Red Lantern Inn nod to radio show Land of the Lost?

[fairy dust]

In the episode, Tallahassee, we see Neal Cassidy pick up a map ( https://oncepodcast.com/once-upon-a-time-podcast-062-tallahassee-discussion-theories/ ) that has the name of the Red Lantern Inn. I’m wondering if this is a reference to the original Land of the Lost radio program which also was made into a comic book series and a children’s book. Here is a description of the program.

A delightful undersea fantasy program (radio show) for children debuted on ABC on January 8, 1944. It was called Land of the Lost and its creator, writer, and narrator was Isabel Manning Hewson, a native of Baltimore. MD. It was called Land of the Lost and its creator, writer, and narrator was Isabel Manning Hewson, a native of Baltimore. MD.

This half hour Saturday morning show told of the adventures of Billy and his sister, Isabel, who went under the sea where a talking fish, Red Lantern, guided them around an ocean bottom ruled by King Find-All. There the youngsters would discover all lost toys (and many other lost items) all in perfect working order.

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http://www.otrcat.com/land-of-the-lost-p-48785.html

Neal Cassidy’s apartment had quite a collection of radio microphones and I’m also remembering the comment that Rumple made to Charming when he gave him the potion to put on Jackson’s hat…the potion that helps you find things that are lost.

If the map is a nod to the original Land of the Lost it certainly would apply to Emma…she was “lost” in our world…away from her own world and it would also apply to Baelfire, who was “lost” to another world. So….one more thing that points to Neal Cassidy being Baelfire. If it is Baelfire and Emma then we have two lost children who are looking to the Red Lantern map to find a new home…they may not find what they have lost but they have found each other and they will create a new life…that is until August stuck his big, long, lying (mostly lying) nose into things. (So does this mean that at some point that Will, Holly, and Chaka are going to wander into Storybrook? 😆 )

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[LisaFromOH]

What a cool theory! I’ve never heard of that program before. Thanks for the post. 🙂

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@LisaFromOH wrote:

What a cool theory! I’ve never heard of that program before. Thanks for the post. 🙂

There was that Will Ferrell movie that came out loosely based on the show a few years ago, but I think it turned out to be a flop probably because most people weren’t familiar with the original material or if they were familiar they didn’t want it to be adapted the way it was. (I think that Danny McBride and MRJ should play brothers though in some kind of Judd Apatow/David Gordon Green/Adam McKay type of movie. I think MRJ would fit right in with those guys.)

Neal Cassidy’s apartment had quite a collection of radio microphones and I’m also remembering the comment that Rumple made to Charming when he gave him the potion to put on Jackson’s hat…the potion that helps you find things that are lost.

If the map is a nod to the original Land of the Lost it certainly would apply to Emma…she was “lost” in our world…away from her own world and it would also apply to Baelfire, who was “lost” to another world. So….one more thing that points to Neal Cassidy being Baelfire. If it is Baelfire and Emma then we have two lost children who are looking to the Red Lantern map to find a new home…they may not find what they have lost but they have found each other and they will create a new life…that is until August stuck his big, long, lying (mostly lying) nose into things. (So does this mean that at some point that Will, Holly, and Chaka are going to wander into Storybrook? )

I love all the research that you do fairy dust. I’m sure that K&H are fans of the original Land of the Lost.

[kalliopekisees]

Great job fairy dust. I agree, you always have such great research.

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