60-Year OLD SECRET Revealed! "The Twilight Zone"--Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

Correction: Several times, I misspoke and called Barney Phillips, Barney Miller. Actor was Barney Phillips
60-Year OLD SECRET Revealed! "The Twilight Zone"--Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
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[@ricknineg]

I misspoke several times calling the actor, Barney Phillips as Barney Miller. Thank you as always for the amazing support! I had a lot of fun making this one. One can make a channel just on this show and dissect so much from it. More to come

[@ddavenpAZ]

Could have been worse. You could have called him Barney Rubble. 😜

[@jaelge]

Even as a kid I realized that these episodes were more like mini-plays than motion pictures and didn't expect great effects. I appreciated them for what they were, which was very intriguing and well-written plays. But then I was brought up in a home that encouraged reading and may have had a little more developed imagination than a lot of kids.

[@jaelge]

This is totally off topic and I'll not deep-dive psychologically as to why, but to me, the very best episode ever written of The Twilite Zone and my favorite was I Sing the Body Electric, written by Ray Bradbury, w/ David White (Larry Tate) and Veronica Cartwright, Angela´s equally beautiful sister. Such a touching story to me for some reason. Maybe you´ll do a piece on it sometime. Later, Rick, Thanks for everything you do.

[@maxmaxim5635]

A little Freudian slip for a 1970's comedy show :)

[@kipp5862]

You've obviously have a respect for older or classic TV shows and films. I've wondered, there is a TV show that came out of UK back in the early 70s through the 80s called "Are You Being Served" Firstly, have you watched the show? 2nd would you possibly do a deep dive into that show. It's hilarious, especially if you like that dry Brit wit. It's just classic, and yes it's the 70s, but the cast were all amazing, especially Mrs Slocombe, who is a dead wringer for my grandmother. Who also happened in the 70s to work in a dept store. I'm sure there are many other fans out of the show out there. I can RARELY, like Haley's Comet rarely ever watch a show or episode of a show more than once. My brain just retains too much of it, for me to enjoy watching something again. That show ... I can watch it over and over again and again. It was just an amazing show.

[@vwoklahoma1248]

Twilight Zone was a great show. Not only creepy, it usually had an underlying message. I really loved this episode. John Hoyt and Jack Elam were fine actors.

[@ricknineg]

They were both excellent in this

[@markcdeyoung3118]

Yes indeed their were a lot of prophetic messages woven into the Twilight Zone scripts especially coming from someone as Sharp witted as rod serling an insider packing with the hella logical and beyond type a skills and thought processes it took to peer into the future with such depth and accuracy it wasn't Just a SiFi show it was an attempt to piece their once currant reality together and project it forward inorder to at least loosely predicted the future 🎯👍

[@rsprockets7846]

Agnes Moorehead with the small US SPACEcRAFT and the giants that crush the spaceman who wood step on the little people was really thought provoking

[@da959]

@@rsprockets7846 Love that episode. Always had a right proper way to creep me out. Gotta love that!

[@MarcillaSmith]

It was such an honor to meet Mr Elam when we were both taking night classes at the Knoxville TN school of faith healing

[@stantheman9072]

Five years of quality episodes to explore and discuss? Yes, go for it! Twilight Zone is a rich vein of television gold, with only a few nuggets of iron pyrite thrown in to help us appreciate Serling’s true greatness all the more!

[@zzzut]

My all-time favourite Twilight Zone episode is “A Stop at Willoughby” because I can relate to it. Of course, in my case, Willoughby would be a town stuck in the 50s or 60s!

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I think I would pick that one too! Sad but happy

[@coolaunt516]

My all time favorite is "Walking Distance."

[@zzzut]

@@coolaunt516 Excellent episode as well. I love all fiction that has to do with time travelling.

[@standardofexcellence]

There really is Willoughby in Ohio

[@elultimo102]

I concur. I still joke about letting me off at Willoughby in 1953 in Happy Days, when Ike was POTUS, and America was great. (No hippies, drugs, war, or life controlled by a myriad of 3-letter bureaucracies).

[@barthennin6088]

Yes, more Twilight Zone episodes would be great!... Loved this show! And the episode featured in this video is one of my favorites! Excellent final twist! AND the 'older more educated' character is played by the same actor who appeared in several Hogan's Heroes episodes too! (Usually as a General but not always).

