In Praise Of Pip & The Final Season - Twilight-Tober Zone

[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@trinaq]

I liked it, as it was a strong start to Season 5, and loved the theme of love redeeming.

[@melissacooper8724]

I loved how Max was willing to sacrifice himself for his son to live because he loved him so much.

[@havdroid9769]

Day 27 waiting for the ,,G-force" movie review by the ,,Nostalgia Critic"!

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

How many episodes are there in this season?!

[@melissacooper8724]

@vishalkalicharan7710 There are 36 episodes total in Season 5. Next year (2024), they are going to carry over it an extra day since there are 32 episodes left to review and 31 days in October.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

Jack Klugman and Bill Mummy became so close during the shooting of this episode that they remained close friends up until Klugman's death in 2012. In fact, it was Mummy who delivered a eulogy at Klugman's funeral, which was supposedly Klugman's explicit wish.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

Jack Klugman seems to have gotten a LOT OF acting cred on TZ.

[@davidpildner8261]

Many years ago, my father bravely and selflessly laid down on an operating table and allowed doctors to remove a part of him so that I could live (kidney transplant). So this episode is extra special to me. I lost him a couple years ago and I miss him terribly. Love you, dad! ❤

[@melissacooper8724]

That was very noble of him! ❤

[@davidpildner8261]

@@atomdecay thank you. Yes, he never hesitated. As a matter of fact, i didn’t include it in the original post but mom told me after the transplant that he was having nightmares before the date of the procedure - the nightmares were not that something went wrong with him or he was going to suffer, but rather that they had determined that they wouldn’t let him be a donor! And, now like you, I understand as I am the father of a beautiful young woman that I love with all my heart.

[@trinaq]

We're onto Season 5 already, which means that October 2024 will likely mark the end of Walter reviewing the classic series. I hope that he eventually tackles other iterations of the show from the 80's, 00's and New 10's.

[@worldofdoom995]

I would LOVE a similar series for the 1980's series

[@rogue7723]

Or maybe review shows like _Tales From The Crypt_ or _Creepshow._

[@Awelbeckk]

@@rogue7723 Cryptober

[@CartersRemasters]

Asked him if he was going to 1980s on his personal channel, he said he has no plans to do it.

[@worldofdoom995]

aww thats a shame. still thankful for this series though.@@CartersRemasters

[@trinaq]

Despite Max being a con man and a flawed father, his redeeming qualities are his love for his son. He sacrifices his own life to save Pip, who lives on to have happy memories of his dad.

[@LoganSewell83]

In less than thirty minutes Serling can fully define a few characters.

[@richardhicks5031]

​@allogan6660 they sure don't make actors like they use to

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@LoganSewell83 Talk about a Masterclass. Definitely.

[@geoffreyfyfe2248]

One of the surprisingly rare episodes that starts with the classic "Submitted for your approval" line from Serling. He actually only used this in a few episodes, but the line is very much associated with Serling. And yes, "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" fans, that line was deliberately put into that series as a "Twilight Zone" homage. Makes sense as "AYAOTD" was designed as "Twilight Zone" for kids, so naturally have the Midnight Society, the show's Serling equivalents, say that famous line every episode.

[@Rando1975]

It's weird that the line is so closely associated with The Twilight Zone but it was only 2 (maybe 3?) episodes when Serling used the line.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

As of December 2023, Bill Mummy is the sole surviving cast member from this episode.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

Bill Mumy got his career started there, it seems.

[@elder-woodsilverstein7716]

The sentimentality of this episode comes off in more ways than one. This was the last episode of both Jack Klugman and Billy Mumy, two twilight zone juggernauts, so it feels like a bittersweet send-off of both actors.

[@weareallbronies9031]

Time for one of the biggest emotional gut punches of the twilight zone

[@nickmanzo8459]

God, this episode brought me to ugly tears the first time I saw it.

[@gerdz101]

Ngl I'm a grown ass man but this ep. brought tears on my eyes.

[@jamesgarrett8833]

The main character, Max a con man and bad dad, the episode give a good job of humanizing him. A flawed man, but not a bad guy and in the end he trade his life for his son life, so his son can live a long life and possibly be a much better father than he was, an act of unmeasurable sacrifice

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

A heartbreaking story about a fathers enduring love for a son .

[@julieporter7805]

While many like A Passage for Trumpet and It's A Good Life, I think this episode was my favorite of Klugman's and Mumy's. You see so much of of their relationship in their interactions together.

