Twilight Zone-thon:
July 4th Marathon 2009
7/2/2008 Zonethon starts:
07/02/2009 08:00 AM NIGHTCRAWLERS
07/02/2009 08:30 AM WORDPLAY-PERSONAL DEMOS
07/02/2009 09:00 AM LITTLE BOY LOST
07/02/2009 09:30 AM TEACHER'S AIDE-CHILDREN'S ZOO
07/02/2009 10:00 AM A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET
07/02/2009 10:30 AM THE MISFORTUNE COOKIE-A SMALL TALENT FOR WAR
07/02/2009 11:00 AM SHATTERDAY
07/02/2009 11:30 AM ACT BREAK-LOST AND FOUND
07/02/2009 12:00 PM CHAMELEON
07/02/2009 12:30 PM HEALER
07/02/2009 01:00 PM THE BURNING MAN - THE ELEVATOR
07/02/2009 01:30 PM GRAMMA
07/02/2009 02:00 PM WONG'S LOST AND FOUND EMPORIUM
07/02/2009 02:30 PM HER PILGRIM SOUL (PART 1)
07/02/2009 03:00 PM HER PILGRIM SOUL (PART 2)
07/02/2009 03:30 PM DEALER'S CHOICE
07/02/2009 04:00 PM THE LEPRECHAUN ARTIST
07/02/2009 04:30 PM A MESSAGE FROM CHARITY (PART 1)
07/02/2009 05:00 PM A MESSAGE FROM CHARITY (PART 2)
07/02/2009 05:30 PM YE GODS
07/02/2009 06:00 PM IF SHE DIES
07/02/2009 06:30 PM DEAD WOMEN'S SHOES
07/02/2009 07:00 PM OPENING DAY
07/02/2009 07:30 PM PALADIN OF THE LOST HOUR
07/02/2009 08:00 PM THE SHADOW MAN
07/02/2009 08:30 PM THE NIGHT OF THE MEEK
07/02/2009 09:00 PM ONE LIFE, FUNISHED IN EARLY POVERTY
07/02/2009 09:30 PM THE BEACON
07/02/2009 10:00 PM MONSTERS
07/02/2009 10:30 PM LITTLE PEOPLE - A MATTER OF MINUTES
07/02/2009 11:00 PM QUARANTINE
07/02/2009 11:30 PM TOOTH OF CONSEQUENCES- WISH BANK
07/02/2009 12:00 AM BUT CAN SHE TYPE? - THE STAR
07/02/2009 12:30 AM TO SEE THE INVISIBLE MAN
07/02/2009 01:00 AM WELCOME TO WINFIELD
07/02/2009 01:30 AM COLD READING - THE UNCLE DEVIL SHOW
07/02/2009 02:00 AM BUTTON, BUTTON
07/02/2009 02:30 AM PROFILE IN SILVER
07/02/2009 03:00 AM DEAD RUN
07/02/2009 03:30 AM RED SNOW
07/02/2009 04:00 AM GRACE NOTE
07/02/2009 04:30 AM NEED TO KNOW - AFTER HOURS
07/02/2009 05:00 AM SHADOW PLAY
07/02/2009 05:30 AM TAKE MY LIFE....PLEASE! - I OF NEWTON
06:00 AM (infomercials, marathon resumes @ 8am)
07/03/2009 08:00 AM THE LAST DEFENDER OF CAMELOT
07/03/2009 08:30 AM ONCE AND FUTURE KING
07/03/2009 09:00 AM SAUCER OF LONLINESS
07/03/2009 09:30 AM WORLD NEXT DOOR
07/03/2009 10:00 AM VOICES IN THE EARTH
07/03/2009 10:30 AM WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?
