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Land of the Lost "Give-A-Show" Projector Strips

I found this little novelty while searching for LOTL items at the San Diego Comic-Con a couple of years ago. These strips came inside the box for the Give-A Show projector, a cheapo children's toy from the 70s that uses a flashlight battery to project premade filmstrips onto the wall. The box in which it came loudly proclaims "Featuring Land of the Lost" with a little cartoon of the Marshalls observing the hatching of a giant egg--the creature emerging from the egg looks more like a baby Godzilla than a dinosaur--a scene which never occurs in the filmstrip story (if it can be called a story--guess I'm feeling generous). As you will see, the filmstrip art is laughable--looks like the little comic strips found in Bazooka bubble gum--and the story is friggin' lame...well, I won't use the words I want to use to describe it. No way would Rick Marshall be as stupid as he is here (save Grumpy's life, my ass!) and the manner in which they resolve the "problem" is a joke in itself.

Still, if you need a good laugh, here it is: Filmstrips

(The other filmstrips included in the package were: Fat Albert, Hong Kong Phooey, Far Out Space-Nuts, Bugs Bunny, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby Doo, Space: 1999, Harlem Globetrotters, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, Great Grape Ape, Shazam, and Speed Buggy.)