I realize that childhood memories of them were through rose-colored glasses. Some of them are really horrible.

unwatchable

but I was 8. I could see that the Seaview's bulkheads were made of wood, but I didn't care.
I was 8 !

Reason I like posts here all not agreeing but damn fine points.

James Doohan was offered the part of Chief Sharkey, but turned it down, because that same week he was offered and accepted the role of Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek (1966), for which he became famous.


The props used in this show, (such as the computers and guns) also were used in Lost in Space (1965), The Time Tunnel (1966), Land of the Giants (1968), and Batman (1966).

Wow

Like most series of the era, this devolved into a "monster of the week" formula. Irwin Allen was riding pretty high in those days, also producing Land of the Giants, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and many others.

David Hedison, who turns 91 this year, still works from time to time. In his early career, he was credited as Al Hedison including his role when he was 30 years old as "Lieutenant Ware" in the 1957 classic "The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum.

An episode of star trek balance of terror was written from that movies story?

I was damn glad to see American TV too we were stationed in Germany at the time and American TV only ran from what was it noon to 10 pm in the evening and then it went to German TV.
Even with the smattering of German I could understand it was still boring.

Hadn't even thought of that show in 30 years. thx!

But I was five.

Not surprised to hear that the reality doesn't live up to the memory...

My husband and I bought some of the DVD's several years back. It hasn't aged very well, but they're fun to watch provided your expectations aren't too high.