Author: Great Books Guy
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The Twilight Zone: Season 4, Episode Three “Valley of the Shadow”
Original Air Date: January 17, 1963Writer: Charles BeaumontDirector: Perry Lafferty “Welcome to Peaceful Valley…” A news reporter named Philip Redfield (Ed Nelson) is lost and running out of gas while en route to Albuquerque. He pulls up to a gas station in a small town called Peaceful Valley, population 981. However, the gas station attendant […]
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The Twilight Zone: Season 4, Episode Two “The Thirty-Fathom Grave”
Original Air Date: January 10, 1963Writer: Rod SerlingDirector: Perry Lafferty A United States Naval Destroyer is conducting routine work in the Pacific when it begins hearing a strange blip coming from deep below the ocean’s surface. Captain Beacham (Simon Oakland who appeared in a number of classic films including Psycho) sends a diver named McClure […]
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Star Trek Generations
Star Trek Generations (1994) Director: David Carson “Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they’ll never come again. What we leave behind is […]
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Honey In The Horn: A Portrait of Oregon Pioneers
“…He met her in the line and he laid her on a boardAnd he played her up a tune called Sugar in the Gourd,Sugar in the gourd, honey in the horn,Balance to your partners, honey in the horn…” -traditional square dancing tune During the depths of the Great Depression Columbia’s Pulitzer Prize Board tended to […]
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Introduction to The Twilight Zone: Season 2
Following a packed schedule of shooting for the first season while also battling wayward sponsors and censors, Rod Serling came back in full force in Season 2 of The Twilight Zone for more of the show’s iconic brand of story-telling. In addition, his image as a television personality had only increased, thanks in part to […]
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Introduction to The Twilight Zone: Season 1
In some ways The Twilight Zone seemed like an odd choice for Rod Serling in 1959. He had already flexed his muscles writing celebrated scripts on television shows like Kraft Television Theatre and Playhouse 90, and by this point in time he had already received an impressive collection of Primetime Emmy and Peabody Awards. So […]
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