Season One: Part
One,
Two, and
Three.
Season Two: Part
One and
Two.
Season Three: Part
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six, and
Seven.
Episode 8: “Hot-Air Artist”
A hot-air balloon crashes in the Land of the Lost and Jack goes to investigate. He meets the pilot, an American from 1920 named Col. Roscoe T. Post. Post is a colorful character, too dumpy to be dashing, but certainly larger-than-life and flamboyant with his handlebar moustache, aviator’s helmet, piped pants, and white scarf.
As Jack leads Post back to the temple - talking mostly about Post, his favorite subject – they encounter Grumpy. Jack’s able to drive the T-Rex away by using a small tree as a catapult to launch a rock at Grumpy’s head. The only reason it’s worth mentioning is because Jack uses the technique again later in the season, so it was significant at least to the writers.
The discussion turns to Post’s plans to repair the balloon and leave the Land of the Lost. Jack convinces him to take the Marshalls with him, but it doesn’t take much persuasion. Post’s always after a headline and rescuing a family of strangers from a world of dinosaurs is a particularly nice one. He’s even more keen on the idea when he meets Cha-Ka, whom he plans to take on a world tour to exhibit as the Missing Link when he gets home.
anthology.
