The narrator says that this series holds up and is still 'watchable". Is he kidding? Some of the best episodes of this series (and there are many -especially in the first season) blow away many standard TV shows today. The unique combination of gothic horror and science fiction, the masterful cinematography and lighting, the powerful and atmospheric music, and especially the literary and allegorical stories and scripts make the Outer Limits one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
@jackseymour17572 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. As a kid I watched the series, we all did to prove to our peers that we weren't sacred out of our wits, yet when I watch episodes such as this now, it still sends shivers up my spine. The concepts were brilliantly enacted and many of the special effects were far more effective than some of the clearly fake, cartoon like, CGI of today.
@Paul_Wetor2 жыл бұрын
I also watched it during its original run. It gave me the feeling that it was made in Europe, because it was so unlike anything seen on American TV.
@williambell45912 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear!
@paulmicheldenverco12 жыл бұрын
Yes, because if it's good writing and acting you accept the less sophisticated special effects because it's the former two that are most important.
@julietfischer50562 жыл бұрын
@@paulmicheldenverco1- The effects were quite good for television at that period. Only movies could surpass them (if the budget allowed). The rest comes down to the unspoken deal between the audience and the producers: you don't notice the bits filmed on backlots and soundstages, and they try (more or less) to ensure the illusion. Technological improvements have changed the details of that deal, but we still pretend that the characters haven't been recorded on location and at the studio. A good story helps immensely. And then you watch it decades later and you notice which bits were recorded where....
@IamTheDude552 жыл бұрын
Nothing today could put a candle to The Outer Limits. The acting, the plots, storyline, a who's who of well known actors getting their start, and especially the music. I was 6 and 7 years old when this came out and it scared me shitless. But I had to keep watching
@MrTryAnotherOne2 жыл бұрын
The original Outer Limits was a great series. There was so much depth in these stories.
@johnbastian59652 жыл бұрын
I especially loved the control voice before and after the episodes.
@virginiaconnor83502 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that sweet guy playing that alien guy is now a sweet guy playing a medical examiner named Dr. Ducky Mallard on "NCIS". He also played in "The Invisible Man" and "Sapphire&Steel", not to mention many movies, guest roles on tv, music, plays, computer games and even a book he wrote. He's almost 89!
@virginiaconnor83502 жыл бұрын
Mind control. Not exactly a mind meld, but a good thing he wasn't a certain Vulcan who had Pa'nar Syndrome that could infect Cdr. T'Pol's brain, adrenal glands, and immune syndrome on "Enterprise". Spock could also mind- meld and planted ideas in people's heads on "TOS".
@lcfflc38872 жыл бұрын
the twilight zone won the contest.
@wdd31412 жыл бұрын
In the first season Dominic Frontiere was the music director. The second season's music was by Harry Lubin, who played music that sounded like a homage or ripoff of "One Step Beyond." Well, I looked up some episodes of "One Step Beyond" and saw Harry Lubin in the music credits. So it wasn't a ripoff, it was the same guy!
@theminertom115512 жыл бұрын
Without question, this was my favorite episode of the Outer Limits. Saw it as a kid in the 60's. Always wanted to evolve like David McCallum.
@spiderontheweb7272 Жыл бұрын
Like this one and the other David McCallum one he is in "Forms of Things Unknown" but found the Man From Uncle boring too much of the time.
@RPSchonherr2 жыл бұрын
I have to tell you a story related to this. After this episode aired, one of my uncle's friends (Eugene) did a very good job of recreating the make-up for Halloween. We were all over my grandmother's apartment in Newark NJ. The apartment had 2 doors to the hallway, one in the kitchen and one in the living room. One set of trick or treaters knocked on the kitchen door and we had Eugene answer the door. They took one look at him, screamed and ran down the hall. He closed the door and a moment later we heard a knock on the other door. Of course Eugene answered that door too. They screamed all the way down the stairs from the 4th floor to the street. :) 🤣🤣🤣
@jonniiinferno90982 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣 - would've loved to have been there for that !!!
@HiroNguy2 жыл бұрын
*Epic!*
@williambell45912 жыл бұрын
"...their IGNORANT FEAR, makes me laugh quite heartily..."
@skinovtheperineum12082 жыл бұрын
THAT'S how you do Hallowe'en.
@lindac64162 жыл бұрын
Wow great 👍 story. Thank you 😊
@thegrogmeister50112 жыл бұрын
Excellent episode. Most of The Outer Limits episodes still hold up 60 years later.
@randyshoquist77262 жыл бұрын
"Your ignorance makes me ill, and angry." A line which I can use frequently these days.
@haf2C2 жыл бұрын
This show scared me too much growing up, but now it's in my collection and I love it. Every single episode is a compelling human drama, usually with great characters (and actors), an interesting premise, a frightening "bear" of the week, and themes that are still relevant today. Some of my favorites include: yes, The Sixth Finger, The Man Who Was Never Born, Nightmare, The Zanti Misfits, The Bellero Shield, Specimen: Unknown, A Feasibility Study, Demon With a Glass Hand, and I, Robot.
@buffstraw29692 жыл бұрын
"The Sixth Finger" is one of my favorite OL episodes. I love the wordless acting where, after Cathy has brought Gwyllm back, they face each other and a tear glistens on her cheek. He touches the tear, it adheres to his fingertip, he looks at it, and realizes (without a word of dialogue being spoken) just what it means to be human. No longer animals, but not yet gods, either. All we can do is love each other. Her love brings him back to the realm of the human.
@cindydott4522 жыл бұрын
Terry Pratchett said it best "Man is the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape"
@vernonsmith61762 жыл бұрын
Please listen to the The man who evolved...
@anastasiabeaverhausen82202 жыл бұрын
Excellent observation.
@Halbared2 жыл бұрын
@@cindydott452 Pan narrans.
@fredpagniello32672 жыл бұрын
I'd prefer to go forward...
@Caje-zf8md2 жыл бұрын
Back then as a 7-year old, "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone" were among my favorite television shows. Wah Chang's creation in "The Keeper of the Purple Twilight" was to me, the epitome of what a bipedal alien would look like.
@veramae40982 жыл бұрын
I found the episode. This explains a lot about former President Trump ....
@stevenrobbins94722 жыл бұрын
@@veramae4098 Nazi
@liman422 жыл бұрын
We had the Outer Limits cards and the alien hit squad in "Keeper of the Purple Twilight" always stood out in my mind. Definitely in the top 5 episodes. "Demon With A Glass Hand" is my #1.
@thecarman36932 жыл бұрын
@@veramae4098 TDS strikes again! Amazing how much real estate he takes up in some people's minds.
@DemetriusSorvo2 жыл бұрын
@@veramae4098 You mean the guy who didn't cause out of control inflation and record high gas prices?
@jananderson6722 жыл бұрын
The Outer Limits scared me to death as an 11 year old. The Galaxy Being set the tone for the series and it just kept getting better and scarier I loved some of the avant garde shows,interesting photography, plot lines and first rate actors made this a wonderful sci fi series.
@liman422 жыл бұрын
Groundbreaking is an understatement.
@p.oinonen67062 жыл бұрын
I felt horrible for the being. "They must destroy me". Pretty stiff punishment for fooling around with the equipment.
@deltatango57652 жыл бұрын
I was about 7 at the time and I had many a nightmare after watching these shows. I don't regret a thing.
@bertkilborne64642 жыл бұрын
My Mom had other shows that she wanted to watch, but when I went to my Grandma's house she'd let me watch it and this episode stands out in my mind. We had trading cards with all the monsters from the horror shows back then. When I saw this I was sure that Kathy was Kelly Ripa.
