Twilight Zone-thon:
New Year's Marathon 2009/2010

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call…THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Zonethon starts:
12/31/2009 08:00 AM  VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
12/31/2009 09:00 AM  THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
12/31/2009 09:30 AM  LONG DISTANCE CALL
12/31/2009 10:00 AM  WALKING DISTANCE
12/31/2009 10:30 AM  THE MIGHTY CASEY
12/31/2009 11:00 AM  THE LAST FLIGHT
12/31/2009 11:30 AM  THE LONELY
12/31/2009 12:00 PM  A GAME OF POOL
12/31/2009 12:30 PM  THE FEAR
12/31/2009 01:00 PM  HOCUS-POCUS AND FRISBY
12/31/2009 01:30 PM  THE SHELTER
12/31/2009 02:00 PM  QUEEN OF THE NILE
12/31/2009 02:30 PM  MR. DENTON ON DOOMSDAY
12/31/2009 03:00 PM  A KIND OF STOPWATCH
12/31/2009 03:30 PM  ONE FOR THE ANGELS
12/31/2009 04:00 PM  THE BEWITCHIN' POOL
12/31/2009 04:30 PM  A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
12/31/2009 05:00 PM  THE OBSOLETE MAN
12/31/2009 05:30 PM  THE HITCH-HIKER
12/31/2009 06:00 PM  NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET
12/31/2009 06:30 PM  THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33
12/31/2009 07:00 PM  THE SILENCE
12/31/2009 07:30 PM  KICK THE CAN
12/31/2009 08:00 PM  THE HOWLING MAN
12/31/2009 08:30 PM  PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER
12/31/2009 09:00 PM  I SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE AIR
12/31/2009 09:30 PM  WHERE IS EVERYBODY
12/31/2009 10:00 PM  THE INVADERS
12/31/2009 10:30 PM  FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN EXIT
12/31/2009 11:00 PM  TO SERVE MAN
12/31/2009 11:30 PM  THE MIDNIGHT SUN
12/31/2009 12:00 AM  THE DUMMY
12/31/2009 12:30 AM  PROBE 7 OVER AND OUT
12/31/2009 01:00 AM  NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU
12/31/2009 01:30 AM  NIGHT OF THE MEEK
12/31/2009 02:00 AM  THE GRAVE
12/31/2009 02:30 AM  TWO
12/31/2009 03:00 AM  MIRROR IMAGE
12/31/2009 03:30 AM  A THING ABOUT MACHINES
12/31/2009 04:00 AM  NIGHTMARE AS A CHILD
12/31/2009 04:30 AM  PASSAGE ON THE LADY ANNE
           05:00 AM (TBA, probably infomercials)
01/01/2010 06:00 AM  THE THIRTY FATHOM GRAVE
01/01/2010 07:00 AM  HE'S ALIVE
01/01/2010 08:00 AM  DEATH SHIP
01/01/2010 09:00 AM  IN PRAISE OF PIP
01/01/2010 09:30 AM  JUDGEMENT NIGHT
01/01/2010 10:00 AM  MR. DINGLE, THE STRONG
01/01/2010 10:30 AM  BLACK LEATHER JACKETS
01/01/2010 11:00 AM  AND WHEN THE SKY WAS OPENED
01/01/2010 11:30 AM  A WORLD OF HIS OWN
01/01/2010 12:00 PM  WHAT'S IN THE BOX
01/01/2010 12:30 PM  THE ARRIVAL
01/01/2010 01:00 PM  DEATH'S HEAD REVISITED
01/01/2010 01:30 PM  THE HUNT
01/01/2010 02:00 PM  THE 7TH IS MADE UP OF PHANTOMS
01/01/2010 02:30 PM  DEAD MAN'S SHOES
01/01/2010 03:00 PM  THE RIP VAN WINKLE CAPER
01/01/2010 03:30 PM  MR. BEVIS
01/01/2010 04:00 PM  A MOST UNUSUAL CAMERA
01/01/2010 04:30 PM  THE OLD MAN IN THE CAVE
01/01/2010 05:00 PM  LIVING DOLL
01/01/2010 05:30 PM  I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC
