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To: BunnySlippers
Nooooo, my family owned Robby the Robot.

Seriously?? Wow! For which time frames? In more recent years, or during his "heyday" in the 50s and 60s?

I remember him in a few other shows besides the classic sci-fi film Forbidden Planet, such as Lost In Space and The Twilight Zone.

48 posted on 12/20/2018 6:31:04 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: BunnySlippers
I was curious as to what other films and TV shows he was in, and found this long list...

Robby The Robot

List of appearances

Forbidden Planet (1956)

The Invisible Boy (1957)

The Thin Man (1958) – season 1 episode “Robot Client”, first aired 28 February 1958

The Gale Storm Show (1958) – season 3 episode “Robot from Inner Space”, first aired 13 December 1958

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1963) – season 4 episode “Beethoven, Presley, and Me”, first aired 13 March 1963

The Twilight Zone (4 episodes)
Episode “One for the Angels” (1959; as a tinplate battery operated toy)

Episode “The Little People” (1962); prototype head only

Episode “The Brain Center at Whipple’s” (1963)

Episode “Uncle Simon” (1964); fitted with simplified prototype head for this appearance

Hazel (1962) – season 2 episode “Rosie’s Contract”, first aired 27 September 1962

The Addams Family in the episode “Lurch’s Little Helper” aired 18 March 1966

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Episode “The Bridge of Lions Affair” (1966)

Feature film One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

Lost in Space (1966 and 1967) – in two episodes as two different characters (in “War of the Robots” as a robotoid[10]) [also Lost in Space episode “Condemned of Space”, as robot prison guard].

Ultraseven (1967) - A race of Robots called the ‘U-Toms’ bear Robby’s likeness in one episode.

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968 and 1970 “The Coronation of Bakaar”) – recurring appearance as a maid named “Mildred the Robot”; does not have plexiglass dome

Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem – as “MM7” (1974)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

Ark II (1976) - in the episode “The Robot”

Holmes & Yo-Yo (1976)

Music Machine (1977) – a K-tel compilation LP, photographs featured on both the front and back of the cover. In the commercial for the LP, Robby dances to some of the album’s songs.

Project U.F.O. (1978) – season 1 episode “Sighting 4010: The Waterford Incident”. Here, the costume has a different, flatter head and ‘brain’ elements with a large “Cyclops” eye, a modified torso panel and assorted add-ons to the legs.

Television commercial for Starlog Magazine (1978)

The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (1979) – season 3 episode “Spaced Out”, as the master of ceremonies at a science fiction convention

Mork & Mindy (1979) - season 2 episode “Dr. Morkenstein”, as a robot named Chuck, in a museum, who becomes friends with Mork.

Space Academy (1979) – episode “My Favorite Marcia”. This program used the ‘Cyclops’ head variation previously seen on Project U.F.O..

Pink Lady (1980) – Episode 5, a brief cameo.

Heavy Metal (1981) – cameo as a hot dog vendor during the “Harry Canyon” segment.

Charmin Television commercial (1981) – as an assistant to Mr. Whipple, named Squeezak, repeating the phrase “Don’t squeeze Charmin”.

Night Stalker video game (1982) – featured in the print advertising for the Mattel video game for the IBM and Mac [11]

The Love Boat – episode “Programmed for Love”[12]
Gremlins (1984) – in the background during the inventors’ convention scenes

Phantom Empire (1988); third screen appearance with the Project U.F.O. ‘Cyclops’ head and other modifications

Cherry 2000 (1987)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) – during a dream sequence

Star Kid (1998) – footage from Lost in Space featuring Robby is shown on a TV

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Stacked (2005) – as the Nightmare NASA Robot

Television commercial for AT&T (2006) – with WOPR, KITT, and Rosie the Robot Maid

Television commercial for General Electric (2012) – with KITT and other robots

Season 8 Episode 7 of The Big Bang Theory (2014) - with other movie props

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_the_Robot#List_of_appearances

49 posted on 12/20/2018 6:46:56 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: BunnySlippers
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Lost in Space: episode Condemned of Space

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Lost in Space: episode War of the Robots

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Twilight Zone: episode Uncle Simon

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Colombo (Peter Falk)

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The Addams Family

50 posted on 12/20/2018 6:57:39 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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