I recently (re-)watched all of Twilight Zone seasons 1-3 & 5. In the past I have seen folks try to replicate TZ on radio, TV and flim but it just can't be done (although the radio version was pretty faithful). Prior to January, however, I had only ever seen one of the hour-long fourth season episodes, but I have since set my DVR to record them whenever they pop into rotation, and now I am excited to be watching "new" Twilight Zone episodes for the first time.
E13 - "The New Exhibit" - A wax museum employee (Martin Balsam) moves the figures of several notorious murderers into the basement of his home.
This is one of the ones I saw in early January so I did not watch it again, but I pretty much like Martin Balsam in every role he plays. Sometimes I try to "translate" the more fantastic aspects of a plot such as this into "what really happened," but I didn't have to do that in this case because the story itself makes it explicit.
E14 - "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" - A wealthy businessman (Albert Salmi) strikes a deal with Satan and relives his past. (Julie Newmar, John Anderson)
This is a mash-up of "The Devil and Daniel Webster," A Christmas Carol, and Atlas Shrugged. Julie Newmar (possibly my earliest "TV crush") plays Miss Devlin, the sexiest devil you have ever seen. It is written by Rod Serling, but based on the short story "Blind Alley" by Malcolm Jameson. The ending is somewhat reminiscent of the season two epsiode "Back there" starring Russell Johnson, but different enough to avoid negative comparison. Incidentally, Russell Johnson was also featured in the season one episode "Execution," which co-starred... Albert Salmi. Synchronicity!
E15 - "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" - A toy designer (Pat Hingle) visits his old neighborhood and finds it exactly as it was in his childhood.
An unhappy man retreats into his own past. This is a theme we have seen before, but it didn't have the ending I expected.
Another episode airs on SyFy this Sunday morning at 7:00am (CT).
I started watching Saturday Night Livealmost from the very beginning. The year was 1975, November. My brother was home from college for Thanksgiving and he told ne about this great new comedy show on NBC Saturday nights. I started watching it that week, and by the end of the year had caught the few episodes I missed on repeat. I continued to watch every single episode... right up until 1987. In 1987, the long-awaited return of Star Trek came to television, and it aired directly opposite Saturday Night Live in my market. I had a decision to make, and I opted for Star Trek (The Next Generation). It was a decision I would come to regret... "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of my life." (Honestly, if I had opted for SNL over ST:TNG I probably would have regretted it just as much.)
I stopped pretty much cold turkey. Except for a prime-time special or two, I haven't watched an episode of SNL for 38 years. After watching the 50th anniverary special however, I am seriously considering catching up on all those episodes I missed on Peacock.
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TWILIGHT ZONE: SEASON FOUR:
I recently (re-)watched all of Twilight Zone seasons 1-3 & 5. In the past I have seen folks try to replicate TZ on radio, TV and flim but it just can't be done (although the radio version was pretty faithful). Prior to January, however, I had only ever seen one of the hour-long fourth season episodes, but I have since set my DVR to record them whenever they pop into rotation, and now I am excited to be watching "new" Twilight Zone episodes for the first time.
E13 - "The New Exhibit" - A wax museum employee (Martin Balsam) moves the figures of several notorious murderers into the basement of his home.
This is one of the ones I saw in early January so I did not watch it again, but I pretty much like Martin Balsam in every role he plays. Sometimes I try to "translate" the more fantastic aspects of a plot such as this into "what really happened," but I didn't have to do that in this case because the story itself makes it explicit.
E14 - "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" - A wealthy businessman (Albert Salmi) strikes a deal with Satan and relives his past. (Julie Newmar, John Anderson)
This is a mash-up of "The Devil and Daniel Webster," A Christmas Carol, and Atlas Shrugged. Julie Newmar (possibly my earliest "TV crush") plays Miss Devlin, the sexiest devil you have ever seen. It is written by Rod Serling, but based on the short story "Blind Alley" by Malcolm Jameson. The ending is somewhat reminiscent of the season two epsiode "Back there" starring Russell Johnson, but different enough to avoid negative comparison. Incidentally, Russell Johnson was also featured in the season one episode "Execution," which co-starred... Albert Salmi. Synchronicity!
E15 - "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" - A toy designer (Pat Hingle) visits his old neighborhood and finds it exactly as it was in his childhood.
An unhappy man retreats into his own past. This is a theme we have seen before, but it didn't have the ending I expected.
Another episode airs on SyFy this Sunday morning at 7:00am (CT).
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 50th ANNIVERSARY:
I started watching Saturday Night Live almost from the very beginning. The year was 1975, November. My brother was home from college for Thanksgiving and he told ne about this great new comedy show on NBC Saturday nights. I started watching it that week, and by the end of the year had caught the few episodes I missed on repeat. I continued to watch every single episode... right up until 1987. In 1987, the long-awaited return of Star Trek came to television, and it aired directly opposite Saturday Night Live in my market. I had a decision to make, and I opted for Star Trek (The Next Generation). It was a decision I would come to regret... "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of my life." (Honestly, if I had opted for SNL over ST:TNG I probably would have regretted it just as much.)
I stopped pretty much cold turkey. Except for a prime-time special or two, I haven't watched an episode of SNL for 38 years. After watching the 50th anniverary special however, I am seriously considering catching up on all those episodes I missed on Peacock.
Another episode airs on SyFy this Sunday morning at 7:00am (CT).
TWILIGHT ZONE - S4, E16: "On Thursday We Leave for Home" - The leader (James Whitmore) of a colony stranded on an asteroid resists rescue.
This is another one that aired on New Year's Day so we did not watch it again. It is an excellent character study, though.
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