@liman422 жыл бұрын
@@bertkilborne6464 Marcus Welby, M.D. ? That was my mother's favorite.
@stevestults11112 жыл бұрын
One of the strongest Outer Limits episodes, due primarily to McCallum's excellent acting.
@johnathandavis36932 жыл бұрын
This show had the creepiest sound effects. Even the music was scary. I loved this show as a child, 50+ years ago...
@adamson57792 жыл бұрын
All covertly designed to elicit the creepiness and scariness in you, for reasons beyond your previous understanding...
@kkcake57712 жыл бұрын
????
@garyoldham44492 жыл бұрын
@@adamson5779 Admit it! Using the word "covertly" was deliberately used to elicit creepiness and scariness! Well done!
@adamson57792 жыл бұрын
@@garyoldham4449 Without a doubt, at that time anyone who watched has a few goose bumps or hair raising moments. Outer limits there simply was nothing like it at the time.. and still holds its own even to this day.
@eelalien2 жыл бұрын
I purchased all the original Outer Limits soundtrack CDs... they invoke the fear and creepiness all on their own - Dominic Frontiere et al. were AMAZING! (Best used to scare unwanted stragglers from your house parties... ;-)
@captainnice57572 жыл бұрын
To this science-fiction loving kid, every episode was pure gold. "The Mutant" and "The Zanti Misfits" gave me nightmares like you wouldn't believe. Had a complete set of Outer Limits trading cards. Wish I still had those and my "Mars Attacks" cards. I believe you can get inexpensive reprints now, I think I'll do that.
@hubbsllc2 жыл бұрын
"Soldier" with Michael Ansara and written by Harlan Ellison was probably my favorite.
@stevestults11112 жыл бұрын
I grew up on "Outer Limits" and "Twilight Zone." Might explain a lot about my later life . . hmm. Yup. . .The Zanti Misfits definitely freaked me out. The episode with Patrick Oneal and the miniature planet under the glass. That dark batlike thing that came out of the planet was, for some reason, THE scariest thing I ever encountered on Outer Limits. So many great episodes. My favorite was the one with Robert Culp as the android with the glass hand.
@stevestults11112 жыл бұрын
@@hubbsllc Definitely one of the best episodes.
@nexusdrop78632 жыл бұрын
I saw some Twilight Zones (old) as an adult and you talk about existential horror.... these shows had them. People today would not see these fearsome aspects and this was over 50 years ago.
@cjeffygo2 жыл бұрын
OMG, the Zanti Misfits episode made me develop a phobia of bugs!
@StevePallotta2 жыл бұрын
My favorite episode bar none. The writers nailed it when it comes to how intellect effects a human and how they act and react. Just as Willam is about to destroy the police, he evolves past anger, which is absolute genius on the writers part.
@williambell45912 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! The fact that he evolved beyond anger, drove home the storyline of the episode.
@STho2052 жыл бұрын
However the road to private intellect made him regard life of his lessers worthless and dangerous to him...just him. His existence and continued growth was the ultimate good in his intellectual mind. It is only wishful thinking that indicates intellect alone can bring a person past violence....and wishful thinking is one of the core logical fallacies. A line of reasoning can not be logically valid unless the form is valid. Most Si Fi Fantasy is written by romantics....and many a scientist is just one lab accident away from being a supervillian.
@Strangways Жыл бұрын
Agreed. This episode with McCallum was top shelf. It was directed by James Goldstone who also directed the pilot for Star Trek: TOS “Where No Man Has Gone Before” and Season One’s “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
@decide2think2 жыл бұрын
I thought that "Demon With A Glass Hand" had the best feel of being an actual dream the way it was shot, and how it progressed. Great episode!
@jublywubly2 жыл бұрын
"The Terminator" seems to have been copied off that episode, along with "Soldier" from The Outer Limits. The Terminator also seems to be definitely copied from "In His Image" from The Twilight Zone, "The War Machines" story from Doctor Who, and the movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project".
@noahm71722 жыл бұрын
In this world of digital everything. You can now truly appreciate what the "Outer Limits" crew were able to create. Outstanding! A true American treasure.
@jody68512 жыл бұрын
Yes, they needed real imagination to create the special effects, enhanced by the incredible black and white film noir cinematography. Today, they simply use a multi-million dollar computer set-up in full color along with a lot of hyper-loud explosive noises to take all the imagination, allusion, and suggestion out of it, justifying the movie's ten-figure budget.
@joestrike85372 жыл бұрын
@@jody6851 The show's director of photography was Conrad Hall, who went onto become one of the best DP's in Hollywood
@TheRealDrJoey2 жыл бұрын
@@joestrike8537 No shit!! Wow!! Thanks so much for that factoid. I think he and Meredith Nicholson were the last great B & W cinematographers.
@williambell45912 жыл бұрын
Looking at all the creatures from this show, I can't help but think what they would have been able to accomplish, if they had programs like Maya, Zbrush or even Blender - what else they would have been able to do back in those days! The creatures created for this show are so amazing and unique, major kudos to the production crew, and the story writers, one of the best sci-fi series of my lifetime!
@movierun2 жыл бұрын
@@jody6851 So true. A lot of CGI today might be described as "...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" - to quote Shakespeare.
@kimsikoryak3830 Жыл бұрын
Almost all of the episodes of this sci-fi series blow away current shows. The creativity, the music, the format, the pacing, and Vic Perrin's great intro and outro pieces make this a super-classic of TV.
@gandalfnamirreh3797 ай бұрын
I think the fact it's produced in black and white adds to it's appeal as well , It came on at 11:00 pm followed by Don Kirshner's Rock Concert at mid - night Cheers
@godfreymccammon45312 жыл бұрын
The Outer Limits is the best science fiction show ever made and The Sixth Finger is great. I've been a fan since the early sixties and I'm now lucky enough to have the series on DVD. I liked how the lab assistant said "your ignorance makes me angry and ill", funny how correct that line is now in this present world enviroment. My all time favorite is "A Feasibility Study" from 1964, I was scared and intrigued at the same time. Thanks for all your work on the cool shows from the good ol' days, there's always something great to find out about these shows...my shows.
@julietfischer50562 жыл бұрын
If _A Feasibility Study_ is the one I think it is, it was successfully remade for one of the reboots. With David McCallum.
@joelupinacci99002 жыл бұрын
@@julietfischer5056 I think I remember Steven King saying this was a series that scared the crap out of him. I think it helped to develop his writing.
@nannetteschultz42642 жыл бұрын
@@julietfischer5056 "A Feasibility Study" was an amazing episode. I don't think the reboot of that episode held up to the original.
@ronschlorff70892 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I always got it backwards too, "your ignorance makes me angry and ill" seems better than the other way around, as in the episode. I was a nerd in High School in L.A. area in sixties, and we, my other nerd friends and I, would taut each other with that line, cuz well, we were nerds, and that's what nerd's do!! Thinking we were smarter than the other nerds! We were angry all the time too, cuz we had no girlfriends to get us off, and that made us very ill as well!! :D LOL
@vanceviverito33592 жыл бұрын
As a child, the show's opening alone scared the hell out of me! The episode that particularly scared me presented this scenario: For those who remember when TV signals were received strictly via an antenna, there were times when you just had a screen full of static. When you were tuning in the signal you would get a ghost outline of human figures that would become more pronounced and turn into recognizable people as the picture cleared. In this episode, that ghostlike static figure stepped out of the TV screen and was walking around amongst us! I still get the chills just thing about it.
@TooleManTV Жыл бұрын
That's "The Galaxy Being," the first episode. It scared the crap out of me! I was 8, or maybe 7. Your imagination filled in the details when the TV static blurred the picture beyond recognition. It might've done a better job, too!
