50 Years Ago Today....The Twilight Zone

[The Toyroom]

Hmmmm....

The problem I had with the new ones is that all the twist endings have already been done over the yeras; so there's no surprise at the end.

Right! I remember watching some of the recent series and being able to telegraph the "twist ending" a few minutes into the program, much to my kids' surprise....I explained to them it's been done before and I'd have been surprised if they DIDN'T go in that direction.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

The problem I had with the new ones is that all the twist endings have already been done over the yeras; so there's no surprise at the end. Plus, there's a reluctance to take things as over the top as the original. I think ultimately that HURTS the new show, 'cos the imagery and ideas are so easy to deal with.

Don C.

[raider5gt]

the new stuff is just as good

Yes blasphemy!

Send him to the Wicker Man

[Mikey]

if it aint black and white - it just aint right

[The Toyroom]

the new stuff is just as good

Blasphemy!

[toys2cool]

Watched the classic series as a kid,some of the episodes would give me the creeps.

I have not seen any of the new stuff,as i loved the feel of the classic series in black and white.

the new stuff is just as good

[kryptosmaster]

^^^^^^^And if I'm not mistaken that was the final classic TZ episode.

Rich

[The Toyroom]

Another nasty episode is that pool one where the little girl is dubbed over with Rocky J. Squirrels voice.

Wasn't that girl one of the stars of To Kill a Mockingbird ?
If so, why would they overdub her voice ?

"The Bewitchin' Pool".....that one's always good for a laugh The dialogue in general is poor. I didn't care for the majority of Earl Hamner's hokey TZ scripts. He'd later go on to create The Waltons.

As far as Mary Badham's voice (yes, she was Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird)....her voice is dubbed only in the outdoor scenes by June Foray. She was hard to understand with her Southern accent. In the indoor scenes with Aunt T, that's Mary's real voice.

[Mikey]

Another nasty episode is that pool one where the little girl is dubbed over with Rocky J. Squirrels voice.

Wasn't that girl one of the stars of To Kill a Mockingbird ?
If so, why would they overdub her voice ?

[The Toyroom]

And the video-taped episodes were a budget-saving demand by the network..... Serling had his hands tied quite a bit by the network and the sponsors and was always involved in some battle.

[The Toyroom]

On a different note, I can't stand watching the few video taped episodes.

Some of them are really good (I love the haunted car and Art Carney Santa ones) ... but the video look just ruins the show.

When I watch them it feels like i'm watching play on stage (not very scary)

I think I like them all.... There were six I think: Night of the Meek, Static, Long Distance Call, The Whole Truth, Lateness of the Hour, and Twenty-Two. They have a sort of 60s soap opera feel to them.

I think they all adapt well to the format except for the Whole Truth and Twenty-Two....

[The Toyroom]

I HATE the epsiode that has no talking in it.

At first I thought you were talking about "The Invaders" I've seen that TOO MANY times...can't stand it now.

It's a guy who's about to be hung and he escapes an is running through the whole show.

WORST MOST BORING EPISODE EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge".....Serling bought that French film and used it as a TZ episode. It won some kind of award at Cannes that year.....

[Mikey]

I HATE the episode that has no talking in it.

It's a guy who's about to be hung and he escapes and is running through the whole show.

WORST MOST BORING EPISODE EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a different note, I can't stand watching the few video taped episodes.

Some of them are really good (I love the haunted car and Art Carney Santa ones) ... but the video look just ruins the show.

When I watch them it feels like i'm watching play on stage (not very scary)

[raider5gt]

But the last episode of Season 1, "A World of His Own", was about a guy, Gregory West, who created his wife AND his mistress by simply describing them on a tape recorder.

As the episode ends, Serling appears on camera to state that obviously such a thing could never really happen...at which point Gregory proceeds to chastise Rod ("Rod, you shouldn't!") and produces an envelope marked "Rod Serling" which contains a tape describing Rod. He tosses it into the fire and Rod vanishes...exclaiming "Well, that's the way it goes"

Thanks man,thats what it was,with Rod being in an episode.

I have watched so much stuff as a kid,its hard to remember it all

[The Toyroom]

Did he appear in a story on the TZ? Or did i imagine it

During Season 1, Serling did all of the opening voice-over narrations and only appeared on screen at the end of the episode to tease the viewers about next week's show.

But the last episode of Season 1, "A World of His Own", was about a guy, Gregory West, who created his wife AND his mistress by simply describing them on a tape recorder.

As the episode ends, Serling appears on camera to state that obviously such a thing could never really happen...at which point Gregory proceeds to chastise Rod ("Rod, you shouldn't!") and produces an envelope marked "Rod Serling" which contains a tape describing Rod. He tosses it into the fire and Rod vanishes...exclaiming "Well, that's the way it goes"

Beginning with Season 2, Rod was in front of the camera at the beginning and end of each episode....