Twilight Zone-thon:
New Year Marathon 2011/2012
Dec 31 08:00 AM The Fever Dec 31 08:30 AM Perchance To Dream Dec 31 09:00 AM One For The Angels Dec 31 09:30 AM The Prime Movers Dec 31 10:00 AM Death's Head Revisited Dec 31 10:30 AM What You Need Dec 31 11:00 AM The Jeopardy Room Dec 31 11:30 AM The Sixteen-millimeter Shrine Dec 31 12:00 PM Long Live Walter Jameson Dec 31 12:30 PM A Piano In The House Dec 31 01:00 PM What's In The Box Dec 31 01:30 PM Black Leather Jackets Dec 31 02:00 PM A Nice Place To Visit Dec 31 02:30 PM The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms Dec 31 03:00 PM King Nine Will Not Return Dec 31 03:30 PM Mr. Denton On Doomsday Dec 31 04:00 PM The Shelter Dec 31 04:30 PM Night Of The Meek Dec 31 05:00 PM It's A Good Life Dec 31 05:30 PM Probe 7 Over And Out Dec 31 06:00 PM A Kind Of Stopwatch Dec 31 06:30 PM Little Girl Lost Dec 31 07:00 PM Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up Dec 31 07:30 PM Eye Of The Beholder Dec 31 08:00 PM The Invaders Dec 31 08:30 PM Where Is Everybody Dec 31 09:00 PM The Hitch-hiker Dec 31 09:30 PM To Serve Man Dec 31 10:00 PM Nightmare At 20,000 Feet (what's that on the wing?) Dec 31 10:30 PM Living Doll Dec 31 11:00 PM The Masks Dec 31 11:30 PM I Sing The Body Electric by Ray Bradbury Dec 31 12:00 AM The Midnight Sun Dec 31 12:30 AM Stopover In A Quiet Town Dec 31 01:00 AM Long Distance Call Dec 31 01:30 AM The Old Man In The Cave Dec 31 02:00 AM The After Hours Dec 31 02:30 AM Mr. Bevis Dec 31 03:00 AM Twenty-two Dec 31 03:30 AM The Grave Dec 31 04:00 AM Night Call Dec 31 04:30 AM Judgement Night Dec 31 05:00 AM Nightmare As A Child Dec 31 05:30 AM The Four Of Us Are Dying Jan 1 06:00 AM The Silence Jan 1 06:30 AM I Shot An Arrow Into The Air Jan 1 07:00 AM In Praise Of Pip Jan 1 07:30 AM Uncle Simon Jan 1 08:00 AM Queen Of The Nile Jan 1 08:30 AM A World Of His Own Jan 1 09:00 AM Mr. Garrity And The Graves Jan 1 09:30 AM A Thing About Machines Jan 1 10:00 AM The Last Rights Of Jeff Myrtlebank Jan 1 10:30 AM Hocus-pocus And Frisby Jan 1 11:00 AM A Short Drink From A Certain Fountain Jan 1 11:30 AM The Arrival Jan 1 12:00 PM Escape Clause Jan 1 12:30 PM And When The Sky Was Opened Jan 1 01:00 PM The Hunt Jan 1 01:30 PM People Are Alike All Over Jan 1 02:00 PM Caesar And Me Jan 1 02:30 PM The Odyssey Of Flight 33 Jan 1 03:00 PM A Penny For Your Thoughts Jan 1 03:30 PM Third From The Sun Jan 1 04:00 PM The Little People Jan 1 04:30 PM Nick Of Time Jan 1 05:00 PM Number Twelve Looks Just Like You Jan 1 05:30 PM A Hundred Yards Over The Rim Jan 1 06:00 PM A Most Unusual Camera Jan 1 06:30 PM Five Characters In Search Of An Exit Jan 1 07:00 PM A Stop At Willoughby Jan 1 07:30 PM The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street Jan 1 08:00 PM The Howling Man Jan 1 08:30 PM Time Enough At Last Jan 1 09:00 PM The Bewitchin' Pool Jan 1 09:30 PM Kick The Can Jan 1 10:00 PM The Obsolete Man Jan 1 10:30 PM The Dummy Jan 1 11:00 PM Dead Man's Shoes Jan 1 11:30 PM A Game Of Pool Jan 1 12:00 AM The Rip Van Winkle Caper Jan 1 12:30 AM I Am The Night - Color Me Black Jan 1 01:00 AM Walking Distance Jan 1 01:30 AM Ring-a-ding Girl Jan 1 02:00 AM Mr. Dingle, The Strong Jan 1 02:30 AM The Lonely Jan 1 03:00 AM Two Jan 1 03:30 AM The Brain Center At Whipple's Jan 1 04:00 AM The Last Flight Jan 1 04:30 AM The Purple Testament Click here to return to the Twilight Zone after January 1, 2013
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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