[@ricknineg]

Yes, he was a great German general. It was funny seeing him on HH

[@martinbeneteau309]

He also played grandpa on Gimmie a Break!

[@johnstevenson9956]

@@ricknineg And the original ship's doctor on "Star Trek". He was always great.

[@davidroddick91]

I really liked this episode, because when you find out the older man is the alien, you think, "Oh, so THAT's who it is," but it never occurs to you that there is another alien in the diner. When the guy removes his cap, it's right out of left field. If they could have gotten the eye to move or blink, it probably would have given me nightmares as a child.

[@rsprockets7846]

seems thetrm MARTIAN was a generic term and they were all aliens

[@lelandframe1029]

@@rsprockets7846 If I remember the episode correctly, John Hoyt's character was supposed to be a Martian, while the other was supposed to be a "Venusian"!

[@emsleywyatt3400]

The three arm thing was really great.

[@charlesbrentner4611]

It's an O.Henry moment. Like in his "Gift of the Magi" story. I wouldn't be surprised if the writer had read that story and thought, "how can I write something like that?"

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@lelandframe1029 Yes, and the Venusian said that his people were on earth a lot longer than the Martians were. I think that the Venusian poisoned the Martian's coffee, too.

[@kfUNC1]

I love the Twilight Zone. I didn’t know they actually tried to make that eye move. It definitely doesn’t look great but it’s interesting to understand the thought process.

[@ricknineg]

Absolutely! I never really cared much for the lack of special effects. It was the story itself that always drew me in

[@johnbowen2956]

@@ricknineg That's why "The Twilight Zone" was so great. It didn't need special effects. The writing and acting was the point. Many eminent actors appeared in various episodes. Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" was the best that television offered. I think that rendition on the 80s was quite good, too. But I must admit that the old black and white t.v. shows and the movies from the 30s and 40s are my favorites. The writing was better. And so we're the actors.

[@Vidchemy]

I could have sworn the third eye blinked when I first watched it decades ago. Maybe they aired a version that shows the eye movement one or two times, then dropped it. Or it could have been my overactive imagination as a kid 😄

[@LogicallyKnot]

It's doesn't have to look great. The writing and acting was done so well that the effects simply didn't matter.

[@TheVerbalVolley]

Super great stuff, Rick! "The Twilight Zone" remains one of the most innovative and original television shows EVER made. Yes, please continue to "dissect" episodes from this legendary series. It deserves nothing less.

[@terrylstarks]

Would love to see more “Deep Dives” into the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits!!!!!! Plus the Alfred Hitchcock Hour!!!! Thanks Rick and Merry Christmas!!!!

[@etrisb]

Agree to all three above, plus One Step Beyond.

[@rwsmith7638]

I would LOVE that too!!!! The Golden Age of TV. Science fiction, mystery and fantasy.

[@ricknineg]

More on the way! Thank you, and Merry Christmas! 🌲

[@gordonculp3646]

Watched all 3 but The Twilight Zone episodes are what left lasting impressions on me even after 60 years.

[@rwsmith7638]

I must be impressionable because all three left me with VIVID memories. On Alfred the guy working in his garden at night and the newly married guy trying to find out what was behind the locked door. Outer Limits, David McCallum as Dr. Sylvania, Martin Landau as a time traveling mutant human, Nick Adams about to get done in by a horse head alien. Twilight Zone, Telly Savalas loses a fight with a doll, Billy Mumy was TERRIFYING, the monsters on Maple Street and what good is a broken bomb shelter. I STILL shudder.

[@blazel462]

Yes, definitely freaked me out when i was a young kid watching this in my grandmothers apartment by myself at midnight in the 70s. The effects did not need to be the greatest, because the story and presentation in an eerie manner was enough to let my own imagination finish things and scare the bedoozle out of me; not to mention leaving me with food for thought to consider as i had to get ready for bed, power things down and try to fall asleep afterwards.

[@daniellack3559]

You are precisely correct about the effects not needing to be the greatest, especially for someone like me, who as a 12 year old was lucky to see it the first time around on tv circa 1960...mainly because we were not used to super sophisticated effects,(as the technology had obviously not been developed at that time), combined with the shock surprise reveal...that was easily enuf to carry the day....

