(Topic ID: 331162)
Mesa, AZ
Brighton
My 6 year old niece recently pointed at my TZ and said ‘What’s that one about ? ‘ 
Not easy to explain to a small kid.
She then summed it up based on looking at the translite …. ‘Is about a little girl that is scared ‘ ….. I think she was looking at the doll in the corner .
Gotta love kids
A World of His Own
The After Hours
And When The Sky Was Opened
The Arrival
People Are Alike All Over
A Penny for Your Thoughts
Where is Everybody (pilot)
The Fever - all I can think of is “Franklin”
Honestly, these were just some of the first episodes that came to mind. I enjoy the vast majority of TZ so picking favorites is basically impossible!
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Quoted from gonzo73:But it always drove me nuts as a kid that all the so called " astronauts " in Twilight Zone episodes were all Flighty, Panicky, Backstabbing Cowards.
Obviously not Naval Aviators..
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That is a scario that played out time and time again in speculative fiction - both in books, tv, movies, and audio shows. I always said to myself - did they not do physiological profiles on these people?
If you do have professional and unselfish behavior, that removes any conflict or drama that can artificially be created (soap opera shit), but still - lazy writing IMO.
Quoted from Methos:That is a scario that played out time and time again in speculative fiction - both in books, tv, movies, and audio shows. I always said to myself - did they not do physiological profiles on these people?
If you do have professional and unselfish behavior, that removes any conflict or drama that can artificially be created (soap opera shit), but still - lazy writing IMO.
Maybe not as realistic, but otherwise you get guys like the crew from Rocketship X-1, and they are BORING!
I love TZ. Many great episodes already listed. One that comes to mind that no one ever talks about and I liked was "The lonely". A prisoner from earth is put on a asteroid for a life sentence with no company except 2 astronauts once a year to deliver his food etc. At one point they leave him a humanoid female robot for companionship. Very sad episode.
Quoted from Nhpolarbear:Richard Deacon of Leave it to Beaver fame
I know Richard Deacon is known for playing Mel Cooley on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Was he also in “Leave It to Beaver?”
Quoted from metalguy:I love TZ. Many great episodes already listed. One that comes to mind that no one ever talks about and I liked was "The lonely". A prisoner from earth is put on a asteroid for a life sentence with no company except 2 astronauts once a year to deliver his food etc. At one point they leave him a humanoid female robot for companionship. Very sad episode.
That’s another memorable episode for me.
Quoted from Nhpolarbear:Richard Deacon played Fred Rutherford, Lumpys father.
Thanks, I didn’t know that. (Maybe because I was born in the ‘60s!)
Quoted from metalguy:I love TZ. Many great episodes already listed. One that comes to mind that no one ever talks about and I liked was "The lonely". A prisoner from earth is put on a asteroid for a life sentence with no company except 2 astronauts once a year to deliver his food etc. At one point they leave him a humanoid female robot for companionship. Very sad episode.
Corey.....Corey.... co..rr...y...
Quoted from wolverinetuner:That’s another memorable episode for me.
An appearance by Ted Knight, long before he was the bumbling boob Ted Baxter, on MTM.
Quoted from jrpinball:An appearance by Ted Knight, long before he was the bumbling boob, Ted Baxter on MTM.
You’re right! I didn’t recognize him when I saw that one.
There’s still one of my very favorites that I don’t think anyone has mentioned. I’ll wait and see if anyone brings it up. (And no, it’s not “everybody’s dead” or “someone wakes up and everybody’s different except them.” The episodes were not “all the same.”)
Not to be blasphemous, but the 80s Twilight Zone had some incredible episodes.
Shadow Man… a kid has something under his bed that may or may not be responsible for murders in his neighborhood
To See the Invisible Man… convicted of being cold, a man is sentenced to invisibility for a year
Button Button… press the button, get a million dollars, but someone you don’t know will die
Examination Day… in the future, each child must take a test to determine his future
Many, many more. Some clunkers, but a really good series.
I don't believe anyone has mentioned "Twenty Two."
Great episode if you appreciate a good nightmare or
are fond of premonitions and this one combines both.
To your liking or not, it contains one of the ALL-Time
greatest single lines of any episode:
"Room for one more honey"
says the nurse standing in the doorway of the MORGUE!
Chilling.
Quoted from rollitover:I don't believe anyone has mentioned "Twenty Two."
Great episode if you appreciate a good nightmare or
are fond of premonitions and this one combines both.
