Subject: The Twilight Zone

Date: Mon Aug 15 22:48:06 2016
User: Snowguy
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I just started watching a few episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (SyFY Channel.) Awesome, and of course it's kinda cool seeing Elizabeth Montgomery, Charles Bronson, Burgess Meredith, et al, as they were 55 years ago, and obviously merely on the cusp of their careers.. And the little bite-size half-hour stories bring back why I found them so intriguing back when I was not much more than a mere laddy.

Date: Tue Aug 16 08:44:48 2016
User: hotnurse
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I'm sure that I had many nightmares as a kid after watching Twilight Zone. One episode in particular still has an effect on me; the one where someone sat, or got close to a wall, in a movie theater (I think) and fell into another dimension. If I remember correctly, the person got yanked out of that dimension before the end. To this day I will not sit next to the wall in a theater.

Date: Tue Aug 16 09:11:03 2016
User: BuzzClik
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Hulu is carrying it online. Binge-watching is highly recommended.

Date: Tue Aug 16 17:19:33 2016
User: Snowguy
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Another must-see was Alfred Hitchcock. His episode "Man From the South" stands out in my mind. You may recall it, those of you who were around then, as a very uncomfortable episode to watch. A classic, based on a short story. Starred a very young Steve McQueen and a not-so-old young Peter Lorre. It involved a simple wager... And an astonishing ending. (No spoilers, please.)

Link: Classic HItchcock...

Date: Thu Aug 25 14:47:29 2016
User: Snowguy
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Wanna see Robert Redford, 54 years ago, and in a very interesting role? "Nothing in the Dark" episode, 1962. He was likely in his early-mid 20's. The episode, again, is bit edge-of-seat, but comforting in the end.

Link: Nothing in the Dark

Date: Fri Aug 26 06:18:27 2016
User: olblue
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Hey Snow, just watched that particular episode a few minutes ago on SciFi channel.

Date: Fri Aug 26 09:24:44 2016
User: Snowguy
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That's where I tivo it! Good to seeya, blue. Now I think of our chats...

Date: Fri Aug 26 18:22:57 2016
User: olblue
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Good to see you too Snow, we did have some interesting chats!

Date: Fri Aug 26 20:42:41 2016
User: jackwhh
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I used to like watching these old TV shows through bing video for free. But now, it seems Amazon and Hulu bought most and of coarse charge to view now.

Date: Sat Aug 27 12:00:38 2016
User: sking
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I see a lot of them being shown on DishNetwork GETTV channel. The old Sonny and Cher show is going to be on starting in October (I think). Enjoying the old Equalizer and nice to see the young actors just starting out. Saw a young Robert DeNiro not long ago but would love to see Twilight Zone so will have to check out Syfy.

Date: Sat Aug 27 12:51:05 2016
User: olblue
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sking, it's usually in the mornings (EST) that they air the Twilight Zone. I think it's New Year's Day they will do a 24 hour marathon of the old episodes.

Date: Sun Aug 28 09:06:43 2016
User: sking
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Will set it up to record. Right now I'm watching Tour of Duty. Really pleased they starting rerunning beginning with episode 1.

Date: Sat Sep 3 00:36:10 2016
User: Klepp
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Shatner was almost believable in "Nightmare at 20,000 feet."

Date: Sun Sep 4 18:20:04 2016
User: Snowguy
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If you can find it on-demand (btw I think it's on Hulu for sure, but I don't subscribe) look for "Little Girl Lost" episode. Awesome look "into an alternate dimension. But filmed in 1962. Blue has likely seen it by now. Did you like it, blue?

Date: Sun Sep 4 20:09:05 2016
User: olblue
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Yep, watched it this morning as a matter of fact! It's not one of my more favorite episodes though. There are many I do enjoy...most all of them in fact. I think one of my all time favorites is the one titled The Hunt.

Date: Mon Sep 5 17:40:16 2016
User: Snowguy
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"The Hunt's" description puts me to mind of one aired this past week: "Person or Persons Unknown." A man awakens from a brutal hangover and learns he has lost his identity. He is a non-person. The ending, as is often true, includes a surprise twist.

Date: Tue Sep 6 00:04:41 2016
User: olblue
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That was a good episode starring Richard Long.

Date: Tue Sep 20 10:37:27 2016
User: Snowguy
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"Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (1964) is set "in the future--let's say the year 2000." Everybody is made beautiful, according to patterns. But one young girl resists. "An ugly duckling can be stunning in a world of beautiful people" Really? (I didn't predict the ending of this one, even though I should have.) ----------------------------------------- There was also a classic young Mickey Rooney last week, where he played a jockey. Classic, pugnacious Rooney, a character he often portrayed, all the way through to a very geriatric Rooney in "Night at the Museum."

Link: Number 12...

Date: Tue Sep 20 14:59:57 2016
User: hotnurse
Message:
Snowy, was the ending somewhat porcine in nature?