[@vangogo6819]

I agree with both other comments, I was only a child in 1964 when I first watched this after bed time with my mother one night and nothing scared me until the Martian pulled back his cap and revealed that eye! It was enough to scare me, I was a very sensitive child so the build-up through the episode wound me up and by the time the eye comes out I got real scared,lol.

[@garymitchell5167]

The goofy guy at the counter (Jack Elam) steals the show. One of my favorite episodes.

[@jaelge]

Even when I was a kid realized that these episodes were more like mini-plays than motion pictures and didn't expect great effects. I appreciated them for what they were, intriguing and well-written plays. But I was brought up in a home that encouraged reading and may have had a little more developed imagination than a lot of kids. Merry Christmas, Rick, and thanks.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Yes Rick, definitely more Twilight Zone!!! This episode in the diner is one of my favorites but I love all the episodes!!! You could always count on some interesting twist to get your mind thinking!!!! Thanks for sharing this fun video!!! 👍👍🎄

[@dm7097]

YES PLEASE DO MORE twilight zone episodes!!!!! I grew up watching re-run’s of these shows and these bring back so many memories.

[@donpodlas5546]

I'm 72 and have had a passion for TTZ since my very first viewing. One of the many episodes that you don't hear about too much, is "Judgement Night", episode 10. A very spooky tale about a German man traveling on a civilian/cargo ship. Thank you so much for this! Stay safe and be well. Peace from S. Oregon.

[@visionsandreams2425]

Yay! You’re covering the twilight zone… one of my favorites! Please keep these awesome videos coming. Thanks Rick! 💕

[@IggyM]

More Twilight Zone would be great- 100% my favorite classic tv show.

[@Maki-00]

This was one of my favorite episodes! Definitely do more Twilight Zone!

[@glennrobbins2372]

Love this episode of TZ. There are sooo many great episodes of the show. One of my all time favorites is the episode with Agnes Morehead called the Invaders. She doesn't speak through the entire episode and the ending is definitely classic Twilight Zone.

[@bigbaddms]

Great one!

[@Bacopa68]

She does not speak. But she's handy with an axe. This also inspired the Hitchhikers Guide and The Simpsons.

[@bigbaddms]

@@Bacopa68 imagine she gets her copy of the script, and there’s not a single word of dialogue. Probably the only TV episode ever like that

[@shelley5619]

This episode is one of my favorites. I also love the Bewitching Pool and Living Doll. I remember as a kid thinking I better treat my dolls well or they could become like talking Tina. A number of the episodes scared the crap out of me as a kid but I still love them.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

It seems like every time I find myself watching TZ the episode turns out to be Living Doll. That one sure holds up! It's creepy no matter how many times I see it. The Bewitching Pool is one of the most beautiful episodes. It's a good story too (don't know the author's name)

[@moealbert7339]

@@lazyhomebody1356 It was Earl Hamner Jr. He wrote several good T.W,s

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@moealbert7339 Oh, right! I had a collection of his scripts at one time.

[@bigbaddms]

Living doll is one of the scariest episodes, and was definitely used as the inspiration for so many “possessed” doll movies, like child’s play etc. I’m talking Tina and I’m going to killllll you 😩😩

[@gordonculp3646]

I watched all Twilight Zone episodes real time back in the early 60's. Loved everyone of them. My favorite episode was about Corey, a convict incarcerated on a deserted planet who is given a female robot to keep him from going insane. He falls for her but she is destroyed in the end, shot in the face. That episode is still emotional for me to this day. The original Twilight Zone shot in black and white on stark sets is one of the greatest tv series ever developed.

[@elultimo102]

I still remember from age 10: "Corey....Corey....Cooorrry."

[@bigbaddms]

Fantastic episode! Yes it was super sad, almost like the robot actually loved him, and he loved her. It was impossible not to feel empathy for them at the end. Maybe having a robot was better than the real thing even! Total devotion.

[@LogicallyKnot]

The Lonely. What a fantastic episode? I've probably watched all of them 50-100 each. I've been totally fascinated with The Twilight Zone since I was a little boy. One of my first memories was a Twilight Zone episode. It was the one titled "The Invaders". It scared the piss out of me then, and still does to this day. It left a lasting impression on me. No dialogue, no nothing. Just pure terror. Almost everything on the movies and television came from The Twilight Zone. You can see pieces of it in literally everything. It's the greatest show ever created and I don't think it's even close for second. A few days from now and I'll be sitting in front of my television for 3 days for the Twilight Zone Marathon. I haven't missed it once in all 22 years they've done it.