[@JackKirbyFan]

My opinion, Klugman's best performance of the series. He had a lot of heavy handed material to work through and managed to make me tear up at the end. He was just that good. The man could act. Second, please continue with something if you can. Twilight Tober and Bat May were stables for me. I literally would could the days when we got closer to those dates. Crossing fingers. Suggestions -> finish Batman animated by covering the movies (if you can). Maybe do the original Outer Limits. I never liked the Twilight Zone sequels. They had some good episodes but overall it didn't work for me personally.

[@emarino9805]

I really don’t want this series to end!!!! Please keep it going somehow!

[@peterkrug4124]

I suppose after he's done reviewing all the episodes from the original series he could move on to reviewing episodes from the 1980s TWILIGHT ZONE series.

[@shaider1982]

​​@@peterkrug4124 He could switch to Outer Limits. I watched some episodes years ago when you tube was not that strict in showing copyrighted content. More focus on sci fi.

[@richardhicks5031]

​@peterkrug4124 then eventually move on to the inferior outer limits series

[@melissacooper8724]

Even though Max did a lot of shady things in his life, I'm touched that he got a chance to be with his son. I thought it was noble of him to beg God to take him in order for Pip to survive. And it was sweet that it left Pip with happy memories of his dad!

[@TramiNguyen-oi3kp]

I love this The Twilight Zone episode!

[@melissadahl7561]

This is one of the episodes (along with changing of the guard) that my father told me not to watch because they were too sad. I watched them anyway and, of course, like any of the ones Jack Klugman does, it's one of my favorites.

[@ZekeStaright]

6:00 Just the blurb of narration in this vid was enough to get the water works started, Amazing Performance.

[@brianfuller757]

This was a great episode and Klugman nailed it. And lets appreciate how great the rest of the cast was.

[@SpongeyTheEditor]

A solid somewhat underrated one

[@jenniferschillig3768]

This is probably my favorite underrated gem of the series.

[@raywalton1291]

My second favorite episode behind only Walking Distance. Though Jack Klugman's performance here is my favorite from the entire series.

[@thealchemist51]

Night and day difference. While the last episode was easily one of the worst to ever come out of Twilight Zone this one while not the greatest is still a real solid and fantastic episode. Jack Klugman, returning to once again, give his best as he always does delivers a great performance, especially when he’s bonding with his son. That time there was so believable them running from one ride to another having a joy you could tell he loved every second with his son. And of course, the heartbreak in the house of mirrors. Wishing for more time and giving himself up so his son can go on living. And when his son gave the response at the end of the episode, I honestly believe that he could hear his dad’s asking him a question. I don’t know if this would be cheesy, but maybe it would’ve been better if you could’ve seen Jack standing behind a son actually asking him. And then Pip smiling responding then having a question look on his face turns around to see no one there, with a smile on his face, knowing his dad is watching over him.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

Not the GREATEST? Bite your tongue!

[@fshoaps]

Yeah, your idea is way too 'on the nose'.

[@jabbarmuhammad8804]

Pretty stellar performances of the last episode of season 4 I look forward to seeing season 5 of the twilight zone episodes

[@richewilson6394]

All I can think of is the movie "the Halloween Tree" when I watch this. The main character in the movie was called pip and it pretty much follows the same kind of thing that he was dying. And that is when friends were coming to try and save him/help him.

[@jamesgarrett8833]

Arrived here we are at season five, oh I can’t wait for Walter to cover episodes like “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”, “Number 12 looks Just Like You”, “The Queen of the Nile”, “Living Doll”, “The Old Man in the Cave” and “Black Leather Jackets”

[@atomdecay]

Right, there are some SERIOUS hard-hitters coming up next year!

[@oriontherealironman]

This is one tunnel that I don't want to end. In the Twilight Zone.

[@musicbrush9231]

I don't remember seeing this episode all the way through but, I sure do remember that conclusion, and to this day, I love it!

[@keeganmet257]

Not being able to find the full episodes online, I've really loved this Twilight Zone series.

[@Usernameuser584]

The twilight zone is on Pluto rn for free

[@keeganmet257]

@@Usernameuser584 thank you for informing me!

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

This episode is so sweet yet so sad at the same time. I love the combination.

[@electrolytes]

After the Barb, I though we were done for the year! Three more to go!!!!

[@peanutbutterjeff5364]

Season 5! Lots of personal favorites in this one!

[@Nasser851000]

In Praise of Walter!

[@RetroReloaded]

We all love.. Some themselves more than others..

[@maxhunke5166]

Steel is up next. That should be an interesting one talk about. After that we it’ll likely be a 15 minute discussion on nightmare at 20,000 feet. And will end with a kind of Stop Watch. Probably the best closure we’ve had to the twilight tbh.

[@maxhunke5166]

Twilight Tober zone*

[@miroslavtomic7038]

The ending was perfect as it was Klugman's final scene in TZ. It was kind of his swan song. He totally deserved it.

