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Date Posted: 23:26:37 07/02/11 Sat
Author: Tim
Subject: Re: The Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy, July 3-4
In reply to: Tim 's message, "The Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy, July 3-4" on 16:38:35 07/02/11 Sat

Sunday July 3, 2011

9:00 AM
The Rip Van Winkle Caper: Gold thieves sleep 100 years to avoid punishment.

9:30 AM
Mirror Image: A woman (Vera Miles) sees her double in a bus terminal.

10:00 AM
The Lonely: An exiled murderer's (Jack Warden) only company is a female robot.

10:30 AM
Hocus Pocus & Frisby: Mr. Frisby impresses quite a few people with his vivid imagination.

11:00 AM
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank: A young man's funeral is rudely interrupted when he climbs out of the coffin.

11:30 AM
Mr. Bevis: A happy-go-lucky man loses his job, gets evicted and wrecks his car, all in one day.

12:00 PM
A Thing About Machines: Bad-tempered Bartlett Finchley begins to sense that machines don't like him.

12:30 PM
Number Twelve Looks Just Like You: An ugly duckling can be stunning in a world of beautiful people.

1:00 PM
The Shelter: Families fearing invasion beg a neighbor to let them share his bomb shelter.

1:30 PM
A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain: A youth serum works too well for a wealthy man.

2:00 PM
I Shot An Arrow Into the Air: Three astronauts, with little water left, land on what appears to be a deserted asteroid.

2:30 PM
A Kind of Stopwatch: Thomas Patrick McNulty is given a watch that possesses a strange power.

3:00 PM
Little Girl Lost: Chris and Ruth Miller are awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of their child.

3:30 PM
The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms: Three soldiers explore the site of Custer's Last Stand.

4:00 PM
Mr. Dingle, the Strong: A timid man (Burgess Meredith) acquires superhuman strength; with Don Rickles.

4:30 PM
People Are Alike All Over: An astronaut (Roddy McDowall) experiences martian hospitality.

5:00 PM
A Game of Pool: A young pool hustler dreams of challenging a legendary master.

5:30 PM
The Bewitchin' Pool: Two children follow a make-believe friend into a happier world.

6:00 PM
Death's Head Revisited: Ghosts of concentration-camp victims confront a Nazi officer.

6:30 PM
Long Distance Call: A boy (Billy Mumy) talks to his dead grandmother on a toy phone.

7:00 PM
Living Doll: A vindictive doll takes revenge on a man who wants it destroyed. With Telly Savalas.

7:30 PM
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: An airline passenger (William Shatner) sees a creature on the wing.

8:00 PM
Time Enough at Last: A meek bank teller (Burgess Meredith) longs for time to read.

8:30 PM
The Howling Man: A man tells of a prisoner in a monastery. With John Carradine.

9:00 PM
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Strange occurrences in a small town lead people to believe they are being invaded.

9:30 PM
The Masks: A dying man demands his family don grotesque masks.

10:00 PM
To Serve Man: Aliens with ulterior motives show humans how to live peacefully with one another.

10:30 PM
Where Is Everybody?: An amnesiac (Earl Holliman) in an empty town feels he is being watched.

11:00 PM
It's a Good Life: A 6-year-old (Billy Mumy) controls his entire town.

11:30 PM
A Most Unusual Camera: A stolen camera has the ability to predict the future with the pictures it takes.


Monday July 4, 2011

12:00 AM
The Midnight Sun: The Earth falls out of its orbit and starts moving toward the sun.

12:30 AM
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim: The leader of a wagon train across the New Mexico territory in 1847 comes across a highway.

1:00 AM
Nightmare as a Child: A teacher returns to her apartment to find a child waiting for her.

1:30 AM
I Am the Night, Color Me Black: The sun fails to rise on a man's execution day.

2:00 AM
Nothing in the Dark: An aged recluse hides in her home fearing the arrival of death. With Robert Redford.

