Twilight Zone Marathon

[The Ugly]

On SyFy.

Shit never gets old.

[Irongrip400]

Fuck no, Serling was a genius. I love it, almost every major holiday they do it. I like the Hitler one from season 4. Most others from that season were not as good because they were an hour long. Good thread.

[Mr Anabolic]

A couple 3 Stooges marathons too.   

Serling was great.  I liked Night Gallery too.

[wes]

I bought the box set a few years ago...........one of the best shows ever.

[The Ugly]

Fuck no, Serling was a genius. I love it, almost every major holiday they do it. I like the Hitler one from season 4. Most others from that season were not as good because they were an hour long. Good thread.

Amazing how many of his TZ ideas ended up inspiring movies over the years. So easy to pick out when you watch.

[The Ugly]

I bought the box set a few years ago...........one of the best shows ever.

Same here. I've already seen all or most, but they're so easy to rewatch when they air.

[wes]

Amazing how many of his TZ ideas ended up inspiring movies over the years. So easy to pick out when you watch.

Richard Matheson wrote a ton of shit for movies and TV also.

[The Ugly]

Richard Matheson wrote a ton of shit for movies and TV also.

Oh, yeah. Created the original zombie, too, in his 'I Am Legend' novel (but he called them vampires).

[The True Adonis]

Amazing how many of his TZ ideas ended up inspiring movies over the years. So easy to pick out when you watch.

Actually he took ideas from short stories and works of fiction first.

[The Ugly]

Actually he took ideas from short stories and works of fiction first.

My point being everything is borrowed to some degree. "Nothing new under the sun," this writer once said, forget his name. Probably just some other hack who stole all his shit, too.

[NaturalWonder83]

My favorites are the howling man with the devil locked in the cell by the monks
The old man and his hunting dog who drowned and then the devil tries to trick him into hell
And the one where pj Braun refuses to give away samples to fans and is visited by the ghosts of Christmas greed and the ghost of centopani future who shows him how he destroyed Evans career and got his house foreclosed because he got evan blacklisted in the industry

[wes]

My favorites are the howling man with the devil locked in the cell by the monks
The old man and his hunting dog who drowned and then the devil tries to trick him into hell
And the one where pj Braun refuses to give away samples to fans and is visited by the ghosts of Christmas greed and the ghost of centopani future who shows him how he destroyed Evans career and got his house foreclosed because he got evan blacklisted in the industry

Ever see the episode where the guy got attacked by killer bees from Mars ?

[liberty]

Do not attempt to adjust your television........

[wes]

Do not attempt to adjust your television........

Got the boxed set of that one too Bob.........if they had a better budget for the shitty special effects it would have been even better.

I also have every episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Boris Karloffs "Thriller".

I`m an old school motherf ucker!

[njflex]

watching it now...serling wrote original draft or concept planet apes,,,roddy mcdowell'cornelius'was in a few zones episodes

notable episodes
serve man
one with the astronaut tested in small chamber to see if he can withstand isolation
hitchiker who follows woman who later finds out she's dead too'going my way i believe'
mcdowell in space on planet where humans are caged as display
episode where good looking people are considered ugly
episode,,,where a store mannequin gets a one month shot at being human..
diner where one person is not who he seems,,great episode..
william shatner in diner with wife and will not leave until the fortune from machine tells him news on if its safe to go,,

[viking1]

watching it now...serling wrote original draft or concept planet apes,,,roddy mcdowell'cornelius'was in a few zones episodes

notable episodes
serve man
one with the astronaut tested in small chamber to see if he can withstand isolation
hitchiker who follows woman who later finds out she's dead too'going my way i believe'
mcdowell in space on planet where humans are caged as display
episode where good looking people are considered ugly
episode,,,where a store mannequin gets a one month shot at being human..
diner where one person is not who he seems,,great episode..
william shatner in diner with wife and will not leave until the fortune from machine tells him news on if its safe to go,,

 

[wes]

watching it now...serling wrote original draft or concept planet apes,,,roddy mcdowell'cornelius'was in a few zones episodes

notable episodes
serve man
one with the astronaut tested in small chamber to see if he can withstand isolation
hitchiker who follows woman who later finds out she's dead too'going my way i believe'
mcdowell in space on planet where humans are caged as display
episode where good looking people are considered ugly
episode,,,where a store mannequin gets a one month shot at being human..
diner where one person is not who he seems,,great episode..
william shatner in diner with wife and will not leave until the fortune from machine tells him news on if its safe to go,,

Classic stuff.

[The Ugly]

Got the boxed set of that one too Bob.........if they had a better budget for the shitty special effects it would have been even better.

I also have every episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Boris Karloffs "Thriller".

I`m an old school motherf ucker!

Wes, you ever watch The Night Stalker, probably late 70s? TV series with Darren McGavin tracking down supernatural killers and whatnot. Vampire, headless biker, etc. Best shit ever (when you're ten or so).

[andreisdaman]

Fuck no, Serling was a genius. I love it, almost every major holiday they do it. I like the Hitler one from season 4. Most others from that season were not as good because they were an hour long. Good thread.

That Hitler one was awesome

[wes]

Wes, you ever watch The Night Stalker, probably late 70s? TV series with Darren McGavin tracking down supernatural killers and whatnot. Vampire, headless biker, etc. Best shit ever (when you're ten or so).

I got a few old copies on VHS.......got the pilot for it too,but the title escapes me now.

Night Strangler  

Barney Rubble Simon Oakland,what an actor.

[njflex]

Wes, you ever watch The Night Stalker, probably late 70s? TV series with Darren McGavin tracking down supernatural killers and whatnot. Vampire, headless biker, etc. Best shit ever (when you're ten or so).

loved that show ,,,kolchak...he always dropped or broke his camera when he had real evidence to show his boss or the paper,,,john saxon as a vampire,erik estrada as a aztec witch doctor i think or something to that nature,,,,going off track original trilogy of terror karen black has voodo doll whose charm falls off and brings him to life and she endures terror until killing him in her oven...

[andreisdaman]

watching it now...serling wrote original draft or concept planet apes,,,roddy mcdowell'cornelius'was in a few zones episodes

notable episodes
serve man
one with the astronaut tested in small chamber to see if he can withstand isolation
hitchiker who follows woman who later finds out she's dead too'going my way i believe'
mcdowell in space on planet where humans are caged as display
episode where good looking people are considered ugly
episode,,,where a store mannequin gets a one month shot at being human..
diner where one person is not who he seems,,great episode..
william shatner in diner with wife and will not leave until the fortune from machine tells him news on if its safe to go,,

you forgot two classic episodes.....the OTHER William Shatner episode where he sees a "Gremlin" messing with the airplane electronics....

The one with the boy who had powers and would wish people into "the cornfield"

[wes]

Let`s not forget the classic episode where two people are in a deserted town only to find out later that they are trapped by a giant child.


Then the old broad fighting off the two small aliens.....RACE OF GIANTS,RACE OF GIANTS !!!!!!!!


It`S A COOKBOOK!   

[njflex]

you forgot two classic episodes.....the OTHER William Shatner episode where he sees a "Gremlin" messing with the airplane electronics....

The one with the boy who had powers and would wish people into "the cornfield"

i hated both of those actually,,well not entirely ,,shatners was classic 'in terms of episode awareness always shown'

[liberty]

My fave Twilight Zone Episode 'Talking Tina ' with Telly Savales