favorite twilight zone

[newb]

Originally Posted by neverending

I remember that one! I'm remembering that in color, so I'm thinking it might have been Night Gallery...

Did a bit of research...it was Twilight Zone,

Season 5

139. Night Call

First aired: 2/7/1964

Mysterious phone calls haunt a disabled woman.
Writer: Richard Matheson
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Guest star: Gladys Cooper (Elva Keene), Nora Marlowe (Margaret Phillips), Martine Bartlett (Miss Finch)

got some of my facts wrong...hey..it was a looooong time ago

Opening narration:

Miss Elva Keene lives alone on the outskirts of London Flats, a tiny rural community in Maine. Up until now, the pattern of Miss Keene's existence has been that of lying in her bed or sitting in her wheelchair reading books, listening to a radio, eating, napping, taking medication—and waiting for something different to happen. Miss Keene doesn't know it yet, but her period of waiting has just ended, for something different is about to happen to her, has in fact already begun to happen, via two most unaccountable telephone calls in the middle of a stormy night, telephone calls routed directly through—the Twilight Zone.

An elderly, wheelchair-bound lady named Elva Keene receives strange anonymous phone calls. At first the caller says nothing, and all that can be heard is static. In subsequent calls, he can be heard moaning. After several calls, Elva says repeatedly, "Hello? Hello?" The caller finally says slowly, garbled, and weakly, "Hello?". Elva demands to know who is calling, but the only response is "Hello?" Finally the caller manages to get out the words, “Where are you? I want to talk to you.”

Elva has had enough and screams at the man to leave her alone. There are no more calls and the phone company traces the source to a fallen telephone line.

Elva and her housekeeper visit the location of the line given by the telephone operator. To the astonishment of both, they find themselves at a cemetery, and they find that the line is resting on the grave of Elva’s fiancé, Brian Douglas. Elva says that she always insisted upon having her own way, and Bryan always did what she said. A week before they were to be married, she insisted upon driving, and lost control of the car. The accident left Brian dead, and her, a lonely cripple. Now she can talk to him again, she won't have to be alone.

At home, she picks up the phone and calls out to Brian. She pleads with him to answer so that she can talk to him. He replies that she has told him to leave her alone, and that he always does what she says. And then the line goes dead.

Closing narration:

According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man's preogative—and woman's—to create their own particular and private hell. Case in point, Miss Elva Keene, who in every sense has made her own bed and now must lie in it; sadder, but wiser, by dint of a rather painful lesson in responsibility, transmitted from the Twilight Zone.

[neverending]

Yah- that was a great episode. And Jaques Tourneur directing! Richard Matheson wrote a lot of the Twilight Zone episodes. One of the best horror writers ever.

[the_man_you_fear]

does anyone like the outer limits there were a few good episopes

[neverending]

The original series - yes. Just as classic as The Twilight Zone!

[Marya Zaleska]

Originally Posted by neverending

The original series - yes. Just as classic as The Twilight Zone!

I agree fully. The ORIGINAL series!

[Marya Zaleska]

This was one of the classics of TV. The mold was broken with this series.

Like Neverending, it is really hard to pick a favorite.

But some of my favorite episodes were:

Walking Distance

One For the Angels ( a great dramatic performance by Ed Wynn, The Perfect Fool)

A Stop At Willoughby

Long Live Walter Jameson

The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

The Hitchhiker

Time Enough At Last

Dust

The Invaders

Kick The Can

Static

To Serve Man

The Hunt

I Sing The Body Electric

Miniature

The Incredible World of Horace Ford

Passage On The Lady Anne

On Thursday We Leave For Home

Night Call

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

I just recently purchased the first season on DVD. I am in the process of watching it now. It's very expensive so I will have to get them over a period of time.

Rod Serling was great! This series was great!

We have to be thankful that this series was saved on film for future generations.

Marya

[the_man_you_fear]

how much did that cost?

[Marya Zaleska]

Originally Posted by the_man_you_fear

how much did that cost?

$99.

I have seen them on sale at Columbia House as low as $79

[the_man_you_fear]

fuckin aye that is expensive

[Despare]

The Jeopardy Room was a good one... there were soooooo many great episodes it would be difficult to pick even a top 5.