This WAS 100% Illegal & They Did It Again In Another Episode of the "Twilight Zone!"
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- This WAS 100% Illegal And They Did It Again In Another Episode of the "Twilight Zone!"
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A careful examination of ALL "Twilight Zone" episodes will show that sets, props, and costumes were used many times in different episodes to save money (the show was often over budget anyway; Serling wanted maximum quality). Two cases in point: the underside and ramp of the flying saucer, and some space suits.
The props for the flying saucer and other items (used in IIRC 7 different Twilight Zones) were from the movie Forbidden Planet. Both the movie and Twilight Zone were filmed at MGM, so the same in-house prop department
In fact, the Simpsons used many of the same props when they copied the storylines from the Twilight Zone.
I was amused to hear that the author decided to research it? Did that actually mean “watch more tv”?
We reused Halloween costumes, so why not?
This has always been done in theater. Movies and TV are just recorded theater. I'm not sure why everyone thinks that stage shows buy new stuff for every production, that would be crazy expensive and pointless.
@@liwojenkins I love the SNL last Star Trek skit. The producers tell them their kids can have the phasers. I can hear Belushi saying, “Set phasers to kill.”
Laws don't apply...in the Twilight Zone.
Nice one! 😃
Great information. Before reruns, VHS, or streaming…. It was one and done. The Hollywood studio system used the same houses, sets, and props all of the time. It was a business that was most concerned about entertainment and the profit from giving the public what it wanted to see. My favorite reuse was on Dragnet. They not only used the props many times but the same group of actors would play different characters in the same season. Just add glasses, change the clothes, wear a wig , and change from a good guys to a bad guy. It’s great to watch the same actor go from a crook to a cop in just a few weeks.What a country of opportunity.
Dragnet was high end production compared to Highway Patrol, a show about highways in a state with many highways but filmed on dirt back roads instead.
@@ndogg20 So true. I joke about Dragnet because I watched it weekly and loved Joe Friday. Highway Patrol was a B movie compared to Dragnet.
Another thing carried over from "The Fever" was that sinister tune that kept playing while the machine kept calling "Franklin"! It played in the beginning when the car crashed! Haha!
You’re right! I really love that tune
In the season 1 episode, it appears they have several machines.
Another tidbit I wasn't aware of! Still both episodes were great to watch.
Can you imagine what the desk sergeant was thinking the day that Rod Sterling called? That unique voice would definitely get the attention of a police officer.
Serling
It was Hollywood. LA is a factory town and they were used to getting strange requests from studios.
If I answered my phone and I heard that voice say, "Hello, I'm Rod Serling, producer of the Twilight Zone." I would have a cold chill run up my spine.
Rod Serling. Robert Sterling (married to Ann Jefferies, stars of Topper).
@@dwaneanderson8039 I'm pretty sure Rod didn't call. Probably the secretary or an associate producer or the props department.
The only difference with the prop is, they didn’t put a lit smile face on it and have it scream “Franklin!”
Haha exactly! So creepy
I was just thinking I don't remember either episode when you jogged my memory. Thanks!
0:40 Telekinesis is very rarely found in young girls coming of age. It is almost impossible for a middle aged man. Perhaps you remember “Carrie White”, America’s sweetheart and Queen of the Prom.
The same is true for apparitions of the Virgin Mary. It's mostly among teenage and pre-teen girls. Rarely middle-aged men. And when it is middle-aged men it's on their toast.
I noticed it as a kid. The slot machine has such a unique design with a sphere, that it was impossible not to notice.😊
The cafe counter and stools and juke box used in 100 Yards Over the Rim (Airflite Cafe) are the same ones used in Will the Real Martin Please Stand up (Hi-Way Cafe).
In 'The Fever', there are several slot machines on the set, not just one. Were those real machines that were borrowed from the police also or merely fake props?
I don’t think this story is true,because yeah,there are about a dozen or so of the same slots in The Fever and even the pictures in this video show 4-5 different slots.
Excellent catch!
I always find it interesting to hear about stuff like this. Thank you for the video Rick, I hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and have a great day. Take care!
Something is very confusing. There are lots of machines in the room at the same time.
