The Twilight Zone's repeat schedule for summer 1961 (post-season 2) was 14 weeks in length, and was composed entirely of repeats from the show's first season. We covered the first half here, and we'll cover the second half here. It appears I missed two fairly obvious Forbidden Planet connections in my initial episode promos, so I'll spotlight 'em here. Oh, and make sure to click on the images to see the full-size HD beauty, thanks to Image Entertainment's stunning blu-ray release.
Forbidden Planet alert! Check out the mega-cool "Pac Man" lights, which were originally part of the film's ancient Krell laboratory... we also saw them previously in "People Are Alike All Over," and I wouldn't be surprised at all if they pop up again in the series' run.
08/04/1961
08/11/1961
Forbidden Planet alert! There's Robby the Robot, in wind-up toy form, making his first of three Twilight Zone appearances. Note the rather TZesque eyeball sticker on his dome.
08/18/1961
"The Big Tall Wish"
(originally broadcast 04/08/1960)
08/25/1961
"The Chaser"
(originally broadcast 05/13/1960)
(originally broadcast 04/08/1960)
08/25/1961
"The Chaser"
(originally broadcast 05/13/1960)
09/01/1961
09/08/1961
What can I say? I'm kind of a big deal. Season 3 commences on 9/15 with a haunting tale of a chance encounter between mortal enemies. We'll witness firsthand that the line between love and hate is quite thin indeed. It's "Two" good to miss.
2 comments:
I always thought the "Pac-Man lights" looked like the Paramount logo. So I call them the "Paramount lights."
Ha! Hey, that works too. :)
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