Twilight Zone-thon:
New Year's Marathon 2010/2011

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 Twilight Zone Perchance To Dream 
Dec 31 08:30 AM The Twilight Zone The Four Of Us Are Dying 
Dec 31 09:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Fever 
Dec 31 09:30 AM The Twilight Zone A Thing About Machines 
Dec 31 10:00 AM The Twilight Zone What's In The Box 
Dec 31 10:30 AM The Twilight Zone And When The Sky Was Opened 
Dec 31 11:00 AM The Twilight Zone Ring-a-ding Girl 
Dec 31 11:30 AM The Twilight Zone Escape Clause 
Dec 31 12:00 PM The Twilight Zone Mr. Garrity And The Graves 
Dec 31 12:30 PM The Twilight Zone In Praise Of Pip 
Dec 31 01:00 PM The Twilight Zone Queen Of The Nile 
Dec 31 01:30 PM The Twilight Zone A Nice Place To Visit 
Dec 31 02:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Last Flight 
Dec 31 02:30 PM The Twilight Zone Mr. Bevis 
Dec 31 03:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Old Man In The Cave 
Dec 31 03:30 PM The Twilight Zone A Penny For Your Thoughts 
Dec 31 04:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Hunt 
Dec 31 04:30 PM The Twilight Zone Walking Distance 
Dec 31 05:00 PM The Twilight Zone A Hundred Yards Over The Rim 
Dec 31 05:30 PM The Twilight Zone A Most Unusual Camera 
Dec 31 06:00 PM The Twilight Zone I Sing The Body Electric 
Dec 31 06:30 PM The Twilight Zone It's A Good Life 
Dec 31 07:00 PM The Twilight Zone Eye Of The Beholder 
Dec 31 07:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street 
Dec 31 10:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Hitch-hiker 
Dec 31 10:30 PM The Twilight Zone Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up 
Dec 31 11:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Howling Man 
Dec 31 11:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Masks 
Dec 31 12:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Midnight Sun 
Dec 31 12:30 AM The Twilight Zone Third From The Sun 
Dec 31 01:00 AM The Twilight Zone Long Distance Call 
Dec 31 01:30 AM The Twilight Zone One For The Angels 
Dec 31 02:00 AM The Twilight Zone Night Of The Meek 
Dec 31 02:30 AM The Twilight Zone Nightmare As A Child 
Dec 31 03:00 AM The Twilight Zone Night Call 
Dec 31 03:30 AM The Twilight Zone Probe 7 Over And Out 
Dec 31 04:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Rip Van Winkle Caper 
Dec 31 04:30 AM The Twilight Zone I Am The Night - Color Me Black 
Dec 31 05:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Grave 
Dec 31 05:30 AM The Twilight Zone The Fear 
Jan 1 06:00 AM The Twilight Zone Judgement Night 
Jan 1 06:30 AM The Twilight Zone Long Live Walter Jameson 
Jan 1 07:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Arrival 
Jan 1 07:30 AM The Twilight Zone A Quality Of Mercy 
Jan 1 08:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Fugitive 
Jan 1 08:30 AM The Twilight Zone The Gift 
Jan 1 09:00 AM The Twilight Zone Black Leather Jackets 
Jan 1 09:30 AM The Twilight Zone A Piano In The House 
Jan 1 10:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Shelter 
Jan 1 10:30 AM The Twilight Zone A World Of His Own 
Jan 1 11:00 AM The Twilight Zone A Short Drink From A Certain Fountain 
Jan 1 11:30 AM The Twilight Zone Mr. Denton On Doomsday 
Jan 1 12:00 PM The Twilight Zone I Shot An Arrow Into The Air 
Jan 1 12:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Little People 
Jan 1 01:00 PM The Twilight Zone A Kind Of Stopwatch 
Jan 1 01:30 PM The Twilight Zone The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms 
Jan 1 02:00 PM The Twilight Zone Mr. Dingle, The Strong 
Jan 1 02:30 PM The Twilight Zone People Are Alike All Over 
Jan 1 03:00 PM The Twilight Zone Stopover In A Quiet Town 
Jan 1 03:30 PM The Twilight Zone A Game Of Pool 
Jan 1 04:00 PM The Twilight Zone Number Twelve Looks Just Like You 
Jan 1 04:30 PM The Twilight Zone Nick Of Time 
Jan 1 05:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Bewitchin' Pool 
Jan 1 05:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Dummy 
Jan 1 06:00 PM The Twilight Zone Little Girl Lost 
Jan 1 06:30 PM The Twilight Zone Kick The Can 
Jan 1 07:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Invaders 
Jan 1 07:30 PM The Twilight Zone Five Characters In Search Of An Exit 
Jan 1 08:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Odyssey Of Flight 33 
Jan 1 08:30 PM The Twilight Zone Where Is Everybody 
Jan 1 09:00 PM The Twilight Zone To Serve Man 
Jan 1 09:30 PM The Twilight Zone Time Enough At Last 
Jan 1 10:00 PM The Twilight Zone Nightmare At 20,000 Feet 
Jan 1 10:30 PM The Twilight Zone Living Doll 
Jan 1 11:00 PM The Twilight Zone A Stop At Willoughby 
Jan 1 11:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Obsolete Man 
Jan 1 12:00 AM The Twilight Zone The After Hours 
Jan 1 12:30 AM The Twilight Zone Death's Head Revisited 
Jan 1 01:00 AM The Twilight Zone Two 
Jan 1 01:30 AM The Twilight Zone Mirror Image 
Jan 1 02:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Changing Of The Guard 
Jan 1 02:30 AM The Twilight Zone Twenty-two 
Jan 1 03:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Lonely 
Jan 1 03:30 AM The Twilight Zone Dead Man's Shoes 
Jan 1 04:00 AM The Twilight Zone Hocus-pocus And Frisby 
Jan 1 04:30 AM The Twilight Zone Nothing In The Dark 
Jan 1 05:00 AM The Twilight Zone Ninety Years Without Slumbering 
Jan 1 05:30 AM The Twilight Zone The Last Rights Of Jeff Myrtlebank 
           05:00 AM (infomercials, then regular programming resumes @ 8am)
Jan 2 05:00 AM The Twilight Zone Person Or Persons Unknown 
Jan 3 08:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Brain Center At Whipple's 
Jan 7 08:00 AM The Twilight Zone Come Wander With Me 
Jan 8 05:30 AM The Twilight Zone The Lateness Of The Hour 
Jan 9 09:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Purple Testament 
Jan 9 04:00 AM The Twilight Zone He's Alive 
Jan 9 05:00 AM The Twilight Zone Four O'clock 
Jan 10 03:30 AM The Twilight Zone A World Of Difference 
Jan 13 08:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Big Tall Wish 
Jan 14 08:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Chaser 
Jan 15 05:00 AM The Twilight Zone The Trade-ins 
Jan 15 05:30 AM The Twilight Zone Young Man's Fancy 
Jan 30 05:00 AM The Twilight Zone Cavender Is Coming 

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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12/31/2009 Last Year's marathon (December 2009)
Previous July 4th marathon (2009, none in July 2010)
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