The second disc of the second season has 6 episodes on it. Only one of them is up on YouTube. I did find a radio drama and a couple of scores. I'm still quite pleased to have purchased the dvd set even if I'm not rushing to watch the shows. It's sort of like seeing an old friend once in a while. There's some good episodes in this lot.
Nick of Time November 18 1960
Richard Matheson wrote the episode and Richard L Bare did the directing. Bare had written and directed the Joe McDoakes films for Warner Brothers during the war and after TTZ he would direct nearly the whole Green Acres series. I vividly remember this episode of The Twilight Zone when I saw it as a boy. William Shatner and his new wife Patricia Breslin are stuck in a small town while their car is being repaired. They have lunch at a small cafe and William gets hooked on the fortune telling machine with the bobble headed Satan on top. All the answers seem to tell his future and he becomes obsessed with it. Patricia is the voice of reason and she talks him out of his craziness. They leave the cafe to get their car and another couple come in to ask bobble head satan if they can leave the town soon. The future looks grim. As you probably know it's become one of the big iconic shows from the series. I enjoyed it back when I first saw it, and as much when I saw it today, even if I couldn't relate to someone being so superstitious.
The Lateness of the Hour December 2 1960
Rob wrote this one and Jack Smight directed it. It's got Inger Stevens, John Hoyt and Irene Tedrow stuck in a house with some robot servants. They never go out and Inger is becoming stir crazy. She tells him he should get rid of the robots. That doesn't turn out too well for her. I didn't remember it at all. It's about average, nothing too unusual or anything. There's a TZ Radio Drama and a clip of the production slate.
The Trouble with Templeton December 9 1960
The writer is E Jack Neuman and the director is Buzz Kulik. Brian Aherne is an older man with a young wife. She's a bit of a tramp but there you go. Dave Wilcox plays Brian's assistant. Sydney Pollack is the replacement director of a play that Brian is in. During a conflict Brian runs out of the theater into the past. He's reunited with his late wife, played by Pippa Scott, but she's not too interested in him. Brian returns to his present and his life. Another one I don't remember seeing before. There's a interview with Buzz Kulik and an isolated score by Jeff Alexander.
A Most Unusual Camera December 16 1960
Rod is the writer and John Rich is the director. Fred Clark and Jean Carter are husband and wife crooks. Marcel Hillaire is a crooked waiter. The couple steal some useless stuff from a shop and amongst the goods is a camera that tells the future. It prints out a picture of what will happen in 5 minutes. They figure out how to make a bunch of money at the race track and then find out that the camera has an inscription that allows 10 pictures per owner. Things don't go well for criminals in TTZ and they all fall out a window. It's one of those patly ironic stories that Rod likes. It was entertaining to me. There's an isolated score.
Night of the Meek December 23 1960
Rod wrote this one and Jack Smight is the director. Art Carney is a department store Santa who wonders why there is no real Santa. He's getting drunk in a bar when we meet him. He shows up at the store with a bit of a snootful and gets yelled at by his boss who's played by John Fiedler. Art gets fired and then finds a magical bag that produces an near unending supply of presents. He hands them out to everyone he meets. He gets in trouble but skates through that only to become the new Santa. Pretty sentimental but that's Rod for you. I didn't remember this one but I did enjoy it. I like a bit of Christmas sentiment once in a while. There's one of those clips of the slate being used as the extra.
Dust January 6, 1961
Written by Rod and directed by Douglas Heyes. It's the old west and there's a guy in jail who's getting hanged that day. He'd been drunk and racing his wagon down the street he killed a little girl. A creepy peddler sells the condemned man's father some magic dust that will make things better. Since we're you know where we see things turn around for the doomed guy. It's an ok story that I don't remember. There's an interview with Douglas Heyes and an isolated score by Jerry Goldsmith.
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