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OT: Twilight Zone Marathon 2020

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
6:00am — One for the Angels


6:30am — Mr. Denton on Doomsday

7:00am — The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

7:30am — Walking Distance


8:00am — Escape Clause

8:30am — Perchance to Dream

9:00am — Judgment Night


9:30am — And When The Sky Was Opened

10:00am — What You Need

10:30am — The Four of Us Are Dying


11:00am — Third From The Sun

11:30am — The Fever

12:00pm — The Last Flight


12:30pm — The Purple Testament

1:00pm — Elegy

1:30pm — A World of Difference


2:00pm — Long Live Walter Jameson

2:30pm — People are Alike All Over

3:00pm — Execution


3:30pm — The Big Tall Wish

4:00pm — A Nice Place to Visit

4:30pm — Nightmare as a Child


5:00pm — A Stop At Willoughby

5:30pm — The Chaser

6:00pm — A Passage For Trumpet


6:30pm — Mr. Bevis

7:00pm — Where Is Everybody?

7:30pm — Time Enough At Last


8:00pm — The Hitch-Hiker

8:30pm — The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

9:00pm — Eye of the Beholder


9:30pm — The Invaders

10:00pm — It’s a Good Life

10:30pm — Five Characters In Search of An Exit


11:00pm — The Dummy

11:30pm — Living Doll

Wednesday, January 1, 2020
12:00am — The Mighty Casey


12:30am — A World of His Own

1:00am — King Nine Will Not Return

1:30am — The Man in the Bottle


2:00am — Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

2:30am — A Thing About Machines

3:00am — The Howling Man


3:30am — The Lateness of the Hour

4:00am — The Trouble With Templeton

4:30am — A Most Unusual Camera

5:00am — Night of the Meek

5:30am – Dust

6:00am — Back There

6:30am — The Whole Truth

7:00am — A Penny For Your Thoughts

7:30am — Twenty-Two

8:00am — The Odyssey of Flight 33

8:30am — Mr. Dingle, The Strong

9:00am — Static

9:30am — The Prime Mover

10:00am — Long Distance Call

10:30am — A Hundred Yards Over the Rim

11:00am — The Rip Van Winkle Caper

11:30am — The Silence

12:00pm — Shadow Play

12:30pm — The Mind and the Matter

1:00pm — The Obsolete Man

1:30pm — Two

2:00pm — The Arrival

2:30pm — The Shelter

3:00pm — The Passersby

3:30pm — A Game of Pool

4:00pm — The Mirror

4:30pm — The Grave

5:00pm — Deaths-Head Revisited

5:30pm — Still Valley

6:00pm — The Jungle

6:30pm — Once Upon a Time

7:00pm — The Lonely

7:30pm — I Shot An Arrow Into the Air

8:00pm — Mirror Image

8:30pm — The After Hours

9:00pm — Nick of Time

9:30pm — Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

10:00pm — The Midnight Sun

10:30pm — To Serve Man

11:00pm — Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

11:30pm — The Masks

Thursday, January 2, 2020
12:00am — A Quality of Mercy

12:30am — Nothing in the Dark

1:00am — One More Pallbearer

1:30am — Dead Man’s Shoes

2:00am — The Hunt

2:30am — Showdown With Rance McGrew

3:00am — Kick the Can

3:30am — A Piano in the House
 
The episode that scared me the most was The After Hours.I was a few weeks short of my 10th birthday when seeing this in 1960.

I left my DVD set over at my 81 year old sister's house after viewing a few of them on Christmas Day.The set,copied from the CBS masters,was sold on e-Bay for $35 a few years ago.
 
FYU: For those of you with Netflix accounts, you can watch every episode from all 5 seasons. I've seen some episodes I never encountered during the New Year's marathons.
 
This seems like a series worth re-doing (again)...I suppose black mirror is the closest we have...
 
FYU: For those of you with Netflix accounts, you can watch every episode from all 5 seasons. I've seen some episodes I never encountered during the New Year's marathons.
Actually, no. You can get Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 5. They don't have the rights to Season 4, which consists of 17 rarely-seen full-hour episodes. As usual, the New Year's marathon does not include any of the full-hour episodes. These are usually not as well regarded because the plot tends to drag. But there are a few really good ones IMO.

