WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:07.639 Hello, this is June Lockhart. You may remember me as 2 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:12.199 doctor Marie Robinson from Lost in Space and you're listening 3 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:16.920 to The Doctor Sky Show. 4 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:25.879 Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the exciting show that we 5 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.920 call The Doctor Sky Show, heard around the nation and 6 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:31.480 around the world. And we'd like to, of course thank 7 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:35.479 our flagship radio station KFNX News Talk Radio eleven hundred 8 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.320 AM in Phoenix, Arizona. And I'd be remiss if I 9 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:42.880 didn't thank our producer, Richard Dugan of radio station k 10 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:49.159 ZSB AM twelve ninety in Santa Barbara, California. The Doctor 11 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.000 Sky Show concerns great guest and great guest, ladies and gentlemen, 12 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:57.159 from the realms of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather, with 13 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:01.240 celebrity guests in the mix. Today, ladies and gentlemen, a 14 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:04.439 phenomenal guest once again on The Doctor Sky Show, A 15 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:07.400 legend of both stage and film, will be speaking in 16 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.400 just a few moments with actress June Lockhart. June Lockhart 17 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.120 has played not one, but two classic TV moms. First, 18 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.120 she was Timmy Martin's mom in Lassie, and then in 19 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:22.000 the nineteen sixties she played doctor Maureen Robinson on the 20 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:26.680 campy favorite Lollston Space, a very popular show. We're excited 21 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.480 to talk to June Lockhart today as she celebrates eighty 22 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:34.640 years as a professional actress here in January twenty fourteen. 23 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.359 With that, would like to have aready welcome, of course, 24 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:41.120 from myself and the entire audience, Welcome June Lockhart to 25 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:41.560 the Doctor. 26 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:43.359 That's a lovely introduction. 27 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:45.920 Thank you very much, June, thank you so much for 28 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.560 being here. I'm so fascinated about the story that we're 29 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.599 going to hear about today. You, of course born into 30 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.959 the business of show business, so to speak, getting involved 31 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.159 as a young child with your mom and dad. 32 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.879 Describe that, well, I should really say, but not of 33 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.400 the business, because my father insisted that I get a 34 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:10.599 good education before I went onto contract. And any films 35 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.479 that I did, the first one I did was Christmas 36 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:17.840 Carol with Them, which shows every year on Turner Classic Movies, 37 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.479 and I played Belinda in it, and they were both 38 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.800 mister and missus Bob Cratchett. But any films that I 39 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:28.719 did subsequently were done because they were first class of productions, 40 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:35.000 wonderful opportunities and a grand moment in which to see 41 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:40.120 how the grown up world worked, but he was absolutely 42 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:44.759 insistent that I not go through the studio school system, 43 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:48.680 which is not really sure a good way for any 44 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:50.680 child to get a good education. 45 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:55.080 Absolutely, and again we salute Teen Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart 46 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.159 here on the show. Very important of course in your 47 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:02.039 Parents described to us you played opposite well your parents 48 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:03.960 in the film version of a Christmas Carol that we 49 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:04.879 were talking about too. 50 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:06.719 Well, that's what I just said. 51 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.000 Yes, absolutely, just so amazing to have you as a 52 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.719 guest today, June, and so many questions that would like 53 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.080 to ask you. But let's talk as we moved through 54 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.919 time and space here on the Doctor Skyshow, Let's talk 55 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.599 about something that's phenomenal here. Let's talk about you being 56 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:25.000 Timmy Martin's mom in Lassie somewhat some two hundred episodes 57 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:25.360 or so. 58 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:27.479 Of Yeah, we did six years of that. 59 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:28.120 That's amazing. 60 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:35.879 And went through four main dogs and you know, they're 61 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:42.520 all trained and ready to go if one fails. So 62 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.439 we had four over the time that I worked. There 63 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.400 were four main dogs. And then at the same time 64 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:50.520 it was a dog who did the running, a dog 65 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.919 who did the stunts, and a dog who was a 66 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:53.439 stand in. 67 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.560 It's a very interesting show and it's almost amazing. And 68 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:59.800 I was mentioning before June, before we were on the 69 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:03.199 air that many of these television shows are appearing here 70 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.840 across the nation on MeTV, and to describe that they're 71 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:10.159 bringing back all the great classics like Lassie, Lost in 72 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:11.759 Space and so many other great shows. 