The Thin Man (TV series) than token appearances. Since then some of the new shows just use girls as part of the scenery. Among the series guest stars was Billy Gray, who appeared at the same time he was cast as James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., in "Father Knows Best". Ann McCrea was cast as Billie in the 1958 episode, "The Lost Last Chapter". Of note is the "guest star" in the episode "Robot Client", none other than the original Robby the Robot from the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet". Ben Starr was the program's writer; Sam Marx was the executive producer. The series began airing on
Tobor the Great Robot for the classic 1956 film "Forbidden Planet", as well as the B-9 Environmental Control Robot for the mid-1960s hit science fiction television series "Lost In Space". The original Tobor prop and remote control device is still in existence, having been stored away safely in a private collection for more than 50 years. There is an on-line company, Fred Barton Productions, that sells screen-accurate, full-size replicas of Tobor as seen in the film. In a review in "The New York Times" "Tobor the Great" is characterized as "This children's sci-fi adventure (that) chronicles the friendship between an 11-year-old and his