"So, I was introduced to the campy '60s sci-fi classic Lost in Space at a pretty young and impressionable age. I loved every last cheesy minute of it. Of all the male characters on the show, who did I decide to fixate on? That's right:

Dr. Smith.

I guess it was partially the way he talked, and partially that strikingly expressive face, and partially my fascination with how he went from villain to (sometimes) sympathetic in a show that didn't really seem to be that big on character development.

Yeah, I don't know, either.

As it turns out, Jonathan Harris was a really awesome person who was happy to answer fan mail. :D"