@arlanstrong14242 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite episode of Outer Limits. Bar none.. hands down. The line "Your ignorance makes me ill and angry" has always stuck with me and I have actually used it. Thank you for bringing this to me today. 🌹
@mhoover2 жыл бұрын
The whole town must be destroyed. An example must be made.
@NathanTarantlawriter2 жыл бұрын
It's a great line and it begs to be used in many modern situations.
@fredpagniello32672 жыл бұрын
Perfect line for having truck with the homo sapiens lineage, the vast majority of our species. Let me know when the humans arrive.
@henrybrowne72482 жыл бұрын
I love that line too! Cracks me up! I try to use it also. Somebody pointed out we have practically 24/7 opportunities to use it these days.
@wayneyadams2 жыл бұрын
I felt that way when I looked at the comments to my posts back when I used to have a Twitter account. life is so much more pleasant without Twitter. I hope Elon Musk sells his stock, tanks the company and wipes it from the face of the Earth!
@marvinjones44152 жыл бұрын
"Your ignorance makes me ill and angry." Such a great line!!!! Definitely in my top five favorite OL episodes along with The Bellaro Shield, It Crawled Out of the Woodworks, Don't Open Till Doomsday and Production and Decay of Strange Particles (which scared the crap out of me when I was a kid) Runner up: O.B.I.T.
@maskedmarvyl47742 жыл бұрын
"The Machines are everywhere!" "You mean O.B.I.T.?" "No, I mean iPhones".
@SuperOmnicronsj442 жыл бұрын
I'd say the top five is 1."The Man Who Was Never Born" also with Martin Landau from the Bellero Shield - both had heavily dramatic overtones y Landau. And Gerd Oswald directed film with David McCallum 2. "Forms of Things Unknown. And the two parter 3. "The Inheritors" and 4. The Mutant (with Warren Oates). 5. Second Chance (with Simon Oakland and Mimsy Farmer, Don Gordon) - great entertainment. Scary and in many cases, ominous.
@marvinjones44152 жыл бұрын
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 There's so many good episode. FoTU is another one that creeped me out as a kid, and it was all atmosphere! Some more I need to add to my absolute favorites list: The Borderland and The Invisibles, which still gives me chills to this day 😃
@jamesevans34922 жыл бұрын
@@maskedmarvyl4774 - Potentially Very Deadly Thinking, Plotting And Planning Machines, Which Are Always Watching Us, And Listening To Us . . . Ouch . . .
@scottmantooth87852 жыл бұрын
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 *all very good episodes*
@p.a.stewart54462 жыл бұрын
"Controlled Experiment" with Carrol O'Conner and Barry Morse, is the episode I always think of when someone mentions The Outer Limits.
@VoightComp2 жыл бұрын
I believe the only episode that could be called a comedy.
@richardhart92042 жыл бұрын
... great episode. For decades, I thought it was a Twilight Zone story.
@jonathansteadman79352 жыл бұрын
If you live in the UK the Controlled Experiment episode is on this Friday at 8pm on Talking Pictures 👍
@im1who84u2 жыл бұрын
"Controlled Experiment" also starred Grace Lee Whitney who later went on to be yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek. A very attractive woman indeed.
@chynnadoll32772 жыл бұрын
@@VoightComp : Isn’t that the episode where Carroll O’Connor referred to George Washington’s picture on the one-dollar bill as an “old lady”?
@ReneDelPrado Жыл бұрын
Yes this was an outstanding episode. The script and dialogue was excellent. Too many favorites to list, but Architects of Fear, A Feasibility Study and Nightmare are some favorites.
@mjhzen83132 жыл бұрын
Yes, one of my favorites. Others are: "The Architects of Fear", "Demon with a Glass Hand", "Corpus Earthling", "O.B.I.T.", "Nightmare", "The Belero Shield", and "The Forms of Things Unknown".
@charlesdowns16912 жыл бұрын
fun +games is ok.
@charlesdowns16912 жыл бұрын
yes those are great. whats the one with vera miles called. its strange+cool.
@cruzcontrol15042 жыл бұрын
you are directly on target,, but you missed the Zanti Misfits, the production and decay of strange particles, the Mutant, and the special one
@MrStonelion632 жыл бұрын
Don't forget "Soldier"
@TheStephepps2 жыл бұрын
And, "The Zanti Misfits".
@josephdrach2276 Жыл бұрын
There were many fine episodes of The Outer Limits. The first episode, The Galaxy Being, starred Cliff Robertson who was a brilliant actor. My favorite, by far, was the 2 part story entitled The Inheritors. It had top-notch actors and a fantastic story. The directors of the show had a way of working with the actors, cameramen, etc to create some enduring episodes. Great show.. The low budget for special effects was no problem. In the episode Demon with a glass hand, the invaders from the future wore shower caps, lots of make up and cheap fake gold medallions. They were plenty creepy and believable!
@hebneh2 жыл бұрын
The people who post comments concerning "The Outer Limits" were all kids when it was first shown - like me - and inevitably remember being petrified with fear over one episode or another. For me, it was the one where Robert Culp was turned into a faux alien, and as he was dying in the lab at the end, he fell to the floor suddenly in front of his wife, who was able to recognize him because of how he touched her face with his finger. The alien make-up was scary, but it was more unsettling to me that he willingly and knowingly submitted to the surgery and permanent physical alterations while keeping the change secret from his wife.
@carywiesner7692 жыл бұрын
That episode was "The Architects of Fear," and it's my most memorable episode too. I was only six when it first aired, and it scared the hell out of me. I 've read that the network worried that the alien was "too frightening for young children," and that some affiliates actually blacked out the screen when the alien was being shown. Scary as it was, I loved The Outer Limits when it first ran. But it wasn't until I saw it in syndication when I was older that I really started appreciating how good many of the stories and the acting were.
@lowbaritonewwj2 жыл бұрын
The small connection between this episode and "Architects" is that stuntman Janos Prohaska played the creature that Culp was turned into.
@JSustain2 жыл бұрын
The love that guy had for his family combined with his self-sacrifice for the sake of world peace, brought tears to my eyes. Remember they first experimented on a monkey. Turning it into a alien looking creature drove it insane!
@anthonypetrozzelli54292 жыл бұрын
Yes, especially the Mutant and Zanti Misfits.
@williambell45912 жыл бұрын
This is why I had posted previously that most of the episodes were actually love stories; The Architects of Fear is the perfect example, and the episode I was referring to, when I posted that.
@Setmose2 жыл бұрын
One of best episodes of The Outer Limits. My fav: "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork". The energy-monster was completely original then, and still today.
@johnl6362 жыл бұрын
Thats the episode I always remember.
@marvinjones44152 жыл бұрын
It's also one of my favorites. One thing that's interesting is how the narrative subtly jumps from the older brother to the younger brother and his new girlfriend and then to the detective.
@STho2052 жыл бұрын
The Energy Monster was the chaos factor in Forbidden Planet 7 or 8 years earlier. Jonny Quest also had The Invisible Monster made of energy from an experiment in 1964. There was a UK movie with an energy monster in the very early 60s....and The Avengers had one in the Rigg years.
@bartonpercival3216 Жыл бұрын
Many people don't know that the detective in this episode was none other than Ed Asner, who would go on to play Lou Grant in the Mary Tyler Moore show!!!! 👍
@vilefly2 жыл бұрын
"The whole town must be utterly destroyed. An example must be made." Anytime I hear something stupid on the news, i walk up to a window, look out, and speak this line. Sometimes with coffee, sometimes with alcohol. It is mine to know which and when.
