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Channel awesome, when I saw this episode of the twilight zone and I laughed and said "is the twilight zone a comedy now?" 🤣 "I am a Martian ". And the other guy said " I am a Martian too can't you see????" Roll credits . Looney tunes , that's all fokes . Animaniacs good night, everybody !
A line so good, it should have been in Rod's closing narration. Though his original is still pretty good: "Incident on a small island, to be believed or disbelieved. However, if a sour-faced dandy named Ross or a big, good-natured counterman who handles a spatula as if he'd been born with one in his mouth, - if either of these two entities walk onto your premises, you'd better hold their hands - all three of them - or check the color of their eyes - all three of them. The gentlemen in question might try to pull you in - to The Twilight Zone."
I loved Jack Elam's kooky old man as well, I can't believe that he was only 40. He also delivered the perfect foreshadowing line about the "Eye in the back of his head."
This is also notably back when he was mostly known as a villain or heavy onscreen. This was an early example of his gift for comedy, which he later specialized in later in his career. He was basically Leslie Neilsen before Leslie Neilsen.
I love the kinds of episodes like this that are like "Who's the killer, alien, whatever," and you have to figure it out. I also love the whole conversation with the Martian/Venusian at the end. Both actors do that very well. I wouldn't say this one of my top ten, but it's still a good watch.
These types of stories are always good ways to explore characters and how they react in such a situation, like who tries to keep a cool head and figure things out and who devolves into paranoia and becomes dangerous. The comparison to "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" is apt.
I definitely never saw the double twist of the Martian AND the Venusian coming. It's a lot more memorable than the Martian dog from the original, and the practical effects of the extra eye and arm still hold up today.
First time I saw this, I thought the Martian was the guy behind the counter and that the bus passengers and driver were just red herrings. I was stunned when the first Martian was revealed, but when the second one was revealed, I pointed at my TV and yelled, "I knew it!"
This is one of my favorite episodes, and actually got me the first time I watched it. The paranoia is similar to Monsters Are Due On Maple Street, but that was more indicative of the day in with the series was made, The Cold War/The Red Scare.
Easily in my top 3 of twilight zone episodes. The sense of entrapment, the tension, the red herrings, the twist within the twist. Truly a top tier episode.
Jack Elam is such a great character actor and yet, I can't help but picture the episode of "MST3K" where Crow impersonates him. "I only want to talk to Gypsy. Is she around?"
you don't see many references to individual outer limits episodes or similar shows. Not that those were bad per say, but TZ was clearly a whole other league.
The title "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up" was likely chosen because of the popular, long-running game show "To Tell The Truth". Three people would appear on the show, all saying they were the same person. Contestants would then question the people to find out who's real, and at the end, the host would say "Would the real (whoever) please stand up"
May I have you attention please? May I have you attention please? Will the real Martian please stand up? I repeat, will the real Martian please stand up? We’re going to have a problem here. I’m the Martian, yes I’m the real Martian All you other real martians are just a big farce So won’t the real Martian please stand up Please stand up, please stand up? Cause I’m the Martian, yes I’m the real Martian All you other real martians are just a big farce So won’t the real Martian please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?
An excellent episode, mixing comedy with a rather sinister double twist. Thank you for this review chaps. I had not previously considered Jack Elam's age at the time of filming. Nice to know. It looks like October 2022 will be a good one. Cheers.
Man am I finally glad you reviewed this episode. This episode is one of my all time favorite. This episode has one of the greatest twist of all time. Also the double twist got me off guard. On rewatches one of the things I noticed is the businessman act like the most rational person among the group like when he tries convince the cops and bus driver that the bus driver is mistaken, that he pick up seven passengers and not six passengers. At first you see a person trying to find a logical explanation for the situation their in, but once you know the twist the businessman is actually trying to cover up his tracks since he is the Martin 👽
Watching this episode reminds me a lot like John Carpenter's THE THING as well as The HATEFUL EIGHT, where one person among them is not who they claim to be.
One of the most simple but chillingly effective endings to the show's various bottle episodes. (Ecstatic to hear your thoughts on Tomorrow's TwilightTober installment, Walter! Keep up the good work!)