[@LogicallyKnot]

@@elultimo102 "It's a Ro-Butt" -Allenby I tease my wife and tell her that she looks like the Ro-Butt in that episode. Lol.

[@gordonculp3646]

@@LogicallyKnot That"s the one with Agnes Morehead right? Yea great one. The one with Earl Holliman was scarey as hell too. I also loved the one with Bob Cummings as an air force pilot waking up next to his downed plane in the desert. They're all classics. I liked the later remake of the Twilight Zone but the original back in the early 60's was just magical. Rod Serling's writing plus those dark black and white sets will never be duplicated. And the actors! Man, were they good. People trying to watch the absolute garbage on network TV now a days would never know they used to have a show like this on every Friday night.

[@jehobden]

You got Barney Phillips' name right the last time at least. ;) I've also found myself confusing him w/ Barney Martin, who played Jerry Seinfeld's dad long after Mr. Phillips died [in 1982]. Barney Phillips was later a regular on THE BETTY WHITE SHOW (1977-78). For another SEINFELD connection, Bill Erwin, who played the man sitting w/ his wife in the background behind the Martian, played the nasty title character on SEINFELD's S3 episode "The Old Man". He lived into his 90s and even had a website. I first knew of John Hoyt as Grandpa Kanisky on GIMME A BREAK, where he played a mild, somewhat senile character. Now I know him more for all the times I see him on MeTV. He was on such MeTV staples as PERRY MASON, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, and even another TZ episode, "The Lateness of the Hour", where he played an inventor who lived w/ his wife (Irene Tedrow), his daughter (Inger Stevens), and a household staff of robots. This was the first of six videotaped episodes that appeared in Season 2. Those episodes may be a potential TZ topic for a future video if you're interested.

[@ricknineg]

Believe me, with all the names of these actors and research, this get mixed up sometimes. It happens and it fun all in all to be able to honor these greats who have brought us so much joy.

[@jtodora]

I really liked this episode. It did keep me guessing throughout, but the real surprise for me was the counter clerk. I love most of the Twilight Zone episodes and remember watching them when they were on for the first time. I recently bough all five seasons on DVD. I would love if you would do more on the Twilight Zone. I truly like most of what you tell us about different TV shows. I think the Twilight Zone was, and still is under rated; however, in my opinion it was one of my favorite shows in that era. I liked it even better than the Outer Limits, although the Outer Limits was also very good.

[@sallyn2393]

Such a great episode. So creepy! And a very unexpected twist at the end which made so many of them so good. Would love for you to do more TZ. Still enjoyable today. 👍👍👍👍

[@petepeter1857]

It could be a channel all its own, lol. Please do more Zone! 👍👍 It's time enough at last 😉

[@robertburrow7371]

The Twilight Zone always gave you something to think about. Well written episodes. This is one of my favorites.

[@giancarlodagostino9156]

I can't wait until New Years Eve to watch the Twilight Zone marathon...I watch it every year

[@dbell582]

Remember this particular show very well. It was pretty spooky seeing it this first time so long ago.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Always loved the old coot! The googly eyed actor was the late, great Jack Elam. He was actually in his 40's when appearing in this TZ episode. Yet the wig and makeup makes him look 70! Great character actor who was born with normal eyes. Apparently, a fight in his teenage years led to his eye getting permanently injured, leading to that menacing look. It helped him land many bad guy roles. Lots of Western TV shows and films. If you get a chance, check out CANNONBALL RUN. Great 70's film in which Elam plays a nutty doctor opposite Burt Reynolds!

[@peaceworld5393]

You have just Entered the Twilight Zone! Hoot so scary back in the day! 😂

[@RatnipTX]

I was 15 when I saw the show in 1961. Yes. I was very surprised at the ending. Please more Twilight Zone.

