Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S3E19 THE MERMAID Restored Remastered Classic HDTV Episode!

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Season 3 Episode 19
"The Mermaid"
First aired 29 January, 1967
Guest star: Diane Webber
Captain Crane discovers mermaid and brings her aboard Seaview. But her Merman is mad as hell and comes looking for his missing mate.
This episode uses footage from the movie "The Mermaids of Tiburon," a low-budget 1962 feature starring Ms. Webber. The episode marks the first appearance of a female (of any species) in season three, and possibly the last such appearance for the remainder of the series.
Observant Voyage fans will experience "Deja Voyage" when the Manfish - I mean, the Merman - crashes through a bulkhead.
This episode is a recording from a recent HDTV broadcast of a newly transferred and restored film. The episode has been shortened by the rights holder to the current standard length for one-hour episodes through the use of cuts and increased frame rate. Additional audio and video augmentation by TooleMan TV, 2023.

[@darlenewhite8622]

One of my favorite classics, haven't seen in a while, yes bring back those good old classics, love 💕 them😊.

[@jodypitt3629]

Hi Darlene, I have mermaid pictures and figurines around my flat, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Waterhouse mermaid is in my bathroom, so for 2 pins I too would have 'jumped ship' along with Captain Lee Crane. Loved mermaids ever since I was a child.

[@jodypitt3629]

Oh and Darlene, Diane Webber portrayed the mermaid in this episode, her tail is exactly the same as that Ann Blyth had worn in "Mr. Peabody & The Mermaid."

[@stevenrussell5340]

"The Mermaid' is one of the best episodes of this show.

[@theironclads]

I didn't know this series had any best episodes?

[@johnbgood52]

I used to love this show when I was a kid.

[@frankruberto8024]

Did anyone else notice how the camera followed the seal in the opening scene? The sub couldn't turn like that to follow the view! LoL Love it!

[@johnshields6852]

I was 7 back then and watched this every week, the little mini flier is my favorite and the ping sounds.

[@kenw.1112]

The Yellow flying sub.

[@Trupp42]

​@@kenw.1112Right !

[@jackpayne5101]

It always gets me that when someone not least the Captain says they saw something they always get laughed at, as if they haven't seen some weird stuff already.🤔

[@gorillaau]

Everyone has their memories reset between episodes. This must be a painful experience as we never see it and they never talk about it. Not remembering the weird stuff is convenient from a syndication perspective, the series can go in any order and it still works. Skip an episode or even half a dozen and you haven't missed any character progression, because there isn't any. It's like a a sci-fi based sit-com.

[@johnbgood52]

@@gorillaau That's just how TV was done in those days. You'd have an occasional two-part episode, and even, rarely, a three-parter, but story arcs didn't really become a thing until the '80s, and weren't commonplace until the '90s.

[@gorillaau]

@johnbgood52 I was being facetious. I think it may have been Doctor Who that first had recurring characters, and recalled the last encounter. The Deleks and cybermen were always recognised on sight by the Doctor and companions, on subsequent encounters.

[@Bob-1802]

Making fun of the captain, in front of him! Perfect behavior to be grounded... usually.

[@gorillaau]

@@Bob-1802 Unless it's the admiral who is making light of it.

[@hg27]

Ridiculously entertaining!!😁👍

[@josenighthawk]

Jeepers! ... Never suspected the Navy to be this exciting! .. 😂😅

[@markmiller6402]

I love these Naval documentaries

[@jerrycooperman4691]

The monster's costume is hilarious 🤣.

[@Trupp42]

The cast who was in charge of makeup, costumes, etc. severely lacking in the creativity/imagination dept. Pretty bad - oh well, a youths imagination fills in the rest.

[@FlipDahlenburg]

Irwin Allen never wasted a perfectly good green monster on just ONE t.v. show!

[@zzzbbbooo]

Nor his sound effects.

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

Well in this episode his eyes are covered.

