There's a scene in "The Runaway Robot" where a young ham radio operator speaks as if he just fell off a turnip truck. That's Bob Easton, who suffered through more than 150 small roles, largely as a hayseed, before getting fed up and becoming one of Hollywood's top dialect coaches for more than a half century. And sure enough, in this episode Bob sounds like a hillbilly.
When I lived in L. A. I loved going through The Studio Store's two locations just to see all the actors' DVDs teaching them how to acquire....or lose....almost any kind of regional or international accent. I wonder how many of those were narrated by Bob Easton.
Otherwise, this is probably the first episode of TAOS aimed largely at kids despite the potential violence (like the robot about to step on a guy's skull), with the clumsy robot and his mushmouth creator the first of many nonsensical mad doctors/professors taking center stage.
Adults may find the verbal shtick of lead actor Lucien Littlefield nausea-inducing, but it's nice to see future "Gilligan's Island" Professor Russell Johnson, and familiar TAOS heels like Dan Seymour (3 bad guys in the series' first 17 episodes!), and John Harmon, many years later of "The Magic Necklace".
Very funny final shot, leaving everyone laughing....or trying not to.
When I lived in L. A. I loved going through The Studio Store's two locations just to see all the actors' DVDs teaching them how to acquire....or lose....almost any kind of regional or international accent. I wonder how many of those were narrated by Bob Easton.
Otherwise, this is probably the first episode of TAOS aimed largely at kids despite the potential violence (like the robot about to step on a guy's skull), with the clumsy robot and his mushmouth creator the first of many nonsensical mad doctors/professors taking center stage.
Adults may find the verbal shtick of lead actor Lucien Littlefield nausea-inducing, but it's nice to see future "Gilligan's Island" Professor Russell Johnson, and familiar TAOS heels like Dan Seymour (3 bad guys in the series' first 17 episodes!), and John Harmon, many years later of "The Magic Necklace".
Very funny final shot, leaving everyone laughing....or trying not to.