Possibly if you were a baby boomer who grew up watching a game show popular at the time called To Tell the Truth, you might see why the actual title is the better one. The phrase "Will the real (inseert name here) please stand up?" was a very well-known phrase back then because of this show. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth
I am so glad you are doing this episode. This is one of my all-time favorite episodes. I just love the homey feeling of this episode. How these regular people come together as these cops trying to figure out which one is an alien. It is a really fun episode. The twist is great, the characters are enjoyable and the atmosphere is really engaging. My only gripe is that I wish it felt more like a traditional mystery. Like the cops who start interviewing the characters individually and if there were more clues. However, I don't think Rod Serling would be able to squeeze all of that into a half-hour episode, so I am happy with the episode we got.
This is still my favorite TZ episode of all time! I like all the characters in the dinner and how anyone could easily be the alien but the crazy old man is the best. The double twist cannot be topped.
I loved the double twist. Not only did it catch me off-guard, but also a small sense of justice. That smarmy martian coming in, bragging about killing all those poor people from the diner and then casually bragging about the invasion, only to have the smug smacked out of him by the venusian. That was satisfying. I mean, Earth was still screwed, but at least that cocky martian got what he deserved. XD
Anyone else guessed the twist We could cross off the couples, the dancer, and the old kook -The couples would remember each other -the driver remembered the dancer -the old kook knew about Baseball That leaves the fedora if we assume the suspects are only the bus passengers
I remember the twist of this episode, only have been seen it once a long time ago... But the crazy thing is, I remembered it as an episode of the outer limits, having forgotten Rod Sterling's narration. Weird
I remembered the part where he was an alien but thought he was the Martian; having completely forgotten that John Hoyt's character was also not what he seemed.
🎵 "I'm the Martian cuz all I'm the real Martian. While the others are fake just like a carnation. So what the real Martian please stand up please stand up."
I do love that double twist because it brings to mind the Skrull vs. Kree conflict in Marvel comics. Where both sides have an interest in taking over the Earth, neither side is good, and we're sort of caught in the middle as simply a target to them both.
Rod Serling and Ray Bradbury having a "complicated relationship" sounds like it would make an interesting movie. I always wondered if Serling and Alfred Hitchcock ever met, since their two anthology series have similarities: ominous tone, being associated with twist endings and such. I once thought of a movie concept in which Serling and Hitchcock make a bet to see which one can scare the other, but I never wrote it.
@@jasontoddman7265 Hahaha, true. I actually watched most of them back in the 70s on reruns on a black and white TV that I would sneak out to watch at 11pm after my parents were asleep. Not, because I wasn't allowed to watch that kind of thing, just because the show was on on a school night. No headphones of course so I had to keep the volume down and my ear to the speaker so I saw the screen mostly at an extreme angle like sitting on the side of a movie theater. That might have made it even more surreal though.
@@MandleRoss Watching it in the dead of night striving to keep quiet for fear of discovery undoubtedly added an element of 'danger' - the same kind of thrill we get from risky activities like being on a roller coaster - to the whole experience as well. 😁
who then got intercepted by the Lunarians, who then also got intercepted by the Solarians, who again get intercepted by the Neptunian's, and then get intercepted by the Earthlings.
@@rogerreger9631 Spoiler: It turns out Earth was just a figment of their collective imagination, created as a means of coping with the realization that their space dog was just a simulation.
For those curious about the career of the ever familiar Jack Elam, check out SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF and CANNONBALL RUN. 2 great films co-starring Elam that sees him working with the likes of James Garner and Burt Reynolds, respectively.
It's interesting, too, that both Serling and Bradbury have a presence in the Disney theme parks, of all places. Bradbury's Halloween Tree is represented in Disneyland's Frontierland during the Halloweentime season, and Walt Disney World's Tower of Terror remains "Twilight Zone" themed. (Though the California version is now "Guardians of the Galaxy.")
Interesting fact Rush the band did a song called The Twilight Zone it is the third track on Rush's album 2112. It was the last track written and recorded for the album. It was the first single to be released from 2112. It is based on two episodes of The Twilight Zone: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (first verse) and "Stopover in a Quiet Town" (second verse) Rush dedicated the song to the memory of The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serlin
Despite being most famous for playing villains in westerns, usually opposite John Wayne, Jack Elam was also known for appearing in comedies throughout his 51 years long very successful career. His comedic talent really shines through in this episode and he was the true star of this episode. His most famous comedic roles was as Hank in The Night of the Grizzly,. In his later years, when he became too old to play lead villains, he began appearing more and more in comedies and later he found new career in sitcoms, making guest appearances on many notable sitcoms over the years.
