Twilight-Tober Zone 2020 Compilation
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- For over 60 years and across several generations, Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" has captured the imagination of audiences worldwide. Join Walter as he takes you through the first 31 episodes in this easy to watch compilation before we re-enter the Twilight-Tober Zone this October!
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The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. Each episode presents a stand-alone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone," often with a surprise ending and a moral. Although predominantly science-fiction, the show's paranormal and Kafkaesque events leaned the show towards fantasy and horror. The phrase "twilight zone," inspired by the series, is used to describe surreal experiences.
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This was just what I needed after a long work week♡
1:56:32 AMONG US!!!
My mom died a few months before my fifth birthday. My dad left soon as I was diagnosed with multiple disabilities and autism. For me the best Twilight Zone was "I Sing The Body Electric." I lived this episode as my grandmother and grandfather became the best parents any kid could have ever had. They as mere human beings were NOT perfect. Their love for me and encouragement of me was near perfect. The episode sustained me back then and speaks to my heart to this day!
Rough ride eh? Hope you pulled through
The body electric, the soul magnetic. It’s my favorite episode too.
For me it was 6 episodes two with William Shatner two with Jack Klugman the episode with Denton how dry I am and the one with the camera that predicts the future 5 minutes later. The rocket ship on the planet reminds me of the fraud ponzi U.S. stock market as it never crashes just like the rocket ship was always there on the planet and Fats Brown as I played professional snooker. My grandfather owned about 40 race horses all thoroughbred in the episode about a most unusual camera. Monday to Friday I always think of that same rocket ship that always ends up on the planet just like the fraud ponzi U.S. stock market always get rigged and manipulated back to new highs when it should be making new lows.
Canis = best dude ever!
@WVWoman I pray your daughter endures her adversity with strength dignity and a smile whenever possible. My prayers are with you ALWAYS!
Fun fact: In addition to hosting the show, Rod Serling wrote almost all the episodes of The Twilight Zone. When Serling went to bed, he’d leave his tape recorder sitting on his nightstand, in case he needed to record the dreams he had the night before. All of his dreams, both good and bad, ended up inspiring countless episodes of The Twilight Zone.
I might need to use that technique. I once got an idea for a fanfic when I dreamed Rey from Star Wars found a Green Lantern Ring on Jakku
Wait, are you saying that The Twilight Zone was a dream come true for Rod Serling?
yeah i think him and some Bradbury stories
I’d imagine he had some sort of degree of PTSD from his military service. The same way it shows in James Stewart’s roles
Serling didn't write almost all of the episodes over the series run, but he did write over half of them and he was especially involved in the first season, where 28 of the 36 episodes were written by him. That's some insane workpace.
Im 33 years old now and not everyone in my friends circle know how deep of relevance this show still holds up. I am a fan of the show to the point I made polaroid picture collections based off my top favorite episodes.
Christian ? ... I admire you , you put a big smile on my face 👍😊
If it's size 'the portfolio' maybe you could share it on a short
Way to go. This show impacted so many of us. I'm 25 years older and I still love them. I remember buying the comic books to. At one point in my life there was a monthly magazine on the stands as well, I still have many of those in original condition. Got the Complete series on DVD remastered . Still watch them to this day.
This is what happens when something wonderful impacts us when we were young, it stays with us for life, I have found out now. LOL.
This show was written before I was born. I noticed many horror shows were created from Twilight Zone ideas.
His psychological horror was probably the best. His use of hyperbole along with serene sets while the characters struggle with intense issues were haunting. The show has real life warnings and is still relevant today.
Still some of the BEST television ever produced . . and holds its own, even SIXTY YEARS later!!!!
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This show is an absolute masterpiece. Rod Serling was a visionary genius far ahead of his time.
Damn straight
Watched some of the 80s reboot. Didn’t care to watch any more-to me, there’s nothing like the original!
Totally agree. Amazing to think it started at the end of the '50s! Way ahead of its time.
waaayyy ahead of his time
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been watching it since I was a kid growing up back in the 70s. I never get tired of watching a classic episode!
I was a young child watching this show in the 1960's.......I'm still amazed at the political and social relevance of the show viewing it as a 61 year old man in the 21 century.