[@ricknineg]

Thank you, more to come

[@kali3665]

One interesting thing about this episode. None of the characters are actually named except for the cops and Ethel. But they all seem to know their names by the end. Except "the name isn't exactly Ross" and "my name isn't Haley." They actually did a good job with John Hoyt's extra arm, actually. If you look carefully, the third arm starts to pick up the coffee cup, then they switch to Barney Phillips, then when they return to Hoyt, it's Hoyt's own hand picking up the coffee cup, and the third hand is now touching the cigarette pack. It's done very well. As for the third eye, well, it's not bad, but it's not even the same color as Phillips' real eyes - I noticed that when I first saw this episode. But, let's face it: in the 60s, you really weren't going to get any better since -- spoiler alert -- we don't actually have a socket in our foreheads. 😅

[@irishis3]

They could have used an eye from I Sing the Body Electric

[@elultimo102]

I wonder why they didn't try to duplicate his real eye, in shape, size, and color.

[@kali3665]

@@elultimo102 In the episode? Probably because they couldn't find one the right shade in the prop department, and didn't have time to experiment, so they went with the closest possible.

[@beammeupjesus9019]

They're black and white episodes, how can u tell they're different colors? Maybe one's a little lighter I suppose! Anyway, you got a chuckle out of me! Just sayin'. No disrespect. 😎😎😎

[@kali3665]

@@beammeupjesus9019 Just compare his normal eyes with the fake one - you can tell there is a difference.

[@johnnybaker8838]

Loved the Twilight Zone, this was always one of my favorite episodes. I think another deep dive episode is “The Fear” great episode. Keep doing what you do.

[@kevinsbookcase59]

I remember this episode. It took me awhile to realize the man who sat making noises and making you think he's the "Alien"...was Jack Elam. He played in a lot of Westerns and up to that point some TV. Maybe the special effects crew should have asked Jack on how to make the "eye" do things since he had his glass eye almost his whole life!! Just saying 😂

[@epsteinisms1483]

@Kevin Kuenkler Jack Elam and Marty Feldman had a long-standing feud. In fact, they never could see eye to eye........

[@roberttelarket4934]

Kevin: I recognized Jack immediately decades later when I saw him in the movie Kansas City Confidential, I say his greatest movie in my opinion, an outstanding film-noir starring John Payne.

[@elultimo102]

@@epsteinisms1483 LOL!!!

[@dooglebee]

I would definitely like to see more behind the scenes episodes about the Twilight Zone!

[@coolaunt516]

I love the Twilight Zone. Lots of up and coming actors and actresses had roles in the Zone.

[@WeasleyGirl1767]

This is my father's and my favorite episode and was a wonderful bonding experience (we both loved sci-fi), so I'm really fond of this one! One day he found a CD on my dresser by the band Third Eye Blind and he started giggling. To this day, I smile whenever I hear a Third Eye Blind song and like to think that my dad's watching over me from the afterlife.

[@johnhein2539]

I think the acting really sells the ending. I once read that even if effects aren't perfect, it's when actors do a good job expressing that THEY believe in them that really sells it. The way Barney calmly smiles, and continues to smile as he explains to the Martian that all of his friends are dead, and that even his own life is now in danger. And then the Venusian's initial snickering turning into a boisterous cruel laugh as he sees the Martian's expression give in to displeasure of this news. I'd also say Bernard Herman's score, the flute sound right after the Venusian lifts his hat and reveals his third eye makes it pretty creepy. Yes the eye itself is fake, but Barney's confidence, the music, and the acting definitely make up for it in my opinion.

[@ricknineg]

Expression was everything in this episode. And the acting was on point 👌

[@adventureswithmymother]

I know “mr. Ross” as the original doctor frothe first two episodes of the original Star Trek

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I remember watching a rerun of that episode. It was fun to watch and I didn't suspect the man behind the counter played by Barney Phillips to be an alien. Thank you Nick for explaining how they did those illusions.

[@jasper3042]

Loved this episode and I remember being surprised enough at the twist ending that the less-than-great makeup made no difference. The Twilight Zone was often so brilliantly written and acted that it overcame the sometimes low production values, for me at least.

[@ricknineg]

You’re absolutely correct in your description of the twilight zone

[@justaloe]

This is actually my favorite Twilight Zone ever, even more than "Living Doll" This episode has a real "John Carpenter's The Thing" feel to it. People trapped together, nobody knows who anyone is, even husbands and wives are suspicious of each other.

