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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.


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).


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.


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)
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?


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dirty old man.