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Of this list, I like "The Prisoner" and "The Outer Limits," but not better than TZ. I think this is the first time I've seen someone mention "The Prisoner" on this board. It had the best TV theme song ever.
[quote]some people don't get into marathons. Not trying to be argumentative here, I just don't get how that makes one a "sad, little loner" is all I meant.[/quote]
Well, of course, I'm not the person who said that. (I prefer it when everyone is polite on discussion boards.) I'm actually something of a loner myself, and I don't find that sad, but I'm obviously not a total loner or I wouldn't get anything out of watching while others are watching.
[quote]sometimes, just being practical, some people need to ask questions and interrupt. It ruins the enjoyment of an episode[/quote]
This, of course, is the beauty of an online community because no one can interrupt your viewing if you choose not to look at the computer until after the episode ends. Yes, there are commercial interruptions, but those who own the DVDs can choose to watch the same episode on DVD that others are watching on television. Everyone is still watching the same episode at the same time. Personally, I own the DVDs, but I just watch marathons on television, using the commercial time to look at the recent posts.
The father at the end of his speech in "Long Distance Call."
First, thank you for adding a word to my vocabulary. In fact, I'll deliberately avoid mentioning the definition in order to encourage others to get their dictionaries off the shelf.
In fact, that might be an even better question: If you don't know what this word means, what would you guess it means based on what the above episodes might have in common?
Any more? How about "Showdown with Rance McGrew"?
[quote]why do people even bother with the marathons when the series is cut to ribbons and the commercials are tedious and endless?? I haven't watched classic TV on cable in decades. Beats me as to why others do.[/quote]
It has to do with knowing that other people are watching it at the same time. It creates a sense of community.
I much prefer "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim." I actually met him once, very briefly. He was good friends with Congressman Mo Udall, and I was an intern.
AngularTurnip,
You handled this very well. It's disturbing to see name-calling on this site, but you rose above that.
In the whole of the series there are worse ones. However, I agree that I don't like her.
I saw the beginning last night, then went to bed, then watched a bunch today. I don't plan to stay up for another five hours however.
I'm still here at the moment. It's midnight, but the episode is "The Dummy" so I switched over to Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I'll probably go to bed soon, even though there are good ones coming up.
Speaking of Kanamit facial expressions, notice how the guy who's weighing people as they enter the ship is positively grinning when they weigh a lot. I guess the Kanamits don't mind fat calories.
They also paired up "Time Enough At Last" and "Penny for Your Thoughts" (both bank episodes). And in the episode right before that, McNulty robs the bank.
[quote]Isn't Dick York kind of cute in that?[/quote]
Dick York was indeed cute at that age (around 33), moreso than when he was in [i]Bewitched[/i] a little later (aged 36-41).
Yup. (I have seven TZ books, and that's one of them.) It goes into lots of detail about the location and how much it cost to rent the tanks, etc., but there's no mention of a connection to the "Thursday We Leave for Home" episode. The comments for [i]that[/i] episode don't say anything either.
I looked at that too. Unfortunately, we can't ask Rod if that was his intention. I looked through all of my TZ books and none of them mention this connection.
[quote]The door to Stockton's bomb shelter doesn't like it could withstand Jehovah's Witnesses much less a nuclear blast.[/quote]
LOL. Well, we know it couldn't withstand being hit with a pipe. Actually, what gets me about the neighbors is the fact that their goal is to make themselves safer, yet they destroy the shelter in the process. Do they think they can put that door back together?
I just spotted one marathon post at TMDB, so I mentioned MovieChat in my reply.
I initially registered at Reddit a few months ago, but then I found that they had copied the old IMDB posts here.