01/01/2010 06:00 PM  THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET
01/01/2010 06:30 PM  A STOP AT WILLOUGHBY
01/01/2010 07:00 PM  NOTHING IN THE DARK
01/01/2010 07:30 PM  IT'S A GOOD LIFE
01/01/2010 08:00 PM  THE LITTLE PEOPLE
01/01/2010 08:30 PM  THIRD FROM THE SUN
01/01/2010 09:00 PM  THE MASKS
01/01/2010 09:30 PM  EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
01/01/2010 10:00 PM  TIME ENOUGH AT LAST
01/01/2010 10:30 PM  THE AFTER HOURS
01/01/2010 11:00 PM  WILL THE REAL MARTIAN PLEASE STAND UP
01/01/2010 11:30 PM  STOPOVER IN A QUIET TOWN
01/01/2010 12:00 AM  LITTLE GIRL LOST
01/01/2010 12:30 AM  MR. GARRITY AND THE GRAVES
01/01/2010 01:00 AM  NICK OF TIME
01/01/2010 01:30 AM  A HUNDRED YARDS OVER THE RIM
01/01/2010 02:00 AM  NIGHT CALL
01/01/2010 02:30 AM  ESCAPE CLAUSE
01/01/2010 03:00 AM  A NICE PLACE TO VISIT
01/01/2010 03:30 AM  EXECUTION
01/01/2010 04:00 AM  I AM THE NIGHT - COLOR ME BLACK
01/01/2010 04:30 AM  THE BARD
           05:00 AM (infomercials, then regular programming resumes @ 8am)
01/02/2010 05:00 AM  YOUNG MAN'S FANCY
01/02/2010 05:30 AM  STEEL
01/03/2010 01:00 AM  THE GIFT
01/03/2010 01:30 AM  A SHORT DRINK FROM A CERTAIN FOUNTAIN
01/03/2010 05:00 AM  CAESAR AND ME
01/03/2010 05:30 AM  THE PASSERSBY
01/04/2010 08:00 AM  MUTE
01/09/2010 05:00 AM  THE BRAIN CENTER AT WHIPPLE'S
01/09/2010 05:30 AM  COME WANDER WITH ME
01/10/2010 09:00 AM  JESS-BELLE
01/10/2010 01:00 AM  THE SIXTEEN-MILLIMETER SHRINE
01/10/2010 01:30 AM  PERCHANCE TO DREAM
01/10/2010 05:00 AM  THE FOUR OF US ARE DYING
01/10/2010 05:30 AM  A GAME OF POOL
01/16/2010 05:00 AM  THE FEVER
01/16/2010 05:30 AM  THE PURPLE TESTAMENT
01/17/2010 09:00 AM  MINIATURE
01/17/2010 01:30 AM  WHAT YOU NEED
01/17/2010 05:00 AM  ELEGY
01/17/2010 05:30 AM  THE MIRROR
01/21/2010 05:30 AM  A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
01/22/2010 08:00 AM  LONG LIVE WALTER JAMESON
01/23/2010 04:30 AM  THE BIG TALL WISH
01/23/2010 05:00 AM  THE CHASER
01/23/2010 05:30 AM  A PASSAGE FOR TRUMPET
01/24/2010 09:00 AM  PRINTER'S DEVIL
01/24/2010 10:00 AM  DUST
01/24/2010 05:00 AM  NERVOUS MAN IN A FOUR DOLLAR ROOM
01/24/2010 05:30 AM  THE GRAVE
01/26/2010 TWILIGHT ZONE Mini-marathon of 1-hour eps 
           08:00 AM  NO TIME LIKE THE PAST
           09:00 AM  THE PARALLEL
           10:00 AM  I DREAM OF GENIE
           11:00 AM  THE NEW EXHIBIT
           12:00 PM  OF LATE I THINK OF CLIFFORDVILLE
           01:00 PM  THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF HORACE FORD
           02:00 PM  ON THURSDAY WE LEAVE FOR HOME
           03:00 PM  PASSAGE ON THE LADY ANNE
01/31/2010 05:00 AM  THE PRIME MOVERS
01/31/2010 05:30 AM  IT'S A GOOD LIFE 

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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12/31/2007 Last Year's marathon (2008/2009)
Previous July 4th marathon (2009)
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