# Anyone enjoy Night Gallery? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721 "2020-06-15T20:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/1 "2020-06-15T20:22:28Z")
I watched the first ep last night. Immediately recognized some of its failings: Not as tight as TZ. Weird 70’s camera angles rather then just concentrating on the story. BUT… the base story for “The Dead Man” was literally one of the most horrific I’ve ever seen. A man is hypnotized to exhibit psychosomatic conditions on command. Our ‘mad scientist’ commands him to die but cant bring him back.\* A year later its discovered the doctor gave him the wrong ‘code’ to come back. The doctors wife (who had an affair with the patient) runs down to rap the correct sequence on the coffin…show features a musctache-less Jeff Corey in a non western role. A huge plus for the ep is its avoidance of tropes. There’s no real bad guy. The ‘mad scientist’ is a very likable guy. The second half of the ep features a verrrrrry handsome bearded Larry Hagman in a fun story about replacing his shrew wifes consciousness with a more good-hearted woman. I’m gonna watch more eps. This one was fun. Does anyone know where I can stream the pilot? Which came before S1E1. \*Isn’t there an Edgar Allen Poe story like that? I seem to remember a part of an anthology movie where a man is caught between life and death and the doctor cant figure out how to let the guy die, ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/2 "2020-06-15T20:31:09Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > \*Isn’t there an Edgar Allen Poe story like that? I seem to remember a part of an anthology movie where a man is caught between life and death and the doctor cant figure out how to let the guy die, That was [_The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Facts_in_the_Case_of_M._Valdemar). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/3 "2020-06-15T21:02:31Z")
None of the stations carried TZ when I was growing up, so NG was my first exposure to Rod Serling. I didn’t get to see TZ until the mid 1980s. Anyway. . . Despite having seen most of them over and over, there are a few that I still like rewatching. Among them are “Brenda,” The Tune in Dan’s Café," and “The Flip Side of Satan.” YMMV, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/4 "2020-06-15T21:07:43Z")
I read a book about _Night Gallery_, although I didn’t watch the show. The book said that the pilot episode featured Joan Crawford in a story called “Eyes”. Crawford was very annoyed that a young, inexperienced man was assigned to direct her segment. Yup, Steven Spielberg. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/5 "2020-06-15T21:17:47Z")
I’ve been catching it lately. Watched in the original broadcasts. A bit hoaky, but not bad. I still laughed and enjoyed the story twists. I remember glimpses of it here and there. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/6 "2020-06-15T21:22:46Z")
Be careful; in syndication, some “Night Gallery” episodes were really episodes of _The Sixth Sense_ cut from their original hour-long formats. Give Rod Serling (the man who almost singlehandedly ruined the Emmys, but that’s another story) some credit; it was made quite clear in the opening credits which ones were which (also, the closing credits of the Sixth Sense episodes used that show’s theme music). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/7 "2020-06-15T21:24:22Z")
I saw it as a young teenager when it first came out, and I thought it was incredible!!! Not so much now rewatching it as an adult, though. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/8 "2020-06-15T23:46:17Z")
When I see it I keep thinking about how all the elderly people I know were in their 20s when it was on TV. When did we all get so old. I didn’t think the plots were really that good compared to other anthology shows. The boy who predicted earthquakes was good though, but other than that I felt it was inferior to all the other twilight zone shows. The original, the 80s, the 2000s and the recent remake were all better than night gallery. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/9 "2020-06-16T00:06:45Z")
I liked and still like _The Big Surprise_ with John Carradine. It reminds me of the stories we would tell each other as kids. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/10 "2020-06-16T00:22:53Z")
Me-TV cable channel carries it, and I’ve seen most of the episodes over the last few years. The quality is uneven, the video quality sucks, and the 1970’s hair and clothing and music and Gary Collins makes you think “what were they thinking?” In spite of all of those things, there are some excellent episodes (like “The Caterpillar”, “The Sins of the Father”). I prefer the non-supernatural episodes; they had a bunch of witch-related episodes which are pretty stupid. My absolute favorite is Conrad Aiken’s [Silent Snow Secret Snow](https://www.nbc.com/night-gallery/video/silent-snow-secret-snow-hells-bells/3969145), narrated by Orson Welles with music by Paul Glass. When the son self-isolates at the end, it is both creepy and something that I know happens in real life. Today he’d be diagnosed with some kind of depression and possibly end up in an institution someplace. And nothing supernatural caused it! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/11 "2020-06-16T01:19:52Z")
