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the sci-fi channel does a marathon all day today into tomorrow. i think i was probably about 12 when it was one of the most popular shows on TV. my dad didn't care for TZ... and it was his TV after all (not like today, huh?). i would walk 4 houses up the street to watch with my best friend. there were many times when i seem to recall us clinging to each other in fear. of course, it was DARK for that loonnngggg walk home & it often ended in a sprint!

if you watch the marathon or just watched the show back in the 60's... any favorites?

 

Just about ALL of them were my favorites. I have every single episode on DVD - including one season where they were 1-hr. episodes. Many big stars got their big break on that show & up & coming actors and writers quickly learned what being on it would do for their careers. A book that was included with Season 1 had the show's history, Rod Serling's career from the start, etc.
 

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the guy who played Officer Paul ??? in "The Green Mile" was in one. i think he looked just as old back in the 60's as he did in 1999.

the episode about little men from outer space with Agnes Morehead had me RUNNING all the way home.
 
It's still in re-runs here on Sunday nights and I usually watch it.

One of my favorite episodes is "Eye of the Beholder." Doctors and nurses are attempting to fix a woman's deformity which has made her an outsider in society. Her face is bandaged, and not seen until the end when the bandages are removed. She is beautiful, but the doctors and nurses are horrified that there was "no change," after her surgery. At that point, we see that all the doctors and nurses have ["normal"] pig-like faces. So beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder.
 
That was my favorite show until Star Trek came along. I used to own over 90 episodes.
My favorites were:
And When the Sky Was Opened
The Howling Man
Odyssey of Flight 33
The Last Flight
The Lonely
Night Call
Where Is Everybody? (Pilot film, first episode aired)
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
King Nine Will Not Return
Eye of the Beholder
Two (1st episode of 3rd season)
The Arrival
The Passersby
The Grave
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
 
My faves, in no particular order of preference:

The Lonely
Walking Distance
The Hitch-Hiker
Time Enough at Last
People are Alike All Over
Third from the Sun
The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine
The Four of Us are Dying
A Stop at Willoughby
Passage for Trumpet
The After Hours
A World of His Own
Th Eye of the Beholder
Nick of Time
Back There
A Penny for Your Thoughts
The Invaders
The Odyssey of Flight 33
Night of the Meek
Long Distance Call
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
The Rip Van Winkle Caper
The Silence
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
The Obsolete Man
Two
Nothing in the Dark
It's a Good Life
The Shelter
Young Man's Fancy
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
To Serve Man
A Quality of Mercy
The Fugitive
The Midnight Sun
One More Pallbearer
Little Girl Lost
The Dummy
Mute
Death Ship
Miniature
No Time Like the Past
The Parallel
On Thursday We Leave for Home
The Old Man in the Cave
Night Call
Living Doll
The Long Morrow
 
debodun said:
My faves, in no particular order of preference:

The Lonely
Walking Distance
The Hitch-Hiker
Time Enough at Last
People are Alike All Over
Third from the Sun
The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine
The Four of Us are Dying
A Stop at Willoughby
Passage for Trumpet
The After Hours
A World of His Own
Th Eye of the Beholder
Nick of Time
Back There
A Penny for Your Thoughts
The Invaders
The Odyssey of Flight 33
Night of the Meek
Long Distance Call
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
The Rip Van Winkle Caper
The Silence
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
The Obsolete Man
Two
Nothing in the Dark
It's a Good Life
The Shelter
Young Man's Fancy
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
To Serve Man
A Quality of Mercy
The Fugitive
The Midnight Sun
One More Pallbearer
Little Girl Lost
The Dummy
Mute
Death Ship
Miniature
No Time Like the Past
The Parallel
On Thursday We Leave for Home
The Old Man in the Cave
Night Call
Living Doll
The Long Morrow
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The Long Morrow with Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley, was quite sad at the end.
 
Time Enough at Last--If this is the one with the library and all the books all over the place, but then his glasses shatter, WOW.
I cannot tell just from titles what the shows were, that would help. I loved a lot of them.
And it was so prescient. I remember an episode that took place in a darkened apartment, with people talking about being unable to go outside bc it was too hot.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
Time Enough at Last--If this is the one with the library and all the books all over the place, but then his glasses shatter, WOW.
I cannot tell just from titles what the shows were, that would help. I loved a lot of them.
And it was so prescient. I remember an episode that took place in a darkened apartment, with people talking about being unable to go outside bc it was too hot.
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This is probably my wife's favorite, as she is an avid book reader.
 
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