During the early 50s, Montgomery Pittman was hired by actor Steve Cochran to be caretaker of his Los Angeles home and got his start in Hollywood through Cochran. Cochran played Fred Renard in Season 1 episode What You Need.
Perhaps because you're not a baby boomer, I think you missed the relevance of this story's title. It is a reference to a TV game show popular at the time called To Tell the Truth, hosted by Superman voice actor Bud Collyer (and later by Gary Moore). Each half show had two segments where someone who had done something notable (the voice of Popeye in all those old cartoons for example) appeared along with two 'imposters' claiming to be that same individual and who were coached with enough basic information to answer a round of questions from the panelists on the show. After the questions, the panelists would vote on which of the three they thought was the actual personality. Once they cast their votes, Bud Collyer would ask the guests, *"Will the real (Popeye), please stand up?"* - whereupon the actual person would do so while the two imposters stayed seated. The story story is an homage to this, which the original TV audience would have immediately recognized. Ican see why someone who didn't grow up watching that show might not get the reference in more recent times however.
This was playing as a rerun in the late 1960’s when I first saw it. I had a power outage right before the couterman lifted his hat. I didn’t see it again until the early 1990’s. Waited over 20 yrs to see the ending. The story is absolutely true. It makes a good story too. Feel free to pass it on. Don from NJ (back then, now in AZ)
It has a lighter tone but a much darker ending. All the characters dead and, while the evil Martian fleet is destroyed, are the Venusians "good: or "evil"? After all, he did charge them all after their frightening time at his diner!
Well, at the very least they aren't as incompetent as the Martians. Maybe they'll take over and we won't notice the new leadership. Could explain a lot.
'A pleasant faced man steps up to greet you He smiles and says he's pleased to meet you Beneath his hat the strangeness lies Take it off, he's got three eye Truth is false and logic lost Now the fourth dimension is lost' - Neil Peart, lyrics from 'The Twilight Zone,' performed by Rush The first of two TZ episodes described in the song, along with, 'Stopover in a Quiet Town'. Minor details were changed to fit the song, but man, still just as creepy and cool as the episodes themselves.
Jill Ellis, who plays young woman in the young couple, had her only known role in this episode. No other acting roles of hers are known or recorded. On the other hand, Ron Kipling, who played her husband, had only two more credits Target: The Corruptors and Route 66. Other then that, no other roles are known of his career.
The eye, while not moving, is effective. It reminds me of the monsters in “Amnesia” a bit. It is something that logically is silly, but done well to still land. It really emphasizes the talent to take obvious or silly looking things or ideas and execute them well.
This felt like John Carpenter’s The Thing as a Twlilight Zone episode, especially knowing that a dog was originally the alien. I think with a more serious script, it could have been just as scary.
A thing about the twist ending. Spoiler Alert The ending is not only a double twist but is better than you. Everybody recognizes Barney Philips and his third eye. It is basically as iconic as the pg people in Eye of the Beholder, the Gremlin from twenty thousand feet, and the Hitchiker from The Hitchhiker. So going in, many people will probably assume he is the martian. However, not only does the episode reveal that Ross was the Martin, but that, Philips, is also an alien. So the overexposure of the twist, actually makes me even more surprised by the other twists. It's kind of like the first Friday the 13th. Spoiler Alert...again Everybody assumes the person killing everybody is Jason Varees, but in the movie, it is actually his mom. Much like the episode, the movie is so rooted in pop culture, that it makes people assume one twist until it pulls the rug out from under and then with another. So much so, both twists have actually gotten better overtime and become even more unexpected. We have seen plenty of movie twists that were over exposed by pop culture, but with these, ti actually worked in their favor. That is one of the reasons why the episode si amazing and why Rod Serling was a genius.
Jack Elam was indeed blind in his left eye, stemming from a fight he had with another in 1931 when he was 11 years old. The injuries also permanently damaged his eye sockets and for the rest of his life his left eye kept moving independently from his right eye. In an interiew in 1974, Elam claimed that the accident "happened, would you believe it, at a boy scout meeting." His eye lens was removed soon after, but the eye didn't start drifting until early 50s when it became obvious in his movies. Since Elam built his almost entire career of 51 years on playing villains, most notably in western movies usually opposite John Wayne, this fact helped make his characters look more menacing and scary.
