Palaeontologist Rick Marshall takes Stan and Holly into a new world of danger, dinosaurs and big bug-eyed lizard people while trying to find their way back home and, too, save the universe and in doing so saving his reputation. With the dinosaur with brains, brawn and personality and the adventure of scientific advancement and exotic beasts in a far away land, it all adds up to time travelling fun and frolics.

In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Will Ferrell's character, Marshall Willenholly, was named for the first line of the theme song to the original TV series "Land of the Lost" (1974), which names the three main characters: "Marshall, Will, and Holly". In this movie, Will Ferrell plays the first of those characters, Dr. Rick Marshall.

Dr. Rick Marshall:
[after realizing he was right all along] Matt Lauer can suck it!

Continuity: When getting dressed the morning after the bug draining the blood from his body we see Dr. Marshall putting on just a shirt. When he starts to strip down for his 'dance' number across the pterodactyl nesting grounds he suddenly has an undershirt on.

Written by Linda Laurie
Performed by Will Ferrell