Rod Sterling and the Twilight Zone

by Brode, Douglas; Serling, Carol

• ISBN13: 9781569804605
• ISBN10: 1569804605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-16
• Publisher: Barricade Books Inc

Summary

Having just celebrated its 50th anniversary, this title provides both an intimate insight and an in-depth examination of The Twilight Zone, arguably one of the most popular television shows ever. Drawing on photographs and personal reminiscences, Rod Serling's widow, Carol, gives commentary on some of the series' most memorable episodes. Veteran film historian Brode gives in-depth descriptions of these episodes and discusses why they were so resonant with viewers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction: The World According to Rod	p. xv
THE WAY WE WERE: The Lure of Nostalgia	p. 1
Walking Distance	p. 1
A Stop at Willoughby	p. 8
The Incredible World of Horace Ford	p. 17
What Dreams May Come: Nightmares at Noon	p. 21
Where Is Everybody?	p. 21
King Nine Will Not Return	p. 26
Perchance to Dream	p. 29
Nightmare as a Child	p. 31
Shadow Play	p. 34
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	p. 36
Angels in America: Cosmic Capra-Corn	p. 39
One for the Angels	p. 39
The Big Tall Wish	p. 44
A Passage for Trumpet	p. 49
Night of the Meek	p. 53
The Changing of the Guard	p. 55
Me, Myself, & I: An Auteur's Identity Crisis	p. 57
And When the Sky Was Opened	p. 57
Mirror Image	p. 60
The After Hours	p. 62
Miniature	p. 64
Mute	p. 66
A World of Difference	p. 70
The Dummy	p. 72
A Quality of Mercy	p. 74
Future Imperfect: The Shape of Things to Come	p. 77
The Lonely	p. 77
I Sing the Body Electric	p. 80
Third from the Sun	p. 81
I Shot an Arrow Into the Air	p. 84
People Are Alike All Over	p. 87
The Parallel	p. 91
It's About Time!: Had We But World Enough…	p. 95
Time Enough at Last	p. 95
Two	p. 97
Back There	p. 99
No Time Like the Past	p. 100
The Last Flight	p. 104
The Odyssey of Flight 33	p. 107
The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms	p. 109
A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain	p. 111
The Undiscovered Country: Death in the Fifth Dimension	p. 113
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine	p. 113
The Four of Us Are Dying	p. 115
The Hitch-Hiker	p. 117
The Purple Testament	p. 120
Deaths-Head Revisited	p. 121
The Thirty-Fathom Grave	p. 123
A Nice Place to Visit	p. 124
Nothing in the Dark	p. 124
Death Ship	p. 124
Long Distance Call	p. 126
In Praise of Pip	p. 128
Deals with the Devil: Dr. Faustus in the Fifth Dimension	p. 131
Escape Clause	p. 131
The Fever	p. 133
Nick of Time	p. 135
Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room	p. 137
Last Night of a Jockey	p. 137
Long Live Walter Jameson	p. 139
Printer's Devil	p. 140
Jess-Belle	p. 142
Of Late I Think of Cliffordville	p. 144
The Bard	p. 146
How the West was Weird: Two Genres at a Crossroads	p. 149
Mr. Denton on Doomsday	p. 149
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim	p. 151
Execution	p. 153
Dust	p. 157
The Grave	p. 161
Mr. Garrity and the Graves	p. 163
Showdown with Rance McGrew	p. 164
"Look to the Skies!": Close Encounters of the Zone Kind	p. 167
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street	p. 167
Mr. Dingle, the Strong	p. 170
Hocus Pocus and Frisby	p. 171
The Invaders	p. 172
The Little People	p. 174
The Fear	p. 175
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?	p. 178
The Fugitive	p. 179
The Gift	p. 181
To Serve Man	p. 183
Right Turn/Left Face: Politics in the Zone	p. 185
Judgment Night	p. 185
He's Alive	p. 190
The Howling Man	p. 190
The Obsolete Man	p. 194
On Thursday We Leave for Home	p. 197
The Old Man in the Cave	p. 200
Video Noir: The Dark Side of the Small Screen	p. 203
The Eye of the Beholder	p. 203
It's a Good Life	p. 205
The Shelter	p. 207
One More Pallbearer	p. 207
The Midnight Sun	p. 210
Little Girl Lost	p. 211
Kick the Can	p. 211
Spur of the Moment	p. 211
Uncle Simon	p. 213
The Masks	p. 214
Living Doll	p. 215
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet	p. 215
I Am the Night-Color Me Black	p. 217
The Long Morrow	p. 219
Conclusion: Why Should we Take Serling Seriously?	p. 223
Index	p. 237
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