Pumpkin_Man After I saw the extremely awesome Land of the Lost movie for a 2nd time, I wanted to see the series that it was based on. I was new to the series, and I thought it was pretty good! They have good plots, cheesy special effects, and much more. On a routine expedition, Marshall, Will, and Holly meet the greatest earthquake ever known. They are transported to the Land of the Lost, and try to find their way back home. Throughout the season they must deal with a T-Rex named Grumpy, befriend a Pakuni named Cha-Ka, escape the Sleestak, seek Enik's help, and meet a friendly dinosaur named Dopey. During the 2nd season the Marshalls are still trying to get home, and throughout the season they must deal with Sleestak, the Zarn, help Cha-Ka steal a dinosaur egg, survive powerful storms, and deal with blackouts. During the third season, Rick Marshall is transported back to Earth due to an earthquake, the same time his brother Jack comes looking for them. The earthquake causes new creatures to awaken. All the Pakuni, except Cha-Ka are gone. Cha-Ka speaks English. Their home in the Land of the Lost is destroyed, and they are forced to find a new place to live. During the course of this season Will turns invisible, the Sleestak tamper with the sunlight, they meet Medusa, go aboard the Flying Dutchman, stop an Abominable Snowman, Cha-Ka turns evil, and much more! I highly recommend LAND OF THE LOST: THE COMPLETE SERIES!!! p.s. When Ifind out about the ticket to see the Land of the Lost movie, I used it, and saw it for a 3rd time on June 23rd! I took my mom, but she didn't like it as much as I did. I got two free LAND OF THE LOST posters. I wanted the one with Rick, Holly, and Will in the raft, with Grumpy behind them, and the people of the theatre also gave the one with Will Ferrell running and Grumpy is busting out of the poster! I already put them up in my room.

Woodyanders I use to religiously watch this incredibly off-the-wall quirky'n'kooky children's TV show every Saturday morning as a kid growing up in the mid to late 70's. Stalwart widowed forest ranger dad Rick Marshall (excellently played by the firm-as-granite Spencer Milligan), his whiny son Will (teen pin-up hunkling Wesley Eure) and spunky daughter Holly (adorable pig-tailed cutie Kathy Coleman) are absorbed through a mysterious time portal into an exotic and dangerous primitive world populated by ferocious dinosaurs, savage cavemen, vicious humanoid lizards called Sleestaks, and other such otherworldly beings. The trio are terrorized by Grumpy the Tyrannosaurus Rex, befriended by Cha-Ka the simpleton furball missing link, and try their best to leave this alternate universe. Of course, they run across plenty of bizarre beasties such as Medusa and the Abominable Snowman. Rick was eventually replaced by the equally gutsy Uncle Jack (rugged Ron Harper), but the show never lost its strangely beguiling and captivating sense of zany oddball fun, with the crude herky-jerky stop motion animation, chintzy sets, endearingly shoddy special effects, offbeat plots, likable main characters, and a simply spectacular spirited hillbilly bluegrass theme song all adding immensely to the hugely entertaining weirdness. An awesome vintage 70's time capsule of lovably ludicrous lunacy.

jsfmt99 This was my favorite Saturday morning program by Sid and Marty KrofftOn a rafting expedition, the Marshall family (Holly, Will and father Rick) fall down a waterfall into a time portal which sent them to the Land of the Lost. The land of the lost was a prehistoric world. Each week, the Marshall family faced many challenges and shared many learning experiences in the Land of the Lost. It was a story of survival. They dodged dinosaurs and befriended Cha-Ka, who was a prehistoric simian humanoid. Cha-Ka could speak in his native language Pakuni, which was learned by the Marshall Family. It is my understanding that a Pakuni dictionary has been written for those of you who want to learn Pakuni.For its time the special effects were very good but the acting sometimes was overkill and really fake which made me laugh just because it seemed so stupid. But then again, the actors were often acting to a blue screen and the special effects were added later.The thing that I remember the most about this show (other than my crush for actress Kathy Coleman who played Holly Marshall) was the Sleestak. Remember the Sleestak? Those giant walking hissing lizards with those big bug eyes? A few of the Sleestak were played by professional basketball players. They really scared me as a kid and I always remembered that to get rid of them all I had to do was to touch a blue and green crystal together to create a force field. The settings of the Land of the Lost were very imaginative and unique such as the lost city and the pylons. The background music was both a little corny but eerie too!There were also many other memorable characters in this show including the Zarn, Enik, Ta, Sa and Malak. The Zarn was the most mysterious and scariest character in the series. The Zarn was often invisible and his presence could be heard and it sounded like wind chimes cutting through the eerie silence.You can find more information about the show on the Land of the Lost website: www.landofthelost.comThis program had 43 episodes and ran for 3 years (1974-1977). It has been released on DVD. You can buy the DVD series on Ebay.

Brian Washington This probably was one of the best shows to ever be put on Saturday afternoons. This pretty much came at the time when the Kroffts were moving away from the wild fantasy shows that made them famous ("H.R. Pufnstuff", "Lidsville", "The Bugaloos") to more adventure oriented shows. This definitely was the best and most memorable of all their adventure oriented shows. The Marshalls were pretty much a real family who were put into an unusual situation of being lost in another dimension fighting all sorts of dinosaurs and other exotic creatures. Also, the Sleestack's were probably the most frightening villains that ever were created for a Saturday morning show. This definitely is one of the best shows to ever come from the minds of Sid and Marty Krofft.