[@thomasb-o6j]

I love this episode! It’s a top 10 for me.

[@julesthief]

This is one of the fees episodes I haven’t seen, and that clip of Jack Klugman’s speech/prayer made me tear up!

[@MillieGriffin]

They just reran this episode on TV. This is one of those episodes that brings you to tears.

[@christamu2]

Hmm I wonder which episode will be saved for Halloween night? Looking forward to it. Keep up the great work!

[@jlev1028]

Well, I almost managed to watch the full episode - and then the TV screwed up at the halfway mark. Damnit, "In Praise of Pip" was getting interesting. I liked the dilemma the father was going through and the little time he had.

[@VidWatcher01]

I'm definitely crying😭😭😭😭

[@JTTofficial]

I don't recall seeing any of these episodes IRL, but i sure have enjoyed these tober zones!

[@majinsole8554]

Was not expecting this yet, and I thought it was a great episode that used its paranormal premise to display simple but great humanity 🙂 ~_~

[@shainewhite2781]

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

3:04 tease for the (most likely) FINAL twilightober zone episode next year 2024 6:01 i really liked the scene

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks for sharing these!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You're awesome 😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@shenloken2]

It’s appropriate that Season 5 starts off with an episode where the main character’s son was wounded in Vietnam. Seasons 1-4 pretty much reflected the early 60’s. The first episode of Season 5 questioning the US involvement in Vietnam marked the start of what would forever define the 1960’s. It’s as if the Twilight Zone throughout it’s run was telling audiences “Brace yourself: there’s change coming!!”

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

Agreed. In Praise Of Pip was above anything else, a precursor to what would come to the world in 1965.

[@shainewhite2781]

To those who might watch this episode, I suggest you take out the box of tissues.

[@Moviemakers05]

This could probably continue to to the revivals like mid 80s 2000’s and late 2010’s versions

[@KyleRobots]

The 80s Zone redid the 'A Game of Pool' episode and stuck with the original ending, the legend beating the upstart and the upstart living but now damned to stay even obsessed with pool to prove himself, and the whole time I was thinking, man. Wouldn't it have been AMAZING if they got Klugman back. Would explain him sparing the annoying kid.

[@BelcherKendric-vn7ke]

I wonder why he was not in it. I feel like he have loved to be in the revival series.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Just two more videos before we get to the episode that changed the Twilight Zone's history forever.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

Can't wait for Living Doll!

[@shawnmalone9711]

This episode was on MeTV , today, 4-8-24. In the book, The Twilight Zone Companion, by Marc Scott Zicree this episode was rewritten by Rod Serling because the US Defense Department didn’t like the script. Rod Serling originally had Pip wounded in Laos.The government said no US troops were fighting in Laos, and the US government urged Serling to have Pip wounded in South Vietnam.( the US was fighting a secret war In Laos, 1961-1975 against the Pathet Lao) The US had military advisers aiding the South Vietnamese army. Rod Serling rewrote his script and he was very prescient. We were fighting in Laos, and South Vietnam and US soldiers were being killed in a “dirty war”. Anyway, this is a very emotional episode and is up there in the best episodes of the TZ. A father willing to sacrifice himself for his son always chokes me up. My son almost died around 2010, and I prayed for him and he got better, believe it or not.

[@George-kz5hb]

Jack Klugman was such an underrated actor.

[@SerpentNight]

Going to start on September 30 next year to knock out the rest all at once or go one over this year?

[@za1n4bm92]

Well Finally got to Last Of Seasons with The twilight zone 😮😮😮

[@maroftheflameandshadows]

I got to say this was a good one though I don't like feels when it comes to terror I will say twilight zone always did the best with both horror and feels

[@aidanhever3369]

Once you complete this series next year, what are you going to do next ? Covering the original Goosebumps series ?

[@TheCreepypro]

a nice return to form

[@chadkimmel8957]

I’d love to see this episode in full. Just a clip of him pleading to God to take himself instead of his boy made me tear up… I’m getting soft in my age.

[@davidpildner8261]

It’s not only you. This episode makes me cry every time.

[@PabloCruise1]

Suck it up, Buttercup!

[@trickq5883]

He was shot and was gonna die anyway so I don't see how this was a trade. "God take my life instead of my son's even tho I'm about to die in a few minutes anyway." ?

[@Transgenderedmonarch]

I know you all want him to continue, but the problem with covering the 80’s is that each episode had three segments

[@bdillmore40]

Walter, please please please review Night Gallery next once you're done with Twilight Zone! It's really the only true sequel Serling made!

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

After the final season, are you going to do the reboots? Cover the Tower of Terror ride perhaps?

