What amazes me about the Twilight Zone is how everyone's favorite episode list is different. There are a few episodes that are more notable than others (like "Time Enough At Last") but deciding on a list of favorites is pretty much a subjective task.
+theproplady Yep. That pretty much goes for every fandom. But that's why I like making these Top 10 lists. It invites discussion about people's favorite (or least favorite) episodes and why they like (or hate) them so much.
I think this show outs pretend list sites. I don't agree much with this list, but it's obvious she at least watched the show....You compare this with Watch Mojo, where it seems they just cop whatever Google says and slightly twist it to make it their own, and you wonder wether anyone on their site has ever watched anything, or has just figured out how to use the internet In the laziest way possible.
ToonGal12 I personally have so many favorites that I cannot put together a credible Top 10 because I may overlook some that I may truly like. It shifts like sand in the ocean when I see an episode that I may never have seen previously. The Twilight Zone was such great television that picking a favorite, for me at least, is an exercise in futility. But I have to say that The Masks is my head-and-shoulders favorite, followed by Showdown With Rance McGrew. After that point, that is where picking a Top 10 gets muddy.
The Twilight Zone actually got hate mail for the (unneeded, IMO) extra irony just thrown into the ending of "Time Enough at Last." And deservedly so. In fact, this episode was the inspiration for the term, "irony porn."
Wow. I'm not sure my list would come anywhere matching your list, but I can defend every one of your choices. I am happy that the Art Carney Christmas episode made the list.
Rod Serling is from my home town of binghamton ny. Everyone loves him and theres a film festival every year in his honor. Alot of the episodes ae based on Binhhamton and the surrounding areas. Best show ever!!!!!!!
Scripturegirl1990 Yea it's nice but it is slowly going to hell. They have a lot of people are coming there from NYC inner cities because of the low cost of living.
I've always loved "Will the real martian please stand up" "I shot an arrow into the air" "King nine will not return" "Time enough at last" "Mr. dingle the strong" "The rip van winkle caper" Honestly the show in it's entirety is incredible.
ToonGal12, I like the way you used some good old Frontiere OL music as the background to some of your picks! I'd have shuffled the order a little, and a couple of my picks were different, but I have no problem with yours. I wish you hadn't limited it to 10. Another Jack Klugman episode, "Death Ship" should receive honorable mention. So do two Burgess Meredith episodes, "Time Enough at Last" and "The Obsolete Man".
The ole "Twilight Zone" was simple good writing, good acting, good directing, and simple good universal story telling. Much less expensive then anything that came after it. It proves that you don't have to have a large budget to tell a good story.
ToonGal12, thank you for posting this. I do love many of the ones you picked, but of course my list would be a little different. I've been an avid watcher of the TZ for over 45 years and I never get tired of it! I also appreciate that you titled this "My Favorite...." instead of "The Top Ten Best..." So many people have posted videos like that but it's really just someone's opinion. You posted some unique ones that I have not seen listed before. Thanks for putting this together.
Glad you enjoyed it! That's what's great about Twilight Zone---there's so many great stories, it's hard to choose a favorite. But it invites some great discussion. :)
I am a Baby Boomer and grew up watching The Twilight Zone.Your voice impression of Rod Serling is very good. You are very insightful in your choices and interpretations of the episodes.
Thanks! I have my parents to thank for letting me watch all the stuff they grew up with. Both this and the Outer Limits need more attention by my generation. :)
I love this list. This is the first list I've seen that seems like it comes from a fan and not someone just listing the popular episodes everybody knows about. It's also nice to see someone acknowledge my favorite episode, One For the Angels.
Glad you liked it! Yeah, admittedly, sometimes my favorites will be the "popular" episodes, but I always seem to have a few that no one talks about. "One for the Angels" deserves to be a classic.
The Twilight Zone original series had three main writers. Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, and Richard Matheson. Rod Serling had written the most episodes.
I am glad to see you did not pick the same episodes that most other folks seem to pick. You took me back with some of your picks that I have not seen in years. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it! With all of my top ten lists, I seem to have this habit of picking episodes that others don't talk about as much. I guess the more "famous" episodes start to tire me out because they get over-played.
Thanks for sharing. Only two of your favorites overlap with mine, which are . . . Shadow Play Walking Distance Eye of the Beholder The After Hours The Howling Man To Serve Man Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? Number 12 Looks Just Like You Nick of Time Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
The Jeopardy Room never has been a fan favorite though yes it was well acted, love Martin Landau in it but that last part of Season 5 was akin to the last part of the last (2nd) season on Outer Limits - it was some really bad television! Check out "The Fear", probably the worst TZ episode ever!!
A few more.----Changing of the Guard ( teacher realizes his value), The Lonely ( the effects of lonliness, and the value of life), Walking Distance( nostalgia), and When the Sky Opened ( doubt and uncertainty of life)....
I’m so glad you picked One for the Angels as it’s just a good first season episode I never consider skipping when rewatching the whole series!!!! Also I love The Hunt and Rip is just the kinda dog worth dying for!!!!