Despite being blind in one eye, Elam served two years in U.S. Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged at the end of the war. In addition to being successful actor with career of 50 years, Elam also worked a whole varienty of jobs during his life, including being a salesman, an accountant for Standard Oil Company, bookkeeper for Bank of America and manager of Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles. He also worked briefly as accountant for Hopalong Cassidy Productions and eventually an auditor for Samuel Goldwyn when he was noticed by producers and given movie opportunities. He finally had his movie debut in 1949 movie She Shoulda Said No!, starring Lila Leeds.
I kindof knew the second twist was coming considering the diner clerk was the only person in the entire episode who wore something covering his forehead.
I really want to say this was the very first episode ever saw. This reminds me of the Perversions of Science episode, a group of kids in the 40’s (50’s?) on Halloween are listening to War of the Worlds on the radio. One of them goes slaughter mode on the others. Turns out they are aliens that think their people are attacking early. Then later on they figure out it was just a radio show.
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I loved it, we got not one, but TWO amazing twists!
A double twist ending that no one saw coming!
Top 10 episode in the series
Channel awesome, when I saw this episode of the twilight zone and I laughed and said "is the twilight zone a comedy now?" 🤣 "I am a Martian ". And the other guy said " I am a Martian too can't you see????" Roll credits . Looney tunes , that's all fokes . Animaniacs good night, everybody !
@@chrisbowers7523 Now that you mention it the ending does sound like something out of a Looney Tunes cartoon!
I loved the line from the great TWZ guide book: "The real Martian has stood up...only to have the rug pulled out from under him."
A line so good, it should have been in Rod's closing narration. Though his original is still pretty good: "Incident on a small island, to be believed or disbelieved. However, if a sour-faced dandy named Ross or a big, good-natured counterman who handles a spatula as if he'd been born with one in his mouth, - if either of these two entities walk onto your premises, you'd better hold their hands - all three of them - or check the color of their eyes - all three of them. The gentlemen in question might try to pull you in - to The Twilight Zone."
Martian Venusian rivalry is strong.
1 of the best twist endings ever, with that Venusian reveal. I literally didn’t see it coming when I first saw the episode
Ditto, Ross being a Martian was surprising enough, but Haley's reveal was the cherry on top!
I loved Jack Elam's kooky old man as well, I can't believe that he was only 40. He also delivered the perfect foreshadowing line about the "Eye in the back of his head."
This is also notably back when he was mostly known as a villain or heavy onscreen. This was an early example of his gift for comedy, which he later specialized in later in his career. He was basically Leslie Neilsen before Leslie Neilsen.
Looks a lot like Vonnegut too
He was blind in one eye, because as a boy, he got in a fight with another kid, who stabbed him in the left eye with a pencil
@@mst3KGf he was great used to comedy because he had we look at eyeballs that look like they’re about to pop out of the sockets
I love the kinds of episodes like this that are like "Who's the killer, alien, whatever," and you have to figure it out. I also love the whole conversation with the Martian/Venusian at the end. Both actors do that very well. I wouldn't say this one of my top ten, but it's still a good watch.
These types of stories are always good ways to explore characters and how they react in such a situation, like who tries to keep a cool head and figure things out and who devolves into paranoia and becomes dangerous. The comparison to "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" is apt.
Very Hitchcock "All suspects are in one Room"
Dare I say it was done just as well in the Twilight zone Radio Drama?
I definitely never saw the double twist of the Martian AND the Venusian coming. It's a lot more memorable than the Martian dog from the original, and the practical effects of the extra eye and arm still hold up today.
better effect than the Multiverse of Madness third eye
First time I saw this, I thought the Martian was the guy behind the counter and that the bus passengers and driver were just red herrings. I was stunned when the first Martian was revealed, but when the second one was revealed, I pointed at my TV and yelled, "I knew it!"
This is one of my favorite episodes, and actually got me the first time I watched it. The paranoia is similar to Monsters Are Due On Maple Street, but that was more indicative of the day in with the series was made, The Cold War/The Red Scare.
Easily in my top 3 of twilight zone episodes. The sense of entrapment, the tension, the red herrings, the twist within the twist. Truly a top tier episode.