I haven’t seen very many episodes, but I loved the pilot and a few of the others I’ve seen. No, I don’t know where it can be streamed, but it looks like [the DVD box set is available on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Night-Gallery-Complete-Rod-Serling/dp/B073CY8HYG/ref=pd_lpo_74_img_0/141-7379667-1169626?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B073CY8HYG&pd_rd_r=e998b52a-3c89-45ee-bb68-039b67a9e553&pd_rd_w=342wV&pd_rd_wg=i4tSr&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=7HS0NG27FY5H64HBMHC7&psc=1&refRID=7HS0NG27FY5H64HBMHC7). You may want to confirm that it includes the pilot episode. [Here is a description of the three stories in the pilot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Gallery_(film)). Warning: obviously major spoilers for anyone intending to watch it!! I think there may be differences between the described film and the actual televised pilot, as I seem to recall the stories being in a different order and the entire episode no longer than the hour length of the others. According to the article, the most famous of the three stories in the pilot is “Eyes”, directed by a very young Steven Spielberg and featuring Joan Crawford, but to me “The Escape Route” is the most haunting and the real star of the three. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/12 "2020-06-16T01:40:26Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > No, I don’t know where it can be streamed. NBC/SyFy and about a half dozen other TV stations have their own streaming site together (I think they combined all their channels onto that) that streams night gallery. However you have to have dish or cable so you can sign in and use it to stream shows… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/13 "2020-06-16T01:45:53Z")
“Get back, Jeremy! Get back where you belong! Get back into the ground!” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/14 "2020-06-16T07:00:31Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > When I see it I keep thinking about how all the elderly people I know were in their 20s when it was on TV. When did we all get so old. > > I didn’t think the plots were really that good compared to other anthology shows. The boy who predicted earthquakes was good though, but other than that I felt it was inferior to all the other twilight zone shows. The original, the 80s, the 2000s and the recent remake were all better than night gallery. I had a book with The Boy who Predicted Earthquakes in it. The last page was missing so i thought “This sure doesnt end like i remember” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/15 "2020-06-16T08:27:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I saw it as a young teenager when it first came out, and I thought it was incredible!!! Not so much now rewatching it as an adult, though. Yeah, this. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/16 "2020-06-16T19:03:14Z")
Comet (check your local listings) now shows Night Gallery From roughly 10 am til 2 pm on Saturdays. I hadn’t realized the stories with Gary Collins were originally another show. They suck. I quite enjoy the rest of the episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/17 "2020-06-16T20:55:50Z")
What was the 45-second quickie where the child is crying in the night for a glass of water, the father (someone like Charles Nelson Reilly) stumbles out of bed to bring the drink, and the kid turns out to be Frankenstein’s monster? Extra points if you give a YouTube link, I’m sure it’s on there. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/18 "2020-06-16T21:45:26Z")
“Junior,” starring Wally Cox. Can’t find it yet, need more time! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/19 "2020-06-16T22:40:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Junior,” starring Wally Cox. Can’t find it yet, need more time! [Here’s a link](https://www.nbc.com/night-gallery/video/a-fear-of-spiders-junior-an-act-of-chivalry/3969142); “Junior,” starts at 22:30. You might have to sit through some commercials. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721/20 "2020-06-16T22:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > During its second season, the series also began using original comedic blackout sketches between the longer story segments in some episodes.[2] Rod Serling vehemently opposed their presence on the show, and as such, several of them have no introduction from Serling. > **[Night Gallery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Gallery)** > > Night Gallery is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC from December 16, 1970, to May 27, 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he had on The Twilight Zone. Serling viewed Night Gallery as a logical extension of The Twilight Zone, but Serli... > [@](#): > > A blackout gag is a kind of joke in broad, rapid-fire slapstick comedy. The term is derived from burlesque and vaudeville, when the lights were quickly turned off after the punchline of a joke to accentuate it and/or allow for audience laughter. It may use a shock value to define the joke, and may not be initially noticeable to all viewers if it is a very fast joke. > **[Blackout gag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_gag)** > > A blackout gag is a kind of joke in broad, rapid-fire slapstick comedy. The term is derived from burlesque and vaudeville, when the lights were quickly turned off after the punchline of a joke to accentuate it and encourage audience laughter. It may use a shock value to define the joke, and may not be initially noticeable to all viewers if it is a very fast joke. > "A blackout gag and a moment's silence provide the transition to the next scene" It is distinguished from an iris shot, frequently use... +1 to the notion that there was some repackaging going on so watch out for Gary Collins. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-enjoy-night-gallery/855721.md?page=2)