Path: ...!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? 2024-03-30 (Saturday) Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 11:40:49 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 226 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:40:50 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9c2a721547e897c8685882e4f4639e22"; logging-data="2051047"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191uNOB8w/yKJqUT/SSKcOIq66iAnAov+w=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:h4UwfgEL3GWvFc7OKtNV/QTO8AQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 12775 On 3/31/2024 9:52 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: > The Twilight Zone S5E13 'Ring-A-Ding Girl' - DVR > Movie star Bunny Blake receives an opal ring from her hometown fan club > which enables her to see images of her friends and family.  (Comcast) > Movie star Bunny Blake receives a ring from her hometown which is giving > her warnings to come home while she flies cross country.   (IMDb) > > Trivia: > The headline of Bud's newspaper, the Daily Bulletin Sports, reads > "Jockey Banned from All U.S. Tracks." This newspaper was a prop created > for the earlier episode The Last Night of a Jockey (1963). > The house set was previously used in Living Doll (1963). > > Quotes: > [opening narration] > Narrator: Introduction to Bunny Blake. Occupation: film actress. > Residence: Hollywood, California, or anywhere in the world that cameras > happen to be grinding. Bunny Blake is a public figure; what she wears, > eats, thinks, says is news. But underneath the glamour, the makeup, the > publicity, the buildup, the costuming, is a flesh-and-blood person, a > beautiful girl about to take a long and bizarre journey into The > Twilight Zone. > [closing narration] > Narrator: We are all travelers. The trip starts in a place called birth, > and ends in that lonely town called death. And that's the end of the > journey, unless you happen to exist for a few hours, like Bunny Blake, > in the misty regions of The Twilight Zone. > > ROTten Twist: Ohaal Oynxr vf npghnyyl ba n cynar gung penfurf va ure > ubzr gbja va gur zvqqyr bs gur Sbhaqre'f Qnl Cvpavp.  Ure tubfg(?) gevrf > gb xrrc crbcyr njnl sebz gur cvpavp orsber gur penfu. > > Wow, I have *no* memory of this episode and the twist definitely doesn't help me remember. > > The Twilight Zone S5E14 'You Drive' - DVR > Oliver Pope kills a bicyclist in a hit-and-run, but a business rival is > identified as the driver.  (Comcast) > After being involved with a hit-and-run accident that resulted in the > death of a child, Oliver Pope is haunted by his car.  (IMDb) > > Trivia > The title refers to an old Hertz Car Rental ad campaign which called > their cars "U Drives". Bud Abbott and Lou Costello turned the U-Drive > theme into a famous comedy sketch similar to their "Who's on first?" > sketch. > The house that was used as the exterior of the Pope's home still stands > at 4183 Keystone Avenue in Culver City, CA. It is still very > recognizable from the 1964 episode. > When Pope goes into his garage to check on the car and the radio comes > on, the instrumental that it is heard playing is the same one as in the > " The Encounter ", on the radio that Neville Brand's character is > listening to. > I'm not sure if I remember this one. It's vaguely familiar. Does someone at least say, "Thanks for the ride lady." ;-) > > Quotes: >     [opening narration] >     Narrator: Portrait of a nervous man: Oliver Pope by name, office > manager by profession. A man beset by life's problems: his job, his > salary, the competition to get ahead. Obviously, Mr. Pope's mind is not > on his driving... Oliver Pope, businessman-turned killer, on a > rain-soaked street in the early evening of just another day during just > another drive home from the office. The victim, a kid on a bicycle, > lying injured, near death. But Mr. Pope hasn't time for the victim, his > only concern is for himself. Oliver Pope, hit-and-run driver, just > arrived at a crossroad in his life, and he's chosen the wrong turn. The > hit occurred in the world he knows, but the run will lead him straight > into - the Twilight Zone. >     [closing narration] >     Narrator: All persons attempting to conceal criminal acts involving > their cars are hereby warned: check first to see that underneath that > chrome there does not lie a conscience, especially if you're driving > along a rain-soaked highway in the Twilight Zone. > > > The Twilight Zone S5E15 'The Long Morrow' - DVR > An astronaut returns from a 30-year mission to find that his girlfriend > hasn't aged at all.  (Comcast) > Before leaving on a decades-long solo mission, astronaut Douglas > Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.  (IMDb) > I remember this one. However the plot is a little too similar to the old couple that could only afford to purchase one young body. > Trivia > Actress Mariette Hartley was a teenager when she first met Serling. "I > was head of the drama club at Staples High School in Westport, > Connecticut," recalled Hartley. "Around the mid-1950s, I saw the > 'Playhouse 90' episode 'Requiem for a Heavyweight,' written by a man > called Rod Serling. I was very courageous and gutsy in those days and > called him to see if he would speak to our class. He actually answered > the phone and said, 'I'd be delighted.' I can still see him sitting in > the teacher's desk, with his pipe, at the front of the classroom talking > to us. He was so handsome I thought my heart would jump out of my skin! > We asked questions and I remember his charm and capacity to include all > of us in the discussion." Years later, after she began working in > Hollywood, Hartley met Serling again. "His limousine pulled up as I was > walking out the studio," she said. "He remembered coming to my class. I > told him I was looking for work and within a couple of months he gave me > the wonderful gift of working in 'The Long Morrow' episode.' > According to co-writers of Night Gallery (1969), Rod Serling based the > script on the classic story, The Gift of the Magi, about a couple's > self-sacrifice to satisfy their partner's longing. > > Quotes: >     Narrator: [Opening Narration] It may be said with a degree of > assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. Case > in point: the scene you're watching. This is not a hospital, not a > morgue, not a mausoleum, not an undertaker's parlor of the future. What > it is is the belly of a spaceship. It is en route to another planetary > system an incredible distance from the Earth. This is the crux of our > story, a flight into space. It is also the story of the things that > might happen to human beings who take a step beyond, unable to > anticipate everything that might await them out there. >     [narration continues subsequent to character dialogue] >     Narrator: Commander Douglas Stansfield, astronaut, a man about to > embark on one of history's longest journeys - forty years out into > endless space and hopefully back again. This is the beginning, the first > step towards man's longest leap into the unknown. Science has solved the > mechanical details, and now it's up to one human being to breathe life > into blueprints and computers, to prove once and for all that man can > live half a lifetime in the total void of outer space, forty years alone > in the unknown. This is Earth. Ahead lies a planetary system. The vast > region in between is the Twilight Zone. >     [closing narration] >     Narrator: Commander Douglas Stansfield, one of the forgotten > pioneers of the space age. He's been pushed aside by the flow of > progress and the passage of years - and the ferocious travesty of fate. > Tonight's tale of the ionosphere and irony, delivered from - the > Twilight Zone. > > > The Twilight Zone S5E16 'The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross' - DVR > Salvadore Ross trades physical characteristics with others to win the > affection of Leah Maitland.  (Comcast) > Salvadore Ross has a unique talent where he can trade physical > characteristics with other people and will do anything to get the love > of Leah Maitland. > > Switching to Trivia: > Salvadore's apartment set was previously used in A Short Drink from a > Certain Fountain (1963). > Based upon a short story of the same name, written by Henry Slesar and > first published in the May 1961 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & > Science Fiction by Mercury Press, Inc. > > Quotes > Narrator: [opening narration] Confidential personnel file on Salvadore > Ross. Personality: a volatile mixture of fury and frustration. > Distinguishing physical characteristic: a badly-broken hand, which will > require emergency treatment at the nearest hospital. Ambition: shows > great determination toward self-improvement. Estimate of potential > success: a sure bet for a listing in Who's Who - in The Twilight Zone. >     [closing narration] >     Narrator: The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The > all-in-one, surefire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn > the language, dance the tango, and anything else you want to do - or > think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to - The > Twilight Zone. > > > The Twilight Zone S5E17 'Number 12 Looks Just Like You' - DVR > An ugly duckling can be stunning in a world of beautiful people.  (Comcast) > In a future society, everyone must undergo an operation at age 19 to > become beautiful and conform to society. One young woman desperately > wants to hold onto her own identity.  (IMDb) > ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========