Twilight Zone-thon:
New Year Marathon 2014/2015

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call…THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Zonethon starts:
Dec 31 08:00 AM The Old Man In The Cave
Dec 31 08:30 AM Caesar And Me
Dec 31 09:00 AM The Last Flight
Dec 31 09:30 AM The Little People
Dec 31 10:00 AM Third From The Sun
Dec 31 10:30 AM Long Live Walter Jameson
Dec 31 11:00 AM A Piano In The House
Dec 31 11:30 AM Perchance To Dream
Dec 31 12:00 PM A Most Unusual Camera
Dec 31 12:30 PM The Arrival
Dec 31 01:00 PM A Thing About Machines
Dec 31 01:30 PM And When The Sky Was Opened
Dec 31 02:00 PM I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
Dec 31 02:30 PM Nick Of Time
Dec 31 03:00 PM Night Of The Meek
Dec 31 03:30 PM Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
Dec 31 04:00 PM What's In The Box
Dec 31 04:30 PM Walking Distance
Dec 31 05:00 PM A Hundred Yards Over The Rim
Dec 31 05:30 PM People Are Alike All Over
Dec 31 06:00 PM Probe 7 Over And Out
Dec 31 06:30 PM Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
Dec 31 07:00 PM A Game Of Pool
Dec 31 07:30 PM The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
Dec 31 08:00 PM The Dummy
Dec 31 08:30 PM The Invaders
Dec 31 09:00 PM To Serve Man
Dec 31 09:30 PM Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
Dec 31 10:00 PM A Stop At Willoughby
Dec 31 10:30 PM The Hitch-hiker
Dec 31 11:00 PM Dead Man's Shoes
Dec 31 11:30 PM Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up
Dec 31 12:00 AM The Midnight Sun
Dec 31 12:30 AM The Obsolete Man
Dec 31 01:00 AM The After Hours
Dec 31 01:30 AM Night Call
Dec 31 02:00 AM The Lonely
Dec 31 02:30 AM King Nine Will Not Return
Dec 31 03:00 AM The Hunt
Dec 31 03:30 AM Mr. Denton On Doomsday
Dec 31 04:00 AM Uncle Simon
Dec 31 04:30 AM Two
Jan 1 06:00 AM I Dream Of Genie
Jan 1 07:00 AM Jess-belle
Jan 1 08:00 AM The Purple Testament
Jan 1 08:30 AM Mr. Bevis
Jan 1 09:00 AM The Rip Van Winkle Caper
Jan 1 09:30 AM Ring-a-ding Girl
Jan 1 10:00 AM Little Girl Lost
Jan 1 10:30 AM Hocus-pocus And Frisby
Jan 1 11:00 AM Escape Clause
Jan 1 11:30 AM The Prime Movers
Jan 1 12:00 PM Mr. Dingle, The Strong
Jan 1 12:30 PM One For The Angels
Jan 1 01:00 PM The Silence
Jan 1 01:30 PM The Sixteen-millimeter Shrine
Jan 1 02:00 PM Death's Head Revisited
Jan 1 02:30 PM It's A Good Life
Jan 1 03:00 PM A Nice Place To Visit
Jan 1 03:30 PM A Penny For Your Thoughts
Jan 1 04:00 PM Black Leather Jackets
Jan 1 04:30 PM Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
Jan 1 05:00 PM The Odyssey Of Flight 33
Jan 1 05:30 PM The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms
Jan 1 06:00 PM A Kind Of Stopwatch
Jan 1 06:30 PM The Bewitchin' Pool
Jan 1 07:00 PM Kick The Can
Jan 1 07:30 PM The Masks
Jan 1 08:00 PM I Sing The Body Electric
Jan 1 08:30 PM Living Doll
Jan 1 09:00 PM Time Enough At Last
Jan 1 09:30 PM Where Is Everybody
Jan 1 10:00 PM The Howling Man
Jan 1 10:30 PM Eye Of The Beholder
Jan 1 11:00 PM The Shelter
Jan 1 11:30 PM I Am The Night - Color Me Black
Jan 1 12:00 AM Long Distance Call
Jan 1 12:30 AM Judgement Night
Jan 1 01:00 AM Nightmare As A Child
Jan 1 01:30 AM The Grave
Jan 1 02:00 AM The Four Of Us Are Dying
Jan 1 02:30 AM A World Of His Own
Jan 1 03:00 AM In Praise Of Pip
Jan 1 03:30 AM The Fever
Jan 1 04:00 AM The Last Rights Of Jeff Myrtlebank
Jan 1 04:30 AM What You Need
Jan 1 05:00 AM The New Exhibit
Jan 3 05:00 AM To Serve Man
Jan 3 05:30 AM Little Girl Lost
Jan 4 08:00 AM The Last Rights Of Jeff Myrtlebank
Jan 5 08:00 AM Person Or Persons Unknown
Jan 6 08:00 AM The Self-improvement Of Salvadore Ross
Jan 6 08:30 AM Black Leather Jackets
Jan 7 08:00 AM From Agnes With Love
Jan 7 03:30 AM Spur Of The Moment (no Cic)
Jan 7 04:00 AM Stopover In A Quiet Town
Jan 7 04:30 AM Queen Of The Nile
Jan 8 05:00 AM What's In The Box
Jan 8 05:30 AM The Masks
Jan 10 08:00 AM I Am The Night - Color Me Black
Jan 10 08:30 AM Sounds And Silences
Jan 10 04:30 AM Caesar And Me
Jan 10 05:00 AM The Jeopardy Room
Jan 10 05:30 AM Mr. Garrity And The Graves
Jan 11 08:00 AM The Brain Center At Mr. Whipple's
Jan 11 05:00 AM Come Wander With Me
Jan 12 08:00 AM The Fear
Jan 12 08:30 AM The Bewitchin' Pool
Jan 14 08:00 AM Where Is Everybody
Jan 15 08:00 AM One For The Angels
Jan 15 05:30 AM Mr. Denton On Doomsday
Jan 19 08:00 AM The Sixteen-millimeter Shrine
Jan 20 08:00 AM Walking Distance
Jan 21 08:00 AM Escape Clause
Jan 21 04:00 AM The Lonely
Jan 21 04:30 AM Time Enough At Last
Jan 22 08:00 AM Perchance To Dream
Jan 22 05:00 AM Judgement Night
Jan 22 05:30 AM And When The Sky Was Opened
Jan 24 05:00 AM What You Need
Jan 24 05:30 AM The Four Of Us Are Dying
Jan 25 05:00 AM Third From The Sun
Jan 26 08:00 AM I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
Jan 26 08:30 AM The Hitch-hiker
Jan 26 03:30 AM The Fever
Jan 27 08:00 AM The Last Flight
Jan 28 08:00 AM The Purple Testament
Jan 28 08:30 AM Elegy
Jan 28 03:30 AM Mirror Image
Jan 28 04:00 AM The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
Jan 28 04:30 AM A World Of Difference
Jan 29 08:00 AM Long Live Walter Jameson

