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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-14 (Thursday)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:53:58 -0700
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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.


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