Y’all act like you’ve never seen a Martian before.
Jaws all over the floor.
Like Rod Serling bust into the door.
Jack Elam is such a great character actor and yet, I can't help but picture the episode of "MST3K" where Crow impersonates him.
"I only want to talk to Gypsy. Is she around?"
I would say Twilight Zone has the best track record of famous episodes, considering how many there are with this one and countless others
you don't see many references to individual outer limits episodes or similar shows. Not that those were bad per say, but TZ was clearly a whole other league.
The title "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up" was likely chosen because of the popular, long-running game show "To Tell The Truth". Three people would appear on the show, all saying they were the same person. Contestants would then question the people to find out who's real, and at the end, the host would say "Would the real (whoever) please stand up"
I personally love this one. The colorful cast, the intrigue, the mystery, and that double-twist ending makes it one of my personal favorites.
Trivia note: the name of the bus line Cayuga, was a nod to the production company, named after a town Rod had a house in.
May I have you attention please?
May I have you attention please?
Will the real Martian please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Martian please stand up?
We’re going to have a problem here.
I’m the Martian, yes I’m the real Martian
All you other real martians are just a big farce
So won’t the real Martian please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
Cause I’m the Martian, yes I’m the real Martian
All you other real martians are just a big farce
So won’t the real Martian please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
Haha, Eminem meets The Twilight Zone, I love it!
Getting a kick out of the proper businessman, Haley rapping to that.
It definitely would be crazy if Eminem did a crossover with The Twilight Zone.
Obviously a call-back
Good to know I'm not the only person to think this :3
On the TV tropes recap, I used "We’re going to have a problem here" as the image caption.
An excellent episode, mixing comedy with a rather sinister double twist. Thank you for this review chaps. I had not previously considered Jack Elam's age at the time of filming. Nice to know. It looks like October 2022 will be a good one. Cheers.
I'm already enjoying this season of Twilight-Tober Zone. This is my favorite episodes of the show. They eyeball on the forehead is very iconic.
The reveal of the third eye is a shocker, no matter how fake it looks. High octane nightmare fuel
The thing that really stuck with me is that while Ross was always portrayed as the most obvious candidate to be the Martian, no one suspected Hayley.
You gotta love where the twist has another twist
Man am I finally glad you reviewed this episode. This episode is one of my all time favorite. This episode has one of the greatest twist of all time. Also the double twist got me off guard. On rewatches one of the things I noticed is the businessman act like the most rational person among the group like when he tries convince the cops and bus driver that the bus driver is mistaken, that he pick up seven passengers and not six passengers. At first you see a person trying to find a logical explanation for the situation their in, but once you know the twist the businessman is actually trying to cover up his tracks since he is the Martin 👽
Watching this episode reminds me a lot like John Carpenter's THE THING as well as The HATEFUL EIGHT, where one person among them is not who they claim to be.
One of my all time favorites. The twist is easily among the top twists in the various series.
One of the most simple but chillingly effective endings to the show's various bottle episodes.
(Ecstatic to hear your thoughts on Tomorrow's TwilightTober installment, Walter! Keep up the good work!)
This was your TIPICAL Twilight Zone episode.Never get tired of watching it over and over.
One of my all-time favorites! I feel "How We Differ" (as the Venus alien says) could've been another title for this episode as you brought up.
Possibly if you were a baby boomer who grew up watching a game show popular at the time called To Tell the Truth, you might see why the actual title is the better one. The phrase "Will the real (inseert name here) please stand up?" was a very well-known phrase back then because of this show.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth
I am so glad you are doing this episode. This is one of my all-time favorite episodes. I just love the homey feeling of this episode. How these regular people come together as these cops trying to figure out which one is an alien. It is a really fun episode. The twist is great, the characters are enjoyable and the atmosphere is really engaging. My only gripe is that I wish it felt more like a traditional mystery. Like the cops who start interviewing the characters individually and if there were more clues. However, I don't think Rod Serling would be able to squeeze all of that into a half-hour episode, so I am happy with the episode we got.
This is still my favorite TZ episode of all time! I like all the characters in the dinner and how anyone could easily be the alien but the crazy old man is the best. The double twist cannot be topped.
Been waiting for this. "Will the Real Martian Please Stand" is in my top ten TZ episodes and rotates in and out of my top 5.