[@donaldcrabtree6259]

Beautiful rendition of the show. They really don't make them like this anymore...and they should. Maybe it would stimulate the imagination and hopes of the viewers, young and old.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

These were lots of fun back in the day. You're right, nothing like them since. Not everyone s cup of tea of course but I wonder about the lack of imagination and lack of appreciation for way out cinematography displayed by grumpy critics.

[@jamesphilip6737]

This seemed to be a lot better watching it in the 1960's 😅

[@jameswest509]

My 15 year old self thought it was pretty bad when saw it back then. I was always looking for something else to watch when it was on.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

There was always Lassie and Wild Kingdom as alternatives but they didn't have a theme park submarine either.

[@jayturner3397]

Luved as a kid when we got them in England 🇬🇧 🤣

[@RobbyFindlay-uq2dy]

I saw this the first time round and I don't remember it being this funny. It's such great fun.😂❤

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

True!

[@RobbyFindlay-uq2dy]

I love the fight scene in which three men tried to grab hold of the aquatic gargoyle, slipping 'n' sliding all over the shop. They got the "slippery as an eel" bit down perfectly 😂. That was so much fun. I'd smash the place up proper if some naval captain had it away with my bird, I'd soon knock some sense into 'im 👊💥. I don't care how 'andsome he is. Bleedin' cheek😮, who does he think he is? My shark🦈 pals would be looking to take a few chunks🦈 out of 'im I can tell ya. Great stuff 👍 ❤🇬🇧

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Yes, the ballet with the Monster was wonderful. Irwin was said to like Voyage GRIM, but that great dance was delightfully hilarious.

[@PeterCox-mm6kh]

Brilliant, love seeing the manfish make a guest appearance.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

I do too. Some critics grouse about that, but ol' Manfish looks great in this one. Especially when he makes his debut. A Voyage commentator has accused the Manfish of upstanding the Mermaid herself in the second half, but I'm still glad he's here.

[@lads.7715]

ManFish was definitely not a Good Mensch.

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

Having the manfish return gives an opportunity to reuse the iconic scene of him bursting through the wall and grabbing Captain Crane.

[@rudolphmcneill515]

Love this show. Recently a cable channel had "Sci-fi Saturdays." Thos was on the line-up with The Powers of Matthew Starr, Time Tunnel, Buck Rogers, Land of the Giants, The Invaders... There were a couple more that I can't think of. It all began with a movie from 8-10 hosted by Svengoolie. Lol. As much out of this world stuff these characters have encountered, they don't believe there could be a mermaid. Lol.

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

What's the Name of the Channel ?

[@nicomeklrowing5935]

METV

[@EdRedekop]

Did not realize that they had such cool gadgets on board. Way cool!

[@johnavast5939]

I love the first shot of the seal from the bow - the windows were able to track a moving seal lol

[@mikevanblommestein5726]

The fight scene at 22 min is worthy of an Oscar :)

[@tonybatista1928]

I remember this episode from 50 years ago.

[@fluffybond912]

This is my favourite episode of Voyage to the Bottom of The 🌊 Sea .I ❤it. The Under Water Weed Monster &the fight scenes where great.

[@zorkonthegreat5879]

Seems like in every other episode something would go into the circuitry room and rip out the cables.

[@qwertyqwertysson9736]

I would totaly start locking that door. And replace those paper walls with something sturdier😂

[@musasealy7900]

Those monsters were either vert smart or they had inside information.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

​@@musasealy7900Too true.

[@reapergoreman7949]

Wow 😮🤯💭 is my first time watching the show and I love it 😄😊📢👍Thank you for upload 😄

[@waltherppx6314]

Loved this show when I was a kid in the 60's. Now they are a good laugh because they are just so cheesy. Particularly the episodes in the final season. Much like the final season of Lost in Space (also an Irwin Allen series)...

