,Barney Fife and Dr Smith

[@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4]

So always screwing over/ doing dumb things that consists of repercussions for everyone else?

[@lordmjh]

this is one of the few times you are more often wrong is one of the best lines I think I've heard all day.

[@raypitt9350]

Great show .loved it when I was a kid.saw every episode ten times

[@zane401]

My favorite show In THE 70,S

[@tidorikaryu]

懐かしいです。毎週観ていました♪

[@dinomate01]

This was terrific !! Thanks for posting this Great Editing, brought back so many memories :)

[@ms.sonshine8878]

I loved the interaction between the Doctor and the robot. Fun show.

[@hlywdplayer]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, Jonathan Harris made the show in my opinion, cant imagine what it would have been like without him , as a kid this was one of my favorite shows (next to Batman) --wish the studio would re-release another (ALL complete in ONE box) DVD set of the entire series like they did with I Love Lucy instead of the available seasons divided into volumes (a HEADACHE) --those "Bobbleheaded Boobies !!! " LOL ! -- Thanks for this collage of Dr. Smith rants , Damn -- I should have held onto my Lost in Space lunchbox from 1968, worth a fortune !

[@windstorm1000]

the show would have been dull as sin without Jonathan Harris. He added tension and pointed humor. The other characters just don't seem real to me--they are all so 'noble'--when Maj. West aside--he was a hothead and that was good.

[@jmen4ever257]

At the time, none of the viewers had a clue about the original ending planed for the hungry sea episode, where they return to the Jupiter two to find smith frozen to death, then most likely, it would have ended with his funeral. This is when he sang there's no place like home, with the robot on guitar. After that, completely different show for better or worse.

[@smithjones3548]

LOL at 8:28 ROBOT: "I advise you to come peacefully..." DR. SMITH: "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!!" ROBOT: "Your condition is unimportant!"

[@MarioMorales925]

Yea that was very funny...hahahaha.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Later in that episode, they're both trying to get about the Jupiter 2 before it lifts off. Dr Smith has his foot stuck in the outer door: Smith: "DO something! They're getting ready to blast off! If we don't get inside, we'll be incinerated!" Robot:"*I* will be incinerated. YOU will just look silly hanging by your toes in space."

[@Eric-zi1oz]

They had a love/hate relationship but in reality they needed each other..

[@philipmonolagi269]

Anyone knows which episode was that from?

[@PrAnG2000]

That one killed me. Lmao

[@TheNzfroggy]

The robot was always my favourite. He had the best comebacks for Dr Smith.

[@ajaxcleanser330]

Dr Smith used the Queen's English in speaking; and when I was in school studying English grammar, I'd have a mental image of him talking. He's the reason I got A's in my English tests. :)

[@dmsnch]

Ajax Cleanser Yes, the accent isn’t perfect but it’s an old cliche for American films and shows to cast the villain as RP English-sounding.

[@bobmalack481]

Nothing better than good old classic British Queen's English. It's propper sounding. Robert at 67.

[@kendallevans4079]

He once quoted Shakespeare.. " ..alas poor robot, I knew him well..." priceless

[@Marcos5pb]

Harris was a Shakespearean actor!

[@richard63]

My mum and I loved Robot. He was good competition for Dr Smith. The best straight guy in the business of comedy.

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Funny you say straight because some assume he was effeminate in nature and was gay in real life and that is not the case. He married and had one child.

[@MAJMTCJ]

one of the great comic duos

[@hornsofdio6634]

i needed this humor - thank you for the memories !

[@nunayobiz]

Love the Robot’s laugh,

[@thejupiter2574]

+KJ Carson The Robot's laugh was voiced by the actor inside the suit Mr. Bob May but all the dialog was voiced by the shows' announcer Mr. Dick Tufeld such a great kid's show :) :)

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Yup I said the same thing. LOL

[@thejupiter2574]

Dr. Smith:""Indeeeed. Bah, bah I say. Now begone you Ninny before i turn you into a land vehicle."'

[@thejupiter2574]

***** B-9 Robot: ""My sensors are deeply hurt by your continual insults Dr. Smith. I thought..... I thought we had become friends. I will now pack my suit case with my oil cans and metal polish and a fresh power pack and go elsewhere. Perhaps on the other side of this planet there is someone who will appreciate me.""

[@Jgeneraledger23]

I always liked the "Uncle/Nephew" chemistry he and Billy had. It was funny at times, but seemed very genuine.

[@PRHILL9696]

Dr. Smith was so very different in the real early episodes. He was such a cold serious calculating killer. Then he later became different as a lazy goof and coward

[@nigelrees2696]

Wouldn't have him any other way.

[@Tazzman225]

JH was just following the script and made some changes himself. Did a good job of it.

[@johndodge8999]

The Tazzman he was not following the script.....he wrote ALL the Dr Smith versus Robot dialog. Both parts.

