Irwin Allen Rusty Ryan is doing an 'Irwin Allen' which is a reference to the fake earthquake they stage later in the story. Irwin Allen Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American television, documentary and film director and producer with a varied career who became known as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful productions were "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972) and "The Towering Inferno" (1974). He also created several popular 1960s science fiction television series, such as "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Lost in Space", "The Time
Robert Drasnin notable TV shows as "The Twilight Zone", "Mission: Impossible", "Wild, Wild West", "Hawaii Five-0", "Time Tunnel", "Lost In Space", "Mannix", "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea". Robert Drasnin served as music supervisor at CBS for such TV shows as "Gunsmoke", "Wagon Train", "The Twilight Zone" and a host of made for TV movies. In 1959 Robert Drasnin received his M.A. in Music from UCLA in Los Angeles. That same year, while working at Tops Records, Drasnin was approached by David Pell, the head of the label, to create an Exotica album. Pell wanted a