the twilight zone

On October 2nd, 1959, CBS premiered a new television series. Its creator, Rod Serling, had already established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the new medium.

But for his new show Serling had something very different in mind. Eschewing traditional drama, Serling chose an anthology format that would not only entertain, but enthrall and tantalize and, at times, utterly haunt the viewer.

So it was that on that evening, millions of viewers crossed over into The Twilight Zone for the first time.

Could this possibly be the greatest television series ever? I mean, it’s hard to think of any other show that has been more influential, or had as tremendous an impact on our modern culture.

Awright, so anyone who notes the anniversary of The Twilight Zone is doubtless going to tick off his/her favorite episodes, right? Well, in no particular order some of mine are “A ...

Made rather bittersweet in the knowledge that this is the last time they do this as the Sci-Fi Channel. But anyhoo…

They just ran the classic episode “A Game of Pool”, which originally aired on October 13, 1961. It’s one of my all-time favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone, for a lot of reasons but especially ‘cuz I thought the interaction between Jack Klugman and Jonathan Winters was brilliant!

So I’m wondering if I’m at all crazy for thinking this…

…that wouldn’t it be more awesomely cool than we possibly deserve, if somehow there could be a sequel to this episode made, again starring Klugman and Winters as Jesse Cardiff and Fats Brown?

It could be called “Another Game of Pool”!

Okay, that will probably never happen outside of the wonderful delirium of my dreams. But still, one can practically see it happening.

What an amazing show this was. ...