Did you know that Buddy Epson was not only an actor but a very good dancer as well?
If I’m thinking correctly, that’s how he started - as a dancer! And he was a very good dancer!!!
Did you know that his name is actually Ebsen?
@@anthonypage4598 I stand corrected thank you very much. I guess my spellcheck wasn’t working correctly.
Irwin Allen was the King of props using the same props with a different color paint on different shows.
I love the prices listed for various menu items on the walls. A hamburger steak for 65 cents, coffee and donut for 20 cents, etc. Plus a slot machine to get in some gambling? My kind of diner!
There’s a scene of Bogart in a diner in “The Big Sleep” with menu pricing on the wall… I don’t remember anything over $1. There’s also a scene in a first season Perry Mason episode that has Perry & Della in a fancy French restaurant where they are astonished over the astronomical price of a cup of coffee… $1! 😅
Bidenomics?
@@Primus54 Bidenomics?
Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet appeared in The Twilight Zone... twice, I believe. Also in Lost in Space and the Thin Man TV series.
Reusing sets from different movies and shows. Mayberry's Floyd's barber shop in StarTrek.
As an interesting note alone those lines.
On the few Andy Griffith episodes where they were at the Mayberry train station.
That is the same train station used in.... get this.... Gone With The Wind!
Grew up watching Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and a couple of others I can't think of the names, loved these shows, still watch them today.
Great stuff.
Buddy Ebsen was multi-talented. Not only a great actor, but he was a hoofer from the old Vaudeville days. He danced with Shirley Temple in a movie from 1936 and was in several other movies dancing and singing!
He was also supposed to be in the Wizard Of Oz, first he was to be the Scarecrow, because of the dancing scene, then played the Tin Man but got seriously sick from the aluminum paint/ dust makeup and dropped out. He spent 9 or 10 days in an oxygen tent! I guess they never knew about such things that can enter the bloodstream or lungs and be hazardous to people.
Jubal Foster in the big city. Tougher than running a farm.
very good video. Thanks for sharing. Your videos are always a treat.
What about the other slot machines in the casino scene?
Nice observation. I just saw the episode “the fever “just the other day. However, I don’t recall ever seeing the episode “the prime mover “
Star Trek takes the record for the most reused props.
yup....those styrofoam rocks ain't cheap
Thank you for the info. Never even knew it was a real slot machine. Thought it was just a prop. Good things to know. And yes very good solution.
So cool, I need to watch this episode. Love the fever episode.
Too Funny, They just could have filmed the scenes in Nevada, which isn't too bad of a drive from LA.
Yes, I did notice it.
Love your videos! Wondering if you have ever watched The Naked City?
"Happy Daze Cafe" 🙃☺
Im curious about the other slot machines you see in the background of the casino.
Thanks for sharing this information once again don't remember this episode Rick must check it out
There is a video somewhere that shows the same glowing prop used in several different science fiction movies. One has Shatner in it but its not Trek.
@3:44 there are 2 of them and later a whole bunch of them Were those fake ones?
I've recently been watching the old Get Smart TV show and in one episode Siegfried and Starker are on an island that must be the Gilligan's Island set and they have to wade into the "lagoon". That water looks extremely disgusting. Dark green and very cloudy, appearing to have solids in the water 🤮! And I remembered the episode you covered the gross state of that water!
2:27 It looks like they _borrowed_ more than one slot machine.
cardboard replica props? (I'll need to watch the episode, but that would be my guess)
@@stan.rarick8556 Your guess is as good as any.
@@stan.rarick8556 Too expensive!
I noticed the name of the cafe is Happy Daze, little did they know....
The phrase "Happy Day" goes back long, long before the TV show. As a matter of fact, it goes back before TV, radio, or even before America was a country.
@@bubbispapa2053 Yeah, but the point is that Happy Days was later one of the most popular TV shows of all time, and it was based on a nostalgic re-interpretation of the 1950s... the exact decade that Twilight Zone had its heyday. And Happy Daze was the name of a diner, the main setting for Happy Days. It is an interesting coincidence, if not earth-shattering.
