Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!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? 2024-03-09 (Saturday) Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:31:59 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 134 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:31:56 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="93ddb7f74e8497470b02f63dd3f33e3c"; logging-data="3366288"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX186mhOtUrFfX6M9PudFyTQm" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2p6G4Ln66pEc1j5iHLbD4eoxG0w= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 7118 On 3/10/2024 10:29 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 3/10/2024 9:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> The Twilight Zone S3E27 'Person or Persons Unknown' - DVR >> David Gurney wakes up with a hangover, but that's the least of his >> problems.  (Comcast) >> Paying homage to It's a Wonderful Life (1946), David Gurney wakes up >> to another ordinary day. Except today, nobody knows who he is >> including his own wife Wilma.  (IMDb) >> Trivia: One of the first instances on television to show a couple >> sharing a single bed, sleeping next to each other. Around this time, >> TV shows could only portray couples sleeping in separate beds due to >> television's strict standards & practices. In season five's Stopover >> in a Quiet Town (1964), a very similar situation occurs. In both >> cases, the man is sleeping on top of the covers, is still fully >> dressed (even wearing his shoes), and they are hung over from a bout >> of heavy drinking. >> The two phone numbers Richard Long calls are Klondike 5-2131 and >> Klondike 5-3472 and may be the first 555 numbers used in television >> history. >> > > I don't really remember this one.  But I think 80s Twilight Zone had one > or two episodes with a similar plot. > >> >> The Twilight Zone S3E28 'The Little People' - DVR >> A space traveler finds an Earth-like civilization the size of ants. >> (Comcast) >> On a desolate planet, two astronauts discover an entire society >> populated by incredibly small beings. One of the astronauts decides to >> rule the society as a god. >> Trivia: The rocket launch depicted was in reality a test flight of a >> Mercury-Atlas booster. This was quite timely; this episode aired about >> a month after NASA's John Glenn became the first astronaut to attain >> Earth orbit upon such a rocket. >> The weapons and giants' uniforms were reused from Forbidden Planet >> (1956). >> >> > > One of the more memorable episodes. > > >> The Twilight Zone S3E29 'Four O'Clock' - DVR >> An obsessed Oliver Crangle (Theodore Bikel) tells an FBI agent that a >> drastic transformation will take place on all the evil people in the >> world.  (Comcast) >> A very obsessed man wants to expose evil in the world, investigating >> people he sees as murderers, subversives, perverts and communists, >> then attempting to ruin their lives.  (IMDb) >> Credit:  Parrot     ...     Parrot (uncredited)    with a link to >> https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10455435/ giving four credits in 'The >> Return of the Pink Panther (1975), Adam-12 (1972), Gilligan's Island >> (four episodes, 1964-1966) with this TZ episode as its first credit. >> >> > > This wasn't a good one. > >> The Twilight Zone S3E30 'Hocus Pocus & Frisby' - DVR >> Mr. Frisby impresses quite a few people with his vivid imagination. >> (Comcast) >> A rural gas station attendant given to telling tall tales about >> himself is kidnapped by aliens who believe him to be one of Earth's >> leading intellects.  (IMDb) > > > I'm trying to remember the twist on this one, or was being captured by > aliens the twist? > Frisby's "playing" the harmonica is deadly to the aliens and is key to his escape. >> Trivia: Having been born on October 16, 1879, Clem Bevans (Pete) was >> the earliest-born actor to appear on the series. This was also his >> final credited role. >> Another episode where the Twilight zone benefited from MGM's large >> amount of stock props. The domed device on the alien craft is the >> 'astrogator' from Forbidden Planet (1956). The cruiser C-57-D's steps >> are also used in the ship. >> At 21:20 the console seen on the alien spacecraft is the same one used >> at times in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)'s headquarters as Mr. >> Waverly's overseas relay communicator console. >> >> >> What Did You Watch? >> >> > > > I watched: > > > Elsbeth (CBS) New murder mystery about a quirky detective (I mean > lawyer) named Monk, I mean Mrs. Columbo, I mean Elsbeth, who notices > things other people don't notice and helps police solve crimes whether > they want the help or not.  First up she solves the murder of a young > actress by noticing she used two spaces instead of one when she typed > her suicide note, and noting only old people use two spaces.  Wait, a > minute, *I* use two spaces when I type!  And I'm *not* old!  I had *no* > idea when I watched but according to Wiki this is a spin off of "The > Good Wife" and "The Good Fight" two shows I never watched before.  Now > I'm wishing I didn't know it was a spin-off because I'm going to assume > there's a lot of background stuff going on that I'm missing. > > > Ghosts - "Halloween 3: The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave" - The character of > "Flower" was written out this season.  I don't know if was a mutual > decision or what, but they have been talking about her nonstop all > season.  This episode had a lot of subplots but the main plot was > probably an attempt to contact flower via seance which can only be done > on Halloween.  In the other plot Pete's annoying widow Carol shows up > for a party and dies on the property so now her ghosts is there too. But > at first no one knows she's dead not even Carol who doesn't realize she > died and sense Sam can see dead people...wackiness ensues. > > > Family Guy - "Cabin Pressure" - This new episode aired on Wednesday.  I > guess they changed their air date.  Anyway Peter takes his entire > neighborhood with him on vacation.  What cold go wrong? > > > Rustin (Netflix) biopic about 60s civil rights leader Baynard Rustin. > Colman Domingo got an Oscar nomination so I had to watch.  It was OK. > Only one movie left to watch before the show and I will have watched > every major nominated movie/performance. > > > -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.