73 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.960 Well, Petty co Junction, I did too for the last 74 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:15.080 few years it was on. 75 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:18.519 Oh yes, and that's another the Lady Doctor on it. 76 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:23.399 Well, it's great fun to watch Lost in Space on 77 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:27.439 me TV. I'm enjoying that a lot. And Lassie is 78 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:34.720 on every Saturday morning here in Los Angeles at nine 79 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:39.120 o'clock on a Trinity Broadcasting. I guess they feel it's 80 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:45.240 a rather pure show and appropriate for that kind of 81 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:48.839 well Christian broadcasting. 82 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:52.040 Absolutely, ju And I wanted to ask you for young 83 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.240 people that are listening out there, the advice that you 84 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:56.759 would give them if they want to pursue a career 85 00:04:57.319 --> 00:05:00.959 on stage television acting. You give us some advice because, 86 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.480 as we're talking before, you're celebrating your eightieth year this 87 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.920 year this month, that is January of twenty as. 88 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:12.560 A paid performer. Yes, it really really is remarkable. Well, 89 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:14.160 and what advice would I. 90 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.720 Get yes, absolutely, well absolutely. 91 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:20.199 First of all, get a good education, and aside from 92 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:26.720 what you're taught in school, be an activist. Participate in 93 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:33.199 activities which intrigue you. Be a volunteer. Get out there 94 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:37.959 and do things that will bring you into contact with 95 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.879 people that you otherwise would not meet. Like I mean, 96 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:44.279 you know, there's meals on wheels, there's cleaning parks. Get 97 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:49.839 involved that you're with your local music, whatever the You 98 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:53.920 don't need to play an instrument, if you don't be 99 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:58.319 an usher at the concerts. If there's an art museum 100 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:02.399 where you live, volunteer for that. Learn about art, just 101 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:07.560 find some passion and get involved in it as you're working, 102 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:12.199 your working your homework, or your school or your regular job, 103 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:17.199 even if it's just one day a week. And also, 104 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:22.680 this is so important. Read the press. I read the 105 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.319 New York Times. If you can every day. 106 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:30.000 Well, that's awesome. Absolutely, And that's that's no easy feet. 107 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:31.000 I mean, that's oh. 108 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.279 Yeah, you must know what's going on in the world 109 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:39.079 because we're all connected. But I think that volunteering is 110 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:44.040 something that any young person can do. If you like politics, 111 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:48.160 volunteer to be involved in campaigns. Sure, or here's something 112 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:52.759 else too. The police departments in all these cities always 113 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.920 need volunteers to help, and that's a fascinating thing. Here 114 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:03.240 in Santa Monica, we have a wonderful citizens Academy, which 115 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:07.920 I did twice and it's just brilliant. But you don't 116 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:11.319 have to have an academy to go to. But as always, 117 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.439 as a result of that, I became so involved when 118 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.800 they were going to lose the horses here. My family 119 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.759 and I were able to do a lot of promotion 120 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.680 and activities and appearances and I sold pictures and T 121 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:30.079 shirts and we saved our Santa Monica Mounted Police Unit, 122 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:32.199 so we still't have our horses. 123 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.000 That is awesome. And I just want to let you 124 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.639 know I'm a volunteer with our Sheriff's office. One are you. 125 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.040 Really well there? It is I'm talking to the right guy. 126 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:40.879 Well, you know, JU, And I guess I can't thank 127 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:43.519 you enough for mentioning that because it doesn't have to 128 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.439 be actually being a police officer. You're right exactly out 129 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:47.639 and do a lot of. 130 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.600 Things and they really need help. So that would be 131 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:56.319 my strong advice, as well as why you're getting a 132 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:00.680 good education and read and read and read, know what 133 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:06.720 new books are out, follow politics, which is fascinating. And 