One of my absolute favorite episodes
Good review. This episode is probably in top 10 for best plot twist endings, in the 'Twilight Zone.'
0:45 Nice little easter egg. The bus has Cayuga on it which was the name of the company that produced the show.
This, the hitchhiker, and the changing of the guard are my top 3 favorite episodes.
That double twist was fun
Stage "hand" used as the extra hand -- gotta luv it.
I loved the double twist. Not only did it catch me off-guard, but also a small sense of justice. That smarmy martian coming in, bragging about killing all those poor people from the diner and then casually bragging about the invasion, only to have the smug smacked out of him by the venusian. That was satisfying. I mean, Earth was still screwed, but at least that cocky martian got what he deserved. XD
Jack Elam also played the proctologist Doctor Helsing in the comedy movie Cannonball Run I and II.
This was one of my favorite episodes. It was more a comedy than something serious with an underlying social message.
Anyone else guessed the twist
We could cross off the couples, the dancer, and the old kook
-The couples would remember each other
-the driver remembered the dancer
-the old kook knew about Baseball
That leaves the fedora if we assume the suspects are only the bus passengers
Yeaup, then ending alone is what makes this one an instant classic.
I remember the twist of this episode, only have been seen it once a long time ago... But the crazy thing is, I remembered it as an episode of the outer limits, having forgotten Rod Sterling's narration. Weird
I remembered the part where he was an alien but thought he was the Martian; having completely forgotten that John Hoyt's character was also not what he seemed.
I think a DC direct to video movie did something similar to this episode in a sequence of the story.
I only ever heard it pronounced, "EE-lam" back in the day. He was in a lot of kids stuff when I was growing up, he was always memorable.
man what a classic
🎵 "I'm the Martian
cuz all I'm the real Martian.
While the others are fake just like a carnation.
So what the real Martian
please stand up please stand up."
Probably the best twist in the series. It absolutely blew my mind as a kid.
The fact that the eye barely moved made it more believable to me.
I do love that double twist because it brings to mind the Skrull vs. Kree conflict in Marvel comics. Where both sides have an interest in taking over the Earth, neither side is good, and we're sort of caught in the middle as simply a target to them both.
Rod Serling and Ray Bradbury having a "complicated relationship" sounds like it would make an interesting movie. I always wondered if Serling and Alfred Hitchcock ever met, since their two anthology series have similarities: ominous tone, being associated with twist endings and such. I once thought of a movie concept in which Serling and Hitchcock make a bet to see which one can scare the other, but I never wrote it.
The biggest Twilight Zone moment for me happened just now when I realized a year has passed since the last run of these.
Imagine what it's like then to remember watching these episodes when they were first run back in the early 1960s! 😁
@@jasontoddman7265 Hahaha, true. I actually watched most of them back in the 70s on reruns on a black and white TV that I would sneak out to watch at 11pm after my parents were asleep. Not, because I wasn't allowed to watch that kind of thing, just because the show was on on a school night. No headphones of course so I had to keep the volume down and my ear to the speaker so I saw the screen mostly at an extreme angle like sitting on the side of a movie theater.
That might have made it even more surreal though.
@@MandleRoss Watching it in the dead of night striving to keep quiet for fear of discovery undoubtedly added an element of 'danger' - the same kind of thrill we get from risky activities like being on a roller coaster - to the whole experience as well. 😁
@@jasontoddman7265 Yes, well put! My memories of the show are very much linked with that feeling.
Mate I love when narrate videos . Great voice for it !
Another episode I have to watch one day, Good job again Walter and I will be careful in the twilight tober zone
sadly the venusian armada was intercepted by the plutonians who later got intercepted by saturnians
who then got intercepted by the Lunarians, who then also got intercepted by the Solarians, who again get intercepted by the Neptunian's, and then get intercepted by the Earthlings.
@@rogerreger9631 Spoiler: It turns out Earth was just a figment of their collective imagination, created as a means of coping with the realization that their space dog was just a simulation.
This series is the only reason I continue to stay subbed
Jack Elam's character is called Grandpa and he most certainly looked that way. In real life, Elam was only 44.
For those curious about the career of the ever familiar Jack Elam, check out SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF and CANNONBALL RUN. 2 great films co-starring Elam that sees him working with the likes of James Garner and Burt Reynolds, respectively.