[My Top 10] 10° - The Hunt (S3) 9° - The Shelter (S3) 8° - Stopover in a Quiet Town (S5) 7° - Five Characters in Search of an Exit (S3) 6° - Twenty Two (S2) 5° - To Serve Man (S3) 4° - Nothing in the Dark (S3) 3° - Eye of the Beholder (S2) 2° - The After Hours (S1) 1° - The Midnight Sun (S3)
Funny thing is that in (spoilers for the 5 characters in search of an exit, if you haven't seen it, stop reading this comment and just go see it, it's one of the best episodes) ... Toy Story 2 they even make a reference to that particular episode. When woody was having that nightmare of being thrown away, he ends up in a garbage can and the music is lifted straight out from The 5 charactersnin search of an exit.
I saw the beginning of that episode a few years ago, and I loved the way the major was in shadow while the clown was talking, and I thought they never shoot a scene like that on TV today.
Nice job on narration. about half of yours are on my list too, but the simple fact is everyones favs are different. There are so many really good episodes but my all-time fav is "Printers Devil' surprised it wasnt on your list because of the final "twist'.
The last one you showed I have on DVD and turned to my brother when i saw the bed post, before the old lady was shown, I said I remember this episode. And I had a stroke I remember that episode the one with Agnes Morehead. funny the things that stick with you even after a stroke. Thanks Rod .
I can't say I agree with you much in terms of which episodes you picked (there are so many good ones that narrowing down the list is a challenge, but I tend more towards the scary ones), but I nonetheless gave you a like & subscribed, because you did such a good job of explaining why you chose them.
Since I was a preteen when twilight zone was on TV, I found it one the best to watch at the time. It breed my love for Science Fiction and Fantasy to today.
That's a great list! My top 10 are: 10) Mirror Image 9) A World of Difference 8) Elegy 7) From Agnes - With Love 6) Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up 5) Jess-Belle 4) The After Hours 3) Passage on the Lady Anne 2) In His Image 1) And When the Sky Was Opened
Thanks OP for making me wonder if "Jerk" or "Soda Jerk" came first. Anyways my fave TZ eps (haven't seen every one) are "The Passerby (One of two eps that made me cry)" "Ring a Ding Girl (the other one)", "5 Characters (well represented on most lists)", "The Little People", "A Most Unusual Camera", and "Today Is A Good Day (prolly my fave)."
Nice that you noticed "all the tilted and weird angles that everything is shot at" in 'Third from the Sun', making it a visual stand out of the series. It was the only episode shot by cinematographer Harry J. Wild, who shot many classic film noirs at RKO such as MURDER MY SWEET and HIS KIND OF WOMAN. He was slated to be the regular cameraman for the series, but died soon after making this episode. PS - Lead actor Fritz Weaver just died a couple of weeks ago. RIP.
A lot of my favorites are on this list. I also like "Mirror Image". Much like "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?" and "Third From the Sun", it has a great atmosphere. "The Lateness of the Hour" is probably the one that's stuck with me as far as scares go, which is why I'm surprised I've never seen it on anyone's Top 10. "Judgement Night" also. "The Grave" and "The Hitch-Hiker" are two that I like especially for the characterization.
I love it when I find a younger person who likes TZ. Good for you, and as you've obviously discovered, TZ's a real treat. You have your own faves and that's great, but like myself, as you get older and being a fan of the show, I'm betting "Walking Distance" (on most fave lists for the past 50 years) will become increasingly poignant to you, as it did for me.
Yeah, more young people need to discover these shows. Outer Limits needs more attention too. And yeah, "Walking Distance" can be a tear jerker. I can still relate to it in a way. There's days I wish I could tell my younger self things that I know now.
Yes, 'Outer Limits' is another great one, absolutely. It wasn't the case when I was younger, but whenever I see "Walking Distance" now, I have 'some' of the same feelings as Martin Sloan. At any rate, while not quite as Sci-Fi as TZ and OU, if you're interested in anthology shows from that era, 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' is another classic, and with a lot of same kind of killer twists at the end as TZ has - but more in the line of 'dark suspense', crime and murder etc than Sci-Fi - though it did delve into a little Sci-Fi on occasion. The episode "Special Delivery" is a trip and could easily have been a TZ or OU. I would also recommend "The Creeper" , "Revenge," "The Glass Eye" with William Shatner, and "Bang! You're Dead!" with Billy Mumy - for starters. :) The versions currently on RUclips though are kinda wack, sped up and out of sync.
My top ten, in no particular order: A Game of Pool, The Grave, Mr. Denton on Doomsday, Mr. Garrity & the Graves, Death's Head Revisited, Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room, Come Wander With Me, A Stop at Willoughby, The Obsolete Man, & The Masks. It really is hard to limit a list like this to only ten episodes.