134 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.560 you don't need to stay at home in your basement 135 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.199 with your video on all the time. 136 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:17.720 Absolutely as much as you've been on the television, right, 137 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.560 maybe we need to be away from the television screen 138 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.120 and the computers. Would you think that maybe children spend 139 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:26.319 a little too much time today in the video game area. 140 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.399 I would guess so from all that I hear. 141 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:32.320 Yes, well, that's very interesting if you're just joining us, 142 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.919 ladies and gentlemen on the Doctor Sky Show. An absolutely 143 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:38.000 phenomenal guest, a legend of both stage and film. We're 144 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.759 speaking with actress June Lockhart, who celebrates eighty years as 145 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:46.000 a professional actress this January of twenty fourteen. June, again, 146 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.639 thank you so much for your time today. You're being 147 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.799 selected as one of the nine Legendary Ladies of Stage 148 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:55.039 and Screen to have items from your career inducted into 149 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:58.600 all places. The Smithsonian institutions. 150 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:04.759 Broadway in nineteen forty seven and I was given a 151 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.960 Tony for the best debut that year. It was the 152 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:13.240 first debut award they had ever given, and so recently 153 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:17.200 the Smithsonian asked if I would give them my Tony. 154 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.399 Now in those days, what they gave the ladies was 155 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:23.080 a gold disc and the man got I think a 156 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:26.399 cigarette case which shows you what year it was, you bet. 157 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.360 So this was for the forty seven forty eight season, 158 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:36.159 and so I had the it's a gold disc on 159 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:40.840 a gold bracelet. That was the gift. So I gave 160 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:47.399 them the Tony, but I first had it copied by 161 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:51.240 a marvelous jeweler here in Santa Monica, so that I 162 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:54.600 do have a replica of it which is exact. 163 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:58.720 No, that's awesome, very interesting. As we talk with actress 164 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:00.279 June Lockhart. Ladies also with. 165 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.559 The Smithsonian is a lunch box from Lost in Space. 166 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:07.559 Now, that is so cool. I remember having one of 167 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.559 those myself. Did you really well, absolutely, June. I mean 168 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.039 I'm like a little child listening to these stories because 169 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.960 I'm going back in time like many of our listeners 170 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.240 to talk about I think one of the great highlights 171 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:18.519 of you. 172 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.360 Well, your enthusiasm really goes way back then, doesn't it. 173 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.200 Oh. Absolutely, I wanted to be Will Robinson. I mean 174 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.039 I even tried to dress up with the part with 175 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:29.440 the boots and everything. And I remember we just recently 176 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:33.559 had Bill Muomei on this particular archive. Also, isn't he 177 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:36.080 a dear wonderful person. I met him at the Comic 178 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:38.440 Con shows. Are you still doing the Comic Con shows? 179 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:42.159 No, I don't. I haven't been to them recently because 180 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:47.679 the mob is beyond what I can endure. I do 181 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:51.879 a lot of conventions, though, which is wonderful because so 182 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.879 does Billy and Marta and Angela and Mark Goddard when 183 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:59.440 he's out here. Sure, And it's wonderful because we have 184 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.639 a great Oh and John Provos too from Lassie, so 185 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:06.320 we have this wonderful opportunity to all get together and 186 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.200 gossip and dish and hang out. But I'm in touch 187 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.279 with them by phone all the time anyway. 188 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:17.960 Well, June, it's again really a great honor to have 189 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.559 you here, and I think the highlight of your career, 190 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.039 in my opinion, is, of course, the National Arisonatics and 191 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:26.679 Space Administration NASA presents you with their exceptional public achievement. 192 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.919 Mom, isn't that amaze? 193 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.960 Well, you sure earned it, and tell us all about that. 194 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.720 That's phenomenal. 