Not "repo'd" (re-possessed) because the police didn't possess it before it was CONFISCATED for evidence. The interesting thing is that the police still had it between the first use and the second use.
And I wonder how they got permission to tamper with evidence in order to force a jackpot. I don't think they'd want to wait around for it to happen naturally!!!!😂
Both episodes were in season 1 and both episodes used the same prop, so the slot machine scenes of the two episodes were probably shot as closely together, as could be managed, to minimize the amount of time that the policeman had to be on site.
And consider that the "Jackpot", even the "Twin Jackpot" was like maybe $40 in quarters, which in current-day is probably worth around $1,000
The $10,000 jackpot in 'The Fever' is absurdly high even for a dollar bet, given the odds built into that old slot machine. The casino would have been losing a fortune. On top of it, the player would win the coins in the jackpot too.
Yes
I’ve only seen this episode once or twice.
I remember your video on the prop! Eagle Eyes strikes again!🦅👀
On the back, there is a “W” inside a couple of circles. LOOKS a lot like the “WESTINGHOUSE “ symbol.🤣
Same slot machine in “a nice place to visit “. With Sebastian Cabot.
As federal and state laws changed over time, Hollywood grudgingly learned to adapt and carve out exceptions for itself. This was especially necessary with regard to the types of firearms which have been so prevalent in the film industry throughout its history. But it wasn't always this way. In the early days of motion pictures it was not uncommon to use real, unaltered firearms, and live ammunition. As you might expect, this resulted in the occasional death or injury of an actor or stuntman (long predating Alec Baldwin and "Rust"). Jimmy Cagney was nearly killed by live machine gun fire in "The Public Enemy" and this led him to help form and promote the Screen Actors Guild. Blank ammunition and squibs became mandatory and replaced live ammo and real bullet strikes. In 1934 the federal registration of machine guns required the large prop rental houses to comply, but the law was not heavily enforced for many years and illegal exceptions sometimes unintentionally existed. For example, during the first season of the 1960s spy series "The Man from UNCLE", agent Napoleon Solo carried a Mauser pistol (and later a Walther pistol) that could be reconfigured into a carbine with a fake silencer. A Treasury agent noticed this and visited the set to inquire if the firearm had been legally registered as a short barrel rifle. The prop man who created the conversion had assumed it was legal because it only fired blanks. Rather than confiscate it and arrest those involved (theoretically including the actors), he had them register each modified gun and pay the $200 registration tax per firearm. In retrospect this story seems rather humorous, but imagine how this would be handled today with an early morning no-knock raid on the studio by heavily armed agents.
Now it would say Benjamin.
The one in season one had a sign above it in neon, the one in season two didn’t have the neon sign. In season one it looks like there were several other similar slot machines.
Props get reused across tv and movies all the time.
"Zapped?"
There was also a 3rd Twilight Zone episode which featured a slot machine. It was titled ‘A Nice Place To Visit’. I wonder if they used this same slot machine for a 3rd time !
Sad it was so complicated to use a real slot machine. Nice video
Good catch
I had once read years ago about the logistical hassle of actually being able to use a slot machine for the story purposes and even I had wondered: "But why would it illegal for a prop house to fabricate a fake slot machine for prop purposes?" OK, the quick answer is to avoid anyone using the prop for a criminal purpose. However there would be ways around that risk, partly tanks to the lower resolution images could achieve back then. They *could* use mirror images shots, so the intricate pattern of the machine's metal ornamentation could actually read, "Movie prop - not a real slot game." (That's supposed to OK for prop currency.) The facing design, in reverse, could obscure the real life warning from viewers. I mean, it's cool regs and laws were so keen on keeping the games "honest" but think about prop needs a little, too!
I wonder.If it would have just been easier.to.film.those scenes in Nevada.
Quality television....
I notice the slot machine has a logo on its back that looks like a Westinghouse logo. But could it have been made by Williams?
It was not a big deal too reuse a prop like that. It was a common machine for the times found all over Atlantic city and Nevada.
Never noticed
FRANKLIN.......