Death's Head Revisited is such a rare episode. It's hardly ever played on TV, and considering the state of the world today, I think it needs to be played more often. A great follow up to that one would be "He's Alive."
Excellent point. I would only add considering the state of the world today, we could be looking down the gun barrel of the State from "The Obsolete Man"
what about the one where the little robots go after the old lady in cabin and the devil in the monestairy ,and the one where the quarter stands on edge and he can hear what people say , man most could be your top ten
That "old lady" was originally a very good actress, and ended up playing Samantha's mother on "Bewitched." Notice that she had no spoken dialogue in the TZ episode.
You left out so many great ones, such as A Stop at Willougby, It's a Nice Place to Visit, and the best: To Serve Man. But it is tough to limit such a great series to just ten.
Thanks for sharing your list great pics. When talking about the twilight zone there's just too many to pick from but hands down my all-time favorite episode is The shelter, I just feel it has so much to say about mankind and morality no matter the day or age it takes place just amazing. Season two episode 17 was named 22 I love this episode because of the sheer atmospheric creepiness of the episode. And of course this episode was so good that the movie final destination took the entire premise and made a movie out of it.
1: Five Characters in Search of an Exit 2: And When The Sky was Opened 3: Eye of the Beholder 4: To Serve Man 5: Nothing in the Dark 6: A Game of Pool 7: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 8: Death Ship 9: The Monsters Are Due at Maple Street 10: Walking Distance Runner Ups: Stopover in a Quiet Town, The New Exhibit, The Invaders, The Midnight Sun, The Shelter, and On Thursday We Leave For Home.
There was a twilight zone about an old woman and a tiny ufo that creeper the hell out of me when I was a kid. But nothing was scarier than the 80s version of the twilight zone where a kid is left alone with his grandma. I don't know if that episode holds up, but I am not going to watch it Again to find out.
+Andrew Lim Ah yes, "The Invaders". That's a spooky one! I haven't seen the 80s version of the show, so I'm not familiar with that other episode, sadly.
As I said that was funny when the video started the usual then was interrupted by the creepy music. As I said, the Christmas episode was a really nice one, that would be number one for me. Your number one episode was a really nice one as well.
Every one of your pics were legendary episodes of The Twilight Zone. However I might have slipped in there somewhere "The Trade-Ins" because I'm a hopeless romantic.
Glad you enjoyed it. :) It seems like in most of my Top 10 lists, I always have those couple choices that no one else seems to have. I guess I just have a soft spot for underrated episodes.
5 characters in search of an exit reminds me of an episode of Adventure time where Ice king brings a bunch of characters together to solve a series of obstacles to get to a magical door. The characters I remember were Tree trunks the elephant, Shelby the worm and Neptr the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot. Does anyone remember that episode or even know what I'm taking about?
Just a note -- I want to point out one of the elements in the most successful TZ stories -- the actors. Edward Andrews, the tall man who was the government man. He seemed to hold a patent for playing obtuse authority figures. Fritz Weaver, the scientist Sturka, I think was the kind of consumate actor who made the incredible situations believable.
Those are some of the better stories of the Twilight Zone series, but there are others just as good, if not better. For instance, "Time Enough At Last", "Eye Of The Beholder", The Invaders", "Walking Distance" & "The Masks".
Those first 4 episodes you listed ALWAYS make the fan's list of all time favorite TZ episodes, though not mine personally, but The Masks never gets it's due, that's one of those endings where great poetic justice prevails! Good choice!
I can't decide which story of mistrust and desperation turning neighbors against each other I like better, ''The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street'' or ''The Shelter''.
If you think just a little bit harder, you might just see parallels with today's American president's scare tactics regarding the need for his vanity wall.
About three or four of your episodes would also be in my top ten (including Last Flight which doesn't usually appear in most top ten lists). There is often quite a variety and if you asked twenty fans to list their favourite ten episodes there would probably be about forty different ones listed.
Yeah, "The Last Flight" is a pretty interesting episode that, for some reason, everyone seems to forget about. And yeah, everyone's opinions on certain episodes are all over the place, but I think that's cool. I like hearing everyone's reasoning for liking a certain episode, especially if it's one that isn't as popular.
My favorite episode is Hocus Pocus & Frisby - might sound odd for a series filled with such greatness but I love the way that story ends.. Many of us have known a "Frisby" in our lives!
John Avila You mean the story of the storyteller who gets whisked away into the spaceship after the aliens take his tall tales at face value and kidnap him for an exhibit on super intellect? Yeah, it ws indeed funny.
I started a new goal for me: watch every episode of the original Twilight Zone and the first episode I watched all the way was Shadow Play. And that was a good episode. And after I finish watching every episode of the original Twilight Zone, I will move onto the 1980s incarnation, then the third incarnation and finally the Netflix incarnation.
I liked the one, "The Masks" (I think it was titled), where a dying old man gets revenge on his greedy materialistic family. A good revenge story. "Walking Distance" is probably my top fav.