07/03/2009 11:00 AM THE STORYTELLERS
07/03/2009 11:30 AM AQUA VITA
07/03/2009 12:00 PM TIME AND TERESA GOLOWITZ
07/03/2009 12:30 PM PRIVATE CHANNEL - DREAMS FOR SALE
07/03/2009 01:00 PM SONGS OF THE YOUNGER WORLD
07/03/2009 01:30 PM NIGHTSONG
07/03/2009 02:00 PM THE CONVICT'S PIANO
07/03/2009 02:30 PM THE CARD
07/03/2009 03:00 PM THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
07/03/2009 03:30 PM THE GIRL I MARRIED
07/03/2009 04:00 PM SHELTER SKELTER
07/03/2009 04:30 PM THE TOYS OF CALIBAN
07/03/2009 05:00 PM PROBE 7 OVER AND OUT
07/03/2009 05:30 PM THE LAST FLIGHT
07/03/2009 06:00 PM A KIND OF STOPWATCH
07/03/2009 06:30 PM THE LITTLE PEOPLE
07/03/2009 07:00 PM NIGHTMARE AS A CHILD
07/03/2009 07:30 PM NIGHT OF THE MEEK
07/03/2009 08:00 PM WALKING DISTANCE
07/03/2009 08:30 PM STOPOVER IN A QUIET TOWN
07/03/2009 09:00 PM A GAME OF POOL
07/03/2009 09:30 PM ONE FOR THE ANGELS
07/03/2009 10:00 PM THE AFTER HOURS
07/03/2009 10:30 PM NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU
07/03/2009 11:00 PM MIRROR IMAGE
07/03/2009 11:30 PM MR. DINGLE, THE STRONG
07/03/2009 12:00 AM THE OLD MAN IN THE CAVE
07/03/2009 12:30 AM MR. BEVIS
07/03/2009 01:00 AM THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
07/03/2009 01:30 AM THE 7th IS MADE UP OF PHANTOMS
07/03/2009 02:00 AM DEAD MAN'S SHOES
07/03/2009 02:30 AM MR. DENTON ON DOOMSDAY
07/03/2009 03:00 AM HOCUS-POCUS AND FRISBY
07/03/2009 03:30 AM A SHORT DRINK FROM A CERTAIN FOUNTAIN
07/03/2009 04:00 AM MR. GARRITY AND THE GRAVES
07/03/2009 04:30 AM ESCAPE CLAUSE
07/03/2009 05:00 AM THE GRAVE
07/03/2009 05:30 AM NOTHING IN THE DARK
06:00 AM (infomercials, marathon resumes @ 8am)
07/04/2009 09:00 AM A HUNDRED YARDS OVER THE RIM
07/04/2009 09:30 AM NICK OF TIME
07/04/2009 10:00 AM A MOST UNUSUAL CAMERA
07/04/2009 10:30 AM THE BEWITCHIN' POOL
07/04/2009 11:00 AM FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN EXIT
07/04/2009 11:30 AM THE DUMMY
07/04/2009 12:00 PM LONG DISTANCE CALL
07/04/2009 12:30 PM I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC by Ray Bradbury
07/04/2009 01:00 PM LITTLE GIRL LOST
07/04/2009 01:30 PM THIRD FROM THE SUN
07/04/2009 02:00 PM IT'S A GOOD LIFE
07/04/2009 02:30 PM A PIANO IN THE HOUSE
07/04/2009 03:00 PM THE MIDNIGHT SUN
07/04/2009 03:30 PM THE INVADERS
07/04/2009 04:00 PM THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33
07/04/2009 04:30 PM THE HITCH-HIKER
07/04/2009 05:00 PM THE MASKS
07/04/2009 05:30 PM THE OBSOLETE MAN
07/04/2009 06:00 PM THE HOWLING MAN
07/04/2009 06:30 PM LIVING DOLL
07/04/2009 07:00 PM WHERE IS EVERYBODY
07/04/2009 07:30 PM A STOP AT WILLOUGHBY
07/04/2009 08:00 PM WILL THE REAL MARTIAN PLEASE STAND UP
07/04/2009 08:30 PM TIME ENOUGH AT LAST
07/04/2009 09:00 PM EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
07/04/2009 09:30 PM THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET
07/04/2009 10:00 PM TO SERVE MAN
07/04/2009 10:30 PM NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET
07/04/2009 11:00 PM DEATH'S HEAD REVISITED
07/04/2009 11:30 PM THE HUNT
07/04/2009 12:00 AM TWO
07/04/2009 12:30 AM PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER
07/04/2009 01:00 AM A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
07/04/2009 01:30 AM NIGHT CALL
07/04/2009 02:00 AM A NICE PLACE TO VISIT
07/04/2009 02:30 AM TWENTY-TWO
07/04/2009 03:00 AM QUEEN OF THE NILE
07/04/2009 03:30 AM THE RIP VAN WINKLE CAPER
07/04/2009 04:00 AM THE LONELY
07/04/2009 04:30 AM IN PRAISE OF PIP
07/04/2009 05:00 AM I SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE AIR
07/04/2009 05:30 AM I AM THE NIGHT - COLOR ME BLACK
06:00 AM (infomercials, then SYFY 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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