It's interesting, too, that both Serling and Bradbury have a presence in the Disney theme parks, of all places. Bradbury's Halloween Tree is represented in Disneyland's Frontierland during the Halloweentime season, and Walt Disney World's Tower of Terror remains "Twilight Zone" themed. (Though the California version is now "Guardians of the Galaxy.")
Interesting fact Rush the band did a song called The Twilight Zone it is the third track on Rush's album 2112. It was the last track written and recorded for the album. It was the first single to be released from 2112. It is based on two episodes of The Twilight Zone: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (first verse) and "Stopover in a Quiet Town" (second verse) Rush dedicated the song to the memory of The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serlin
Jack Elam is a blast in anything he's in but this is one of his best
You can tell he was having a grand time here. He got to ham it up as much as possible.
@@mst3KGf exactly why it's his best performance cause like you said he was having a blast
Huge fan been waiting all year for twighlightober zone glad its back
Despite being most famous for playing villains in westerns, usually opposite John Wayne, Jack Elam was also known for appearing in comedies throughout his 51 years long very successful career. His comedic talent really shines through in this episode and he was the true star of this episode. His most famous comedic roles was as Hank in The Night of the Grizzly,. In his later years, when he became too old to play lead villains, he began appearing more and more in comedies and later he found new career in sitcoms, making guest appearances on many notable sitcoms over the years.
Next episode is my personal favorite, and one I've been anticipating since this series began.
Thank you for the video.
Thanks for watching!
I saw Twilight Zone first, then the Andy Griffith Show, so when I saw the episode, Barney Gets His Man, I realized it was the Venusian waiter/cook
During the early 50s, Montgomery Pittman was hired by actor Steve Cochran to be caretaker of his Los Angeles home and got his start in Hollywood through Cochran. Cochran played Fred Renard in Season 1 episode What You Need.
No wonder Marvin the Martian wanted to blow up the Earth because it obstructs his view of Venus.
Perhaps because you're not a baby boomer, I think you missed the relevance of this story's title. It is a reference to a TV game show popular at the time called To Tell the Truth, hosted by Superman voice actor Bud Collyer (and later by Gary Moore). Each half show had two segments where someone who had done something notable (the voice of Popeye in all those old cartoons for example) appeared along with two 'imposters' claiming to be that same individual and who were coached with enough basic information to answer a round of questions from the panelists on the show. After the questions, the panelists would vote on which of the three they thought was the actual personality. Once they cast their votes, Bud Collyer would ask the guests, *"Will the real (Popeye), please stand up?"* - whereupon the actual person would do so while the two imposters stayed seated. The story story is an homage to this, which the original TV audience would have immediately recognized. Ican see why someone who didn't grow up watching that show might not get the reference in more recent times however.
This is one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes. It's all about I just one up you.
This was the first twilight zone episode i ever watched. Absolutely loved it
This was playing as a rerun in the late 1960’s when I first saw it. I had a power outage right before the couterman lifted his hat.
I didn’t see it again until the early 1990’s. Waited over 20 yrs to see the ending.
The story is absolutely true. It makes a good story too. Feel free to pass it on.
Don from NJ (back then, now in AZ)
It has a lighter tone but a much darker ending. All the characters dead and, while the evil Martian fleet is destroyed, are the Venusians "good: or "evil"? After all, he did charge them all after their frightening time at his diner!
Well, at the very least they aren't as incompetent as the Martians. Maybe they'll take over and we won't notice the new leadership. Could explain a lot.
Just shoutouts to Walter for bringing this series all the way. Its addicting just like watching the Twilight Zone!
This would've been one I would've liked to see Jordan Peele redo, tbh. He's best when he's directing building tension.
Easily a top 3 twilight zone episode for me 😁
To serve man and Adam we eve
Third from the sun
I love these reviews
'A pleasant faced man steps up to greet you
He smiles and says he's pleased to meet you
Beneath his hat the strangeness lies
Take it off, he's got three eye
Truth is false and logic lost
Now the fourth dimension is lost'
- Neil Peart, lyrics from 'The Twilight Zone,' performed by Rush
The first of two TZ episodes described in the song, along with, 'Stopover in a Quiet Town'. Minor details were changed to fit the song, but man, still just as creepy and cool as the episodes themselves.
