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By William Kozy
There are two kinds of creepy. One is the kind where you have an uneasy sense of dread regarding mystery and danger being dangled in front of you, and the other kind of creepy is the unpleasant annoyance you might feel toward a person or situation that is possibly tinged with a weird intimacy or questionable ethics. This episode “Young Man’s Fancy” manages to check off both boxes of creepiness. Which makes it a shame it only received
3 votes in the survey that asked, “What is your favorite episode of the original Twilight Zone series?” tying it with 6 other episodes for 133rd thru 139th place.
By William Kozy
“One More Pallbearer” could indeed have used a few more voters to carry it up from the near-depths of the survey results to the question: “What is your favorite episode of the original Twilight Zone series?” Receiving only 3 votes, it was tied with 6 other episodes for 133rd thru 139th place. I think it deserved a bit better than that. It’s got some sharp dialogue by Rod Serling and an expertly performed quartet of performances by the small cast.
Now, in the very enjoyable book “The Twilight Zone Companion,” Marc Scott Zicree writes, “Joseph Wiseman plays his role as the neurotic millionaire with such vulnerability and the others their roles with such unfeeling coldness that we cannot help but feel pity for him and contempt for the others.”
By William Kozy
At bat this week is “The Mighty Casey” which avoided getting shut out, receiving only 3 votes in the survey that asked “What is your favorite episode of the original Twilight Zone series?” This put it in a tie with 6 other episodes for 133rd thru 139th place too many games out of first place to make the postseason. Based on one of Serling’s own plays, written before “The Twilight Zone”, “The Mighty Casey” gets a bad rap from many fans; you’ll often see it mentioned as one of the least favorite, and although it indeed commits many errors, I find myself appreciating in some small measure, its lightness. Few episodes flit by as quickly. When it’s over you almost want to check the running time because it feels so short, but sure enough it’s just as many innings as the other episodes.
By William Kozy
Burdened by dim-witted logic, and a pacing as slow as moss growing, “Valley of the Shadow” received only 3 votes in the survey asking “What is your favorite episode of the original Twilight Zone series?” This put it in a tie with 6 other episodes for 133rd thru 139th place. Reporter Philip Redfield (Ed Nelson) stops his car along a backwoods road to consult a hand drawn map that one assumes did not give him whatever answer he was looking for, so he crumples it up and chucks it out of his 1959 Chevrolet Impala convertible onto the ground. Oh that is strike one for you fella! That’s a pet peeve of mine whenever I see it in the movies. When a character litters with impunity.