@paulforder5912 жыл бұрын
The 5-minute sequence where an artificially evolved Gwyllm plays a complex Bach concerto is superb. Lends an authentic touch, considering that David McCallum was an accomplished pianist before becoming an actor. The original script of "The Sixth Finger" had a lot of graphically violent scenes deleted from it. For example, where Gwyllm uses his mental powers to vaporize the mining boss, or kills the two motorcycle police. 🙀😱 TOL wasn't excessively violent for its time, but it did have a moral of the story ending with each episode. These were cautionary tales that made you think. 🤓🤔
@JOHN----DOE2 жыл бұрын
His primary instrument was the oboe, but yes, every respectable musician learns keyboard. His father was a concertmaster.
@adamc19662 жыл бұрын
They should have won an Emmy for the writing in this episode. This and Zanti Misfits are my favorites.
@RSTI1912 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, the Zanti Misfits... Took years to get over that episode.
@matthewmehegan34752 жыл бұрын
@@RSTI191 Yep, ants with faces freaked me out and I hid under my covers!!!
@RSTI1912 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmehegan3475 They'll do that to you..
@conniechastain2 жыл бұрын
@@RSTI191 Loved the Zanti Misfits. I was an adult the first time I saw it.
@RSTI1912 жыл бұрын
@@conniechastain Much scarier when you're a kid. =)
@MonteVanVleet2 жыл бұрын
I never missed Outer Limits; it was a TV program way ahead of its time. This episode was one of my favorites, along with the Robert Culp episode where his character is a robot who must wait for a future date 200 years away, as he has the entire population of future Earth converted to a digital signal on a wire in his robot hand. Thanks for sharing this.
@stephenzanichkowsky44342 жыл бұрын
That Robert Culp one is "Demon With A Glass Hand" and is probably my favorite ever...
@caatcher2 жыл бұрын
Robert Culp and Harlan Ellison wanted to make "Demon with a Glass Hand" into a feature, with Mr. Culp directing, but they could never find the financing. It was indeed a superior episode.
@p.oinonen67062 жыл бұрын
"Demon...." is a great episode. Top notch. Somebody botched the calculations for half lives of the radioactive plague used to destroy the Kyban. 99 year half life is not 200 years from total decay : 50% first 99 years, 50% of THAT second 99 years (now 75% decay 25% active) third 99 years, 87-1/2, 12-1/2 ... you get it. So in addition to the 1000 year delay, Trent (Culp) must wait another 700 years for activity under 2%. Even that may be fatal to all, we don't know...
@johnwood5512 жыл бұрын
I loved that show at age 11 in 1963. For some reason It was shown at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. I would get up super early to watch it and other Sci-Fi shows. Now all the Sci-Fi /Horror shows are just blood and guts ,the gorier the better they think. THESE made you think and imagine.
@josepherhardt1642 жыл бұрын
The big problem is that it is difficult to do noir _except_ in black & white.
@julietfischer50562 жыл бұрын
Censorship can be both blessing and curse. When you can't shove things into people's faces, you have to hint and suggest and use creativity. No hiding plot holes behind a torrent of blood and guts. (In his commentary to _Hellraiser,_ Clive Barker said that the censors' suggestions made certain scenes _more_ effective. I doubt that was the intent, but here's to happy accidents.)
@julietfischer50562 жыл бұрын
@@josepherhardt164- It's heavily associated with black & white filmmaking, which the best directors used to full advantage. By the time color became common, noir as a genre was not as popular. Nowadays, few seem to know how to use color at all, which is why the same few overall hues are used and the no-talent mistake creative uses of color for something they _should_ do. Can you imagine _Lawrence of Arabia_ made today? It would look as though they put a yellow filter over every camera lens.
@josepherhardt1642 жыл бұрын
@@julietfischer5056 Speaking of filters over camera lenses, have you ever seen _The Angry Red Planet_ ? It's amazing what you can do in nine days with $200,000 (reputedly!) . :) I also think this 1959 masterpiece (cough) is here on KZbin.
@niallrussell71842 жыл бұрын
There have been a few series over the years with vague similarities, twilight zone, quantum leap, x-files, black mirror, etc. Early HG Wells films were all cautionary tales and moral choice.
@ssdd69522 жыл бұрын
I'm 67 and I remember watching this episode on our B&W TV. This is one of my all time favorite episodes.
@alecwilliams71112 жыл бұрын
McCallum was also in the last episode of the first season with Sir Cedric Hardwick in a beautiful piece of dark, Gothic fantasy. This was also a pilot for a series unsold. Both McCallum episodes are excellent.
@RedVynil2 жыл бұрын
From, what I recall, it was the first episode of the second season. David was also in the mid`90's remake of the episode, "Feasibility Study".
@Setmose2 жыл бұрын
@@RedVynil The OP is correct, last episode of the 1st season. "The Forms of Things Unknown" script borrows unashamedly from the film "Diabolique" (1955).
@crystalstanley49602 жыл бұрын
The Forms of Things Unknown was always my personal favorite episode. I thought it had a dark poetry to it.
@jsoc19562 жыл бұрын
Iliya Kuriakin. The Man from UNCLE
@truBador22 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. Man produces little that is truly lasting. Like this episode of Outer Limits.
@maxlebow73732 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, this and the Robert Culp episodes are my favorites.
@joltjolt50602 жыл бұрын
My fav actor
@c-57d552 жыл бұрын
@@joltjolt5060 Robert Culp in ANYTHING!!
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
Culp was one of my favorite actors, who had a few good roles in movies, but seemed doomed to be a TV-type of actor...I am biased here, as he was a University of Washington graduate--my school too!
@christopherkroussoratsky20142 жыл бұрын
David McCallum's character looks suspiciously like a Talosian in the pilot of the original Star Trek series, "The Cage" The ability to read minds and perform telekinesis were also features of the Talosians in Star Trek as well. Is this where they drew inspiration from, or just a case of recycling?
@MirlitronOne2 жыл бұрын
Probably "Yes" and "Yes".
@reginaldwright2472 жыл бұрын
DAMNNNN! You're absolutly RIGHT! WOW!
@toddtiberius2 жыл бұрын
The Outer Limits was before Star Trek. This episode was from 1963.
@raymondfrye50172 жыл бұрын
Star Trek's creator was Donald Bellisario,if Im not mistaken. Either he was that or the chief screenplay writer.
@Trev3592 жыл бұрын
@@toddtiberius I think that's what he's saying.
@TheUluxian2 жыл бұрын
"The Zanti Misfits" was the one that scared the heck out of me. "Soldier", "Do Not Open Til Doomsday" and "The Bellero Sheild" also stand out as personal favs for me
@charlesdowns16912 жыл бұрын
those are all great. the galaxy being is good. a study in feasibility freeked me out one night.
@ronmcmartin45132 жыл бұрын
@Uluxian--Agreed on the Zanti Misfits. Just like Twilight Zone, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet with Wm Shatner.
@photoboyjet2 жыл бұрын
Every episode of the Outer Limits used to scare the crap out of me as a kid. I'd start trembling as soon as the "control voice" did the opening lines. It would take all week for me to get over the episode, and I'd come back for more the next week!
@photoboyjet2 жыл бұрын
"Do Not Open Till Doomsday" was creepy , but "The Architects of Fear" really bothered me. The horific results of the transformation and the poor guy's wife when she meets the "alien" stuck with me for years.
@coleparker2 жыл бұрын
Liked all those episodes, especially Soldier and Zanti Misfits.
@186618732 жыл бұрын
"Your ignorance makes me ill and angry." A line I lifted from this episode and used my whole life.
@rtbarnes48932 жыл бұрын
Outer Limits was the finest sci-fi/horror series of all time. Bar none. Sorry, T. Zone.... And they still hold up even better than when they first aired, in my opinion...