2:30 AM
The After Hours: Marsha White goes to a department store to buy a gold thimble.

3:00 AM
The Fear: A woman is terrified by what seems to be a visitor from outer space.

3:30 AM
A Nice Place to Visit: A small-time hoodlum is killed by the police for robbing a loan company.

4:00 AM
In Praise of Pip: A bookie (Jack Klugman) learns his son was wounded in Vietnam.

4:30 AM
What's in the Box?: A man (William Demarest) sees himself on television, killing his wife (Joan Blondell).

5:00 AM
Perchance to Dream: Edward Hall hasn't slept in four days for fear that he will be killed by his dreams.

5:30 AM
What You Need: A down-and-outer tries to turn another man's ability to tell the future into profit.

6:00 AM-8:00AM
PAID PROGRAMMING

8:00 AM
Two: Two opposing soldiers survive a nuclear war. With Charles Bronson.

8:30 AM
The Changing of the Guard: A retiring professor contemplates suicide.

9:00 AM
Dead Man's Shoes: Nate Bledsoe steals a pair of fancy shoes from a dead man's body that he found in an alley.

9:30 AM
Ninety Years Without Slumbering: An old man (Ed Wynn) fears death if his grandfather clock stops.

10:00 AM
The Hunt: An old man goes raccoon hunting with his beloved dog, a hunt from which neither return.

10:30 AM
The Old Man in the Cave: An old man in a cave guides nuclear-war survivors. With James Coburn.

11:00 AM
The Last Flight: Fleeing from a World War I aerial battle, a pilot gets lost in both space and time.

11:30 AM
The Fever: A man becomes hooked on gambling after seeing someone hit the jackpot on a one-armed bandit.

12:00 PM
A Penny for Your Thoughts: A timid bank clerk acquires the ability to read other people's minds.

12:30 PM
Stopover in a Quiet Town: The morning after a wild party, a couple wakes up in a totally unfamiliar and artificial place.

1:00 PM
A World of His Own: Gregory West's wife is jealous when she sees him with another woman in his arms.

1:30 PM
Mr. Denton on Doomsday: A has-been gunslinger regains his skill and agrees to a shoot-out.

2:00 PM
The Little People: A space traveler finds an Earth-like civilization the size of ants.

2:30 PM
Nick of Time: A fortune-telling device fascinates a couple. With William Shatner.

3:00 PM
The Dummy: An average ventriloquist finds he has a not-so-average dummy. With Cliff Robertson.

3:30 PM
And When the Sky Was Opened: Three astronauts return from man's first flight into outer space and can't remember the trip.

4:00 PM
Escape Clause: A man afraid of death makes a pact with the devil for immortality.

4:30 PM
Mr. Garrity and the Graves: The man who tries to con the people of Happiness, Ariz., is in for a big shock.

5:00 PM
Probe 7: Over & Out: An astronaut (Richard Basehart) learns war has killed his people.

5:30 PM
One for the Angels: A sidewalk pitchman's (Ed Wynn) deal with Death may cost a young girl her life.

6:00 PM
The Obsolete Man: Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence.

6:30 PM
Third From the Sun: Two men plan to steal a spaceship to avoid the destruction of the planet.

7:00 PM
The Hitchhiker: Driving cross-country, a girl keeps seeing the same hitchhiker on the road ahead.

7:30 PM
The Eye of the Beholder: A woman's natural beauty makes her a freak in a futuristic society.

8:00 PM
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up: Police suspect a diner patron is a martian invader.

8:30 PM
Kick the Can: Charles Whitley comes up with an idea for returning to his youth.

9:00 PM
The Odyssey of Flight 33: On the way from England to America, a jetliner and its crew travel backward in time.

9:30 PM
A Stop at Willoughby: On his way home, a man falls asleep on a train and awakens in a town named Willoughby.

10:00 PM
Five Characters in Search of an Exit: A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.

10:30 PM
The Invaders: A woman battles two miniature aliens from another planet in a battle of size vs. scientific weapons.