I'm same age as you and yes these shows were revelant then and now
Serling was a GENIUS. 🎆
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I am also 61 , I know what you mean . Take care , from Maine
"A Stop At Willoughby" with that train and conductor is one of the most iconic in the entire series. Great acting by the lead, too. It represents exactly what Rod Serling was aiming for, a specific and unique and universal mood and tone and it hits it squarely on the head like very few other episodes or any TV shows for that matter.
I lot people have said that. I never seen the episode but I caught the line your right.. this is the one show from that era that our generation embraces.
The wife in that episode made me so mad. If she really wanted a life of soulless luxury, maybe she should have gotten the job she was trying to push on her pitiable husband.
I wonder if the name "Willoughby" was suggested by the street that runs from West to East Hollyood in LA.
I love the contrast that this episode offers to Mad Men.
@@markinfusino4242 I believe it was either based on Willoughby, Ohio, or the street you're thinking of which is a few miles from where most of the TZ episodes were shot (was known then as MGM Studios). Don't think either has been confirmed. Serling grew up in NY but did go to school at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio and worked at radio stations in Ohio, so who knows!
This was 1959. For its time it was stunning.
"It's inhuman, the way it let's you win a little and then takes it all back!" The very definition of the Universe.
Don't help when people eat murderous McDonalds Perdue and Tyson.. They won't get a free pass.
Sad. But true
That's a very cynical view of your world.
I can't compare the universe to a one arm bandit.
@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 I prefer to think the universe is pure chaos. Nothing makes sense and everything is random. You can be at the hight of your life and all of a sudden go rock bottom.
@@mrgodzillaraptors8632 You're exactly right. When a person leaves God out of the picture, the world seems like a crazy place full of senseless crimes and insane leaders who were patients who took over the asylum.
God tells us in his Word this is a fallen world where sinful selfish men don't want to obey the Lord and what we have now is the end result of that. God has a plan to get people out of this dilemma.
"Time enough at last" was my grandmother's favorite episode. When I saw it, I could see why.
"Time Enough at Last" and "Eye of the Beholder" are two of the greatest episodes of _any_ show to ever air on TV.
Yesssssssssssssssss!😀😀😀😀😀😀😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😀😀😀😀😄😄
Mannequins in stores still freak me out!!
The “Hitch hiker” was good too!
The Obsolete Man too.
Time Enough At Last had me SOBBING when I first watched it. Maybe it's because I have a mother with glasses who loves to read.
Watching the twilight zone marathon on New Years is a tradition I started back in the 70s when I a kid. I own the digital copies now but I still watch the marathons on Syfy. There’s something cool about knowing that tons of other people are watching the same episodes with me.
"The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine" was a sad ending when I was a kid back in the 70s. Now, at the door of 60,, it is a glorious, ecstatic, very happy ending!
I'M 60 MINUS ONE LOL TODAY OCTOBER 22......CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.....
WHAT'S CHANGED?
OH YEAH.
THAT NEW WORLD ORDER THING,,,
YET, ANOTHER JOKE...
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS COME TO FRUITION....
@@maureeng.obrien9259 Happy Belated Birthday 🎂
When I was a kid it made me scared to get old. Now I am Lol.
I think many of the later episodes reflected Sterling's longing for nostalgia and a rather simplistic lifestyle, within an ever increasingly complex world. I mean, who wouldn't want to go back to that moment in time, when we are at our happiest, even as we are now?
You should write more- nicely said.
About "One For The Angels", one of my favorites, there's a quick shot of Mr. Death smiling when he talks to Wynn, as if Death knows what Wynn is trying to do, and plays along because he didn't really want to take the little girl. Mr. Death never had a doubt about who would walk away with him.
I love that episode. It actually made me cry
Murray Hamilton was perfect as Mr. Death. I'd go with him with no problem!
@@helanesolomon1724 Not overly friendly like Robert Redford, not scary like Bengt Ekerot in The Seventh Seal, he's more like a manager of a small store franchise. Just doing his job, he doesn't worry about policy matters, that's for the big guy upstairs.
its makes the whole process of death people imagine so much more personal more real instead of a skeleton in a rob eagerly or coldy clawing for your soul its just another polite bussiness man telling you its time for your "opointment" even the normal yet cheerfull way death answers wynn "up there you made it" honestly it would probably give more hope and happiness to someone then giving some long winded grandiose speech about "making it in to paradise"
I guess Mr. Death is a Calvinist!
