Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-14 (Thursday) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:38:59 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 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 16:41:53 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9affb90cd39ad9456bf2e7b01de68384"; logging-data="2497922"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+6YMcR+Cq5+/B31OfZYBmFgtgerII76BA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:7FzTXF+IUM+BB0LRPHj2Bxc829I= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3885 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.