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Summer 2002
Hello - it's me,
It has been too long a time since I sat down to write - so here goes. It's the
end of July and we are into the swing of summer. Boy, has it been hot here in
NY! The
temperature hit 98 degrees yesterday and it was a scorcher!
Just a few LIS bits of news to share with you guys. Looks like LIS will be
coming to DVD in April 2003. I read an email on the Internet from Kevin Burns
saying that Fox has finally agreed to make them. I truly hope they are done the
proper way with cliffhangers etc. If you remember, Fox put out twelve LIS
episodes back in 98 - all out of sequence. The prints were very nice but the
marketing was terrible. I hope the same mistake isn't made this time.
June, Mark Goddard, and Bob May attended the Ray Courts show in LA the
weekend of June 28 - 29. Record attendance was set at that show, which in
addition to our LIS stars featured celebs such as Barbara Eden and Jamie Farr. Ray Courts
puts on a pretty good show out in LA with many hard to meet celebrities in
attendance.
The
Jonathan Harris biography that was made a few months ago should be out soon. I
Angela Cartwright, Bill Mumy, and Mark Goddard all attended the May Motorcity
Comic Con. There was a pretty good attendance that weekend and the three of
them were very well received. I believe this was Bill's first MC comic con
and Angela's and Mark's second.
Marta Kristen is doing great. I spoke to her last week and she is spending a lot
of time with her granddaughter Lena, who is out of school for the summer. Always
great to talk to Marta.
I also spoke to Dick Tufeld recently. He is doing well and wishes everyone the
very best. I hope to be doing an interview for LIS Memories very soon with
Richard which will be posted to LIS Memories.
Well, I guess that's it for now. My wife Silvia is doing wonderfully keeping
Casa Dutczak in order (and me and Taylor in line). Taylor is growing so fast
and starts school this September. Boy does time Fly!
Until next time, Lost In Space Forever!
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LIS Movie news: Is it going to happen? Lots of conflicting stories. Last I
heard NBC was revising an LIS script that was submitted to them that would
have some or all of the classic cast participate. Essentially a new cast would
take over and carry the torch for LIS into the future. My opinion is this:
If it happens it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. Guy Williams and Irwin
Allen are both gone and they played important roles in LIS fandom. How do you
make a remake without Guy? Only time will tell.
Anyone see June Lockhart on the Drew Carey show back in May? She played Ryan
Styles' character's mom
on the show and was reunited with other TV icons like Marion Ross, Phyllis
Diller and Adrienne Barbeau. June did a
wonderful job! Also in May June made an appearance on the Weakest Link game
show winning a few bucks for charity. June continues to stay busy.
spoke to Jonathan recently and he told me he would let me
know when it would air. Keep checking back here at LIS Memories for an
update. Jonathan also just finished a voiceover on a commercial for Disneyland. He
remarked that working with Disney is always a lot of fun. Jonathan will be at the Ray
Courts Twilight Zone Convention at the Beverly Garland Hotel August 24 and
25. I will be in LA that week and will be assisting Jonathan at the
convention. Anyone in the area, please stop by and say hi.