# "Twilight Zone" from the 1980s

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 16, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-from-the-1980s/380699 "2006-11-16T16:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-from-the-1980s/380699/21 "2006-11-17T14:15:04Z")

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]

2.) A lot of the episodes of the TV show were adapterd from short stories by noted writers that originally appeared in magazines, like…  
Ray Bradbury’s “The Electric Grandmother”  
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I think the TZ ep used the actual title “I Sing The Body Electric”. The early 80’s TV movie, which was quite good & more complete than the TZ ep, used that other unfortunate title.

My favorite 1980s TZ ep- the Truck Driver who shipped souls to Hell & found they may not deserve it, so he helps them escape.

“Why are you doing this, Mister? You could get in a lot of trouble.”

“Well, I remember in Sunday School, the teacher told a story about Jesus going to Hell between Good Friday & Easter Sunday to give souls there another chance. I figure I’m just continuing the tradition.”

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-from-the-1980s/380699/22 "2006-11-17T19:41:46Z")

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I was pleased to discover **Mairosu** ’s site particularly to learn more about “The Road Less Traveled.” I caught a few minutes once on late-night TV and was really intrigued, because it didn’t ring any bells, but I was having a hard time finding anything on the Internet more than a one-line summation.

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-from-the-1980s/380699/23 "2006-11-17T19:58:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Leaper]  
Sounds like you’re thinking more of the '90’s Outer Limits…  
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I think he is. The original Twilight Zone stories tended to be morality plays. Good things happened to good people, and bad things happened to bad people, and there were a lot of episodes with happy or neutral endings.

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