I enjoyed this. A constructive criticism - The sound when you are talking is at such a low level you have turn it up. Then when it cuts to an episode sound track the volume more than doubles. Very irritating to have to adjust the volume on the computer so many times!
Thanks for the advice. This is an older video of mine, and at the time, I had no way of capturing clear footage, other than recording the TV, hence the awkward sound quality here. My tech has improved since then, so my more recent videos shouldn't have this problem anymore.
Favorites: The Hitch-Hiker To Serve Man The Masks Mirror Image Third From The Sun The After Hours Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? It's a Good Life
Number 10 is unusual in that it was actually filmed on videotape instead of 35mm film along with a handful of other episodes. It was an attempt to cut costs and it wasn't long before the studio realized it just wasn't worth the effort.
Yeah! One for the angels. One of my favourites to. I wouldn't say its near impossible to guess five characters in search of an exit. All the characters are synonymous with children's toys. That and knowing how Twilight Zone usually does things.
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What amazes me about the Twilight Zone is how everyone's favorite episode list is different. There are a few episodes that are more notable than others (like "Time Enough At Last") but deciding on a list of favorites is pretty much a subjective task.
+theproplady Yep. That pretty much goes for every fandom. But that's why I like making these Top 10 lists. It invites discussion about people's favorite (or least favorite) episodes and why they like (or hate) them so much.
I think this show outs pretend list sites. I don't agree much with this list, but it's obvious she at least watched the show....You compare this with Watch Mojo, where it seems they just cop whatever Google says and slightly twist it to make it their own, and you wonder wether anyone on their site has ever watched anything, or has just figured out how to use the internet In the laziest way possible.
ToonGal12 I personally have so many favorites that I cannot put together a credible Top 10 because I may overlook some that I may truly like. It shifts like sand in the ocean when I see an episode that I may never have seen previously. The Twilight Zone was such great television that picking a favorite, for me at least, is an exercise in futility. But I have to say that The Masks is my head-and-shoulders favorite, followed by Showdown With Rance McGrew. After that point, that is where picking a Top 10 gets muddy.
The Twilight Zone actually got hate mail for the (unneeded, IMO) extra irony just thrown into the ending of "Time Enough at Last." And deservedly so. In fact, this episode was the inspiration for the term, "irony porn."
Wow. I'm not sure my list would come anywhere matching your list, but I can defend every one of your choices. I am happy that the Art Carney Christmas episode made the list.
Rod Serling is from my home town of binghamton ny. Everyone loves him and theres a film festival every year in his honor. Alot of the episodes ae based on Binhhamton and the surrounding areas. Best show ever!!!!!!!
+corey hamby Lucky.
+corey hamby u gotta be j.kay ing me.
+corey hamby awesome. it looks like a nice place with nice old buildings, from what i remember.
Scripturegirl1990 Yea it's nice but it is slowly going to hell. They have a lot of people are coming there from NYC inner cities because of the low cost of living.
corey hamby oh lame. I'm sorry to hear that.
The history professor who has been alive for thousands of years-that was a great one also.
+Jessestrongbow It was called "Long Live Walter Jameson".
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Walter Jameson
I've always loved "Will the real martian please stand up" "I shot an arrow into the air" "King nine will not return" "Time enough at last" "Mr. dingle the strong" "The rip van winkle caper" Honestly the show in it's entirety is incredible.
+Justin Tucker I know! It's kind of hard to pick the best ones. You can make a reasonable argument to have any episode on your own personal list. :)
The next generation episode of Star Trek was lifted from " The last flight" Twilight Zone. Entitled " Yesterday's Enterprise."
ToonGal12, I like the way you used some good old Frontiere OL music as the background to some of your picks! I'd have shuffled the order a little, and a couple of my picks were different, but I have no problem with yours. I wish you hadn't limited it to 10. Another Jack Klugman episode, "Death Ship" should receive honorable mention. So do two Burgess Meredith episodes, "Time Enough at Last" and "The Obsolete Man".
Thanks. I have a compilation CD of various old school sci-fi stuff, so I slipped in whatever felt appropriate.
my favorite is "a stop at Willoughby."
Might be my favorite too
William Shatner you're everywhere from stock from Star Trek to Twilight Zone what haven't you been in
An undermentioned favorite of mine is Nick Of Time. The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street is my number one.
The ole "Twilight Zone" was simple good writing, good acting, good directing, and simple good universal story telling. Much less expensive then anything that came after it. It proves that you don't have to have a large budget to tell a good story.
ToonGal12, thank you for posting this. I do love many of the ones you picked, but of course my list would be a little different. I've been an avid watcher of the TZ for over 45 years and I never get tired of it! I also appreciate that you titled this "My Favorite...." instead of "The Top Ten Best..." So many people have posted videos like that but it's really just someone's opinion. You posted some unique ones that I have not seen listed before. Thanks for putting this together.
