I
can remember the first broadcast episode like it was yesterday. It was called ‘Where Is Everybody?’.
The
episode featured a man who wanders into a small American town. He soon discovers that there is no one there
even though he can hear voices and music and manages to arrive in different
stores only to find half-smoked cigarettes and partially eaten food.
It
freaked me out! And yet, I faithfully
watched The Twilight Zone through its entire network run.
Through
it all I experienced fear, shock, surprise and even humor. I was never disappointed and to this day I am
still a big fan of the original series.
Andrew
Ramage edits a collection of Twilight Zone scripts lovingly recreated in their
entirety courtesy of BearManor Media.
In
Forgotten Gems From The Twilight Zone
Volumes 1 & 2, twelve classic episode scripts (plus one revised final
act and one revised shooting script) are included in the two books.
Relive
such classic episodes like ‘Long Distance Call’, I Dream Of Genie’, ‘Dreamflight’
and more that invite you to take a trip to the unexpected and shadowy world of
The Twilight Zone.
Forewords
and script descriptions bring the episodes to life by providing special highlights,
little known facts and interesting tidbits of information.
“You are about to
enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!”
Get
ready to relive ‘100 Wonderful Television Mysteries From The Seventies’ in
Donna Marie Nowak’s new Mad About
Mystery book.
I
don’t much care for the modern TV mysteries.
Oh
sure, there are few bright spots like N.C.I.S. and a smattering of others, including
British Mysteries, but none of them compare to the TV Mysteries of the 1970s.
How
could they? Just look at what TV had to
offer: Cannon, Charlie’s Angels, Columbo, Ironside, Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, McCloud,
Rockford Files and over a dozen more classic series.
And
let’s not forget the Made-For-TV Mystery movies. Literally dozens exist.
It
was a great time to be a Mystery fan. I
know, I was there.
Characters
and shows had class back then. A clear
line between good and evil was carefully defined.
The
little guy stood up to the powers that were and in the end-triumphed. Joe Mannix always got his man as did Cannon,
Ironside and the other lone wolf detectives and law enforcement officers.
Social
issues were taken on but not in a preachy way.
Viewers were left up to decide their own conclusions.
And…the
shows were fun to watch—as a family.
Sure there was violence but not the kind of in-your-face type you see
that is prevalent in films and TV today.
Foul
language-you never heard it. Blood and
guts-nowhere in sight, only alluded to.
Sure,
the shows could be full of fluff and slightly naïve. But, who wanted reality slapped in their
faces each night while watching entertainment TV when bad news was all over the
evening news?
What
I really enjoy about the book is the interesting, fact-filled,
behind-the-scenes goodies provided by the writer and several of the cast and
crew behind the series.
It’s
a wonderful Mystery Memory Lane excursion that is sure to please fans of the
decade and genre.