Worst. series. ever.
It was stupid then and it's stupid now. The horrible horrible very no-good saga of a boring family, their tedious minging stowaway somehow called a doctor, and the robot who was the only intelligent character on the planet (or show). I'll give a slight boost to June Lockhart who was fresh out of the prairie waiting for Lassie to rescue Timmy and Billy Mumy who will forever be the boy who could wish you into the cornfield, but the credibility bar set by the show was as low as you could go while above ground.
The sets were cheesy cardboard, the latex and pasta aliens who bothered to show up were somehow gifted with the technology to come and go, disappear and reappear, but were often incapable of speech or when they could speak they had nothing intelligent to say. It is astonishing that this vapid show lasted more than a season.
The show wins out for living in public memory the way Uncle Dan remembers Las Vegas for the tooth-ache he had when he was there.
Most.irritating.character.ever. Dr. Smith.
Memorable Quotes:
"Warning, warning!" by the nameless robot to which the Simpsons added 30 years later: "Danger danger my hooks are flailing wildly"
Dr. Smith's "Oh, the pain, the pain!" as apt a statement as ever for those who were too inert to get up and change the channel in those pre-remote days.