tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post2270635830029884225..comments2024-03-23T05:23:21.009-07:00Comments on My Life in the Shadow of The Twilight Zone: Episode Spotlight: "Probe 7, Over and Out" (11/29/1963)Craig Beamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01039251711343080950noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-30439885770389403262023-07-04T07:48:31.551-07:002023-07-04T07:48:31.551-07:00A word about accents: You don't hear much from...A word about accents: You don't hear much from Ms Bower here but she was born and raised in Germany; she's at full voice in the cited Star Trek episode. And I'd long been intrigued by Basehart's diction and just a trace of an indeterminate yet cultured and possibly cultivated accent. I lately dined at a Denny's in his birthplace of Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.A.<br />John Fraracciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050131223158916773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-74733527741745879882022-12-31T23:01:40.189-08:002022-12-31T23:01:40.189-08:00I came here with the same question on the blurry s...I came here with the same question on the blurry section of the end credits. Well, it's nothing germane to the show - just an ad for Pall Mall cigarettes! Clearly modern TV channels don't want to promote smoking... https://imgur.com/gallery/o1X0VHSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-34903608077716167582022-12-31T22:42:23.774-08:002022-12-31T22:42:23.774-08:00Anyone figure out what was blurred out?Anyone figure out what was blurred out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-51701878349063504682022-01-01T14:59:50.423-08:002022-01-01T14:59:50.423-08:00Any update on why or what is blurred out on the le...Any update on why or what is blurred out on the left closing comments? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-30691108216670194822021-12-01T04:35:26.381-08:002021-12-01T04:35:26.381-08:00In closing credits something on left is blurred ou...In closing credits something on left is blurred out. Was it a snake that didn't pass the censors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-83420801496697341372020-09-17T18:15:15.444-07:002020-09-17T18:15:15.444-07:00Have been re-reading your comments and those of ot...Have been re-reading your comments and those of others and have been wondering IF this idea COULD have worked well in some ...other...form. Lighter, perhaps, a bit bouncer. A "lark" without the speechifying. The trick would be to carefully pull this off without being charged with "irreverence" , especially in a polarized social and political environment on the eve of Vietnam escalation...Advertising and sketch TV comedy have made use of "the apple" for some time (note Laugh In sketches) but then do we know WHY Rod Serling made use of this storyline. Did he want a space age preaching pulpit for something general or specific and would any location do , or did he really want to take on this base as a ----for TV , anyway--- novelty item?bruce gilbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-67025183625428263912020-09-17T02:29:40.249-07:002020-09-17T02:29:40.249-07:00This "works " best as a true relic of th...This "works " best as a true relic of the old Right Stuff era, which to affectionados has a charm and gravitas that may be totally lacking in Post Apollo Space Pop Culture.<br />Other "plusses" perhaps for just the aura of the Moonshot Era: Richard Basehart, definitely a poster performer for this period by way of Voyage ; Antoinette Bower likewise as the wacky Sylvia in the best of the Treks , the high camp Original Series. You would never again see a "witch queen of outer space" dangling an Enterprise reduced to a toy over a lighted candle in any of the subsequent dry and self important "space shots" made since imitating TNG became the big game changer. <br />Lots of pure Kamp from the era of Captain Video to the end of that era with Tales of the Gold Monkey (early 80s) on the Small Screen and the 3 Original and Best Star Wars movies. Popcorn over Pretense, in a way , the "right stuff"?<br />bruce gilbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-89230148162559533892019-08-23T22:36:01.047-07:002019-08-23T22:36:01.047-07:00I think TZ episode "Probe 7 ..." is ente...I think TZ episode "Probe 7 ..." is entertaining and worth watching, especially for TZ fans who may not have seen it years ago when TZ was in re-runs. Of course, the meeting of Adam and Eve from different star systems is highly improbable and their DNA is likely very different and incompatible for procreation, etc. But it seems to be one interesting play on an old myth. Enjoy TZ at your fingertips at home on a quiet evening!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894621586638442560.post-88628179108487562052014-10-20T07:03:27.306-07:002014-10-20T07:03:27.306-07:00"Probe 7, Over and Out" is my nomination..."Probe 7, Over and Out" is my nomination for TZ's worst episode. On another blog I posted the following (some punctuation corrected):<br /><br />"... even by November of 1963, the SF 'Adam and Eve' story was so trite, you couldn't wedge one over an editor's transom with axle grease and a pry bar. Second, two castaways from different worlds crash on a human-less Earth within walking distance of one another [and within their same lifetimes]. Third, the writers can't seem to understand the difference between "galaxy" and "solar system." Fourth, at the end Col. Cook tells Norda his first name is Adam and--surprise, surprise, surprise--Norda admits her first name is Eve. And of course, coming from different star systems with different evolutionary lines, their DNA will happen to be compatible enough for procreation. This episode does not even rise to the level of 'execrable.'"<br /><br />Overall, the TZ episodes have not stood the test of time. The original Outer Limits episodes fare much, much better, and several are still classics and viewable with expectation and pleasure ("O.B.I.T", "Don't Open Till Doomsday", "The Guests", "The Architects of Fear", etc.)<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com