Visual Effects History
The visual effects employed in WOG are worth of study in and of themselves, as WOG’s set director, Robert Kinoshita, went on to construct one of TV’s most famous robots in the show Lost in Space (1965), demonstrating the power of imaginative sets and props in creating engaging speculative television.
The show’s most compelling feature are its massive props and sets designed to make the regular-human-sized actor Marshall Thompson appear tiny by comparison. For example, WOG featured a massive telephone prop the size of a car, which Mel dramatically struggles to dial for help in the pilot.
Below, you can see images of furry actors before and after their human costars were added to the image.
