Posted on 09/29/2009 5:41:50 AM PDT by JoeProBono
"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
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.
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-Featured many soon-to-be-famous actors, such as Robert Redford, William Shatner, Burt Reynolds, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Carol Burnett, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin and Peter Falk, as well as such Hollywood legends as Buster Keaton, Art Carney, Mickey Rooney, Ida Lupino and John Carradine
“The Obsolete Man” with Burgess Meredith is my absolute favorite; sad that we seem to be heading in that direction at warp speed...
One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes was “Two”.
The ONLY actors in that episode were Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery, and there was no speaking.
It was all facial expression, gesticulation, and body language.
My favorite is a more contemporary episode starring Barack Obama in “The Empty Suit”.
Probably the most innovative television show of all time!
Strong stuff.
The very best episode of all, IMHO, is “Willoughby.” As in, “Will you be getting off in Willoughby, sir?”
“Willoughby...where a man can live his life full measure.”
http://www.joost.com/0945njx/t/The-Twilight-Zone-1-2-hr-Two?channel=09401u6#id=0945njx
Wow! Thanks for the tip!!
Great stuff!
I have at least 10 that are my favorites. Inga Stevens with the hitchhiker that follows her, the 4th dimension, with the little girl falling out of bed, the old man and his dog trying to find heaven, the Civil War episode with the woman sitting on her porch watching casualties of the Civil War pass by, Burgess Meredith with the nuclear holocaust and him having all the time in the world to read books, the sun getting closer to the earth, the girl who is ugly and needs surgery to make her look normal, the traveler who stumbles on this home where there is an imprisoned man who begs to be let out, and he is warned not to do so, Mardi Gras where the uncle makes his heirs wear masks, to name a few.
Twilight Zone Agnes Moorehead
“After hours” with Ann Francis, I had this mad crush on her.
One of my favorites! The episode was written by same guy who did The Waltons. “If dogs ain’t allowed in Heaven, I’ll keep on walking.”
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