[@shawnmalone9711]

This episode was on MeTV, 9-10-24.

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

Jack Klugman and Bill Mummy appear together in this episode. 30 years later in 1996, Klugman appeared in movie Dear God, which also featured Mumy's son Seth.

[@endymated5133]

I still wonder how walter is going to do 32 episodes with one last run of 31 days remaining next year

[@ToonGal12]

More than likely, he'll just have to have either an extra day of it this year or next year, because that would be kinda' dumb to have us wait an entire year for just ONE extra episode. XD

[@CaptainCJ97]

Damn season 5 already ? Dang i guess next year is the end wonder what will take it place goosebumps?

[@michaeljebbett160]

I wonder if they'll cover the 80s and 2020 series

[@lowrider993]

1st Twilight-Tober Zone to cover 3 different seasons

[@willspann9894]

It's probably a long shot, but I would be interested in seeing channel awesome review Rod Sterling other series "The Night Gallery" or maybe "Tales from the Darkside"......

[@Purplesubmariner]

Is it just me, or did the actor who played young Pip also voice Pinocchio from Walt's classic cartoon movie??

[@monterrang1]

disney's Pinocchio was realised in 1940 so that's unlikely that he would still be a kid in the 1960's

[@Purplesubmariner]

@@monterrang1 doppelganger voice then o_O

[@milestrombley1466]

There are modern Twilight Zone episodes, and I haven't seen them.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

When you watch the original 1959-64 series, you would do yourself a favor passing on ANY of the subsequent re-incarnations of the Zone!

[@Faceplay2]

Yeah the newer shows suck

[@heidifedor]

This one was really sad, the season 5 premiere was so much better than season5/series finale. The series finale was probably not only the worst of the TZ episodes, but one of the worst series finales of all time and I can’t believe this is the same director.

[@TheMegaOnyx]

Is Twilightober over? Is there something to close of oktober?

[@claytonrios1]

Last season! Maybe you can talk about the Tower of Terror next year too?

[@louisduarte8763]

Wasn't there already fighting in Vietnam between the North and South, before US involvement began?

[@jlev1028]

America technically started intervening since the war began but mainly financed South Vietnam's government and supplied its military with weapons, trainers and consultants. But it wasn't until the Kennedy years when actual troops were deployed.

[@AntonioDragon88]

Are you going to do the 80’s twilight zone too

[@sweeney60]

Klugman could not get away from death stories on this show! Was Rod trying to kill him in real life?

[@Nickster891]

* has seen every episode of boy meets world and just remembered the context of that joke * oh yeah mr feeney marries the dean... who we never see in the sequel series girl meets world with no confirmation whether she's just away or supposed to be dead in that series

[@liamshaughnessy6246]

0:00-7:46 yikes 😱 😬 😳 !

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

How many episodes are there in this season?!

[@InvasionAnimation]

Please when this series is done go to the outer limits, don't go to the modern twilight zone.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

To be sure! I second that.

[@rodhitchen6089]

Don’t forget The Twilight Zone: The 🎥. 😢😢😢😢

[@manco828]

Now when I see Bill Mumy, I think of Babylon 5.

[@easterbunny3850]

You mean Date Ship? 😅

[@jeffreyberkin-ez3uh]

My number 80 episode. Klugman does a good job, but it always bothers me when a character is badly wounded and, instead of getting help, he wanders around (sometimes for hours) until he can make his final speech. It happens so often. Max did NOT sacrifice himself for Pip. He was no Lew Bookman. He was going to die. Perhaps the son would have survived. Billy Mumy was fine, but I liked him better in his other episodes 😊

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

THIS IS SHAKESPEAREAN ACTING for pop culture. THIS is how to develop a fan base, plan & simple.

[@liamshaughnessy6246]

Very interesting tv show ?😳😂😱🤨😎📺

[@Gojiro7]

Walter, if you plan on killing off the series next year, thats sad but fine, but please don't take the route of doing the video every other day to fill the time slots, instead do something like take select episodes of the 80's twilight zone (maybe the ones that were remakes of older ones) so things can end on a high note (with room for more another time) rather than a protracted feeling of "im finally done with this"

[@MGWFilms97]

True

[@havdroid9769]

Day 27 waiting for the ,,G-force" movie review by the ,,Nostalgia Critic"!

[@jdzencelowcz]

#WaterWorks

[@BelcherKendric-vn7ke]

This episode is not bad but average for me. I do like how the Vietnam War is mentioned. This could have been remade in The Twilight Zone movie. November 3rd 2023 2:16 PM Central Time

[@johnhaladay5541]

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I didn't like this episode at all. It was just too was tedious and too melodramatic.

[@subsamadhi]

Hes my all time favorite twz actor 💯