"The Lonely" was the most scientifically prescient ( our connection to devices) and heart breaking romance ever done in all of cinema. Absolutely brilliant and never seen before.
Rod Serling was a creative genius.
Indeed , and, with a conscience👍
I grieved when he passed away! Rod Serling is sorely missed!
i bet he had lots of hot women suckin the creative juices outta him
Yes!! And a combined ability to deliver that has not been duplicated by anyone. I question IF he can be successfully "critiqued" as he is here. I mean, would you and I want him to change any of these films?
The OG
I really love One for the Angels and "Up There?" "Yes, Mr. Bookman, you made it," makes me cry every time I watch it.
I cringe everytime I'm reminded of the idea of hell
@@carealoo744 Do what you have to do to not go there....I believe you know what must be done we all have choices?
@@Ulander777 All I'll say is- no matter where I end up, I'll be spending my eternal existence trying to get everyone in hell out of there.
@@carealoo744 Be blessed my friend don't want to sound preachy - but it is appointed for men to die once then after this the judgment
The little girl eerily resembles a young Natalie Wood.
“The Monsters are due on Maple Street” is my all time favorite episode. We did the play version when I was in middle school and I was cast as the narrator even though I am a girl. My teacher said it didn’t matter. We then had a discussion on the social commentary of the plot.
Haha everyone did this in middle school apparently, because we did in 6th grade, and I saw others say the same. That’s so cool.
That episode is so today w everyone blaming everyone else for the state of the world. I've thought about the films "aliens" showing us how easily they could conquer the planet and now we see it in action.
Great choice👍
Thats a great one . I assumed it was about McCarthy-ism .
It has a "Lord of the Flies" feel.
How many Twilight Zoners are still out there, give a thumbs up!
My dad (I am twenty-six now) fought cancer approximately four times in his life. For some reason I had always remembered the kid and the boxer, "You gotta believe Bollie" and every time there was a miracle. The last fight, not so much. The orginal Twilight Zone, special. Captivating and able to evoke a variety of powerful emotions.
God bless you Kevin , may your dad be happy and cancer free 🙏❤
I can’t believe it has been almost a year since Twilight-Tober 2020
Fr it feels like it’s only been like 3 months
As I was a young girl in the 50's and 60's I watched The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. Seems that I learned many lessons about life from these shows, finding my values. I am different from most people however, I can still see these stories as relevant today.
You and everyone else
Looking for life lessons and values in a tv show?
@@jimjoe9945 Yeah, why not. These shows talked about the human. condition, our flaws and our strengths. As I see the world, I think back to the attitudes addressed in these shows. Each one talks about our fears, hates, greed,and also our compassion, love, empathy. Funny how so many of these old shows are coming true.
Thing haven't really changed, just gotten worse over time.
But I see things most people don't see or don't want to see in themselves. That is alright, if I am weird, I am proud to be different. At least I am unique! ☺️
@@loneyhearts How about your creator? The one who made you, and loves you?
@@loneyhearts Nope, you are most definitely very common my dear.
I started watching this thinking I would fall asleep and no way I would watch three hours. Here I am three hours later I watched the whole thing and now I have to go to work. I'm pretty sure my day is going to fell like The Twilight Zone.
I always loved their pronunciation of “ro-butt” in The Lonely. Like the actors weren’t familiar with the term.
I've heard others say it that way even now!😩😩😩😩😩😩😤😤😤😤😣😣😣
Zoooooidberg!
Here's a fun little fact: 'Robot' is actually a Czech word. It comes from a play called _RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots_ , by Karel Capek, about an engineer and his closest allies facing down an apocalypse triggered by their mistreating of their artificially intelligent creations. So in the mid-20th century, there absolutely was an approach to pronouncing this word that anglicised it, even if (and probably) subconsciously, by stressing one syllable and weakening the other.
Most continental European languages don't do this, and instead stress each syllable equally. Hence, 'ro-' and '-bot' being pronounced fully in Czech while in English, 'ro-' takes the stress and '-bot' gets weakened.
