The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone
February 13, 2010: Hello everyone. The remaining boards I moderate are back open to posting. However, if anyone is interested in taking over, the position is still open. Contact Phil the Chief if you want the job.
May 6, 2009 Since no one has stepped forward to take over moderator duties for my boards, I'm closing all of them to posting except Classic Trek. So if you want to see them opened back up, send an e-mail to Phil offering to take over. You don't have to take them all on, just what you're interested in.
Butch
April 27, 2009 In case you haven't heard, I'm resigning as a moderator here at NitCentral. The search is on for replacement mods for the topics I cover.
They are:
Sci-Fi Novels
The Twilight Zone
PC Games
Action Figure
Non-Scifi Novels
So, if anyone is interested, send Phil an e-mail. Be sure to put 'For the Chief" in the subject line so he won't think it's spam.
Dec. 24, 2006 We're open to posting again.
August 17, 2002, I've done a little re-arranging and added a section for the new Twilight Zone series coming on UPN this fall.
Thanks to Phil!
April 21, 2002 In addition to being the NextGen/Twilight Zone Moderator, I'm
now also one of the Roving Moderators. If you see a post that's in violation of
the Nitpicker's Guide rules (see the top of the main discussion page and the main
page of the Garbage Dump) you can leave me a message below or send me an
e-mail.
April 7, 2002 I've got all the episode titles and message boxes set up for
The New Twilight Zone episodes. I'll be adding plot descriptions and cast lists
as I have time.
Since my e-mail link below isn't working, use this address if you need to reach
me. blarp55@yahoo.com
I've got posting enabled again. Let the nitpicking and discussion begin!
Hi everyone, I'm the new "Zone" moderator Butch Brookshier.
As soon as I get the message boxes set up again I'll begin posting brief plot
descriptions and cast lists for the episodes that don't have them already.
You can reach me at bbrookshier@nitcentral.com
Note from the chief: Greetings All! Mike Cheyne has asked to be relieved of his responsibilities as moderator of this board. He's going to college! Thanks for all the great work, Mike, and all the best in all your endeavors.
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Welcome, nitpickers, to the Twilight Zone board. I am Mike Cheyne, the moderator.
NEWS
Everything's up! Have fun, and remember...if you ever enter the Twilight Zone, act intelligently!
Enjoy!!
By Kevin on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 7:56 pm: What show is this?
I'd post this in the TZ Sink, but it's closed, so this is the only place that's even slightly appropriate. With the first seasons of both the original and the 80s series series released today, someone really might want to open that.
Anyway, in the 80s there were several anthology series floating around. I have some stories I remember but I want to ask which show they originated on, if anyone knows.
One is a comedy which I remember my mother laughing hysterically at. It was about an actor playing a mummy in a movie, but leaving the set still in costume and everyone being scared and running away, like he was Herman Munster.
Another, far more serious, was about little flying probes that accompany prisoners. Jails were done away with, but convicts had to be accompanied everywhere by these probes, thus anyone they encountered would avoid them. One such convict finds a moment's relief when talking to a blind man, who can't see the probe and is unaware of the person's status..until someone passing by tells him. He shouts some angry curse at the convict who again finds himself alone.
A third memory is in a woman's prison, where a prisoner arranges with the coroner an escape plan, where she will hide in the casket of the next person who dies (along with the corpse), and be freed on the other side by the coroner. The plan goes well, but, after waiting in the casket for the coroner who never comes. Finally she rolls over and sees he's the person in the casket with her.
By Manman on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 8:21 pm: The first one was definitely an episode of Amazing Stories, and you might be able to catch it on the Scifi Channel at some point. The second one sounds familiar...I think it might have been an episode of the (old) new Twilight ZOne. The third I'm not sure about. Sorry!
By Influx on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 12:46 pm: The third one I definitely saw -- sounds like a "new" TZ ep (between 1981 and 1987). I thought Donna Mills played the escapee but can't find anything relevant on imdb.com.
By Todd Pence on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 5:37 pm: The third one was an episode of the 1980's Alfred Hitchcock Presents revival in the mid-eighties. It was originally done on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour back in the sixties.
By Butch Brookshier on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 6:47 pm: The 2nd one is "To See the Invisible Man" from the New Twilight Zone from the 80s. One of my favorite stories from that series.
By Butch Brookshier (Butchb) on Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 5:23 pm:See the new Mod note at the top of the page.