I don't have a citation, but I *think* there is another loophole on display with that slot machine. In an attempt to subvert gambling laws, slot machine were built where each pull of the lever would dump out the winnings from the prior pull (thus the "twin jackpot" and "No1/No2"), the theory being that the operator knows with certainty what each pull will give them and thus "isn't gambling".
Just having one was illegal. It wasn’t just the gambling unto itself. That’s why the officer had to be there to show it would not be used to gamble. In essence, the object was on loan but still in the possession of the police department and not in possession of the crew of the Twilight Zone
@@ricknineg I suspect you are correct _at the time of filming._ However, at some point prior to that, the legal loophole rendering them "not legally a gambling machine" was still open.
(Any time a government passes laws banning something people want to do/own, they instantly create a market for something that almost but not exactly over the line.)
That's what I heard - they they had to get permission from the police to use an actual working slot machine, and they had to do so for two separate episodes. That machine was probably the only one the local police office had confiscated, but I probably never noticed it was the same machine (since they played with it for The Fever to give it a more human face). Not unusual for TZ to reuse props - after all, that spaceship from Forbidden Planet was used at least a dozen times!
And I always presumed that any other slot machines in the scene were non-working props, and they just needed the one working machine since it would be clearly obvious in close-up. But the cops had to keep an eye on everything - just in case.
FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKLIN!!! FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKLIN!!!
The weird thing about TZ's Las Vegas episodes is they set the scene using "Hooray for Hollywood"! 😏
was it the same or just the same make and model.
That i did notice it
Omg ….. come on….. It was Supposed to Freak You Out….. that’s why it is The Twilight Zone…..❤❤❤❤
*Frank!* *Lin!*
Oh, I definitely noticed. It was a very memorable episode, and it was a distinctive machine, with the lighted dial. The dial was as distinctive as the large eye on the creature from Space: 1999. It was hard not to notice.
There are probably a lot of props reused, so what is the big deal
Couldn't it just have been the same model and not the actual exact machine?
So they used it twice, what's the big deal?
It's nice to know the backstory, but props and sets are constantly reused. I've noticed the same props and locales across many TV shows and movies. I've been around for a long time (official boomer) so that may be my advantage.
Excellent trivia.. but what happened to the slot machine.. did it get destroyed or was it.. Collected.. buy some savvy auntie entrepreneur..
I’m trying to figure out why I watched this nonsense
Too many words...
Rick, you should be 100% illegal, but UA-cam wants the ad revenue you bring in.
It's amazing to see how far California has fallen.
Meh, so what?
Meh, like this comment. Meh 😂
Boring
20 seconds of information surrounded by a lot of useless droning
Classic Rod Serling ! A true legend .
There's a another episode in which this slot machine appears. The episode is 'It's a Nice Place to Visit', also from season 1 it was episode 28. and It aired in April of 1960. Larry Blyden stars as a robber is killed during a hold up and mistakenly thinks he's in Heaven. In the video he gets to enjoy all of his vices which includes gambling. During the episode he plays this same slot machine at least twice. His guide in heaven which actually turns out to be Hell, is Mr. Pip played by Sebastian Cabot of ''Family Affair' fame. It ends with the robber eventually gets bored with always winning and nothing ever going wrong and demands to be sent to the other place and Mr. Pip informs him that he's already there.
Good catch. I forgot about that episode.
I noticed that too.
The steps leading to the hall of records featured in A Nice Place to Visit are the same steps leading to the library in Time Enough At Last. Maybe that means Burgess Meredith's character was killed in the attack and was actually in hell?
My husband is a big fan of old lamps, and can spot one that’s been re-used in many old tv series in a second! We also happen to own a twin of a beautiful stained glass floor lamp that was seen in The Untouchables movie…imagine our surprise when we saw that!!💕
Thanks, Rick - great content as always!
Back in the day, people were more inclined to reuse items instead of scrapping or selling things like we do today. It would be amazing to see how many shows and movies reused the same things, maybe a bit augmented for what it was needed for.
The original; Star Trek is FULL of "reused props" . "Nomad" became the Romulan cloaking device for one example.
Several costumes were reused in different shows as well.
It never bothered me that it was the same slot machine. I just assumed that was the typical style at the time.