In the brooklyn or bronx dialect. Where it s illegal to pronounce words correctly that is the proper way to say dat word
@@davidhallett8783 dats wetahded
when you realize that serling was a WW2 veteran, you'd understand where his war stories come from.
I completely forgot You guys did this last year, i loved last year's twilight tober alot i can't wait to see this year!
ikr same
I totally missed it last year. I assume they're gonna do season 2 this year? I was kinda sad it was only season 1.
Oh jeez, I stumbled across this video/channel from a UA-cam recommendation, and was wondering what the 'Tober' meant.
I though it was a strange reference to the candy 'Toblerone' (Tober zone, geddit?) and that only current subscribers to the channel would understand.
I'm so stupid....
I was born decades after the original show aired but loved watching the reruns. It’s amazing how even decades later this show still speak on todays issues.
It's hard to believe that they shot these in 2 to 3 days. You couldn't probably do that today. They are timeless.
My favorite is "Night Call" when the old woman keeps getting the mysterious phone calls. It's SO creepy.
So creepy but ever so sad 😞
oh boy.....sooo creepy
haunting
This idea for this show was taken from real life situation where bodies had been disinterred to find scratch marks on the inside of the coffin where the individual had been buried alive and were trying to claw their way out. To address the problem they began burying the remains with a string leading from the coffin to the surface where it was attached to a bell. The idea was that if the the individual revived in the coffin, they could alert a guard by ringing the bell. This led to what became known as the "graveyard shift" and the idea of being "saved by the bell." Later some wealthy individuals were buried with telephones for the same reason. This led to the worst horror of all when the revived corpse picked up the telephone to hear: "We're sorry, the number you have called is no longer in service." It's the kind of thing one might expect to happen in - The Twilight Zone
What happens to her in the end, that’s actually a murder mystery in life, an old woman was receiving calls of awful threats and eventually she found out who it was but was murdered before she could tell anyone.
"Time Enough At Last" is hands down my favorite episode of The Twilight Zone. As a child interested in becoming a writer, that episode's writing and twist ending really spoke to me, and at the time, solidified this show as one of my favorite shows and to this day is one of my favorite episode's of a show. Thank you for this extensive breakdown list that thoroughly entertained me nd brought me back to being a kid watching on the edge of my seat. lol.
My favorites , besides all of them are these: .... "The Obsolete Man, " with Burgess Meredith. "I Am The Night - Color Me Black; , " Time Enough At Last"; " To Serve Man" and "Monsters are Due on Maple St."...... Like I have said all of Rod Serlings writings and shows are excellent. When I was on my way to Vietnam the PX carried a lot of his books and paper backs by different authors and I would buys them and read them and just soak them up. I sent them home before going overseas, I still have some in pretty good condition. I will close ... get me started and I won't stop.... BTW.... Happy New Year
I think that’s my fave, too!
As a voracious reader and a lonely child who wrote stories even before first grade, that episode broke my heart. To sit in a world, alone, with a million books and a lifetime to read them, but unable to see the words, remained unforgettable since the episode aired many decades ago. Afterwards, I made up dozens of possible solutions for the character to give him a happy ending.
I liked that episode too. Burgess Meredith was a good actor. But my very favorite was Walking Distance. Gig Young played an ad exec whose car broke down not far from his hometown so he walked there and went back in time twenty five years to when he was eleven.
The moral of that story was don't live in the past. Keep going forward. "There's only one summer to a customer."
Sterling's scripts were the best. The acting and the writing made Twilight Zone the best television show ever!
Onward and upward.
Who remembers the 2 couples who get off a train & they're in a fake town??!! The trees are fake. No one's around. They go in a house & the kitchen draws won't open. Fake!! They get back on the train. They go around once & get off where they got on... Turns out, giant dad gives his daughter some more humans/dolls for her toy village. They're from Jupiter. Moral of the story... Don't drink too much at the next party, or you could wake up in the Twilight Zone!!!!
