The Twilight Zone

"Rod Serling's stamp on a script has consistently spelled 'quality,' and this seasonal debut of his created series is no exception."

— The Hollywood Reporter (October 3, 1960) on Twilight Zone's "King Nine Will Not Return"

I’m in a house full of stargazers, and we couldn’t agree more! #StopDisrespectingPluto

Agreed. I never skip this one! A great “starter episode” for someone who’s never seen TZ.

Agreed! Classic TZ …

Couldn’t agree more! The Last Flight is one of my all-time favorites.

Ha, good point! This is the perfect solution.

"I'd say she's got a leak in her attic. Parallel planes! Counterparts from another life!"

#S1E21

Twilight Zone’s "Mirror Image" by Rod Serling stars Vera Miles and Joe Hamilton.

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Brother. I know it’s not a slur, but still — unless you’re writing about the United Negro College Fund or the Negro baseball leagues, please join us in the 21st century!

Ha, just streamed an episode last night on Hulu. Always fun. :)

Got to see them in concert last year — it was amazing! MoP was a huge highlight, of course.

Was a huge fan of Quantum Leap! Not surprising for a fan of TZ, of course. :)

Much too soon, yes! Another favorite: “Wife Vs. Secretary” with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. So good!

Unreal. I can’t even imagine this being considered okay. They might as well have had rules against blondes, brunettes or redheads, for all the sense it makes!

That does seem a bit late, but it appears to have been passing out of usage in the late 1960s, so a residual instance in 1970 doesn’t surprise me. I can imagine some older editor writing this headline, and the younger reporters rolling their eyes. As for “girl,” yeah — so cringe. 🙄

"The New York World's Fair? That means we're in ... "

"1939. We came back, but we didn't come back far enough."

#S2E18

Twilight Zone's "The Odyssey of Flight 33"

Done!

… ingredient in someone's soup. It's tonight's bill of fare from the Twilight Zone.”

Except that the final narration is, if anything, MORE humorous: “The recollections of one Michael Chambers, with appropriate flashbacks and soliloquy. Or, more simply stated, the evolution of man. The cycle of going from dust to dessert. The metamorphosis from being the ruler of a planet to an …

Ha, yes! In fairness to Rod, the typo almost surely came from his secretary, who typed up the dictation recordings he made of his scripts. Either way, "gaLazy" is pretty funny. Sounds like a space-age recliner! 😄

And yes, his rewritten version is sharper and better. He often rewrote these intros.

"To the wee ones ... the little folk called man ... it's a marvelous adventure, a voyage to another planet."

Check out the rest of Serling's original closing narration for "To Serve Man," which he had rewritten entirely by the time the episode was filmed.

#Season3Episode24

Love Eddie! One of the all-time greats.

Congratulations! Wonderful news.

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Same here! Though age does make one appreciate it more. 🥲

That laugh! 😆

He basically elevated anything he was in. A true giant.

Was certainly happy to see him escape a world that insisted on trying to change him!

Agreed. :) Like other great actors, he had what they call “presence.”

Did a rewatch myself. :)