One plus of watching Netflix is that you get the full 25 minute episode. Back in the sixties, a half-hour episode ran for 25 minutes with 5 minutes of commercials. Nowadays the ratio is more like 22 to 8. So they have to do some cutting, which sometimes creates plot holes.

But that aside, the marathon should satiate most TZ appetites. It includes 92 of the 156 original episodes, with the most popular ones getting the prime time slots. The January 1 prime time lineup is IMO extremely compelling, culminating in "The Masks" at 11:30. ("The Masks" really HAS to be at 11:30, since the climax of the plot occurs at the stroke of midnight.)
 
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This seems like a series worth re-doing (again)...I suppose black mirror is the closest we have...

They have revived newer Twilight Zones over the years. But they just don't seem to have the same punch as the original:
 
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
6:00am — One for the Angels


6:30am — Mr. Denton on Doomsday

7:00am — The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

7:30am — Walking Distance


8:00am — Escape Clause

8:30am — Perchance to Dream

9:00am — Judgment Night


9:30am — And When The Sky Was Opened

10:00am — What You Need

10:30am — The Four of Us Are Dying


11:00am — Third From The Sun

11:30am — The Fever

12:00pm — The Last Flight


12:30pm — The Purple Testament

1:00pm — Elegy

1:30pm — A World of Difference


2:00pm — Long Live Walter Jameson

2:30pm — People are Alike All Over

3:00pm — Execution


3:30pm — The Big Tall Wish

4:00pm — A Nice Place to Visit

4:30pm — Nightmare as a Child


5:00pm — A Stop At Willoughby

5:30pm — The Chaser

6:00pm — A Passage For Trumpet


6:30pm — Mr. Bevis

7:00pm — Where Is Everybody?

7:30pm — Time Enough At Last


8:00pm — The Hitch-Hiker

8:30pm — The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

9:00pm — Eye of the Beholder


9:30pm — The Invaders

10:00pm — It’s a Good Life

10:30pm — Five Characters In Search of An Exit


11:00pm — The Dummy

11:30pm — Living Doll

Wednesday, January 1, 2020
12:00am — The Mighty Casey


12:30am — A World of His Own

1:00am — King Nine Will Not Return

1:30am — The Man in the Bottle


2:00am — Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

2:30am — A Thing About Machines

3:00am — The Howling Man


3:30am — The Lateness of the Hour

4:00am — The Trouble With Templeton

4:30am — A Most Unusual Camera

5:00am — Night of the Meek

5:30am – Dust

6:00am — Back There

6:30am — The Whole Truth

7:00am — A Penny For Your Thoughts

7:30am — Twenty-Two

8:00am — The Odyssey of Flight 33

8:30am — Mr. Dingle, The Strong

9:00am — Static

9:30am — The Prime Mover

10:00am — Long Distance Call

10:30am — A Hundred Yards Over the Rim

11:00am — The Rip Van Winkle Caper

11:30am — The Silence

12:00pm — Shadow Play

12:30pm — The Mind and the Matter

1:00pm — The Obsolete Man

1:30pm — Two

2:00pm — The Arrival

2:30pm — The Shelter

3:00pm — The Passersby

3:30pm — A Game of Pool

4:00pm — The Mirror

4:30pm — The Grave

5:00pm — Deaths-Head Revisited

5:30pm — Still Valley

6:00pm — The Jungle

6:30pm — Once Upon a Time

7:00pm — The Lonely

7:30pm — I Shot An Arrow Into the Air

8:00pm — Mirror Image

8:30pm — The After Hours

9:00pm — Nick of Time

9:30pm — Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

10:00pm — The Midnight Sun

10:30pm — To Serve Man

11:00pm — Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

11:30pm — The Masks

Thursday, January 2, 2020
12:00am — A Quality of Mercy

12:30am — Nothing in the Dark

1:00am — One More Pallbearer

1:30am — Dead Man’s Shoes

2:00am — The Hunt

2:30am — Showdown With Rance McGrew

3:00am — Kick the Can

3:30am — A Piano in the House
What's one where she goes for surgery and the doctors have pig snouts? I like that one..the scary looking thing on the airplane wing and the one where the kid talks to someone dead on the phone. (My memory is foggy it's been YEARS since I've watched.)
 