@rickymcginnis73002 жыл бұрын
That's like comparing apples and oranges! Outer limits was sci-fi where as Twilight Zone was more of the paranormal? T.Z. also went on to have a spin-off called The Night Gallery in the mid 70's and it held up to Rod Serlings standards of suspenseful entertainment...
@rtbarnes48932 жыл бұрын
@@rickymcginnis7300 Don't get me wrong. T. Zone was phenomenal! I watched both since 1964. I have come to prefer O.L. personally...
@tedroesch91332 жыл бұрын
OL was produced weekly, props and everything quite a feat to be done in those times, impossible today.
@joepianograziose38226 ай бұрын
Not only was it my favorite episode, it remains my favorite hour of non-comedy television in my life....Saw it as a riveted 11 year old in Oct 1963...great music including a sort of love theme used at the beginning and end with harp and celeste, etc. Great spiritual overtones as well....Ellis St. Joseph was an amazing writer..
@marccolten98012 жыл бұрын
My personal favorite was “Demon with a Glass Hand” with Robert Culp. But they are many others.
@joltjolt50602 жыл бұрын
He was one of my fav actors
@MichaelSmith-rq3pk2 жыл бұрын
Demon with the glass hand 💯
@derlingerardclair62522 жыл бұрын
@@joltjolt5060 Robert Culp later starred on NBC's"I Spy"with Bill Crosby.God bless his dear memory.
@marccolten98012 жыл бұрын
@@derlingerardclair6252 I believe in separating the performer from their work, since so many creative people are dicks. In the case of Bill Cosby it's difficult since he was the so much of the act. But I don't believe in burning books if the author was awful.
@jamesmcinnis2082 жыл бұрын
Is there another kind of favorite?
@chong238911 ай бұрын
RIP David McCallum. The quote: " What is knowledge without intelligence" has remained with me for 60 years.
@amosburke5112 жыл бұрын
Along with "The Man Who Was Never Born", this is my favorite OL episode. David MaCallum and Martin Landau, 2 outstanding actors.
@sunfish3402 жыл бұрын
Yes - GREAT ONE!!!! One of my favorites too!
@55Quirll2 жыл бұрын
Robert Culp was in 3. 1. The Monster with a Glass Hand 2. Architects of Fear 3. Corpus Earthling The only actor to do this. All episodes were great
@wdd31412 жыл бұрын
@@55Quirll I would have loved to discuss "Demon With a Glass Hand" with Robert Culp," given that we now have flash drives that are analogous to the fingers of the hand, but now he is playing engagements far from here. Next in line for discussion would be Harlan Ellison, who wrote that story, but he passed away not long ago.
@55Quirll2 жыл бұрын
@@wdd3141 I agree, that episode was very far ahead of it's time in items we take for granted today. The special effects may have been cheesey but I loved the episode.
@ivyking41492 жыл бұрын
Absolute gem of a show. Holds a candle to 95% of the 2022 shows, easily.
@johnathandavis36932 жыл бұрын
My favorite is "The Galaxy Being" episode. It scared the heck out of me as a kid in the late 60's. It looked to me that the space monster had come out of the scientist's TV. Terrifying!!!
@dougsorensen75942 жыл бұрын
Galaxy Being was the pilot for the series by the way.
@bigbilltoady4122 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that the one that brought that thing around when the guy the guy turned up the power or the radio station?
@johnathandavis36932 жыл бұрын
@@bigbilltoady412 that's it! I had nightmares about that LOL...
@bjorn2run2 жыл бұрын
What about the Zanti Misfits? That one gave me nightmares!
@cheshirecat5571 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, David McCallum died yesterday at age 90. He was a gifted man whose intelligence always shined through in roles he played. I think this may be my favorite Outer Limits episode. It gives hope that perhaps sometime in the future, humans may outgrow their animal impulses and become compassionate, wise beings - just as Willem became at his most advanced stage. One can only hope our species and the planet, last long enough for this to happen.
@willmfrank2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Janos Prohaska's Horta costume: It's a re-use of his "Mikey the Microbe" costume from the Outer Limits episode "The Probe."
@squidgemaca2 жыл бұрын
Happy to say I saw the costume in person when meeting Forrest J. Ackerman in the late 90s. He had it in his home, along with about a million other artifacts from film and TV.
@hauntedsoundlab2 жыл бұрын
McCallum was also in the episode "Forms of Things Unknown" which is a great episode and one of my favorites. Also probably one of the weirdest Outer Limits episodes.
@TheRealDrJoey2 жыл бұрын
I vividly remember this excellent episode, particularly Stefano's addition, when McCallum rips through a Bach piece, and then says, "These hands have never before touched the keys of a piano." I once met Cliff Robertson and we talked for about half an hour, and I mentioned "Galaxy Being," which he remembered warmly. My favorite Outer Limits of all time though is Robert Culp in "The Demon With the Glass Hand." That was an outstanding screenplay.
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
Cliff Robertson was great in "Charly," too, another "sped-up mental evolution" story with a "don't play God" moral.
@TheRealDrJoey2 жыл бұрын
@@KutWrite Hey, you're right, there is a parallel between those two screenplays, isn't there? As you probably know, "Charly" was based on a beautiful short story, "Flowers For Algernon." Cliff Robertson was living example of the old saying, "The bigger they are, the nicer they are." It was neat running into him because I had worked in the theater biz-25 years as a projectionist, etc.,-and we had a fascinating conversation I won't bore you with, but I'd run into him in La Jolla, where I lived then, and where he'd grown up. He was in the process of selling his home in town. I said we locals wished he would stick around, and he told me, "you know, Joe, I used to deliver papers to that house when I was a kid." That is pure Cliff Robertson right there.
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealDrJoey Yes. I have friends in LaJolla and heard nice stories about Cliff. I accidentally got onto the drive of his hilltop house. Got to the gate and had trouble turning my cafe-racer motorcycle around & tipped it over. First and only scratches on that beautiful fairing :((( . But I never sighted Cliff myself.
@TheRealDrJoey2 жыл бұрын
@@KutWrite He was in 70-some pictures, and ALL the TV work he did was just superlative. He told me a little about Natalie Wood dying toward the end of production on "Brainstorm," and I kidded him about his character in "Way of the Wind," and asked him if that was supposed to be Ted Turner in his dotage. I got a great laugh out of Cliff Robertson with that, and then he said, "I know Ted Turner, and he's a lot crazier than that character." Then he actually took the time to tell me a cool anecdote about how the director came to him the day of shooting and asked him if he wouldn't mind nuancing the character, and learning some lines he had written the night before. "I don't care what I'm supposed to say!" he tells me, " They're paying me to be there, right?" He was a lovely guy, from a time gone by now, sad to say. But it's nice thinking that the film record will endure.
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealDrJoey I like his role in "Three Days of the Condor." Evil yet sympathetic, or at least understanding.
@toad4ever103 Жыл бұрын
I was 12 years old when this aired. I never missed an episode. This was one of my favorites. Thank you for bringing it to us.
@jchapman48422 жыл бұрын
When I was kid, this show and the Twilight Zone would put the scare into me. The Outer Limits opening monologue really told me some scary shit was in store! Thanks for sharing.
@jody68512 жыл бұрын
I loved both. Twilight Zone interspersed some scarier episodes with many more light-hearted and moralistic episodes, while Outer Limits was relentlessly scary. If I had to compare Twilight Zone to the Outer Limits, I'd say it's like comparing the milder Beatles to forever bad-boy Rolling Stones.
@nysockexchange22042 жыл бұрын
For me it was Night Gallery which still gives me nightmares to this day lol
@wayneyadams2 жыл бұрын
That opening was great. "There is nothing wrong with your Television set..."