195 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:35.600 Well, it was a total surprise to me. I was 196 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.720 absolutely blown away by it. But for years I have 197 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:44.639 been very involved with NASA as a volunteer, and they've 198 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.600 asked me that princess. They'll call and say, could you 199 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.240 please speak to our employees Edwards Air Force Base. So 200 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:54.080 I will go up there and have a chat with 201 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:59.360 the employees and will or then they'll say would you 202 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:02.320 like to go to a launch at Vandenberg were sending 203 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:11.120 up a Noah satellite su and or let's see what else. Oh, 204 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.879 I've done a couple of concerts for them at the 205 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.799 Kennedy Center, and beyond that though, I've attended many, many 206 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.559 other events that they've asked for. I've been to two 207 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:23.320 Shuttle launches which were extraordinary. 208 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:23.440 Aren't beautiful? 209 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:27.960 And of course when the Endeavor landed here at LAX 210 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.519 I was there. And then when it went to the 211 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:34.320 Forum and paused on its way downtown to the Science Center, 212 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:38.919 I was able to speak to people. Fifteen thousand people 213 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:42.759 came to the Forum which to see the Endeavor. And 214 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:46.320 you know what I said, isn't it wonderful to have 215 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.519 a mode of transportation which when you drive it off 216 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:53.279 the lot doesn't lose its value exactly? 217 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:55.240 Now, there is a good way to put it. I 218 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.039 surely love that. 219 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:58.799 And then of course I was down at the Science 220 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.039 Center when it arrived, and I've been down there several 221 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:08.080 times since for occasions, and it's glorious, a wonderful, wonderful, 222 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:11.720 beautiful thing. And previously years ago I had been to 223 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:18.039 an Endeavor lunch and so I had a sentimental value, 224 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:23.840 you know, feeling about it. So it was really lovely. 225 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:24.679 It's beautiful. 226 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.320 Well, June, it's amazing. I was attending as a member 227 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.159 of the media, of course, the last launch of the 228 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:31.480 Shuttle back in July of time. Oh, you were there, good, 229 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.600 It was amazing. That was my first launch, prob was it. 230 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:36.440 It was the first time I'd ever seen it, And 231 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.639 you know, it still resonates in my mind that. 232 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:43.039 I'm indescribable, emotional, wonderful. Didn't you tear up? 233 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.440 Oh? I think I did, yes, standing there in front 234 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:48.960 of the television camera, just thinking that, you know, here's 235 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.679 the problem where we're not seeing a lot of this 236 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:54.120 happening anymore. And that's the problem. And I wanted to 237 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.879 ask you, as our special guest, June Lockhart, where do 238 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.279 you feel America should be as far as is the 239 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:01.480 future of our space program. 240 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:05.639 Well, of course it should be funded because people do 241 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:11.039 not realize that the the amount of marvelous science that 242 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:15.279 is being done as spinoffs of all our NASA things. 243 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:20.000 For instance, there are well, I'll just run through a 244 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.919 few of these medical things, infusion pumps for insulin. A 245 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:31.960 vehicle controller for the handicapped was developed by by NASA 246 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.120 weather forecasting, which I'd love to talk to you about 247 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.159 a little later if you like. Sure, there are speech 248 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:46.039 things to help real time speech things that are it's 249 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:51.960 called an autocure water recycling. It's been all developed by NASA. 250 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:58.159 Reading machine for the blind, a breathing system for firefighters, 251 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:02.399 so that and also the mask now that is in 252 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:07.000 that firemen pulled down is made of a certain type 253 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:12.440 of fabric material that they can see through and doesn't 254 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:18.399 steam up or smoke up. Yes, there's dental braces, the 255 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.919 new dental braces that are clear all of that, and 256 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.919 anti corrosion paint. For instance, when they did the repainted 257 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.799 the Golden Gate Bridge, and there are many bridges around 258 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:34.360 the country that have been repainted with anti corrosion paint 259 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:40.080 that was developed by NASA. Laser heart surgery and flame 260 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:44.080 resistant materials. There are just so many many things, and 261 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:50.559 in medicine, what's been developed people for people who are diabetic. 