[@josephmatthews9866]

FOOTNOTE : some, if not most of captain crane's mermaid chase scenes were lifed from another completely different movie called THE MERMAIDS OF TIBURON ( didn't anyone notice she's toppless during the chase, but suddenly sporting plastic seaweeds coverings when she's captured ) FOOTNOTE 2 : if anyone's interested the MERMAIDS OF TIBURON was re -released a few years later under the title AQUA SEX with new footage of more nearly naked mermaids except the new mermaids had legs !! The back story was the movie producer had only a few fish tails leftover from the first film and so made do without them ! This movie is out on DVD ,but i don't know about the re release is . Happy mermaid watching 😊😊😊

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Many thanks!🎉

[@kevinhoughton9134]

I loved that programme, takes me back to great times as a kid, looking at this though seems like they had a very small budget, men fish episode hybrid with this one.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Yes, they had the usual "TV budget," the SF shows of the day had to spend the same amount as regular TV shows despite need for more. And budget might get trimmed if ratings weren't high. Season 3 here is now confined to the sub, guest casts down to a minimum. Voyage's biggest budget was issued the previous year. They couldn't spend like that again. However, the Monsters -- I'll support their tailors-- looked wonderful. Probably the best in prime time for a long time. Pre CGI, there were few rivals even through the 70s.

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

Thanks for the upload in HD very Nice 😁😁

[@porkbeans4792]

The monster also was in a episode Lost In Space but he was pink. The episode Dr Smith was held on trail and this creature was in the background.

[@teedup8995]

It was in a first year episode where Will rode in an alien space craft and had his intelligence increased. Dr Smith tried to duplicate what happened to Will, but was changed to an old man.

[@staciasmith5162]

Irwin Allen used the same monsters and props (and actors) in all of his tv series. Saved money.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

​@staciasmith516Good to see them often though. Telecreatures are amusing. If the Outer Limits had lasted, and if the show's projected spinoff had made it, it would have been interesting to see how many Limits monsters would have been passed around...Star Trek's "The Cage" may have used one...

[@BlazingBear777]

Awesome thanks ✌ watched this back in the eons of time Lol

[@deksea]

I used to watch this back when I was a kid. My brothers and I thought this show was great. My father, a navy engineer, criticized the show non stop. Now watching it again as an adult, I understand why.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

I love the show but it would be interesting to chat about it with your father.

[@chrismayer3919]

But of COURSE there would be a Mermaid 🧜‍♀️ in one episode of VOYAGE. Just like there are Centaurs like me in STAR TREK! 😁

[@edgardobravo7351]

Goodness! I won't sleep tonight! That Godzila thing gave me shivers down the spine. 😂🤣

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

It does look "good"...

[@northernbettygirl]

This is one romance where Lee will never forget the one that got away.

[@hesdeadjim3646]

I was waiting for the mermaid to also break in to the circuitry room.

[@lesleyhughes4969]

😅😅😅

[@freddyalvaradamaranon304]

Muy lindo video muchas gracias por compartir 😊. Es un episodio muy interesante de esta muy buena serie, con la muy buena actuación de David Hedison y la bella actriz invitada.❤😊❤

[@gerardcousineau3478]

The green guy is very discreet 👍🍀

[@SuperChicken666]

I was thinking Captain Crane should just take out his cell phone and make a video of the mermaid. It is the future by the way. But then I realized this was supposed to be the future eighties or late seventies as imagined in the sixties.😊❤❤❤

[@WadeTaylor-e1x]

Because of this show I thought navy submarines had windows like aircraft do when I was 4 years old.

[@hereandthere9023]

Geesh. Now I have an Eagle Eye Cherry song going in my head ... about mermaids.

[@philfoster8789]

Shame that other crewman didn't get credited. (He had lines to say... so why not?) Thanks, "Man".

[@yannschonfeld5847]

As farfetcged as mermaids might be, the topic takes on some reality. The nuclear missile at the bottom of the Pacifice Ociean has some historical truth and the U.S.s destruction or defusing of it little know to the U.S.S.R. There is a faire degree in the interactions of the crew with their superiors (we're on break) the banter between Baseheart and Hedison, and even Dowdell, rolling his eyes, you could read his thoughts. More than a few chuckles in this episode. Miss those days and those times. Merci

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Indeed, this episode loosened up a lot. Very enjoyable.

