Twilight Zone-thon:
July 4th Marathon 2008
7/3/2008 Zonethon starts: 08:00 AM THE PASSERSBY 08:30 AM THE ARRIVAL 09:00 AM THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR 09:30 AM THE MASKS 10:00 AM ELEGY 10:30 AM THE BEWITCHIN POOL 11:00 AM I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC 11:30 AM THE SILENCE 12:00 PM AND WHEN THE SKY WAS OPENED 12:30 PM A THING ABOUT MACHINES 01:00 PM I SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE AIR 01:30 PM THE INVADERS 02:00 PM NIGHTMARE AS A CHILD 02:30 PM EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 03:00 PM THE FEVER 03:30 PM A WORLD OF HIS OWN 04:00 PM THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET 04:30 PM DEAD MAN'S SHOES 05:00 PM KICK THE CAN 05:30 PM DEATH'S HEAD REVISITED 06:00 PM MR. DENTON ON DOOMSDAY 06:30 PM NICK OF TIME 07:00 PM SHADOW PLAY 07:30 PM THE GRAVE 08:00 PM A QUALITY OF MERCY 08:30 PM NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET 09:00 PM A GAME OF POOL 09:30 PM IN THE PRAISE OF PIP 10:00 PM LIVING DOLL 10:30 PM CAESAR AND ME 11:00 PM MR. DINGLE, THE STRONG 11:30 PM THE OBSOLETE MAN 12:00 AM THE TROUBLE WITH TEMPLETON 12:30 AM NOTHING IN THE DARK 01:00 AM STEEL 01:30 AM THE JEOPARDY ROOM 02:00 AM THE THIRTY FATHOM GRAVE (hour ep) 03:00 AM HE'S ALIVE (hour ep) 04:00 AM MINIATURE (hour ep) 05:00 AM THE BARD (hour ep) 7/4/2008 06:00 AM (infomercials) 08:00 AM STOPOVER IN A QUIET TOWN 08:30 AM THE SHELTER 09:00 AM THE CHASER 09:30 AM NERVOUS MAN IN A FOUR DOLLAR ROOM 10:00 AM TO SERVE MAN 10:30 AM THE WHOLE TRUTH 11:00 AM A MAN IN THE BOTTLE 11:30 AM WILL THE REAL MARTIAN PLEASE STAND UP? 12:00 PM LONG DISTANCE CALL 12:30 PM THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33 01:00 PM KING NINE WILL NOT RETURN 01:30 PM TWENTY-TWO 02:00 PM A NICE PLACE TO VISIT 02:30 PM A MOST UNUSUAL CAMERA 03:00 PM MR. BEVIS 03:30 PM THE HOWLING MAN 04:00 PM MIRROR IMAGE 04:30 PM THE HITCH-HIKER 05:00 PM FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN EXIT 05:30 PM THE MIDNIGHT SUN 06:00 PM SHOWDOWN WITH RANCE MCGREW 06:30 PM THE LAST NIGHT OF A JOCKEY 07:00 PM IT'S A GOOD LIFE 07:30 PM ONCE UPON A TIME 08:00 PM A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS 08:30 PM TWO 09:00 PM THE PURPLE TESTAMENT 09:30 PM THE MIRROR 10:00 PM CAVENDER IS COMING 10:30 PM THE PRIME MOVERS 11:00 PM A PASSAGE FOR TRUMPET 11:30 PM THE LONELY 12:00 AM A HUNDRED YARDS OVER THE RIM 12:30 AM THE RIP VAN WINKLE CAPER 01:00 AM DEATH SHIP (hour ep) 02:00 AM OF LATE I THINK OF CLIFFORDVILLE (hour ep) 03:00 AM PRINTER'S DEVIL (hour ep) 04:00 AM MUTE (hour ep) 05:00 AM ON THURSDAY WE LEAVE FOR HOME (hour ep) 06:00 AM (infomercials, then regular programming resumes @ 9am)
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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