July 11, 2009
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Question 2 of the five question theme round.
(1) is less famous for (2). He’s actually really famous for something else. (2) was actually based on that something else. Who is (1), what is (2) and what is he more famous for?
Cracked by nishansolo , udupendra , Rogi (Forbidden planet is way geekier than Lost in Space, plz :) ) , Advaith , lordmaldy , krudebox , bobo , Nakul , Raghuvansh , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo and p vs np.
Theme cracked by: Raghuvansh and Advaith! Great going guys. You will each get 4 additional points :-). Raghuvansh, can you please post your theme answer separately from the individual answer?
Answer:
- Robert Kinoshita
- The Robot from Lost in Space
He’s more famous for designing the robot in the Forbidden Planet.



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July 12th, 2009 at 12:15 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247357706 )
1. Robert Kinoshita
2. Lost In Space(B9 Environmental Control Robot)
Robert Kinoshita is actually really famous as the designer for Robby The Robot from Forbidden Planet
July 12th, 2009 at 12:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247360264 )
Robert Kinoshita, the robot in Lost in Space, Robbie the Robot.
July 12th, 2009 at 1:09 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247360967 )
Theme – Futurama
July 12th, 2009 at 1:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247361961 )
1 is Robert Kinoshita
2 is Robby the Robot (Though I think you have that backwards given the B9 fanbase.)
July 12th, 2009 at 2:34 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247366051 )
1. Irwin Allen,
2. Lost in Space
More famous for ‘The Lost World’
July 12th, 2009 at 3:42 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247370132 )
1.Robert Kinoshita.
2.Lost in Space television series.
Kinoshita designed the Robot for the series.
He is more famous for designing Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet.
[Edited to remove theme guess - Srikanth]
July 12th, 2009 at 3:44 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247370244 )
is the theme star trek. coz Brent Spiner used Robbie as an inspiration for playing Data
July 12th, 2009 at 4:08 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247371734 )
ah, the original Lost in Space… Been a while, those were good times, good times :)
The guy’s Robert Kinoshita, the designer of Robot. He also built Robby the robot from Forbidden Planet.
July 12th, 2009 at 4:19 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247372346 )
1. Robert Kinoshita
2. Cast members of the Lost In Space TV Series
Robert Kinoshita designed the B9 Environmental Control Robot for the series.
He is more famous for creating Robby the Robot for the movie Forbidden Planet. (??)
July 12th, 2009 at 6:54 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247381654 )
robert kinoshita, lost in space (and the B9 robot), and forbidden planet’s robby the robot
July 12th, 2009 at 8:35 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247387739 )
1- Irwin Allen
2- Lost in Space
Something Else- No Clue
Do I Get a point for this?
July 12th, 2009 at 9:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247390818 )
Robert Kinoshita, more famous for robby the robot in forbidden space than B9 from lost in space…
July 12th, 2009 at 10:02 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247392978 )
Robert Kinoshita, famous for designing the robot from Lost in Space and also Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet.
[Edited to remove theme guess - Srikanth]
July 12th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247402602 )
Lost in space, Irwin Allen of disaster movies fame
July 12th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247427273 )
oh shit i got the connect..dunno if this will count. sorry guys. Its the AT&T 2006 commercial featuring robby, voder, rosie from the jetsons etc.
July 12th, 2009 at 7:40 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247427600 )
Robert Kinoshita (1), who designed Robbie the Robot as well as The Robot in Lost in Space (2)
July 12th, 2009 at 9:38 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247434694 )
Robert Kinoshita, Robby the robot, and and the “B9 Environmental Control” robot from the 1960s TV series Lost in Space who was called “Robot.”
July 12th, 2009 at 9:39 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247434796 )
Connect: Stanley Kubrick?
July 12th, 2009 at 10:00 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247436009 )
Ok. The connect is the AT&T Text To Speech commercial. :)
July 14th, 2009 at 3:27 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247542029 )
Theme guess as requested by mods – the AT&T text to speech (TTS) ad features the Voder, Robby the Robot etc etc etc.