@reginaldwright2472 жыл бұрын
To this day, I will only watch either of them with a "Louisville Slugger" within arms reach! And I'm in my 60s!!
@glennso472 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember the show WAY OUT? Roald Dahl was host. The show didn’t last long just a few episodes. But it was shot on tape rather than film. That made it even more frightening.
@docsavage86402 жыл бұрын
One of the best TV programs ever done.
@dennismason37402 жыл бұрын
Yup. I never missed the Outer Limits and yes, this is an extraordinary episode. Art Garfunkel. Y'all funny.
@martinhaub26022 жыл бұрын
The Outer Limits is still the greatest science fiction show ever put on network television. The remakes in the '80s were almost insulting. Despite the low budgets, they had great writers, stories and you can't forget the superb Dominic Frontiere music scores for the first season (Harry Lubin's 2nd season was much inferior). I still watch these originals on DVD every August.
@liman422 жыл бұрын
You're so right about the 80s version. The Outer Limits was groundbreaking and totally original since tv was still young and the field was wide open. Nowadays they rely too much on special effects and they lose the story line.
@paulsto65162 жыл бұрын
Yes, one of my favorite episodes! I always thought that big cranium made him look like Art Garfunkel :)
@charlesdowns16912 жыл бұрын
thats a good 1. lmao
@GiftSparks2 жыл бұрын
I thought they looked like the Aliens from Talos IV in Star Trek.
@Ron48852 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites too. I still do watch it from time to time. (I have all the episodes Mp4)
@paulsto65162 жыл бұрын
@@GiftSparks Yes, the later on evolution, definitely!
@aisforapple24942 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@thomaslytle4823 Жыл бұрын
As a loyal viewer over many years since childhood of the outer limits this was one of my favorite episodes, your coverage of the episode of the material are outstanding and I thank you so very much!
@recycology54682 жыл бұрын
Watched Outer Limits and never got tired of the sound FX. Totally molded my imagination along with Twilight Zone, Thriller, One step beyond, Chiller and many others. Outer Limits was the most Sci Fi, actually gave me dreams.
@reesaserik37592 жыл бұрын
I grew up with all the shows you mentioned, Including Star Trek. They are what shaped my appreciation for Science Fiction. I even became a huge science fiction book reader. To this day, Science Fiction, is my preference for books, movies and TV. I think I was drawn to the genre -- and still am -- because it is fiction, and not limited to reality. You can take the story in any direction and your only limit is your imagination.
@recycology54682 жыл бұрын
@@reesaserik3759 The same with me, I got into the classic sci fi books, Stranger in a Strange Land, 1984, The Foundation Trilogy, Brave New World, Dune, Slaughter House 5. The Man who was never Born is another great episode on Outer Limits. I don't read Sci Books so much anymore but I'm richer for reading those I mentioned.
@reesaserik37592 жыл бұрын
@@recycology5468 Reading is a habit that sometimes gets lost as you develop new habits. There is only so much time in a day and there are so many things now to draw our attention. When I was young, no cell phones, no computers, no games -- video or other electronic type. Games were board games, deck of cards, dice, and such. You only had 3 channels on the TV -- if you were lucky to have three, and the TV went off the air after midnight. National Anthem played, then the station emblem showed, then static until morning. So if you were a night owl and stayed up -- you read while everyone else slept. As an adult I do not read as much either because my attentions are divided between arts and crafts. Needlework; sewing; drawing/painting; woodworking; carving; resin casting. Yep, only so much time in a day. Those books you read, when younger, will stay with you for the rest of your life. Some people never read any books at any age. They have no idea what they have missed. Good day to you and I hope you are happy.
@kzinful Жыл бұрын
Sadly, David recently died. I've always enjoyed his work and he was exceptional in this episode. Goodnight Illya.
@harrybarry22912 жыл бұрын
I was in High School then and loved the show. I have a complete Dvd set of it as well as "The Twilight Zone".
@charlesdowns16912 жыл бұрын
i have those also and i have tales from darkside boxset. and thriller.
@gobbletegook2 жыл бұрын
I was 8 years old when this episode first came out. It scared the bejesus out of me, The other one that really got to me was the very first one, where the glowing alien materialized in the control room monitor and then broke the screen to fall into the room.
@bartonpercival3216 Жыл бұрын
That episode was The Galaxy Being. It was the very 1st show in season one of the Outer Limits in 1963. It starred Cliff Robertson!!!!!! 👍
@1royalpalm2 жыл бұрын
Yes, as a 15-year-old in the fall of 1963, this was one of my favorite episodes. The entire show was a weekly favorite of mine. Expanding Human was another favorite episode of mine.
@BeachsideHank2 жыл бұрын
Me exactly, I would blow off my hoodlum friends to stay home and watch it, come to find out later, they did the same. ☺
@HeresJohnny-b4u Жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best science fiction movies ever made. I have watched it many many times. The girl Cathy sure was pretty.
@luisreyes19632 жыл бұрын
"The Sixth Finger" is one of the more memorable episodes of The Outer Limits. 👽
@johntiggleman46862 жыл бұрын
Also, "The Demon With A Glass Hand," with Robert Culp. For some reason, I think that was written by Harlan Ellison, but I find no proof. I know he wrote the Star Trek story "The City On The Edge Of Forever."
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
@@johntiggleman4686 I remember Robert Culp in the Glass Hand story.
@roberttelarket49342 жыл бұрын
I saw it when I was 14 when it was first shown and vividly remember it! Supreme episode!
@sevenstarsofthedipper10472 жыл бұрын
I was 9 years old and saw this episode when this was first shown on TV. I liked The Sixth Finger but my favorites (in no particular order) were 1) A Feasibility Study 2) Fun and Games and 3) A Second Chance. I still watch them. I also liked the Architects of Fear as we were one year removed from the Cuban Missile Crisis. And I really liked Nightmare. The Outer Limits, especially the first season, used to evoke such fear and wonder in me. I used to love the Monster of the Week in the newspaper. Now, I enjoy what the stories say about the human condition.
@critiqueoflife2 жыл бұрын
@@sevenstarsofthedipper1047 Precisely. All drama, in the end, is human drama. The trappings of science fiction present another stage to enact it, but the story is compelling only to the degree you care about the characters and their dilemmas.
@TrulygreenSolution2 жыл бұрын
As a child in '63: The Outer Limits was my absolute favorite TV show! I couldn't wait, every week, for each new episode to air! Later, I grew to appreciate this episode the best! Other favorites were: "Nightmare", "The Bellero Shield", and "The Guests". So many were good; and the acting and stories were great! The Outer Limits is a classic!
@glenkepic32082 жыл бұрын
Great ! I remember the gum and trading cards when i was just a kid then. This one creeped me out.
@kevinomalley558 Жыл бұрын
Watched these as a kid along with twilight zone. Some great thought provoking TV back then! This was a fantastic episode!
@johnopalko52232 жыл бұрын
The episode that really scared me was "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork." My dad had a shop vacuum just like the one in the episode. It was months before I would go anywhere near that thing again. (Hey, I was eight years old.)
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
Haha! I remember that one, too!
@ourshelties76492 жыл бұрын
I only know the names of a couple episodes of all the shows I use to watch, and this is one of them.
@bartonpercival3216 Жыл бұрын
And Ed Asner played the detective in this episode and would go on to fame as Lou Grant in the Mary Tyler Moore show
@liman422 жыл бұрын
Absolutely one of my favorite episodes. I was just talking to my friend's daughter who didn't know about this show at all. I feel like generations after Boomers missed out on something special. The 60s was a great time to grow up, even with that stupid war.