262 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.399 I mean, it's it goes on and on and on. 263 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:56.480 Well, June, it's great having you here, as I've mentioned 264 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.080 many times, but if I may, with your permission, move 265 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.559 towards some specific that I think the listeners would love 266 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:04.679 to hear about Lost in Space. I'm identifying you here 267 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:08.600 is doctor Marian Robinson. How about this doctor of biochemistry 268 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.960 from the New Mexico College of Space Medicine as what 269 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.759 you were described in one of the pilot programmed or 270 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.360 episodes really of Lost in Space. I'm looking here at 271 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.279 the archive from a book that we call the Saucer Fleet. 272 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.200 It's the most in depth book I've ever seen. June 273 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.960 on everything about the Jupiter iiO, the spacecraft, the people 274 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.799 like yourself in the show, but described to us the 275 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.000 whole beginnings of this with Irwin Allen. I'm fascinated by 276 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:37.360 the beginnings of this whole Lost in Space phenomenon. 277 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.080 Well, they had the script and he was doing this 278 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.799 new pilot, but I did a voyage at the bottom 279 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:48.519 of the sea for him, and on the second day 280 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:54.600 of shooting, after he had seen the rushes, he came 281 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.639 on the set and he said, we're doing a new 282 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:01.840 pilot and it's a space show. Would you be interested 283 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:05.559 in doing another another series? Because I had just left 284 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:09.480 Lassie a couple of months before, and I said, oh, yes, 285 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:12.160 I certainly would. So he gave me the script and 286 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.680 I read it. I was enchanted with it, of course, 287 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:17.279 and the next day I said, I'd love to do 288 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:20.480 this for you. He said, okay, that's great, and so 289 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:23.599 that was it. I was the first one cast. Everyone 290 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:30.440 was sort of cast around me and the part as 291 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:34.599 it developed through the shooting of the series. Mostly when 292 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:36.799 I was supposed to be working on a project or 293 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.359 in my lab, I just appeared in a scene with 294 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.839 a clipboard and that was it. 295 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:45.000 Yeah, that's amazing. And the colorful outfits that they had 296 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:47.480 in this show. Describe this. I mean, there was so 297 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:50.319 much color in all of your uniforms and all of 298 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:52.920 the monsters. There was a very colorful set. 299 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.039 Well, as you remember, the first year was black and white, yes, 300 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:02.160 because CBS hadn't gone completely color yet and so but 301 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.240 we knew we would go to color. So Paul Zastomyevich, 302 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:12.920 who was the designer of all the all he had 303 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:16.000 an input to most of the sets and also the 304 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:21.279 to the all the wardrobe designs them because he knew 305 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:25.400 they would be very colorful, and we loved our outfits 306 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.519 and they fit wonderfully. 307 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:30.839 Oh, it's very very advanced for the day. And yes, 308 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:33.960 ribe a most wonderful show. I wanted you to comment 309 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.279 please about Dick Twofeld and Bob May. Many people may 310 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.400 not even recognize who these two people are. 311 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:42.119 Well they two felt was the voice of the robots 312 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:45.319 and Bobby May was the man inside the robot. He 313 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:50.119 got the part because he fit the robot, and he 314 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.680 had a show business background. I don't know whether you 315 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:59.240 ever saw Hell's of Poppin'. No, his grandparents were the 316 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:04.640 creators that, and so he had been very athletic and 317 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:10.200 a gymnast, and so he was not very tall, but 318 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:14.559 he was very enthusiastic and quite a dear man. And 319 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.160 so we remained friends right up and he died a 320 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:19.880 few years ago. But he was quite wonderful. 321 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:22.119 Well robots in this particular show. 322 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:24.000 So he would come in in the morning and get 323 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:27.319 in the robot suit. But you know, he somehow or 324 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:32.319 another developed that robot to where the robot has had 325 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:38.839 a personality. He gave it personality and through what he 326 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.640 did with the arms and how he spun it around 327 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:45.119 and moved it. It was really very very clever of him. 328 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:49.160 And then Dick, of course, Dick Twofeld, who had been 329 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:53.359 an ABC newsman for years and was doing voiceover it. 330 00:19:53.599 --> 00:20:00.079 He then was able to infuse it with the a 331 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:05.559 proper robot voice that that at least Irwin Allen thought 332 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:08.200 would be a robot voice. As a matter of fact, 333 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.720 I don't know whether you know now there is a 334 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:14.240 wonderful robot up in space called Robinot. 