Comments on: The Twilight Zone Turns 50 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Palewriter http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1866643 Palewriter Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:45:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1866643 OK, Here are the others I didn't mention that I think are noteable. "The Odyssey Of Flight 33"(A plane goes back in time) "Little girl Lost" (Girl is lost in another dimention.) "The grave"(man chases Pinto Sykes, faces dare) "Back there" (Man goes back in time to assasination) "A stop at willougby" (Another back in time) "The Hitch-Hiker" (woman chased by man) And many more... And don't forget--One step Beyond although not Rod Serling OK, Here are the others I didn’t mention that I think are noteable.
“The Odyssey Of Flight 33″(A plane goes back in time)
“Little girl Lost” (Girl is lost in another dimention.)
“The grave”(man chases Pinto Sykes, faces dare)
“Back there” (Man goes back in time to assasination)
“A stop at willougby” (Another back in time)
“The Hitch-Hiker” (woman chased by man)

And many more…

And don’t forget–One step Beyond although not Rod Serling

]]> By: Ruby2 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1866613 Ruby2 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:09:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1866613 Ok- my last one! (but there are soooo many!) "Kick the Can"...if you haven't seen it, you will love it. It still makes me cry! Ok- my last one! (but there are soooo many!)

“Kick the Can”…if you haven’t seen it, you will love it. It still makes me cry!

]]> By: Ruby2 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1866608 Ruby2 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:02:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1866608 Oh! and how could I forget? "In Praise of Pip"...I love Jack Klugman!!! Oh! and how could I forget? “In Praise of Pip”…I love Jack Klugman!!!

]]> By: Ruby2 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1866607 Ruby2 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1866607 Nice choices everyone! i also hold "The After Hours" close to my heart... Still a fav! Nice choices everyone! i also hold “The After Hours” close to my heart… Still a fav!

]]> By: Palewriter http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865970 Palewriter Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:27:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865970 My favorites are A Game Of Pool about a man who wants to beat the best pool player that ever lived--and it turns out he comes back to life to play him. And the other is 22 which deals with a woman who is in the hospital and keeps having a dream that she walks down to the morgue only to find a nurse who comes out of the doors saying--"Room for one more, honey." My favorites are A Game Of Pool about a man who wants to beat the best pool player that ever lived–and it turns out he comes back to life to play him. And the other is 22 which deals with a woman who is in the hospital and keeps having a dream that she walks down to the morgue only to find a nurse who comes out of the doors saying–”Room for one more, honey.”

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865285 Ali S. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:42:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865285 My favourite was the episode with the child who can read everyone's mind and would kill them if they thought bad things about him. :) My favourite was the episode with the child who can read everyone’s mind and would kill them if they thought bad things about him. :)

]]> By: emwin237 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865267 emwin237 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:34:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865267 The long distance call; so creepy. The long distance call; so creepy.

]]> By: Don Newbury http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865232 Don Newbury Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:39:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865232 If "Maple Street" is the one where neighbors turn on one another because of their lights being out and cars starting on their own, among other things, then that was the best one in my opinion, hands down. It's just shows how people can be manipulated and carries a strong message even to this day. Great series. If “Maple Street” is the one where neighbors turn on one another because of their lights being out and cars starting on their own, among other things, then that was the best one in my opinion, hands down. It’s just shows how people can be manipulated and carries a strong message even to this day. Great series.

]]> By: Caregiver http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865219 Caregiver Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:12:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865219 I love the episode where the guy breaks his glasses and is unable to read his books. Another one I love is the gold episode where these scientists plan a robbery and steal lots of gold. Then freeze themselves so their gold is worth much more in the future. Only to find out that gold can be created in the future making their robbery worthless. I love the episode where the guy breaks his glasses and is unable to read his books. Another one I love is the gold episode where these scientists plan a robbery and steal lots of gold. Then freeze themselves so their gold is worth much more in the future. Only to find out that gold can be created in the future making their robbery worthless.

