Hey, readers, I’m a huge Twilight Zone fan, so am pimping my other blog, Reality Check, and two recent Twilight Zone posts there (here and here). Please check them out and enjoy!
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Rod Serling
Twilight Zone—My 25 Favorite Episodes!
Well, I’ve been putting this off for years, but after visiting some recent Twilight Zone-related blogs (here and here) and being asked the question–and seeing an actual list from one of the sites—I decided, okay, I really should put down a list of my favorite episodes. So, here they are—in no particular order (except the top 4 really are my top four):
- And When the Sky was Opened
- Judgment Day
- The Arrival
- The After Hours
- Mirror Image
- King 9 Will Not Return
- The 7th is Made Up Of Phantoms
- Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
- The Thirty-Fathom Grave
- Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up
- A Game Of Pool
- Long Live Walter Jameson
- Death Ship
- The Passage of the Lady Anne
- Nothing In The Dark
- A Passage For Trumpet
- Ring-A-Ding Girl
- Perchance To Dream
- The Last Flight
- The Changing of the Guard
- A Stop at Willoughby
- A World Of His Own
- Trouble With Templeton
- The Passersby
- The Hunt
I’m a fan of ATMOSPHERE, which can clearly be seen in some of my selections, like Judgment Day, Lady Anne, Martian, etc., and there are some others missing, like I Am The Night, Color Me Black. And in my review of episodes, I think I actually found one I have never seen: An Occurrence At Owl Creek. How did I miss this? Must also be another rare episode. I mean, thanks to Shadow & Substance, but I even caught the rare George Takei episode, The Encounter, a powerful and polarizing episode rarely aired. But you can also see the ex-military side of me, and my love of ships, subs, and aircraft. But I also love the reincarnational and paranormally weird. But, hey, I’m a Twilight Zone fan, right?
Will this list change? Just like the Twilight Zone is a state of mind, so this list is a result of my state of mind at any one moment in time….
But, oh, how these bring back such wonderful images, emotion, and atmosphere!
Related Article: John-Boy Wrote For The Twilight Zone
John-Boy Wrote For The Twilight Zone!
Yeah, wrap your head around that one!
My wife and I were watching The Waltons the other day. Yeah, you heard that right–I was watching The Waltons. It’s really a very good show–even today. Tame, to be sure, but extremely well-written and well-acted.
Anywho, as my wife and I were talking about Earl Hamner, Jr.–whose name really had a familiar ring to it besides it being from The Waltons–we did some Internet searches…and found that (I’ll be damned!) Earl Hamner, Jr., had written eight Twilight Zone episodes!
Ergo, John-Boy–who is obviously the character for Mr. Hamner, Jr.–left Walton Mountain and ended up writing for Rod Serling!
Just thought you should know.