@cynthiamhocevar55752 жыл бұрын
Yes, this was one of my favorites along with the Mutant and Architecs of Fear.
@scottmcknight52722 жыл бұрын
I just stumbled across this KZbin channel and this episode. I had to watch and comment. When I was a kid, the local station that aired "Outer Limits" used a scene from The Sixth Finger in ads that aired many times. I heard McCallum say "the whole town must be utterly destroyed... an example must be made" so many times that it's stuck firmly in my brain for more than half a century.
@rylieriley2 жыл бұрын
I love The Outer Limits, and I definitely love this episode in particular.
@Jabberstax2 жыл бұрын
I love your channel. Its great to look back to rhe days of quality television.
@jameswilson13602 жыл бұрын
This episode terrified me as a kid !!! The other "Outer Limits" episode that was equally scary was "The Bellero Shield" with Martin Landau !! Great Video......Thanks.........
@LesterMoore2 жыл бұрын
The episode that got me was The Brain of Colonel Barham. That big creepy brain with the glowing eyes.
@williamking33012 жыл бұрын
And who could forget "The Zanti Misfits" for its scary creepiness?
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
@@williamking3301 I loved that one!
@renenowicki2 жыл бұрын
“Your ignorance makes me ill, and angry” reminds me of the ending of “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” Great stuff.
@tigaagul72 жыл бұрын
My favorite line, just awesome...
@Wario77932 жыл бұрын
The one episode that freaked me out .. and became my favorite also.. is the Zanti Misfits episode. I got used to how bizarre they looked but the high pitch voice that talked in english was offset with the harsh insect buzzing noises they made as they crawled around, that still kinda haunts me as an adult.
@sunfish3402 жыл бұрын
Bruce Dern in that one? Probably the most memorable one for me as well. ALL the Outer Limits episodes were nothing short of magnificent!
@Wario77932 жыл бұрын
@@sunfish340 yeah he is. I had to look it up online. I don't remember the names of any of the actors offhand.
@adamc19662 жыл бұрын
@@Wario7793 Olive Deering was the lady.
@mannyruiz19542 жыл бұрын
Yeah that episode freaked me out, especially that scene where the misfits are crawling all over the walls and one guy is screaming.....aaahhhhh get 'em off me....aaaahhhhh
@paulforder5912 жыл бұрын
The Zanti Misfits scared the living daylights out of me when I was seven. I used to turn the dial when "the bear"(i.e. monster) would make its first appearance. .As I got older, I used to watch full episodes and ask myself: what did the alien/monster/mutant symbolize? What was the social issue being commented upon in the story? A minimum of special effects and first-class scripts were what kept this series going.
@iowa_don2 жыл бұрын
I was a huge fan of the Outer Limits back in '63 as a freshman in High School.
@patriciathemaras32742 жыл бұрын
I remember that episode. McCullum went on to play in the re-make 1980's Outer Limits. He was in some of their best episodes!
@DawoudKringle2 жыл бұрын
I showed a few of these Outer Limits episodes to some friends who are significantly younger than I am. I told them how this used to scare the hell out of us. They had difficulty understanding why. I told them that there had never been anything like it before.
@curbozerboomer17732 жыл бұрын
Many of these shows had a strong intellectual quality about them...you had to be leaning into that, in order to fully appreciate the episodes...Compare this, to the superficial, "CG" trash that younger people seem to want nowadays...a sad commentary, IMO.
@teastrainer36042 жыл бұрын
Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stefano hated the "monster" gimmick and did everything they could to get around it. Probably the show's best story, The Inheritors, had nothing that could even remotely be called a monster. The Sixth Finger was an outstanding and startlingly intelligent episode, although the staging was sometimes crude by modern standards. I'm surprised that writer Ellis St. Joseph didn't go on to do many great things in his career. David McCallum was marvelous, and I was quite taken by Jill Haworth, who was only 18 at the tine. Television could have done much more with her.
@billkazen46832 жыл бұрын
That was a very thought provoking episode....but those Zantee warriors scared me as a thirteen year old...still does; I have the DVD boxset.
@henrykujawa44272 жыл бұрын
William Dozier allegedly told Ellis St. Joseph he'd written the "best" episode ever of BATMAN... the one with The Sandman. But between that moment and filming, so many things went crazy behind-the-scenes, I think St. Joseph may have asked to have his name taken off it. (I blame story editor Charles Hoffman to a degree-- he was that show's worst writer, and in seasons 2-3, he sabotaged everyone else's scripts.)
@RedVynil2 жыл бұрын
@@billkazen4683 The Zanti Misfits WERE REALLY scary but, I'd almost be willing to bet they were created by Rankin-Bass. They look and act exactly like their other puppets; Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, etc.. I don't know if these are all over the country but, where I am, if I'm on the highway or turnpike, every so often, there's be this pointy round building 2 or 3 stories high right next to the road that looks exactly like the Zanti space ship!
@geraldmartin77032 жыл бұрын
Haworth has a brief, innocuous nude scene in the Golem horror movie, IT! (1967), starring an unhinged Roddy McDowall. Haworth aside, the movie is worth a look for its sheer weirdness, including a nod to Psycho and concluding with a nuclear detonation. I saw it at the drive-in and still haven't recovered. Haworth hated the movie.
@OPS52552 жыл бұрын
Jill is a joy to the eyes!
@zebeart88082 жыл бұрын
Yes, I always remembered this episode.
@kathynorton43532 жыл бұрын
David himself has stated in THE OUTER LIMITS COMPANION that he doesn't play the piano at all bu he taught himself to fake it.
@bb226022 жыл бұрын
But he does play the oboe - lots harder than piano. Also, both his parents were musicians, so he would have known a lot more than the average actor. His parents were worried about his ability to make a living when he switched from being a musician to being an actor.
@garyoldham44492 жыл бұрын
Perhaps he meant that he didn't play the piano previous to this episode. But taught himself to play for this episode for the sake of authenticity. And perhaps he went on to be proficient.
@robertthomas9062 жыл бұрын
Actually David`s father was an accomplished viola player in an orchestra. One night he asked Jimmy Page if he wanted to try a viola bow on his guitar. Page liked it so much he began using in some of his sets and then used it later on in Led Zep.
@ardathbey4150 Жыл бұрын
Amazing actor... loved even his small parts, like in A Night To Remember... he has been in so much, but it is still not enough... thank you for posting this.
@farmerbold11442 жыл бұрын
The Outer Limits, "The Sixth Finger" was and is one of my favorite sci-fi's of all times. I wanted to see more as well as well as more episodes of the same kind. But I realized that humanity is not evolved enough to understand.
@derrickcox77612 жыл бұрын
They understand...it's just that the theory is false.
@joehorn17622 жыл бұрын
@@derrickcox7761 but its not.
@derrickcox77612 жыл бұрын
@@joehorn1762 Explain symbiosis to me.
@joehorn17622 жыл бұрын
@@derrickcox7761 I'm not a teacher, you are literally on a Google product, go look it up.
@derrickcox77612 жыл бұрын
@@joehorn1762 Darwin was surprised there was no fossil record of evolution, when he stated their should be millions in the geo-strata. Someone finally came up with the piltdown man. For forty years the hoax fooled scientists. That's four decades. They they were fooled again with the piltdown turkey. If you examine the skeletal structures of humans with apes today you find the same extreme variances within each set...yet there still exist no link between the two species. Evolution was created by atheists who hated religion. The word evolution is not found in Darwin's Origin of the Species, and adaption was distorted by atheists to suggest evolution. When their original theory based on morphology started to crumble...they switched to the genetics of Neo-Darwism. But that is also full of holes and flaws.
