The Twilight Zone - Vol. 37

Rating:
Summary: "Of Late..." is a gem...
Review: ..."Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" is the reason for this DVD to be sought after...Julie Newmar of course steals the show, though Albert Salmi is not without interest (but it is his weakest TZ episode...see "A Quality of Mercy" for his best TZ performance [there were three total]). Unfortunately "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" and fifth season "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" are not as commendable. However, like almost all TZ episodes, they are of great merit in comparison to the vast majority of things being aired on television then or now. The hour long episode DVD's are especially valuable because these fourth season episodes are rarely shown at all in syndication (and of course TZ is always cut in syndication anyway).

Rating:
Summary: "Of Late..." is a gem...
Review: ..."Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" is the reason for this DVD to be sought after...Julie Newmar of course steals the show, though Albert Salmi is not without interest (but it is his weakest TZ episode...see "A Quality of Mercy" for his best TZ performance [there were three total]). Unfortunately "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" and fifth season "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" are not as commendable. However, like almost all TZ episodes, they are of great merit in comparison to the vast majority of things being aired on television then or now. The hour long episode DVD's are especially valuable because these fourth season episodes are rarely shown at all in syndication (and of course TZ is always cut in syndication anyway).

Rating:
Summary: Messers. Frisby, Feathersmith & Garrity in the Twilight Zone
Review: Rod Serling adapts a trio of short stories for "The Twilight Zone" on Volume 37 of the DVD collection. "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby," based on an unpublished story by Frederic Louis Fox, features Andy Devine as Frisby, a blowhard whose boasts attract the attention of aliens who want to take them to their zoo as an example of the ultimate human. One of the funniest Zones every. "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville," adapted from Malcolm Jameson's short story "Blind Alley," tells of William Feathersmith (Albert Salmi), who is bored having reached the top of the financial world. When he is given the opportunity to go back in time, remembering everything he knows, and start over. If this sounds too good to be true, it is. This is one of those hour-long episodes from the Zone's fourth season that almost invariably seemed padded too much. Finally, "Mr. Garrity and the Graves," based on an unpublished story by Mike Korologos, the title character (John Dehner) has promised to resurrect all 128 of the dead in Happiness, Arizona. Since all but one of those dearly departed died by violent means, the townspeople end up paying Garrity off to reverse the resurrections. Put you can imagine how con games work in the Twilight Zone. I know none of these three episodes qualify as classics, but I happen to like all three of them. This is one of those 4.5s that gets rounded up.

Rating:
Summary: Messers. Frisby, Feathersmith & Garrity in the Twilight Zone
Review: Rod Serling adapts a trio of short stories for "The Twilight Zone" on Volume 37 of the DVD collection. "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby," based on an unpublished story by Frederic Louis Fox, features Andy Devine as Frisby, a blowhard whose boasts attract the attention of aliens who want to take them to their zoo as an example of the ultimate human. One of the funniest Zones every. "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville," adapted from Malcolm Jameson's short story "Blind Alley," tells of William Feathersmith (Albert Salmi), who is bored having reached the top of the financial world. When he is given the opportunity to go back in time, remembering everything he knows, and start over. If this sounds too good to be true, it is. This is one of those hour-long episodes from the Zone's fourth season that almost invariably seemed padded too much. Finally, "Mr. Garrity and the Graves," based on an unpublished story by Mike Korologos, the title character (John Dehner) has promised to resurrect all 128 of the dead in Happiness, Arizona. Since all but one of those dearly departed died by violent means, the townspeople end up paying Garrity off to reverse the resurrections. Put you can imagine how con games work in the Twilight Zone. I know none of these three episodes qualify as classics, but I happen to like all three of them. This is one of those 4.5s that gets rounded up.