November 2, 1991

Film and television producer IRWIN ALLEN died. Often referred to as the "Master of Disaster" for his disaster movies of the 1970s, he also created and produced the popular science-fiction television series like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series, 1964-68), Lost in Space (TV series, 1965-68), The Time Tunnel (TV series, 1966-67), and Land of the Giants (TV series, 1968-70).

BBC 1 showed an episode of The Jetsons and Weird Science (1985).