11:00 PM
I Sing the Body Electric: A widower rents an android grandmother to take care of his three children.

11:30 PM
Walking Distance: A man's need to escape the pressure of his work takes him back to his childhood.


Tuesday July 5, 2011

12:00 AM
Night of the Meek: A drunken department store Santa finds a magic bag.

12:30 AM
Night Call: Mysterious phone calls haunt a disabled woman.

1:00 AM
The Grave: A gunman (Lee Marvin) visits the grave of a man who vowed revenge.

1:30 AM
Queen of the Nile: The everlasting youth of a movie star arouses the curiosity of a magazine writer.

2:00 AM
Ring-a-ding Girl: An actress sees images of loved ones in a ring.

2:30 AM
The Four of Us Are Dying: A man can change his face to assume other identities.

3:00 AM
A Piano in the House: A piano given as a birthday present has a strange power over those who listen to it.

3:30 AM
Twenty-Two: Liz Powell has a recurring dream in which she follows a nurse to the hospital morgue.


Tim

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[> Re: The Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy, July 3-4 -- DAN, 07:14:43 07/03/11 Sun [1]

It's always good to see the Twilight Zone and many other classic TV shows still being run on many TV stations.

I already own the complete set of Twilight Zones on DVD so I rarely if ever watch it on SyFy anymore, mainly because of the cuts and commercials.
But never the less, I'm still glad to see the SyFy network keeping the show alive.


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[> [> Re: The Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy, July 3-4 -- Officer Torch, 10:04:00 07/06/11 Wed [1]

Here's an odd one..perhaps a quirk in how the mind works with nostalgia/classic elements from yesteryear..TV or movie. I've talked to some about this. Several agree but can't figure why. Thought I'd share it here. Let's take classics like Twilight Zone, Honeymooners, Outer Limits, etc, you name it. Movies also, eg, old King Kong...big favorite here. Let's now consider some TV stations for nostalgia programs.

On modern TV, we see some oldies at times, often marathon style..but we're bombarded with commercials and cuts. I've never disliked/favored particular TV stations...I go for the programs as most do. I did get hooked...too many dvds, sets, Zone, others...on sale, as gifts, new, used, whatever. Had to thin out for space reasons. Format will be or is obsolete anyway. Too much caffein beverage..forgive lack of brevity...will cut to chase. I don't know why, neither do buddies, including an MD! Perhaps this stems from childhood/earlier days, maybe they were more pleasant, who knows. Many of us seem to prefer watching oldie/nostalgic "stuff" on TV transmitted from a source, NOT home dvd or tape player! This in spite of edits, cuts, long ads, and perhaps lesser A/V quality. Bizarre? Maybe, but it is what it is.

Many oldies are rarely on TV lately. Awhile back, at least some late nite repeats (on independant or affiliate channel)were shown. Rare to none now it seems, in Northeast. This became more prevalent with TV switching from analog to digital. Be that as it may, there seems to be less now. Perhaps outfits prefer you purchase oldies. I still look forward to marathon times on TV, regardless of station, ScyFy, TCM, PBS, TBS, a local station, whoever...just good that old shows are still on sometime. I'll try to catch some if I can. Why?? Dunno. Its perhaps a psych thing related to "good ole days" (if they were).

DAN, to me and several friends, there's some undefinable cozyness seeing certain shows transmitted on TV. I'd even tolerate so-so A/V as long as its watchable. Yet, we have pristene dvd sets sans commercials, original length plus extras! Yes, it's good to see these shows still around transmitted on TV in spite of cuts, edits, ads. I'll watch some. Who knows, maybe I'm in the Twilight Zone with some buddies...but it is what it is. Render an opinion if you'd like, or join us in...The Twilight Zone. By the way, I'm l one of those guys who thinks you get better sound quality in terms of presence, despite pops, ticks, and scratches from vinyl records. Maybe I'm just old fashioned.


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