Land of the Lost "Tag Team" Written by Norman Spinrad Directed by Dennis Steinmetz Original airdate: October 5, 1974

The Pakuni learn a lesson in cooperation.

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Didja Notice?

The opening scene featuring the episode title appears to be a zoom in on the same scene as the opening of "Dopey". The ankylosaurs are larger on the screen and it's obvious that the Postosuchus' legs aren't moving as he walks!

At the beginning of the episode, Will and Holly are carrying bamboo spears as they guide Dopey, harnessed to the shopping cart, through the jungle. Oddly, Rick does not carry such a weapon.

Holly seems to be changing pants between scenes! She alternates between the familiar reddish-brown jeans and a pair of black jeans.

Those giant carrots seem to weigh a ton! Yes, they're humongous carrots, but come on.

When the Marshalls find that their giant carrot has been stolen from the shopping cart while they were harvesting a giant turnip, they all agree to go get another turnip instead to replace it. But when we see them returning to the cart minutes later, they aren't carrying a turnip or any harvest at all!

While grazing among the shrubs, Dopey bites Grumpy's foot! This is what sets off Grumpy to start the tag team match between him and the groups of Pakuni and Marshalls.

There seems to be some pretty intricate detail to the animation in this episode. In the close-up shot of the Grumpy stop-motion model at about 6:35 on the DVD, Grumpy's eye moves in its socket and he even blinks! At 12:44, the Alice stop-motion model appears to have a flexible tongue (unlike in most appearances).

As Ta and Sa are fleeing through the swamp from Grumpy, at 7:39 on the DVD you can see that the camera pans slightly past the edge of the blue screen at right and bottom as the two costumed actors run by.

On the other side of the gorge behind Big Alice, in the distance, are some low-lying hills and fog. Is that Mist Marsh as seen in the episodes "The Zarn", "Gravity Storm" and "The Flying Dutchman"?

While trapped on the ledge in the chasm with Will and Cha-ka, Holly again shows her acrophobia and even specifically says she is afraid of heights.

At 14:50 on the DVD, Rick refers to Ta and Sa as "you two guys". Is Rick just using "guys" as a generic, non-gender-specific term? Or is it meant to imply that the two Pakuni are male, despite Sa being portrayed by a female actor, Sharon Baird?