As the series progressed, LOST IN SPACE ventured from the dramatic to utterly campy comedy. Stuffy critics dismissed it while all of us kids back in the day loved it, and in color! The writers may have also taken a few lessons from tv's BATMAN as the series, you have to admit, had some wildly eccentric bad guys, not to mention Dr. Smith! Here, the great Al Lewis (grampa on THE MUNSTERS) makes a memorable special appearance as a bumbling magician who has his own space ship --which Dr. Smith wishes to steal! This is one fun episode and the teaming of Jonathan Harris and Al Lewis is priceless. You can tell they had a blast working together and there were probably a lot of out takes as they were goofing around. Dr. Smith dressed in a black and red robe, complete with pointed hat, is one for the books and Lewis' talking dummy is real, real camp. A gotsta' see. SEASON 2 1967.