]]> By: Katy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865212 Katy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:47:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865212 Clearly "Maple Street" and "Beholder" carry such strong and profound messages about the nature of man as to have stuck in many people's minds for so long. I find they hold up nicely. I also like this one episode, I don't know the title, but two or three men are on a mission in space and they crash on what they believe in an alien planet. One man goes off to explore and is found weak and dying. Before he dies he makes a mark in the sand. The other man/men desperately tries to figure out what it means and it's not until the very end that we, the audience, find out the drawing was of a telephone pole the first man had found. Turns out it was earth the whole time. Clearly “Maple Street” and “Beholder” carry such strong and profound messages about the nature of man as to have stuck in many people’s minds for so long. I find they hold up nicely.

I also like this one episode, I don’t know the title, but two or three men are on a mission in space and they crash on what they believe in an alien planet. One man goes off to explore and is found weak and dying. Before he dies he makes a mark in the sand. The other man/men desperately tries to figure out what it means and it’s not until the very end that we, the audience, find out the drawing was of a telephone pole the first man had found. Turns out it was earth the whole time.

]]> By: gwdMaine http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865207 gwdMaine Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:01:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865207 If you love(d) the Twilight Zone, you can't pick a favorite - there's just too many. But if someone who had never seen the show asked what it was about, what five episodes would you recommend? The Night of the Meek I Sing the Body Electric The Passersby Nightmare at 20,000 Feet The Changing of the Guard Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? I couldn't even do this. Couldn't bring myself to not have one of the above in my personal "Top 5." And if I think about this any longer, I'd have to revise it. . . If you love(d) the Twilight Zone, you can’t pick a favorite – there’s just too many. But if someone who had never seen the show asked what it was about, what five episodes would you recommend?

The Night of the Meek
I Sing the Body Electric
The Passersby
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
The Changing of the Guard
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

I couldn’t even do this. Couldn’t bring myself to not have one of the above in my personal “Top 5.” And if I think about this any longer, I’d have to revise it. . .

]]> By: namowal http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865189 namowal Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:57:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865189 "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is hard to beat. Exhibit "A" on how vulnerable people are to being manipulated into destructive behavior. "Eye of the Beholder" is great too. Maybe a bit over the top, but I still remember seeing it for the first time and being truly surprised at, well, the surprise! Plus, any episode featuring characters with silly animal heads can't be all bad. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” is hard to beat.
Exhibit “A” on how vulnerable people are to being manipulated into destructive behavior.

“Eye of the Beholder” is great too. Maybe a bit over the top, but I still remember seeing it for the first time and being truly surprised at, well, the surprise! Plus, any episode featuring characters with silly animal heads can’t be all bad.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865180 Johnny Cat Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:26:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865180 Hmm, very tough to pick a favorite. But I'll go with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_Beholder" rel="nofollow">The Eye of the Beholder</a>. Hmm, very tough to pick a favorite. But I’ll go with The Eye of the Beholder.

]]> By: Another Tim http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865177 Another Tim Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:17:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865177 I like the one entitled "The hitchhiker" I believe. It was about a young woman driving across the country (or at least half of it--like Chicago to LA) and she keeps seeing the same hitchhiker. Watch the show to see why... I like the one entitled “The hitchhiker” I believe. It was about a young woman driving across the country (or at least half of it–like Chicago to LA) and she keeps seeing the same hitchhiker.

Watch the show to see why…

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865175 Miss Cellania Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:06:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865175 Ooh! I also like Nice Place to Visit. Ooh! I also like Nice Place to Visit.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865174 Miss Cellania Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:05:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865174 From the old series: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet From the not-so-old series: Button, Button. From the old series: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

From the not-so-old series: Button, Button.

]]> By: VSBM http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865170 VSBM Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:21:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865170 Too many to list. But if I had to pick one that really stuck with me, it would be "Little Girl Lost". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girl_Lost Spooky, creepy and with a twist at the end. Classic Zone. There are also some from the '80's version that are classics. Too many to list. But if I had to pick one that really stuck with me, it would be “Little Girl Lost”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girl_Lost

Spooky, creepy and with a twist at the end. Classic Zone. There are also some from the ’80′s version that are classics.