[@jackpayne5101]

Why is it that these monster's can just amble through the Seaview without any one seeing them 🤔

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

I nerd out on that all the time. A big sub to be sure, but the creatures travel through it like a butterknife through...butter! The one that amazes me most is the Abominable Snowman, big and wooly and easily missed by search parties.

[@Marcstang04]

@@AdmiralNelson1000 and they all wind up in the circuitry room

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

I caught me a mermaid once while fishing. Twas my first online date ;-)

[@TooleManTV]

Good one!

[@gorillaau]

A nice catch.

[@CescoCDN]

Many thanks for bringing the show "To the surface" Just noticed that, like Star trekL TOS, the "red" always gets killed.

[@ithewonder]

I hope Doctor Tony Newman knew about Lee Crane using his his green top ! Lol

[@mariakelly90210]

Hush! It was supposed to be a secret!

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Great call!

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

The only episode in the 3rd season that features a woman, even though some scenes of her were stock footage. There is a rumour that Irwin Allen was asked why women are no longer cast in the series. He answered the budget would not allow for women to be featured. He was asked to explain and Allen's reply was "make up, hair , and wardrope. That costs time and money".

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Indeed, the show was under a lot of pressure that year -- costs, ratings, production pace. A major move to snare a Junior Demographic and their Fathers I'm guessing. Hence the move to keep things hopping and for providing lots of pyrotechnics.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Oh yes, "PS". I'm wondering about that long held report that the issue over women on the show was just about money. Only clue I have to additional matters came from interviews with Ray Didsbury ("Crewman Ray") and Del "Kowalski" Monroe. They claimed that the "demographic" audience being courted in season 3 "didn't want 'em" (women), seemingly preferring being underwater with no "romance", just on going combat, mostly with creatures. [Filmfax, Starlog interviews].

[@CarlosRodriguez-pt3hq]

How was the mernaid able to survive all that time out of the water...maybe she was an amphibian mermaid..🧜‍♀️

[@transamfirebird1]

Excellent thanks 👍

[@michaelrichter9427]

I have a suggestion: how 'bout they stop installing fireworks behind all the panels for safety reasons?

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

You'd be depriving the show's 60s demographic of their catastrophic fun.

[@chiaradarville4853]

I like the episode but there was no credit given to the person that was the sea creature! I don't think that was fair because the part was done well.😢

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

True! Sometimes we DO get the name of the "creature", usually Dawson Palmer who was under a lot of foam rubber on Lost In Space. Palmer may have passed ca.67. Voyage texts also say that the actor playing the ill fated diver in Fossil Men did Monster Stunt Work. The marvelous two Volume Voyage history by Marc Cushman sometimes identifies the stuntman....

[@BillC518]

Some recycled footage in this episode from the one titled The Manfish. The bomb defusing footage also recycled from an episode, I believe, called The Peacemaker, when a Proton bomb was brought aboard the Seaview and disarmed after it's security systems were deactivated by divers.

[@tonybatista1928]

Irwin Allen, was good for using stock footage

[@BillC518]

@@tonybatista1928 Yeah, kept the cost for props down!

[@hg27]

You're absolutely correct. 👍

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

Gotta reuse the iconic scene of the creature bursting through the wall and grabbing Captain Crane.

[@jamesdelap4085]

Use the LOST IN SPACE MUSIC, Irwin, or get rid of the goofy monsters.

[@moonpawooe7134]

After all the aliens , robots. Ghosts and pirates they have encountered the admiral thinks a mermaid is a ridiculous idea

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Zany!😂

[@jackpayne5101]

I know he's friends with the Admiral but the Captain taking off like that without even bothering to let him know, bit naughty! 🤔

[@bryansammis998]

If this was the real navy, Crane would have been busted down so low, he’d be saying “yes sir” to Kowalski

[@gorillaau]

Lol. Thanks for the comment. There is a lot of artistic license taken in this show.