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The Twilight Zone series of 156 episodes originally aired in 25-minute formats (50 minutes in Season Four) over five seasons from 1959 to 1964. Series creator Rod Serling wrote over half of the scripts.
Characters portrayed people caught in unusual circumstances where fantasy intrudes into reality or moral or ethical decisions come into question. There is always something to think about after the episode ends. A simple message runs through the series: that only by reaching out to others and trusting in their common humanity can people overcome fear, alienation, and despair. Giving in to fear means total loss; only through imagination, beauty, and our relationships with others can we transcend the darkness.

By today's standards, The Twilight Zone may appear dated or perhaps even heavy-handed to some viewers. There is no doubt television arts have developed considerably since Rod Serling and his crew created The Twilight Zone some forty years ago. Compared with today's color video with its seemingly unlimited possibilities for digital special effects, black and white film is a completely different, almost rustic, medium. As for content, today's primetime TV fiction features more situation comedy, serial drama, and suspense than analysis of moral and ethical dilemmas.

Although derived from and set in a different era, The Twilight Zone still captivates. Its twisting plots, interesting characters, surreal settings, and existential questions endure, as those of classics will. Young audiences who look beyond the surface, who suspend their techno-sophistication and allow themselves to explore the fifth dimension that Rod Serling drew upon, will find rich reward for their efforts.
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Previous July 4th marathon (2012) Global Flight 33 is Lost

Previous New Year's marathon (2011/2012) One part the spirit of Christmas and one part the magic that can only be found in The Twilight Zone

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