@@Mozart1220 The computers from A Taste of Armageddon reappeared in The Menagerie Pt. 1.
I saw costumes from Star Trek were used in Gilligan’s Island.
In Perry Mason episodes, the same table model TVs, a couple of RCAs and a couple of Zeniths, and a black clock radio are used in meany different episodes.
It is interesting they used the same slot machine legally in two different episodes something I did not know. It may have been just as interesting to see what type of alternative would have been used if the authorities said they could not use one. Great segment once again Rick, much appreciated.
Rick, if you like classic shows reusing props, Irwin Allen is the king.
In that season 1 episode, you can see multiple slot machines. The one behind the one you mention looks just like it. There are other machines behind it. The one to the left of your machine may also be the same. Interesting. I never noticed.
So I wonder if the slot machine was confiscated from a police station and the TZ crew used it in two separate episodes, were the episodes filmed back to back or was the same device confiscated twice? 🤔
Also wonder if Gary Marshall was inspired by this particular episode to come up with the name Happy Days? Or even the diner concept? 😮
Ok, I better stop, I’m getting into my own Twilight Zone now. 😂
Good video! Keep em coming!
Cool fact about the slot machine. And to have telekinetic powers? Oooh…🤪
I’m sure they use the same props for the amusement park scenes of “Perchance to dream“ and “In praise of PIP.” By the way, didn’t it seem odd the way they use the word PIP in the episode “In praise of Pip” and also Sebastian Cabot used it in “A nice place to visit” to summon him if Mr Valentine needed something.
But what of the other machines in "The Fever"? There's a whole room of machines in that episode.
yea i saw that too
My favorite Twilight Zone episode ever, notice my name here on UA-cam?
Hi, In watching your clips, I think I saw two or more of these Rol-A-Top machines in the background of the earlier episode. For this episode they must have borrowed multiple machines. In police raids they usually get many machines, thus they have more to lend. Great story.
The Rol-A-Top slot machines are antiques and replicas, but can still be found from time to time...
We traveled through LasVegas to visit my kinfolk in Ely many times in my youth. I remember slot machines back then were this size and smaller. They were solid metal machines filled with SILVER coins Bubba. I fell in love with them. They spoke telepathically to me😶🌫️
I've been watching the Twilight Zone since the 70s, and I don't think I've ever seen The Prime Mover. I'll have to look for it the next time a TZ marathon come on when I'm watching. Interesting about that law. I had no idea.
I recall an episode of lost in space that was both silly and hilarious at the same time where a giant slot machine was chasing Dr smith!😂😅
It's funny, I grew up watching the Twilight Zone and I thought I remembered most of the episodes, but I don't remember watching this one. I remember "The Fever" because that episode gave me nightmares LOL. Thanks Rick
Then, you really need to watch the prime mover
@@ricknineg A great way to spend a Saturday. Sounds like a plan.
Love the Twilight Zone!!
(I noticed they were the same machines)! 😂
What I love about these old shows including The Andy Griffith Show, is when they show these prices of things in the background. Oh, how times have changed! Good luck walking into a Dunkin' Donuts and getting "Coffee and Donuts" for 20 cents!
Also, if you look close enough, @3:16, there are 2 other identical slot machines to the left and in the background.
I googled it, and it's still only $6.26 in today's money! Although a regular Dunkin coffee is $3.17, so ...But you couldn't buy that at Starbucks,no
@@lazyhomebody1356 I took a bad guess when it came to Starbucks. I will edit my comment. I never go there when I can make great coffee at home.
But, as to 20 cents vs $6.26 is a massive difference for an 8 oz coffee and 2 donuts.
@@FishHeadSalad no, I meant that in 1960 it would have felt like paying six bucks- inflation and the value of a dollar? I don't explain things well
@@lazyhomebody1356 I get it. That is why I always get a kick out of seeing prices from 60 years ago on these shows. Just goes to show one the value of a dollar and inflation. By the way, did you notice the slot machines?
@@FishHeadSalad Nope! I notice words- puns and the like. I need Rick to point out other things,lol
I never noticed this before. Thanks for the information. Thanks Rick