[@Wisdom2024-l4s]

They dropped a part of the bomb right there in front of the bomb. All somebody has to do is pick it up and put it back in.

[@davidfoster8172]

love this show but man can that sub take a beating!!

[@kkumi1782]

Could have had a spin-off series, revolving around the shore-based repair crew. Along the lines of McHales Navy.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

​@kkumi1782 Excellent idea!

[@carlacrawford9349]

Wish we could see all the edited material they removed in all the episodes. Put them back where they belong and have a series marathon of all the episodes. (110) Even with the commercials. 😊😊😊 0:00

[@hg27]

Yes...that would be nice. 😁👍

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Great idea!!

[@gouhanki5181]

That’s MeTV for you, commercial upon commercial, and they cut these shows to pieces

[@davis4ism]

They should make remake with next generation seaview submarine!!

[@mariakelly90210]

Steven Spielberg DID remake this show! His version was called Seaquest DSV

[@lordeden2732]

Nothing like it!

[@DonaldWells-wk8dc]

I like how the Monster picks on the lower class employees...😊

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

He did slap the Admiral and the Captain around at least once.

[@archstanton4365]

My boyfriend's back and there's gonna be trouble! Hey Nah Hey Nah!

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Too😂true!

[@LionheartNh]

You know I think the green monster was really a man in a suit.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

I didn't know that! I was wondering how they fed him during filming.

[@northernbettygirl]

Thank you Captain Obvious!

[@kkumi1782]

It's an actors' union thing. You must have one human actor, for so many non-human actors.

[@escole48]

No, it wasn't. It be a green monster. 😬

[@DonaldWells-wk8dc]

"Chip's ahoy"😊

[@flatcamerafilms307]

The only tool I brought was an IKEA furniture building tool.

[@tonybatista1928]

HMMM. If your wife, girlfriend, fiance was kidnapped,or mate was kidnapped, how would you react? Guys.? Would you react insanely trying to find your mate, to find her. Frantically doing what You would instinctively YOU WOULD to save her,?

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

An interesting way to see that....

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

Amazing makeup 💄 If world underwater! 😂😂😂

[@shellyaus]

Not a very well constructed sub, when the creature is fighting with 3 men at about 22 minutes and throws one into the sub structure in moves a few inches, not to mention the typical electrical shorts that happen all the time

[@rudolphmcneill515]

Who cares. It's a 60's sci-fi show purely for entertainment.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

It's built to offer "entertaining damage" that won't sink it.

[@archstanton4365]

Being miserable must be a real "entertaining" hoot!

[@hg27]

The prop men didn't do a good job securing that structure to the floor of the sub. I noticed that too.

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

When I was a child, my parents would not let me watch this show; I thought they were being "mean," or worried about it causing nightmares. Now, I realize that it is because they had a developed standard for tv shows. Still, suspend disbelief and it is entertaining.

[@billhosko7723]

go away karien

[@archstanton4365]

Do you still have to ask them for permission to use the new fangled internet? It's probably past your bedtime anyway.

[@Three_Random_Words]

Were your parents authoritarian liberals or authoritarian conservatives?

[@Three_Random_Words]

or A. moderates. A. libertarians 😆🤪

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

True enough!😅

[@johnshields6852]

Seaweed man

[@Lorne.Morrell]

Tie Fighter?? LOL That's all I hear from the Mer-man

[@tperk]

33:34 oh for pete's sake.

[@moviesgalore9947]

Top Secret memo is great detail I tried to Enlarge it but the words are blurry.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Interesting. I'll make a try for it next...

[@MrGoblin60]

Oh man! The monster is a recycled Creature from the Black Lagoon!

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Encore!

[@richardhamblen5526]

LOL, I saw this thing on "Jonny Quest, in 1969...

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Likely did!

[@Three_Random_Words]

According to description this aired in Jan 1967.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Come to think of it, Jonny Quest did have a Sea Thing that snuck aboard a hapless freighter...

