Twilight Zone marathon all day today to celebrate 50th anniversary of series

SyFy.com (Sci-Fi Channel) ^ | October 2, 2009

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The linked schedule is for eastern time zone (unless it automatically adjusts?).

http://www.syfy.com/schedule/index.php?date=2-OCT-2009&feed_req=

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50 years later, Twilight Zone bridges time [50th anniversary of sci-fi series]
AP via Yahoo News ^, September 29, 2009

By WILLIAM KATES, Associated Press Writer

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — On a Friday night in October 1959, Americans began slipping into a dimension of imagination as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. They've really never returned.

"The Twilight Zone," first submitted for the public's approval by a reluctant CBS, has resonated with viewers from generation to generation with memorable stories carrying universal messages about society's ills and the human condition.

Like the time-space warps that anchored so many of the show's plots, Rod Serling's veiled commentary remains as soul-baring today as it did a half-century ago, and the show's popularity endures in multiple facets of American pop culture.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_twilight_zone_at50;_ylt=AsEGOUMcOmBKtjsS9F4AaUus0NUE
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"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone." - Rod Serling

Episodes List - About - Gallery

One of television's most rightly revered series, The Twilight Zone (CBS, 1959-64) stands as the role model for TV anthologies. Its trenchant sci-fi/fantasy parables explore humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways conventional drama cannot.

Creator Rod Serling wrote the majority of the scripts, and produced those of such now-legendary writers as Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont. The series featured such soon-to-be-famous actors as Robert Redford, William Shatner, Burt Reynolds, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Carol Burnett, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Peter Falk and Bill Mumy, as well as such established stars as silent-film giant Buster Keaton, Art Carney, Mickey Rooney, Ida Lupino and John Carradine.

The "SyFy Channel", formerly known as the "Sci-Fi Channel":
http://www.syfy.com/twilightzone/index.php

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To Serve Man
Series: The Twilight Zone
Writer: Rod Serling, based on the story by Damon Knight
Director: Richard L. Bare

Apparently benign alien emissaries show mankind how to end the misery of war, plague and famine. The Kanamits, nine-foot tall aliens, arrive on Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man. They end war, they end famine. They make the military wonder: what's the catch?

CAST: Richard Kiel, Hardie Albright, Robert Tafur, Lloyd Bochner, Lomax Study, Theodore Marcuse, Susan Cummings, Nelson Olmstead.
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Episode: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with William Shatner

"Waxman on the (left) wing"
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FYI: You can watch many classic episodes of the Twilight Zone free online at this CBS link below. Unfortunately, they do not have this one with William Shatner available ('Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'), because it was from season 5 and they only have vids for the first 3.

Note that on each of the 3 'seasons pages' there are 2 pages of episodes listed (click the little arrow for the 2nd page):

http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/

[LeonardFMason]

The Howling Man

His name is Obama. He has been loosed upon the world.

[netmilsmom]

Love the Zone.
My girls are now sniffing because we have no cable.

Maybe Hulu has them.

[Rocko]

I always loved the series, but I've been living in The Twilight Zone 24/7 since Obama became president.

[BallyBill]

That is some great stuff.

I watched a few episodes this morning already, didn't know it was the 50th though. Trying to pick your favorite changes every hour or so when you watch them all.

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TWILIGHT ZONE “ON THE WING PING”.

[NMEwithin]

Cool! Love the classic episodes...

But why the heck did "SciFi" change their name to "SyFy"?

It bugs me...

[mentor2k]

I've seen everyone episode several times.

[Sparko]

Right on target. Either that series or a perverse Superman’s Bizarro World where everything, including beliefs and values are inverted.

[yarddog]

They only had around 3 different story lines and you could always guess the ending, but it was still an interesting series.

There sure were a lot of familiar faces.

[ladyvet]

What a great day! Lettermann and Bambi both look like the idiots they are and The Twilight Zone on all day!

[Chode]

a friend of mine still has his old lake cruiser "the Twilight"

[b4its2late]

LOL!

[eCSMaster]

So far my favorite is “Two” with Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as survivors of the last great war.

[TonyInOhio]

Time Enough At last

Sheer genius.

[Capt_Hank]

I always liked, “One Step Beyond”. The music would always give me chills.

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Love the Zone. My girls are now sniffing because we have no cable. Maybe Hulu has them.

From my post #3...

You can watch many classic episodes of the Twilight Zone free online at this CBS link below. Unfortunately, they do not have this one with William Shatner available ('Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'), because it was from season 5 and they only have vids for the first 3.

Note that on each of the 3 'seasons pages' there are 2 pages of episodes listed (click the little arrow for the 2nd page):

http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/

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"The Howling Man". His name is Obama. He has been loosed upon the world.

Yes, I also thought that episode (and "To Serve Man") describes very well the mess we are in today.

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why the heck did "Sci Fi" change their name to "SyFy"?

Yep, I also think it was a dopey move. "Sci-Fi Channel" was perfectly logical. "SyFy" is just plain dumb.

"On March 16, 2009, Sci Fi announced that it would be changing its name to Syfy, to end confusion over how to capitalize and stylize their name and as part of an effort to rebrand the channel as offering "imagination-based entertainment" (including science fiction but also fantasy, the paranormal, adventure and others). Network officials also noted that, unlike the generic term "sci fi" which represents the entire science fiction genre, the term "Syfy" can be protected by trademark and therefore would be easier to market on other goods or services without fear of confusion with other companies' products.

The only significant previous use of the term "Syfy" in relation to science fiction was by the website Syfy Portal, which became Airlock Alpha after selling the brand to NBC Universal (represented by a shell company) in February.[4] The new name took effect on July 7, 2009.[5] Reaction to the new name has been largely negative within the fan community.[6][7] In Poland, in response to a viewer poll, the name was left as "Sci Fi".[8]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syfy#History

[spectre]

Love it!

sw

[netmilsmom]

Thanks!

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50 years ago today the very first episode of The Twilight Zone appeared.

List of The Twilight Zone episodes (all):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Twilight_Zone_episodes