[@michaelgrace5677]

Never thought about it until you mentioned it up but his 3 arms being clothed in the same material means he has 3 armed suits and shirts made up to wear. Gotta be a difficult explanation to the dry cleaners lol Great video Rick!!

[@moealbert7339]

L.O.L.

[@hurricanekate6839]

This is my favorite TZ episode. Thank you for covering it!

[@atranfanatic]

This episode was a little bizarre. But "Nice Place To Visit" in Season 1 is still my favorite episode.

[@jamesclukey7488]

The special effect with the "EYE" worked because of two things. It was unexpected, and it was on TV. What I mean by that is audiences were easier to fool back then, and televisions were pretty small. So small in fact that even hokey effects got by, as long as the camera didn't linger on them. Good review of a classic episode. Always loved the double reveal of both aliens !

[@hatednyc]

Great stuff as always!! Man you consistently cover my favorite shows and episodes

[@nja3224]

Just saw this episode a week or two ago. One of the few series I can watch episodes over and over and over again and not get bored.

[@Jared_Wignall]

Cool to see another Twilight Zone video. It’s been awhile since you’ve done one of these, thank you for the video Rick, keep up the great work and take care!

[@ricknineg]

Thank you Jared! I go back-and-forth from different shows all the time. Some shows I put away and then I bring back other ones. So there will always be variety here

[@Mr.-J-2024]

This episode was one of my favorites. Thanks RN!

[@lisamariesanchez5868]

Love all your videos. I really enjoy hearing your Twilight Zone insights and look forward to more

[@mrdovie47]

I remember this one, I thought the eye looked fake then, but the twist was amusing, so I liked this episode. I liked the one where the old man's dog tipped him off about ending up in hell by smelling the brimstone. It wasn't Biblical, but it was another interesting twist. The one about "The Staff of Truth" where the devil was held captive by monks was like it.

[@donnicholas7552]

Fun episode! I wasn't aware the eye was supposed to move! I'd love to see more Twilight Zone videos!

[@WalterJoergLangbein]

There is an alternative version the man from Venus has four eyes... and it is much better!

[@adamkarriem3222]

This was absolutely my FAVORITE episode... I watch this show daily since I was a child.

[@Blossom48055]

I love your channel Rick. I am a subscriber for long time. Keep on doing what you doing Take care Rick.

[@Navygrl58]

This has got to be one of my very favorites, “Will the real Martian please stand up.” 👽. I don’t know how anybody couldn’t put this on the top of their TZ list! 😵‍💫🤩.

[@spankees2971]

Would love to see more about the different Twilight Zone episodes. My favorite was the old lady in the building and the injured cop. Everytime I think of the show I remember how beautifully haunting that episode was on late night TV as a kid. This episode and Night Call with the same actress was, to me Twilight Zone at its best.

[@LogicallyKnot]

"Nothing In The Dark" What an amazing episode? A very young Robert Redford was the cop. Lots of great actors and actresses in the Twilight Zone. Just one of the ingredients that made it what it is.

[@spankees2971]

@@LogicallyKnot Deaths Head Revisited was also a classic. The punishment given to the SS Captain at the end was well deserved and brilliantly written.

[@LogicallyKnot]

@@spankees2971 Yes! That's one where you really have to follow closely. Those types of episodes are only for the true Twilight Zone fan. (And any hour long episode) lol Have you ever seen the one with a young Japanese guy (George Takei) and a WW2 vet where they were in his attic talking about a samurai sword that he took off of a dead soldier? It was banned from television for many years and they just started showing it around the mid 2000s? It's titled "The Encounter".

[@tamedshrew235]

This was one of the episodes that really stood out for me- I was 5 when it aired and immediately recalled the trick ending when you showed the diner owner. Fantastic!

[@12stringblues]

Great episode! Thanks for this and I would love for you to continue to make more Twilight zone content.

[@ricknineg]

On the way

[@mrsgriffin41]

I am here for twilight zone trivia! I watch the marathons every year like they are new!

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

I loved the conversation too...see if I can remember it...(Three armed Alien) "Our people have been fighting an interstellar war against an enemy planet and have been for years." - the diner owner "Yes, I know...(removes cap)....and we're winning!".

[@coolaunt516]

Rod Serling was an expert at creating the twist ending.