@reginaldwright2472 жыл бұрын
I'm in my early 60s and I STILL get goosebumps whenever I hear that music and the voice of "CONTROL"! I-LUV-IT!!!
@Halbared2 жыл бұрын
By coincidence I watched this for the first time last week. It was on a most excellent channel called Talking Pictures which shows old programmes. I missed the opening scene, but loved it so read up on it. It had an unusual collection of accents. It was meant to be set in a Welsh village, but there was a strong Yorkshire accent, maybe a Lancashire one, and others.
@frankseprino8610 Жыл бұрын
Too many OL episodes to name, but this is probably my favorite. The humanity of touching her tear before dying was so poignant~
@williambilyeu98012 жыл бұрын
"The Sixth Finger" is one of my favorite episodes with two of my favorite actors. David McCallum was in "A Night to Remember" and "The Great Escape" before "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "The Invisible Man," and "N.C.I.S." Edward Mulhare was in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Knight Rider." I recognized the actress who played the housekeeper too.
@55Quirll2 жыл бұрын
Not many remember 'The Invisible Man' with David McCallum. A good show that was ahead of it's time. Edward Mulhare was the bind comedy Our Man Flint with Charles Coburn and Lee J. Cobb
@raymondfrye50172 жыл бұрын
Invisible Man adapted from H.G.Wells
@Trev3592 жыл бұрын
@@55Quirll Actually, it's James Coburn.
@55Quirll2 жыл бұрын
@@Trev359 Thanks 👍
@williambilyeu98012 жыл бұрын
@@raymondfrye5017 Other than the title character, it bore little relation to the H. G. Wells novel. It was a short-lived television series.
@georgelogreco88102 жыл бұрын
It was a rare treat growing up and having control of the TV, turning the channel to suddenly find the Outer Limits.
@chrisnurczyk82392 жыл бұрын
I taught entomology for 16 yrs. at our local community college, and actually used the OL episode titled "Zzzzz" about bees in class each year in teaching about social insects - the script author got so much right about them. This episode w/David McCallum is one of my all-time favorites. For the era, the make-up was fantastic, but McCallum's sensitive acting was outstanding - the combo was sensational, and gave you much to think about in the business of being human - which was the series' forte.
@coleparker2 жыл бұрын
I forgot about Zzzzz. That was a good one as well. That is thing about the Classic 1963 Outer Limits, hard to really have one favorite. The remake however, I found terrrible.
@CammieInOz2 жыл бұрын
I loved David in the '70s series The Invisible Man.
@ironsidefan2 жыл бұрын
One of the most riveting, profoundly captivating episodes of the original The Outer Limits TV series is the first season episode entitled “The Form Of Things Unknown” which as you undoubtedly already know was actor David McCallum’s second performance in the series. I find that particular episode exceptionally more brilliantly crafted on every last level, and facet than this one you reviewed. It is an exceedingly unforgettable experience when an episode of an anthology television series of the nature, and genre known as science fiction is so beautifully, and so exquisitely fashioned in such a unique, impactful way that every element stands viscerally on its own while at the very same time cohesively producing what can only be referred to as truly high art of a simple and yet profound, thought provoking nature. For me the entirety of the production since the very first airing which I was privileged to view, has played through my mind at several points throughout my life as a very strange dream like subtle melody encapsulated in the episode’s most dreamlike theme music as an underscore in the background of my thoughts. Every single one of the exceptionally gifted actors, and actresses in the episode imbue its story with just the right touches via their individual, exceptional performances. To put everything I’ve described in the most succinct manner, the production is high art of the first caliber - worthy of the highest of recognitions.
@robertbrescia3196 Жыл бұрын
Joseph Stefano, the creator and producer of TOL actually shot two versions of TFOTU, one for the show and another he intended as the pilot for an anthology show to be called the "The Unknown". The two versions were reported to be essentially the same, with the significant difference of the character of Andre. He was really brought back from the dead in TFOTU, while in the alternate version, his death is a sham, and time tilting device is not real. Stefano had directing aspirations, which ABC objected to, and moved the show to the new Saturday night time slot. Stefano and several people in the original crew quit the show. The second season, while inferior overall to the first, had it's moments, i.e., The Inheritors.
@riconui52272 жыл бұрын
This series was among my favorites growing up. Twilight Zone, Hitchcock, One Step Beyond, etc. It turned me to sci-if and psychological thriller literature as well. It’s good to see anthology series making a modest comeback in tv and video production. There were almost no actual writers for early television and as such, many of the scripts were produced by theatrical writers and novelists/ short story authors. The effect was to provide some of the best storylines, albeit, undercut by editing constraints and lack of effects, but they were often, nonetheless, great television…… and in glorious black and white. Thanks for the flashback.
@michaelhughes80572 жыл бұрын
Another great Anthology Series was Boris Karloff Presents Thriller!
@qg37262 жыл бұрын
As a Kid in the 60's there was MUCH to be in awe of.. And Outer Limits had me transfixed to the tube for sure!!
@davidbaise51372 жыл бұрын
This is a memorable one. And that Mrs Ives- the actress always seems to play a housekeeper ala North by Northwest.
@adamc19662 жыл бұрын
Nora Marlow
@davidbaise51372 жыл бұрын
@@adamc1966 thanks! Love the character actors.
@MrMarkOlson2 жыл бұрын
Yes, this Outer Limits episode was the most memorable for me. Thanks for the background details!
@geoffreyrose16202 жыл бұрын
The only one I remember was a Outer Space monster came out of the screen in the Control Centre. Scared me to death at the age of 8 years old.
@johntiggleman46862 жыл бұрын
That was probably the pilot episode, "The Galaxy Being." The machinery was in a transmitter building for a radio station.
@garyoldham44492 жыл бұрын
I had a vivid childhood dream of standing in the kitchen looking through the doorway into the dining room where there was a TV. On the screen showed an alien creature something like a porcupine. It was moving from left to right through strange terrain. Sci-fi music was playing. Suddenly it turned and came straight out of the screen across the floor into the kitchen and it had a magnetic property, like a force field which paralyzed me and pulled me down over it so that it's spines were against my stomach. They seemed to have an electrical property and I was being electrocuted. Not exactly electrocution but a strange sensation. I woke up and my stomach was growling. I was very hungry.
@davidpalmer7175 Жыл бұрын
I have the entire series on DVD... I'll NEVER have to WAIT to watch it again.
@bamther57182 жыл бұрын
Between twilight zone,outer limits and alfred Hitchcock series in the 60's wonder we didn't have nightmares. Scariest episode was Hitchcock. Show HD Edd Byrens as a prisoner make deal with prison cemetery caretaker to escape. He was to climb into coffin with corpse be buried and then caretaker would dig him up. All goes to plan till Edd keeps wondering why it's taken so long to dig him up. Edd lights match after match cursing where that old caretaker was. Of course the sheet comes off body...it's the caretaker himself dead in coffin with him
@KutWrite2 жыл бұрын
What's the rest???
@MrTruckerf2 жыл бұрын
WOW! What a horrible way to die! I loved the Alfred Hitchcock series.
@gdobie1west9882 жыл бұрын
Outer Limits was one of my favorite shows as a kid. The Sixth Finger, The Zanti Misfits, The Galaxy Being, Corpus Earthling, Nightmare and Fun and Games are all my favorites with Zanti Misfits being on top. Never cared for season 2. The Outer Limits Companion book by David Schow is a excellent book that covers every episode in detail and full of other interesting stuff that every fan of Outer Limits would appreciate. Twilight Zone, Lost In Space, Land of The Giants and Time Tunnel all are shows from the past that got me through my young age. Also have the music CD of Outer Limits, good stuff. Well done.