[@dbozexpat894]

Why is the monster making a noise like a X-wing fighter? 🤣🤣🤣

[@waltherppx6314]

Nope, it sounds like an Imperial tie fighter not an X-wing...

[@dbozexpat894]

@@waltherppx6314 thank you for that correction.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

The Fishman sounds like an Imperial TIE Fighter although this came before Star Wars.

[@DonaldWells-wk8dc]

It appears that husband doesn't like extra Marital affires🤔

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Definitely not😮!

[@James-p1b6s]

How come the monsters yell sounds like a TIE fighter from Star Wars?

[@adamcheong4742]

Fantasy episode.

[@redblade8160]

Real mermaids don't wear bras!

[@leewilliamson3424]

😳 it's the creature from the Black lagoon part 2 after the fire

[@Adam-k6r2o]

Thirst thing they do is kidnap the mermaid lol

[@davidfoster8172]

wow they copied a lot from another episode, or the other one did

[@waltherppx6314]

In the final season they were all formulaic and ridiculous...

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

The old Saturday Matinee approach. The younger the audience, the more liberties taken. The show also had huge expenses and ....

[@carlacrawford9349]

This episode would be a good canidate for apart two storyline. Could have been interesting.😊😊😊 12:19

[@UegBsjji]

❤

[@Adam-k6r2o]

All the monsters sound like tie fighters from starwars

[@alipeacock3685]

The sea monster was the pits!

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

This show is very Japanese.

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

Richard Baseheart was ridiculously over qualified to be working on a show like this, having worked with John Houston and Fellini...

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

I love this show but yes, that's true. David Hedison claimed to have been exasperated with the kids show approach too, as did "the Chief". "Kowalski" didn't mind either course. David Hedison and Terry Becker later "reconciled" with the show, acknowledging how much it did mean to us "easy to please" kiddies back in the day.

[@Three_Random_Words]

other Irwin Allen shows started out serious, with high aspirations. Lost In Space had a really great pilot episode, but eventually it devolved to giant talking vegetables, which are kind of entertaining in it's own way. The Allen got into disaster movies in the 70s.

[@lesleyhughes4969]

He needed the money

[@theirrydamiens5840]

Ok

[@thejdgoodwin]

When I was a kid I loved this show. My parents weren't quite as enthusiastic as me. I couldn't understand why they didn't love this show. Watching it again all these years later I realize that perhaps my parents were right. This is a really stupid television program, and it just didn't age well over the decades.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Perhaps a harsh assessment. Look at it this way --- a space age update on the old Saturday Matinee serials. A lively art form in its own way. Not for everybody of course. But more colorful, more toys, great model work and overall SFX and fine music. One can take this two ways, but "they'll never make 'em like this again."

[@thejdgoodwin]

@@AdmiralNelson1000 Agreed. I was a bit harsh. Your opinion seems well-reasoned and fair.

[@kenw.1112]

CORNY , BUT GOOD!

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Thank you, Ken. When a fun show needs friends!😅

[@philiphicks7108]

Of all the captains of all the ships in a tv series including space Crane has to be the wimpiest 😂

[@texgowing7359]

😂😂😂A mermaid with knees 😂😂😂

[@kkumi1782]

The fishy bit was at the wrong end.

[@guillermoisamit7784]

Interesante, pero la única joven ni siquiera una palabra de libreto

[@clearingbaffles]

Mr Morton says 30 minutes they go to a Flank bell and arrive at the spot to retrieve Captain (Felix Lighter) Crane 2 - 3 hours before it is supposed to happen “Proof that Irwin Allen had control of time travel and we’re just dialing it in on Time Tunnel

[@techisgod]

Mmmhahahahahahahah. How would that creature know about relay Logic control boards and how to destroy them ?

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

On season 3 it's common knowledge among the denizens of the deep.

[@techisgod]

LOL I like you.@@AdmiralNelson1000

[@patrickdoyle9369]

The Admiral has to be the most incompetent person ever...

[@lordeden2732]

This speaks the kid from the remedial class