Glad you enjoyed it! That's what's great about Twilight Zone---there's so many great stories, it's hard to choose a favorite. But it invites some great discussion. :)
For sheer dramatic power, "Deaths - Head Revisited'" and "He's Alive" are no. 1 and 2 in my book.
I am a Baby Boomer and grew up watching The Twilight Zone.Your voice impression of Rod Serling is very good. You are very insightful in your choices and interpretations of the episodes.
Thanks! I have my parents to thank for letting me watch all the stuff they grew up with. Both this and the Outer Limits need more attention by my generation. :)
I love this list. This is the first list I've seen that seems like it comes from a fan and not someone just listing the popular episodes everybody knows about. It's also nice to see someone acknowledge my favorite episode, One For the Angels.
Glad you liked it! Yeah, admittedly, sometimes my favorites will be the "popular" episodes, but I always seem to have a few that no one talks about. "One for the Angels" deserves to be a classic.
Dads too.
The Twilight Zone original series had three main writers. Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, and Richard Matheson. Rod Serling had written the most episodes.
I am glad to see you did not pick the same episodes that most other folks seem to pick. You took me back with some of your picks that I have not seen in years. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it! With all of my top ten lists, I seem to have this habit of picking episodes that others don't talk about as much. I guess the more "famous" episodes start to tire me out because they get over-played.
I miss Rod so very much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was born in 1953 and was so lucky see all of these on b/w tv back in the day !!!!
Thanks for sharing. Only two of your favorites overlap with mine, which are . . .
Shadow Play
Walking Distance
Eye of the Beholder
The After Hours
The Howling Man
To Serve Man
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
Number 12 Looks Just Like You
Nick of Time
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
The Obsolete Man is my all time favorite!
burgess meredith did so many great episodes
obsilete man mr dingle time enough at last printers devil
That episode genuinely frightened me
Thank you for letting me relive this wonderful thing. And yes I remember all the endings !!!
500 YARDS OVER THE RIM IS 1 OF MY FAVORITES
That's a good one! And it has such a heartwarming ending for the guy and his kid.
@@ToonGal12 MY FAVORITE PART IS THE SHOT GUN
IM SURPRISED THAT AS MANY LIST I'VE SEEN..NOT ONE PERSON MENTION THE EPISODE "THE JEOPARDY ROOM". ..ITS REALLY WELL ACTED AND EXECUTED
The Jeopardy Room never has been a fan favorite though yes it was well acted, love Martin Landau in it but that last part of Season 5 was akin to the last part of the last (2nd) season on Outer Limits - it was some really bad television! Check out "The Fear", probably the worst TZ episode ever!!
Agreed
A few more.----Changing of the Guard ( teacher realizes his value), The Lonely ( the effects of lonliness, and the value of life), Walking Distance( nostalgia), and When the Sky Opened ( doubt and uncertainty of life)....
Oh, those three are great episodes! My two sons are teachers so Changing of the Guard really hits home. Donald Pleasance...brilliant
"Garbage and a cat". Didn't find it funny when watching the episode but your delivery of that line really made me laugh.
I’m so glad you picked One for the Angels as it’s just a good first season episode I never consider skipping when rewatching the whole series!!!! Also I love The Hunt and Rip is just the kinda dog worth dying for!!!!
Thanks for taking the time to post this!
incredible series that still asks the question that can't be answered
[My Top 10]
10° - The Hunt (S3)
9° - The Shelter (S3)
8° - Stopover in a Quiet Town (S5)
7° - Five Characters in Search of an Exit (S3)
6° - Twenty Two (S2)
5° - To Serve Man (S3)
4° - Nothing in the Dark (S3)
3° - Eye of the Beholder (S2)
2° - The After Hours (S1)
1° - The Midnight Sun (S3)
No mention of To Serve Man?
Jim Kahn my thoughts exactly
Good but overrated
Don't forget "Kick The Can."
Matt Self to serve man is one of the best episodes😊
Jim Kahn I have a agree To Serve Man would be on my list but I’m glad to see other great list without the most chosen episodes
Funny thing is that in (spoilers for the 5 characters in search of an exit, if you haven't seen it, stop reading this comment and just go see it, it's one of the best episodes) ...
Toy Story 2 they even make a reference to that particular episode. When woody was having that nightmare of being thrown away, he ends up in a garbage can and the music is lifted straight out from The 5 charactersnin search of an exit.
I never realized that!
I saw the beginning of that episode a few years ago, and I loved the way the major was in shadow while the clown was talking, and I thought they never shoot a scene like that on TV today.
I like the one where a man leaves the scene of a hit and run in which he was at fault. His quilt intensifies as his car starts to haunt him.
U drive.
Have.you seen the Machinist?
Nice job on narration. about half of yours are on my list too, but the simple fact is everyones favs are different. There are so many really good episodes but my all-time fav is "Printers Devil' surprised it wasnt on your list because of the final "twist'.
