Jonathan Harris

See what I mean? When Batman came out, their ratings were so successful.

The Lost in Space started losing subscribers, so they had to change their tone from serious to campy, which put Guy Williams, who was the lead of the show, to the background and brought Jonathan Harris to the forefront.

We'll talk about that when we do Lost in Space, but this is a little tidbit for that.

Sounds like a plot

He pops up a lot on this show.

And, of course, Jonathan Harris as Lucifer.

All right.

Do you guys have any notes? Well, his

And last night in the quiz we had from Lost in Space, it was Harris Ologian.

We had Jonathan Harris.

Yes, who played the devious, the maniacal Dr. Smith.

Dr. Smith, indeed.

After the break, the quiz.

It's Harrisology tonight.

And then Simon Owens and Simon Sears.

Plenty ahead.

3AW Nights.

It is Harrisology tonight.

Elfie, good evening.

Elfie? Elfie? Yeah.

[laughs]

Anyway, they offered a cameo to Jonathan Harris, the original Dr. Smith-

Mm-hmm

... playing the man who hires and betrays the new Dr. Smith, but he turned it down 'cause he felt the gritty tone betrayed the whimsical spirit-

Good morning, mate.

Yeah, actually, uh, Lost in Space, uh, Jonathan Harris, uh, was... played the part of Dr. Smith, and what he actually called the robot was, "You bubbleheaded booby."

That's the one.

Bubbleheaded booby.

And the next thing we knew, Dr. Smith got like a, you know, a ball sectomy.

I mean, he became a wuss puss, you know, and I, I, I talked to Jonathan Harris once about that.

And he said, he said one word.

He looked up and went, Batman.

the only link to the movies.

'Cause they had Jonathan Harris from Lost in Space-

Sure

...

they know something you don't.

Wasn't he wonderful, Jonathan Harris, as Dr. Smith? What

an incredible character.

See, there you go, though.