2007-04-26 12:30:14 · 8 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
"To Serve Man"
haha...who knew or even suspected the real, metaphorical meaning of that phrase until the very end of the episode where everyone was being shuttled onto the alien's spaceship for the trip to the much anticipated, remote and exotic "utopia".
The gift earthlings were given, the "book" with the strange title, that when finally translated, said simply: "To Serve Man"....
And then the bombshell, the surprise ending that indeed, caught everyone by surprise as the scientist rushes toward the line of "passengers" about to board, shouting the warning to Lloyd Bochner ..."Don't get on that ship!"
...."The book...we finally translated the book...the title....
"To Serve Man"....IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!"
YIKES! chills then, nightmares yet to come....good stuff!
Oh, and btw...this should have been a tipoff...the aliens who had landed on Earth were known as...
"KANAMITS"....get it? kanamits / cannibals?
RIP: Rod Serling
"You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of the imagination.
Next stop, the Twilight Zone!"
2007-04-26 12:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by GeneL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one where the prisoner makes arrangements with the doctor to sneak him out of prison in a casket. You see the prisoner in the casket lighting a match and in the casket is the doctor DEAD - this show left a lasting impression on me. To this day, I will NOT be buried.
BTW - I was about 12 when I saw the show and I'm 53 now.
2007-04-26 12:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by marilynn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the one where an alien ship crashes in a womans house and the give her all sorts of trouble. At the end of the episode It has USA on the ship or something like that.
2007-04-26 13:55:47 · answer #3 · answered by shelllbertt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(original series)
"Midnight Sun" with Lois Nettleton---the world is ending, because the sun is getting closer and closer---or is it?
"Walking Distance" with Gig Young--a man happens on his hometown, and sees himself as a12-year old boy. This was Rod Serling's favorite episode.
"The Shelter" -with Larry Gates - nuclear warheads are announced as coming, and the family has a fallout shelter, but there's no room for their friends and neighbors.
2007-04-26 12:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Hitch-Hiker, with Inger Stevens. A hitcher plagues Inger Stevens until she has a wreck, only to find out she is already dead. Moral: death is just another part of the journey of life and nothing to fear.
2007-04-26 13:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by sarge 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the original series...Starring Burgess Meridith. The book loving man who just wants silence so he can read, when everybody vanishes he thinks he has it made, then he breaks his glasses and can't focus on the pages to read. Moral: Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!
2007-04-26 12:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by BeMadd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Agnes Moorehead beat up a USA flying saucer with her broom
2007-04-26 12:50:37 · answer #7 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one from the 80's where a woman has her abusive husband turned into a cat then has him spayed......Classic....
2007-04-26 12:33:28 · answer #8 · answered by highgamer6969 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