[@ricknineg]

And they were all sooo good.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

To give credit where credit is due, many of the episodes were based on short stories by other writers. I agree Serling was the master at pathis and twist endings

[@coolaunt516]

@@lazyhomebody1356 I agree. The episode "The Changing Of The Guard" seemed to be partly based on "Goodbye Mr. Chips". Serling rewrites the concept-- and how sad that some of his students died in the First World War--such a waste--and manages to end on an up note.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@coolaunt516 Oh wow, that's a sad one!

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

@@lazyhomebody1356 There's always the Statue of Liberty in the sand in "Planet of the Apes." 😊

[@paisleypoet]

I love this episode, too, and I don't even care that his eye isn't very realistic. I loved how everyone started to doubt each other, and their own minds. Great stuff, thank you!

[@KindCreature1]

Jack Elam sure played an interesting character. This is one of my favorite episodes. Thanks Rick Mike

[@quinnlollis7211]

When I was a child I love the episode where Tallulah Bankhead played a woman being invaded by aliens that turned out to be Americans!

[@frankrio3546]

👳DAT WAS ANGUS MOREHEAD , NOT BANKHEAD

[@elwoodblues352]

Agnes Moorehead

[@davedavid5064]

Great choice of an episode. Yes, both reveals were effective, surprising and fun. But, as usual with The Twilight Zone, the inner story and the thought provoking messages are even more satisfying. And, yes please. More! Thank you.

[@plastiksurgeon9129]

Wow! Hard to believe that episode is as old as I am! ☺️ The best part to me was at the very end when the restaurant owner belts out a hearty LAUGH! Even as the sound is cut down, the camera still shows him laughing. The story was creepy in that EVERYONE that was on that bus drowned….including the cops that tried to lead them in the police car. 😟

[@cadeevans4623]

I love the twilight zone I totally remember that episode Rick the effects for the time were great I remove that eye on his forehead never knew they tried to have the eye move never knew the secrets about it it's interesting to learn the facts about these Rick your a smart guy figuring out the facts the eye on his forehead looked great for the time Rick great video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnmason5574]

I was 9 in 1961 and saw this episode, I knew the third arm looked odd and the third eye really looked fake to me. I am a fan of the Twilight Zone, I have the complete series on DVD. This was such a good show and you should examine more episodes. Thanks for uploading this.

[@DarkTheoryInc]

This episode is my all time favorite and I almost watch it everyday. I just love the intrigue of the unknown embedded within the conscience of humanity and the need to know that " we are not alone"! Rod Serling had a genuine way of depicting these very odd situations in such a way that we were involved and affected. A true genius at work! I wish I could've had a chance to speak with him. Awesome video dude and subscribed!

[@questfortruth665]

I saw this one as an 11-year-old hooked on Twilight Zones! It was one of my favorites! Still is! I just saw it again on one of the cable channels! Do more of these! There are a lot to choose from!

[@ricknineg]

It is such a great episode

[@GaryTBuffalo24]

I think this is my favorite episode of of the Twilight Zone next to the Night Call episode. Thanks for the video.

[@mrron9]

This was DEFINITELY one of my faves and yes, that double twist was still very impactful! This was all around a great episode!

[@TeleNikon]

When one suspends disbelief the effect is fantastic. Mainly because of the surprise. The fact that it is not quite realistic hardly matters if you're the type to play along.

[@talishagilbert9533]

My favorite episode! Thank you for covering one of the greatest series ever

[@TKing-ph7bq]

Another anomaly in this episode is that there are a few different menu boards and they have different prices for a couple of items. A really great episode.

[@jackcallahan2799]

This was one of my favorites, thanks Rick.

[@stevefoster7729]

Twilight Zone was my favorite show. I like it when they show a marathon on New Years Eve. A little trivia. The bus line was Cayuga which was the name of Rod Serlings' production company.

[@judykessinger3552]

Thank You for adding The Twilight Zone to your videos. One of my favorite series. Curious it seemed that the martian wore the hat a little lower on his forehead when he finally revealed his true self to the customer. Yes please have more Twilight Zone episodes!! Great video!

[@ankita7766]

Really loved this episode. It was so unexpected! One of my favorites. Thanks Rick!

