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Experience one of television's greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today's biggest celebrities. The After Hours (starring Kim Fields) A young woman goes gift shopping at a department store and buys a thimble. When the store closes, she is trapped on the ninth floor--even though no such floor exists. Mr. Dingle, the Strong (starring Tim Kazurinsky) A timid vacuum cleaner salesman is given super strength in a Martian experiment. He eventually returns to normal--at least for a brief time. The Lonely (starring Mike Starr) A man convicted of murder is sentenced to spend forty years on a distant asteroid in complete solitude--that is, until a sympathetic ship captain brings him a female robot companion. Mr. Garrity and the Graves (starring Chris McDonald) Jared Garrity makes a living resurrecting the dead in the Old West. He doesn't make money from those who want people brought back to life but from those who want the dead to stay just where they are: six feet under. Of Late I Think of Cliffordville (starring H. M. Wynant) William Feathersmith, a bored, evil, wealthy businessman, gets a chance to go back in time and start over, armed with all the knowledge he's acquired--an arsenal that's not as powerful as he might think. The Bard (starring John Ratzenberger and Stacy Keach) Julius Moomer is an untalented would-be television writer whose career takes off when the ghost of William Shakespeare writes his scripts for him. Shakespeare is appalled by the sponsor's changes, including the casting of a Marlon Brando-type actor to play the lead.… (más)
This is a collection of science fiction stories based on scripts by The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. Each story runs for about 40 minutes and is presented in the style of old radio shows complete with full cast readings and special effects.
Not really having watched The Twilight Zone myself, I'm not sure if all of these were actually television episodes or not. I can say they all work well as radio show episodes. The full cast includes some pretty big names like John Ratzenberger.
This volume includes the following stories:
- "The After Hours," in which a woman is shopping for a gift at a department store and encounters many mysterious things before learning she is actually a mannequin who was given her brief time to be among the living people and now must make way for the next mannequin's turn. This was an interesting story of unexplained things with just a touch of spooky before the big reveal.
- "Mr. Dingle, the Strong," in which a wimpy, bullied door-to-door salesman is chosen by some aliens to be given the life-altering gift of inhuman strength. This was not the strongest of stories in my opinion, and it felt kind of flat and 'eh.'
- "The Lonely," in which a convicted man is exiled to uninhabited asteroid but is later given a companion by way of a robot who is convincingly life-like. This was a very compelling character drama that wrestles with questions about the nature of humanity.
- "Mr. Garrity and the Graves," in which a traveling man comes into a Old West town saying he can raise the dead. When he provides proof to back up this claim, the townspeople get worried about what will happen if their dead really do return to them. This wasn't one of my favorite stories either, although the two twists were intriguing as was the ingenuity of the grift.
- "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville," in which a wealthy man laments that nothing is like the 'good old days' of his youth in his hometown when he is given a magical opportunity to back in time -- and quickly learns that things weren't as wonderful as he remembered. While I like the moral of this story, it didn't strike me as the best story, perhaps because I found the main character just too obnoxious to deal with for long.
- "The Bard," in which a struggling television writer magically conjures up the spirit of William Shakespeare to help him pitch a new show, only to learn the sponsors want to make changes so they can sell more products. The meta-look at the writing process and the jabs at consumerism are gold here. ( )
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Do not merge this with Collection 2. They are completely different collections. This one contains "The After Hours", "Mr. Dingle, the Strong", "The Lonely", "Mr. Garrity and the Graves", "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville", and "The Bard."
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Experience one of television's greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today's biggest celebrities. The After Hours (starring Kim Fields) A young woman goes gift shopping at a department store and buys a thimble. When the store closes, she is trapped on the ninth floor--even though no such floor exists. Mr. Dingle, the Strong (starring Tim Kazurinsky) A timid vacuum cleaner salesman is given super strength in a Martian experiment. He eventually returns to normal--at least for a brief time. The Lonely (starring Mike Starr) A man convicted of murder is sentenced to spend forty years on a distant asteroid in complete solitude--that is, until a sympathetic ship captain brings him a female robot companion. Mr. Garrity and the Graves (starring Chris McDonald) Jared Garrity makes a living resurrecting the dead in the Old West. He doesn't make money from those who want people brought back to life but from those who want the dead to stay just where they are: six feet under. Of Late I Think of Cliffordville (starring H. M. Wynant) William Feathersmith, a bored, evil, wealthy businessman, gets a chance to go back in time and start over, armed with all the knowledge he's acquired--an arsenal that's not as powerful as he might think. The Bard (starring John Ratzenberger and Stacy Keach) Julius Moomer is an untalented would-be television writer whose career takes off when the ghost of William Shakespeare writes his scripts for him. Shakespeare is appalled by the sponsor's changes, including the casting of a Marlon Brando-type actor to play the lead.
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Not really having watched The Twilight Zone myself, I'm not sure if all of these were actually television episodes or not. I can say they all work well as radio show episodes. The full cast includes some pretty big names like John Ratzenberger.
This volume includes the following stories:
- "The After Hours," in which a woman is shopping for a gift at a department store and encounters many mysterious things before learning
- "Mr. Dingle, the Strong," in which a wimpy, bullied door-to-door salesman is chosen by some aliens to be given the life-altering gift of inhuman strength. This was not the strongest of stories in my opinion, and it felt kind of flat and 'eh.'
- "The Lonely," in which a convicted man is exiled to uninhabited asteroid but is later given a companion by way of a robot who is convincingly life-like. This was a very compelling character drama that wrestles with questions about the nature of humanity.
- "Mr. Garrity and the Graves," in which a traveling man comes into a Old West town saying he can raise the dead. When he provides proof to back up this claim, the townspeople get worried about what will happen if their dead really do return to them. This wasn't one of my favorite stories either, although the two twists were intriguing as was the ingenuity of the grift.
- "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville," in which a wealthy man laments that nothing is like the 'good old days' of his youth in his hometown when he is given a magical opportunity to back in time -- and quickly learns that things weren't as wonderful as he remembered. While I like the moral of this story, it didn't strike me as the best story, perhaps because I found the main character just too obnoxious to deal with for long.
- "The Bard," in which a struggling television writer magically conjures up the spirit of William Shakespeare to help him pitch a new show, only to learn the sponsors want to make changes so they can sell more products. The meta-look at the writing process and the jabs at consumerism are gold here. (