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Land of the Giants

Night of Thrombeldinbar

Season 1, Episode 18, Aired Feb 16, 1969

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Fitzhugh pretends to be an elf to entertain two orphan children, but things turn deadly when it's revealed that traditionally the children sacrifice the elf to make a wish come true.

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Michael Freeman

Tobek
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Alfred Ryder

Parteg
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Jay Novello

Okun

Don Marshall

Dan Erickson
Deanna Lund

Valerie Ames Scott
Stefan Arngrim

Barry Lockridge
Don Matheson

Mark Wilson
Kurt Kasznar

Commander Alexander B. Fitzhugh
Gary Conway (I)

Captain Steve Burton

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Fitzhugh gets picked up by two boys who think he's a magical elf.

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By marvelfan89, Aug 02, 2006

This was like "Harry Potter" meets "Land of the Giants".
There are two orphans who are ruled by an old, cranky old man named Partay. There's a mysterious organ grinder and a monkey and in the middle it's Fitzhugh. Actually the episode is still pretty decent. I guess Irwin and writers were fully developing the idea of a couple of Giants being friends with the survivors. Furthermore, he's definitely seems to be pushing the idea of many orphanages being miserable dumps.

Fitzhugh is happy with the boys until he realizes they are about to sacrifice his life by burning him. A couple of nice scenes make the episode worth watch though.
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- Trivia: The fact that the giants have a holiday that involves setting elves on fire might explain some of their generally rather paranoid and hostile mentality.
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- Despite the fact it is pronounced phoenetically, child actor Teddy Quinn has noticeable problems with the word "Thrombeldinbar."
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- Within walking distance: an orphanage
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- The monkey seems to alternate between being leashed and unleashed without anyone ever being shown to fasten the leash on him.
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- This episode was produced and aired around Christmas in real-life. Fortunately, the land of the giants never seems to have snow, or the Earthlings would be in serious trouble.
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- Series regular Heather Young is not in this episode.
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