 William Phipps (qv) told interviewer Tom Weaver (I) (qv), "When  I saw that spaceship set, I thought I was workin for  Soupy Sales (qv)! And that giant spider! They held it up with big  ropes above us on the cave set and dropped it down on our heads. At  the time, I thought it was the most outrageous, absurd thing in the  world 