[@Shadowman4710]

@@johndodge8999 Ture, after the first half of S1. Harris was one of the few actors in Hollywood at the time who had total script control over his own character.

[@Tmanaz480]

He realized early on that the original stock villian wouldn't last very long. He started to stretch the character. When the audience responded positively, Irwin Allen gave him the go ahead to "keep doing it".

[@Springbok314]

I think the best insult was "fugitive from the junk pile." Also great when the Robot started to dish it back to Smith.

[@ToddieM]

One scene that should have been included was the robot monotoning that Dr Smith was incapable, when Smith wanted him to say that he was incapable of a lie.

[@ericzerkle5214]

RJ Mac the first season the robot didn't say a lot back to Dr Smith. The later episodes he started to open up and become more "lippy" to Dr Smith. :-)

[@debbieleroy8146]

Loved this show

[@johndodge8999]

Jonathon was writing ALL the robot and Dr Smith dialog.

[@oluhamilton2121]

SILENCE, you POMPOUS POPINJAY!! You MALINGERING METALLIC MONSTROSITY!! Gotta love it.

[@pettifoggingpharisee]

2:47 Cantankerous cold-hearted clump. Just the use "cantankerous" makes it my favorite. I'm going to use this.

[@sbug2705]

I just love it, because you heard great vocabulary as insults, instead of the boring swearing you hear these days.

[@aussievaliant4949]

So many good memories!

[@rogerangress1098]

Jonathan Harris & Dick Tufeld, the voice of Robot B-9; One of a kind comedy genius! The collections of redundancies is absolutely indubitable, but hardly insufferable. No more dilly-dallying--Just you wait!!!! RMA.....Quite so!!!!!

[@tomkelly1442]

Just you wait lol

[@berniecasey7572]

SO MUCH FUN THIS WAS from dr.smith

[@johnyount989]

Wow! Thanks for the memories....

[@xucaen]

I love this show. I am thoroughly enjoying my Blu Ray set.

[@robharding1957]

brilliant show and great cast that made this a classic,

[@humbleopinion1499]

It was years later I actually heard someone use the word "bellicose" as in Bellicose Bumpkin. I laughed when I heard the word and wondered what it actually meant. It means "looking for a fight or an argument". Lovely word - I hope it stays in use. Thanks Doctor Smith.!

[@fredferd965]

After the show ended, the two of them, Dr. Smith and the Robot, went on the vaudville circuit as a stand-up comedy act. After failing there, they were elected to the US Congress, where they remain today.

[@Arbron]

Goes to show politics can suck the fun out of anyone, even these two.

[@Starwithnonname]

the episodes are available on DVD and you might try iTunes. Wonderful editing too. He played the comedic villain so well and the dialogue was clever and witty. His timing was supurb.

[@kingsman8475]

The robot had the real heart on this show.

[@trevormowat2288]

Such wonderful comments to the Robot and such hilarious insults from the Robot😂😂😂😂

[@melodiebrookman4752]

I love it! Got to Love Dr. Smith! Oh the pain!

[@stephenfarthing485]

He's got a good opinion on Doctor Smith's ability to paint.

[@englishguy2010]

Dr Smith. Fucking legend!

[@Pipesandstooges]

I absolutely love this video.....😂😂😀😀😀😀💥💥💥💥💥

[@bobmalack481]

Even my humorless dad laughed at Smith in the day. Robert at 67.

[@robertknight4672]

Disreputable Dunce was a good one. It's good name for actual robot some supermarts have detecting spills and doing inventory. It often alerts people to spills that aren't there.

[@thejupiter2574]

In 2015 the Lost in Space TV show celebrated it's 50th Anniversary with it's Blu Ray episode disk set THAT means it was also the LIS Robot B-9's 50th Birthday as well :) :) LOVED the Robot dearly as a kid and truly thought it was real based on the different multi Robot suits they used that showed cables and wires giving the impression that he was real inside Actor Bob May was the Life Force of the Robot and he activated the Robot's functions from inside the suit. Mr. May did not receive public credit for being the Robot until after Mr. Allen's death. Irwin Allen wanted kids, like myself, to think that the Robot was real, so Mr. Bobbie may never got his name in the shows' credits. Mr. May did not supply the voice of the Robot but he did supply the low sarcastic laugh and allllll the mannerisms and reactions that brought the Robot to life. The voice of the Robot was done by the shows' announcer Mr. Dick Tufeld I love ironically how Mr. Harris was actually the voice of Lucifer the cylon robot henchman to actor John Colicos on the old classic TV show Battlestar Galactica Harris' voice was unmistakable and sounded exactly like the shrewd cunning plotting Dr. Smith exactly R I P Mr. Bob May and Mr. Dick Tufeld and Mr. Jonathan Harris You are all still loved and appreciated still in the year 2016

[@Lewis9709]

At 8:00, Penny can't keep a straight face. Dr. Smith and the Robot were one of the great comedy teams of all time.