The last one you showed I have on DVD and turned to my brother when i saw the bed post, before the old lady was shown, I said I remember this episode. And I had a stroke I remember that episode the one with Agnes Morehead. funny the things that stick with you even after a stroke. Thanks Rod
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What kind of stroke.?. my grandma became mute due to a stroke, in the summer of 2002.
I can't say I agree with you much in terms of which episodes you picked (there are so many good ones that narrowing down the list is a challenge, but I tend more towards the scary ones), but I nonetheless gave you a like & subscribed, because you did such a good job of explaining why you chose them.
"Five Characters In Search Of Exit" is pretty much my absolute favorite. Not even kidding. There's no episode that compares to it.
I know! It's such a simple concept that turns into a really suspenseful story.
OMG YESSSSSSS! That's impeccable
4:00 I know this song! That's the theme from a clockwork orange (1971)! I never realized how seamlessly it fits the twilight zone
I have a CD filled with a bunch of sci-fi theme tunes from movies and TV. I just picked whatever sounded appropriate.
well you did an amazing job!👍
I really loved the scores you used in this video, fantastic job👍
My favourite story out of all Twilight Zone and Outer Limits is "The Pilgrim Soul" Love your channel. You have a new subscriber.
Ah, that's from the 80's series I believe. I have to watch that at some point. And thanks for subscribing! :D
thank you for the blast from the past. looking toward your next post.
Glad you enjoyed it! I got an entire playlist full of Top 10 countdowns. :)
Time Enough At Last is my favorite, and belongs on your list.
Since I was a preteen when twilight zone was on TV, I found it one the best to watch at the time. It breed my love for Science Fiction and Fantasy to today.
"you unlock this door with the key of imagination" I think I want that on my tombstone
My tops Mr.Garrity and the Graves and The Hitchhiker. Thanks for sharing yours.
That's a great list! My top 10 are:
10) Mirror Image
9) A World of Difference
8) Elegy
7) From Agnes - With Love
6) Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
5) Jess-Belle
4) The After Hours
3) Passage on the Lady Anne
2) In His Image
1) And When the Sky Was Opened
Thanks OP for making me wonder if "Jerk" or "Soda Jerk" came first. Anyways my fave TZ eps (haven't seen every one) are "The Passerby (One of two eps that made me cry)" "Ring a Ding Girl (the other one)", "5 Characters (well represented on most lists)", "The Little People", "A Most Unusual Camera", and "Today Is A Good Day (prolly my fave)."
Nice that you noticed "all the tilted and weird angles that everything is shot at" in 'Third from the Sun', making it a visual stand out of the series. It was the only episode shot by cinematographer Harry J. Wild, who shot many classic film noirs at RKO such as MURDER MY SWEET and HIS KIND OF WOMAN. He was slated to be the regular cameraman for the series, but died soon after making this episode. PS - Lead actor Fritz Weaver just died a couple of weeks ago. RIP.
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A lot of my favorites are on this list. I also like "Mirror Image". Much like "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?" and "Third From the Sun", it has a great atmosphere.
"The Lateness of the Hour" is probably the one that's stuck with me as far as scares go, which is why I'm surprised I've never seen it on anyone's Top 10. "Judgement Night" also.
"The Grave" and "The Hitch-Hiker" are two that I like especially for the characterization.
I REALLY did love all of your choices, thanks for the top 10😉
Anthony Freemont was the most evil character on this show. At about 8 years old.
You had me at #10! You had me at 10.... I'm only to 7, but you have really sparked my nostalgia fire❤
Glad you like the video! I have one for the Outer Limits too!
The Howling Man
I love it when I find a younger person who likes TZ. Good for you, and as you've obviously discovered, TZ's a real treat. You have your own faves and that's great, but like myself, as you get older and being a fan of the show, I'm betting "Walking Distance" (on most fave lists for the past 50 years) will become increasingly poignant to you, as it did for me.
Yeah, more young people need to discover these shows. Outer Limits needs more attention too. And yeah, "Walking Distance" can be a tear jerker. I can still relate to it in a way. There's days I wish I could tell my younger self things that I know now.
Yes, 'Outer Limits' is another great one, absolutely. It wasn't the case when I was younger, but whenever I see "Walking Distance" now, I have 'some' of the same feelings as Martin Sloan. At any rate, while not quite as Sci-Fi as TZ and OU, if you're interested in anthology shows from that era, 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' is another classic, and with a lot of same kind of killer twists at the end as TZ has - but more in the line of 'dark suspense', crime and murder etc than Sci-Fi - though it did delve into a little Sci-Fi on occasion. The episode "Special Delivery" is a trip and could easily have been a TZ or OU. I would also recommend "The Creeper" , "Revenge," "The Glass Eye" with William Shatner, and "Bang! You're Dead!" with Billy Mumy - for starters. :) The versions currently on RUclips though are kinda wack, sped up and out of sync.
yes, Alfred Hitchcock presents is another good oldie
Yes, Sir, it is.
