Any Twilight Zone Marathoners?

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**I really liked the “Zones” that talked about good and evil. I think “The Hunter” really knocked it into my brain as a kid that the devil will do whatever it takes to get your soul, and that even after you are dead but before you get into Heaven, the devil is still trying hard to get you And as a kid, the tricks and lies the devil used to try and get the hunter looked good to me, which scared me even more ! :eek:

Between the Catholic Church, the Nuns, and the Twilight Zone, you’d better believe that I was a good kid ! :D**
 
tuscany said:
**I really liked the “Zones” that talked about good and evil. I think “The Hunter” really knocked it into my brain as a kid that the devil will do whatever it takes to get your soul, and that even after you are dead but before you get into Heaven, the devil is still trying hard to get you And as a kid, the tricks and lies the devil used to try and get the hunter looked good to me, which scared me even more ! :eek:

Between the Catholic Church, the Nuns, and the Twilight Zone, you’d better believe that I was a good kid ! :D**
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Haha! That’s quite a combination. Do you think TZ viewing should be a required part of a good Catholic education?
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
I like the one with Burgess Meridith being the sole survivor of an atomic bomb, and finally having enough time to read…and breaks his glasses. 😦

Although many Twilight zone episodes the end scene is almost justified, this one was sad. His wife treated him just horribly, the way she ruined each page of his book. Horrid!
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since i was such an avid reader when i was young, that episode made a big impression on me. my dream was always to be locked in a library over night or be stranded on an island with thousands of books, but when i saw that episode where he finally had time to spend all day doing what he enjoyed -reading books and then, he broke his glasses - i felt so sorry for him. i guess it was kind of like - be careful what you wish for type of thing!
 
meltzerboy said:
“The Trouble with Templeton” episode is about an aging stage actor, played by Brian Aherne, who goes back in time to the period of his youth when his first wife, Laura, is still alive, as well as his best friend, Barney. But the past is not as wonderful as the way he imagined it, and his wife tells him to go back to where he came from. Actually she and his friend are both acting in order to encourage him to live his life in the present, not the past. A very poetic, emotional, and well-acted episode. Of course, I also have several other favorites.
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don’t think i remember that one and the name of the actor is not familiar. it does sound very meaningful though. a good lesson to live in the present and not the past which is so easy to do.
i remember the old Alfred Hitchcock television shows also and i liked them as well.
some of them were really scary.
rod serling was so good in his little introductions also. his voice was so good for setting the stage for the episode.
 
The Twilight Zone…I always loved seeing Burgess Meredith…and of course the opening with Rod Serling.

Stewardess…there’s a…MAN:eek:…ontheedgeofthewing.

I don’t think people can think of TTZ without thinking of Bill Shatner.


May it forever be ingrained in our hearts
 
austenbosten said:
The Twilight Zone…I always loved seeing Burgess Meredith…and of course the opening with Rod Serling.

Stewardess…there’s a…MAN:eek:…ontheedgeofthewing.

I don’t think people can think of TTZ without thinking of Bill Shatner.

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May it forever be ingrained in our hearts
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i wonder who the guy was who played the gremlin? imagine telling your kids and grandkids of perhaps, your only starring role!!! thanks for the pic.

remember the episode where the woman feels so terrible because she looks so different from everyone else and they want to operate so she won’t look so ugly? throughout the episode you don’t see the people in the shadows. then at the end of the show you see the faces of the people and they are grotesque. she was beautiful, but thought she was ugly because she was different from them. the gremlin face reminds me a little of those faces.

rod serling had great writers on his program. unlike television of today. the writers back then probably all deserved the salary they received. unlike the writers of today’s dramas and comedy tv programs.
 
austenbosten said:
The Twilight Zone…I always loved seeing Burgess Meredith…and of course the opening with Rod Serling.

Stewardess…there’s a…MAN:eek:…ontheedgeofthewing.

I don’t think people can think of TTZ without thinking of Bill Shatner.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/PubTThou01.jpg
May it forever be ingrained in our hearts
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Maybe so, but I think the most vivid personality was the chain-smoking host and writer and creator, Rod Serling. “Imagine if you will …”
 
tomarin said:
Maybe so, but I think the most vivid personality was the chain-smoking host and writer and creator, Rod Serling. “Imagine if you will …”
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👍 yes, he always prepared us for the journey into . . .THE TWILIGHT ZONE!
 
Crescentinus said:
I have a question.
Wasn’t there an episode where it talked about the WWII Pacific Theatre? o:
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Yes, there was–the one that comes to mind is “A Quality of Mercy”

My personal favorites:

“Time Enough at Last”

“Judgment Night”

“Purple Testament”

“Night of the Meek”

“The Obsolete Man”

“The Masks”
 
tuscany said:
  • The Hunter ( A hunter and his dog die on a hunt and try to enter Heaven. Hell tries to get them first, but the dog is the one who can see through Hell’s lies and leads his master to the real pearly gates.
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This one I’ve never seen. Sounds awesome.
 
This show is great… my 10 favourite episodes:

The Howling Man
Time Enough At Last
Five Characters in Search Of An Exit
Dust
A Hundred Yards Over The Rim
The After Hours
Eye Of The Beholder
Death Ship(the only hour long episode that’s worth watching)
The Lonely

And I have to put it here because Bill Shatner is brilliant, as usual, in this otherwise overrated episode, but…

Nightmare at 20,000 feet

Interesting to note that episode was directed by Richard Donner, who went on to direct “Superman: The Movie”, “Superman 2:Richard Donner Cut” and the Lethal Weapon series.
 
meltzerboy said:
Anyone remember “A Stop at Willoughby”? This episode may have been Rod Serling’s personal favorite.
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No, Serling’s favourite was in fact “Walking Distance”, which is the classic episode where the middle aged man, who’s car is being serviced not far from where he grew up, decides to take a walk into his old town to see if anything’s changed… And of cause this being Twilight Zone, he somehow travels back in time to the era of his childhood.

It’s a classic episode with a great script and it’s easy to see why it was Serling’s favourite.
 
tomarin said:
Maybe so, but I think the most vivid personality was the chain-smoking host and writer and creator, Rod Serling. “Imagine if you will …”
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Agreed… and I always love how he ends almost every intro and post-script with the line “…in The Twilight Zone” or some variation.
 
colliric said:
No, Serling’s favourite was in fact “Walking Distance”, which is the classic episode where the middle aged man, who’s car is being serviced not far from where he grew up, decides to take a walk into his old town to see if anything’s changed… And of cause this being Twilight Zone, he somehow travels back in time to the era of his childhood.

It’s a classic episode with a great script and it’s easy to see why it was Serling’s favourite.
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I can see you’re a TZ aficionado, which means you must also have “The Twilight Zone Companion” on your night-table next to your bed. Well, I recall Rod Serling did say when “A Stop at Willoughby” was first aired that this was one of the greatest episodes up to that time. He may also have stated “Walking Distance” was his favorite since it expresses better than any other (and there were a few) one’s longing for the past simplicity of life, as does “Willoughby.” They’re both wonderful. As I mentioned earlier, my personal favorite is “The Trouble with Templeton.” You also listed “Dust,” which is so moving at the end. And how about “Long Live Walter Jameson” with Kevin McCarthy and “The Changing of the Guard” with Donald Pleasance?
 
My favorite is on right now, the one with the alien in the diner. I also like The Hunter, I had never seen that one before a couple years ago at New Years. I love these marathons and look forward to them twice a year.
 
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