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Monday, January 19, 2009

Bob May 1939-2009



You probably don't know his name, but this is the actor who manned the robot from "Lost In Space".

'Lost In Space' Actor Bob May Dies At 69 In California

RIP, Mr. May.
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15 comments:

  1. Steve HarkonnenJanuary 19, 2009 9:25 PM

    Sad news. I too am a big fan of the show. I even have a toy collection going. Although the show seemed sappy for some, I remember being a kid, hoping to one day see the Robinsons make it back to earth.

    So with that, imagine my sheer and utter disappointment with the movie!

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  2. cubeJanuary 19, 2009 9:33 PM

    I was a fan of the old show myself. And yeah, the movie was what I would call a flawed reboot.

    I'm hoping for better with the Star Trek reboot.

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  3. Papa FrankJanuary 19, 2009 10:13 PM

    It's been a hard last year on sci-fi fans.

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  4. BrookeJanuary 19, 2009 10:22 PM

    What is with all of the sci-fi folks dropping here of late?

    My hubby is a HUGE Lost in Space fan. He even has a model robot that yells the catchphrases.

    I'll show him your post in the morning when he gets off of work.

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  5. dmarksJanuary 19, 2009 10:39 PM

    Rats. I'm probably a bigger "Lost in Space" fan than Steve.

    Now he can exchange barbs with Jonathan Harris in the great "sandy rocky planet TV soundstage" in the sky.

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  6. ChuckJanuary 19, 2009 10:51 PM

    I got to watch this show very little when I was a kid, I feel robbed

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  7. nancJanuary 20, 2009 12:53 AM

    danger - danger, will robinson!

    i always thought he and rosie (from the jetsons) should have gotten hitched and then later when i saw r-2d-2 though for sure they had illegitimate children...

    no, i'm not a trekkie.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 7:56 AM

    So are you trying to tell me it was just a vehicle?

    Sorry Cube, bat as a boy I longed for the day I would have my own robot. Much like you long(ed?) for a jet pack!

    My robot, however, would not have an easily accessed (and removed) power pack and would have to have one arm as a chainsaw!

    It's a New Hampshire thing.

    Rest in peace

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  9. dmarksJanuary 20, 2009 8:17 AM

    I thought the killer chainsaw deal was a Texas thing.

    I've blogged about this too. Anything "Lost in Space", I will probably blog about.

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  10. JenJanuary 20, 2009 2:36 PM

    Oh man! We're losing a lot of good people all of a sudden. :-(

    I used to love that show, I always hoped they'd find their way home.

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  11. The WordSmith from NantucketJanuary 21, 2009 7:45 AM

    RIP Bob May.

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  12. WomanHonorThyselfJanuary 21, 2009 8:52 AM

    ah..rest in peace...the end of that whole era it seems...........

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  13. nancJanuary 21, 2009 9:28 AM

    o.t. - cube - fox news is about to announce new pet food recalls - alert your friends - the food is from a party cooler pet store.

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  14. Jamie DawnJanuary 21, 2009 5:44 PM

    Danger! Danger!!
    I loved that show, and I had no idea who it was that manned that goodhearted robot.
    I loved the Dr. Zachary Smith character.
    I used to watch that show a lot.
    Thanks for reminding me of that show.
    RIP, robot man.

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  15. Gifted TypistJanuary 22, 2009 8:14 PM

    OMG, he's gone. Really? I always thought he was the robot mold from which R2D2 or C3PO were created. I loved that show as a kid.

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