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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 15, 2014 20:18:19 GMT -5
Lots of great episodes already listed!
My favorite is the hunt, the one about the old guy who wouldn't go to heaven without his dog. It was funny, touching and altogether smile-inducing!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 15, 2014 20:40:38 GMT -5
I don't remember titles but I enjoy the one about the prisoner alone on a planet that gets a robot gal that he starts to fall for. And then I think he gets a pardon or something but doesn't want to leave because of her?
I also like the two tiny robots harassing the old lady.
The talking doll one scares me too. But all talking dolls/stuffed animals things creep me out.
I like the one where there's a salesman selling a guy stuff he'll need in the future. Like the scissors when his jacket gets stuck in the elevator.
I can't remember the actor (but I'll know it when someone says it) that tries to convince the devil he has unfinished buisness as the excuse why he can't die.
There's the Charles Bronson and the other gal at odds seeming to be the last two people alive.
That's the most I can think of right now. Now that I look at it I realize I enjoy the human story episodes more than I do the heavy science fiction themed ones.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 15, 2014 20:52:47 GMT -5
I need to watch more Twilight Zone. It's not known nearly as well over here in the UK as it is in the States. It's something of an institution there I gather, but here it's a little more cult. What's the episode where the creepy gremlin thingy keeps appearing on the passenger plane wing and the main character is the only one who ever sees it? I saw that episode when I was quite young and it obviously made some kind of impression.
Also, wasn't there a colour version of the Twilight Zone than ran in the '80s? I'm thinking maybe that's where I saw the gremlin on the aeroplane wing episode. Dunno for sure...it's a hazy memory.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 15, 2014 20:54:53 GMT -5
I need to watch more Twilight Zone. It's not known nearly as well over here in the UK as it is in the States. It's something of an institution there I gather, but here it's a little more cult. What's the episode where the creepy gremlin thingy keeps appearing on the passenger plane wing and the main character is the only one who ever sees it? I saw that episode when I was quite young and it obviously made some kind of impression. Also, wasn't there a colour version of the Twilight Zone than ran in the '80s? I'm thinking maybe that's where I saw the gremlin on the aeroplane wing episode. Dunno for sure...it's a hazy memory. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is the episode you're thinking of. It's probably the most iconic episode of the series. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 15, 2014 20:55:50 GMT -5
I don't know the name of the episode but it starred William Shatner as the man who was seeing the gremlin. The color story was part of the Twilight Zone movie. I believe it was John Lithgo (sp?) that started in it.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 15, 2014 20:57:02 GMT -5
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is the episode you're thinking of. It's probably the most iconic episode of the series. What can I say, I like the hits!  I don't know the name of the episode but it starred William Shatner as the man who was seeing the gremlin. The color story was part of the Twilight Zone movie. I believe it was John Lithgo (sp?) that started in it. Wow! I did not remember it being Shatner. It has been a hell of a time since I saw it though. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 15, 2014 21:01:47 GMT -5
I can't remember the actor (but I'll know it when someone says it) that tries to convince the devil he has unfinished buisness as the excuse why he can't die. There's the Charles Bronson and the other gal at odds seeming to be the last two people alive. That's the most I can think of right now. Now that I look at it I realize I enjoy the human story episodes more than I do the heavy science fiction themed ones. The first one is Ed Wynn (I think) and the guy who's come for him is Murray Hamilton.
The one with Charles Bronson is called "Two" and the gal is Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched.
I just saw the one where the old lady thinks Robert Redford is Mr. Death. I've never seen this one before, but I've heard of it. Someone must have given me a pretty good description because I thought I'd seen it, but after watching it, I'm pretty sure I never saw it before.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 15, 2014 21:03:53 GMT -5
Lots of great episodes already listed! My favorite is the hunt, the one about the old guy who wouldn't go to heaven without his dog. It was funny, touching and altogether smile-inducing! This sounds great, and I don't think I've seen it. It's coming up soon in my Netflix TZ project and I'm really looking forward to it. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 15, 2014 21:12:25 GMT -5
Yes it was Ed Wynn, who upon seeing the episode when I did, knew he was The Mad Hatter im Disneys movie.
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Post by berkley on Jul 15, 2014 21:17:05 GMT -5
I'm just skimming the thread because there are quite a few episodes I still haven't seen and even those I have, it's been long enough that I think I'll enjoy re-watching them more if I don't read too much about them. Most of the favourites I remember have already been listed -
- the doppelganger one in the bus station with Vera Miles (this may be my number 1)
- "The Monsters are due on Maple Street"
- one with Shatner in the diner and the coin-operated fortune-telling machine
- the one where the psychiatrist's patient has a weird dream
... and too many more to mention.
And I never get tired of the intro. In addition to his great talents as a writer and show-runner, Rod Serling had to be one of the coolest guys ever to appear on screen. The voice, the delivery, the appearance, everything.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 15, 2014 21:23:37 GMT -5
FYI-There's a couple of TZ that were not included in the syndication package that TV stations re-run (besides the 1 hr episodes).One stars George (Sulu) Takei as a Japanese gardner.I think an asian organization complained about his depiction.It might have had something to do with flashbacks to WWII.The other was an episode produced in Europe with no dialogue called "Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge".TZ was running over budget in the last season and to save money they bought the episode to use and only had the rights to it for a limited time. There might be 1 or 2 others and they might be on the Season Set DVDs and BRs
So many great shows but the worst one had something to do with a motorcycle gang.The words Black Leather was in the title.It was a stinker proving Rod Serling was human
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jul 15, 2014 21:33:57 GMT -5
"Walking Distance" starring Gig Young, with an original score by Bernard Herrmann would be my pick for best episode. Perhaps Serling's most heart-rending attempt to "return to/alter/prevent" a seemingly unreachable past as well as an unbearable present. 
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 15, 2014 22:08:44 GMT -5
The three episodes that haunted me as a child were not among the ones that seem to be most-cited as favorites. "Queen of the Nile" had a gruesome ending that spooked me immensely, and "A Most Unusual Camera" had a twist ending that blew my young mind. "Little Girl Lost" hit me hard with its random hole into another dimension.
I went on a TZ binge in the 80's, and saw every episode, and most of the mid-80's tv revival. "The Night of the Meek" always makes me teary-eyed, but I think I'm fondest now of "A Stop at Willoughby", a sentimental favorite, and "It's A Good Life", the horrifying Billy Mumy classic.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 15, 2014 23:53:53 GMT -5
I just watched "One More Pallbearer," another one I haven't seen before. It's not so great.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 16, 2014 17:34:07 GMT -5
Not mentioned yet and really creeps me out whenever I see it was "Room 22"
Liz Powell is in a hospital room, trying to sleep. She wakes up, and tries to pick up a glass of water, but drops it. She hears a noise outside the room and gets up. She goes out into the corridor and sees an elevator starting to close. A nurse is inside the elevator, but her face is obscured. Liz summons an elevator, gets into it, and presses for the basement level. The elevator descends to the basement; she exits and walks down the hall. She sees doors swinging, revealing the entrance into Room 22, the hospital morgue, as a nurse steps out and says, "Room for one more, honey." Liz screams and runs back into the elevator as the camera pans to the left to reveal Rod Serling standing and introducing the episode
Barbara Nichols played Liz
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