Date: Tue Sep 20 15:11:38 2016
User: Snowguy
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Not getting what you mean. I know porcine, of course, but the gist I don't get. Funny thing. I see so many themes shared by movies, shows and books. Like an inept angel who hadn't yet won his wings being sent to earth to help somebody. (Remind you of a Christmas-time movie?) A n umber of other shared themes, too.I sometimes check the date of the "other" with the Twilight Zone episode date to see which one came first. And the genesis to both is sometimes somebody's short story. How about a guy who wants to be Big, falls asleep and gets his wish? (The Rooney one.)

Date: Tue Sep 20 16:26:43 2016
User: hotnurse
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Remember the one where this lady wakes up after surgery with bandages all over her face and the doc comes in to take them off? You see his hands removing the gauze, others looking down upon her just as the last piece of bandage falls off the doc hands her a mirror. She looks into the mirror and screams at which time the camera scans to her reflection and she sees the face of a pig...then she looks around the room at all of the other smiling pig-faces to see that their idea of beauty was much different than hers. At least this is how my mind remembers that episode.

Date: Tue Sep 20 17:09:03 2016
User: Snowguy
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Carol Burnett played the woman who had the angel come down to help her, so he could get his wings.

Date: Tue Sep 20 17:25:13 2016
User: hotnurse
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Ok, but do you remember the one I described?

Date: Thu Sep 22 15:05:28 2016
User: Snowguy
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An episode aired today, "Black Leather Jackets" was wrtten by Earl Hamner, Jr. (The Waltons)

Date: Thu Sep 22 15:14:51 2016
User: Snowguy
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Upon further review, I see that he contributed 8 episodes to The Twilight Zone." His and his family's histories are pretty interesting, including his father walking great distances home, including in the snow, genesis of "The Homecoming" his novel that became the Christmas Movie of the same name, and then "The Waltons."

Date: Sat Sep 24 10:42:52 2016
User: KidSister
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Hey Snowguy, I created an account at Putlocker, but it won't play the movie, keeps asking my to create an account again.

Date: Mon Sep 26 19:26:52 2016
User: Snowguy
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Here's a very interesting one. It was shot in France by French filmmakers, not as an episode of The Twilight Zone. While it was displayed on The Twilight Zone, it is in fact an award-winning film in its own right. It's posted on Youtube, so you shouldn't have to go to Hulu or elsewhere to see it. "La Rivière du hibou (French, "The Owl River"; English title: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge) is an Oscar-winning 1962 French short film based on the American short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1891) by Ambrose Bierce. It was directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Marcel Ichac and Paul de Roubaix with music by Henri Lanoë. It won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards. It was also screened on American television as an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1964." The minimal spoken parts are in English in Twilight Zone version.

Link: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Date: Sat Oct 1 10:04:20 2016
User: Snowguy
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Art Carney is a "drunken Santa" in one of today's episodes. What I found funny was the bartender saying, "You owe me for six drinks and a sandwich! That's $3.80!" (In a bar today, $30? more?) I especially like that episodes are in Black-and-White. In the French one I mentioned above, I learned that they actually saved money by playing that award-winner. $20,000 to rent it and $5000 to mane it right for American tv and audiences (English voice-over, and whatever) compared with the $55,000 it would have cost to make each original Twilight Zone episode!

Date: Sat Oct 8 14:17:53 2016
User: Snowguy
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Today's episode is one that has stuck with me for years, as an example of "delicious" irony. A man for whom treading is almost his entire world, finds himself in his "new" world, with more books than he can ever read and more food than he can ever eat. But, otherwise alone. "Time Enough at Last" a very young Burgess Meredith. My wife is no fan of "Twilight Zone" but she asked me to save his one, a young Art Carney as a drunken department store Santa Claus who wants something so much greater. "The Night of the Meek" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7B2ug146Gk (You will want to go full screen on this one.)

Link: "Time Enough... forever..."

Date: Sun Oct 9 07:22:00 2016
User: olblue
Message:
It's not fair....it's just not fair!

Date: Sun Oct 30 14:18:15 2016
User: Snowguy
Message:
One thing more about "The Twilight Zone"... every body smoked! It is highly unusual to see an adult character who doesn't just light one up and puff away. I wonder how much that was merely a reflection of our society, and how much was product placement for the all-powerful tobacco/cigarette companies...

Date: Sun Oct 30 20:29:42 2016
User: Snowguy
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Interesting, at least to me. In one episode today, two small-time crooks shared a hotel room. He and she were married, but still, two twin beds! Folks might recall that parents in early sitcoms always had twin beds. I guess they never had sex... You may recall "The Christmas Story" with Ralphie and his air rifle. Even though it was shot in 1983, they were true to the 1930's period. Twin beds for the parents. When Ricky and Lucy discussed her pregnancy, there was a lot of talk about what they should call it. I think they said she was "expectant." (They could never say "pregnant."