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What's one where she goes for surgery and the doctors have pig snouts? I like that one..the scary looking thing on the airplane wing and the one where the kid talks to someone dead on the phone. (My memory is foggy it's been YEARS since I've watched.)

Season 2 Episode 6 - Eye of The Beholder
Season 5 Episode 3 - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Season 2 Episode 22 - Long Distance Call
 
They have revived newer Twilight Zones over the years. But they just don't seem to have the same punch as the original:
Did not know about the 2019...will have to check it out...I wish Black Mirror would do more episodes...for me it was TZish enough...
 
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Hulu airs the entire series, including season 4. They seem to be all in tact as most of the episodes are 25 minutes in length. Season 4 episodes are 51-52 minutes.

Hulu isn't great because it doesn't have a lot of content, but I have found it does have an occasional gem.
 
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What's one where she goes for surgery and the doctors have pig snouts? I like that one..the scary looking thing on the airplane wing and the one where the kid talks to someone dead on the phone. (My memory is foggy it's been YEARS since I've watched.)


Eye of the Beholder
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Long Distance Call is about that creepy grandmother who dies and tries to get her grandson to crossover to her side...the kid was Billy Mumy who also played that brat Anthony in the classic Its a Good Life episode, he also appeared in a third TZ episode and of course is best know as Will Robinson in Lost in Space
 
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They have revived newer Twilight Zones over the years. But they just don't seem to have the same punch as the original:
And there was also a 1983 Twilight Zone movie, consisting of four vignettes: one original, plus remakes of Kick the Can, It's a Good Life, and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
 
Hulu airs the entire series, including season 4. They seem to be all in tact as most of the episodes are 25 minutes in length. Season 4 episodes are 51-52 minutes.

Hulu isn't great because it doesn't have a lot of content, but I have found it does have an occasional gem.
Thanks. Going to watch a few later! Which do you consider the scariest? I have never watched every episode.
 
Thanks. Going to watch a few later! Which do you consider the scariest? I have never watched every episode.
I would say that It's a Good Life is the creepiest. But three of the scariest that come to my mind are: Mirror Image, The Invaders, and The Midnight Sun.
 
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I swear some of you have used this template for a “fun” rumor thread...

The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

As a kid this one scared me the most...

To Serve Man
 
Thanks. Going to watch a few later! Which do you consider the scariest? I have never watched every episode.

Good question. The ones that creeped me out when I first saw them was "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?" and "The Good Life." The first about bus patrons trapped at a diner during a snow storm suspecting an alien among themselves and a small boy who can "wish" things into and out of existence.
 
If you like ranked lists enough to click on one, here's the IMDB list of all TZ episodes, ranked 1 to 156, as voted by the fanboys who vote on this type of thing:

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?...=250&sort=user_rating,desc&ref_=tt_eps_rhs_sm

If you kinda sorta like ranked lists, but not enough to click, here's the Top Ten. I am sure most of you are well familiar with them!

1) Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
2) Eye of the Beholder
3) To Serve Man
4) Time Enough at Last
5) The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
6) Living Doll
7) Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
8) The Masks
9) It's a Good Life
10) The Shelter
 
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Good question. The ones that creeped me out when I first saw them was "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?" and "The Good Life." The first about bus patrons trapped at a diner during a snow storm suspecting an alien among themselves and a small boy who can "wish" things into and out of existence.
Actually, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" is considered a comedy, albeit a dark comedy.
 
Actually, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" is considered a comedy, albeit a dark comedy.

Not when you're a little kid and see that third arm and third eye! But yes, it has a dark comedy ending.

"The Masks" was also disturbing as a kid.
 
