Lost Interview

When it comes to watching videos, it seems I have the same technique as I do when it comes to listening to music - I latch onto something - then I play the thing over and over again. This is the case with the video below.

I somehow stumbled across this video of an interview with Bill Mumy (or "Billy", as I think of him). I don't really know much about him, other than I remember him as a kid (both him and me) from an old Twilight Zone episode. And, of course, he was on the old Lost in Space TV series - which is what this portion of the interview deals with.

Even though Lost in Space was on during my all-important formative years of nine to twelve years old, I never got to watch it. Back then, like Batman, it had the misfortune of falling during that period of  Dad's bizarrely ill-conceived, yet thankfully short lived, "No TV on a School Night" experiment.

Thus, most of what I knew of the show, I learned from the occasional weekend commercial, and by listening to the other kids on the playground rave about the most recent episode. (This, I believe, is where I began living my entire life vicariously through others.)

So, I knew enough of the show to know that, a) it was awesome, b) it had an awesome robot on the show, c) the family lived in an awesome spaceship and d) Angela Cartwright was really cute. I think that pretty much covered all of the important plot points.

Anyway, as I mentioned, this clip deals with some of Mr. Mumy's time on Lost in Space or, more specifically, with stories about his then co-workers. I don't know that you need to be familiar with the show to enjoy this video. I don't think you do.

I like the fact that, a) he tells his stories so well, b) he comes off as a really kind, thoughtful, funny and respectful person, and c) he got to date Angela Cartwright and become friends, even though I didn't.

Somewhere, I have this series on DVD, but I've never watched it. I'm pretty sure it won't live up to my expectations. But that's ok, I still enjoyed this interview and I still have my memories - or, in this case, I have other people's memories. Now, it seems, this will include his memories, as well...