To your liking or not, it contains one of the ALL-Time
greatest single lines of any episode:
"Room for one more honey"
says the nurse standing in the doorway of the MORGUE!
Chilling.
I mentioned it earlier, but only as an example of a small number of episodes done on videotape instead of film to cut costs. I purposely didn’t elaborate on that episode so someone else could. The main character’s morgue encounter(s) were certainly chilling!
I can’t watch the videotape ones they just look awful, and the Hour long format also doesn’t suit the show at all.
Slipped that whole season with the box set.
Quoted from Jamesays:Mr Denton on Doomsday starring Dan Duryea as a gunfighter in the old west
This one features Martin Landau’s first Twilight Zone appearance.
Quoted from Mudflaps:Not to be blasphemous, but the 80s Twilight Zone had some incredible episodes.
Shadow Man… a kid has something under his bed that may or may not be responsible for murders in his neighborhood
To See the Invisible Man… convicted of being cold, a man is sentenced to invisibility for a year
Button Button… press the button, get a million dollars, but someone you don’t know will die
Examination Day… in the future, each child must take a test to determine his future
Many, many more. Some clunkers, but a really good series.
They were some good ones from that run. There was one where a woman stopped time and at the end of the episode, she froze time and it showed a nuclear warhead about to hit the ground.
Still remember that episode.
Quoted from Methos:They were some good ones from that run. There was one where a woman stopped time and at the end of the episode, she froze time and it showed a nuclear warhead about to hit the ground.
Still remember that episode.
The intro alone used to scare the shit out of me. That one and Tales From the Darkside.
Quoted from Methos:They were some good ones from that run. There was one where a woman stopped time and at the end of the episode, she froze time and it showed a nuclear warhead about to hit the ground.
Still remember that episode.
That was “A Little Peace and Quiet.”
Quoted from Jamesays:There was the one where the Blind Lady was going to have sight but only for a few minutes,when she removed the bandages there was a total eclipse or a blackout or something
You seem to be getting close to the one I’m waiting for someone to mention, but no cigar! (Unless you’re recalling a different episode I don’t remember.)
I’m surprised Midnight Sun hasn’t been mentioned, a total classic.
A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time! 
Quoted from Mudflaps:I’m surprised Midnight Sun hasn’t been mentioned, a total classic.
A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time!
And everyone changed except her!
Quoted from Mudflaps:I’m surprised Midnight Sun hasn’t been mentioned, a total classic.
A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time!
Seriously, “Midnight Sun” is another memorable one for me.
Quoted from wolverinetuner:Seriously, “Midnight Sun” is another memorable one for me.
Love midnight son.
Quoted from Mudflaps:The intro alone used to scare the shit out of me. ...
Grateful Dead!
Quoted from Mudflaps:A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time!
Classic!!!
Quoted from elcolonel:The Changing of the Guard
You and gmanrulz46 have similar taste!
Quoted from Mudflaps:I’m surprised Midnight Sun hasn’t been mentioned, a total classic.
A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time!
That's close to another one were they all were dying from the sun getting to close to the earth. She was hallucinating and it turned out the earth was moving away from the sun and the earth was freezing.
Quoted from Mudflaps:The intro alone used to scare the shit out of me. That one and Tales From the Darkside.
The pilot for Tales From the Darkside was one of the best shows ever.
Sadly, nothing else from that series got close to it in terms of quality.
Quoted from Methos:That's close to another one were they all were dying from the sun getting to close to the earth. She was hallucinating and it turned out the earth was moving away from the sun and the earth was freezing.
That's the same own without the joke.
Quoted from Mudflaps:I’m surprised Midnight Sun hasn’t been mentioned, a total classic.
A woman slowly cooks to death as the sun moves closer to the earth. She passes out and wakes up to find… she’s a toy, and she’s been dead the whole time!
LOL! AND all those phone calls have been coming from her grandmother... who's been dead for years!
I don't like any of the episodes which deal with dolls, toys, mannequins, masks, facial features, etc. Seems to be a pervasive theme for some reason.
There's many great episodes, but I don't like many of the others.
I’m at macys right now on the 9th floor.
Can’t help but think of the episode where the mannequin gets to go out for a month.
Another killer episode and super creepy!!!!
In the twilight zone, you just can’t trust your instincts!!
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I’m at macys right now on the 9th floor.
Can’t help but think of the episode where the mannequin gets to go out for a month.
Another killer episode and super creepy!!!!
In the twilight zone, you just can’t trust your instincts!!
“The After Hours,” definitely a creepy one!
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