*Creepy Machine* FIRST Time Watching The Twilight Zone 2x07 Nick Of Time - The SciFiDogLady

[@mikecaetano]

"Pennsylvania 6-5000"! That telephone numbering format was common in the US from the 1930s to the 1960s. Patricia Breslin, the actress who played the wife, acted mostly in television in the sixties. She married the owner of the Cleveland Browns after she left show business.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Rod Serling came and talked to us at my college. I think it was grad school which would put it in 1975 -77. He seemed very nice and yes, he really does talk like that - at least almost.

[@benji274]

He died in mid-1975. What an honour to have him speak at your college. I would love to have met him.

[@brandonflorida1092]

@@benji274 He really did seem nice.

[@rsacchi100]

A bonus of Twilight Zone episodes are time capsule items, such as the cost of things in a diner. I enjoyed the closeups when you were surprised. Clips from other shows was a nice addition.

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

Thanks! I always value your input!

[@rsacchi100]

@@TheSciFiDogLady You're welcome. I enjoy your reviews.

[@zoppie]

What I love about this one is that nothing in-your-face supernatural happens in it. No special effects are necessary. And it is still chilling. The guy who plays the auto mechanic is the fellow who was the police commissioner in the _Batman_ TV show of the '60s. Richard Matheson wrote the screenplay for a dark comedy movie called _The Comedy of Terrors_ with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, and Peter Lorre. I recommend it highly.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Many "Twilight Zone" episodes involved events that are possible.

[@jeffborowiak9398]

This episode Shatner is on the verge of going crazy. The other episode Shatner is coming back from being crazy.

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

He does end up in a straight jacket, tho.

[@MamoruChiba1]

My second favorite Twilight Zone episode. I enjoy how "Nick of Time" explores many psychological areas, the most obvious being the nature of superstition itself and a lesser one involving thought inducement from suggestive persuasion. Shatner does a great job as the young and confident married man who seems to have all the answers until he meets his match with the devil's own device. Patricia Breslin provides fine support as his loving but increasingly desperate wife who tries her best to tear him away from the diner before he loses his soul. "Nick of Time" is truly an original premise that has plenty to say about man's fears, superstitions and psychological problems. It's one of the more interesting episodes in the Twilight Zone series and has a real "hidden" message for viewers.

[@indetigersscifireview4360]

The twist at the end is so unexpected. Great stuff. Just so you know Chicken Fried Steak is Steak that is batter coated and fried like chicken.

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

Yeah, here we call it pechuga empanizada. Loved schnitzels while in Germany

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

Sorry, didn't read that correctly. We call them "milanesas". As if they come from Milán. Go figure...

[@michaelg2529]

Happy to see you again, it's been a while. This is great story about superstition and magical thinking. If I do this "thing" a completely unconnected other "thing" will happen. We all do it in small ways. If, at the last few seconds, I cross my fingers my team will win. This episode shows at the end, the one couple trapped by their ow fears, waiting for a favorable "sign" so as to get on with their lives. You can extrapolate this theme as far as you like. A thought provoking episode. Food names are very inconsistent. The name "chicken fried steak" is like the name "flame broiled hamburger", If you order this, you're not going to get a plate of flames, you get hamburger cooked in a specific manner. Likewise with chicken fried steak, You're getting steak. This misunderstanding is extremely common. On the other hand, "chicken fried rice" is rice with chicken, and not batter coated clumps of rice which have been fried. Inconsistent names. :) Thank you for the great reaction. I look forward to your next one.

[@alanfeldstein9761]

Thanks for the full body segment. We rarely see that from you.

[@craigdixon4113]

See The Parallel" from 1963, I think you'll enjoy it. Look for the "Shocking Quote!"

[@crossbones13]

1:10 "Whew! Smells like hamburgers!" Popeyes...world famous for its hamburgers! I own that exact fortune telling machine from this episode. It was sold a while ago along with the Talky Tina doll from the "Living Doll" episode of the Twilight Zone.

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

Wait, WHAT?

[@crossbones13]

@@TheSciFiDogLady Sorry, I meant prop replicas not the exact pieces used in the episodes. Bif! Bang! Pow! released prop replicas for the Mystic Seer and the Talky Tina doll back in 2013 and I purchased each one.

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

​@@crossbones13 lol for a moment I thought you meant the very same prop.

[@empirejeff]

The episode with Shatner.

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

One of*

[@kunserndsittizen2655]

1:24 Mona Lisa in 3D or 38DD

[@TheSciFiDogLady]

I wish I were a 38DD 😢