September 15, 1965 –
Danger Will Robinson, danger. Dr. Smith is attempting to inappropriately stimulate your young pulsating bulbous nether region!
The Robinson Family gets Lost in Space for the first time on CBS-TV on this date.
The Robinsons’ robot was created by Robert Kinoshita, the same man who designed Robby the Robot for Forbidden Planet. Indeed, Robbie the Robot makes a guest appearance in Lost in Space: War of the Robots.
The Big Valley premiered on this date.
Linda Evans went to Barbara Stanwyck’s house every Saturday to work on the scenes together, to the point where Linda began to think of Barbara as her mother.
American started really liking Sally Fields when Gidget premiered on ABC-TV on this date.
Sally Field has said that she and Don Porter had a father/daughter-like relationship off screen as well. Field was new to professional acting and, due to nerves and inexperience, sometimes made mistakes that caused others to laugh at her. Acting veteran Porter not only took time to explain things to Field, but often sensed things she didn’t know. In one instance during a cold read of the script, the word “symbiosis” appeared in one of Field’s lines. Porter pronounced the word quietly so Field would know how to pronounce it.
Green Acres premiered on this date.
Pat Buttram based his portrayal of Mr. Haney on Tom Parker— aka “Col. Tom Parker“, Elvis Presley’s manager–whom he met a decade or so earlier when Parker was a carnival barker.
And last, but not least, the first American television drama to feature an African-American actor in a lead role, I Spy, starring Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, premiered on NBC-TV on this date.
The first American dramatic TV series to feature a black actor in a lead role. Scripts were peppered with unique lingo. One catchphrase, “wonderfulness,” became popular and was later used by Bill Cosby for the title of one of his comedy albums.
Demand Euphoria!
The Haus of Dcaligari 