Man, when I was a kid growing up in the 80's watching these episodes, some of them actually scared the crap out of me, even now, some are still pretty damn wild, love The Twilight Zone and forever will lol Also of note, Kevin McCarthy was also in the 1983 The Twilight Zone: The Movie as well, he played in the episode where the kid had an imagination and the things he imagined would come to reality, a lot of really good actors in that movie and some were even from the original series as well
I hadn't seen any until 1980 when an i dependent UHF ( remember that ? ) station went on air . Until then I only knew about it from hearing my much older ( 10 years +) discussing how cool the show was . So I was super stoked when I got to see for myself . It didn't disappoint . The first episode I saw was the one with William Shatner playing a man who recently recovered from a nervous breakdown seeing a creature on the wing of the airplane he was on .
@@pooddescrewch8718 Oh yeah, the gremlin, they had that same thing in the movie with John Lithgowe, I think his name was Mr. Valentine lol
I loved watching Kevin McCarthy!
I grew up in the 60's and remember them. I'm 20 years ahead of you and I still love them, so you undoubtedly will as well for your whole life.
I actually bought the complete original collection on DVD. I still enjoy them today.
you are real but ppl. are posing as ppl. from the 60s yet they are from the 90s or 2000s, look at the comments above and what is with the narrators voice! it sounds like an 14to18yr.old.
I'm half way through this and had to comment. Walter, this compilation is as entertaining as it is insightful. Your effort to research the background of each episode is much appreciated, especially because of your accuracy. Thank you for doing this series justice.
Burgess Meredith in Time Enough At Last is so great. I haven't seen the episode in years, but I still get choked up even just remembering the look on his face when he realizes the implication of his glasses breaking.
I don't *think* I'd seen the episode - I'm 51 so it's *possible* even if I can't recall - but I do distinctly remember having this specific nightmare dozens of times as a kid, waking up a crying mess, unable to explain to my non-bookish parents why I was so heartbroken & scared.
Had to go watch the episode...still didn't recognize anything other than the scenes as shown in this video.
Now I just see that whole broken glasses scenario as my own personal hell.
@@sujimtangerines I love the Futurama send up where after his breakdown upon breaking his glasses he quickly gets over it when he realizes, and says, "I can still read the large print books", followed by his eyeballs falling out of his head. It gets even weirder after that, but not as funny as the first gag. ua-cam.com/video/zKgjahj-3qg/v-deo.html
I howled! That ending!😀😀😀😀😮
A Stop At Willoughby is my favorite episode! I like the conductor!
Im glad I finally bought the Twilight Zone on DVD years ago. I still watch it several times a year.
Right On!! Im 45 years old and this is and has ALWAYS been my favorite TV show SLASH experience!!! This compilation tho!!!! Braaaaavo!!!!!! 😁😁
this was a great way to catch up on all the episode you covered walter! Nice job!
Beyond Twilight's boundary zones
Sounds good, just saying 👀
Hey shesez what's up! Glad you visit these they are excellent!!!
I agree, I got into the zones in the 80's and have watched all episodes made from the very start in the 50's I also listen every night to the Zones Radio Plays/Audio Plays, I also loved 'Tales from the Darkside' Enjoy fellow Zoners 👏🏻👏🏻😀😀
I love twilight-Toberzone
hell yeah agreed love this twilight zone is such a good classic, so this is a awesome apooky mega review they put together, alot of talent~^^🖤👻📺🚪👁
I just found this video and let me just say, I have been looking for something exactly like this for SO long. This is the first high quality commentary of the show I've seen on here, it's great stuff.
Twilight Zone was and will always be the best ever t.v. show!!
I can't even pick a favorite one, I loved all the episodes!!
It's such a good show!
And to think Serling sold all the rights to the show believing them to be worthless. Lol
Here we are still talking about the show 65 years later.
This was beautifully crafted. I THANK YOU for this retrospective on such a phenomenal, iconic media masterpiece. Rod Serling was a GIANT of tapping into fantasy, paranormal and multi-dimensions. This was so entertaining and educational.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Hitchhiker is one of my favorite episodes of any show. It was just really well done.
Serling, Matheson, and the great Charles Beaumont as well as others made the show what it was... a masterpiece.
Twilight Zone has been one of my most favorite shows of all time, since I was a kid all the way up to now. This show is such an awesome creation, thanks to Mr. Rod Serling.
Thank you for showing Next Stop Willoughby. This my absolute favorite episode.
one for the angels never fails to make me cry.
