Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-14 (Thursday) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:53:58 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:53:57 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1dd7145f15b27dfc4298e1b2638aad8e"; logging-data="2526762"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+h1+g9QZ06DIYkv1mFf9pr" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4RvsXM9rih5HgspPAVpObHRjeSo= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4280 On 3/15/2024 9:38 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 3/15/2024 9:07 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> The Twilight Zone S4E01 'In His Image' - DVR >> A scientist (George Grizzard) creates a near-perfect mechanical man >> endowed with all the qualities he feels he is lacking.  (Comcast) >> A young man grapples with an urge to kill and confusion about his >> origins.  (IMDb) >> Trivia: First of 4th series episodes, airing from January to May 1963. >> These episodes were 1hr in length. CBS executives decided to switch >> the show's time, and for this single season, the longer timeslot >> allowed for hour-long episodes >> First episode in which the opening segment features items such as a >> door, a window breaking, and a flying doll. >> When the old lady in the subway mentions the Devil is always around, >> the Devil's clothing ad is always within sight for the rest of the scene. >> The device on the wall in the robot lab was also used as part of the >> Krell machine in Forbidden Planet (1956). >> >> >> The Twilight Zone S4E02 'The Thirty-Fathom Grave' - DVR >> An American destroyer picks up signals from a submarine that sank 20 >> years earlier.  With Simon Oakland, Bill Bixby.  (Comcast) >> As a U.S. Navy destroyer cruises near Guadalcanal in the South >> Pacific, its sonar detects muted but constant hammering on metal >> undersea. The eerie sounds emanate from a submarine on the ocean >> floor, apparently there since World War II. The ship's chief >> boatswain's mate becomes very nervous, having served aboard that sub - >> and he was its sole survivor. (IMDb) >> Trivia: The position of the ship and sub is given as 09°30' N 160°48' >> E, which places them about two miles north of the island of Nura in >> the Solomon Islands, roughly in the middle of the Solomon Sea. >> The exterior shots of the ship used in this episode were of the The >> "Mighty Mux" USS MULLINNIX DD-944, A Forrest Sherman class destroyer. >> The interior shots were done on board the USS-Edson DD946. >> The hull number of the submarine (714) was not actually assigned until >> the USS NORFOLK (SSN-714). That submarine was commissioned in May of >> 1983 and decommissioned in December of 2014. >> Submarine 714 was actually a World War II German vessel that was sunk >> during that conflict. >> Mike Kellin, who plays Chief Bell, was a lieutenant commander in the >> U.S. Navy during World War II. >> >> > > I know I've watched both episodes but don't really remember either.  I > suspect the hour long episodes got much less air play in syndication, so > perhaps I only watched them two or three times compared to the umpteen > times I watched most of the other episodes.  Just a guess.  I'll get a > better sense once you dive into the other hour longs if they are more > memorable or not. > We all remember the really great episodes that we've seen, that's why they are great. But with 150+ episodes in the show there are bound to be a number that are either "meh" or just bad that we don't remember. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.