335 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:16.920 Yes, I've heard of it on the International Space Station. 336 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:21.200 Oh my god, this thing is so amazing. I saw 337 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:24.759 it when I was in Houston on my last trip there, 338 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:28.680 because whenever I go East, I always come back food Houston, 339 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:31.839 so I can go to the Space Center. Al oh, 340 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:35.160 that's right, and I hang out with my astronaut friends 341 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:38.920 and they show me what's going on that's new. But this, 342 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:45.920 this robanaut is all. It has a white it's covered 343 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:49.920 in a in a white silky fabric which I don't 344 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:51.680 know if you ski it all, but you know, winter 345 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:54.599 silk's the thing that you the underwear that you wear 346 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.960 under your ski outfit. 347 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.359 Okay, I'm not a skier, but no, I'm you know 348 00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.799 what I mean. 349 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.880 It's got that that sort of texture on it as 350 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:06.160 you feel it. Put your hand on the arm of it. Uh, 351 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:09.920 it's warm to the touch because of the wires inside, 352 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:12.799 but you get the sense that you are touching the 353 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:19.720 muscle of this man. Every digit on its hand moves 354 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:24.359 as though it could play the violin. Every single digit 355 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:29.960 is programmed. Uh. You keep looking up into the mask 356 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:36.119 because you really expect to see a face. It has musculature, 357 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:43.640 it has a chest, and it's just remarkable. I wanted 358 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.240 to date it. 359 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.960 Tune that is awesome. 360 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.279 Yes, actually at is stunning. 361 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.799 Well what does it actually do? 362 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:56.839 It helps the Oh well yes, at the moment, it's 363 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:01.039 helping with lighthouse keeping up there so that which to 364 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:05.000 free the astronauts on their other scientific duties. 365 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:08.240 No, folks, it's amazing to have a special guest like 366 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.839 this today, a legend of both states. 367 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.079 Oh, it's so well informed. 368 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:14.119 No, I thank you, June. We just got a few 369 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:16.160 more minutes with you today. But as I mentioned, if 370 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:18.359 you're just tuning into the Doctor Sky Show, ladies and gentlemen, 371 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:20.880 a very special guest, a legend of both stage and film. 372 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:24.720 June Lockhart, the actress, is celebrating eighty years as a 373 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:28.279 professional actress this January of twenty fourteen, and she's kind 374 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:31.400 enough to join us from her home in California. June, 375 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:33.279 in the last five or six minutes that we have 376 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:36.519 left today, described to us the importance of Lost in 377 00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:40.039 Space as part of the whole science fiction movement. I 378 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:43.799 mean this ranks obviously very high, and actually started before 379 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:47.599 the whole you know, the whole thing with Captain Kirk. 380 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:51.079 And that's right with all the guys in that particular show. 381 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:56.119 Yes, we were on the year before. Well, the thought 382 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:59.960 of a family going to space, I think was intriguing 383 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:05.880 to most people, and somehow it was so splendidly cast. 384 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:12.839 We had the family. You know, we were really uh uh, 385 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:16.799 well fused to each other. We all enjoyed each other, 386 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.759 and our friendship has lasted still all these years. Guy 387 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:24.759 Williams was a wonderful choice as Professor Robinson. He was 388 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:28.759 a dear man by the way, we all just loved him. 389 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:32.799 He was Italian. His real name was Armando Catalano. Isn't 390 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.480 that beautiful? 391 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.680 I would have figured that out. 392 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:42.599 So I would always call him Guido and uh, yeah, 393 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:46.559 he was a lovely man and uh. And of course 394 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:50.720 Mark Goddard we loved, Yeah, we really uh And we 395 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:53.599 did laugh a lot, and with Chap sat Irwin because 396 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:55.519 he wanted us to take it all seriously. 397 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:59.039 But you know, you I heard a story June that 398 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.480 guy will other guy Williams. But as far as we 399 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:04.039 took at Mark Goddard, he's a distant relative of the 400 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.920 original Runcket pioneer. 401 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.759