Reeder, my first reply to you can be read as extremely harsh–I never meant it that way.
I can assure you though that we will never reach a stage such as that shown in TOM. Surely, you can see that. Constantly watched, told what religion to follow on pain of death, told absolutely what to and not to read or watch, and then have those dictates enforced by jackbooted thugs and commissars.
Never happen, not nearly to that extent.
What ep is next?
Sir Rhosis
I absolutely love “The Twilight Zone”. Image Entertainment is releasing the original series in season sets; Season One was just released (suggested retail is $119.99, but you can get it online for about $80.00) and includes all 36 episodes plus a bonus disc with lots of extras (the episode discs themselves have some great extras as well, including commentary tracks, isolated music scores and such). The set also comes with a softcover second edition of Marc Scott Zicree’s excellent Twilight Zone Companion, an invaluable resource for Zone fans. Seasons Two through Five are scheduled for release throughout 2005, with the last coming out about this time next year (I think).
(Geeze - sorry if the foregoing sounds like a commercial; I’ve just picked up the set and am still somewhat overwhelmed by finally having this stuff on DVD.)
Anyway. “The Obsolete Man” is definitely one of the best ones. “Living Doll” (on now) has one of the most memorable quotes (“My name is Talky Tina - and I’m going to kill you!”)
Point of trivia about “The Living Doll.” IIRC, it is credited to Charles Beaumont. However, Beaumont was already in the grips of Alzheimers at the time, and the episode was ghost-written for him by, iirc, Jerry Sohl.
Sir Rhosis
Hm. TitanTV was wrong; “Living Doll” is not on - it’s “The Odyssey of Flight 33”, This is yet another well done episode, with an interesting trivia note - Rod Serling’s brother, then an aviation writer for UPI, helped Rod Serling with the cockpit dialogue, giving the crew realistic checkpoints and such.
My apologies for injecting my politics into your thread.
Please forgive me.
$119.00? Ouch. Too rich for my blood. That’s even pricier than the first season of the original Star Trek. I’ll pour money into it if the price ever drops, but untill then buying the DVD volumes will be nothing more than a dream.
I’m not sure what episode is on now. Two pilots are talking about not being able to contact anyone, and have suggested that they just somehow beat the sound barrier. I’m just about certain this isn’t the “Living Doll” episode Quixotic is watching. Odd considering that we live on the same coast…
My apologies to you and to JoeSki–it is his excellent thread.
“Flight 33” is an okay ep, I guess. Never cared for it, though I love stone-face John Anderson.
Sir Rhosis
Yep, Jerry Sohl ghost-wrote for Beaumont in the latter stages of Beaumont’s illness. Those scripts went uncredited at the time, but Zicree makes mention of them specifically.
JoeSki, sorry about the mix-up; I hadn’t tuned to the Sci-Fi channel yet and just pulled the ep title from the listing (which was obviously wrong 
).
My bad joeski…this part I blame on John Barleycorn.
But my apologies to you too.
No worries about the veering off topic. I don’t mind slight highjacks to my threads, just as long as talk of something completely unrelated doesn’t take over.
I didn’t care for this latest episode. Too boring, predictable, isn’t provoking, and didn’t raise any questions. Wasn’t campy or silly either.
Next up: Living Doll
I think “The Living Doll” and “The Dirty Dozen” are the only two things besides “Kojak” I ever saw the late Telly Savalas in.
Quixotic, what was the woman’s name who did the Tina voice? I think it was the same woman who did Rocket J. Squirrel… June ???
Sir Rhosis
Yep, June Foray.
June Foray…spelling?
Thanks, both. After forgetting Foray’s name, I always mix her up with the woman who did the voice of Wilma Flintstone… whose name I have forgotten as well. Must be the excessive New Year’s Cheer I am presently imbibing.
Joe must be totally engrosed in this one… it is pretty intense for early-60s TV. Not one to let a small child watch, especially one with a doll.
Sir Rhosis
:eek: Yeah. And I just realized my enthusiasm to quote that line gave away a key turning point in the show. Sorry, Joe.
It’s been a good episode so far, but nothing too special. I haven’t watched too much television from the 60s and 70s, but I have watched plenty of newer shows that made fun of, or flat out copied, famous episodes of older shows. So I believe I’ve seen a similiar story elsewhere. So I’m jaded in an ignorant sorta way.
And don’t worry about spoling this episode for me, it was pretty clear from the get go the direction it was going to take .
Next up: …actually, I missed the title of this one. anyone know what it is?
Sad to say (or some might say I should be glad to say), I’ve never seen a single Chuckie movie despite a. their seemingly high standing on the pop culture scale, and b. the fact that the goddess of many a fantasy of mine, Jenny Agutter is supposedly in one of them, but I’ve heard casual references to the fact that Chuckie owes a thing or two to Talky Tina.
Sir Rhosis
What’s the name of the actress playing the main character in this episode? I want to hunt down a picture with her that isn’t B&W.
I don’t have cable, Joe, you’ll have to tell me the title or describe it, then maybe I will know her name.
Sir Rhosis
This one is “The Hitch-hiker”, from the first season. The ominous hitcher’s identity is probably not too difficult to figure out.
JoeSki, I think you’ve hit on something with your “jaded in an ignorant sorta way” ( ) - the show is such an icon, and the storylines of so many of the episodes have filtered into popular culture in so many ways, that someone who has never seen the actual episodes can still find them familiar. As Sir Rhosis intimated earlier, Sixties television was a much different landscape.
On preview: That’s Inger Stevens, Joe.