Tales from the Darkside? lol
You're very good at what you do
My favorite episode is And When the Sky Was Opened
My top ten, in no particular order: A Game of Pool, The Grave, Mr. Denton on Doomsday, Mr. Garrity & the Graves, Death's Head Revisited, Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room, Come Wander With Me, A Stop at Willoughby, The Obsolete Man, & The Masks. It really is hard to limit a list like this to only ten episodes.
Death's Head Revisited is such a rare episode. It's hardly ever played on TV, and considering the state of the world today, I think it needs to be played more often. A great follow up to that one would be "He's Alive."
Excellent point. I would only add considering the state of the world today, we could be looking down the gun barrel of the State from "The Obsolete Man"
That's very true.
Nothing in da dark, never seen on tv, just Netflix, and youtube.
Nothing in the Dark was on METV just last week.
" The Howling Man!!"
Another episode that made good use of Dutch angles.
Episodes 7,4,3,&2 I still remember quite well from childhood.
what about the one where the little robots go after the old lady in cabin and the devil in the monestairy ,and the one where the quarter stands on edge and he can hear what people say , man most could be your top ten
That "old lady" was originally a very good actress, and ended up playing Samantha's mother on "Bewitched." Notice that she had no spoken dialogue in the TZ episode.
wasnt her name Emily moorehead she played in a bogart movie , she played a killer
The Invaders is my all-time favorite episode. Moorhead was spectacular; this episode is underrated, in my opinion.
I love The Hunt...never give up on your dog!
Goosebumps did episodes where dogs knew, when someone was dead.
Great episode, John. The Hunt is in my top 5 episodes, such a heartwarming story with a fantastic music track. Love it!
I doubt I could have a relationship with a woman who actively disliked TZ. Outer Limits? Well, okay, maybe. But TZ or original Trek? Not gonna happen.
You left out so many great ones, such as A Stop at Willougby, It's a Nice Place to Visit, and the best: To Serve Man. But it is tough to limit such a great series to just ten.
To serve man, wins da silver.
Thanks for sharing your list great pics. When talking about the twilight zone there's just too many to pick from but hands down my all-time favorite episode is The shelter, I just feel it has so much to say about mankind and morality no matter the day or age it takes place just amazing. Season two episode 17 was named 22 I love this episode because of the sheer atmospheric creepiness of the episode. And of course this episode was so good that the movie final destination took the entire premise and made a movie out of it.
The main nurse, looks like Cosgrove.
I would have added "It's a Good Life" and "The Shelter"
Both great episodes. Add "Midnight sun, A Nice Place To Visit, and Eye of the Beholder."
Cool vid! Btw, you sound exactly like Winona Ryder. :)
I do? Neat! XD
1: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
2: And When The Sky was Opened
3: Eye of the Beholder
4: To Serve Man
5: Nothing in the Dark
6: A Game of Pool
7: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
8: Death Ship
9: The Monsters Are Due at Maple Street
10: Walking Distance
Runner Ups:
Stopover in a Quiet Town, The New Exhibit, The Invaders, The Midnight
Sun, The Shelter, and On Thursday We Leave For Home.
5 characters and One for the angels are two of my favorites as well. Can't believe they're both here haha
Guess we have similar taste. XD
There was a twilight zone about an old woman and a tiny ufo that creeper the hell out of me when I was a kid. But nothing was scarier than the 80s version of the twilight zone where a kid is left alone with his grandma. I don't know if that episode holds up, but I am not going to watch it Again to find out.
+Andrew Lim Ah yes, "The Invaders". That's a spooky one! I haven't seen the 80s version of the show, so I'm not familiar with that other episode, sadly.
the 80s version had the ep about the shadow man that had me shook as a kid too
`To Serve Man`
Second place.
Eric Townsley mine too😈
it's a cook book!!
@@monterrang1 "We wouldn't want you to lose weight..."
As I said that was funny when the video started the usual then was interrupted by the creepy music.
As I said, the Christmas episode was a really nice one, that would be number one for me. Your number one episode was a really nice one as well.
My favorite is The Midnight Sun.
🌸Good job creating your top 10. Thanks for sharing.🌸
Wonderful, thank you for posting this wee video.
Every one of your pics were legendary episodes of The Twilight Zone. However I might have slipped in there somewhere "The Trade-Ins" because I'm a hopeless romantic.
Ah yes, that one's a tear-jerker.
I like your top ten, it's original seems unlike the other top tens of twilight zone which all seem the same, but I really loved Walking distance
Glad you enjoyed it. :) It seems like in most of my Top 10 lists, I always have those couple choices that no one else seems to have. I guess I just have a soft spot for underrated episodes.
This show creeped me out a lot.
5 characters in search of an exit reminds me of an episode of Adventure time where Ice king brings a bunch of characters together to solve a series of obstacles to get to a magical door. The characters I remember were Tree trunks the elephant, Shelby the worm and Neptr the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot. Does anyone remember that episode or even know what I'm taking about?
