# It's New Years - Twilight Zone Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169 "2009-12-31T07:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/1 "2009-12-31T07:39:13Z")
Over on SyFy - from the morning of the 31’s through the end of the 1st. Schadenfreude and irony galore! I won’t be able to watch, but am DVRing some choice episodes. Should be fun - let’s have some running commentary. IT’S A COOKBOOK! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/2 "2009-12-31T07:53:48Z")
I’ve got a few lined up on Tivo, but I really don’t need to see most of them again for another 10-20 years. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/3 "2009-12-31T15:14:05Z")
My absolute favorite part of New Year’s! I’d stay home and watch it tonight if the boyfriend didn’t despise it (yeah, I may have to dump him 😉 ) I tend to like the creepier ones as opposed to the whimsical and if Jack Klugman or Bergis Meredith (both actors whom I ordinarily like) is in it I tend to skip it. I don’t know that I could even say which is my favorite episode. Maybe the one where the woman is in the department store shopping for a thimble (if you’ve seen it you know exactly the one I mean. I don’t want to spoil it in case anyone hasn’t seen it). I also like the one where the greedy family is at the patriarch’s deathbed on Mardi Gras. Damn, I wish we got the Syfy channel here at work (why yes, I \*do \*have a tv on my desk). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/4 "2009-12-31T16:47:11Z")
There seem to be a lot of Jack Warden episodes this morning. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/5 "2009-12-31T17:40:19Z")
This has been going on for years. I remember first seeing it on New Years 99-00 when I was in bed with the flu. Some great old classics that I appreciate more when I see them again. The Obsolete Man has one hell of a message. Also: “Room for one more, honey” and “No change!” (drops scalpel) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/6 "2009-12-31T18:03:30Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > This has been going on for years. I remember first seeing it on New Years 99-00 when I was in bed with the flu. Some great old classics that I appreciate more when I see them again. > > The Obsolete Man has one hell of a message. > > Also: > > **“Room for one more, honey”** > and > > “No change!” (drops scalpel) \ Oh, heck yeah!I was going to mention this one in my previous post, quoting just that line the way you did (I also get your other quote). I’ve been watching the series for as long as I can remember but didn’t actually see this one until I was about 18 and it freaked me right out (of course it helped that I was under the herbal influence). Two other good ones: “Get out of here, Finchley” “I’m not her mother, I am her daughter” ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/7 "2009-12-31T18:27:03Z")
[QUOTE=Serling, closing narration, The Obsolete Man] Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete [/QUOTE] After watching the episode, that quote gave me chills. I thought I had seen them all, but don’t remember the “Get Out of Here, Finchley” quote. Is that episode on in the next couple of days? I will DVR it. What’s the one where a woman keeps seeing her exact double in a bus terminal? And her boyfriend thinks she is batshit crazy? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/8 "2009-12-31T22:01:48Z")
I’ll have to confess that I’ve seen them all so many times (mostly in previous years’ marathons) that I really don’t get excited about it. If there is an episode I haven’t seen for a while, maybe, but otherwise - meh. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/9 "2009-12-31T22:14:54Z")
Some of us are old enough to have seen them in their original run. It was the one show I never missed; this was pre-reruns and we had no idea they’d ever be shown again. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/10 "2010-01-01T00:49:30Z")
I’m watching “Kick The Can” now, wasn’t this remade into an Amazing Story or something? Looks very familiar so far… ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/11 "2010-01-01T03:26:35Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > I’m watching “Kick The Can” now, wasn’t this remade into an Amazing Story or something? Looks very familiar so far… It was a segment in Twilight Zone, The Movie.. ---
**Author:** ![SweetLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/12 "2010-01-01T04:39:51Z")
I can’t recollect the title…there’s an hour long episode about an extremely talkative dude who makes a bet that he can stay silent. It was quite suspenseful. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/13 "2010-01-01T04:46:39Z")
> [@SweetLucy](#): > > I can’t recollect the title…there’s an hour long episode about an extremely talkative dude who makes a bet that he can stay silent. It was quite suspenseful. _The Silence_. ---
**Author:** ![SweetLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/14 "2010-01-01T04:47:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _The Silence_. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/15 "2010-01-01T04:51:20Z")
There are episodes I really want to see again; but either they’re not in the rotation, or else I manage to miss them every year: _King 9 Will Not Return The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms I Am The Night — Color Me Black_ ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/16 "2010-01-01T05:32:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There are episodes I really want to see again; but either they’re not in the rotation, or else I manage to miss them every year: > > _King 9 Will Not Return > The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms > I Am The Night — Color Me Black_ the 7th is definitely on this year. I saw it when I was DVR’ing my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/17 "2010-01-01T09:55:22Z")
I’m too busy watching the _Corner Gas_ marathon on the Comedy Network. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/18 "2010-01-01T12:38:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There are episodes I really want to see again; but either they’re not in the rotation, or else I manage to miss them every year: > > _King 9 Will Not Return > The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms > I Am The Night — Color Me Black_ The 7th is on Youtube. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BI_1vAEYCbs/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/BI_1vAEYCbs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/19 "2010-01-01T15:41:23Z")
> [@SweetLucy](#): > > I can’t recollect the title…there’s an hour long episode about an extremely talkative dude who makes a bet that he can stay silent. It was quite suspenseful. This was good but I thought it was more Alfred Hitchcock than Twilight Zone as nothing happened in that episode that couldn’t happen in real life. My personal favorite is the one where “Rosco P. Coltrane” comes back from the dead and freaks all the towns people out. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169/20 "2010-01-01T15:46:15Z")
HA! I’ll point out that WGN has a _Barney Miller_ marathon going. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-new-years-twilight-zone-marathon/523169.md?page=2)