CBSRMT ~ Through the Looking Glass 258

A mysterious couple move into a flat next door to Kathy and Doug Sellars. Problems start when the husband, who turns out to be a scientist and inventor offers Doug a solar energy machine that can revolutionize the entire planet.
Air Dates: First Run - April 17, 1975
Repeat - July 23, 1975
Repeat - September 19, 1980
Actors:
Grimes, Jack
Harvey, Ken
Horton, Russell
Juster, Evie
Sheppard, Ann
Writer: Farrington, Fielden

[@Anamcara6111]

I'm 62 to. My mom would listen to these episodes,and I listened too. Loved talk radio,and CBS MYSTERY THEATER.

[@carlsmith3214]

One of the best of the series and that's saying something. Thank you so much for these episodes. Easily my favorite thing on KZbin!!

[@scottherod7732]

Great episode!! One of CBSRMT's best! Very salient to today, more so than when it was broadcast in 1975.

[@babalon7778]

So far this is one of my very favorites, thanks!

[@mphilii5]

Excellent audio quality! I wish all of these episodes had the same audio quality as this one.

[@mitchsalawine5420]

For some reason, this episode has the best audio quality of any. Even on my old copy on cassette. I wonder why and what the original source was.

[@jimsullivan2813]

I know that some of the public radio stations back in the day archived a lot of content. Some episodes I have heard here came from Wisconsin Public Radio, others from New York, etc. usually no commercials in these higher audio quality versions. I do miss them though! Memories!

[@marcellahilton255]

I really really liked this one. Thank you from Tucson, AZ 6/23/23

[@amig9318]

This is a fantastic story. Thank you.

[@mitchellaines9219]

Others must ,do what I ALWAYS, end up doing , " get sorted for a top night , lie ,comfortably on me garden shed??? (Bed) , start listening to the next episode of EXCELLENT CBS rmt ,,,,, and wake up four episodes later ,,,, and go back to the first one ??? lol ,,, LOVE EM , THANKS ,,,,,,,,

[@blaqkdymondinc]

Crystal clear audio😄, great story Chilly💜 just binge listening during pandemic Heatwave and wildfires Sep 2020, a year-long daymare🤢. Oakland CA

[@rickcopeland1898]

Thank You

[@nicoremcgraw7009]

Another great one

[@UncleEarl97]

I want a TV like theirs! And a solar powered motor to power my car for life! Sigh, it’s 5/6/2022 and auto gas mileage hasn’t advanced anywhere near as far as imagined in the mid 70s for 30 and 50 years down the road!! Regulations have dramatically outpaced innovation!

[@ocpunk4024]

I'm half way through but alls I can think of is that I remember hearing that the auto industry bought then squashed the technology, that it had been invented in the 70s.

[@ocpunk4024]

Then again Nikola Tesla discovered very powerful sustainable power options with numerous applications way before the 70s, so theres that too.

[@Playsinvain]

A story for 2022. Release free energy since everything is energy after all

[@williamnorton9547]

SPOILER ALERT!!!! From the synopsis and what little I've heard at the time I wrote this comment, once again the world becomes a HORDE OF UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN!!!!!!

[@rhettbenz4280]

William Norton cu

[@IImitateVince]

IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!

[@mitchsalawine5420]

To Serve Man...?

[@MrRolloTomasi]

Great & tragic TZ episode

[@UncleEarl97]

No 8 foot tall aliens to invite humans to their planet for dinner in this episode! To Serve Man, a great TZ episode, one of the best ever!

[@reiteam2593]

WOW, BEST EPISODE IN TIME°°∆¥¶°°°∆∆∆

[@peterpetersen9428]

Where do you get your kool artwork from? Thanks for the upload. Anyone think that now with youtube this type of venue might come back? Radio drama is unique because you don't have to watch it vs TV.

[@ChillySunshine]

Find them online and usually do some editing to make them a little more interesting. This particular one I used a program called "Fotor" and the effect called "Light Trails" otherwise the background would have been very plain.

[@razzledazzle1462]

Check out Creepy Pastas. It kind of has (paranormal/horror short stories told by a narrator)

[@fleabiskit5649]

Here is a link to all the episodes otrrlibrary.org/c.html

[@amandaelizabeth7943]

Whoa, this story is totally relevant to our growing global warming crises.

[@violetfemme411]

Small people with big heads!? lol

[@benjaminallen105]

Spot On.

[@MrRolloTomasi]

Such people existed then & still do.

[@michaelallport5816]

Driscoll: "Of course, it wont be permitted." Cretinism will out.

[@brandonthomas303]

Is there anything in this episode that mentions Romania? I feel asleep to this one last night and had a dream about Romania. Strange

[@Playsinvain]

Tesla was Croatian Serbian…Romania it gets you into the neighborhood

[@clydedisney6569]

Only half way thru so far. If 2D and S1D are from the future they did not go far enough back in time to set things back. Well, back to the story...

[@mitchsalawine5420]

US PATENT D539739

[@beast13284]

And now we all use solar energy on our moon 🌙colony

[@benjaminallen105]

Good story. It's a fun thought experiment, but there's no recognition of the human survival instinct. M A D has worked, despite liberal pessimism.