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If this latter interpretation holds, it’s no wonder Japanese Americans objected to the episode. But it may also present it as the actual truth-a truth parallel to the truth about Brand’s character, that he killed the Japanese soldier from whom he took a samurai sword in cold blood and not in self-defense, as he originally claims.

The episode itself may present the incident this way. Takei says his character’s “realization” that his father signaled the Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor-an incident which, again, has no factual basis-was a fantasy sequence. Watch Takei tell the tale of this episode that, as he says, “gained some notoriety” in the clip at the top of this page. The two-person episode starred Neville Brand-a prolific actor and highly decorated World War II veteran-and George Takei, Star Trek’s own Mr. No discussion of Star Trek actors in The Twilight Zone would be complete without mention of “The Encounter” (May 1, 1964), a fifth season episode that proved so controversial it only aired once in the U.S., never to be broadcast again until SyFy did so during its annual New Year’s Day Twilight Zone marathon in 2016. 'A Most Unusual Camera' was produced for season one.George Takei takes a controversial trip to the Twilight Zone The requisite multi-camera setup of the videotape experiment made location shooting difficult, severely limiting the potential scope of the storylines, so the short-lived experiment was abandoned. Each of the episodes was therefore 'camera-cut' as in live TV-on a studio sound stage, using a total of four cameras. In addition, videotape was a relatively primitive medium in the early 1960s the editing of tape was next to impossible. These have a visual appearance which is distinctly different from those of episodes shot on film. They are ' The Lateness of the Hour', ' The Night of the Meek', ' The Whole Truth', ' Twenty Two', ' Static', and ' Long Distance Call'. Six episodes of this season were recorded on videotape (not on film as were all other episodes) at CBS Television City, as a cost-cutting measure mandated by CBS programming head James T. Unlike season 1, episode titles were shown on screen during the end credits.

THE ENCOUNTER TWILIGHT ZONE TV

Main article: The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 2) They have since been fully restored on the Blu-ray releases.īased on a short story by : Richard Mathesonīased on a short story by : Lewis Padgettīased on a short story by : George Clayton Johnsonīased on the radio play by : Lucille Fletcherīased on a short story by : Paul W. Serling's promotional announcements were stripped from syndicated versions of season one, but restored (often only in audio form) on the Image Entertainment DVD releases. 'Where is Everybody?' is an exception, as it was the first episode. Note: Episode titles were not shown on screen, but were announced by Serling at the end of the preceding week's episode. Main article: The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 1) It differs from the broadcast episode in only minor ways.

THE ENCOUNTER TWILIGHT ZONE SERIES

The pilot episode for the series was called 'Where is Everybody?' The episode was reformatted when included in the series. Although it ended up airing on a different show, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, it is considered the seed episode and has even been adapted as one of The Twilight Zone radio-show episodes.Ī man ( William Bendix) visits a psychoanalyst ( Martin Balsam), complaining about a recurring dream in which he imagines waking up in Honolulu just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which takes a major psychological toll. Rod Serling wrote a teleplay intending for it to be the pilot episode of a new series called The Twilight Zone.

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