Rod Serling and Ray Bradbury made a huge impact upon my childhood in discovering sci-fi, paranormal, and metaphysical subjects. The interest in these areas have remained with me for over 5 decades now. I think Jordan Peele is the closest person of later generations to reach the paradigm set by Serling and Bradbury.
Ray Brad. Remember one story Mr. AAAAAAAA, Mr. BBBBBBBBB, Mr.CCCCCC! Lol😀😀😀😀😆😆😆😆😆 and another story, the drive in restaurant on Mars? What a scream + the surprise ending, wasn't it Martian Chronicles? 😀😀😀😀
Growing up every episode was intense, frightening, and scorched into my memory. Year after year, they are more heartbreaking as the past becomes crystal clear, and every episode is understood exponentially.
"And When the Sky Was Opened" - one of my favorite TZ episodes. My theory - it's an earlier version of "Final Destination" -- only they don't have to die grisly deaths to get back to where they should have been.
That would make sense if the newspaper just had the story say that they had died in the crash. Instead, they never existed at all.
48 now, I loved this show, watched the reruns every year when there was a marathon on TV. Good job here, going thru each episode
Claude Akins is my favorite male actor and his performance on “Maple Street” is part of why I like his work so much.
Love TZ Because Serling was brilliant and had the creative control, his genius was realized.
And when the sky was opened scared the ever living shit outta me the first time I saw it. Hell, it still scares me.
Loved seeing these last year, and having them all in one place... priceless.
I was kicked off a Facebook Twilight Zone group after pointing out that Serling often used the show to address important social Justice issues. The reason for my expulsion: “We don’t allow politics here.” Yes TZ even has idiots among its fans. BTW, really appreciate all the work you put into these videos.
Social justice warrior kicked off FBook? There IS a God!
@@mariagabrielle6383 They weren't kicked off Facebook
@@mariagabrielle6383 Snowflake
The self rightiouse crowd squashing your opinionated comment was a perfect example of why TZ is relevant because this matrix has antithetical behavior ruining life and liberty for everyone else under the gueise of hero and socially correct. I apologize for going off the rails but its a way too often happening these days in America. Be blessed. 👍
@@mariagabrielle6383 You need to slow down when you read. I was kicked out of a FB group that was clueless about the progressive values that drove Rod Sterling to create TZ in the first place.
1:31:15 Idk about anyone else, but the episode “The Fever” always gave me chills close to the climax, as the Slot Machine just seemed out of place and terrifying in a very mellow tone, that’s what I assume some people would see it as. But I remember watching this episode when I was younger, and I can honestly say, the scenes with the smiling Slot Machine, slowly stalking and taunting the main protagonist just made chills shoot up my spine, the same feeling you’d get from other Pop-Culture references and scenes that would do the same. I’m not sure what others would say about it too, whether to agree or disagree, but that’s why, years later, this episode was one of my favourites, and honestly steered me away from Gambling additions of such.
Yes, it was a great episode. Sadly the main character actor died a few years later, he committed suicide on the belief he was losing his sight
Would love for you guys to bring it back this year. They were perfect to listen to on my eerie early morning drives to work.
This is wonderful! I'm one of those boomers who, though very young when this was on, grew up sitting with my folks when they watched TZ. My parents never missed it, and I'm still crazy about the series. The original installments were less polished, they featured some of the future stars of TV and film. Love it!
Art Carney as a department store Santa was one of the best.
You had cool patents
I loved The Twilight Zone as a kid. I always remembered the episode Time. The Covid shut down made me reflect on the episode. We had time to do so many things we couldn’t do because of our work schedules but the restrictions kept us alone and unable to enjoy all that time.
That's wild. I had to work all through Covid, so not much changed with my schedule, but I can see how a lot of you lived that parallel.
This was awesome. Around Memorial Day or July 4th one of the networks puts the original Twighlight Zone for 24hrs. I always try to see as much of them as possible but I can’t stay awake for 24hrs
Time Enough at Last is one of the greatest stories ever created for film/television in my opinion. Twilight Zone, I believe, is one of the greatest shows created. I disagree with some of the episodes you don't particularly care for but, that's what's so great about this show, the episodes that one may not love are loved by others etc
Thank god someone made a video about one of the most thought provoking series out there
At 51 minutes Nehemiah Persoff is one of the Few remaining guest stars still living at 102 years of age. Thank You sir for this Fantastic Compilation. UNFORTUNATELY Mr. Persoff passed away April 5th 2022 at age 102
I'ma look him up
He died a month agp
Earl holliman is still alive.