I humbly invite you to set your DVR for 4:00 AM on January 1 for "The Trouble with Templeton". My favorite TZ episode and the best you've never heard of.

First watch it in its entirety. Then after you know how it ends, run it back a few minutes to catch the final scene of Pippa Scott, the female lead. Watch her change in facial expression and her body language. It is as superb a five seconds of wordless acting as you will ever see.

What are some of your favorite under-the-radar hidden gems? (Terms very familiar to we who follow Rutgers recruiting!)
 
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"Miniature" from Season 4 with Robert Duval is definitely my favorite under the radar. I saw it years ago (one of the hour long episodes) and haven't seen it often since then.
 
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Thanks for the reminder. Captain Kirk and the gremlin on the wing, Agnes Moorehead and the tiny spacemen, and To Serve Man are three of my favorites. Nobody will be able to top the twists at the end of most episodes. What a classic series!
 
Thanks. Going to watch a few later! Which do you consider the scariest? I have never watched every episode.
I haven’t watched in years, these guys are way more expert than me. I’m thinking of doing a rewatch though after I finish the Mandalorian.
 
I haven’t watched in years, these guys are way more expert than me. I’m thinking of doing a rewatch though after I finish the Mandalorian.
Just watched the last episode, great show. Looking forward to season 2!
 
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Which is the one about the Return of a Jesus like person who brings all the cures for disease etc and the town kills him and burns the cures for the diseases?

Eerily lends itself to modern times
 
A Game of Pool - Jack Klugman as a young challenger who takes on the legendary champion, played by comedian Jonathan Winters (in a rare dramatic role). Awesome set-up and dialog, with a timeless theme for sports fans: who is the greatest ever? 3:30 pm on Wed.
 
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Which is the one about the Return of a Jesus like person who brings all the cures for disease etc and the town kills him and burns the cures for the diseases?

Eerily lends itself to modern times
That would be "The Gift". Doesn't appear to be on the playlist.
 
I humbly invite you to set your DVR for 4:00 AM on January 1 for "The Trouble with Templeton". My favorite TZ episode and the best you've never heard of.

First watch it in its entirety. Then after you know how it ends, run it back a few minutes to catch the final scene of Pippa Scott, the female lead. Watch her change in facial expression and her body language. It is as superb a five seconds of wordless acting as you will ever see.

What are some of your favorite under-the-radar hidden gems? (Terms very familiar to we who follow Rutgers recruiting!)

Some of my favorites that don’t get mentioned much are The Last Flight, about a WWI pilot who gets a second chance; Changing of the Guard, about a teacher who feels his life has been a waste until ghosts of former students share what he taught them; Worlds Greatest Liar, about a guy who tells tall tales and nearly gets abducted by aliens who don’t know the concept of a lie and think all the fictitious boasts Andy Devine makes are true. Love the classics mentioned in this thread but also these hidden gems.
 
Some of my favorites that don’t get mentioned much are The Last Flight, about a WWI pilot who gets a second chance; Changing of the Guard, about a teacher who feels his life has been a waste until ghosts of former students share what he taught them; Worlds Greatest Liar, about a guy who tells tall tales and nearly gets abducted by aliens who don’t know the concept of a lie and think all the fictitious boasts Andy Devine makes are true. Love the classics mentioned in this thread but also these hidden gems.
All good choices! Unfortunately, only The Last Flight is included in the marathon, today at noon .

The last episode you mentioned is titled "Hocus Pocus and Frisby". Like most of the TZ comedies, it is very underrated IMO.
 
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All good choices! Unfortunately, only The Last Flight is included in the marathon, today at noon .

The last episode you mentioned is titled "Hocus Pocus and Frisby". Like most of the TZ comedies, it is very underrated IMO.
Yes, Hocus Pocus and Frisby, I was remembering the title incorrectly. Thanks!
 
If you are watching the marathon now, you may notice something missing - the familiar jangling opening theme with the four-note repetition. That is because they are starting the marathon with episodes from Season 1, which used a much more low key intro. The more familiar intro wasn't introduced until Season 2.
 
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