[@gordonwiessner6327]

I was about 10 or 11 back then. My whole family gathered in front of our small tv eagerly awaiting each episode of this show. This, The Honeymooners, Jim Bowie and others entertaining morsels were the mainstay of our wintery evenings. We weren't plagued by today's mass media hypocrisy or the controversy of BS bombarding us today.

[@shaeholden1743]

I'm a baby-boomer and I actually remember the airing of this episode! 😊 And, yes, that third eye was pretty lame...I recall thinking that even back then as a pre-teen. Nice memory, though, it brought a smile to me.

[@scottuehlinger7887]

This was always one of my favorite episodes! Watched with my sister and cousins and recorded it on Audio Tape...sometime around 1978! BTW...the Old Man in the Old couple in the diner played a much Older Man in a Seinfeld episode where he said "Change MY Diaper" with a loud Guffaw!

[@ndfalcon]

I liked John Hoyt's various "Hogan's Heroes" appearances. I loved this episode of "The Twilight Zone." My favorite "TZ" epidode was "A Stop at Willoughby." It had a memorable twist ending. Loved the video Rick!

[@phantomcollector1976]

ITS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE EPISODES

[@jenlemon4294]

This sounds like a great episode, Rick. I’m pausing your video at 2:47 bc I’m going to watch the episode, then come back to your insightful video. I’d love to see more Twilight Zone videos from you!

[@ricknineg]

Yay! Def go watch it before this 😃

[@plastiksurgeon9129]

One to episode to take a look at and I’m surprised it made it on the air back then was “What’s in the Box?”. The husband and wife fight scene in that was EPIC! 😲

[@jpsned]

2:51 Note the name on the bus: "Cayuga"... this was the name of Rod Serling's production company, which in turn took its name from Cayuga Lake, one of the "finger lakes" in New York where Serling and his family had a summer home. 🙂

[@susanjordan5949]

I started watching the Twilight Zone back in the ‘60s with my dad. I would get behind him in his chair so I could hide my eyes if it got too scary for me. I have always enjoyed this episode, even with the somewhat awkward special effects but then I loved “almost” all of them

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

Watching this episode as a kid back in the sixties, I always thought that the whole idea of a third eye on the forehead was kinda creepy enough even if it didn't blink or move. Same with a third hand. But what stuck in my head is the laughter the two "aliens" share in the end. It's like: "Haha...we're both not human, hahaha..well waddya know"

[@fredbarnes2049]

One of the strongest episodes, really. It's subtle and clever, not to mention unnerving.

[@roberttelarket4934]

I noticed the prices for coffee, pie etc. in the 1960s ever since I first saw this as a teen in the 1960s.

[@ravenpoe7093]

This is one of my favorite TZ episodes and it is somewhat of a hidden gem that I didn’t really watch till i was an adult that ending tho was one of the best. Both ETs were long time actors in many shows. I remember Hoyt most playing Grandpa Kinisky in Gimmie a Break and then realized he had been in a lot of things when he was younger. Barney Philips too i remover from an I Love Lucy episode. Another thing i liked about the TZ episode was the passengers stranded in a roadside diner those type of episodes in shows are among my favorites. “The Hunt” is another TZ episode I ignored until someone got me to watch it and now its one of my faves as well. There are a bunch that are not often talked about but that I love so it will be great to see what else you can cover and “new” ones I will explore.

[@alfredodoardi2717]

Love this episode, love the zone, thanks for posting Rick!

[@maxiepattie85]

NAILED IT! more please

[@cajunman6892]

I would watch every one to feature. I am 75 years old, used to love staying with Aunt because she worked until 1am and I got then to stay up and watch Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits.

[@billgreen1861]

Hi, Rick! Funny I've seen this episode hundreds of times since the 60's and never noticed the guy with three hands only the guy with three eyes. I can't explain it.🤔

[@ricknineg]

Really!? Wow, thanks amazing. Glad I was able to point him out for you 😀

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Um, me either!

[@michaelmorgan7893]

Barney Phillips was in this episode, was also Detective Ed Jacobs on Dragnet back in the old Warner Brothers days (B&W episodes)

[@stevegrepps4600]

Awesome sir, this is one of my favorite episodes

[@razzking]

I have always remembered this episode specifically. It's one of my favs. I didn't know it was considered obscure ha ha