I've seen every Twilight Zone episode and movie, of every generation from 1959 - 2020, from black & white to color, and of all episodes "The Lonely" is my favorite. Good review by the way.
I was just 5 year's old when the Twilight Zone show came out. On Friday night my parents would let us lay down on the floor with our pillow and blanket to watch it . It came on an hour after our bed time.
It was so real to me and now watching them come to pass, different people, different places, YET still really real, no longer fiction.
It was gone before I came about . Thank god for syndication
I want to see this series continue. It was wonderful
Thank you for doing this compilation. I have been in love with the Twilight Zone for more than 40 years. I even have the boxed set of the series. Truly timeless television.
I have the box series also and have watched my favourite episodes several times. Every now and then I enjoy reminiscing, the best anthology series ever made IMO
Found this channel accidentally. Love it. I watched. Twilight Zone decades ago. Forgot what creative genius Rod Sterling was.....and what a huge loss his early death created.
Welcome to the channel- Rod Sterling was something special!
This is by far my all time favorite tv series ever.
Love Sterling and his writing. His writing was captivating and there was a real human, genuine honest quality to it. It was often poetic and had the feeling of being straight from the heart. He was very outspoken against war (having been a WW2 veteran himself), fascism, censorship, racism, and xenophobia, and a lot of his writing had to do with the dangers of those things. Good dude with a good heart and bright imagination. Very important writer and storyteller. Sadly only lived until the age of 50, but made a positive and lasting impact. Ahead of his time.
Absolutely ahead of his time!
I'm sure him and Rodenberry were buddies.
Gene ... 👋 his name is pronounce SERLING not Sterling Take Care Of 12,2022
Thanks for this, I'm a TZ tragic and only found this today! I'm Australian, born in 1960. TZ was never on TV here. I found a DVD at my local library 5 years ago, season 5. The 1st episode I ever saw was "In praise of Pip". I was instantly hooked. I bought a box set of the entire 5 seasons. I know many people here that also love the TZ. The 1st season shown here was awesome. My favourite episodes are:
16 mm shrine
Time enough to last
The lonely
3rd from sun
Purple testament
The fever
A world of difference (my favourite episode ever)
Execution
A stop at Willoughby.
Least favourites
Walking distance
One for the angels
The 4 of us are dying
What you need
The big tall wish
The chaser
Yes,, I’m Australian too, born in 1953, and can’t remember TZ being shown on tv here (until many years later). But I did regularly watch The Outer Limits, which was great.
I always envisage Henry from Time enough at last stumbles on an opticians and finds an endless abundance of glasses so that he can read his beloved books in peace!
I never thought the character Gart Williams in the episode "A Place Called Willoughby" ever realized he was about to commit intentional suicide. I always thought he honestly believed he was given a chance to step into a peaceful place in time, on earth, to get away from the modern rat race because he wanted to live in peace and tranquility... not to die.
I agree. And it makes me wonder how many suicides never intended to die; they just wanted a moment of peace or happiness, to step away from their life for just a moment. But it didn't happen.
And that I think is Rod Sterling's point for so much of his work: to stop and think about our world, about what is happening around us.
"A Stop at Willoughby", and that's the one for myself
Watching that rn!
It’s been almost a year and I’m still waiting for that twilight zone/giligan’s island fanscription
"Shadow Play" has always been my favorite, Chilling concept and great acting.
This was one of the most enjoyable UA-cam videos I have ever watched. I am a big TZ fan and your presentation and commentary of these episodes was absolutely excellent! Clearly, you are an entertainment professional. We’ll done!
Glad you enjoyed it!!
@@ChannelAwesome can you please do these outside of October? Even just one or two a month? They’re some of my favorite videos on UA-cam
43:49 "Perchance to Dream" was always one of my favorite episodes. Sure, one of the dominant themes goes back to Alice in Wonderland, but the surrealist, film noir production makes what could have been a partial rehash into a masterpiece. Mia was one of my favorite TZ characters.