]]> By: Splint Chesthair http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865165 Splint Chesthair Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:51:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865165 My favorite would be "A Nice Place to Visit": "Heaven, Mr. Valentine? Whatever gave you the idea that you were in Heaven? This is the other place!!" My favorite would be “A Nice Place to Visit”:

“Heaven, Mr. Valentine? Whatever gave you the idea that you were in Heaven? This is the other place!!”

]]> By: Antonio Ingles http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865151 Antonio Ingles Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:49:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865151 Here in Portugal we have seen the series in the 70s. But I think I always remember "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" From that day I look my neighbours and really, I dont think aliens need to do anything, nust watch Here in Portugal we have seen the series in the 70s.
But I think I always remember “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”

From that day I look my neighbours and really, I dont think aliens need to do anything, nust watch

]]> By: Gail Pink http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865150 Gail Pink Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:48:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865150 I don't know about choosing just one favorite, either, but the scariest one for me was "To Serve Man." SO SCARY! I don’t know about choosing just one favorite, either, but the scariest one for me was “To Serve Man.” SO SCARY!

]]> By: Matt Tougas http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865145 Matt Tougas Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:34:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865145 This one. By a mile. http://www.transylvania-tv.com/?p=744 This one. By a mile. http://www.transylvania-tv.com/?p=744

]]> By: Joyous http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865138 Joyous Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:07:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865138 One favorite is "Time Enough At Last," with Burgess Meredith. I'm also a compulsive reader, reading the ingredients on the ketchup bottle when nothing else is available. I can remember the first time I saw that episode, how excited I was to imagine books stacked up as far as the eye could see. Then the horror when his glasses broke. I still cry at the end. One favorite is “Time Enough At Last,” with Burgess Meredith. I’m also a compulsive reader, reading the ingredients on the ketchup bottle when nothing else is available. I can remember the first time I saw that episode, how excited I was to imagine books stacked up as far as the eye could see. Then the horror when his glasses broke. I still cry at the end.

]]> By: MikeG http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1865131 MikeG Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:48:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26617#comment-1865131 It's hard to pick a favorite.. I particularly remember the one where the veteran FAA investigator suddenly sees a WW2 plane land, and he and some airport staff can't figure out why it has no crew, and after a bit he realizes it doesn't actually exist and that he never actually talked to those staff (who did otherwise exist), and it turns out that ------- the plane was the one crash whose cause he had never been able to determine, so many years ago. Classic Twilighty Zoneness. Oh there's also the one where the writer's wife complains about his other recently appearing 'woman friend', so he shows his wife how he really just created the friend (with the power of his mind/magic tape recorder/etc/etc) and even destroys the new friend to satisfy his wife, but still the wife wants a divorce, so he destroys her as well.. she was fun for a while.. and hey he could always recreate her 'from scratch' if he wanted I rarely find episodes of The Twilight Zone comforting, but if you want provocation, TZ has it.. and really surely more things happen after an episode is over, I'm sure everyone gets free cake and dances joyously around for eternity It’s hard to pick a favorite..

I particularly remember the one where the veteran FAA investigator suddenly sees a WW2 plane land, and he and some airport staff can’t figure out why it has no crew, and after a bit he realizes it doesn’t actually exist and that he never actually talked to those staff (who did otherwise exist), and it turns out that ——- the plane was the one crash whose cause he had never been able to determine, so many years ago.

Classic Twilighty Zoneness.

Oh there’s also the one where the writer’s wife complains about his other recently appearing ‘woman friend’, so he shows his wife how he really just created the friend (with the power of his mind/magic tape recorder/etc/etc) and even destroys the new friend to satisfy his wife, but still the wife wants a divorce, so he destroys her as well.. she was fun for a while.. and hey he could always recreate her ‘from scratch’ if he wanted

I rarely find episodes of The Twilight Zone comforting, but if you want provocation, TZ has it.. and really surely more things happen after an episode is over, I’m sure everyone gets free cake and dances joyously around for eternity

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