SCI-FI Channel running Twilight Zone marathon all day today

July 3, 2008 | self

[ETL]

Here is a schedule from the Sci-Fi Channel's website
(times listed are in Eastern/ET):
http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3

[PeteB570]

“They should have taken the tank” - can’t remember if that one was OL or TZ.

The Outer Limits could be just creepy sometimes.

Loved them both.

[steelyourfaith]

Still no airing of An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge ( 2/28/64) nor The Encounter (5/1/64) from the fifth season. Sigh.

[isom35]

I think they were pig-like.

[randita]

Yes, you’re right-pig like. I was getting it confused with Planet of the Apes.

[ETL]

Willoughby!

LOL! One of my favorites! Whenever I'm riding on a commuter train, which isn't very often, I can't help but call out "Willoughby!...next stop Willoughby!" Almost always gets a good laugh from the other passengers. (almost)

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear either that or the one with Burgess Meredith, (Time Enough At Last) will air during the marathon.

Schedule (times are in EASTERN):
http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ohh...that little Billy was a bad kid.

[IYAS9YAS]

The Obsolete Man... Absolute classic (he was a librarian).

[The Great RJ]

Twilight Zone's enduring popularity is because it had excellent and intelligent writing, not only by creator Rod Serling, but many other truly talented writers. Compare this to the shlock that Hollywood currently serves up on network TV that is written by hack writers to appeal to mindless dolts.

[Tanniker Smith]

I think I've finally seen them all, or at least most of them.

I got tired of the marathons years ago. They kept showing the same episodes over and over again. I knew that there had to be more of them somewhere ...

[Obadiah]

My first thought.

[ETL]

“They should have taken the tank” - can’t remember if that one was OL or TZ.

It was Twilight Zone, from season 5:

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.

During maneuvers near the site of Custer's Last Stand, three national guardsmen find themselves plunged into the Battle of Little Big Horn.
CAST: Ron Foster, Warren Oates, Randy Boone, Robert Bray, Wayne Mallory, Greg Morris, Jeffrey Morris, Jacque Shelton, Lew Brown.
http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone/episodes/season05/

[Cailleach]

ping to Papa

[ETL]

gridlock wrote: CBS now has the Twighlight Zone ONLINE:
http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/

[Maine Mariner]

Rod Sterling was also a paratrooper during WWII I believe.

[ETL]

“Twilight Zone”! Sounds like this election cycle.

Rod Serling could never have dreamed such a nightmare like we have today!

http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone/about/

[Maine Mariner]

Rod Serling

[Rebelbase]

"IT'S A COOKBOOK!"

[ETL]

Rod Sterling was also a paratrooper during WWII I believe.

You're right.

"On the day he graduated from high school, Serling enlisted in the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division paratroopers, and after basic training (during which time he took up boxing and won 17 out of 18 bouts) he was sent into combat in the Philippines and wounded by shrapnel."

http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone/about/

[BibChr]

YES! That was CLASSIC.

[retrokitten]

D’oh! I thought it started tomorrow!

On Audible.com (download audio books right to your computer and MP3 player) they have dramatized versions of a ton of episodes. Some B/C-level celebs do a lot of the characters, Blair Underwood, Jason Alexander, Lou Diamond Philips, Bruno Kirby, and Daniel J. Travani are a few of them.

They are really fun to listen to, sort of like old time radio shows.