Land of the Giants was an hour-long Americanscience fictiontelevision program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and Don Marshall. Author Murray Leinster also wrote three novels in 1968 and 1969 based on the television series. Set in the then-future year of 1983!, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport spaceship called the Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindriftis en route from Los Angeles to London via the ultra-fast route of a parabolic trajectory. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a strange space storm and is transported to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than its counterpart on Earth. The Spindrift crew call the inhabitants "the giants". Given relative proportions shown on the show, the giants are humanoid in form and about 72 feet tall (similar to Lemuel Gulliver's situation in the second part of Gulliver's Travels, when he is in the land of Brobdingnag). Everything on their planet is built to their scale — buildings, cars, animals, etc.
who remembers FELIX CHEVROLET? when i was a little boy i would beg my father to take me here, only because they had statues of FELIX THE CAT! my dad would never take me here because he was a "ford man." I used to watch that cartoon everyday after school. i loved felix and his bag of trix, the professor, rock bottom, even master cylinder- a robot.
after many months, if not years of begging, my dad finally relented and took me to felix chevrolet. although we did not get out of the car. we only did a drive by, because he was a "ford man." well that was in the 60s. now today on feb 3rd, 2015~ i finally fulfilled my dream and walked into FELIX CHEVROLET! it was amazing to see the original felix the cat statues. i'd heard the had sold one or two awhile ago for allot of $$. they are most def collectors items and have signs that say, "don't touch." unfortunately the statues are the only thing left that's original. everything else has been modernized, but they still have felix memorabilia. i got a felix chevrolet t-shirt! i will wear it tomorrow for tea @ antebellum. everyone will be jealous.
here's their advert~ Since 1921, Felix Chevrolet has proudly served as your Los Angeles Chevrolet dealer of choice. We have operated from the same family-owned location for the life our business, and we are committed to the community we serve. Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, Felix Chevrolet will blow you away with our large selection of new and used Chevrolet vehicles. Just imagine yourself driving through Los Angeles in a brand new Chevy Camaro! Felix Chevrolet - 3330 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