Finally! This is my all time favorite
HOORAY! It's Twilight-tober again!
The atmosphere in this one really stood out to me on first viewing, I could’ve watched these characters argue in that snowed in diner for hours
Jill Ellis, who plays young woman in the young couple, had her only known role in this episode. No other acting roles of hers are known or recorded. On the other hand, Ron Kipling, who played her husband, had only two more credits Target: The Corruptors and Route 66. Other then that, no other roles are known of his career.
My favorite TZ episode, period. I just love the diner setting and the “Who is the outcast?” mystery.
This is one of my all time favorite!
This has always been my favorite!
Holy crap I didn't know Elam was only 40 and playing older! He totally sold it! Love the twist especially since it's a double twist 😜
Probably because it was in 😊black and white.
The eye, while not moving, is effective. It reminds me of the monsters in “Amnesia” a bit. It is something that logically is silly, but done well to still land.
It really emphasizes the talent to take obvious or silly looking things or ideas and execute them well.
This episode was on MeTV, today,12-26-24.
This felt like John Carpenter’s The Thing as a Twlilight Zone episode, especially knowing that a dog was originally the alien. I think with a more serious script, it could have been just as scary.
A thing about the twist ending.
Spoiler Alert
The ending is not only a double twist but is better than you. Everybody recognizes Barney Philips and his third eye. It is basically as iconic as the pg people in Eye of the Beholder, the Gremlin from twenty thousand feet, and the Hitchiker from The Hitchhiker. So going in, many people will probably assume he is the martian. However, not only does the episode reveal that Ross was the Martin, but that, Philips, is also an alien. So the overexposure of the twist, actually makes me even more surprised by the other twists. It's kind of like the first Friday the 13th.
Spoiler Alert...again
Everybody assumes the person killing everybody is Jason Varees, but in the movie, it is actually his mom. Much like the episode, the movie is so rooted in pop culture, that it makes people assume one twist until it pulls the rug out from under and then with another. So much so, both twists have actually gotten better overtime and become even more unexpected. We have seen plenty of movie twists that were over exposed by pop culture, but with these, ti actually worked in their favor. That is one of the reasons why the episode si amazing and why Rod Serling was a genius.
Jack Elam was indeed blind in his left eye, stemming from a fight he had with another in 1931 when he was 11 years old. The injuries also permanently damaged his eye sockets and for the rest of his life his left eye kept moving independently from his right eye. In an interiew in 1974, Elam claimed that the accident "happened, would you believe it, at a boy scout meeting." His eye lens was removed soon after, but the eye didn't start drifting until early 50s when it became obvious in his movies. Since Elam built his almost entire career of 51 years on playing villains, most notably in western movies usually opposite John Wayne, this fact helped make his characters look more menacing and scary.
Despite being blind in one eye, Elam served two years in U.S. Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged at the end of the war. In addition to being successful actor with career of 50 years, Elam also worked a whole varienty of jobs during his life, including being a salesman, an accountant for Standard Oil Company, bookkeeper for Bank of America and manager of Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles. He also worked briefly as accountant for Hopalong Cassidy Productions and eventually an auditor for Samuel Goldwyn when he was noticed by producers and given movie opportunities. He finally had his movie debut in 1949 movie She Shoulda Said No!, starring Lila Leeds.
One of my favorite episodes.
This one of my favorite twilight zone episodes
Your sure that Eye wasn't meant to Warn the Iluminati! We will only know in Twilight Zone.
Barney Phillips was also the voice of Shazam in the Hanna Barbera, Cartoon made in 1967
I kindof knew the second twist was coming considering the diner clerk was the only person in the entire episode who wore something covering his forehead.
Super amazing video
i love the music on the jukebox in this episode & would love to know what they are!
This was the first episode I ever watched. That’s so it’s got the nostalgia aspect going for it.
I really want to say this was the very first episode ever saw. This reminds me of the Perversions of Science episode, a group of kids in the 40’s (50’s?) on Halloween are listening to War of the Worlds on the radio. One of them goes slaughter mode on the others. Turns out they are aliens that think their people are attacking early. Then later on they figure out it was just a radio show.
What do you mean it's not one of your favorites, Tober? It's a regular Ray Bradbury! 👾 😀
UA-cam didn't have ads halfway through these episodes last year....😕