Thank you. Helped me understand
"Walking Distance" brings me to tears every time. 56 y/o grown man. Proud of yourselves, cast, crew, and writers? Lol. Great work, CA...new subscriber here.
Same here. I have tissues ready before I watch it.
The Paul Volcker era was the last good years for mankind. It's been all downhill since the 1980, 1981 recession now it looks like America will turn as communist as Red China and Russia. The episode makes me remember the good old days when everyone was white and worldwide strife didn't exist.
The Twilight Zone, Boris Karloff's Thriller, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour are my top three favorite shows growing up and are still unbeatable today! I was born in 1990 so reruns we're my go-to! I always favored "older" shows from the 60's and 70's. I'm a old soul 💕
And The Outer Limits was also good !
Wow! Just wanted to say THANKS! You must have put in a lot of hard work producing this retrospective. It was good to be reminded of the great writing, directing, cinematography, acting and production values of a TV show, and era gone by. (They were really like mini-movies). A well thought-out series that I don't think we'll ever see again in our shallow entertainment world. I was blown away. Thanks again.
OMG! I'm shocked to see my friend Doug McClure! He's a kid!! He was a huge talent and nice man. Grew up watching Twilight Zone. Excellent video, thank you!
The Young Gunfighter ? I thought that was him ....
I still find the second episode one of my favorite. Him not being the world's greatest pitchman doesn't even matter to me once I'm in the episode.
I remember a lot of these shows. It was one of our favourite to watch back in the good old days.
October 2 1959.That month my dad and us, his loving family of 4 was transferred from a busy downtown city to a small provincial town for 8 months.For a 10 year old kid it was like living inside your own special twilight zone.We learned a lot about our dynamic as a family that has lasted to this day.It was a deja vu when theTZ series came to TV .But I found a few episodes psychological dynamite when they presented as afternoon reruns a few years on in the 60s.It was more than an adolescent like me could handle.This analysis you have presented is great art and a work of great sensitivity.
Regarding "I Shot an Arrow into the Air", The Twilight Zone Companion stated "“Any astronaut who crash lands on a body within our solar system that has the same gravity and atmosphere as Earth and doesn't immediately realize hes on Earth, had better go back to astronaut school.” Planet of the Ape had similar problems as the moment night fell thanks to the constellations you would know you were on Earth.
I just found your channel. I love it. The commentary is intelligent. As a writer I appreciate your channel!
"Walking Distance" is a personal favorite in which we all can relate.
Twilight zone had the greatest writing,acting and best,all around minimalist approach to the eerie.
I was just thinking about this earlier this morning! I’m hoping you guys will do it again this October! ❤️
I'm a little bit embarrassed at how much I've been thinking about this and pining for more. I so wished that they hadn't stopped when October was over!
I totally missed this last year, thanks for posting this!
Still my favorite show of all time. There's alot I really like, but there's really not even a close #2
Not even The Outer Limits ?
The Twilight Zone is the best anthology series ever made!! My two favorite episodes are "The Obsolete Man" and "Five Characters in Search of an Exit". The social commentary and moral issues dealt with in this series are so articulate are amazing! TZ was the best and will never be copied!
I'm one of those rare people that didn't like 'The Obsolete Man' but then we're all different!
Just 6 more days. I hope it comes back. This show has inspired me in more ways then one. These reviews are awsome , Mr. Banasiak, keep up the good work.
"A being that believes that as long as man lives, there can be no peace. His goal would be a noble one in his own mind, to give us all what we want, but only in death. Someone should make another character like this! What a great idea!"
Ultron: What am I, a joke to you?
Twilight tone was my favorite show. Series was earlier than my Ge but I have always loved Sci fi and the unknown. I love to read. I have over 1000 books and have most of them. I would be lost if my bi focals we destroyed. Rod Setling was a master in the macabre. He had such insight.
“I'm all out of heroes, man. Guys like you are in short supply.”
“Yeah, guys like you, too.”
Brilliant scene.
"To wishes Barbie... to the ones that come true" Gets me every time
Your summary of "a big tall wish" was BEAUTIFUL!!!!! NICE WORK!! 💖💖
My favorite is "The Mind and the Matter". Never have I related more to a character than Archibald Beechcroft.
I'm just so happy that I have access to all the episodes and can rewatch them as many times as I want. ❤