Just a note -- I want to point out one of the elements in the most successful TZ stories -- the actors. Edward Andrews, the tall man who was the government man. He seemed to hold a patent for playing obtuse authority figures. Fritz Weaver, the scientist Sturka, I think was the kind of consumate actor who made the incredible situations believable.
Those are some of the better stories of the Twilight Zone series, but there are others just as good, if not better. For instance, "Time Enough At Last", "Eye Of The Beholder", The Invaders", "Walking Distance" & "The Masks".
+TimelordR baby sister loves the masks.
Eye of the Beholder is a true classic and my number 1. Im surprised not many on here chose it. It was a truely good scare and true message also.
Those first 4 episodes you listed ALWAYS make the fan's list of all time favorite TZ episodes, though not mine personally, but The Masks never gets it's due, that's one of those endings where great poetic justice prevails! Good choice!
I can't decide which story of mistrust and desperation turning neighbors against each other I like better, ''The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street'' or ''The Shelter''.
TheAdorkableRJ the shelter seems more believable so it's scarier
If you think just a little bit harder, you might just see parallels with today's American president's scare tactics regarding the need for his vanity wall.
About three or four of your episodes would also be in my top ten (including Last Flight which doesn't usually appear in most top ten lists). There is often quite a variety and if you asked twenty fans to list their favourite ten episodes there would probably be about forty different ones listed.
Yeah, "The Last Flight" is a pretty interesting episode that, for some reason, everyone seems to forget about. And yeah, everyone's opinions on certain episodes are all over the place, but I think that's cool. I like hearing everyone's reasoning for liking a certain episode, especially if it's one that isn't as popular.
My favorite episode is Hocus Pocus & Frisby - might sound odd for a series filled with such greatness but I love the way that story ends.. Many of us have known a "Frisby" in our lives!
John Avila You mean the story of the storyteller who gets whisked away into the spaceship after the aliens take his tall tales at face value and kidnap him for an exhibit on super intellect? Yeah, it ws indeed funny.
I don't even know it's Ron Sterling alive but I have a feeling his voice for the said in the Twilight Zone only in the Twilight Zone
I have 8 episodes to watch now! I've seen #2 and 4!! Twilight zone is my fav show!!
Great Top 10 List
Wasn't the guy in Maple St the one who the hillbilly's got in Deliverance ?
I started a new goal for me: watch every episode of the original Twilight Zone and the first episode I watched all the way was Shadow Play. And that was a good episode. And after I finish watching every episode of the original Twilight Zone, I will move onto the 1980s incarnation, then the third incarnation and finally the Netflix incarnation.
Best of luck to you! You're in for a great ride!
" Monsters on Main Street" is a really good episode too. Great metaphor for prejudice.
again another neat different perspective. i love all these episodes to death ;) but it's hard to pick a top ten with at least 30 competitors
I know right?
I liked the one, "The Masks" (I think it was titled), where a dying old man gets revenge on his greedy materialistic family. A good revenge story.
"Walking Distance" is probably my top fav.
Third from the Sun I don't think I saw that one but I have heard of a TV show called Third Rock From the Sun
I enjoyed this. A constructive criticism - The sound when you are talking is at such a low level you have turn it up. Then when it cuts to an episode sound track the volume more than doubles. Very irritating to have to adjust the volume on the computer so many times!
Thanks for the advice. This is an older video of mine, and at the time, I had no way of capturing clear footage, other than recording the TV, hence the awkward sound quality here. My tech has improved since then, so my more recent videos shouldn't have this problem anymore.
Great video! Your list is the first one I agree with 100%! Thanks for sharing! God Bless!
Glad you enjoyed it! I got plenty more countdown lists on my channel if you're ever interested! :)
@steve hammond It's definitely topical for sure. It proves the timeless, staying power of the Twilight Zone.
Favorites:
The Hitch-Hiker
To Serve Man
The Masks
Mirror Image
Third From The Sun
The After Hours
Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?
It's a Good Life
“Can’t you feel anything!?”
“Life is pretty life is fun I am all and all is one”
Which episode.?.
Number 10 is unusual in that it was actually filmed on videotape instead of 35mm film along with a handful of other episodes. It was an attempt to cut costs and it wasn't long before the studio realized it just wasn't worth the effort.
Yeah, film just looks way better. Still, whether it was on tape or film, "Night of the Meek" is still a nice story. :)
Rip John.F.🐷😭
My two favorites are A Stop at Willoughy and Walking Distance.
It also shows that people can do good What is given to them instead of pouring it
The Inheritors. Far ahead of its time.
I think you're in the wrong town here, Locutus. Check out her video on top 10 Outer Limits episodes. You'll find it there.
Interesting A Passage For Trumpet is here. It made me think of my favorite episode which is In Praise of Pip
Yeah! One for the angels. One of my favourites to. I wouldn't say its near impossible to guess five characters in search of an exit. All the characters are synonymous with children's toys. That and knowing how Twilight Zone usually does things.